Originally Posted by BoilerUpXFire
While I have never been on this road, have you traveled the Dragon? If you are impressed by 100+ foot drops, the Dragon has 200-300 foot drops and no guardrails anywhere, an occasional bail of hay so the motorcycle guys don't fly over the edge if they dump it. It is consistently on the list of best roads in the WORLD, I have never seen anything in Hawaii on the list
Excuse my error. I omitted one zero. The road is 1000' (one thousand feet) up on the side of a mountain.
I haven't driven the Tail of the Dragon, so I am being somewhat subjective in my comments. However, the phyical comparisons do speak for themselves. The Hana Road is 52 miles of 617 hairpin curves with 59 bridges, 46 of which are one way and as memory serves, most of the bridges are on blind curves. The roadway is always wet from frequent rain and the numerous waterfalls that fall on the cliff side, and roadway shifts are common.
As for being the "Best road in the world". I would not put the Hana in that mix. Hazardous, YES, best (for touring), BIG NO....