Solo Adventure Trip in the Mountains 

Nice video, dirtbike paradise that looks like :)

Nice mate. Just started watching your vids. Just bought a 701 to do some trips on. Dandenong ranges based. Another thing to keep in mind, if you had a patch repair kit, with the bike on its side you can pop the bead, pull the tube out, patch and put back in, all while still in the bike. PITA, but possible 👍

Another great watch. Great explanation of locations, direction and track conditions. Your 1st night didn't look very nice, but the next morning made up for it. Bummer re the flat tyre! That tool didn't look too flash, glad you got help. There are good people out there. Hope it all worked out for you. Keep up the great videos! 👍😁

another great vid mate

More gold!

Great videos and commentary, hoping to some of these tracks in the coming months once it dries out a bit. Love you composure and mind set about sitting it out and waiting for assistance. Keep up with videos great quality and reviews of the tracks.

Great adventure and well done on the video Mate! Even with the trouble at the end, it looked like it was very enjoyable. Smart thing to just camp and sort things out rather than pushing luck. Great work and I am looking forward to more! Cheers!

Certainly was a tuff track Dan. Good to see good country folk come to your rescue. I am sure the horse riders appreciated you shutting down the bike when you past them earlier, nice touch!

Great tracks, commentary and awesome drone footage. Bugger re the tyre but hats off to people willing to help out.

This is an outstanding and breathtakingly brilliant video on the Vic highlands. Love the new bike by the way. The smaller bikes seem so much better over this terrain and a lot more forgiving than the larger bikes. Makes you wonder about the quality of tools these days.

Awesome video gee that ride bought back a lot of memories we used ride all over those tracks 20 years ago gee we had a lot of fun riding up there. Don’t think the body could do it now especially on a Triumph Explorer. Ride safe buddy

Another brilliant video!!

Very nice ride. I wish I would live in Australia 😁. Well done respecting the horses and riders 🦄🙏-

Nice vid. Love the scenery of the high country. Interesting how you were describing hand signals to the 4wders... I've always only heard both as a motorbike rider and 4wder that you signal how many are behind you. That way, anyone along your group can signal. plus theyve already seen you so only care about how many they need to keep an eye for coming up.

Excellent video, great camera work and editing, not easy doing that camera work riding solo. Good little gear and food review as well. Shame about the flat tyre but a classic demonstration of why you carry what you carry on those trips and in that country. Look forward to the next one 🤟😎🤘

waoo. great. why don't you spokes rims converted to tubeless tyres ? like I did on rx3 bike. Dr Rizwan Gohar form Pakistan

Very nice review Love those 701s. Thanks for sharing stay safe Cheers

Great ride DK. Awesome scenery, awesome videography, awesome tracks and riding. You could be a tour guide up in the Vic High country. Shame about the flat and that Bloody tool. I nearly had the same problem breaking the bead on my T7, but luckily I had a mate with a Dr650 on the ride with me, we balanced his whole bike on the side stand pressing down on the bead, it didn't break straight away, lots of WD40 and working around the rim, eventually it popped and we breathed a sigh of relief. So when I buy new tyres now, I install them myself at home, with 3 tyre levers, acting like a bead breaker. 2 outside ones pushing down to expose the bead, The middle one lifting up, to lever the bead over the safety bead on the rim, and lots of WD40. I did take a little chunk out of the old tyre, using this method, but nothing to stop it being used again. Its in my Yerranderie video, not the technique though, Unfortunately we were to stressed to record the Ordeal, maybe next time. 🤣 My flat was caused by too hard pressure and sharp rocks, went straight through the carcase. (Standard. Pirelli Scorpion Rally STR, very soft carcase.)

That is the 2nd one of those OEM spanner i have seen snap on youtube videos. wonder how many have snapped not on camera? I always carry a large and small shifter, crude but spanner of last resort. Notwithstanding, another great Vid, keep them coming :)

Nice work mate.. lovely watch 👌🏻

Thanks for the video mate, always love the scenery and tracks of high country that you really captured. Big thanks for also naming the tracks it really helps someone like myself who lives interstate plan a trip there at the end of the year. You also had some good knowledge of the degree of dificulty for each track, if you dont mind me asking where could find that information? Thanks again

Geez that country up there looks great. The flat tyre sucks, not as much as that spanner. Thank's for good people. Look after yourself, see you on the next one..

Good video DK. Great ride till that happened. I need to upgrade my rear tyre scanner on my 701 after seeing that. What is the blue rear prop you used, looks a good item. Cheers

Hey DK, awesome video... you present the best adventure bike content out there highlighting the great Vic High Country. Shame about your flat tyre but a real eye opener to what can happen out there. How many kms over the 2 nights did you do ?? Looking forward to your nex video, please keep them coming.. cheers Damo..

Excellent video Dan. Really nice camerawork and post production. Yeah stock spanned is shit. Motion pro with 27mm adapter is the go. One other tool that is critical is the KTM spark plug remover. I hope you have one of those. Your cooking puts me to shame. 👍

Great clip mate, views were fantastic. Was it a horse shoe nail that done the damage? Be unusual to find a construction nail up there I’d imagine.

Great vid! I was not expecting the misfortune at the end. I am impressed how you dealt with it. I would love to do some high country stuff but I have the 1200 version of your 800. It sounded like a good idea at the time but something in the 500-700 range would have been a wiser choice. You referred to the roads in the ski sense, a black road and a moderate road etc, are they real classifications or your own terminology brought about by experience. Is it possible to map a route that is big bike friendly? I’m not too spooked bu some ruts and stones just need to keep it sensible, particularly if I go alone. Thanks again for the vid. Really enjoy your stuff.

I do a lot of 4wd driving and use tyre plugs to get out of the poop… often you don’t need to take the tyre off. I can’t see why this wouldn’t work with a bike tyre? The plug kits don’t weigh much and pack down small.

Nice ride bar the tyre mishap. Have you considered carrying a can of puncher goo in the pressure can. Not sure how good they are? Cheers

Great video Mate - thanks for sharing. What navigation program are you using and is it on your phone?

I’m curious if these tyre seal products would of prevented the flat .I.e tyre seal

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Bugger. Couldn’t get the tyre bead loose??

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