Comments on: The Inside Scoop on Riding Canada’s Version of the Tail of the Dragon https://canadamotoguide.com/2023/07/21/canadian-tail-of-the-dragon/ The Canadian Motorcycle Guide Fri, 13 Oct 2023 18:07:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: RyYYZ https://canadamotoguide.com/2023/07/21/canadian-tail-of-the-dragon/#comment-51164 Fri, 13 Oct 2023 18:07:06 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=144252#comment-51164 I rode in 2019. Worth taking if you’re in the area.
Part of it were very bumpy. Not too much of an issue for me, but one of my group was on a Harley and getting beat up pretty bad. I resisted the urge to suggest getting a bike with some actual suspension travel.

]]> By: FarmBoy https://canadamotoguide.com/2023/07/21/canadian-tail-of-the-dragon/#comment-51149 Tue, 03 Oct 2023 20:13:03 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=144252#comment-51149 I was advised by a rider in Thunder Bay to take 129, to get to Sault Ste. Marie.
A far from direct, but allegedly more twisty route than following the lake along the Trans Canada. 129 is far from twisty. Somewhat curvy, but nowhere near Tail of The Dragon, or even Mulholland Snake fun.

Thankfully, the destination on that trip was Cape Breton Island and the Cabot Trail.
That’s a road that deserves recognition as a place to shorten peg feelers and remove chicken strips. That trip started, on another island. Vancouver Island where another of Canada’s Greatest Roads deserves recognition. The Marine Pacific Route, also known as “the Loop” is a couple of hours of romping that’s well worth the trip.

And now prepare for fans of 31-A in BC, Alberta #6 from Waterton to the US border and Manitoba 44 from Telford to Whiteshell to speak up !!

Know a great wrinkly road ? Do share…..we’re all looking for excuses to ride :- }

]]> By: Trevor Denis https://canadamotoguide.com/2023/07/21/canadian-tail-of-the-dragon/#comment-51107 Fri, 08 Sep 2023 13:16:43 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=144252#comment-51107 In reply to The Dude.

Yeah, I’ve been to the Tail of the Dragon in NC/TN numerous times..twice in the past 15 months. The roads in NC/TN are way, way better than most of the roads in Ontario for motorcyclists. If you ride a motorcycle and haven’t been down there, you need to go.

I was on the Ontario 129 with my KLR in 2020 and was kind of impressed, but this August with my Gold Wing, was not impressed at all. I’m thinking the long soft suspension of the KLR might have been the difference, or the pavement has deteriorated so much in the past 3 years that it has ruined the ride.

]]> By: The Dude https://canadamotoguide.com/2023/07/21/canadian-tail-of-the-dragon/#comment-51106 Fri, 08 Sep 2023 01:22:15 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=144252#comment-51106 In reply to Trevor Denis.

Have you taken a tour of the Tail of the Dragon? I don’t doubt your comment but I know that Ontario is repaving a lot of roads west of Georgian Bay so if it hasn’t been repaved it probably will be worth it in the future when it is.

]]> By: Trevor Denis https://canadamotoguide.com/2023/07/21/canadian-tail-of-the-dragon/#comment-51095 Mon, 21 Aug 2023 20:05:27 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=144252#comment-51095 Decent enough road, but to compare it to the Tail of the Dragon does it a great disservice. If you go there expecting North Carolina type roads you will be hugely disappointed.

I took it coming from Western Canada, and regret not sticking on Hwy 17. The rough pavement of 129 makes the curves not worth it. I would have been much better off sticking to Hwy 17 and seeing the nice views of Superior and getting a fresh apple fritter.

]]> By: mike https://canadamotoguide.com/2023/07/21/canadian-tail-of-the-dragon/#comment-51076 Tue, 08 Aug 2023 20:35:02 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=144252#comment-51076 one my favorite rides in ontario

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