Ride the Dragon's Tail

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Well here's the trip report..... Picked up the MZ in Raleigh North Carolina, NOT as described to a point, as expected I supose. Ran flawless through out the trip. Hit the Tail of the Dragon Sunday, as I spent ALL Saturday trying to get there because the airline gave away our connecting flight and layed my flight over night. Grrrr, So, I normally ride an '83 Suzuki 1100ESD that is cam,carbed and piped, I am used to being king of the straights and slow in the curves, while grinding off bits and wobbling about. Not the MZ. I could not beleive the lean angles the MZ iz capable of, I tucked in my elbows!!! (not really) GREAT ride, had my brother in tow on his Victory Knig Pin and a buddy on a Valkery with a CAR TIRE on the rear. He was haveing a blast giving chase to me on that monster. Well I came across a few Sportbikes and gave chase, I finally passed one, the FZR6 and went after the CBR6. Well The cornering speed increased and the 4cyl bikes found their lean angle limits and I was just getting into it. The CBR started to do dangerous stuff to stay ahead and I let the 2 go and waited for my brother and friend. Not wanting to be in, cause of OR be implicated in a wreckless driving accident. I waved at them and cruised the rest.
After the rides on Sunday, Monday I headed home with a camara/phone full of video and pics. Well my phone/camara committed suicide and lept from its holster(used it for afew years and not an issue till NOW) @ 80mph and GONE!!! sob. Well I have a few shots that I had sent out and 2 from "killboy photo" . The rest of the 1799 mile ride went well till my ATM/Visa card was shut off by the bank and I was stranded in Nebraska... Fixed that and by the time I arrived home, EVEN with a Loobman, the chain and sprockets were destroyed. Well they were ~ 8k miles old to start, and I made 3 adjustments along the way. Loved the MZ, smooth at 75-80 (for a single) and I'm 6'2" and the pegs were set high and the bars were not the adjustable clip ons but it was good for a fuel tank at a time. Ah, pics....

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MORE PICS!!!

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And a few more. The BBQ Pulled Pork sandwich and BBQ Baked beans........ SSOOOooooooo GOOD!!!! We took a break in fromt of the restaurant afterwards....

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That was an amazing trip.... In August Tony, My brother with the Victory and Reed, that BIG Viking MO-FO and his Valkery are coming to Utah and we are going to tour (Jellystone) Yellostone National Park in Wyoming and a trip up the Grand Teetons.
We want to do the Dragon next year also, since I lost ALL on my pics and video this year as my Camera/ phone is in the state of Iowa somewhere....
Touring on the Traveller set ut for sport riding was GREAT!!! Though more people asked if it was a Ducatti than not......
I stopped in for fuel in a very bad part of St. Louis Missouri and a guy walks around the fuel pump, stops, takes a hard long look at me and the pretty, "Ducatti looking" MZ and shakes his head and said to me.... You a MUH FUKHA!!! coming in dis part o town on a DUK!!! Shhhiii. I nodded and finished fueling. Back to travelling!!! I recieved a lot of , "What is that" and Danggggg Nice ride man.....
Even the Harley Boys gave it the nod!
Well, I'll add more stories and pics as I accumulate them on varrious trips scheduled to come.
Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed this.....
Robbie.