Wyatt and Billy are freewheeling motorcyclists. After smuggling cocaine from Mexico to Los Angeles, California, they sell their haul and receive a large sum of money. With the cash stuffed into a plastic tube hidden inside the Stars & Stripes-painted fuel tank of Wyatt's California-style chopper (motorcycle), they ride eastward aiming to reach New Orleans, Louisiana, in time for the New Orleans Mardi Gras festival.