Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Branches Southeast Has anyone driven the Dragon in late November?

Oh, so they're pretty much the tires to have when you in the know about SCCA, good find I'm a BFG guy when it comes to street perf tires, but the Goodyears really impressed me last year on the Dragon

Last spring ER, an autocross group in central FL, tested the Falken Azeni against the (then new) Hankooks where we run & altho' I didn't make it, I'm told that the Hankooks were better. This was on a 1 mile autocross course on dry pavement, which probaly was pretty fast. (Our course desinger often ends up with courses where the best times are in the mid-60s for a mile). I suspect the Hankooks do no better than Azenis in wet/snowy/icy/etc conditions.

My All-FL-weather tires are Falken GRB-451s and they are GREAT in the rain. (Of course, I've no idea how they are in snow, and since I haven't driven in snow for a dozen years, I DO NOT want to find out.)

No-one's interested in driving instead of shopping the day after Thanksgiving???

Accuweather's 15 day forecast is saying NOV 22nd, 23rd will be highs in the low 60s & lows in the upper 30s... Dragon should be fine during daylight hours at those temps, and I'm looking at just 3 days after that.

Take a pass through before you run it hard. If it was really cold the day/night before you may have to wait for some ice to melt off the road and the temp to rise enough to make that happen. Otherwise this time of year should be OK. Winter in the Tennessee Valley is late around Jan-Feb. Till then it's just wet all the time in the valleys and a few light dustings in the mountains.

Lee knows the score. If you're a Dragon-virgin, take it slow the first couple times; you don't want to pop your cherry too fast and run off the road. As far a weather goes, this time of year is pretty much too cold for most bikers, so you shouldn't have any trouble rolling through the Gap.



Everyone's first time is different; just take is slow and easy before you jam in full throttle.

It's not gulfcat's first time.


O yeah, definitely take it sorta easy. Always.