2025 V100 Mandello Wind Tunnel

[Joe]

Docc- V100 Mandello Wind Tunnel looks good   

[docc]

Waiting for the V111 South'n SpineRaid Sport edition . . . 

[Pressureangle]

Lots of good info, but it's like picking peanuts out of poop. This guy desperately needs Toastmasters. 

[Joe]

21 hours ago, Pressureangle said:

Lots of good info, but it's like picking peanuts out of poop. This guy desperately needs Toastmasters. 

Best viewed with volume off or low. 

[audiomick]

I got about 5 minutes into it, and decided the bloke is too much of a tosser. 

Edited November 4 by audiomick

[LowRyter]

15 hours ago, audiomick said:

I got about 5 minutes into it, and decided the bloke is too much of a tosser. 

They're nice bikes. Rode one when they came out.   I'm guessing they're pretty reliable.   Not sure whether you have to be married to a dealer to maintain it.  

I had to turn the guy off after about 10 seconds.  I wonder whether he liked the bike?

Edited Tuesday at 03:45 PM by LowRyter

[LaGrasta]

I'm planning on getting one next year; waiting to turn 59 1/2. 

 

[Scud]

Why not 59 1/8 or 58.99999 or whatever your current age is?

[Scud]

On another note... I've never ridden the Dragon, but I've looked at maps and seen videos. This one is gorgeous with the autumn colors. But dang, they must be counting every minor change in direction as a curve. I was trying to find a similarly short road to compare it to that is local to me. And it turns out the South Grade of Mount Palomar is about the same length. Check out the stats on the two roads.

[Pressureangle]

Tail of the Dragon isn't the craziest road in the country, it just lends itself to hooliganery better than most, and surrounded by great roads and scenery. The riding is comparable to California but wetter.
Craziest road I've ever been on is CA 130 between the Lick observatory and San Jose. Handstanding in neutral to make the turns down, the air full of burned brake smell from the cars, what few dared. More like a hiking trail that got paved.

 

https://www.google.com/maps/search/observatory/@37.3371791,-121.6615309,3558m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTEwMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

[LowRyter]

12 hours ago, Scud said:

Why not 59 1/8 or 58.99999 or whatever your current age is?

Aren't you a business writer?  I bet you know retirement rules.

[LowRyter]

1 hour ago, Pressureangle said:

Tail of the Dragon isn't the craziest road in the country, it just lends itself to hooliganery better than most, and surrounded by great roads and scenery. The riding is comparable to California but wetter.
Craziest road I've ever been on is CA 130 between the Lick observatory and San Jose. Handstanding in neutral to make the turns down, the air full of burned brake smell from the cars, what few dared. More like a hiking trail that got paved.

 

https://www.google.com/maps/search/observatory/@37.3371791,-121.6615309,3558m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTEwMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

I'd like to do some west coast rides.  Chuck posts quite a few N of LA.  I'l like to do all of them and PCH up the coast.  I've done a good portion of the PCH in a rented Mini Turbo Stick, but  would love to ride it all.

 

So far as the Dragon.  I think what makes it so special are the sight lines.  And I'm guessing that is an enticement to the hooligans: The riders have good vision rounding those tight corners.  

[Pressureangle]

10 minutes ago, LowRyter said:

I'd like to do some west coast rides.  Chuck posts quite a few N of LA.  I'l like to do all of them and PCH up the coast.  I've done a good portion of the PCH in a rented Mini Turbo Stick, but  would love to ride it all.

 

So far as the Dragon.  I think what makes it so special are the sight lines.  And I'm guessing that is an enticement to the hooligans: The riders have good vision rounding those tight corners.  

The thing about California (in particular, nevermind the rest of the West) is that there is *so much more* territory than in the East. I rode the entire PCH, through the Redwoods, back and forth to Lake Tahoe...days on end of fabulous riding. It's a long term plan to spend a month or so riding the Sierra Nevada and Cascade mountain roads.

[LaGrasta]

I retired at 58, but 401k savings isn't accessible until 59 1/2.

[LaGrasta]

32 minutes ago, LowRyter said:

I'd like to do some west coast rides.  Chuck posts quite a few N of LA.  I'l like to do all of them and PCH up the coast.  I've done a good portion of the PCH in a rented Mini Turbo Stick, but  would love to ride it all.

 

So far as the Dragon.  I think what makes it so special are the sight lines.  And I'm guessing that is an enticement to the hooligans: The riders have good vision rounding those tight corners.  

I've never been. That's insightful. And yes, this ability would make me go faster!