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From: Winter Springs, Fl.
It's really a good idea to drive the road and not the car in front of you. The same advice is always given to newbie bicycle racers for precisely the same reason. If you keep your eyes on the tire of the bike in front, invariably that's where you will ride, and it's never a good idea to touch wheels at 30 mph. It's also true with cars and the Dragon. Pay as much, if not more, attention to the road ahead as the car in front.
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From: Mandeville, La
Originally Posted by Lovetodrive2000,Feb 13 2009, 04:19 PM
Yeah there is.....
But it is at 11:00 at night!!
But it is at 11:00 at night!!
So Raul, myself and a few others got roped into driving up to deals gap at midnight to wait for what the locals call "hot laps". We never witnessed any such event. Instead we ended up talking to an interesting gold-wing rider who wanted us to start a company that specialized in decorative motorcycle lighting systems.
The other guys may tell you differently, but I still think that "hot laps" is the locals' version of the old "9th green at 9:00" trick.
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From: Medina, OH
Originally Posted by Lovetodrive2000,Feb 14 2009, 07:05 PM
So we can go on a drive during the day after drinking, just not at night? 
NOT!!!!
NOT!!!!
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From: Cincinnati, Ohio
Originally Posted by S2krazy2,Feb 24 2009, 07:31 PM
This reminds me of the infamous "hot laps" (I think that is what the locals called it). Supposedly, the locals (Killboy, some guy in a C55 AMG, and a few others) meet at deals gap at midnight on Saturdays for an event called "hot laps", which is basically a time trials style event where one would drive the dragon down and back as fast as humanly possible. There were no prizes awarded; just bragging rights until the next Saturday.
So Raul, myself and a few others got roped into driving up to deals gap at midnight to wait for what the locals call "hot laps". We never witnessed any such event. Instead we ended up talking to an interesting gold-wing rider who wanted us to start a company that specialized in decorative motorcycle lighting systems.
The other guys may tell you differently, but I still think that "hot laps" is the locals' version of the old "9th green at 9:00" trick.
So Raul, myself and a few others got roped into driving up to deals gap at midnight to wait for what the locals call "hot laps". We never witnessed any such event. Instead we ended up talking to an interesting gold-wing rider who wanted us to start a company that specialized in decorative motorcycle lighting systems.
The other guys may tell you differently, but I still think that "hot laps" is the locals' version of the old "9th green at 9:00" trick.
Or commonly.."A snipe hunt"....... 
