The Dragon

The Tail of the Dragon, located in the North West Smoky Mountains is not the place where you're going to find a bunch of dual sport motorcycles. Rather, the 11 mile stretch of hairpin riddled backroads is a haven for sport bikes and, it seems, a lot of cruiser types. However, since I was there with my 2016 Kawasaki KLR650 last weekend, I needed to give it a run...which turned into two...which turned into a bunch. The darn KLR did amazingly well on it's Conti TKC80 Twinduros; it was an absolute blast.

There's an outfit called Killboy Action Photography that sits along the Dragon (also Cherohalla and 28) and takes photos of bikes and cars and then offers them for sale for $6-$7 or less if you by like four or more. What a goldmine of an idea!

I go to the Smoky Mountains to ride those roads two or three times a year, but never before mid-May. Why? Cuz it's too friggin cold!