Come join me on my Dual Sport Adventure and Enduro Dirt Bike rides. I explore remote places and see the beauty that nature has to offer. Dual Sport riding can transport you out of the city, out of the hustle and bustle of every day life, to areas most people rarely see. Enduro riding and trail riding provided a way to challenge yourself and build your dirt bike skills and develop confidence on your dirt bike.
I think what you proved in this video is you are a jack of all trades type of rider. Maybe not the all out speed of a desert racer, maybe not ready to enter the Erzberg Rodeo. But you've shown you can get through anything and everything at the pace you choose. And just like you said, you don't get to choose the terrain. Best to be pretty good at all of it, instead of amazing at one.
I never really thought about it that way but I have become a well rounded rider. I think it's because I want to explore everything so I have to be able to ride through anything. I also hate picking up my bike so that keeps me motivated lol.
Yeah it is nice to get different perspectives in a riding video. One of these days I need to get back to using my drone again for a completely different view. I hope you are enjoying your riding!
Although I didn't show it in this video on the flatter less technical parts of the trails he was much faster than I was and he would just pull away from me. On the more technical and steep parts of the trail I was much more comfortable and quicker then him. It really all depended on what type of terrain we liked to ride in which is usually the one you are the most skilled at.
Nothing better than the desert in March after a good rain. The spring of 2005 in Jawbone California, and the Mile Markers in AZ were spectacular with all the rain we got that winter and spring.
Yeah riding without dust and having tons of traction is great. I can't believe I was complaining about the rain because now it's too hot to even ride. Can't wait for cooler weather.
@@advsquared Me too. Arizona has been blasted with heat. Riding season, for fare weathered riders like me, goes from October - early April, with a June camping trip to Flagstaff for a summer time fix of single track. 👍
It was a really fun day of riding, too bad it was cut short by the rain. Of course now with the temps in the 100's I wouldn't mind riding in the rain!!!
The tires that RM ATV seems to be sourcing are well above par. I have been running a set of D-sports on my dual sport and they are doing a great job on everything except the slickest surfaces.
I'm really surprised how good RM's tires are for the price. I just hope they don't start raising their prices and get to be as expensive as everyone else.
We get so few days where the ground is damp you forget how nice it is! Every time I ride in a group I am astonished at how much dust there is, I'm surprised anyone wants to rides in groups because of that.
Ahhh coool memories! It has been way to hot here to ride. It seems like we'll have to wait till fall until we can get back on our bikes. You very well might have heard teeth chattering. I was so cold but then immediately overheated going up that mountain before I took off my thermal layer. Talk about extremes!
Looks like fun riding in thunderstorms. I was thinking bringing my Honda Xr 600 out there, but I was worried about lighting, wind, and either wet or super hot.
It was fun until I got dumped on on the way back to camp! I think this area has nothing but extreme weather, I'll only go there when it's on the cool side.
Actually the part that failed was not a KTM factory part it was a Dirt Tricks part that was not manufactured correctly. They forgot to harden the steel teeth inside their tensioner.
@@travisconover4762 Yeah I do wish KTM bikes would came more equipped so you wouldn't have to spend so much money on protection and performance to safely ride it on the trails.
There is no way for me to tell what is making the noise on your bike and whether changing it will help or not without actually listening to the noise myself. If you're not sure I would take it to a mechanic.
I spent the money on a Klim helmet as well. My Bell was creating neck problems with the weight. I have even taken the camera off my helmet. This old age thing sucks. Thank you for posting and editing the content. More work than the riding!
It's amazing how light the Klim feels compared to the Bell, well worth the money. I'm with you on the old age thing. I don't feel old but my body just can't quite keep up anymore. The only thing you can do is to learn to adapt and make the best of it. Editing can be a chore but I still enjoy it and sharing my rides.
This video had everything! Humor and hardship, being conquered and bouncing back, and even a little science lesson about the Race Track. Man I hate that cant turn feeling! Like your mind and body cannot figure it out and the bike just continues on like you're not even on it. One of riding's greatest mysteries.
I also realized, while I was riding, that this ride had a little of everything but one thing didn't happen. I kept waiting for it but it never came. Can you guess what it was? I thought I was the only one that had the 'I can't turn problem'. I feel better now!
Going to have to get you one of those airline neck pillows :). My issue isn't my neck. I get freaking cramping in my inner thighs that get me screaming like a puppy that just got his tail stepped on. Stupid old body.
I could imagine the weird looks I would get on the trail with one of those pillows! Cramps suck, I get them mostly in my hands or feet. It's incredible how much they hurt.
Yes that is why I switched helmets and bought an F5. It's amazing how light it is and how much of a different that makes. Also the ventilation is incredible!
Unfortunately I didn't do anything to my neck, it's just my body deciding it doesn't want to cooperate lol! Sometimes it will loosen back up during a ride and other times it just gets to painful and I have to stop riding.
First Comment! Woohoo! Free riding in a general direction is awesome, that's what I used to do on my little Suzuki SP125 when I was a teenager. It's great to see you out riding man!
You snuck in there and got the first comment!! This area is one of only a few that you can legally free ride and don't have to stay on the trails, which I love!. I wish there were more places like that not only in California but other states, but that's pretty much a pipe dream. I've been off the bike for a while because I had the worst crash I've ever had, I even cracked my helmet. But I'm slowly getting back into it.
My husky fe350s is making the same noise, but before I noticed I lost power while riding back from the trail. I stopped the engine and when I started again it was doing the same noise. I’m gonna have a mechanic to check but could be my cam chain tensioner. It’s making the same noise. I have only 40hours on my husky
It's possible it might be the tensioner but it could also be something else. I hope your mechanic finds the problem and is able to fix it so you can get riding again!
I recently replaced the cam chain tensioner in my fc350 because after riding fkr a while it would make a slight tick noise. After replacing it upon start up the engine locked and thebstarter solenoid would jusy click. I backed the tensioner bolt out and then tightened it back up pushed on tensioner with an alan wrench to engage it and it popped out kike its supposed to fired it up and getting the same noise you had. Wondering if i got a brand new junk tensioner maybe? Surely if jumped time and bent a valve it wouldn't be running. Also pulled valve cover off and the timing chain feels and looks tight
Without working on the bike I can't give you a diagnosis. There is always the possibility that it might be something else in the engine. I hope you find out what the problem is.
I'm glad you got a chance to mess with your gear ratios. There's definitely a happy medium somewhere between super short technical gearing and having some run out for higher speed stuff. I didn't realize your earring was so short! 13/52 seems crazy, haha
I always knew it was too short but not bad enough to change it. I'm glad I finally decided to do it. Maybe now I'll finally be able to keep up on a Broken Enduro Group ride...yeah right 😆
I typically go with a two-tooth difference on the rear when making changes. A single tooth it may be difficult to notice the change. Always just go with a single tooth change on the front. One front is about 3 rear teeth.
Yeah I kept going back and forth between whether I was going to make a one or two tooth change but I thought I would give one tooth a try first. I think I probably would have been fine either way.
Imagine what that place will look like if everyone just goes everywhere. As influencers and instructors we should be stewards of the land not destroyers. Stay on the trails and roads.
I agree with you if the area you are riding in is designated as trails only then you need to stay on the trails. This area is legally designated as an open ride area and it is legal to ride anywhere, that is why I said that in the video. This area was open ride years ago and then they closed it off for many years and now it's open again. The reason you don't see any trails expect the race course trails which are very new, is because the land can heal itself and goes back to becoming natural again if left alone. We are not destroying the land, we are only riding through it. Do you also realize that this area, which seems big, it is absolutely nothing compared to the over 41 million acres of wilderness areas, national forests and national parks in California where you are only allowed to ride on the trails or, as in the wilderness areas, not allowed to ride in at all.
Well, i guess i didnt realize it was designated open ride. I live in an area with fragile desert terrain and sed the results of motos and side by sides that just dont care at all about future users and destruction of natural environments. I love riding that terrain but hate seeing what some people do to destroy it. Regarding Nationsl Wilderness areas these are amazing laands that thankfully are protected from every form of mechanized travel even bicycles and baby strollers. I help protect them as a vunteer and am proud to do so. We need both kinds of spaces and we need to be educators and example setters of how to ride responsibly or the avsilable terrain to ridecwill slowly be taken away.
As I said I'm all for different riding areas with different levels of restrictions. I do think wilderness areas are a great thing to have but the recent land grab that turned a lot of previous trail riding areas into windedness areas to be problematic. I do think we should ride only where designated but unfortunately doing so makes no difference to whether they close trails down or not. BLM closed huge areas of Idaho and Utah recently for no apparent reason other than that's what their agenda is from Washington. I hope we don't become like some countries in Europe where it's illegal to ride anywhere on dirt.
No, I used the same chain length for 51 and 52. But at some point I think I did change the length of the chain to get a slightly shorter wheelbase so it's different from the stock length.
@@advsquared ok perfect, I did the same thing and was wondering what a 51 would do. I have the sprocket but didn’t know if the links I pulled were going to need to be adjusted again. Thanks for the help and the video. Seriously helpful advice.
love your vids man. love how it's all fun and no character or ego show. Going down on teeth on your sprockets is gonna make the gears longer with less torque and increases top end. Going up makes gears shorter and gives more torque but reduces top end.
Yeah it's just me riding around being me, I'm not trying to impress anyone. Changing sprocket sizes is right up there with adjusting clickers on your suspension, a lot of riders just don't understand how to do it.
I'm absolutely astonished they (state? BLM?) re-opened a closed area. Flabbergasted is more like it! Very encouraging to here. I experiment with gearing on my motorcycles all the time. In the end I went back to stock as it being a dual sport bike I do have to ride a bit on pavement from time to time. We try to limit having to haul the bikes to a spot if we can ride there instead. Nice green tint to the desert. Very cool.
I was also astonished when I heard they opened up this area. I don't know how it happened or who was involved but it's great! For a dual sport bike that rides on the road you usually don't have to change gearing. But mine is a dual sport that I use exclusively offroad so it just wasn't right for the dirt. We only get about a month in the desert where the weather is perfect with light winds, the ground is moist and it's green with a scattering of wild flowers. It's really nice but fleeting!
I would recommend changing out front sprockets first, it’s easier and you can get a +1 and a -1 sized sprocket and try them back to back within 5-10 minutes It’s a bigger deal in motor cross where you get stuck between gears, in my opinion for off road riding and messing around you can ride almost anything and you just pick the right gear for the terrain, unless you have a bike geared way to high to effectively use first. Most riders need to spend more time tuning clickers and sag height than sprocket size
The front sprocket is easier to change but it's a big jump in ratio. It made my gearing extremely low and I was always stuck in between gears. I feel like now the gearing is better suited for the speed I ride at and terrain I like. I'm with you on learning to feel how your suspension is working and to adjust it accordingly. So many riders are afraid to touch their clickers.
Yes the stock ones do fail but luckily it's a low percentage of them. I have had two Dirt Tricks tensioners fail but I still think they are better than the stock ones.
Yeah some of the states east of the rockies have very little public land to ride on. We have tons of it out here which makes it even more frustrating that it is off limits for offroad riding even if it already has trails on it.
That EXCF should be street legal, meaning u can ride anywhere u want and avoid SxS crowd. BLM land was the best when I was in SoCal. Then when u find some nice secret areas, you dont trash it or tell anyone cuz they will bring more people who always destroy areas like the one you are in now.
My bike is plated and street legal so I can ride on the street and some plated offroad only areas. It does open up some areas to ride but usually it's just fire roads that I'm not that excited to ride as I like technical riding. And yeah I no longer tell people what trails I'm on, if they're not willing to put in the time to explore and find trails I'm not going to make it easier for them.
The problem is we, as riders. Comply to the rules, because we believe if we obey, we won't lose any more trails. They keep closing more and more anyway. We just need to be more vigilant in saying no to this nonsense.
That is true, it really doesn't matter if we obey or not as they continually close down trails either way. But I'm sure it does make it easier for them if they have proof of noncompliance. It's a no win situation for us.
Maybe you don't care about being forced to ride on over used trail that get trashed and maybe you even enjoy riding sand, but I don't like either one. I normally avoid this entire area but I hadn't been there in years and thought I'd give it a second try which was my mistake.
I bought the bike new in 2017 and it now has 540 hours and 9086 miles on it, all offroad. It's been an incredibly reliable bike with just the usual maintenance and oil changes every 20-30 hours. It's a great bike unless you want to ride long distances on the freeway.
How the heck do you find all these amazing trails! That section where you slowed down and took it all in looked like such a great two track to just cruise and enjoy.
Well my secret is to go to a place you have never ridden before without any plan and just see what you run across. It's almost inevitable that you'll find an amazing area or trail you didn't even know existed. And I think it helps that I'm riding alone so I have the option to slow down, or stop, to take it all in.
Have you considered adding a second radiator fan to the right side radiator bank to better manage engine over heating? I added a Universal fit fan from RMATVMC to my KTM 640 Adventure and it works wonderfully. I set it to come on at 170 degrees so it starts ahead of the OEM fan on the left radiator bank. Don't know if you have space for it but give it a thought.
I probably shouldn't have said overheat but getting hot really quickly. Normally the bike runs cool enough but get into deep sand and slip the clutch and I can feel a lot more heat coming off the engine and exhaust. I don't think it actually overheats but it's definitely noticeable. It cools down quickly by itself though.
Yeah instead of getting washed in by the waves it gets washed down from the mountains. I can ride through almost any type of sand but I sure don't like it. I started the ride from Jawbone Canyon and this area is kind of the backside of Dove Springs.
I'm pretty blessed. Reno NV sucks for about 3 to 4 months a year due to snow in a lot of areas. But from my house I can be in unlimited desert riding, pinion pine riding, or The Lost Sierra riding. The stuff out my back door is a bit rough until you crest over into Virginia City, but it's insanely fun from there. Just northwest I can access unlimited dirt roads and tracks all the way up into Oregon. Down south (some pavement riding) i can be in the High Sierra once the snow melts, and can't forget the Sweetwater Mountains and Bodie areas. Even when it's cold, I can drive a couple hours east and hit a lot of desert that is normally dry or mostly dry.
Nature is meant to be enjoyed. Desert, mountains, beach, it's all about getting out. My impression is environ-mental-ist are packed full of lazy, fat Karen's & Kyles that never get out.
I definitely ride to enjoy nature I just wish I could enjoy nature in all areas on my bike like hikers can. Yeah the majority of people that support keeping us out of areas never actually visit those areas.
I'm always surprised how something as soft as sand can get so rough. I could have ridden off to the side where it was smooth but it was crazy deep sand so that was out of the question.
Yeah the sand is much more enjoyable when it's wet but I still hate it. Most of the guys I ride with are like you and would rip through that sand wash like a race track!
Sometimes you're out, just to enjoy the scenery. I really think it's fun riding along while you navigate the ruts... We all enjoyed the scenery. Thx for taking us along.
