Subject: Re: [TR] Tail recollections

From: bill beecher <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:07:44 -0600

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Have never driven The Tail but recall some wonderful Wasatch Mountain roads i=
n Utah.  =20
John: I do have an audio clip somewhere of you expressing your great displea=
sure with that Goldwing.=20
Bill B
TS 30766L

=E2=80=9CThe harder I work, the luckier I get=E2=80=9D  H. Ford

On Jan 14, 2026, at 10:46=E2=80=AFAM, John Macartney <[email-masked]=
> wrote:

=EF=BB=BFI did the Tail in 2009 in both directions on the same day in an ISO=
A rebuilt Stag on the Trans AmeriCan charity drive - 18000 miles in a tad ov=
er three months. It would have been a lot more fun if I hadn=E2=80=99t been s=
tuck 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 behin=
d a tractor with a trailer of hay bales and nowhere to pull off. A great dri=
ve that would have been a lot more enjoyable were it not for the equivalent o=
f people manhandling a concert grand piano as mobile obstructions.
By contrast, a high speed drive up and down Pikes Peak was far more worthwhi=
le.

Jonmac
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On Jan 14, 2026, at 10:46=E2=80=AFAM, John Macartney &lt;johnbmacartney@gmx.=
com&gt; wrote:<br><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<span>I did the Tail i=
n 2009 in both directions on the same day in an ISOA rebuilt Stag on the Tra=
ns AmeriCan charity drive - 18000 miles in a tad over three months. It would=
 have been a lot more fun if I hadn=E2=80=99t been stuck behind a Honda Gold=
wing with flapping pennants and two riders pulling a luggage trailer at 25mp=
h on the fast bits. On the return, I got stuck behind a tractor with a trail=
er 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 c=
oncert grand piano as mobile obstructions.</span><br><span>By contrast, a hi=
gh speed drive up and down Pikes Peak was far more worthwhile.</span><br><sp=
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From: Mark Bradakis <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 01:50:51 -0700

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On 1/20/26 8:07 AM, bill beecher wrote:
> Have never driven The Tail but recall some wonderful Wasatch Mountain 
> roads in Utah.

Indeed.  Alpine Loop, Trapper's Loop, Mt. Nebo, Big Cottonwood and 
various other canyons and twisty bits throughout the state.  And with 
basically no snow in January, some nice drives.

mjb.

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