Blogs from Robbinsville, North Carolina, United States, North America

Rode thru the Smokies today. Rte 441 thru the great Smokie mtn national park, Sevierville to Cherokee TN, then 19, 74 & 28 into Robinsville. Highly recommend it for anyone with a motorbike. Beautiful scenery, incredible roads. Just a blast to ride them. Double D's are loving their new little rockets I'm thinkin. Tail of the Dragon tomorrow, we curves in 11 miles (I see lots of 2nd gear riding in near future), then Nashville......Apparently there's a bar called the Stage where anyone can just get up a doing. What do you figure I'm thinking?... read more

Today was THE big Day - Tale of the Dragon. Biker's dream road. Set off early and commenced with the Foothills Parkway. Such beautiful countryside with excellent winding roads with an ever increasing number of bikes. Everywhere we stopped we were greeted by fellow bikers from all over the states. A short stop ended in long stops exchanging experiences of Aus , our trip and bikers' tales. The Tale is all it is made to be 318 bends in 11 miles - BLOODY AWESUME. At the end we stopped at Deals Gap to let the adrenalin levels drop, have coffee and lunch. Met a County Sheriff and took photo's with his car. He had a story of the highest speed a rider was booked at by him. The rider was caught doing 70mph. The speed limit ... read more