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I mean, how can I say no
to a custom porta-potty?

Wow, dude, this is amazing.

If I just stick my face in that
and inhale, will I be drunk?

- Do it.
- We came from Atlanta.

- We went up to Dragon's Tail.
- What?

We did Blue Ridge.

I've never seen anything like it.

We're all we got.

I can't think of anything that
we did that wasn't awesome.

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My first time, I was 13.

I borrowed my buddy's YZ80,

and I sped off to my junior
high school to show off.

I was riding a wheelie on a hill

when, bam, I hit a
bump, went airborne,

flipped over backwards,
and came down hard.

They took me to the hospital
and stitched up my knee.

Soon as I was out, though,
I was back on that hill.

Half hour later, I was
back in that hospital.

That's the thing about bikes.

Once you start, you just can't stop.

They connect you to the road.

The road, that connects
you to everything else.

It's that mentality
that draws riders

from all around the
country to Appalachia.

This area is a biker's dream,

and I can't believe I've never
found the time to experience it.

From Atlanta, I'm heading north

into some of the most
beautiful roads in the South.

Along the way, I plan on
hitting the Fontana Dam,

riding the famous Dragon,

then heading up the
Blue Ridge Parkway

all the way to Asheville,
North Carolina.

I know some places along the
way that specialize in BMWs,

Ducatis, and vintage Harleys.

It's a mecca for
gearheads out there.

I'm starting out at Brother Moto,

a cool motorcycle
co-op in East Atlanta.

First things first, I had
to pick up my friend Jason

who's gonna go on the ride with me.

- Crazy bike right here.
- Yo!

- Hey, what's up, man?
- What's up, Bubba?

- Some coffee for you.
- Thanks, dude.

Nice to see you, man. Morning.

- Doing all right?
- I'm good, dude.

Jason Paul Michaels is
a custom bike builder.

By the time he was seven years old,

he was already modifying his
lawnmower-powered mini bike

to increase the air intake.

A kid after my own heart.

He's a good friend who knows
these roads inside and out.

We're going up to Blue Ridge Parkway.

I keep hearing stories how awesome it is.

Dude, it's stunning. Like the
vistas when you're on the road,

I mean, it's just beautiful.

Everywhere you look it's just
mountains and the skyline.

- I mean, it's fantastic.
- Wow.

- Have you ridden that yet?
- No, I've never been up there at all.

Va-va-va-vow. Like guys will just
blow by you at 100 miles an hour.

- It's insane.
- Really? Wow.

I've heard that (bleep) gets
crazy when the sun goes down.

A little bit of whiskey. Maybe
jumping through some fire.

- Like burnouts.
- Ruh-roh.

- Should be good.
- Yeah, that sounds fun.

Is this your ride right here?

Yeah, dude. The Motus.

This thing is insane.

They're made in the USA.
Alabama, to be specific.

It's essentially like
an LS 350 Chevrolet

minus four cylinders.

So it's a Chevy engine chopped in half

- and put in this motorcycle?
- Basically.

- Wow, dude. This is crazy.
- Yup.

There's, like, over 800 patents
just on the motor alone.

- Check this monster out.
- Yeah, dude, the Confederate, man.

- The Hellcat.
- It's so pretty, this bike.

And it's got so much
power behind it, too.

It's nimble, man. I mean, look at that.

They opened all the gears,
the cam, everything.

The frame doesn't completely
cradle the engine.

The engine actually
becomes part of the frame.

This is full, ground up,
everything is original.

- Very cool. Very cool.
- Show me your spot.

- Brother Moto.
- These guys are awesome.

It's a co-op. Let me get my coffee back.

- Hey, that's mine.
- Oh, is that yours?

Yeah.

You can come in, you
can rent a space.

Work on your bike. It's
just like a little hub.

- Oh, there's Cat. Good to see you.
- Good to see you.

- This is Norman.
- Hi, nice to meet you. I'm Cat.

- Norman, nice to meet you.
- Good to see you.

- What's up? Hey, Meg. How are you?
- Nice to meet you.

So these girls are part of a
club called the Lady Fingers.

- Like the donut.
- Yeah, like the donut.

- Exactly like that.
- So we're going for a ride.

We figured we'd start at Brother Moto.

What better way to start a ride?

Brother Moto was started by a couple
of great guys, Jared and Bobby,

and it's a really
awesome motorcycle co-op.

It's really kind of brought together

the motorcycle community
here, which is amazing.

They're great guys. Great place.

Wow, tell me something...
what's this bike back here?

This little monster.

This... this looks like a
little Yamaha dirt shredder.

Somebody had fun on
that. It's covered in mud.

- This BMW is cool, too.
- Oh, sick.

- Can I take pictures in here?
- Yeah.

Thanks for having us, yeah.
Yeah, it was a pleasure, yeah.

For me, riding is about exploration,

adventure, and meeting
salt of the earth people.

The folks at Brother
Moto are solid people

looking out for their community.

The perfect intro to this trip.

So I thought we'd head
up to Ellijay, Georgia.

It's about 80 miles north.

Whatever you say, man.
I'm just following you.

First I want to hit
up Apex Cycle Shop.

They work on vintage
BMWs and Ducatis.

- You ever been to this place?
- No, I've heard of it, though.

Our first stop is Apex Cycle Shop...

a legendary place that specializes
in vintage BMWs and Ducatis

located in the foothills of
the Blue Ridge Mountains.

The coolest thing about Apex
is it's totally under the radar

and all word of mouth.

- Hey, guys.
- Hey.

- How are you?
- Good. Good. Hi, I'm Norman.

- Hey, I'm Rachel.
- Nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you, too.
- How you doing? Wes.

Nice to meet you. Come on in, fellas.

- Wow.
- Holy crap.

Look at this place, man.

This is the workshop.

This is where we work
on these old bikes.

Try to keep them on the road.

Show us around. What do you got?

What do you got? What do you got?

- What year is this?
- This is a '54.

- And that one's...
- A '64 R69S.

Wow, they're so pretty.

People freight them to us.

We get bikes in from
all over the place.

It's restoration or custom jobs.

A lot of the old stuff is
repairs. Broken gear boxes.

We just finished a pre-war
bike. That was pretty sweet.

- Wow.
- Heart of the machine right there.

Yeah, right there, man. How
long have you guys been here?

This spot since 2010.

So we opened in 2002.

We were down the street
out of my parents' garage.

And why vintage bikes?
Why not the new bikes?

- I don't know.
- They're fun to travel on. It's an adventure.

'Cause you just, you know? There's a soul.

- It's, like, got that...
- They've got a story. You can feel it.

That's my favorite.

Did you guys have the same
mindset to end up here?

This happened so organically.

People would just call
and say, you know,

"Are you still working on Beemers?"

And next thing we knew,
we had more business,

and we just... we're
like, "We'll just stay."

It's nice up here. We're
out of the rat race.

It's quiet. And we just
can do what we love.

It's good. No stop lights.

I get it. Trust me, I get it.

You guys are the cutest couple ever.

Right? Right?

- I want to be you.
- Aw.

Do you guys have kids?

We have one. We have a
son. Seven years old.

- What's his name?
- Race.

Good name. Good name.

My name's Norman. Everyone's
name is cooler than mind.

That's a good name.
Was it always just BMWs?

I grew up around them. Everybody rode.

My whole family. My mom
rode, my grandma and grandpa.

Watching my uncles
race and everyone.

- Wow.
- How'd you get into riding?

I had a friend of mine in junior high

that had a YZ80 that I just
kept getting stitches on,

and sort of got into it that way.

And, like, you know, running from cops
and killing the engine in-between houses.

- And that was kind of fun.
- Awesome.

Let's go for a ride. Let's do that.

Wow.

- Let's see.
- Mm-hmm.

Ooh!

- There you go.
- Tickle 'em.

Cool. He's got it. He's got it.

- Now it's your turn, dude.
- Yeah, right.

Yeah, give it a kick.

Almost. Almost.

Almost.

Hey, I'll see you later, Norman.

I'm coming.

- Very cool.
- I feel like this one likes me now.

Oh, man, what a feeling.

Dude, I'm riding a motorcycle from 1954.

Crazy, right? And it's, like, perfect.

It really puts you back there, doesn't it?

Yeah.

Both these bikes are very cool

and highly collectable.

Jason's on Rachel's 1954 BMW R51/3,

the first postwar
twin cylinder allowed.

I'm on a BMW R69S
with a rebuilt engine.

From the factory in 1969,

it was considered the
hot rod of its time.

Sitting on this old
bike, I can imagine

the original owner riding
the same road 50 years ago.

The way Wes and Rachel
keep them running,

the person who will be riding
this machine 50 years from now

hasn't even been born.

Now it's time to sample
some local cuisine.

In a word... pies.

But even better, in two
words... fried pies.

Dude, how awesome was that?

That was great, dude. That was great.

I am so amazed at how straight

and true and smooth these things are.

- Aw.
- Like, I was about to get up and surf it.

Is this your local pie place?

- This is fried pies.
- After you.

- Let's do it.
- Thank you. Thank you.

Hi, what kind of pie you got?

We heard the pie is awesome here.

We have apple, peach, cherry, strawberry,

blueberry, coconut, chocolate,
and sugar-free apple.

Say that again. How... that... what?

What's your favorite?

My favorite is coconut.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

Let's get a coconut and a cherry.

- Coconut and a cherry.
- Yeah, yeah.

All right.

- All right.
- So what's in the pies?

- There you go.
- What's in the pies?

Just homemade goodness.

- Yeah.
- I love that these are "Walker's fried pie."

- Right?
- We call our zombies walkers.

It's like they knew you were coming.

- Oh, man, this is awesome.
- Fried pie.

- Mmm. Mmm.
- Wow.

So where we going next, bro?

Yeah, so we're going
to the Dragon next.

Hopefully Khaleesi will
be there, waiting for us.

On a weekend? No, don't go on a weekend.

- So it's just super packed.
- Yeah, it's...

If I only had a couple days to run off,

- I'd go to Cherohala.
- Tell me about that.

- Less populated.
- Peaceful, pretty ride.

- Peaceful...
- You'll like it.

I would recommend that
if you're just gonna...

- Oh, for sure.
- "Cha-cha-holla."

- Yeah.
- The cha-cha-holla.

Cha-cha, I like that name better.

- What's it called again?
- Cherohala.

You sure we gotta switch now?

I'm sorry to say goodbye
to Wes and Rachel,

but I feel great knowing
that there are enough Ducatis

and BMWs in the area
to keep them busy.

Wow, it's beautiful here.

I wanna do this forever.

The show runner of
"The Walking Dead"

does a courtesy call with the actors

at the top of each
season to let us know

what we can expect
and ask questions.

Every season I've only
asked one question...

"Do I still get to
ride a motorcycle?"

His answer, "Yep."

And I say, "Great. That's
all I need to know."

Hey, before we go to The Dragon,
I want to hit up Fontana Dam.

Whoo-hoo! I can't wait to ride it.

Stars and stripes!

...really close.

What's the rock do?

- I just gotta ask.
- Keeps it from blowing up.

We've traveled two
hours north of Atlanta,

and covered about 100 miles of road.

It's time to head to
this jaw-dropping place

I heard about, Fontana Dam.

408 feet of steel and concrete.

At the start of World War
II, the government needed

an out-of-the-way place
to build airplanes.

Then they realized
they were gonna need

a lot of power to keep
the conveyor belts rolling

and the lights on for those workers.

They chose this spot.

The dam started construction
just three weeks

after Pearl Harbor.

Aw, here we are.

We're coming up on it.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Wow, dude, this is amazing!

Whoo!

That's an 11,000-acre reservoir.

240 miles of shoreline.

Wow, we should stop and take
a picture. This is ridiculous.

I mean, we were in downtown Atlanta.

- Traffic...
- Slamming coffee, trying to wake up.

Trying not to get hit.

Throwing tons of cat food in a bowl

with my cat looking at me, like,
"Where you going now, jerk?"

You know, and now this. It's
a completely different mindset.

Jesus.

I'm gonna do
a "pan-o-shot."

"Pan-o-ram-o"?

Pan-o-ram-o,
here we go.

You don't mind I'm ripping
off your "pan-o-ram-o."

No, dude, it's all good. As
long as you send me yours.

Unless yours is better, then send me yours.

I love solitude, the
open stretch of road

and nature all around me.

That's when I want to
be on a bike the most.

Atop the purple high country
of North Carolina and Tennessee

lies the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park.

It is important that
the few essential roads

do not mar the park.

Here's one through
famous Newfound Gap.

I hate to kill your buzz,

but we're almost at
the Dragon's Tail.

And it looks like it's
way too crowded already.

No, it's cool. Let's at
least stop, take a look.

From the dam, it's about 25 minutes

to a place called Deals Gap,

a combination motel,
restaurant, and store.

It's at the end of
the dragon's tail.

With more curves than any 11-mile
stretch of road in the world,

it's a biker's wet dream.

Oh, wow.

Unfortunately, everyone's having
the same dream at the same time.

So much for solitude.

Yeah!

What's up, man?

Hi, Norman, nice to meet you.

- Yeah.
- What's going on, ladies?

Hi!

I just gotta ask you, what are you riding?

Yeah, I'm riding this guy
right here, the Confederate.

Anybody ever tell you you look
like Daryl from "The Walking Dead?"

- That's me.
- No way.

Yeah, I'm under here somewhere.

- Oh, my God.
- Yeah.

Don't spoil it, dude.

- Hi, how are you?
- How are you?

What's your plan?

So what's on the itinerary?

Making some runs up and down the hill.

And then we've got Fiddies 4 Life races.

- Fiddies 4 Life?
- Tell me about that.

Deals Gap mini-bike race series.

So little pit bikes.

They're wicked quick little bikes.

- Wow.
- Where do you race?

Right here in the parking lot.

- Like, right here?
- And we race all the way to the end.

Right around the gas pumps?

Right... right around the gas pumps.

That sounds super safe.

How safe is that, yeah?

You guys should definitely come watch.

- Yeah.
- Dude, check that out.

Oh, look at that Camaro. Sick.

Smokey and the Bandit.

Smokey and the Bandit.

Yeah, that's awesome.

- You go by Rhino?
- Yup, I'm Rhino.

Oh, my God!

It's got 11 27" slicks on it.

- Used to pop wheelies on those all the time.
- I can ride wheelies on 'em.

I could be a good zombie.

Yeah, I'd shoot you with a crossbow.

Before you shoot me with a crossbow,

let me make sure I can bite
into a good-looking woman.

You gotta be a zombie doing a wheelie.

There you go!

So what are you riding out here?

I got two... over there.

You gotta have a backup bike
to come here just in case

something happens, so...

You're hardcore.

What you do to your arm, dude?

- Motorcycle accent.
- Oh, man. Really?

I'm permanently like this.

So you ride one... one handed.

So you got your throttle
and your front brake here?

Is that right?

Throttle, front brake, and
then an automatic clutch.

I mean, I love riding. It's my passion.

That's one of the things
I won't stop doing at all.

- Good for you, man.
- Watch Rhino, right here.

I love this place. It
has an amazing energy.

It's just too packed to ride
the Dragon on the weekend.

The last thing I need is for parts

of our one-of-a-kind bikes
to end up on a branch

of what the locals
call the tree of shame.

And no way in hell was I gonna miss

the parking lot
races we heard about.

Ladies and gentlemen, you're
here for the main event right here

at the one and only Deals
Gap Motorcycle Resort.

I feel like a dog
watching someone eat

a very small but very juicy steak.

It's so close, I can taste it.

That was crazy.

If I were back in junior
high school right now,

I'd be about an hour
away from more stitches.

You guys look badass. Badass.

But how did you get
into this in particular?

A couple guys worked here.

Some guy showed up, said, "My
bike's faster than your bike."

Here we are.

Like, a little 50cc.

I think Judd's was actually a kid's bike,

and then it's bored out to an 88cc.

All right, guys, I just found out...

You guys ever battle?

I made the mistake one time
of knocking the wife down.

Oh!

How dare you?

I slept on the couch for a month.

There's no gas in those
gas pumps, are there?

Oh, no, it's in there.

- God!
- What?

Are they racing for
a prize or something?

Just to be number one.

Bragging rights, yeah.

You ain't first, you're last.

If I learned one thing tonight...

the smallest thing can
become the biggest adventure

in the right hands.

Really close to my head.

You know what I mean?

Maybe I should step back a little bit.

That's crazy.

- Eat my dust, Norman!
- Whoo!

All right, hit it, lets do it!

Can I reach his balls from here?

You wanna switch bikes?

Yeah, but I think we should, like,

rock, paper, scissors or something.

- Really?
- Yeah.

Sure.

- You can ride this one!
- All right.

All right, dude, let's go!

It's day two.

Last night, that was crazy.

Things kept going long after we
tucked the cameraman into bed.

Today, expectations are high.

It's just 70 miles to the beautiful
and historic Blue Ridge Parkway.

I love this motorcycle.

It's awesome, man. You could
go forever on that thing.

It wants to wander a little bit.

Yeah, I feel like it's
some pony I need to break.

Yeah, there you go. There you go.

Kind of a wimpy little
horn for that macho vibe

you got there, bro.

I'm gonna try to catch a butterfly
in my mouth during this stretch.

Be like Mr. Miyagi with a fly.

I'm just gonna do it with
a butterfly in my mouth.

Man, it's starting
to rain pretty hard.

We should probably stop somewhere.

There's a Dairy Queen
three miles on the left.

Let's just stop here and dry off.

Ice cream would have
been a better idea.

I wonder what this place is anyhow.

Holy crap.

Yeah, let's go look around
this place while we're here.

- Yeah.
- Let's see what all this stuff is.

This door's too good.

I gotta take a picture with it.

Oh, this is properly destroyed.

Pretty awesome.

Stars and stripes.

People sometimes ask me,

"How can you stand
riding in the cold,

when it's wet?"

But that's all part of it.

You're cold when it's cold

and you're hot when it's hot.

But you're alive and
you're there in the moment.

If the weather gets to be too much,

you just stop and
discover some new place.

Great Smoky Mountains
National Park, Cherokee!

Three quarters of a mile.

Yeah.

One town I knew we'd ride
through was Cherokee.

But what I didn't know is what
we'd find when we got there.

It's right there!

That is awesome.

- Check that thing out.
- Take a picture.

I've never felt so emasculated in my life.

Here, let me take a
picture in front of that.

It's too good. One, two, three, four.

- Here, let me get yours.
- Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie.

Ha, this is totally nuts.
Dude, you're so tiny.

I've heard that before.

Can I reach his balls from here?

Oh, it's "push."

Oh, wow, hey!

What's going on, guys?

What's the story with the statue out front?

Back in the '50s, there were a
row of Indian statues in an airport

down in South Florida.

About 1961, they sold off
and closed that airport.

And this is one of the last surviving ones.

- Roadside attraction stuff.
- There was, like, a big...

Wasn't there a Texaco sign with a big dude?

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- And then there was the big,

- like, Paul the Bunyan guy.
- Yeah.

Paul the Bunyan guy. It's Paul Bunyan.

- Paul Bunyan.
- Paul the Bunyan guy.

Do you ever do
tattoos of the Indian?

I've done a lot of Indian tattoos.

I've been tattooing for 31 years now.

- We've done quite a bit of different ones.
- Oh, cool.

So you have tons of
motorcycle riders

come through here? You must.

Yes, the Smoky Mountains

are some of the best riding
scenery that you can find.

If you look in the mountains,

you'll see this really pretty shrubbery

that's called mountain laurel,
and it grows real thick.

It just, like, ties into knots.

During their removal,
during the trail of tears...

- Okay, yeah.
- As they were being gathered up

and stockaded and moved to Oklahoma,

the Indians would go in there and hide.

- Wow.
- And the Cherokee here are all descendants

of the ones that hid in the mountains.

Oh, wow.

Thank you so much for having us.

- Yeah.
- The history lesson.

- Thanks for coming in.
- That was amazing.

Thank you very much.

Not long ago, this entire area

was Cherokee hunting ground.

It's heartening to think of
those who had the tenacity

and bravery to stay behind
and fight for freedom

when everything was against them.

That's what the road is. Freedom.

We appreciate its pleasures,
but we remember its costs.

Dude, I eat ice cream,
like, almost every night.

But don't tell anyone.

I'm telling everyone.

I watch way too many cartoons, I think.

Entering the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Whoo-hoo!

Most roads were built to
get from point A to point B.

But the Blue Ridge
Parkway was designed

for the joy of the ride.

It's a true example of metaphor.

The journey is the destination.

Oh, my God, dude.

That is so beautiful!

Yeah.

- Oh, my God!
- Oh, my God, dude!

This is... I've never
seen anything like this.

They just barely move.

So that's why they call
them the Smoky Mountains.

'Cause of that smoke.

- Yeah.
- That's awesome.

I'm super happy we did this.

- Definitely.
- There's nobody up here but us.

- Nothing.
- Dragon was cool, too.

But you're right, it's, like,
you know, skip Disneyland.

There's a ton of other rides.

- That was a good move, like...
- It's true with everything.

Restaurant recommendations.

- Absolutely, yeah.
- You know, everything.

- Yeah, you got...
- Girlfriends.

- Yeah, girlfriends.
- You know what I mean?

Yeah.

See ya.

To the Broken Spoke. Whoo!

The last leg of our
journey, Asheville.

Which is 20 miles ahead.

For now, we're just enjoying
the road and the ride.

You did 1,800 miles on a Grom?

I did. Yes.

Oh, my God, high five!

You're insane!

It was awesome!

- Can I sit on it?
- Yeah.

- Yeah.
- This is hysterical.

Oh, my God, this is so cute!

It's a blast to ride.

Set it up for flat track.

You gotta name it...

Sparky or...

- Sparky!
- Slayer, or something.

You're, like, one of a kind right now.

Trendsetter, right there.

- You are a trendsetter.
- I guess so.

And then how do you stick
someone on the back of this?

Dude, let, here...

- Get up front! Get up front!
- Right?

Dude, right?

Let's go, dude!

It's like that scene from...

- "Dumb and Dumber!"
- "Dumb and Dumber!"

Yeah!

We'll be, like, freezing and...

Samsonite!

When am I gonna get my ice cream?

Let's make sure you
never get ice cream

this whole trip.

Asheville's this super relaxed town

where New Age liberalism
meets Bible Belt conservatism.

And at the end of the day,
they all go out for barbecue.

We're here to visit A
Broken Spoke bike shop...

a place specializing
in rare Harley parts

and Frankenstein bikes.

But we're always ready to stop
anywhere else along the way.

Hey, I got a detour
if you're game, bro.

You in the mood for
some old time religion?

Hell yeah. What do you mean?

I heard of this guy,
apparently he loves Jesus

as much as he loves motorcycles,

so he started a church for bikers.

Supposedly, it's pretty rad.

Cool. Let's do it.

Glad y'all are here.

You could have been anywhere else,

but you're here. You know,
it's not about the building.

It's not about the bikes.

Who's it about?

- Jesus!
- It's about Jesus.

You know what I mean?
Thank God. God is good.

You know what I am saying, he is!

He is!

That's what freedom's all about.

It's about... when you're
riding across the country,

it don't matter whether you
got long hair or tattoos.

It don't matter. You know what I mean?

However you dress,

there's so much of
that mess out there.

You know, judging your brother and sister.

How many of y'all have been judged

because of the way you look?

- Yup. Yeah.
- Absolutely.

How many of y'all have judged
the guy in the suit and tie?

Now, be honest.

- Yeah.
- Absolutely.

The same goes both ways.

You can't do that. It's
got to be out of love.

Life is a lot like a bike.

I you don't know how to
ride it, you're gonna wind up

somewhere you don't wanna be.

So, Lord, I thank you for this day.

No doubt.

♪ I once was lost ♪

♪ But now I'm found ♪

That was a beautiful sermon.

Thank you, brother.

You said a lot of things that
really struck me in there.

- Yeah.
- How long have you had this church going?

It's been seven years.
Been at this place for five.

It's been a long road. I
mean, it's been a journey.

And the Lord has blessed
us. It started out...

We got a network, and there's 11 of us now.

And the goal is to have them
throughout the United States,

so that the biker coming through,

man, he can stop, and he know he's welcome.

You know?

I came out to the South,
and it was the first place

I ever saw other bikers
wave to you as you go by.

- And you think, you know what?
- Absolutely.

Like, if I break down
on the side of the road,

that's the guy that's gonna
come back and help me out.

- It's the biker way of life.
- Yes, sir.

I mean, even if somebody's
outside the biker community,

man, they need help?

Man, the bikers are gonna come and help.

You throw on some barbecue out there,

and they'll really come.

So I heard something about an outhouse race

or something like that?
A porta-potty race?

Yeah, come here and
let me show them to you.

Yeah, let me see.

Yeah, this is softtail.
The other one's hardtail.

I saw a custom porta-potty.

- You wanna get in one?
- Sure!

- Hell yeah!
- It's like... I mean,

how can I say no to a custom porta-potty?

We're gonna put him in there
and see how loud he screams.

You know what I'm saying?

- I'm so scared, actually.
- Oh, my God, dude.

You do realize you might die today?

This is terrifying.

Hey, Tattoo, Dog Man, we're
gonna do it from right here.

I love that I won't be
able to make production

on Monday on the show

because I was killed in a porta-potty.

Ew.

Whoo!

The handle's right here.

Oh, handle's right here.

Y'all know the famous last words

of a southern redneck, right?

"Hey, y'all! Watch this!"

You're going down, pal!

Eat my dust, Norman!

Whoo! All right, hit it. Let's do it!

Whoo!

Yeah!

- Did I win?
- You suck!

I love it.

I think I won.

I love... you did!

- Yes!
- Oh, my God, dude!

- That was crazy!
- Amazing!

Amazing!

Literally, holy (bleep).

Thank you.

Whoo! Whoo!

There's a real sense of community

and camaraderie in Asheville.

And taking a ride with
the whole congregation

was my kind of church social.

You up for one more detour?

Always.

There's this place I've been to.

They make real corn mash moonshine.

It's called the Howling
Moon Distillery.

Now you're talking.

We're here.

Are you ready, "Freddy?"

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Oh, wait.

Check this out.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I know what this looks like.

You can't write this
stuff even if you tried.

Who's a good dog? Who's a good dog?

But I swear, we just
rode up on this guy

and he was already playing,
right across the road

from the moonshine distillery.

Sometimes the South is even more
"the South" than you expect.

Nice to meet you guys. I'm Norman.

- How you guys doing?
- Great.

- It's hot outside, but it's...
- Yeah, it is.

- Have a good ride?
- Yeah, it was awesome.

Is this a family business?

Has it been passed on...

Yeah, this has been in my family
for generations, making moonshine.

This condenser here, this copper condenser,

is about 125, 150 years old.

- No way!
- Whoa!

- Yeah.
- Can I ask, like, what's the legal points around this?

Absolutely. 100% legal.

What does the rock do? I just gotta ask.

Keeps it from blowing up.

Oh, good. Good. Good.

This is about as old school as it gets.

- Ooh, what's this?
- This is our mash room.

This is where all the magic happens.

Oh, wow! Take in that smell!

If I just stick my face in that

and inhale, will I be drunk?

It'll get you started.

You know, yeah, see... do it. Come on.

Okay.

I went to church this morning.

- Yeah, you did.
- You know what I mean?

- It'll burn your eyes.
- It'll get so bad

that you can't even come in this room

without it burning your eyes.

- Whew.
- Right? You get a little lightheaded.

Yeah, absolutely. Oh, yeah.

Whew.

It'll get you.

Your eyes are starting to water.

After Prohibition started, they
outlawed alcohol all over America.

It created a boom. There
was more alcohol than ever.

You know, everybody
that could find a still

or make a still started one up.

And they hauled it
all over the country.

And to get it there, they
had to have fast drivers.

They had to outrun the law.

And that's what they did.

That's how, you know, a lot
of that NASCAR came to be.

They started outrunning all the law,

and there was no law that could chase 'em,

so they started racing each other.

Do you know anybody that
used to take those roads?

Any stories back then?

Yeah, my dad and my uncle, they
both used to do it all the time.

Wow. That's cool.

Where are they?

Daddy, Ernie, come here for a minute!

Super Bee!

- Wow.
- A Super Bee!

- Hi, how are ya?
- How are ya?

- Norman.
- Nice meeting you, man.

It's a pleasure, man. Hi.

Yes, sir.

We were just talking about back in the day,

when the moonshine guys used to build cars

that were faster than the cops.

We heard a rumor you guys used to do that.

Oh, yes.

Knock on wood, yeah.

Can I get a shot of you on this car?

You look too cool right now.

This looks awesome.

- Bam!
- Hey, got you a little something over here.

Whoo-hoo!

Today was a good day.

Looks like it's gonna be a good night.

Right? A very good night.

Bang, bang, bang, bang,
bang, bang, bang, bang,

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.

Those were, like, the legends that we met.

Yeah, I think we just
met the kings right there.

We're running shine.

It doesn't get any better than this.

Yeah, what a good day.

Wait for me, dude. I don't
wanna get caught by the cops.

If we go down, we're going down together.

You know, I had a
friend when I was young

who used to sneak gin out of his
grandfather's liquor cabinet.

The old man would scratch
a line into the bottle

just to know if any
of it was missing.

So my friend made up the
difference with rubbing alcohol.

They found the old man in
a neighbor's rose garden

one Sunday morning naked
and laughing his ass off.

I imagine that's how
they're gonna find me

and Jason when we polish
off this moonshine.

The last place I want to
hit... A Broken Spoke.

It's an old school Harley
repair shop with bike parts

you can't find anywhere
else in the country.

It's just ten miles up the road.

Jason, I think you're
gonna love A Broken Spoke.

I heard they have
a ton of rare parts

that people haven't
even seen in years.

We're headed for A Broken Spoke,

a local hangout spot and
repair shop specializing

in vintage Harleys
and seldom-seen parts.

Wow! This is A Broken Spoke!

Yeah, let's check this out, man.

Wow!

This is awesome.

Look at this terrifying little thing.

Wow, pure evil.

Yeah, you could take a
million pictures in this place.

This is like a museum in here.

Hey. Norman.

How you doing, Norman? D. Wayne, Norman.

- Jason.
- Hello, Jason.

Where'd the name Broken Spoke come from?

Where... what's the story with that?

We're kinda infatuated
with Frank, you know?

Full of complex pieces and parts.

Frankenstein, I love it.

This back through here is like, overflow.

Oh, that's sick!

Is that original?

- Yeah.
- Oh, my God, that's like gold dust.

- Sure, it is.
- Why is it so rare?

Um, well, they quit casting.

Aluminum casts, they
quit 'em in '65, '66, '67.

You know, they didn't do 'em very long.

Oh, yeah. Old Sugar Bear.

- What's Sugar Bear?
- West coast stuff.

- Back in...
- He was, like, one of the only black guys

building choppers.

He was the only. Yeah, yeah.

Oh, is this, like a legit Bates seat?

- Yeah.
- Oh, my God!

Is this, like, Christmas
morning for you?

Wow, look at this old Fulmer.

Oh, my God, man.

- Man!
- You're geeking out right now.

Dude, totally. You're witnessing...

Are you putting together a
motorcycle in your mind right now?

I am. Like, I see so
much happening right now.

Wow. It's like legends and lore.

Nobody really knows
where you guys are.

It's, like, you hear about it...

That's not a bad thing.

Hey, cutie. Nice to meet you too.

My boy rides. He's right there on that one.

He's running over that other kid.

I saw him earlier.

There he goes again. He got him again.

That's my kind of kid right there.

Yeah.

Everybody knows everybody here.

Oh, yeah. Yeah. We're all we got.

Good vibes. Yeah, love it. Love it.

Brother, I just wanna say
thank you for this experience.

Oh, dude. Thank you, man.

Yeah, this has been great.

I mean, it's all been
about brotherhood, and...

and what he said in there, he goes,

"We're all we got," you know? And...

Camaraderie, right? It's cool.

Yeah, little terrors on big wheels

running each other over and stuff.

Yeah, this... you know, and
I think there's a stereotype

about, you know, people who
ride Harleys and stuff like that,

and they're not. They're
all cool people, you know?

No. Yeah, it's been a
ride, man. I appreciate it.

It's been fun. Yeah.

You know, people
sometimes think of bikers

as outlaws or malcontents,

but A Broken Spoke has
a spirit of community

that proves the opposite.

Nice to meet you. You have a lightsaber.

Whether they're bikers,
neighbors, kids, or hipsters,

the people who gather here are
all spokes on the same wheel.

This is quite the party. It's a good vibe.

No matter who you
are or what you ride,

you're gonna be welcomed
with the same open arms.

Sometimes we just gotta
burn a little rubber.

Well, I wish I could tell you
about the rest of the night.

It involved something
called the "chopper chug."

Start it!

The trip went by so fast,

but it's time to head
home, back to Atlanta.

I would definitely stay
longer in Asheville

if we had more time. What about you?

Man, I'd love to stay here and
check more of this place out.

I say before we head out of town

we make that one last stop.

You know what I want.

- Oh.
- Mm.

This was a good idea. I have to say.

See, you should listen to me more.

I should.

There has been nothing

that I haven't loved about this trip, man.

I have a new appreciation for the South.

I can't think of anything that we did

that wasn't awesome, you know?

What do you gotta do on Monday?

I gotta go back to work.

I have a super early call tomorrow.

Man, I gotta get a haircut.

Need a haircut.

Tell me about it. You and my mom,

that's all you guys talk about.

Got a little more time.

We still got some daylight.

Let's hit that, uh... what is that?

That Chewbacca sky rocket. Let's do that.

The Chalupa freeway.

Yeah. We'll hit the Cherohala Skyway.

- Chewbacca, here we come!
- Whoo!

Make Chewbacca noises the whole way there.

Back at Apex, things
were neat and precise,

while at A Broken
Spoke, they specialized

in good old American chaos.

They both served
the same free spirit

that we found Deals
Gap, the Howling Moon,

the Freedom Biker Church,

and on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

And the people we
found were as inviting

as they were generous.

When you're young, you
do half-assed things

just to do them.

You don't think about
risk and loss and danger,

because the thought that you're
not going to live forever

hasn't even crossed your mind.

And sometimes, in your enthusiasm,

you don't even think about
the miracles around you...

the awesome scenery,
the fantastic people,

and the love they
feel for each other,

or the trickle of summer
sweat on your forehead.

It's great being old enough
to appreciate the journey

instead of obsessing
over what's next.

After all, it's the
ride that matters most.

And it's just where I want to be.

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