Tennessee Motorcycle T-Shirts & Apparel

At Deals Gap on US 129, there is a tree outside the resort hung with busted mirrors, snapped brake levers, and crumpled fairings. Riders call it the Tree of Shame, and if you put something on it you earned the right to wear this shirt. The 318-curve Dragon run through the Cherokee National Forest is the benchmark road in the eastern US, and the Cherohala Skyway at the top of the ridge gives you 36 miles more once you clear the valley mist. Original Tennessee biker shirts, printed on heavyweight ring-spun cotton, shipped to riders in over 70 countries.

Bandit Mask at Deals Gap

Clear the last hairpin at Deals Gap and the raccoon is the face that meets you at the top. That is the mascot we put on this gear: Tennessee's own wild animal, wearing the black bandit mask riders here know on sight. We drew it front-facing, paws raised, ringed tail tucked behind, bold enough to hold at chest size and tight enough to read as a one-color breast icon. Around it sits the country you rode to earn it: Cherokee National Forest canopy closing over a road twisting into the dark, Appalachian ridgelines stacked in blue-grey layers, the wide Tennessee River valley catching the last light. The banner carries the only name that matters on this road: The Dragon.

Materials & Who It's For

This one was built for three riders: the one who just left something on the Tree of Shame and needs proof, the one planning their first Dragon run and wants to arrive wearing it, and the Tennessee-born rider who grew up on these mountains and never needed a reason. Tees are heavyweight 5.3oz ring-spun cotton, side-seamed and pre-shrunk. Hoodies are 8.0oz cotton-poly fleece with double-needle stitching at the stress points. Caps use raised embroidery on a structured six-panel. Every piece is checked by hand before it ships and tracked to your door in over 70 countries.