More Tail of the Dragon news about what the helicopter was all about:
04-19-2004 | 05:55 AM
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More Tail of the Dragon news about what the helicopter was all about:
Checking for photos on Killboy.com he said that he was going to be out of town and his associate was going to be taking photos. The alternate website is www.dragaknee.com.
No photos yet but here is some news that was posted:
Sunday, April 18, 10:12 A.M.
Wow, a lot happened at Deal's Gap yesterday. It was REALLY crowded when I got there around 11:30, with 80+ S2000s, MR2s, Corvettes, Jaguars, NSXs, and other various cars. On top of that, there were a ton of cruisers and sportbikes. Then at 12:30 or so, the cops rolled in. I don't mean a couple of squad cars, I am talking 2 biker cops, 7 squad cars, and a helicopter. They were NOT messing around. They lined the road pretty much the entire length of Deal's Gap, from the Overlook all the way to the state line. Several were running radar and the helicopter was calling in double yellow violations. I know that many riders received tickets yesterday, so be careful people! Everyone was going through there very slowly, keeping right around 30 mph. The riders and the drivers were not pleased. I know of at least 2 bites, both Florida riders. One guys bike went over the side and down into a ravine. He was ok though. Another guy went into a ditch and broke his collarbone on a rock. His bike was scuffed but not in too bad of shape. I took a ton of pics and you can look for them at Killboy.com later this coming week. Off to the Jason Scott benefit ride now. BTW, I have cleaned up the site a bit and put old photographs and logs in the log section of my site.
No photos yet but here is some news that was posted:
Sunday, April 18, 10:12 A.M.
Wow, a lot happened at Deal's Gap yesterday. It was REALLY crowded when I got there around 11:30, with 80+ S2000s, MR2s, Corvettes, Jaguars, NSXs, and other various cars. On top of that, there were a ton of cruisers and sportbikes. Then at 12:30 or so, the cops rolled in. I don't mean a couple of squad cars, I am talking 2 biker cops, 7 squad cars, and a helicopter. They were NOT messing around. They lined the road pretty much the entire length of Deal's Gap, from the Overlook all the way to the state line. Several were running radar and the helicopter was calling in double yellow violations. I know that many riders received tickets yesterday, so be careful people! Everyone was going through there very slowly, keeping right around 30 mph. The riders and the drivers were not pleased. I know of at least 2 bites, both Florida riders. One guys bike went over the side and down into a ravine. He was ok though. Another guy went into a ditch and broke his collarbone on a rock. His bike was scuffed but not in too bad of shape. I took a ton of pics and you can look for them at Killboy.com later this coming week. Off to the Jason Scott benefit ride now. BTW, I have cleaned up the site a bit and put old photographs and logs in the log section of my site.
04-19-2004 | 06:37 AM
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Yeah I read that yesterday. It was kind of weird hearing someone on our talk radio's saying that there was a helicopter flying overhead. I could just barely hear it over my Spugen bouncing off the mountain.
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