ADV dual sport ride, water crossing fail! Smoky Mountains, Ep 3

This is episode three of a four day ADV ride on dual sport bikes in the Smoky Mountains, Cherokee National Forest, Maggie Valley and surrounding area. DRZ400E shuts down on water crossing! Exploring the Martha Sundquist State Forest and Cataloochee National Forest

[@RoadRash1]

Weather got better for you guys! How was Bunches Creek Rd up near the top near the Blue Ridge Parkway? I spent a lot of time on Bunches Creek trout fishing when I was a kid (70's and 80's). Me and a few buddies are going this week to do some of the roads you did in this video including Balsam Mtn/Heintooga. Sucks you only missed it by a few days. I might add Bunches Creek to the Sunday ride.

[@GooseADV]

Bunches Creek Road is great, well maintained, very flowing, nice views. I was shocked the loop was closed! Hope you guys enjoy it, we are headed back there in August to try again!

[@danarnold9557]

Ol' trusty drz out on the trail is always good to see. It has some weak points but you can lose the dash and she'll keep tickin'

[@GooseADV]

I love that bike- it really pained me to see it having so many problems on the trip. All better now though!

[@KittenMittens_0]

Nice video! Question for you... How do you integrate the comms from your headset into the camera? My friends all use cardos and I've been trying to figure out how to get our comms audio in my videos. Thanks!

[@GooseADV]

Thanks! I have a GoPro Mic adapter connected to my GoPro, which provides power and an audio in. Connected to the GoPro mic adapter is a 3.5mm splitter. Each end of the splitter goes to a mic- one mic sits at the front of the helmet and catches my voice while the other mic sits atop the speaker for my bluetooth comms system. The downside is each only records one channel (which becomes obvious if someone watches my videos with headphones on) but its not noticeable on a computer or TV. Check out this video for how my helmet is put together - kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3uqpp-Ohdh3nKc

[@KittenMittens_0]

@@GooseADV thank you so much for all the info! Checking out the video now 👍

[@walkerfamilyoverlandingpho4826]

More speed and distance to bump from low low battery..

[@GooseADV]

Yep!