Unless you want the 50's look I think this is the best looking 350 single out there. A shame we don't get it in the UK, I'd love Honda to bring a 500 version in.
Interesting you found the bike with OEM Dunlops wobbly and unsteady on gravel. Not my experience at all. I've now done about 50 km on dirt roads with my GB350 with the stock tyres - some sections quite steep and/or with deep gravel, some rocky and with ruts, some even a bit sandy. My bike handled very well and always was stable; surprisingly, even standing up worked well. The low seat height allowed me to paddle through some muddy bits, too, and the traction control actually kicked in on one or two steep ascents. The ABS worked well, too, on steep descents. Even ground clearance is good. In fact, of all the bikes I've ridden on this same route (Versys X 300, BMW G310GS, CRF250 Rally, KLR650 3rd. gen), I found the GB350 the easiest to control and felt most confident on it 🤔
just did a 90 klm run on it to long point on the macquauie river. did the run easy and very well behaved even made a coffee by the river and flew the drone too nice and quiet there too
could be now all 3 bikes are running the motoz tyres. pretty well covered there. hard to say yet which bike has the best set up. i guess time will tell there
Always liked the look of these bikes after watching some of the first reviews from India (they have a great colour choices...and some excellent reviewers btw) and mate I have to say it, those tyres just make your bike look really damn cool. I know you have them on for a reason (the roads you ride), but there's some purpose and some old-school 50s-60s scrambler vibe now. And yes. The way a bike looks does matter to me. Even wee workhorses. Loving your work mate and cheers from NZ.
maybe tomorrow i will give it a good run on some local dirt to see how it performs. ride side appears better. seat hight up a notch. steer fine and runs pretty normal i see a dirt ride coming...lol all the best!
going on the 3 bikes ive put these on with different combos i'd say you'll be pretty happy. actually had an x300back in 2017 -great bike with good power and priced right too
G'day mate, you like riding on gravel roads and it is wise too fit the right tyres, l myself don't ride much on dirt roads if l can help it, l would like too see how they go, cheers mate ride safe, Neil 🤠.
once i hated dirt roads..lol still recall when the honda crf250 rally came out. bought one rode it out to the dirt road. did about 400 metres and did not like dirt at all. got off turned it around and rode carefully to the sealed and as soon as i got home -it was on GUMTREE....lol i really never thought i'd go dirt but thats how it panned
Warros machines are all going dirt! All your best roads with incredible scenery are on dirt roads! So, with all your bikes you’ll be able to explore all of NSW!
i dont really know much about tyres so ive researched a bit and went in direction others have. what i can say is the tyre choices appear to run well on the sealed and seeing i dont ride hard -not that much difference. bit of road noise but overall i think there ok my guess is i will know more once i do a few dirt road runs on the different rides.
Hi Warro, I checked the Motoz site and couldn't find sizes that would fit the specs (100/90-19 front, 130/70-18 rear). What sizes did you fit? And if you did fit on oversize rear, any concerns it might reduce rear suspension travel or scrape the mudguard?
yeah im not sure what i put on as i have not sat on a bike for 5 or more weeks. last trip for me was that macquarie river run on this bike where those combo tyres went expremely well. so overall happy with all motoz tyres on 3 of the bikes
If it’s not too much of a bother it’d be great if you could check on the tyres what sizes you have. I’ve been searching high and low and couldn’t find any dual purpose tire from any brand that would fit the rear 130/70-18 spec.
interesting and best of all the 3 bikes all have different motoz tyre set ups. so it will be interesting i think 1. classic 350 motoz tractionator adventure 2.suzuki vstrom duel venture front and tractionator rear 3 honda gb350 duel adv front and rallz rear. nothing available for the GROM in 12" in motoz...lol
Another nice succinct video, Warro. I've narrowed my bike choice down to two models, not-surprisingly both from Honda. The GB350 based on most of what I've gleaned from your channel, and the CL500. I'm really drawn to the classic look of the GB, but torn between that and the extra highway cruising speed and extra oomph of the CL's 471cc twin--particularly when slotted between two semis and needing to get out of their way, mostly on the odd occasion I head down the Princes Hwy to visit people anywhere from 50 to 300 kilometers away. Cheers, Warro
im not up to the cl500 but i did buy 018/019/021/022 honda cb500x's new they are pretty good bikes especially the last 022 model but they all had one major flaw. bad bar vibration and i hate vibration in bikes the cl500 i think has same motor not sure but if you dont mind a bit of vibration i'd go that way. but in all honesty i think the Gb350 is a pretty good ride and without that 13t front severely underpowered. even with these new tyres i had no trouble running along at 100 kph but saying that one cant beat power and id say the cl500 would cover your desires.
@@ridewithwarro From what I've found, the CL is based on the CMX which is a re-branded Rebel, but the CL has a higher seat for upright riding which is another preference for me, oh and it comes with a larger one-tooth rear sprocket. And yes, they all share the same 471cc parallel twin. I've seen your videos on the 500x. I'm learning more towards road riding. Cheers.
@@dashamac i never really took any 500x off road as i knew if i dropped it i'd be in trouble...lol then again i dropped the first suzuki 250sx and i was in trouble...lol
Honda with nobbies looks just right in the bush...Warro don't tell me you're thinking about going over to the dark side and buying an electric bike. Could be some interesting comments coming up. Hahaha
only did a few klm today but still surprised each time i add the new tread to a bike -the ride side actually improves quite a bit. seat height does too...lol i could buy one. hard to say. i never know what im doing or whats gonna happen. it just happens...lol
Based on predictions from the UK, EVs will potentially force the phasing out of our beloved petrol-fueled-freedom rides, see 'fit for [20]55'. At least at my age (60) I won't live to see that happen. It's ironic, pre-30 years of age and the focus is on looking forward, while after 60 the focus does a 180 degree flip...for some that is. The older a tradesman gets, the better he was.
