My 92 NH and I just completed a 1900 mi, Florida to North Carolina run to ride the (in)famous Dragon, A.K.A. Rt. 129 at Deal's Gap. That's the road with 318 curves in 11 miles. My fellow riders were on two Goldwings and an ST1300, and I'm happy to report the NH kept up with them no problem, including hours of 80 MPH cruising, climbing hills as high as 5,000 feet, and delightful days of defying gravity and centrifugal force on the mountain roads. Plus it got over 50 MPG on average. Not bad for a 19 year-old veteran with about 102K miles. I'd recommend this trip to anyone, with the note that the Dragon itself is technical, but not that hard. We even did it both ways for good measure and I finished the run just seconds behind a hotshot kneedragger on a Ducati. Rt. 28 approaching the Dragon is far more scenic and interesting, as is the Blue Ridge Parkway and Rt 19 out of Maggie Valley where we stayed. If you go, dress warm. Temps in early October were in the low 40s. Quite a shock for a thin-skinned Floridian! Here's a foto of us doing the ride, taken by one of the pro photographers who shoot you going by and sell you the pic afterwards: _http://www.photoreflect.com/store/Orderpage.aspx?pi=0QAK00TA021256&po=1256&; pc=2422_ (http://www.photoreflect.com/store/Orderpage.aspx?pi=0QAK00TA021256&po=1256&pc=2422) Jay S 92 NH "Dragonslayer" South Florida
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