ReconRat Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 Just curious if anyone has ridden this road. State Route 28 from the South end of "The Tail of the Dragon", over to Walhalla, South Carolina. (Or 129 and 143 till it connects with 28.) Locals call it HellBender? 108 miles through the Nantahala Forest and some rugged mountains. It looks like a road route somebody would take to get to Myrtle Beach.http://www.motorcycleroads.us/roads/nc28.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellBender Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 you talking about me again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted January 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 I think so... are you 108 miles long and twisty? Does your computer got some sort of alarm that goes off when it sees your name? Dang, only one minute to answer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nochknstrps Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 Depending on where you're coming from it wouldn't be a bad route to myrtle beach, especially if you took 40 to get to it. Highway 40 thru cherokee national forest is a blast too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedwolf02 Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 i know sometime this summer i want to make my way to myrtle beach... would be a fun road trip to go thru the draggon and that 108 miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 Just curious if anyone has ridden this road. State Route 28 from the South end of "The Tail of the Dragon", over to Walhalla, South Carolina. (Or 129 and 143 till it connects with 28.) Locals call it HellBender? Have ridden it hundreds of times.The best stretch is from the bridge crossing just north of Fontana Village south to about Tuskeegee, NC.It kind flattens out after that and becomes a heavily patroled 4 lane all the way down to the Route 19/74 junction. If you continue east on 19 / 74, 28 breaks off and goes south again at Lauada, NC. This i sprobably the best 20 miles or so in the country to ride. ShittyGixer had some issues with it last year, but it's still very good.Would call it "rugged and mountainous" but it does wind through the hills and some deep green forests.I'll see if I can find some pictures of the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 Some pics...Strange unknown man taking pics at the junction of 28 and Route 143 in NC...Route 28... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 Cops are thick as shit on 19 / 74 and the four lane portion of 28...Overlook on Route 28...Gas station at Route 28 as it turns off of 19 / 74 at Lauada... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 28 from Franklin to Highlands, NC is a great road with lots of waterfalls and very narrow twisting lanes. Problem is that there is a lot of traffic heading to Highlands on the weekends as it's a tourist destination.South of Highlands a ways - just after you leave Georgia and enter SC, the topography flatens out and it becomes just another country road. Pretty boring really. But you can hit it on the way back home, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnor Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 Rt28 is one of my favorites!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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