Riding the Smoky Mountains

[@christophersmith5116]

Wonderful Ride!!! I Love this type of MottoVlogg! Beautiful... Almost look like Forest Scenery. Great Job!

[@BoDean52]

Thanks Chris, really appreciate that. Was a amazing ride with good friends

[@hogtirement5050]

Great video, super roads in that area. We went over Clingmans Dome on our trip to MS We also experienced an accident and misty weather. Got caught in construction at the top waiting for our turn, in a downpour. It was still a great ride over the mountain. Look to future videos. 😎

[@BoDean52]

Thanks my friend in the road up there is amazing and I can see how there are some accidents. It was a shame it was so overcast but still very worth it

[@PMCraig]

Yep, great riding in that area! Hope you at least did a little of the Blue Ridge Parkway…

[@BoDean52]

For sure and we did not, limited time that day but a reason to go back

[@PMCraig]

@@BoDean52 If you do go back the section of the Blue Ridge between Asheville and Smokey Mountain NP awesome. The is also a hotel right on the Blue Ridge called the Pisgah Inn. Nice place to stay especially if you’re with the wife and there’s an excellent restaurant on site….

[@chieftainghostrider6475]

Grew up close by there very beautiful I miss it since I moved to West Tennessee. You don’t know what you have till it no longer handy. Thank for the ride

[@BoDean52]

Thanks I’m glad you like it, such a beautiful area

[@Broncoride]

Great riding with you guys. What an incredible day of riding. Smokies are the best.

[@BoDean52]

This qualified for a real good day

[@bobnelson2499]

Awesome! Thanks so much for sharing.

[@BoDean52]

Thank you Mr Nelson

[@glidearkansas]

The Smokies are a great ride! Glad that you got to experience them. It has always been foggy at Clingman’s Dome for me too.

[@BoDean52]

For sure and we hot some rain coming down too. Funny the temp was 20 degrees different from the top to the bottom. You guys all settled in?

[@glidearkansas]

@@BoDean52 We’re getting there. Just unpacked a little at a time. I’m ready for another week long motorcycle trip. 😁

[@judgenorman5524]

Thank you this was a great video had memories grew up first 16 yrs of my life in and around Bryson City and Brevard NC before we moved down to Panama City. Florida again thanks for the video be safe !!

[@BoDean52]

Glad you enjoyed it, the area was so beautiful and everyone so nice

[@tennwingman3350]

I am going to miss playing in those mountains. Just now takes me longer to get there. Yall had an awesome trip and I am glad you shared this with us.

[@BoDean52]

Thanks it’s a beautiful area

[@blackedoutbandit]

Some day I would love to do these roads

[@BoDean52]

worth the trip, let's roll today!

[@motorcycleden]

SMNP is a very beautiful park! Much nicer on a weekday. I always love seeing elk when we go, especially later in then year when their antlers are fully grown.

[@BoDean52]

No doubt, it was awesome and we go back in a second

[@larry68hd11]

Enjoyed thanks for sharing 👍

[@BoDean52]

Thanks Larry

[@GoodGuysCarry]

I love that area! Ridden those roads many times and I can’t wait to go back again!

[@BoDean52]

I totally agree and sometimes you always say hey that was a great place to ride I wanna go back one day and never go. This place I will ride back to you for sure

[@MotoByChance]

It is so crazy green! So jealous of this trip. Wish I could have been there too.

[@BoDean52]

It was beautiful Robin, we had a riot

[@PurpleOnThree]

Memories! We sure enjoyed riding there last month and can't wait to go back! Those motorcycle maps are the best or get yourself a local (Motoramblings) tour guide to tell you about the best roads! Looked like you had a great trip!

[@BoDean52]

Agree it was incredible riding and like the Motorambling idea!

[@PurpleOnThree]

@@BoDean52 😊

[@Wind.Road.Therapy]

Looks like an awesome ride with good friends. Loved seeing the Elk, I've been to the Smokies, but in a SUV, looking forward to riding it one day. Lovely scenery and your audio is on point!

[@BoDean52]

Appreciate that and just beautiful country all around there. Ride safe!

[@Wind.Road.Therapy]

@@BoDean52 yes, there is!

[@judisheldon6848]

I know riding around Gatlinburg is awesome too. Stayed in some chalets out there for a boomer gathering. Vast area. Would live to go back. Glad you got the chance.

[@BoDean52]

Actually Gatlinburg was awful. It was so congested and so many people even during the week and really bad for motorcycles. Maybe if you’re in a car it may be OK but we dodged our way around that the best we could

[@judisheldon6848]

@@BoDean52 That's why we stayed in the mountains up closer to the park. Only went into town once in four days...LOL

[@Mr.McStache]

We went to bears tooth in August and was wishing we had warmer gear. It’s amazing how the weather changes in the mountains

[@BoDean52]

It’s beautiful and like 20° Delta

[@GoodLifeRiders]

I really enjoyed riding through the park. So beautiful!

[@BoDean52]

It’s an amazing place that I will be back again for sure, ride safe

[@SinisterClutch]

Yep just rode Newfound Gap Road recently. Beautiful ride! Yeah it is a tourist trap through there. Clingman’s Dome always seems foggy. I didn’t see a lot of traffic so you were there at a good time.

[@BoDean52]

It was definitely fun riding there for sure, foggy for sure as well

[@tomfillmore9710]

Thanks for the ride that was great beautiful place take care and ride safe

[@BoDean52]

Glad you enjoyed it, incredible riding there

[@RoadGlideAndy]

have several of those maps myself. highlight all the ones you been on. also look closely there are loops you can do. very nice riding down there. the wife and i have been there 3 times. may go for a week next year, but putting Kentucky first. stay safe.

[@BoDean52]

Thanks for the tips!

[@Motoramblings]

I love this!! So close to my home turf!! I love seeing the videos when people come to my area, it just makes me appreciate home so much more!!! Great video my friend!! I have several of those maps, keep them with me when I ride, give them to people I run into from out of the area. The Badgers used one, with some notes, to go from VAMM21 to the Dragon,via some really cool roads. Take Care, Patrick

[@BoDean52]

Thanks Patrick and you live in some beautiful country

[@PinksAdventures]

Man!...those are some beauty roads!!...thanks for the ride along!...stay safe...ride safe!!😎🤙👍🤙👍🇨🇦

[@BoDean52]

Thanks 👍, it was so fun

[@brettcreech3490]

Love the videos on the route Slappy.😎

[@Viper6-MotoVlogger]

I see a lot of riders posting vids of that area and it’s pretty freaking awesome.

[@BoDean52]

Even better in person

[@WildOn2sVlog]

Good stuff. Saw the other channels on the ride

[@BoDean52]

Thanks Wild, was a fun time!

[@wskeyson3382]

Great group and great ride! Hope you're staying cool because it's hotter than a dog leg par 5 at Amarillo here in Vegas!

[@BoDean52]

I bet Vegas is a scorcher this time of year, stay cool

[@BoDean52]

Thank you for watching and all three vacation videos can be found on my Kentucky and Tennessee Motorcycle Vacation Playlist kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZjLfqWmaMeBnM0

[@Petesmotoadventure]

Love those roads. We went through there on the way home from Vamm. The traffic is crazy now a days, almost enough where I don’t want to that way anymore. Paper map is the way to go.

[@BoDean52]

It actually was really good except for Gatlinburg which I will never go back on the motorcycle. Beautiful roads though

[@steveledbetter9579]

How did you like Clingmans dome? I was there twice nothing but good times . standing in the clouds getting wet from the moisture in the clouds then the 7 tens of a mile( I believe) hike to the top and then almost get blown off by the wind at the but it is pretty. Be safe later. 🥸👍

[@BoDean52]

We actually went up there Steve but it was so cloudy you could not see anything so we did not go out on the walk out because you couldn’t see across the road. It was still incredible

[@RustyTheBiker]

Across from the Cherohala Skyway Harley Davidson t-shirt shop is a restaurant called the Iron Skillet grab some lunch and they have the maps there..

[@BoDean52]

We did not get to that and the map is awesome!

[@RustyTheBiker]

@@BoDean52 Yeah it is kind of a cool little restaurant that looks over the little river.

[@joshuamarkle8178]

Awesome views and roads. Part of the reason I live in Tennessee.

[@BoDean52]

I can’t agree more and the people were so nice

[@mikedanaher3413]

With the amount of traffic on the Road today I’m beginning to think that everyone is on vacation but me. I really wish some of these folks would go back to work. Ride safe. 👍

[@BoDean52]

We said the same thing Mike, it's a weekday...get to work!

[@genekelley7579]

🛑🛑 Bodean….your audio and that everyone is “linked”, is really cool!! Nice Job👍🍺

[@BoDean52]

Thanks, we had a ton of fun and all talking

[@genekelley7579]

@@BoDean52 We used similar systems (UClear) on our last trip as well, linking 4 bikes together. It is fun to talk back and forth while riding👍

[@Jarvisbiker]

Such beautiful roads, makes for a fun ride, good friends =fun ride x 3 ............JB..

[@BoDean52]

Thanks my friend, amazing roads and friends made it a ride I will not forget

[@cohencox8243]

My wife and I took that same ride just a few weeks ago on June 28th. We left from Pigeon Forge and took the Gatlinburg bypass. It was a beautiful ride and great road. I wish I could have met the 3 of you there. We rode back through Maggie Valley on the way home. I do have a question for you. Did the three of you walk to the top of Clingmans Dome? That half mile walk is no joke.

[@Motoramblings]

I've done that hike! You're right, NO JOKE!!!!

[@BoDean52]

Thanks Cohen and we did not. It was so cloudy and rainy that we could not see a thing at the top but the other side of the road. Definitely wanna go back and it would be really cool to see everything from that vantage point

[@cohencox8243]

@@BoDean52 Maybe next time. It was cloudy for us too. Ride up was the best part so you experienced that.

[@chieftainghostrider6475]

Next time your in the area go to Jefferson City and eat at Pal’s, it only a drive thru buts it’s the best burger around. Get the Pal burger with frenchy fries and a strawberry milkshake

[@BoDean52]

Will do that because I will be back

[@chieftainghostrider6475]

@@BoDean52 hit me when you do. I might head that way from West Tennessee

[@mikemartinsr5350]

Using that hill assist bo dean lol

[@BoDean52]

I am and its a little joke with HDR which is why I say it

[@Roadglide911]

Ride through there quite often as I live a 100 or so miles away. Beautiful area in the fall of the year when the leaves change. By the way what are you using for coms between bikes? I bought my 21 RG Limited This Oct and love it. It handles like a dream. If you’re up in East TN the snake 🐍 is a good ride. It’s on highway 91 through a community called shady valley and ends in a small town called Mountain city near Boone NC. You can leave there and ride to Roan mountain state park back into NC or to the Blue Ridge parkway.

[@BoDean52]

That’s great and I would love to live in that area I really enjoyed this ride and plan to go back. I use Sena 10c pro for communication and GoPro for video; they work well. Enjoy those roads and weather! Ride Safe

[@johngilbert1047]

Pretty sure the map you’re referring to is done by Freeman maps. A Google search will get you to them, and they will send you their maps for just a small handling charge. I have their maps for a couple different regions, very informative. Ride safe

[@BoDean52]

Yes John, it is a Freeman map and VERY helpful to us. Ride safe

[@Tryke_Ryder]

Bob which Klock Werks windshield did you put on the new Bike?

[@BoDean52]

A Sports Flare and I like it a lot. That said, the dark tint and slight distortion can be an issue on some roads. I am don’t a compare video in the next week as soon as Klock Werks sends me a different style. I suspect I will keep this on for most days and the other for long touring. Stay tuned Bill!

[@darrenlingerfelt5879]

You’re close to where I live.

[@BoDean52]

Well dang......its beautiful there!

[@birdman4434]

Nice Video. Did you see many deer on or near the road down there? I have hit 2 deer now in the last year and a half, starting to get a little paranoid about riding.

[@BoDean52]

No but they are out around here already, ride safe. Thanks!

[@blackedoutbandit]

What do u use for Audio? How do u capture your voice and other people that u ride with.

[@BoDean52]

We all use Sena as communication devices, my wife has one as well that we use to talk. I then take my Go Pro footage for the video part of each video and then add the Sena audio.

[@blackedoutbandit]

@@BoDean52 I didn't know there was a way to record audio with the Sena. I have the Sena 20s evo on my helmet and the wife's.

[@BoDean52]

@@blackedoutbandit it doesn’t, wife has 20s but I have the 10c pro. It’s best for audio recording and back up video. There is a new evo that will do the same I think.

[@slyguyaction]

Were you in Rain Mode or riding with your high beam on? Great vid. Thanks for taking us along...

[@BoDean52]

Yes on the high beam and have not actually tried the rain mode yet. Plan too soon! Thanks and ride safe

[@nelsongn9]

I want to ride tail of the dragon

[@BoDean52]

For sure and there are so many other roads to make sure to spend time riding

[@mikemartinsr5350]

Great audio

[@BoDean52]

Thanks Mike, it turned out good

[@bigfredtn]

Subscribed

[@BoDean52]

Welcome to the crazy Fred and thanks!

[@painsrides]

An "HDR sandwich".... 🤔 Glad you didn't get into too much more trouble without the wives aboard to keep control ...

[@BoDean52]

Very true but I must say, the banter between us all day was definitely not a KZbin ready 😂😂