Off-Road Rodeo is a celebration of the two best things on two wheels: bicycles and motorcycles.
Follow along as Jake customizes, maintains, repairs, and reviews his 2021 Honda CT125, 2023 XR150L, and other gear! There are plenty of journeys ahead including the Smokey Mountain 500 and more!
If motorcycles aren't your thing, tag along as Jake finds the best singletrack and gravel roads the USA has to offer. There will be plenty of gear to review and limitless trails to ride!
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Thanks for the detailed video! It looks like a good upgrade for my bike even though is already has some connectivity function (suzuki myspin). Very nice and simple interface
I know this is an old one, but I appreciate the video! I'm looking for a Scout 290 frame (which ain't easy to find lol) to build as you did. I'm actually the same height as you, with the same inseam. How has that XL-sized frame worked out for you?
August 2024. I am purchasing a Honda XR150L tomorrow in eastern Minnesota. MSRP was $3000. With handling, Registration, Sales Tax (around 8%) it comes to $4007. Perhaps I could have hunted around more but I decided I was OK with the price, within the context of living here. FYI, I saw a comment elsewhere that in the Philippines you can buy the same 150cc Honda equivalent machine for $1750, w/ all fees, a free full face helmet and some bonus gas. In India you can get the 100 cc equivalent the Honda "Shine" for $750. But where do you really want to live? In the last 8 months I've traveled both in India and Brazil. Lots of small equivalent motorcycles. Sometimes with up to 4 people on the machine!
The CT125 isn't meant to blast down the trail quickly. It is meant to get you from here to there and back again. It doesn't look sexy, but it gets the job done.
You posting this film for all to see? Is the stupidest thing in the entire world if you want to have motorcycles kicked out of the Blackwater state forest, keep doing this. Also, be very aware there are no single track trails in black water state forest. Those are hiking trails and the fine for riding off-road. Non marked posted road is 600 plus dollars wake up. Take this film off of the RU-vid face page and ever else immediately. And never do it again.Mr. Moron, you gave your name and your tag number is visible in the shot.They will come for you wake up use your Brain
The gap between your knee and bars would not be affected by any spring installation. You could take the springs totally out, or even the front wheel off, and as long as your foot was on the foot peg, that gap would be the same as before. If the increased preload helps with your style of riding, then it does. It's possible, as basically every kind of suspension adjustment has compromises and benefits. If you like the benefits, and not having any static sag, or even dynamic sag by the looks up it, isn't a problem then no problem. But in case you're curious, look up videos or discussions about setting Sag, front and rear. If you have zero sag while going down the road, there isn't really much suspension in the drooping position because you're always sitting at the maxed out upwards position. Obviously if you first compress the forks, then they can move back up. But imagine a road condition where the bike crests a sudden drop off.. a wheel with sag would drop down into the void with its remaining suspension travel. Yours has zero or almost zero currently remaining, and thus would need to wait for the entire bike to drop down from gravity for the tire to reconnect with the road.
Also the 450 motors have never been extremely reliable. That's why I have never wanted one. have plenty of power but always needing a new top end or something. They just punch higher than they should
Theres no answer to sand except horsepower and lots of throttle. If you're on a smaller bike you'll just never feel comfortable. I had a Honda xr600r that ate Sand for breakfast. And i had a dr350 that just never did sand well. The trick is to keep that back wheel spinning. When in doubt throttle out
It’s not that I don’t believe you, but now I’m curious to see how long it’ll last. It’s been 4 months and I commute 3-4 times a week on this. We’ll see. And this bulb is cheap so it doesn’t really matter to me.
Seems like you could just put a stainless rod or tube spacer between the stock bolts and top of spring for much cheaper. Not sure why pvc is even in the conversation.
Thanks, I am soon going to buy one for Lara, she has wanted her own bike all her life. Thanks for the video, it has solidified my intent. Looks like Honda has nailed it again.
Why do you need more info in the Dashboard? Enjoy the ride and that’s it 😂 I have an xr 125, preety much the same bike, for fue indicator i swith the km meter to zero, and i know how much i can ride with a fuel tank + reserve.
I’m a new rider deciding between the a 2024 Trail and a 2024 XR150L. This video is very informative about the differences between the two including in how they perform on dirt trails and on-road. The Trail has such heritage and a definite “cool” factor that the 150 does not but, in the end, I think the 150 is really what I’m looking for based on how I intend to use it. Trail exploring for landscape photography, back road rides and a little highway only when necessary. Thanks for the info and great video.
