The Tail of the Dragon
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I used to live 45 minutes from there, many summers were spent up there every other weekend. It's a blast, just be careful. Don't push your limits on the first run, keep your pace and nobody else's. And for everyone's sake, STAY IN YOUR LANE. This is the biggest reason people get hurt up there.
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It's a public road.
Stay in your lane.
The Tellico PD won't cut you any slack.
The crappy "resort" has become super unfriendly towards cars.
You will see a lot of dumb stuff; try to not contribute.
You should look up all of the TVA dams in the area and make a tour around that. Also, the Cherohala Skyway is way less of a cluster ****.
Stay in your lane.
The Tellico PD won't cut you any slack.
The crappy "resort" has become super unfriendly towards cars.
You will see a lot of dumb stuff; try to not contribute.
You should look up all of the TVA dams in the area and make a tour around that. Also, the Cherohala Skyway is way less of a cluster ****.
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I plan on going down to that area in the next year or 2 but like jamesr242 said.. there are plenty of other roads in the area.
To me its similar to mulholland highway in CA. I drove roads near mulholland and they were empty and perfect canyon roads.... This winter I took my rental on mulholland and found it to be a more crowded-overhyped exact copy of neighboring roads. You find more cars and cops on that road than the surrounding.
To me its similar to mulholland highway in CA. I drove roads near mulholland and they were empty and perfect canyon roads.... This winter I took my rental on mulholland and found it to be a more crowded-overhyped exact copy of neighboring roads. You find more cars and cops on that road than the surrounding.
#13
Come down the last weekend of July for MATG. I like to pre-run going NC--->TN myself and look for any police presence. If none are seen then swing around and go ***** out for the return trip because you know you won't be surprised. Look out for an older white Explorer in the turnouts, it's a police vehicle. Pay close attention to the sport bikes giving you signals and STAY IN YOUR OWN LANE. Don't bother going to the resort just hit Killboy's store/shack across the street instead.
#14
Used to live near there and visit often with my r53 mini. Pretty darn good road but crowded and full of cops at certain times. Definitely pre-run looking for 5-0 before you decide to turn up the heat. I'd recommend against running this thing at 10/10ths as other drivers/riders can be idiots. Keep a little on reserve and have fun.
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11-12-2007 08:44 AM