posted July 11, 2002 06:30 AM
Edited By: BlackMandingoWarrior on 11 Jul 2002 10:59
Deals Gap Report... This is just a brief tidbit of what we experienced this week.
We arrived from Dayton late Sunday evening and Tenn12 arrived early Monday morning. We had a great time and the trip was even better because I met and rode with a fellow board member!!!
Tuesday we road the Cherohala Skyway and it was awsome. Here is a group photo taken at one of the overlooks.
Left to right Tenn12, GrandMa, Deputy Leader, BMW, Puddin, Cobra, Leader
Cherohala!!!! (reposted from another thread)
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Made me wanna holla!!! That road was awesome!!! We ran it yesterday and then down into Georgia, did about 260 miles and got back early. The Skyway was one hellava good ride. Even got some video with a couple of rigged up camcorders (bungie cords are a wonderful thing!!!). We were runnig the piss outta that road or so we thought until a 96 ZX9R and 02 R1 ran us down!?!?!? We held them off until just to the end and they decided to demonstrate what class they were in!!! Those two were fast!!! There were 7 of us in 2 groups; 4 fast guys (Cobra - 98 ZX9R, Tenn12 - 00 ZX12R, me - 01 ZX12R and Deputy - 00 Busa) and 3 not so fast guys (Leader - 99 R1, GrandMa - 97 YZF1000 and Puddin - 99 ZX9R). The fast guys put about 5 minutes of distance between the not so fast guys, we were haulin ass. The road was clean and the traffic was moderately light so we didn't have to pass too many vehicles. Cobra had a nice quick pace going (he was feeling it!!) with Tenn12 and myself keeping things spaced out nicely and Deputy wasn't too many turns behind. Next thing I knew Deputy was on the Chatterbox talking about "Hey Keith, you gettin ready to have some company, two are comin your way!!!" Not long after that we got slowed by some traffic and Deputy and company were with us. We finally got passed the slow moving cages and and it was on!!! The pace got even quicker with the new guys. We road about 5 minutes and I waved the 96 ZX9 passed because he was pushing me too hard and made me nervous. I thought I'd let him push Cobra and Tenn12 and I'd follow the new guy's line. He didn't let me down and pushed Cobra and Tenn12 even faster. They started putting some distance between me and them. Next thing I new the R1 was in front of me too!!! MoFo passed me so quick I didn't even see it happen!?!??! It wasn't long after that that they got pass Cobra and Tenn12 so I didn't feel so diminished!!! Then the ride was over, we had reached the end. We pulled into a gas station to wait on the not so fast guys, hopped off our trusty steeds, congratulated each other on a hellava ride and got some water to re-hydrate. The two fast guys went to another gas station (probably to gloat) so we didn't see them anymore. 5 or so minutes later the rest of the group pulls up and we tell them about our encounter. They were as amazed as we were because they knew how fast we were going!!! That was just part of our Deals Gap/Cherohala Skyway adventure, I'll post more info and pictures later.
posted July 11, 2002 11:09 AM
Doh!!! Thanks Swft, I'm still inebriated (i.e. high from the rush)from the trip!!!
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