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Zion is the best in my opinion.

Why pick just Utah? Love the roads you mentioned plus the Devils Backbone. Have you ridden from Banff to Jasper? Have you ridden out to Tofino on Vancouver Island? Have you ridden around Crater Lake? How about highway 1 up the California coast? Have you ridden around Lake Superior? Colorado Rockies, Glacier NP, Yellowstone, Yosemite, have you ridden in any of these places. My point, the US and Canada have incredible roads through outrageous country. Utah is just one of them. And yes, I’ve ridden every place I mentioned plus allot more. I live in Colorado, where every mountain road is a treasure for the 2 wheeled enthusiast!

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You should have been on the old bridge. Two lanes and tight. Was there in 1978.

Hi Doodle!! I've watched a million of your you tubes and am SOOO IMPRESSED with your drive and ability and experience. I'm on my Harley Electra Glide Ultra Limited going to STURGIS for the first time in my life at 71 years old!!!!!!!!! My wife told me to promise to do the best I can to find you there and GET HER A PICTURE WITH YOU. SHE LOVES YOU AND YOUR SPIRIT.

Great video. I definitely agree with you. I saved the video because I plan on going out there next year. Thanks

I heard South to North was better because the tunnels act as a picture frame to President's faces on Rushmore

In 1978, My wife and I borrowed a friend's Laverda 3C 1000, toured Arizona, Utah and Colorado. Lots of bugs in the teeth. Met people who are still our friends.

7 mile bridge can be a beautiful ride going South watching the sunset. But you better watch for cross winds and trailer trucks flying along beside you blow your a** over the edge.😮😮😮

The problem with THE Tail of the Dragon is EGO Maniacs!! Plain and simple. Take away the sugar coating and peel back the layers and you got an EGOTISTICAL EGO-MANIAC! They should be fined and outlawed. They need to put up speed bumps every 200 feet or even less. Would be perfect. Then they went an REPAVED the road so Now it's EVEN more DANGEROUS cause now there's no bad road, potholes, missing gravel. Nice and smooth for the speed demons. Whoever thought that was a great idea should be fired!

You’re in my backyard. There are so many awesome places to ride and visit in East TN/western NC/north GA…. Come on back, plenty more to see.

This is NOT the oldest coaster in California. It's Big Sister, the Giant Dipper at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk was built in 1924, opening 1 year prior to her Little Brother at Belmont!!

Cece & Schmidt on the show New Girl

I live in northeastern Tennessee. You should look up "The Snake" and ride that. It's about 110 miles +/-, and it's a great ride of twisties and awesome scenery. For that matter, look up the "Southern Dozen." All of those rides are pretty much out my front door, and they are incredible rides! The Devil's Triangle is an incredible ride as well. Thanks for sharing! Oh, and speaking of some technical riding, ride up to Cumberland Gap and ride to the top to the Pinnacle. The hairpins and switchbacks are NOT for the faint of heart. You will need some good skills for the ride to the top.

Im from the black hills. Are you coming to sturgis this year? And wow you did a really great job with this video.

Just about every year.👍

How could you not include Moonshiner 28? Right next to the Dragon, and it's how you get to Fontana Dam! (And you can take it all the way down into GA.) And just a little ways down 129 below the Dragon is the dam where part of "The Fugitive" was filmed. Also head down US74 and check out Wayah Road, and as another commenter pointed out, US276 (and several of the roads coming off of the BRP, such as NC80 and 226/226A) are great rides. Also worthwhile is NC209 from Hot Springs down to Lake Junaluska, near Maggie Valley. And Wheels Through Time is an absolute must; first time I visited, I took a pic of that 1911 belt-drive Harley in this video, and not five minutes later, Dale Walksler fired it up and rode it outside!

Never ride one handed

there is nowhere even close to the riding in utah

You are confusing all of the Keys with Key West.

Dumbass gatekeeper nonsense.

BINGO, so much valuable information here. Not more important than ride with your ability. / PS: you are incredibly pretty 🤍

Thank you for this video. I hope to get to these places someday.

Seven mile bridge is NOT in Key West - and neither are Key Deer. what an imposter

Heading there in 2 weeks, staying in Ducktown, can't wait

"Why am I whispering? " lol.

I had the honor of riding a few miles behind you from Asheville Harley to the dragon. We rode to Maryville and came back home. The convoy was a great ride. You were eating when I saw you off your bike so I didn't bug you.

Just a note - regarding camping in the smokey mountain national park - they do not allow dispersed/back country camping. You must reserve a site at one of their developed campgrounds.

you are a way better tour guide than anything you do with bikes

Great job Doodle. A lot of info packed into this one and I like that it's longer than the normal video on this channel

I'm nominating a #11: US 276 from Maggie Valley to Traveler's Rest, SC. Doesn't have a cool nickname, no one sells T-shirts or patches for it, but it is tougher than the Tail of the Dragon, and even tougher than US 421 (the "Snake"). It goes up and over the Blue Ridge Parkway, and it's the main road that you take from the Parkway down to Maggie Valley on the north or west side of the Parkway, but the south/east side into South Carolina is just as good.

Excellent video Doodle!!!!! You pretty well covered just about every road/area that's a must see/do around the Dragon except for Wayah Road that runs from Franklin, NC to the Nantahala River gorge and a beautiful but challenging ride and while riding along side of the Nantahala River you can stop at River's End restaurant for some good eats. Thanks Doodle, be safe and Blessed!!!!

Rode the Dragon 3x last July. Was great and no issues. Also did Moonshiner 28, Cherahola and did visit Tapico lodge too. Gatlinburg was a nice ride too as well. We stayed at Dragon property rentals too. Awesome. West of Robbinsville N.C. In the Treetops! Fantastic time. Hope to get down there next year. Nice video warning new riders though.😊

I’d say that highland valley, and de luz , make palomar look like a happy meal. Too dangerous for a bicycle though. Palomar mountain is just one big smooth hill, these other roads have elevation changes similar to the Nurburgring, if you want a real challenge. Mount laguna has much more technical corners and for for sure will give you lift off oversteer on the longer curves if you are not careful. Palomar mountain is heavily patrolled by the CHP nowdays, the speed limit is like 30mph, overcrowded due to videos like these.

In real life The Dragon is a rural 2 lane state highway, it is not a race track. Locals that are not motorcyclists use the road too. That old pickup truck that is doing 25-35 mph has just as much right being there as you do.

Highway 50 isn't scary in the motorcycle technical sense. It's only scary if your bike isn't in good condition and/or if you forget to bring water in case you do break down. There aren't as much curves as there is straight line across the high desert. Highway 1 between Mill Valley and Bodega Bay comes closer to qualifying as "scary", especially on a summer weekend when flatlander tourists can't manage to stay on their side of the road.

Love it!

The Dragon is flat. Anyone can ride a tight, flat turn. A tight turn on a steep decline will get your blood pumping. For added fun/challenge, ride it as the sun is coming up. Going from super bright sun in your eyes to really dark shade adds even more fun, especially when that shade hides a 15 mph speed limit turn.

Rode the Dragon for the first time today it was crazy. words, pictures, videos do not do it justice you have to experience this

Whatever happened with this contest?

Yea well it’s dangerous when your GPS brings you that route to the caverns from NC and a Semi rounds the corner..only reason we knew to stop was a motorcyclist used his hands to tell us to stop….all caught on the photos they take around each curve lol

Your in my backyard and just a small correction there are several gas stops at each end and in the 99 mile twisty stretch gas in the middle at Lochsa Lodge. So longest gas stretch is Lochsa Lodge to Lolo 80 ish miles

Not even close 🙄

I could get lost in his voice ❤

I've been thinking about going this year. This video is perfectly timed! Thanks for the info!

What an empty life.

I hope to make a ride to Sturgis next year. Looks like there are amazing places to ride there

I don't like to drive the Tail of the Dragon. I just like to sit at the end and look at all the cars going through. I have a Miata and I've driven it twice, to many moron drivers/bikers on that road that don't understand that crossing yellow lines isn't cool. Also, one thing bikers (mainly rocket bike riders) don't seem to grasp is that while yes, their tires are on their side of the yellow line their HEAD is leaning two feet into MY lane. In my local area after many people got tired of being ran off the road by disrespectful drivers and bikers at the Devils Whip (Hwy 80 north), the locals stopped busting tires and crap out looking out for said types of people. Sport picture takers got ran off and if you come around a curve with your head (or car) in the wrong lane, be prepared to eat grill because people have stopped hitting the ditch for you.

Bezt place ever love my state and Ozark cafe❤

I've ridden the Dragon. You nailed it. Ride it alone.