Two Tenere 700s and a Tuareg 660 take on the Smokey Mountain 500!

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Published 2023-05-17
After moving to Georgia a few months ago, I heard about the Smokey Mountain 500, an awesome adventure route circling around the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, and picked a weekend for my riding buddies and I to do it!
It was our first camping adventure together, and my first time camping off of my new-to-me 2022 Tenere 700.
We did the southern portion of the red and green routes.
Heavy rain towards the end turned our campsites into mud puddles, so we decided to head back home from Ellijay rather than sleeping outside in the rain.
Overall a great adventure, and I can't wait to do the rest of it!

All Comments (21)
  • I am 60 yrs old and just bought my T7 Yesterday out today put 100 miles on to test it out God willing will be heading west soon I am from Iowa! God Bless and thanks!
  • @mayo_moto
    Nice video man! That dash setup is mint!
  • @take5th
    The smokies are gorgeous, so peaceful I never even thought of braaapping through there. Great ride.
  • I can only ride maybe 4 hours a day. U young folks are amazing! Thanks for the video
  • Nice country, looking forward to seeing more, Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺 👍🏻 🍻
  • Nice riding, and you did a really good job with filming and narration. I felt like I was with you.
  • @oneusmarine
    Great video. 8 of us did the SM500 last month and had a outstanding time. I ride a T7 as well. We wimped out and stayed at hotels and one cabin site since we did not really know what to expect. Next time we will just camp. One broken foot peg on my sons bike and one flat tire on another bike. Definitely learned to take good tubes and a pump next time. Look forward to our next Adventure soon. Keep the video's coming.
  • @advmike
    I’m putting this ride on my list! 🙌
  • @phatsmitty
    Noah, you pick good lines ... great video. Even if I was in shape, don't think I'd ride that many hours in a day.
  • @joseph401
    Going to do this next month, at least some of it, I am down near Savannah and will trailer my bike there. Looked like a good time despite te rain.
  • @rotasaustralis
    Well Noah, you & your mates are definitely keen as mustard, I'll say that.
  • @spingel88
    The first time I crossed the Tallulah River, I was going the other direction and went up where your buddy was standing to record the second guy. It got a LOT deeper there. LOL Cheers to popping your water crossing cherry. 🍻 Charlie's Creek Rd is a good one to do it on.
  • Fancy bikes!!! I ride a DR650. If you boys make it to Eastern NC, let me know and we get muddy.
  • @zerobucks9
    we did that water crossing a few months ago and it was about 6 inches higher. you had the perfect line. ride out to the tip of the island and turn up stream.
  • @bamills6771
    We are getting ready to run the SM500 in October. Hopefully less rain.