Thanks! Believe me, we were feeling the intimidation of the animal. It even took issue with a car early in the viewing. We did have traffic behind us but that wasn't our focus. Trying to be wise, give the animal room, work with traffic, and survive. That was the primary mindset swirling around upstairs. And yes, there's always room for uglier, but that's just life on a bike. The experience of riding isn't for everyone but for those of us that do, it's in the same truth of greater risk = greater reward.

Naw, the grizzlies a piece up the road had him for brunch! Easier kill than a buffalo.

Fyi... it's an unaltered, factory Suzuki Boulevard. Compared to many others, my ride is very quiet.

There was a lot of discussion that evening about the situation. We're just average guys that enjoy motorcycles and the outdoors. Don't let the demeanor fool you, we were intimidated. The weather behind us closed that direction as an alternative so, without discussion, we all came into that moment like, "Well, let's see if we can get through this." It was my idea to visit Yellowstone, and this is one of two moments that have created the decision to never return (on a motorcycle). When the bison turned sideways and halted my dad, I was very afraid of a charge, but he started backing up and the bison seemed to accept that. From there, it was a matter of reading the animal and making a decision. The other moment is in a video on this channel, but I don't recall which one off the top of my head. We came to an intersection and there was a line of traffic. It stopped us just a few feet from a feeding bison on our right. Because my cycle is red, my dad rolled up between us and said, "I don't know if buffalo are like cows and can be triggered by something red, so hopefully, this helps!" We were close! Too close! I want to say 10-15 feet. I've seen others get gored (videos) from that range. Still, the experience of Yellowstone on two wheels was amazing. If it weren't for the traffic combined with the bison, I'd do it again. The mix is a recipe for disaster.

​@@kennethgoin628 People from all over go to the annual bike rally in Sturgus. And some take side trips on their bikes to the park. Oh, all the various encounters between people and bison. I worked 6 summers and 3 winters in the park. My first summer ("85) my roommate and I went for a hike at Storm Point. She was wearing bright orange and I was wearing bright red. We were in the open field (at the start of the hike) and seemingly out of nowhere, here comes a BIG male, straight for us. One lone tree and my roommate & I headed for it. I got up in the tree, my roommate's backpack got caught in a branch. So, I had a birds eye view of her and this buffalo doing quite the dance around that tree.

@@eandsm4620 Wow! That would be a drawer-filling experience! lol

@@kennethgoin628 I was a night worker that summer. My dorm room was on the second floor. The base of the landing wasn't lit. I came down the stairs and found myself face to face with a buff. I took off and ran down a dark employee path, slipped and fell in some shale. Badly scraped both knees and ruined my pantyhose. Thankfully, the next year the park service lit that path.

@@eandsm4620 I'll bet you've got a lot of stories from your experiences there!

Good idea because those burgers can really run.

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@@cliffords.8341 Several times got to visit a couple that raises buffalo as a hobby. Have got to go out to see some of his herd. I wondered what was up when he headed out to feed a herd of yearlings and yet I saw no buffalos at all. And he was flying to get to the feed site and was pouring out the feed when around the hill, here they come. Those guys for their size and looks can really move!. And they are very agile. Humans should not even consider a foot race with them.

@@ronfullerton3162 That's pretty cool you've got to see them up close in person. The closest I've gotten is watching on tv and a KZfaq channel I'm subscribed to who raises them for their meat, coats etc. I would race them from a stand still and when it was time to go and the bisons took off, I would run thee other way. 😁

@@cliffords.8341 How I wish you could get the chance to see them. A beautiful majestic animal indeed. There are many organizations both private and public that work with buffalo. And many of them are tied together in their research and efforts to keep the herds coming back, healthy, and with good blood lines. They trade animals back and forth to protect and strengthen blood lines. They share any health problems and treatment as well as nutritional news. You may just go on line and check for anyone in your area that maybe raising buffalo as there are a number that are scattered all around the country. Here in Nebraska there is a chance to view them just off I-80 at the Alda exit, exit number 305. This is called the Sandhill Crane Trust and Museum, and is an interesting stop if you are coming down I-80. It was started due to the majestic bird names the Sandhill Crane which stops on it's migration north in our area for a rest from about mid March thru early April. And they have a buffalo herd as well. I would call ahead to check availability of the buffalo. The covid thing has been hard on viewing schedule. They often can be seen from the interstate and their museum. But to get a good look, it would be wise to check ahead with them. Ted Turner of early cable tv fame has a large ranch with buffalo up in the Nebraska Sandhills, but I do not of know the availability of viewing them. The rancher that we visited with is a private rancher who started buffalo ranching as a hobby. He and his wife both have other companies that they work at. But last time I chatted with him, he said that he felt the hobby is now the big business. I could not let any of his information out without his okay, which I am not sure he would give. I would hope that you would find someone in your area that raise and also would allow viewing of these examples of animals of the praires.

Plenty of Bison herds - get off of KZfaq and drive through the Yukon. Don't do it on a motorcycle.

Don't you think that's a rather shallow point of view? What next, ban hikers and campers too? Wildlife is everywhere, not just parks. In terms of tolerance, acceptance, and the word freedom, just because it's not something you'd personally do or agree with doesn't mean choices should be removed or further legislated. It's a fallacy of utopian thinking. You can't rule everyone into a single mindset. Furthermore, on what authority does you're point of view stand as the right one? Just leave it be before you all come up with reasons to ban humanity itself from the nature preserves.

I was thinking... we videographers usually save the maulings for the close-up photo takers, then I remembered that my bro-in-law stopped to capture photos. I don't know how he pulled it off, but he should've gone down like an unknown actor in the opening scene of a Star Trek episode.

Deceiving because of the wind noise going directly into the GoPro mic. The last bike is identical to the second bike in make, model, and engine/pipes. I still think the comment made a few years ago about hauling a wagon of rocks is funny... but it's just the wind noise.

Humans use the road - which goes through their living room. We coexist with beasts all the time without problem. They don't give off diesel smoke, and they always have the right away.

Hi Liz, the situation is a little more dangerous than you might think. Cars are blocking part of the road, limiting our avoidance area, and at first visibility, the bison turns to nail a car but pulls back by the miss. Getting head bumped by a bison can knock a rider off the bike and after that, well.... they're not cows and will pursue to their hearts content, sometimes killing humans as a result. Yellowstone has numerous negative encounters every year. Here's a video link that shows exactly what we were trying to avoid. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a71poLacy77ZlX0.html

Not entirely. The majesty of the landscapes.... just the scenery is enough to want to go there. It's not a zoo or a drive-thru safari. It is a nature preserve but we have nature all over the place, not just parks. Riding bike gives a feeling of being "in it". No barriers. Greater field of view. Greater sensory experience. Think about the history of the world for a moment. Was it really meant to be explored in a box? We have always ventured into it, subject to the things that be. Of course we try to do things with some knowledge and wisdom but there's nothing like being a little vulnerable to capture a fuller experience and discovery. I realize it's not for everyone but like the Geico commercial says, "Those that get it, do."

You need to floor it by them, you can’t risk it tipping you over while on a bike, it’ll crush you.

Last I checked, those roads were built for motorized vehicles. The only reason anyone talks about "right of way" is because it's a preserve and road kill is severely frowned upon. Some people.... some would do it so the rule is there, but let's be reasonable, not ridiculous.

@@kennethgoin628 If you are in that much of a hurry then you shouldn’t have come to this special place that reminds us how to be humans again. Leave your big city or small town mentality where it belongs, but not in Yellowstone where humans are no better or more important than animals.

@@rickshae2506 Big city? I LIVE in the country, grew up on farming and spending TONS of time in nature. I you don't properly understand the mechanics of this world, not my fault. Not my problem. Now, what do you want to choose, big city or small town... because they're nothing alike. You come across as a "visitors attitude", talking like you're an authority when you really don't know anything more than what you're told. As for the speed, genius.... speed limit is 40mph and I didn't exceed that. GoPro cams exaggerate speed because of their lenses. As for going by slower, did you not see that bison take issue with that little red car early on? I can use my resources or possibly get hurt. The choice is easy. Furthermore, provide some hard core fact research about anything I did that upset an ecosystem or traumatized an animal. Compare it to nature itself. Is a hungry wolf pack more stressful? A mountain lion perhaps? They exist on a teetering edge of live or die instinct first and foremost. Everything else is reaction. We can't, and won't, ever change this, no matter what or how many peanut butter bleeding sissies think otherwise.

@@kennethgoin628 Another old farm boy here. Three buddies and I rode our bikes up into the Sturgis area, and came back down by the Needles Highway into the wildlife area north of Hot Springs. We knew that we could possibly run into buffalo, and we hadn't a clue what to do. So we stopped and talked with a rancher that raises them. We were told not to stare at them, but keep an eye on them. If they are not paying you any attention, proceed with caution. If they are scoping you out, start looking for an escape route. We had one that started following us, but a park ranger ran him off so that we didn't have to speed away. After seeing what domestic farm bulls can do, I sure wasn't going to tempt something almost twice as big.

Just curious, to what knowledge and expertise you have of the circumstances that would substantiate your claim of having "played it terribly"? We were well aware of the danger in front of us. "Easily gotten killed"..... uh, yeah..... welcome to riding in Yellowstone!

Kenneth Goin haha if u dont know than u wouldnt understand anyway. Cool vid man

K Weaver, sounds like you are ducking his question. What would you have done? Do you even ride a motorcycle?

Once again, incomplete considerations. Do you see all the cars lined up? Have you researched cumulative decibel levels? Everyone accelerating a little at a time, you'd find that only 30 feet off the road, the combined exhaust volumes are nearly the same as a bike and RVs, they're even worse. At highway speed, a car's tires carry every bit as long and loud as anything else on the highway when in a quiet wilderness. More so, these are all factory Japanese bikes, which are far quieter than the American brands. A GoPro can pickup normal voice volume quite well, these bikes aren't that loud. Heck, my neighbors love me because most of the time they don't even know if I'm coming or going. Some bikes do not equal all bikes.

Haha! If we ever go back we'll have to stock up on buffalo tokens for the rogue, financially opportunistic ones!

Well... aren't we a little self-absorbed. We're on a highway ya genius. If you want to observe, trust me, there's no shortage of places to do so. Quit your belly aching. We built the highway; we get to use the highway. If you don't like it, watch a nature documentary or something else that demonizes the human race. Now, to give you some perspective, bison aren't exactly warm, cuddly creatures. We're as vulnerable as hikers and care not to flirt with reality. We also had weather pushing us from the south, weather that included thunder snow. You can shake your head, but we're on a trip. Can you understand that? A trip. Dates are set, weather will do what the weather is going to do, and a hearty person will roll with it and take in the richness of the experience as a whole. Nothing about a highway ruins their nature or their life experience. They're more worried about mating/reproduction, food, and predators, Their natural world is far more deadly and disturbing than anything presented by a trio of outdoor enthusiasts who also happen to like motorcycles.

@@kennethgoin628 You write very well. Is this your day job?! :-)

@@eandsm4620 Thank you for the compliment, though I'm not sure this passes as my best work. As you can see, they hit a button. I'm normally not that cranky! lol Coincidentally, I am an aspiring author. Hope to have things rolling within the next year or two.

@@kennethgoin628 You're sure going in the right direction! :-) And yes, I think of them as cuddly. I mean, the ones that come from the gift shop!

@@eandsm4620 I will accept and apply that encouragement! Thank you again!

Last I checked, we're not aliens to this planet and play roles in its balance. This is "my" planet so I'm willing to do my best to coexist but we have lived here for thousands and thousands of years, mostly outside of the protection of cities. Were the native Americans intruding on nature's "clubhouse". It's preposterous the way people who truly do not understand or know nature think they're an authority on our coexistence with it. Books and documentaries are often absent of human value and they romanticize a world that would just as soon eat them as to put up with them.... which is how they treat each other. Nature is harsh in every aspect. To not understand that, to not embrace that, will lead to a world that is MORE violent. Look around.... is it getting better?

@@kennethgoin628 omg calm down.. breathe in and breathe out.. take a joke before you have a stroke

@@talkingtina4519 Sorry Tina. I took this trip and encountered hundreds of bison. In the road, at the road, crossing the road, with low to no issues. This one happened to be a little more challenging and it's led to a bunch of faceless wonders giving me the what for and it just gets ridiculous. So.... I happened to be "on a roll" the other night and it was all pissing me off because there are people, and no shortage of them mind you, that think we don't belong in nature for one reason or another, like we're aliens or something. So yeah, I get a little passionate and sometimes I misinterpret the written word. Sorry.

If you read, you're not the only one that feels this way. Some have clearly misunderstood the wind in GoPro at the end but it's not a Harley, they're stock Boulevard pipes, and the bike has ran flawlessly since the day I took delivery so... to each their own I say!

Kenneth Goin , no disrespect to you and your bike , sorry if I offended you , maybe I should of wrote my comment better sorry

@@@darlenelovre848 We're good. I was actually writing my response feeling very light hearted but it's easy to miss such ingredients in the written form. I'm often in a hurry so I tend to come off very direct and forward.... that wasn't intended so, no worries...I'm not angry or anything, I just thought I'd offer up some causes for what it might be that you were specifically hearing. Happy trails to you and yours and THANK YOU for the friendly approach! :)

No worries have a good one safe travels

LOL.... yeah....cuz that has anything to do with anything. Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for IQ78!

@@kennethgoin628 Actually it was IQ111

It's a joke you fucking pussy.

Oh.... sorry... you must not have told it right! Ha ha! See.... now that's a joke! Did you see the twist there, feel the delivery??? I didn't even have to curse (which is code for "needs a bigger vocabulary") or call you a name like.... Jerkwad, the Cowardly Piffer, or "Spanksicus Himselficus Oftenous", you know... if you prefer Latin humor, like they used in Road Runner cartoons....Meep! Meep! Either way, keep working on it, you'll get better with more practice. Say "hi" to your mom for me! (David Spade influence there..... good stuff!)