[TR] Tail recollections

[bill beecher]

Have never driven The Tail but recall some wonderful Wasatch Mountain roads in Utah.   
John: I do have an audio clip somewhere of you expressing your great displeasure with that Goldwing. 
Bill B
TS 30766L

“The harder I work, the luckier I get”  H. Ford

On Jan 14, 2026, at 10:46 AM, John Macartney <johnbmacartney at gmx.com> wrote:

I did the Tail in 2009 in both directions on the same day in an ISOA rebuilt Stag on the Trans AmeriCan charity drive - 18000 miles in a tad over three months. It would have been a lot more fun if I hadn’t been stuck behind a Honda Goldwing with flapping pennants and two riders pulling a luggage trailer at 25mph on the fast bits. On the return, I got stuck behind a tractor with a trailer of hay bales and nowhere to pull off. A great drive that would have been a lot more enjoyable were it not for the equivalent of people manhandling a concert grand piano as mobile obstructions.
By contrast, a high speed drive up and down Pikes Peak was far more worthwhile.

Jonmac
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