The PERFECT ADV Motorcycle? Honda CRF300L Rally Review 

Love mine! Do what you have to for your style and have fun! 53 years young and she's staying in the stalls til I can't ride anymore.

Totally agree with your description of this bike. I own 2022 CRF 300Rally and it is a joy to ride. It's the do everything go everywhere bike with loads of fun at a great price. I've ridden over 17 000 km (About 11 000 miles) this summer, even did the MABDR with all my camping gear from Montreal and back. Had a blast! I'm planning to go further next summer and do the WYBDR + COBDR. It's not perfect, no bike is but so much fun to ride. I would say it's the most fun light weight adventure bike there is out there and it's a Honda so it will last forever.

... Just sub'ed with a bell and a 👍. Thank you for the video. Bought a 2021 rally last May to get back to the dirty side after being away for 38 years. In the 70's and 80's I raced Motocross, Hare Scrambles, Enduros, etc for 13 years. This bike does everything I need. Jeff

I really like mine. Lots of different upgrades you can do to make it custom to you and how you ride. Keep the videos coming.

Nice video. I pick mine up next Thursday and looking forward to the first ride and mods. I have owned several dual sport/Adventure bikes from a little Xt225 to a 1200GS. I have a AT as my main bike now. So this will be my local, truck and exploring bike. Looking forward to your mod videos.

Great mini adventure bikes! Not ideal on the freeways, but great once in the bush exploring. Cheers for the up-load 😎👍

Love the honesty.Cheers

I've got a 17 250 Rally...among the dozen bikes I've owned this is my favourite. It took me a while to adjust my mindset, but it does it all adequately. I have a bigger adventure bike for 2 up, but will probably keep my Rally forever...love the little "Africa Single".

Greetings, As always another fantastic detailed video 🇺🇸🍾🎉🇺🇸 Keep producing more videos

really good review, i like the style.

Hey I always enjoy your videos and content. Very informative. You are coving the bikes my husband and I are interested in. We aren’t tall people so it’s nice to see the 300 rally with the lower kit. It really does compress more as you sit on it. We love the look of the rally and can’t beet the larger gas tank. I have the xt 150L and will eventually have to upgrade to the 300 SL as I’m 5’1”. It’s the same seat height as the 150. All good. Thanks for doing what you do.

I’ve always been of the view that with defensive riding and looking far enough ahead, consistent scanning of the environment, then situations shouldn’t arise where you ‘need’ extra power to get out of a situation. In short, back off early and don’t get into difficulty in the first place. Never ride a bike to its, or your limitations. Thanks for the review, as I still can not decide between this and the Voge 300 Rally, which is getting some great reviews. Cheers me dears.

Rally coming pretty soon and excited. It will join my Moto Guzzi V85TT and '98 Ural sidecar rig. Love both of my other bikes but this will fit a nice niche being lighter and even more capable off road.

Thanks for your honest opinion!

Thank you… i am considering getting it

I love mine, it does anything I want to do!

Nicely done! I have a Rally on order, and the height does concern me, since I'm coming from an XT250. I look forward to the mods video.

Nice review. The Rally is top of my list if i decide to go smaller, than my CB500X.

Looks great.

Much Enjoyment 👍😎

Enjoyed the video. Just bought a Rally and looking to fit a skid plate. I noted the one in your video had drain holes in the bottom. Where I ride it’s often wet/muddy so drain holes are a useful feature. What brand skid plate did you fit? Be interested to hear comments from other Rally owners on whose skid plate they fitted. Thanks!

Sweet Crocs 👍

6 months ago I had my mind set up to get a 300l rally. Then I started watching more and more RU-vid videos, hitting dealers and being exposed to so many other options. Here it is 6 months later and I’m still bikeless and can’t make up my mind. I’m waiting to get my hands on a Triumph scrambler 400x in Jan/Feb before I make a decision. At least that’s what I tell myself.

i have to agree with you i bought both the L and rally sold the L and having a blast on the bone stock Rally also have the Transalp but no ride time on it yet up here in New England cold and rainny

Great info! With all the 300ls you’ve had, ABS or NON ABS?

The Rally feels taller because of it's thicker and wider seat. The other difference is it's bigger front disc brake.

Love those honda rally crocks

Nice review of the Rally. I'm thinking of picking one up in 2024. I look forward to hearing about all the Mods you have done to it as well.

Like the Crocs

Honda has not delivered what they could/should have with the 300s. The suspension, here I have to disagree with you, the stock suspension is ridiculously soft but it's also under damped. It violates the most basic sag values, stock values of free sag 30%, rider sag close to 60% with my 175 lbs. The "correct" values are 10 and 30%.........This suspension is junk and actually unsafe at even reasonable speeds, hit some woops and this bike becomes a bronco. The power is fun up to around 50 mph and then it really tapers off. This engine is choked up, Honda tuned it to max torque down low, but in my opinion they over did it. By opening the air box (including the inner snorkel), installing CBR 300 cams, exh and most importantly 550 Performance Products tune, you can really wake this motor up. In my view, it is the Rally that you should start with for "adv" riding vs the L. Like you said, the fearing, wind screen, bigger tank, it all makes more sense. You really should consider changing the IRCs. I just came back from 2000 miles, "real" adv ride here in Indonesia. Zero high ways, from awesome winding roads, dirt, beach runs........The IRCs on the pavement "fall into turns", they really suck on pavement. Changing my IRCs to cheap, local made 70/30 tires made my Rally so much fun on these awesome roads. If you ever do deep water crossings, go slow. The cowl acts like a big scoop, cowling prevents that water from exiting on the sides, it goes over the motor and right into the air box....... Have fun.

Everything is a compromise you have to decide what you’re going to be using the bike for these bikes have plenty of power for off-road but barely enough for road use. There is little to no throttle therapy and hooligan fun on the road is a zero But it will easily wing down the road at 70 miles an hour all day and not complain. Just riding it, it’s fantastic if you try to push it the Budget parts immediately become apparent.

The problem with the 300L rally is that it is not a very exciting or fun bike. I literally threw every upgrade in the book at it, including a full Rally Raid suspension rebuild, full Yoshi RS4 system, 91 ECU, and still do not get anywhere close to the amount of excitement that I get riding my new KTM 500 EXC-F.

With this Motorcycle you can goo where you wanted. Simply the best Motorcycle.

Great video. The one thing that I can't get over is the headlight assembly. It looks like a pair of goggles. Great content. Thanks

How tall are you?

I still think the DR650 is a wiser choice. It's slightly heavier but has almost twice the power and torque.

Question: You have a set of "crash bars" around the radiator and fairing and never discuss them. I have a Rally and have never seen that particular arrangement. I agree with you, so many badmouth the soft suspension...it is OK...if you don't like it, spend $ and fix it. You can't expect Honda to do all the work. There are sooooo many "fixes" for the Rally...study the product, understand Honda can't make the whole planet happy...then develope your personal plans B4 you buy.

A perfect ADV doesn't need an investment fixing absolutely terrible OEM suspension from the showroom

SMDSR-

9:30 ... wow look how straight your back is ;) that must be really healthy ;) wonder why I still pick my bikes up facing the bike ....however, after all you made me wana try a CFR300 :D

Not an adventure bike as normally defined. It is an (IMO) an overweight, overplasticed, and underpowered around town or gravel road dual sport. 300L or KLX much better choice.

Unless it's considerably modded, a CRF300L Rally is not an ADV bike - it's a dual sport. Doing long road trips on a CRF300L sounds like an awful proposition to me. It's not an ADV if you can't tour with it.

junk

Just get the KTM Adventure 390 their clearly better

God damn they have to get rid of those stupid headlights 🤢🤮