Tail of the Dragon Meet 2006: Pics and Videos - Page 2

Airtrack · 09-10-2006, 06:15 AM

DAm that seems fun as well! Thanks for the awesome shots!

**2fast4u2** · 09-10-2006, 09:32 AM

I wish I could've been there.

It would be pretty cool if this was an annual event.

Fg2ner · 09-10-2006, 10:07 AM

whos habby red is that with the greddy sp2 it looks like???? How did it sound, and clips? Or what is the guys name on 8thcivic?

***k20z3Vo*** · 09-10-2006, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marc-o-lishuz

man oh man... Dragon Si Meet FTMFW!!!

i would love to be there, but i'm stuck in Vancouver, BC.

ps- damned MINI.

That Mini is the sex. Supercharged and ready to rumble! It handled the Dragon like a kid pushing a stroller in the park... EASY! So whassup?

***k20z3Vo*** · 09-10-2006, 01:33 PM

There was 14 Si's... I was the last NBP to the right... Not shown in pics because I had lost the group when they were about 10+ seconds ahead of me. I eventually showed up and there was Dawn, waiting at the entry part of the dam, taking a pic of me. Blaaah!

And like I said... CivicWithNavi will post some great video footages of the run.

Civic4u · 09-10-2006, 02:03 PM

Damn!! Ya, very serious group of Civic.

The picture look kick-ass!

That yellow car. Where could I get that sticker? It very funny pic.

'06Siguy · 09-10-2006, 02:34 PM

Looks like you guys had a great time. I wish I coulda been there. Nice pics!!

Maybe I'll be able to attend next time.

Morvix · 09-10-2006, 03:07 PM

K20 I told ya to follow me into the Tail if you want to apex correctly sheesh =P Yeah the mini was supposed to be there (Correct me if I am wrong, still trying to remember who was who) I think it was driven by ETs wife she had the dragon emblems too all stocked up in the evil mini =P Yeah the mini was cool but it still looked like a stalker in a sea of 8th civics =P

Jeff T.

EDIT: *sniff* I am sad, someone told me I was sad over on TOV because I bought a dragon sticker. I guess he was talking about the silver emblem that what, like 5 or so cars ended up sticking on =P Oh well I like it, to remember the dragon and the meet, plus it looks cool. I do not think I could do better than 10 bucks on ebay either. See why I am thinking about stopping the posts over at TOV, you get bashed by some stupid people all the time. Oh well had a blast, I had some of the pictures without captions up at TOV at about 8pm or so heh so I beat ya to the punch k20, glad to hear you made it back alright though. We went up the dragon once, got to wave to killboy guys, had a bunch of bikers wave us by, then I let Eddie drive so he could say he drove the dragon and then we went home =P If you guys do it again I will stay next time, I just came in rather late to be able to take off the entire fri - sun days and so forth but if I know in advance, no problems. I gotta go back to Gatlingburg this upcoming weekend to stay with my wife for her company picnic, oh boy I hate to say it but if Eddie was telling me to slow down (and he likes going fast,) my wife would be screaming lol, she cannot stand acceleration in a straight line let alone on a twist =P Of course once eddie drove the car he said "Now I know why you were telling me not to worry when you were taking the turns at 60+ mph, this thing steers like a dream, you barely touch the wheel and it goes. Sorry I told you to slow down" so it is all good =)

***k20z3Vo*** · 09-10-2006, 03:25 PM

Yeah... I really wanted to take on the Dragon with ya again, but Kenny had to be back home and rest up for work... I would have followed ya the couple times that we were moving, but I couldn't keep up... In one of the drives around the city. I was in 6th place. And there was a big gap between 5th and 6th, ai me. Well, next time, most diffinately I will follow you on the Dragon.

EDIT: sorry to hear about TOV. Besides... You drive an 8thGen...

BTW going downhill on the Dragon ROCKS!!!

***k20z3Vo*** · 09-10-2006, 03:28 PM

They sure are taking along time to get home... I'm bored. I'm off for 3 more days. LOL!

*Waiting for new picts and vids*

***m1k3*** · 09-10-2006, 03:46 PM

wait was this in NC or atl?

next year im so totally going, by then i'll have springs or something to help me keep up in the corners with you si's.

**CameronJr9** · 09-10-2006, 04:37 PM

Damn those are some nice shots. Had I been there, I would have been the only sedan. I did hit up a local meet though, we rolled in 2 Si's deep and 1 sedan. w00t! I can't wait for more pics!

Morvix · 09-10-2006, 04:54 PM

k20 np let Kenny know he was cool, Eddie and I enjoyed hanging out with ya. Yeah the first run up from the damn I think I was 5th in line with etf behind me, so I think hondagurl with her blue and cookstar were infront but I kept riding their behinds and I am stock.. It is mostly lines and some good rubber, the BBS and the G-Force tires sure did help though, I barely made a sound at extreme turns =P I cannot wait until next year when I actually have the mods done and made a few calls to the PR guys at Bilstein and Brembo for my discounts =P I will be insane on that thing.. Mostly on the dragon you dip into the outside corner on the lead in, but do not go too far left to cut the center line, and you will pull yourself out with gas. I had to brake a few times because of the GG si infront hitting em on maybe due to the cars infront of them, but I had no probs keeping up with the modded Sis on the full throttle run (the one we did first thing on saturday) the one without the dumb traffic most of the way =P

By the way we did get to see one biker flipped over, wonder if anyone got a shot of that =P He was ok though guys no worries. At least I was the only one to run into a damn 18 wheeler at 7am on the dragon lol.

Jeff T.

**Cookstar** · 09-10-2006, 05:08 PM

Well, I'm back now! The event really went off without a hitch (except that I got food poisoning last night

). Everyone had an incredible time. There's little doubt that this will become an annual event. I'm tired and still not feeling too good so I'm going to go rest. I'm going to start working on uploading photos sometime later. We look forward to seeing a lot more of you next year!

***k20z3Vo*** · 09-10-2006, 05:12 PM

Yep... It would have been cool to have an Admin/Mod there. Dont matter the car, just had straight out fun. It was so freaking exhilarating for me to make my run on the Dragon, being it was my FIRST run...

I ummm, held up pretty decent. At the most, there was at least 13+ seconds between the group and me. (my first 3 minutes on the Dragon.) but after the 5th minute during the continuous switchbacks, I loved it. The car would transfer weight ever so beautifully. It truly felt like bouncing side to side on a trampoline.

With my noob driving skills, I felt more comfortable taking it with TWO lanes, or 1 1/2. I stuck some of the turns perfectly, and man... did it feel good. But for some reason, the right turns are more forgiving than the left ones. I think it's just the angle and placement of the A-Pillar that effects my visibility.

I'll stop here, way to much for a pict. thread.

***k20z3Vo*** · 09-10-2006, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cookstar

Well, I'm back now! The event really went off without a hitch (except that I got food poisoning last night

). Everyone had an incredible time. There's little doubt that this will become an annual event. I'm tired and still not feeling too good so I'm going to go rest. I'm going to start working on uploading photos sometime later. We look forward to seeing a lot more of you next year!

Welcome home Cook... Sorry to hear that you had FP... Just shake it off like you did the Dragon...

EDIT!: I see you Nomar!!!

***OHSiGuy*** · 09-10-2006, 05:21 PM

Awesome pics, fellas...totally enjoyed scanning the thread. You guys had our OH meet beat by like 4 or 5 FG2's.

**Nomar06** · 09-10-2006, 05:24 PM

I got back around 4:30 or so. Somehow lost the great Cookstar on the way back home on I-40 but no worries. This weekend was a blast and can't wait till we meet up at the dragon again. Going to go take a nap now.

CivicWithNav · 09-10-2006, 05:31 PM

i just got in...and i left at 6am!!!

11 hours of drive... OMG SO FREAKING LONG guess what, i drove 1750miles in 3 days!!!

hey chreees how did u get food poisoning?? I had that left over stuff in the morning too and went down without a hitch :)

pix will be up shortly

**2fast4u2** · 09-10-2006, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by k20z3Vo

Yep... It would have been cool to have an Admin/Mod there. Dont matter the car, just had straight out fun. It was so freaking exhilarating for me to make my run on the Dragon, being it was my FIRST run...

I ummm, held up pretty decent. At the most, there was at least 13+ seconds between the group and me. (my first 3 minutes on the Dragon.) but after the 5th minute during the continuous switchbacks, I loved it. The car would transfer weight ever so beautifully. It truly felt like bouncing side to side on a trampoline.

With my noob driving skills, I felt more comfortable taking it with TWO lanes, or 1 1/2. I stuck some of the turns perfectly, and man... did it feel good. But for some reason, the right turns are more forgiving than the left ones. I think it's just the angle and placement of the A-Pillar that effects my visibility.

I'll stop here, way to much for a pict. thread.

Sounds like you guys had fun. I'll be there next year. Count on that. :) Wasn't atruhondagrl there?

09-10-2006, 01:33 PM	#25 (permalink)
*k20z3Vo* ........ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 35000FT ATL, GA Posts: 3,185 iTrader: 0 / 0%	There was 14 Si's... I was the last NBP to the right... Not shown in pics because I had lost the group when they were about 10+ seconds ahead of me. I eventually showed up and there was Dawn, waiting at the entry part of the dam, taking a pic of me. Blaaah! And like I said... CivicWithNavi will post some great video footages of the run. __________________ R.I.P. 06' Civic SI 07/16/07 http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/showt...35ce bbf8462& Slammed EG6....

09-10-2006, 02:03 PM	#26 (permalink)
Civic4u Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Humble, TX Posts: 6,522 iTrader: 6 / 100%	Damn!! Ya, very serious group of Civic. The picture look kick-ass! That yellow car. Where could I get that sticker? It very funny pic. Last edited by Civic4u; 09-10-2006 at 02:16 PM.

09-10-2006, 03:07 PM	#28 (permalink)
Morvix Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 79 iTrader: 0 / 0%	K20 I told ya to follow me into the Tail if you want to apex correctly sheesh =P Yeah the mini was supposed to be there (Correct me if I am wrong, still trying to remember who was who) I think it was driven by ETs wife she had the dragon emblems too all stocked up in the evil mini =P Yeah the mini was cool but it still looked like a stalker in a sea of 8th civics =P Jeff T. EDIT: sniff I am sad, someone told me I was sad over on TOV because I bought a dragon sticker. I guess he was talking about the silver emblem that what, like 5 or so cars ended up sticking on =P Oh well I like it, to remember the dragon and the meet, plus it looks cool. I do not think I could do better than 10 bucks on ebay either. See why I am thinking about stopping the posts over at TOV, you get bashed by some stupid people all the time. Oh well had a blast, I had some of the pictures without captions up at TOV at about 8pm or so heh so I beat ya to the punch k20, glad to hear you made it back alright though. We went up the dragon once, got to wave to killboy guys, had a bunch of bikers wave us by, then I let Eddie drive so he could say he drove the dragon and then we went home =P If you guys do it again I will stay next time, I just came in rather late to be able to take off the entire fri - sun days and so forth but if I know in advance, no problems. I gotta go back to Gatlingburg this upcoming weekend to stay with my wife for her company picnic, oh boy I hate to say it but if Eddie was telling me to slow down (and he likes going fast,) my wife would be screaming lol, she cannot stand acceleration in a straight line let alone on a twist =P Of course once eddie drove the car he said "Now I know why you were telling me not to worry when you were taking the turns at 60+ mph, this thing steers like a dream, you barely touch the wheel and it goes. Sorry I told you to slow down" so it is all good =) Last edited by Morvix; 09-10-2006 at 03:15 PM.

09-10-2006, 03:25 PM	#29 (permalink)
*k20z3Vo* ........ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 35000FT ATL, GA Posts: 3,185 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Yeah... I really wanted to take on the Dragon with ya again, but Kenny had to be back home and rest up for work... I would have followed ya the couple times that we were moving, but I couldn't keep up... In one of the drives around the city. I was in 6th place. And there was a big gap between 5th and 6th, ai me. Well, next time, most diffinately I will follow you on the Dragon. EDIT: sorry to hear about TOV. Besides... You drive an 8thGen... BTW going downhill on the Dragon ROCKS!!! __________________ R.I.P. 06' Civic SI 07/16/07 http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/showt...35ce bbf8462& Slammed EG6....

09-10-2006, 03:28 PM	#30 (permalink)
*k20z3Vo* ........ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 35000FT ATL, GA Posts: 3,185 iTrader: 0 / 0%	They sure are taking along time to get home... I'm bored. I'm off for 3 more days. LOL! Waiting for new picts and vids __________________ R.I.P. 06' Civic SI 07/16/07 http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/showt...35ce bbf8462& Slammed EG6....

09-10-2006, 06:15 AM	#21 (permalink)
Airtrack Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: British Columbia Posts: 159 iTrader: 0 / 0%	DAm that seems fun as well! Thanks for the awesome shots!

09-10-2006, 09:32 AM	#22 (permalink)
2fast4u2 Ninja Admin Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 12,497 8thcivic.com member #15 iTrader: 9 / 100%	I wish I could've been there. It would be pretty cool if this was an annual event.

09-10-2006, 10:07 AM	#23 (permalink)
Fg2ner Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ohio Age: 19 Posts: 596 Matt iTrader: 0 / 0%	whos habby red is that with the greddy sp2 it looks like???? How did it sound, and clips? Or what is the guys name on 8thcivic?

09-10-2006, 02:34 PM	#27 (permalink)
'06Siguy Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Minneapolis, MN Age: 29 Posts: 1,095 Scott iTrader: 3 / 100%	Looks like you guys had a great time. I wish I coulda been there. Nice pics!! Maybe I'll be able to attend next time.

09-10-2006, 03:46 PM	#31 (permalink)
*m1k3* t('.'t ) Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Jax, FL Age: 18 Posts: 1,518 Mike iTrader: 2 / 100%	wait was this in NC or atl? next year im so totally going, by then i'll have springs or something to help me keep up in the corners with you si's. __________________ 2006 ABM FG1 LX 5MT AEM CAI \| Magnaflow Cat-Back \| Weapon R Header \| Comptech SS \| TWM Bushings \| Enkei Evo 6 \| Eibach Prokit

09-10-2006, 04:37 PM	#32 (permalink)
CameronJr9 Crazy Yellow Puppet Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Louisville, KY Age: 27 Posts: 24,484 Back and Forth Forever iTrader: 6 / 100%	Damn those are some nice shots. Had I been there, I would have been the only sedan. I did hit up a local meet though, we rolled in 2 Si's deep and 1 sedan. w00t! I can't wait for more pics! __________________ Visit Camton Today!

09-10-2006, 04:54 PM	#33 (permalink)
Morvix Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 79 iTrader: 0 / 0%	k20 np let Kenny know he was cool, Eddie and I enjoyed hanging out with ya. Yeah the first run up from the damn I think I was 5th in line with etf behind me, so I think hondagurl with her blue and cookstar were infront but I kept riding their behinds and I am stock.. It is mostly lines and some good rubber, the BBS and the G-Force tires sure did help though, I barely made a sound at extreme turns =P I cannot wait until next year when I actually have the mods done and made a few calls to the PR guys at Bilstein and Brembo for my discounts =P I will be insane on that thing.. Mostly on the dragon you dip into the outside corner on the lead in, but do not go too far left to cut the center line, and you will pull yourself out with gas. I had to brake a few times because of the GG si infront hitting em on maybe due to the cars infront of them, but I had no probs keeping up with the modded Sis on the full throttle run (the one we did first thing on saturday) the one without the dumb traffic most of the way =P By the way we did get to see one biker flipped over, wonder if anyone got a shot of that =P He was ok though guys no worries. At least I was the only one to run into a damn 18 wheeler at 7am on the dragon lol. Jeff T.

09-10-2006, 05:08 PM	#34 (permalink)
Cookstar I'm Cookstar, bish Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: China Grove, NC Age: 34 Posts: 3,730 Chris iTrader: 9 / 100%	Well, I'm back now! The event really went off without a hitch (except that I got food poisoning last night). Everyone had an incredible time. There's little doubt that this will become an annual event. I'm tired and still not feeling too good so I'm going to go rest. I'm going to start working on uploading photos sometime later. We look forward to seeing a lot more of you next year! __________________ 8thCivic.com Conquers the Dragon III Deal's Gap, NC September 4-7, 2008 Official Event Forum

09-10-2006, 05:12 PM	#35 (permalink)
*k20z3Vo* ........ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 35000FT ATL, GA Posts: 3,185 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Yep... It would have been cool to have an Admin/Mod there. Dont matter the car, just had straight out fun. It was so freaking exhilarating for me to make my run on the Dragon, being it was my FIRST run... I ummm, held up pretty decent. At the most, there was at least 13+ seconds between the group and me. (my first 3 minutes on the Dragon.) but after the 5th minute during the continuous switchbacks, I loved it. The car would transfer weight ever so beautifully. It truly felt like bouncing side to side on a trampoline. With my noob driving skills, I felt more comfortable taking it with TWO lanes, or 1 1/2. I stuck some of the turns perfectly, and man... did it feel good. But for some reason, the right turns are more forgiving than the left ones. I think it's just the angle and placement of the A-Pillar that effects my visibility. I'll stop here, way to much for a pict. thread. __________________ R.I.P. 06' Civic SI 07/16/07 http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/showt...35ce bbf8462& Slammed EG6....

09-10-2006, 05:21 PM	#37 (permalink)
*OHSiGuy* VIP Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 638 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Awesome pics, fellas...totally enjoyed scanning the thread. You guys had our OH meet beat by like 4 or 5 FG2's. __________________ Official FG2 Ohio Pansy member #3 '06 Galaxy Gray Si Injen SRI JDM Integra Type R RSX Rear Badge 18" Kazera KZ-T's

09-10-2006, 05:24 PM	#38 (permalink)
Nomar06 Bears can paint...srly!!! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Charlotte, NC Age: 27 Posts: 20,316 iTrader: 2 / 100%	I got back around 4:30 or so. Somehow lost the great Cookstar on the way back home on I-40 but no worries. This weekend was a blast and can't wait till we meet up at the dragon again. Going to go take a nap now. __________________

09-10-2006, 05:31 PM	#39 (permalink)
CivicWithNav Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Woodstock MD Posts: 2,573 iTrader: 13 / 100%	i just got in...and i left at 6am!!! 11 hours of drive... OMG SO FREAKING LONG guess what, i drove 1750miles in 3 days!!! hey chreees how did u get food poisoning?? I had that left over stuff in the morning too and went down without a hitch :) pix will be up shortly