It all started with my friend Oliver and I doing a back road trip to Possum Kingdom Lake, Texas. It ended with me in Knoxville, Tennessee buying a KTM 640 Adventure and riding the Tail of the Dragon.




Oliver had wanted to get in to dual sporting, so he borrowed my DRZ while I went hiking with girlfriend. While out exploring backroads and grassfires, he got a flat. I was new to the dual sport / adventure riding thing and had no spares. I made the decision to leave the bike by itself while Oliver and I went in to town to find a tube; didn’t think it’d be an issue. When we came back with a fixed tire, the bike was gone…







I had literally just the week before sent the last payment in to the bank for the bike. Insurance gave me $5000 for it and I was in search of the next bike. I knew I wanted a better bike with more off road capabilities, so it looked like the KTM 640 Adventure was a good choice. I found one near my Aunt and Uncle in Knoxville Tennessee, so we made a family trip out of it and drove up to get it. While in Tennessee we drove around the national forests and I got to ride the Tail of the Dragon.




Sunday, April 26th, 2009 at 10:00 am in category blog