AKawasaki

In a couple of weeks driving the 911 from Toronto to Tail of the Dragon and then Nashville for a round-trip road-trip. For those of you that have done this drive please share any driving and sightseeing tips. Thank you.

theiceman

That sounds like an interesting trip. Id be interested in a few pointers when you got back .
I have a good Friend in Nashville and going to visit via the tail of the dragon sounds like a good trip.

Zookie

done it twice - drive within your limits, enjoy yourself and look out for cops - i suggest watching lots of youtube tutorial videos also shows where the cops hide between state lines - personally there are better roads around there other than TOTD

Tim_Perley

I’m heading down for my annual boys trip on May 1.

There is planned repaving work starting first week of May on US129. Not sure how much it will affect you. The good news is that the Dragon is far from the best road down there.

Speedyellow993

https://tailofthedragonmaps.com/cherohala-skyway-maps/

Speedyellow993

I found the cherohala-skyway was a nicer drive.

The Tail of the dragon is 9 mins of intense driving.

It’s a good idea to have fresh brake fluid and power steering fluid.

Drive in control and in your lane. It’s pretty tight and really bad things can happen when you drift out of your lane. Lots of motorcycles!

Most Importantly… do not add to “The Tree of Shame!”

Greg981

Did a bunch in that area but on a motorcycle. Many great roads. Makes ours just sad.

AngeloGTS

Agree... Cherohala skwy was my favorite road around there.

As for the dragon... try to do it early or late. It gets busy in the peak hours.

Highly recommend staying at Tapoco lodge... perfect location for the dragon.

RDMcG

I have done it also..good advice here. It is not a one-way street nor is it a race track. Agree there are better roads.

Cosmo Kramer

One of my favourite places to go. A buddy of mine goes 2-3x a year with his Z4. Just amazing roads.

Unfortunately the drive down is a bit ho-hum down I-75, but its worth it!

petee_c

Did it a couple times with a motorcycle. (trailered down)

1st time I had 'fried okra' and boiled peanuts.



we stayed at tapaco lodge as well (2006)

Speedyellow993

Stayed at Tapaco lodge too. Bare basics lodge. Good enough to sleep and shower.

Jamie140

Another vote for Cherohala skwy

Adamant1971

And another vote.

I did this run back in 2013. My old 85 never had to work so hard, still one of the most memorable runs I have done.
http://goo.gl/maps/0kLi

The picture in my sig was taken on the skyway, there were photogs taking pictures of the cars as they went buy then I got my shot from a website that they post on. I was hauling ***.


Here are some of the shots.

reacp911

I'm supposing when you are running here you need to have on Waze and be having a radar detector