The Dragon At Night...What A Rush ...

We had 6 bikes show-up for the ride across The Foothills Parkway and US 129 The Dragon . We hooked -up around 6:00 at Paul's ( Wimp ) place in east Knoxville.



We had a high of 95 degree's when we hit the road. We took the long way and made a few stops in the shade along the way ...Not sure what the creek or river is called but everytime we take this route we always stop and check it out.




It started cooling off about the time we hit The Foothills Parkway . We had zero traffic in our way as we crossed FHP . This road is outstanding when you can just roll the power on Shot from one of the over-look's on Foothills Parkway.



We made Deal's Gap before dark and just hung out waiting on the night . This was Big Al's first day of riding since his heart surgery . He did'nt let the down time get him rusty as he and Lucky 13 was feelin' their oats ....Those guys was rollin acoss The Dragon



Same shot as above right before we pulled out to sling some sparks in the Tennessee mountains.






You can really appreicate how superior the Interstate lights are over the Standard / Tourer when you are screamin' across The Dragon at night as here again Big Al and Lucky 13 was turnin' them loose ( both on Interstate's ) .
These last two pictures was taken at the Calderwood Dam over-look on the Tennessee side of US 129 The Dragon.

Very cool.

jerry

I did the dragon at night with 2 other X's couple of years ago.... yup, what a rush!!!
Craig

Great, one more trip I gotta put on my wishlist. Thanks for sharing.

Eric

Me too! Looks cool.

How cool is that, having the dragon to yourselfs, that would be the way to hit it. Glad to hear Big Al is back up and riding.

See you out there
Smokey

Now that I would love to do!!! Thanks for the pics!



.......................bobby

I love to throw sparks, but just riding at night over our local Red Top mountain had me clenching the seat with the cheeks. I couldn't imagine making any time over the Dragon at night, from what I've heard! Yow. :arrow: