For me the stock suspension works fine, I'm like 68kg and do not need fancy expensive suspension. And it all depends how and where you ride. I do mostly light enduro (90% off-road and 10%-try to avoid on road) and the stock suspension works for me.
Ssoooooooffffttttt!!! Nice and comfy on streets and flat offroad roads. If you are planning to go fast offroad, any type of offroad obstacles, or jumps, then you should start to think hard about upgrading. But if you want to do anything like above, then I think you are looking at the wrong bike in the first place. Crf300l it's farm, easy trail, forest, comut and everyday usable bike. To go hard offroad CRF450RL. Or any other bike that was designed for that, but someone put lights on it.
Great video! One question, why does the exhaust first bend down and then back? Why doesn't the exhaust pipe coming from the cilinder goes back immediate? On KTM's it is the same deal, why? Thank you!
The pipe needs some distance in order to lose some heat to the air. It can't be too close to frame, radiator, cables etc. In case of crf that's the way for a pipe to avoid all those elements. But I have seen pipes that go straight back. Most of yamahas. YZ450F for example.
Nice sword, skateboard and revolver! You would be my favorite neighbor! I wish I was skilled enough to ride in the winter. We put them away for a few months. Ride on my friend! Nice video!
Thanks. You should try to ride in winter. It's not hard at all. Speed is greatly reduced, and that changes everything. The biggest problem is actually cold on your body. No skill is needed here. Just good clothes.
Great video! I don't own an Indian Roadmaster, and I don't plan to get an Indian Roadmaster, but I still ended up watching the whole ting 😄 Very informative!
You must be the right person to ask for advice so to speak. I have a speedfight 3 Darkside that I need some help with. The lower part of the fork where the wheel bolt goes through must be replaced on the left side. The million dollar question is how do I take it off? I know there is a screw at the bottom of the forks. The reason it needs to be replaced is that the screw that holds the big bolt steady is completely broken. I also think the front dampers are lousy. I also suspect that the front brake disc may not be as it should be. slight vibration during deceleration. When it comes to tire balancing, I think it is very important regardless of tire size. Mine has something called a sport variator + Leo Vince exhaust which gets it to almost 80 km/h 😊
Hi. So to remove "separate" fork lower part from the upper part, ther is a 8mm bolt that you unscrew at the bottom of the fork. I suggest use impact driver. Electric or pneumatic. Then you drain oil, remove dust seal, circlip and then sort of "hummer" lower part out from upper part by pulling it down until it stops with fast hand motion. Its like u trying sort off drag the pipe out of other pipe with a nice punch. When it comes to such a thinn brake disc, there's no way of machining it straight like for example cars or trucks discs. Best is to replace it, because when they vibrate under braking, they are bent or warped by heat.
@@Mcdoktor I really appreciate your reply. But when it comes to the lower part of the fork, I mean on both sides where it is painted black and is about 12 cm long. Both the wheel and the screen are screwed through it. At the bottom there is a screw that must be loosened with an 8 mm Allen key if I am not mistaken. Then comes the big question. How do I knock it down without damaging anything and does it have any effect on the damper itself? As for the brake disc, it also needs to be replaced. I see on your RU-vid profile that you are Norwegian that's cool. I live in Oslo, so I can explain it more simply in Norwegian if you prefer.
how is it to ride with the spike tires on the asphalt that doesn't have any snow or ice? Because even in Norway in the winter the roads can be completely dry but after half hour you reach a blizzard :D And I've heard that spike tires are terrible in normal conditions. I've seen some dealership in Norway that they are selling the CRF300L with heated grips and spike tires as a "winter package" :D
Yes. It depends of what type of spike and what kind of winter tires. Road winter tires with small spikes are ok on dry asfalt more less. But offroad tires with long spikes are disaster. However they amazing in snow and grass. There's no one for all conditions. But if you not planing go offroad normal winter tires with small spikes will be good enough for winter with parts of dry asfalt. You can even get knee down on them. Winter packages ar to try to sell some motorcycles in winter. Coz as you can imagine winter is quite slow season for motorcycle business.
Excellent video, thank you for answering my question! A new gas-talk question would be what are your thoughts about tubeless systems or mousses on a bike like your CRF300L?
Isn't a sidecar excellent alternative to drive during EU winter with real snow? Especially 2 wheel drives. If I'm scared of knobby tires and dirt bikes during winter, sidecar should be almost like halfway to ATV, no? I mean You will not fall with sidecar. To the right at least
I opened a beer, pressed on subscriptions and saw an ural, my first impression was "how drunk must I've been to subscribe to soviet motorcycles guy". Oh, no, that is my favorite Norwegian guy having fun with absolute garbage of motorcycle. Ok, I'll take it. I am 42 y.o. from Latvia, I know IZ, I know Jawa, Ural, Minsk, Voshod and that is exact reason why I do not have retro motorcycle in my garage. When you have an engine that has 0.5 to 1.5mm play in cylinder and count of oil rings depends on day of the week it was built by drunken masters from russland, there is little desire to restore these. But still, have fun and I'm enjoying the video. Thank you! I really hope you enjoy flat head screwdriver. (I wrote this comment seeing first 3 minutes of video)
Hahahaha. I m sick of this flathead screws after that bike. It's ridiculous. Out of every 10 screws 4 snapt, 3 were left threaded, 1 cut my arm and 2 went missing. 😂😂😂😂
@@Mcdoktor I am motorcycle engineer myself, today I worked on my bike. Few days ago I tightened "crankshaft" bolts to 22Nm on my Honda bike. Turns out crankshaft is not the same as crankshaft cover and after changing clutch springs, one does not tighten 6mm bolts to 22Nm on engine cover. Today I got out that one snapped one, others went out unharmed. Bought new bolts from dealer, I do not trust these overtightened ones. I learn only by errors, that is my curse. I did not know how much 22Nm is before. Tomorrow I will see if my sealant works and there is no oil leaking. Some people are born with two left hands.
Great video but can I ask about those tyres you showed at the end? Are they for the crf? They looked way too wide to fit the existing rimms so can this be done or do you intend on changing the wheels also? I dislike the skinny tyres on my crf so an upgrade like those would look much better. Cheers
Hi. I think that the widest tire that will safely fit original crf rear rim is 140. I know a guy that runs 160 in supermoto setup, but I know that he changed the rim and front sprocket offset. I don't think that even with rim swap, you will fit more than 160 in crf swing arm . Offset is limited to the moment that the chain is starting to contact the frame.
Thanks. Well, it's true. If I had not touched anything, this bike would work with absolutely no issues for at least 10 years. With standard maintenance, of course.
really enjoying your videos! I recently stole a CRF300L to keep my Ural company and after many years of GS1200s, super teneres and KTM super adventures, i can only agree your absolutely right! more engine does not mean more enjoyment!
A question for an upcoming "Gas Talk". What choices do you have in Norway as far as being able to buy dirt bikes, both street legal and regular off-road-only dirt bikes? With a small population that you have in Norway, I would imagine that you don't have a lot of choices.
I rode an 1100 for years then stopped riding for quite a bit. For my 65th birthday present to myself, I bought a little 160 and I’ve been having the time of my life riding it around the backroads near where I live! At my age, there’s no need to feed the ego anymore. Enjoy your channel!
