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This is by far my favorite motorcycle channel. These are great tips from someone who clearly knows his stuff - much appreciated

@MOTOTREK

2 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

I love videos like this, it makes you feel like a normal person and that I can achieve it compared to others who see me as far from achieving my goal. Thank you guys for everything you have done.

Good tipps and tricks, positive attitude, fun to watch and easily remembered. Go for a ride and enjoy. We're not into a race, we don't compete. Günter/Nürnberg

Great points Dusty! We are always learning something from you, even if it's just reminders for good habits!

In my opinion Dusty is like Matt from off-road recovery. They are that kind of people that you feel attached instantly. They are my friends that I'll never met. I don't know what they have but I want it for myself. LOVE

@a55edwards

2 ай бұрын

I've taken one of Dusty's classes and he's exactly the same in person as he is on camera. I highly recommend taking one if you can

@superconfort

2 ай бұрын

@@a55edwards This will be soo difficult sadly. I'm from the Spain that is in Europe. Anyway thanks for the advice! Enjoy your opportunities Mr Edwards.

@surlyfan

2 ай бұрын

@@a55edwards100% agree, took his class last summer. Solid guy!

Pretty much everything I have learned over the past six years of the ADV way, summed up in one great video. Really enjoy your work rusty, thanks!!

Dude. I have a girlfriend and I want to keep her. This is not helping.

@keepswinging5225

2 ай бұрын

Sounds like she needs a bike, and some bullshit about going on adventures together build stronger relationships. 😉

@ph0rd

2 ай бұрын

@@keepswinging5225 she laughed hysterically when I read her your comment. Then she said, "so am I getting a bike? I like him." 😎

@keepswinging5225

2 ай бұрын

Sounds like a keeper! 😁😎

@jilloliver2085

Ай бұрын

As a dudeette who rides BDR’s on both a BMW 1250 and Ktm 1190, she can do it!

I love the quote; Just Go Out and Ride IT… PS that’s exactly what I did today grabbed my KTM 890, packed the credit card, water bladder, and got my 200 mile ride in. Great video. Be safe out there, and keep them coming.

Awesome information and well presented

@MOTOTREK

2 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it, Ian!

Dusty's tires are the TRACTIONATOR ADVENTURE

What an awesome video Dusty, by far one of the best I've seen to simply tell people to get your bike, get out there!! Thanks for sharing, keep it up, you're doing great! 👍👍

Brilliant! Thanks, Dusty and everyone involved!

@MOTOTREK

2 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

Love this short video-just getting into ADV riding after decades of dirt & street riding! I’m excited for the challenges!

Dusty bro! Awesome video! I need to get out to Anza-Borrego, and down to OHV area right off S22. Tons of terrain to practice and play on. Close to the road if something goes sideways. Shaded picnic tables and sink toilets. Close to Calcite Mine road and other fun trails. West 38 classes are awesome!!! Looking at a book: California Backroads & 4-Wheel Drive Trails. 🤘

My favorite adventure motorcycle channel! Super casual, no pressure and great advice! 🇺🇸🌭

Dusty i am a scooter rider that on my holidays i go around europe .I think you are great and love how you teach us my best video is the one you show what you always have on your bike .

Dusty, awesome as always. Thanks and have a great riding season. Up here in Western 🇨🇦, I’ve just got the bikes insured for the coming season 🎉

What a great Video! Short and on point. Great Job🙌

Great bunch of advice. I like your style

Side note. I learned from personal experience that even on pavement you should watch the angle you park on. One time I wasn't paying attention and parked on a rather steep hill with a heavy grade for rain fall and not only could not get my bike off the stand while on it, I found myself parked in a spot that I couldn't clutch out in first and ride on the peg, cowboy style and I couldn't exactly roll backwards do the the embankment. Ended up having to clutch walk it back up the hill until I could swing a leg over.

I agree with all of these points that Dusty makes. I lived off my 23' KTM 890R for 3 1/2 months and 10,000 miles last summer from NM to Canada and every state to the Pacific Ocean.. I trimmed my weight down to the bare minimum and was able to enjoy so many BDR and off road sections of riding because I wasn't overloaded. Washing my second pair of base layers in a stream, river or lake along the way in a dry bag with some suds is all you need. And if you bring a water filter you can get drinking water from many epic waterfalls along the way! I second the opinion on Motoz tires. Haven't tried the new Tusk 2Track yet but I hear good things. With Motoz Adventure I easily get 6000 miles of mixed usage. Rallz I get over 4000 and better offload traction. I usually run 30-32 PSI but will air up for really long highway stretches as Dusty mentions. Having a plan, communicating that plan with expected check in times, and a satellite communicator on your body is essential for many places like the Chihuahuan Desert, Mojave, Sonoran Desert and many remote mountain ranges out west. Just being able to check in at the end of a long day to text family or friends that the day ended ok can be part of that plan, not just waiting to use the device for a medivac. In addition to Dusty's great videos I recommend Chris Birch's "Say No To Slow" series and Adam Riemanns' channel. They both speak the same gospel. saynotoslow.nz/?_gl=1*1dfvblg*_up*MQ..*_ga*MzQxODU2ODE5LjE3MTE3NjMzMzM.*_ga_BN5BH3XNK5*MTcxMjg1NTU4MC41LjEuMTcxMjg1NjUyNi42MC4wLjA. kzread.info/dron/Y3mZIqfQh71JZBiWTQ3I7A.html Practice advancing your skills, get comfortable with a little extra weight of tools, spares and basic camping gear and go get lost out in the wilds. We're incredibly fortunate to have such an epic amount of landscapes at our fingertips here in America... Keep up the great videos Dusty, I've always enjoyed them the last several years. Sorry I didn't meet you in person at the Mosko Moto Dusty Lizard in Park City last September. By the time I heard you were there, the weekend was coming to an end and I was headed for Moab...

True words spoken with great delivery, educational and entertaining 😊

One personal tip is to not hesitate. I'm new to adv riding and saw a unpaved road, I hesitated and didn't take that road even tho I could've learned on it, don't hesitate and DO IT!

@MOTOTREK

2 ай бұрын

Right on!

Yes, yes, yes and yes......All the best from Canada!

Always great stuff from Dusty!

Thank you Dusty!! Interesting and great!

Well done, guys.....thank you!

Dusty is the man. Thanks bud!

So very nice advices. Thanks

Awesome tips Dusty! I totally overpacked for the 5 day Baja trip…I’ll do better next time!

Great tips and great video production. Dusty is the best ! Keep ‘em coming.

@MOTOTREK

2 ай бұрын

Thanks! Will do!

All valid and important points.

All excellent tips. Using layers is also key.

Thanks for another great easy to understand "confidence building" video 👍😊 cheers Karl a newbie off-road rider in Oz 😊

😆Best one yet Dusty! Hope to see you sometime soon this year!

This man speaks the truth! 👍🏼👍🏼

Thank you... Very inspirational 👍👍

Excellent stuff! Keep it coming! It was so cool to randomly run into you and Tom T. in Baja at the gas station before Guerrero Negro and then again In San Ignacio 😊 (we were on the KTM's). Cheers!!

Love all the Dusty's videos, feel so close !

@MOTOTREK

Ай бұрын

Thanks!

Cheers Dusty, another cool video! 🤙

Great tips Dusty!

Rode my KLR from Canada down to matagorda island TX and I definitely overpacked, mailing some stuff home for sure

Awesome video Dusty!

Watching your videos is great but riding with you is better, Dusty! Thanks for a great Baja ride that got me back at it after my mishap last year.

I'm with you Dusty, I love my Tractionators!

My old bones are ready to relinquish the mighty DRZ and move to something more comfy. Dusty gives me confidence I won't miss the 2X4 seat at all and will still get offroad.

Lot of great tips here, thanks 🤘🤘

All good points and well presented.

Loved it! Great video. ❤

@MOTOTREK

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Everything stated in this video, doesn’t get stated enough!!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼

I have to finally get myself a water bladder backpack, definitely not drinking enough water on rides.

what about carrying some spare parts (clutch lever), disabling that kickstand sensor so you don't get stranded. carrying a few oiled up airfilter socks in a sandwich bag. Other little things like that which can keep your BDR adventure going.

Great info!

Great one.

You don't know how much i jealous your terrains... nice vid, make it simple -> ride!

man, you are so right

Hi Dusty. By far, you're a favorite to watch. I now have a big adventure bike, a CFMoto Ibex 800T. Already dropped it in the decomposed granite in southern California. I could not pick it up, even tried making some trenches for the tires to go into. Still slid sideways. Got help, thankfully. At 71 and so many injuries over the years, dirt naps are what I'm now afraid of. I do have a dirt bike, but it's not something to ride like. I want to go long-distance exploring on a trip. Where it may be 50 or 100 miles of highway to get where Im going. Like, hmm.where does that road go type of thing. It would be nice if you could do a video on other techniques besides trying to pick up a heavy beast alone. Thanks for being a normal person.

Top Dusty. Entusiasta do off. Boas dicas. Abraço

nice video. thx.

It is also possible to get on the bike from the left side and this can be safer and advantageous in some situations.

very good video!

@MOTOTREK

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Cool tips for offloading ❤

All good recommendations... some additional ideas to consider: -In the Continental US - don't carry food at all - dramatically lowers bear risk (to near zero), weight, and hassle. Note that to not attract the bears you really can't carry ANY food (no snacks and so on) on your bike at ANY time. Bears can smell even packaged food and from a LOT farther away than you'd think... and they won't know the difference between a snack you carried during the afternoon and one that's still there... they'll rip your gear up in either case. -Do pay a LOT of attention to expected weather (before you leave) as well as react to weather while riding. Excessive cold (below about 55f) and excessive heat (over about 100f) require preparation/planning pre-ride and adaptability during the ride. On the last 2 long US tours (one in May/June, one in Aug/Sept) I had to adapt to temps ranging from below freezing to over 104f. -BDR's are fun... do em! If you've not done one before then give yourself extra time over what the community reports (just in case). -If you're like me and like to ride a bit hard on dirt... then get a feel for the ride and strike a balance between fun and risk. On my last TAT ride I was super excited so came out hot... and dumped twice in the first 2 days, once because of wildlife and the second on silt hidden ruts. After that I dialed back the ride (average speed dropped from near 50 to around 42... not huge but significant) and over the remainder of the ride only had one zero speed mishap (wrong turn on Engineer Pass, dropped it trying to back up). Still had a ton of fun but did so with reduced major mishap risk. What's cool is that you WILL get a feel for how much risk you're taking after a week or so. (this is for dirt... if I'm on tarmac I am much more conservative since accidents tend to be more dramatic) -Plan for service - I schedule knobby replacement at 2000-2500 miles, and oil services as needed (at the same time for my 701), generally knobbies have life left at 2k but if you're at service then do them early instead of pushing them. I also ran MotoZ's but switched to MT21/D606 because they're better on dirt... but the MotoZ's were a great balance of durability and performance.

@MOTOTREK

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comprehensive comment!

Good stuff Dusty, as always. See you in September pal!

@MOTOTREK

2 ай бұрын

Hey, Bill - I would love if you could guest host a MOTOTREK episode! - Tim

nice vid as for the inreach, handy for non emergency communication, but there are so many cases of a failed emergency response I'm starting to think it's useless in that regard. PLB might be the only reliable emergency device.

All good advice! Loved the outro music too!

@MOTOTREK

2 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

Nebraska bdr please. Also you've learnt me so much and I thank ya for that

Great video - quick question others have asked, which specific Motoz tire setup front & rear do you run or do you mix them - ie, the Tractionator Adventure or Tractionator GPS? Thx and keep up the great videos 👍

Nice! 🤙

I always carry more water than I think I need. You never know what might happen…

I like it.

Thanks man, great stuff packed into 10min! If you were in Cali recently, how would one find out?

You didn't talk much about the fear part and I was hoping you'd elaborate a bit more on that. I think fear is the biggest obstacle for anything we do out there. It took me until my second year with my ADV before I would even attempt slippery gravel roads.

Hi Dusty, enjoying the videos and all the tips. Hope you or your viewers don’t mind what’s going to be a dumb question but what is a BDR? I gather it’s a defined road or trail but not totally clear on what defines it and such. Thanks from the great white north. 🇨🇦

@wallymurray620

24 күн бұрын

Ok, should have done this first but Googled it and got my answer and now my question is, why don’t we have this sort of thing for western Canada, there has to be a ton of fire roads and trails that could have this sort of thing set up.

Good stuff! I believe I just met you in Moab at the area BFE hard enduro! Any footage from there?

I love all your suggestion...go ride!

ITs all about the stickers !!!!! :)

The. Africa Twin. has the worst kick stand. So much of my stopping involves looking for a good place so the bike won't tip over or that I won't be able to get the bike back up again! (I am short so its hard to get leverage to put the bike straight when it is leaned over a lot)

Hooo-eee! Downright heretical! You've tackled some of the most cherished orthodoxies in the Church of ADV. Full-time knobbies? Hydration pack? InReach/Spot on the body? SITTING DOWN? People are gonna freak out! ;-) Good on ya, mate! Keep up the great work.

@MOTOTREK

Ай бұрын

Thanks, John!

Can you do an episode on what is possible offroad with a pillion with you? Thanks

Great tips Dusty! Which model Tractionators are you running on the big unit? Both the same for front and rear?

@MOTOTREK

2 ай бұрын

TRACTIONATOR ADVENTURE

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The former thruhiker in me is onboard with your message. Except Merino wool. I think Patagonia Capilene is the far better material. Way more durable, just as breathable and if you are washing one and wearing the other the synth vs wool argument goes out the window. Also... You need a separate set of sleep clothes you must always keep dry. If you wash clothes the night before and then ride all day in the rain, you still need dry clothes to sleep in!

@sCiphre

2 ай бұрын

Synthetic ( capilene ) stinks to high heaven, so definitely not.

@filseyphill

2 ай бұрын

@@sCiphre hard disagree with any effort to wash your clothes regularly.

@sCiphre

2 ай бұрын

@@filseyphill i can't wear them more than a few minutes tbh

@filseyphill

2 ай бұрын

@@sCiphre that sounds like a personal comfort issue. I wear them every day for the last decade. No odor issue with regular cleanliness and personal hygiene. Wore them on my AT thru hike too. Of course, then they get smelly, but so does merino wool when you live in the same shirt 7 days at a time.

I have a ktm 690 would that wear the tries a lot to run say 23 psi? About 20-40 miles

WELL put, Lad. Which flavor Tractionators do you run? Thanks - for the input.

@MOTOTREK

2 ай бұрын

TRACTIONATOR ADVENTURE

Great tips! Not always obvious, see ya in the desert

Where do we get the n reach emergency device?

From the motoz tires I've seen, the max pressures are actually lower than 42psi. I found, I like to use this formula. GAWR (front or rear) ÷ (Tire max load ÷ max pressure). Example : 2020 CRF1100 fronts stock dunlop GAWR(346LB)÷(ML 467LB ÷ 41PSI MAX) = 30.3PSI Motoz GAWR (346lb)÷(ML(467lb)÷33psi max) = 24.4PSI. *i use it as a base line pressure, but these specs pulled off tires I had on hand

@Sup3rCRF

2 ай бұрын

The GAWR and recommended pressures are almost always found on the VIN sticker. Hondas, harleys, can-am, etc

i did the WA BDR and as far as difficulty it really was mostly boring a couple spots were maybe intermediate difficulty even baby head hill wasn't that bad if you just commit and im a noob on a KLR

@MOTOTREK

2 ай бұрын

Great. Baby Head Hill has good seasons and bad seasons. Glad you made it!

Please tell me what those wing mirrors are fitted to this GS?? They seem so much better that the OEM!!

@MOTOTREK

2 ай бұрын

Touratech sells them.

Do you pack a fire Extinguisher ?

I dropped my bike 1st time because of wrong parking. Just a bit pointing downhill and I had to reverse to get out and failed.😂

Tractionator GPS tires?

Water! Drink enough water to pee multiple times a day. That's how know you have enough. Anyone can last a day or two being short on water. If you want to stay alert and responsive to changing conditions stay hydrated. That's coming from a former grunt in the Marines who was never a heat casualty but treated many.

What do you keep in your backpack during your daily rides? How much water, what else?

@MOTOTREK

2 ай бұрын

The Mosko bladder holds 3L. Also keep a hat and walkie talkie in the backpack.

Can you share which hydration pack you are using?

@MOTOTREK

2 ай бұрын

Mosko Wildcat, Greg.

What tractionator tires specifically do you use?

@MOTOTREK

2 ай бұрын

TRACTIONATOR ADVENTURE

High quality H2O! 😁

Which Tractionator model of tire? There are four models. The Adventure or gps?

@MOTOTREK

2 ай бұрын

TRACTIONATOR ADVENTURE