I have done it many times dragging foot pegs on a motorcycle and
it is truly one of the great ones. I've only done it once in a car - Fiat
850 Coupe - back in 1970. You can do it faster and its more fun on
a motorcycle!!
Might wanna work *REAL HARD* on Mickey's brakes for the ride
down the gap.... ;-)
Cheers!!
Jim - Lame Midget in Dodge City
On 1/18/06, David Lieb <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com> wrote:
>
> Those of us signed up for the 2006 Babe Rally received an email tonight.
> http://www.baberally.com/babe.esp?ID=7&PG=full has even more info on the
> revised route. Fortunately for us participants, someone told Justin (the
> perpetrator) about the Tail of the Dragon, so he decided to check it out.
> It
> is now on the rally route ;-) Allow me to quote a little bit of his blurb:
>
> "About half way up the climb, the Dragon's Tail starts. It's 11 miles with
> 310 curves, so that'll be 1 curve every 50 yards. When you think about it,
> it doesn't seem right. I mean... 1 curve every 50 yards for 11 miles. Let
> me
> tell you now - it's true.
> Some people had likened Deals Gap to Switzerland. Well I'm not sure what
> bits of Switzerland they've been to but it's nothing like Switzerland.
> Deal's Gap is out there on its own and comparing it to Switzerland just
> doesn't do it justice. To coin a phrase, they are chalk and cheese. If
> anything, I would say that Deal's Gap is more like the World Rally
> Championship stages for the Monte Carlo rally, except much harder."
>
> I guess we will have to put a little more effort into the front suspension
> of Mickey now. Thanks, Justin!
> David Lieb
> Team SU (si que es)
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