Thank you! Can hardly wait to see the western half! Great job!!! Thank you so much!

Great video! Prayers for all your safety during your next adventure! 🇺🇲✌🇺🇲

Dude you're a rock star. Love the info. Nobody ever mentions Arkansas. Never even knew trails like that existed there. Keep up the good work.

Thank you for wearing the thin blue line wristband!

Cades Cove is an amazing place to see wildlife/log cabins/beautiful for sightseeing!!! Definitely not the place to be in any hurry

My friend and I rode the Tennessee and Mississippi sections of Sam's route. It was amazing! There was a LOT more gravel than what you encountered. Great ride! Thanks for sharing yours!

Looking forward to the western trail, thanks for sharing the eastern trail with us!👍

Maggie valley , Waynesville area is beautiful 💪🏼

Dude I love your channel!!!! Been watching 2 years now. Still no bike since 2016 but Lord willing 2022

Adam you rock man ! I live in Utah and can say the scenery here is amazing. Safe travels, your girl Ashley is a trooper.

Looking foreword to the continuation, stay safe, stay Stubborn.

Nice recap! Looking forward to your western TAT ride

Take some good pictures over near Sewanee TN. Beautiful place

Thinking the western half is gonna be a lot more challenging and more what you were hoping for. Good luck and be safe Brother.

Advil and bengay . Have fun. Enjoy the ride. Keep Ashley Safe. And you too🙏😎🏍🇺🇸🏃🏻‍♀️

Adam just wanted to say I've been watching your videos for the past year find them entertaining and inspiring that I'm going to be taking my first road trip 3rd week of June 1600 mile road trip on my 2004 Road King keep putting out the videos and be safe on your ride wherever you go

Keep doing what your doing! I’m a Harley man been to the campground and a world record holder because of you. Love all the videos. Can’t wait to come back to Kriver

Good stuff brother, take care . God Bless

Great info!!!

With all the dirt roads near your camp ground , maybe you should market to adventure riders. You could have pre-set trail rides on a separate website that folks could review, so they have a travel agenda during their stay camping.

sick man cant wait for the next video. cheers

Good video. Very professional. -Stay Stubborn and stay safe.

Really enjoying your adventures off/on road. Looking forward to the western part, as always, stay safe for you, Ashley and the rest of the team.

Adam, Enjoy your particular Tat Route, glad you are matching the terrain to your particular motorcycles and abilities. Your skills and knowledge of the TAT will build through out the years as it offers you more challenges and beauty along the way. I think this year is only the beginning for you in regards to riding the TAT. So much opportunity, beauty and tough challenges still to be explored. I hope you enjoy every second of it! This is what life is all about! Wishing you all the very best.

TAT forum on ADV Rider has some great info about the TAT, that is a good place to start to get that "wish" info you mentioned. Gotta search thru the loads of good info, some kinda so, so. Wade thru and pick out what is most important to you.

Thanks for sharing the adventure Adam, looking forward to your thoughts on the west side...... cheers and enjoy the ride

ADAM, I HAVE NOT MISSED ANY OF YOUR "TAT" VIDEOS. THANKS FOR THE RE-CAP, LOOKING FOREWARD TO THE WESTERN SIDE. STAY SAFE, AND STUBBORN. DAN, TATU DAN, in NEW ORLEANS

I'm enjoying following you on your journey. As both of my broken ribs continue to heal. Thanks again for the ride back at KRiver. I'll be there again.

Bro watching your videos and seeing you tackle those challenging roads, is inspiring me to definitely get a motorcycle again after 15 years of not riding.... keep up the great work and thanks for all you do for the military veterans in this country !!!👍👍👍👍👍👍

Always brother ✊🏻🇺🇸

I have never rode the Tail of the Dragon, but I live in Roanoke, VA and we have roads that everyone who has road the Tail say blow that away. I recently went down to Marion, VA and road the Back of the Dragon about 100 miles from us here. It has sweeping curves, switchbacks, elevation climb, beautiful scenery and much more curves and 3x as many miles. That is a great ride and everyone claims its 10x better than the Tail. If your ever out this way, let us know, we got some guys that would definitely come out to ride with you.

Can’t wait for you all to get back on the TAT. Great adventure. Ride safe my friends!

So glad you are enjoying that off roading...a WHOLE NEW dimension of motorcycling! Def enjoying your information and videos! I certainly hope the snows are diminished in Colorado for your next trek.....Im heading there end of June on annual road trip meeting some Texas riding friends around the Silverthorne, CO area for mountain road riding. Im really watching and getting information from your videos as I might try the TAT next year and will swing by the campground for a few days during that ride...your information in this particular video really helps me consider where to start riding it...def Arkansas and maybe a part of Tennessee...Be safe and get ready for a challenge - one that will be well earned!

Thanks Adam, and I can’t wait to see the western halve adventure!

Interesting... not thinking the offroad would be my thing... though the unbeaten path provide things not normally seen.

Great info. Now I want to do the TAT too.

I just met a guy who did the trail from from start to finish here in NC. His main bit of advice was use a smaller bike like a 250 or a 400.

Good luck on the rest of your trip young man, I've been watching for about a year and a half ride a indian vintage myself. Seeing your tat videos has brought back great memories for me when I began riding many years ago

Stay Stubborn will be fun to see the next portion of the Tat...

If you are looking for shortcuts or detours. DO NOT TAKE ANY ROADS that say Jeep trail or 4x4 only. They are usually like the Rubicon trail (go google it).

Joining your channel because of the great content!! I have a ‘95 Goldwing gl1500, and a ‘80 Kawasaki kz1300

Never done any of Kevin's route, but just did Sam's through NC and half of TN back in November. You might try Sam's through there. No Deals Gap or Cades Cove, and much more gravel. And check out Smokey Mtn 1000 and 500.

Great Review and a reason for a dual sport motorcycle!

Good deal, Good luck! Enjoy your time in the dirt. Be Careful, and Be Safe. I'll be with you in spirit from my lazy boy rocker recliner...lol. Looking forward to seeing the videos.

Been enjoying the videos. Maybe one day i will come visit your campgrounds. Good luck with the second half of the TAT!

Cool video

I agree with the Dragon. We have some amazing twisty roads here in California. We’ll be using gpsKevin for our Alaska ride. Just waiting for the borders to open up, then Sturgis may be put on the back burner till next year. Can’t wait to take our f800gs’s north!!!!! Thank you for taking the time & effort for these vids🙏🏼

Good luck bud besafe and have fun.

Looks like a amazing ride, if you ever make it to Central Michigan, we would love to have you here at our campground, leisure lake family campground

Some kind a of FUN!

How’s Ashley ?! I love how she’s doing this with you!!! Great job guys 💕

Awesome video and information, thank you! My buddy and I decided to break it up into 3 trips. We did NC to Bebe, AR then headed back to Louisiana. We're planning to pick up in Bebe and head to Moab, UT in June or July 2021. Safe travels!

Living in the Southeast, I have to agree with you Adam on the Tail of the Dragon. Definitely a bucket list item, but so many other roads to enjoy in the area. I've been on the Deagon about 5 times and while fun and technical, there's just too many idiots that put themselves and others at jeopardy. Just avoid the weekends, so you too can say veni vidi vici.

There is some great ADV riding in Oklahoma once you get done with the TAT. Look into the OAT Oklahoma Adventure Trail and the GOAT Green County Oklahoma Adventure Tour. A few buddies rode the GOAT a couple weeks ago and said it was amazing.

If you have more video from Arkansas I’m sure I speak for a lot of your followers wanting to see like all of Arkansas video. 😎😎

Adam, the TAT videos have really been interesting. Both Ashley and you rode it like a pair of Champs.

Nice! Arkansas huh 🤔, seriously never would have thought. Thanks Adam. 🤙🏼 have fun, be well, ride safe. ~B

Good video 👍

Great reviews. I'm hoping to trick-out my 2016 DCT AT with bars and bags for off road and do the same. Looking forward to how the ride West goes for you.

I could see you or Ashley possibly wanting a smaller more manageable bike for some sections in the western trip, like Big Bear Pass in Colorado, although doable on what your riding, a more manageable bike might be more enjoyable for a plan "B" The rocks will be fun in a Jeep but not so fun on any bike in sections.

I am not an off-road guy, but I like these videos. 🙂💀👍

You realized your limitations,what are you going to do to improve? Considering you & Ashley did really well

Adam thank you for all your information on the TAT. Both my wife are Harley riders she ride a 12 Sportster 883 Super Low. I ride a 12 Electra Glide Ultra Limited. We are planning on do TAT in parts or maybe straight through that has not been determined. But neither of us have any experience in the off road world. I am 56 my wife is 55. I have been riding for 34 years my wife for 15 years. We both have done multiple long haul rides of 5000 miles or more. But we never bike camped. We are back packers so sleeping out in the boonies is not and issue. We are currently outfitting two 250 cc bikes for the adventure. Your navigation advise is huge. When we wheel in our Jeep or F250 I use maps. I don't rely of just GPS. To see you use the maps thank you for including that information. We are going to do some regional off road riding first. Traverse Georgia Trail. It starts on the Georgia South Carolina boarder and heads west to Alabama. It about 340 miles with 280 of it off road. Keep up the great work. Also both my wife and I love how your taking your time and enjoying the ride. So many KZfaq videos I have watched on the TAT have been on tight time frames and are all about the miles. Where is the the fun in that. I am not riding to boast to my buddies that I road here and there. I ride for the thrill of the adventure and to enjoy myself. Ride on, be safe, have fun, stop often, and enjoy the adventure. Keep up the great content we are loving it. Steve and Kristin

See why I wanted you to come to Arkansas? When your done with the TaT. I'll show you some stuff that you missed.

Love the videos. I"m going to keep on saying it...Longer videos brother, at least 10 mins, especially of you riding the trails. Keep them coming.

Can’t wait to see more brother! Disappointing the eastern half doesn’t have more dirt. 👎🏻

Planning on dropping in at KRiver in bout 17-18 days ! Y’all enjoy your west TAT I’ll leave a message or Picture from the 3 dudes from Tenneesse.

Okay. On the western section film more of the ride while it is happening less of the staged filming.. Note: you are about to get into some seriously more challenging trails once you hit Colorado. The Alpine loop section watch out for the tight switch backs with big loose rocks. Once you get to Ophir pass the west side is going to be a challenge with a big bike. Steep and lots of big loose rocks. Have fun.

Well done. Some buddies and I have done Morehead to Maggie Valley recently and are planning Maggie Valley to Somewhere, Oklahoma at the end of June. I'm enjoying your videos and advice. Keep it up and we'll see ya on youtube. LOL

Now you should do that water crossing that you didnt do on another vid of yours around the KRIVER . Now sense you are a (PRO) ;-)

Awesome work Adam, I look forward to the rest of your journey. I am planning a solo TAT trip next summer (2021) on my 2020 Honda CB500X with the Rally Raid level 2 kit. Your vids will really go a long way in informing myself and others on whats to come. However, could we get a little more vid time with you and Ashley just hanging out and vloging. I've noticed a steep decline in video length. As i know it's tough to film edit and post while on the TAT. That's my 2 cents. keep safe out there brother -Your local Ohio Army vet on a Honda-

This would have been a great opportunity for Harley to show its adventure bike through your page. Smh. They missed an opportunity. Too bad it’s delayed anyway.

Hey brother one question. It looks like I’m not going to have a two wheeler due to my right foot being cut to half. I’m ok with it but my balance is so off. I think to be safe I may need a three wheeler. Not an ATV but a trike. Do you think it could make it if I stayed on the easy trail roads? What do you think? I want to do the tat so bad. Speedy from Montgomery. Stay safe out there!

Just picked up my #MoskoMoto duffel bag on sale. This duffel bag is amazing and I contacted them to see about better shipping and BOOM they covered 1/2 of it. Amazing customer service. I did tell them you recommended them. So thank you, now let it rain. 😂 Stay safe hopefully see you in Sturgis.

I am loving this series! Adam, check out the Ride on Amigos KZfaq channel. He has excellent footage of the whole trail. You can see from his videos what you can expect in the central and western sections of the TAT. Stay safe brother, and greetings from N.C.

Ok brother, I hope you did your homework on this side! Be damn careful, these mountains can be tragic. Take your time and stay away from the sides!!! Check out the KZfaq that I said to watch. Please show the crew. A must!!

Rock N Roll👍

I hydrolocked my bike going through the left side of that crossing on the tat...

Next year....the TCT !!! :) :) (Then I could feed you two a few BBQ'd burgers with beers)

I am waiting for Harley to release the Pan America then I want to ride the TAT.

I hope you catch the dirt bike bug. But, the reason you had difficulty was because your bike was WAY too big. Get a dual sport a 400cc would be fine. Sometimes bigger is NOT better, this is particularly true off road. Those trails you were falling on looked pretty easy from the perspective of a guy that usually rides a 250. Off road, go light.

Ashley is beautiful but she ain't no SISSY! Looking forward to the rest of the story.

Did y’all check out Wheels Through Time bike museum while you were in Maggey Valley NC?? Looked like y’all were right next to it when y’all started out there.

Adam I hope you continue to do the great work that you have decided to devote unselfishly your life for. No doubt many veterans have paid far more than most people will ever think about. I hope you know about Jesus and how he died also so that all of us who are sinners can be saved from an eternity in hell and spend eternity in heaven. I hope you have access to a Bible if so I encourage you to read Romans 10: 9&10. I like you have always felt bad because of not serving in the military I think it is so great how you are serving in your way. If you have never considered giving and living your life for God I pray you will. You made mention in one of your videos you thought God was watching out for you. I know he has been and I will continue to pray for you and all you are doing. God bless

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Good review. Are you saying to avoid Cades Cove altogether or just don't get caught there on a weekend? Also, are you or Ashley making any gear changes for the Western half based on your experience with the Eastern half?

If you had to do the bike purchases all over again for the TAT, would you have gone with smaller bikes?

How have the crash bars held up? Falling down in the rocks, did they prevent damage to everything else? I have a manual 2017 Africa Twin, I play offroad single track and logging trails/roads probably 50% of my ride time, I'm thinking I'm on borrowed time before I damage something so I'm due to get some protection on her. Looking at those crash bars, haven't seen any actual results on how they hold up. You picked the right bike to do the TAT, I had a DRZ 400, and the AT is just overall a better and more capable machine, just heavier.

What were the Maps that you used? Also where to get them? I'm riding from Colorado back to the east due to all the forest fires and closed roads on the BDRS out west.

Do you think a smaller bike would be better ? Like a 650 or 800? Just curious.

how about completing a training course as well with an expert offroad trainer

Love the videos keep it up. Is there a link to donate to the veterans cabin you are building?

Awesome trip dude ! Any damage from dropping the bikes ?

I tried to catch the mapping system your using, played it back twice , still didn’t understand, could you tell me what it is ? Looks really helpful.

Suzuki v strom 650 very highly rated adventure bike I think you would have liked it I am a harley man but I think I will one day get one been rated better the the ktl and the honda lots of tat riders have them they have it in a 1000cc but the 650 is liter and rips through the dirt better

Adam, what are the most reliable bikes for folks (like me) that don't know much about how to make repairs and needs some reliability?

Adam, are you afraid to destroy the bike....? I am always real careful with my bikes. Don't like riding thru water and I don't like dropping a bike.

Where did you obtain your maps for the TAT?

How many days from Eastern most partof Arkansas to where you left for home? I'm in NW Arkansas and want to do the Arkansas section of the TAT. Check out the Green Country Oklahoma Adventure Tour page on Facebook for some more good times near you. See you out there!

I’m planning on doing the trip alone, I’m a single woman, with a 500 lbs bike Honda nc700x (dry weight and before it’s loaded down), do you recommend I do the trip by myself?