What a pleasure it was to watch this. The sound of this bike and the views. I really need to do this exact trip myself. I keep telling myself I can do it. Thank you for sharing this...thoroughly enjoyed it. 👌

@azdesertdog

Жыл бұрын

Thanks WNH. I might do it again in the fall. I'll let you know if you are interested.

That’s the Little Bike that Could. I could tell at Hoover Dam you were pretty tired. Amazing ride though. Looked like fun.

@azdesertdog

Жыл бұрын

It's done more than I expected. My allergies and the cold was showing up a little. A fun trip anyway.

Done that trip many times on my bikes. I added the Congress>Yarnell>Kirkland>Bagdad route to bypass the single lane portion of the 93. Makes the ride much more pleasant.

@azdesertdog

Жыл бұрын

That's a great route. When I have more time I like that route. Anything to stay off 93.

You're bringing back memories! We went to Vegas twice, once I went for work, and once as a vacation. We went through Kingman AZ to Seligman on our way to the Grand Canyon. I don't believe we could travel on the hover dam road at the time.

@azdesertdog

Жыл бұрын

There's a lot of cool stops and scenery to keep the ride interesting

Enjoyed that my friend. I have 133,000 Km on my 2017 T100. Still going strong still loving it. Riding in small numbers is best but you did it alone and that is another experience altogether....Greetings from England ....old England that is, the original

@azdesertdog

9 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching and commenting. Glad to here that kind of mileage on a T100. A ride I have planned is to ride over London Bridge in Lake Havasu City. Apparently, we stole it from you 😁

Really enjoyed you sharing your trip on the Bonneville. Kind regards from the UK

@azdesertdog

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Anthony. I hope to get some more long range trips in.

"Snapped into a Slim Jim!" many times at that first Mobil! Lol!

@azdesertdog

Жыл бұрын

Hah! I wish the place across the highway was still there. Gas was cheap and it was locally owned.

What a ride! Too bad big Bertha couldn’t tag along. What an adventure, I really enjoyed the views of the bridge and Hoover dam.

@azdesertdog

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Anthony. It's hard to keep big bertha hid. The dam is a great spot. There's a tour that takes you inside the dam. Worth the stop.

Looks fun...been riding dual sports for awhile. I need to pick up one of those T100's. It'd be my 1st bonafide road bike.

@azdesertdog

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dalen. I even took the T100 for a dual sport camping trip on the National Forest.

@alanmeyers3957

29 күн бұрын

They are beautiful!

Wow, can't believe you did that in 1 day

@azdesertdog

Жыл бұрын

It's not too bad as long as I stop occasionally. The last 2 or 3 miles were a little rough though.

Thanks for a very interesting trip.

@azdesertdog

9 ай бұрын

Thanks Roy. If you liked this one I have a camping video. If you look on my channel it is solo motorcycle camping bonneville t100.

This is something my old partner would do just for fun. That’s one reason i don’t like Vegas, it reminds me of LA. thanks for sharing your ride and i hope you have a wonderful start to the weekend

@azdesertdog

Жыл бұрын

Thanks RG. Too many folks for me. My wife and I will go occasionally to remind us how good we have it in our one stoplight town.

that's a nice looking bike 👍👍

@azdesertdog

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

That was a good trip. At least the traffic wasn't too bad unlike 163rd and Grand lol

@azdesertdog

Жыл бұрын

I hear ya. Thar area is a death trap.

Romanian here. I appreciate your care when driving, no vroom vroom.

@azdesertdog

4 ай бұрын

Hah. Thanks for watching. 😁

great vid big dog

@azdesertdog

8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Very Cool!

@azdesertdog

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Interesting fact ref. Hoover Dam from their tour. The concrete in the middle of the dam still hasn’t cured yet.

Great bike! Awesome video! Why is a pistol or knife even considered? Jeez dude! No-one has a shooter when shootings are happening except the police and they are too late! What a cool ride! Full respect! Great bike!

@azdesertdog

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

Nice little road trip. WTF is up with those gas prices? I paid $2.93 yesterday. Ride safe my 2 wheel friends.

@azdesertdog

Жыл бұрын

In Wikieup they are just theives. The fuel trucks go right through there so its not a delivery problem. Central AZ gas comes out of California so it's artificially high.

Really liked this video. Opening remarks regarding guns and knives seemed unneeded and irrelevant to the great content. Just my $.02. Keep riding and making these terrific videos. 👍🏼😎🏍️

@azdesertdog

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

I would have liked to have done that trip on my T 120 with Cruise control and heated grips

@azdesertdog

Жыл бұрын

Thr heated grips would have been great to have!

Sin City... The cooler weather sounds good about now, its been 100 plus for the last 30 days it seems in Texas and too damn hot for riding scooters. It looks like that T100 scoots pretty good on the highway. I sure like the soundtrack too. I guess for 500 miles in the saddle, the seat must be plenty good because you didn't mention anything bad. Do you miss any wind protection?

@azdesertdog

11 ай бұрын

I wish we had that cool weather back. I really like the seat. The foam compound doesn't fade and the seat is wide enough for support.

Nice ride, except for that Vegas traffic! Hoover Dam didn't have the speed humps when I was there, at least ten years ago (car trip, wife doesn't ride). The Bonnie is perfectly capable of long distances; what was your actual trip time? End of July I was up in central PA to visit family, diverted north into NY on the way home, that trip was close to 500 miles, around 16 hours or so, think that's my longest single ride on the Bonnie (thought a few years back I rode up there in the morning, then my brother and I did a 300-mile loop to see Pine Creek Gorge, and with the trip home next day that was around 700 or so total). I've stretched a 250 mile trip on a fairly direct route into near 400 using back roads, on both the Bonnie and the Daytona. But my personal view of what a long trip is was established long ago when riding from DC-LA and back, and 500 miles is NOT a long day when you've done much longer (my longest ever in 24 hours was Marshfield, MO to Albuquerque (don't know the exact mileage but around 900 or more); might have exceeded that distance on the way back, Ft. Smith AR to DC, but that took somewhere over thirty hours). Longest with the newer bikes has been DC-Nashville, about 14 hours on the Daytona, could have gone further but that was the destination!

@azdesertdog

11 ай бұрын

Thank you. The Vegas trip was around 10 hours. I find 600 to 650 miles and 11 to 12 hours comfortable even on my KTM. My usual MO is to ride to an off road area like MOAB ride a few hundred miles off road then head home.

Nice video, just for the record you could have carried "big Bertha". Nevada is a reciprocal CCW state with Arizona.

@azdesertdog

Ай бұрын

Thanks man. Yes sir I know. The Casinos and attractions don't like them.

@bonvivant869

Ай бұрын

@@azdesertdog Wynn/Encore are the only two Casinos that I know of that put you through metal detectors. I carry regularly at all the rest.

@azdesertdog

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the info. The Strat shook me down for a 2.5" belt knife when I went up the tower. I've been hesitant since.

Cold indeed….. did you do the 500 miles on the Bonnie without “Heated Grips”? Thanks for sharing …… insightful.

@azdesertdog

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Dave. No heated grips. I would have given all my cash that day for a set.😁

You think the brown seats would look good with the red and white? Really looking into one of these and I love the color schemes and the brown rumble seats they have.

@azdesertdog

4 ай бұрын

It sure would depend on what shade of brown. There's a bunch of choices. I think they make one called saddle. It depends on the manufacturer. Triumph really dies a great job with paint.

Mind if I ask you what is your camera setup? I am planning to get into riding soon and was wondering whats a good camera to have for safety reasons?

@azdesertdog

Жыл бұрын

I use the DJI Osmo Action 3 $400 with the DJI Wireless Microphone $300. That is a pricey set up for just recording incase you get into an accident etc. There are GoPro clones on Amazon that would do it more affordablly. To mount the camera I use the ProShot $33.

Good stuff... Been thinking about getting a new Bonneville for a while... I would have Definitely taken My Gun with me LOL... Used to live in Henderson... Now Glendale, AZ

@azdesertdog

10 ай бұрын

Thanks Dwight. Check out my reviews on the T100. I bought this bike short term for commuting during high gas prices. I'm finding it hard to part with. Never intended to buy one.

@kevinbeilby1495

Күн бұрын

Seriously. You’d take a gun ? I’m 62 and never even seen a gun man. Ffs !

@dwightbernheimer331

Күн бұрын

@@kevinbeilby1495 Citizen GLOCK is on My side Everywhere I Go... Don't Overthink IT!!!... Thanks for taking the time to respond 👍👍👍

Thanks for sharing. How was the wind blast on the highways before the windscreen and then after the windscreen? Recommend it?

@azdesertdog

11 ай бұрын

The fly screen was on it when I got it. It has little effect. I am not a fan of windshields and prefer the air.

So what was with the no power is it going to make it thumbnail? Enjoyed it all the same, lovely bike. 👍

@azdesertdog

Жыл бұрын

The quotes on the thumbnail are what reviewers say. The point of the thumbnail is the video proves them wrong. Thanks for watching.

@brendonhunt2411

Жыл бұрын

@@azdesertdog ok thanks for the clarification, I am considering buying one and was worried you thought it was underpowered!

So im looking for a first bike, never ridden a bike before. Its either going to be this one or the RE int650. Im 230 lbs, 5'11 and im 53, can i ride this?

@azdesertdog

3 ай бұрын

It should be a good fit. I am 6' 250 and I ride long distance on it on all kinds of roads. I did a 500 mile trip to Vegas on it. I have a video on that. Good luck. Make sure you have the gear and take the MSF course.

I have the same bike. I would like to drive to vegas but it seems really scary for that long drive on the 15.

@azdesertdog

Жыл бұрын

I hear ya. I-15 would worry me too. There are other routes but double the time. Maybe break it up with an overnight at a hotel or camp ground.

What crash bars did you unstalled on your T100?

@azdesertdog

7 ай бұрын

The engine guards are from T Rex Racing. They make good quality stuff at fair prices. Thanks for watching!

I’ve done 1400 in 24 hours, this should be no problem!

@alanmeyers3957

29 күн бұрын

I was 37 years old then and I’m not no more!

@azdesertdog

29 күн бұрын

I hear ya. I'm heading for 60 in a few years. My intent for these videos is to bust the myth that the Bonnevilles, and especially the T100, are only an around town underpowered bike. As you know that's hardly the case.

When you mentioned about your side companion staying home because it wasn't wlecom in NV, I thought to myself; 'isn't NV a open carry state like AZ?'

@azdesertdog

Жыл бұрын

Not in Vegas. If you want to go anywhere they even won't let me in with a pocket knife.

That dam is low!

@azdesertdog

29 күн бұрын

We are in tough shape in the west. They over promised water and environmental misconceptions by the federal government. Luckily, we have had good snow pack in tbe rocky mountains over the last couple of years.

Did you say what mpg you got?

@azdesertdog

11 ай бұрын

If I keep it under 75MPH it's around 50MPG to 55MPG. Over that it will drop to mid 40's. Our highways are 65 to 75MPH. Regular gas.

@meshplates

11 ай бұрын

@@azdesertdog Thank you. I'm thinking of a Bonneville precisely to stay legal. No point to a bike that prefers to cruise at 100mph.

what year is this t100?

@azdesertdog

3 ай бұрын

This is a 2017.

@scripteaze

3 ай бұрын

@@azdesertdog Thank you!

vegas non stop.. I do not know how my ass will behave hahahaha..

@azdesertdog

Жыл бұрын

It's all about conditioning 🤣

Bidenomics at work. Gas here in Texas is at its high but not that high. Sweet bike

@azdesertdog

5 күн бұрын

Our gas here is up and down all the time. You can tell they are messing with the prices. It comes out of the People's Republic of California. Thanks for watching. Ride safe.

Sorry, but why would this be an impossible trip according to “they”?

@azdesertdog

6 ай бұрын

I have watched countless reviews on this bike. Nearly all seem to have the opinion the T100 is a simple commuter bike relegated to in city driving and the occasional weekend back road. Thanks for watching

“Impossible mission”? Really?

@azdesertdog

7 ай бұрын

That's what some people think. That was the point of the video. Not impossible.

You normally only drink one cup of coffee a day, next you will tell me youre a vegan. Cold weather and old age doesnt go well together. I went through Las Vegas once, wasnt for me. Hoover Damn area I did enjoy. I was there around 1983 with my girlfriend and her mother, my wife that I met years later doesnt approve of that relationship, women.

@azdesertdog

Жыл бұрын

Vegetables are what food eats.