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You got your priorities right mate. Family first.. Time to ride will come don’t worry

Hope you get well soon. Take good care of the family and house. You and MAD TV make me so obsessed about going to australia to ride offroad!

Great vid. Appreciate your work. Hope things slow down there where you can get some rest. I remember those days. Either way, enjoy the ride of life:)

Take care of yourself, Solid! Sounds like you have really been through it lately with health issues. Hoping you have a great 2024.

Kove 800X carries the fuel low like the BMW and feels incredibly light. I sat on one last week.

Great to see a real dad doing what they do. On ya solid.

That non slip stuff is also supplied in black , used in many applications in workshop & home & not expensive .

Following your channel since a long time and I still like everything about it. Great work. Cheers, Nils

Thanks for your videos ,you are one true biker speaking for bikers,not a media propaganda tool 👍👏👏👏👏👏

I know what It's like with health problems Solid, I too have not hit the dirt this year, it's been one thing after another, and with a Himalayan coming sometime March-April I'm getting a bit worried will I be ready to enjoy it. Cooler weather will help. Cheers and enjoy the little one as you can. Stay sunny side up 👍

Always enjoy listening to you chat through bike info 🍻💪

Speedy recovery mate and thanks for the interesting content as ever

Health 1st good to hear you on the mend. Keep up the great work (when your able)

Health and family come before all. Take care and ride happy. That goes to all of y'all in the comments as well. Cheers!

Glad you're doing well CoS!

Some good info today as always. I love the 7-9 minute videos. they are quick to get through and you always put out tons of "solid" (didn't mean to do that, but here we are) information. Riding heals the soul. Hopefully, you are at least running up to the market on a bike to keep the batteries happy. take care!

Health and family first.. much love

May God bless you 🤞🏻 get speedy recovery ❤

Great video! Appreciate your time answering people’s questions. I was wondering what you think about the Ducati desert sled?

Thank you for the Q & A I like them it answers a lot of questions that many people have; Especially about buying a bike! In time you will be back on the bike and doing what you like best! David....Adelaide.....Triumph Scrambler......

Hope you recover quickly! You mentioned possibly doing a live Q&A. I would be very interested in that if you ever decide to do it! Just letting you know. Keep up the good work

I really admire your family-first priorities. Thank you a ton for the videos!

Family before biked for sure . Sounds like a fun project but hard at the same time , you'll enjoy the results . Stay Solid .

Take your time to arrange the more important things in life,off-road riding is a great hobby but it can wait till you feel you really have the time and energy for it😊

Responsible adult? Say it ain't so Joe! Love your videos, carry on!

Dang Solid!!!! Well first off, I hope you get a full night's sleep asap! Your plate is full! Keep up the good work and best of health too ya. I'll hit a trail in your name today :)

Thanks for sharing mate, best wishes contingent on in aggressively getting after the Cancer. You’ve been a good unbiased source of opinion and content. Saying a prayer for you now for the strength for you and your doctors. Keep up the great work to be busy and worry about riding later!

nice video, stay strong mate.

Siempre agradable escuchar tus opiniones y puntos de vista,saludos desde Chile amigo¡

Hey Solid, great video, no need to explain about being tired and time management with everything you have and had going on WE parents, home owners and working professionals understand. Cheers from Florida mate.

Get offroad soon brother 👍 But until then stay fit and make sure to get your daily exercise

One thing from experience over the last few years. Have suffered extreme fatigue , due to a medical condition , but if I ride an E scooter , a bicycle …or a motorcycle the fatigue fog and aches disappear . It even occurs driving …it’s as if movement itself over 10 km per hour …fixes the fatigue . A scientist should look into this .

Keeping it real Solid. Hang in there mate. 👍

The 800GS may or may not have better balance, but its Parralel twin has a 180 crank. Revs past 5000 is no joy. You dont need root canal treatment with (any) 180 twin... it vibrates your soul out of its sockets.

Best wishes

The first model F800GS is still the lightest "modern" twin around. Shows how backwards Japan and Europe have gone. Look to the KOve 800X as the new standard bearer, only just.

Oooh this video is fresh

I’m hoping that Royal Enfield releases an ADV bike based on the 650 Interceptor, or a Scrambler or both. Low to no tech, not too heavy, not to powerful or expensive. Just right! And I can check the valves myself.😎👍

A CB500 engine on a CRF frame is all I'm asking, is that impossible to build? 😅

Thoughts on a 2024 Ktm 790 adv? Pretty light curb weight, low slung weight, decent suspension that could be upgraded. Good electronics, lots of dealers & $10999=good value!

F800GS,interesting,previously dismissed it,thought it heavy,not so

Speedy recovery

Hei Solid❤ hope you get well soon! Greetings from Norway

The stuff you put under your kriega bag is marketed as anti slip material for use in boats and camper vans 👍

Solid…..I really enjoy your channel. In saying that…..I can’t even begin to state in how many ways I completely disagree with your recommendation for an F800GS. 🤦🏻‍♂️ Out of respect, I’ll agree to disagree……and my only food for thought for you, why did BMW decide to move the tank back to the front top on the newer 850 and even more off road F900GS?! Anyways……wish you good health and happy family, always looking forward to your thoughts (aside from the F800). 😃👍

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Look after yourself, Solid. Riding is important, but your family and health are more important. It's also hard to go riding without family support and good health. 😁 If anyone else notices something different or unusual about their skin, go to a doctor and get checked, especially if you had a typical Australian outdoor childhood getting sunburnt. Hope it's not too long before you can go riding again 👍

🙏good health

Hey solid, best wishes to your health, like when you compare bikes, considering the money many spend upgrading the 300L, suspension mostly/power ECU mod, what is your opinion on the Husky 701 as a buy and ride away. It’s been toying with me, only reliability ? Reports indicate it’s ok on the tar too, ya opinion, I would value

You might consider the Tuareg 660, I have owned the F800gs and I much prefer the Aprilia Tuareg 660, no comparison in my opinion

Grip cloth, it's called grip cloth.

Yeah mate maybe take a break from the RU-vid before you end up living in that house alone! Unless of course this brings you an income, and of course if there is breaking news that cant wait. Good work bro. 😉

For the first comment, the answer is the Moto Guzzi V85 TT.

Hmmmm..... Renovating your house and a one year old Solid....? I feel your pain!

I've had an absolute gutful of clickbait driven fake RU-vid content ... yes, I'll put my hand up to getting excited when I saw the fake Suzuki TS700 a few weeks ago. But all these fake mockups are just a waste of time & space. If someone said: "Hey, here's my mock up of a concept bike, and I'm inviting designers to supply their own bits so we can produce an after market customisation kit for ..." then that might be a great idea (not necessarily economically viable though). Sadly, the AI bandwagon is only going to keep on producing fake everything. RU-vid needs to filter the content, so that there's a toggle switch to separate real from fake content. And I'd love a 'block all RU-vid shorts' button too.

A gash on the neck and dental work 🤔, I want to know what the other fellow looks like 😆👍! Seriously Solid, I hope you get healed up real soon 😃👍!!!

I enjoy your videos and presentations. Disregard any negative persons and embrace who you are. Sir Patrick Stewart(aka Captain Jean Luc Picard of Star Trek) is intelligent and sexy according to the women. Dave from Canada

Kove 450/800 , its more like 25KG lighter ffs. the other brands aint even trying for the past decade .

Isn’t it more a problem of terminology? The “on/off road” nomenclature is silly - should be triangulated road/off tarmac/off road. The “off road” shouldn’t be confused with off tarmac, the first refers to single track, desert, through rivers, etc. What the vast majority of riders on adventure bikes do is some off tarmac, but we’re still on a road of some kind, and we usually get there on a paved road.

Sometimes, the idiot is not the person with whom you ("you" meaning: whoever the individual may be...not you, specifically) are arguing. Sometimes, you are the idiot and are simply unwilling to recognize and/or accept it and must, instead, project blame elsewhere...because projecting it elsewhere is certainly easier than assuming responsibility!