For the first time since the 2000 Honda Hoot I have not been riding with somebody that had never been down the Tail of the Dragon or the
Cherohala Skyway, so I took the opportunity to go exploring in the Devil's Triangle, a few miles northwest of Knoxville, TN. What I found was most
satisfying, particularly SR 116. It has some awesome twisties including switchbacks so tight it was not trying to made a U-turn on a two lane road with no
shoulder with a large elevation change thrown in there, plus there were plenty of short pitch wiggles along a stream. SR 116 definitely has its scary parts
one of which was no shoulders and even the white lines on the edge of the road were many times partly headed down the mountain side. 
Even scarier were the two extremely tight downhill switchbacks that had gravel across the road
just when I was about to exit the curve and before really getting straight in the lane. If I were going faster it felt like I could have easily slid off the
road and down the side of the mountain. Anyway, it is a fun ride that will go on any chance I get.
Even scarier were the two extremely tight downhill switchbacks that had gravel across the road
just when I was about to exit the curve and before really getting straight in the lane. If I were going faster it felt like I could have easily slid off the
road and down the side of the mountain. Anyway, it is a fun ride that will go on any chance I get.
There are some good pictures of the Devil's Triangle available through the following link.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.tailofthedragon.com/DevilsTriangle/DevilsTriangle.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.tailofthedragon.com/DevilsTriangle/DevilsTriangle.html&h=271&w=300&sz=13&hl=en&start=3&um=1&tbnid=1Bg5zbSXlkzODM:&tbnh=105&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddevil%2527s%2Btriangle%2Btennessee%26ndsp%3D18%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4DMUS_enUS219US220%26sa%3DN
These pictures were taken on the southern end of SR 116, where it meets SR 62 west of Oliver Springs, TN.
