i will be joining you guys soon, I"m currently in the hospital with a ruptured splien, and a collapsed lung from a motorcycle accident. just be safe out there in the land of blind drivers, keep the rubber side down.

@dirtymotorcyclevagabond

3 жыл бұрын

Man, wow. Hope everything goes well. It’s definitely that for sure. Good luck brother 👊

Another good video for anyone going on the road.

dam joe that file pump was fucked , glad to see you got it fixed good to be riding with no worries

Way to go Dude! Ever think of using a hammock? I spent five winters commando camping on my Yammy Super Tènèrè with my dog. I like getting up off the ground. Bought a 07 ST 1300 about the time COVID hit. Now I have the best of both worlds. Johnny

@dirtymotorcyclevagabond

2 жыл бұрын

Thought about it, just hadn’t gotten around to it. I’m sure it would be nice in certain places

Great set up Joe, really enjoy your videos

@dirtymotorcyclevagabond

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

Hey Joe. Another great video hope your channel grows I'm doing my part spread the word. NOVA checking in

@dirtymotorcyclevagabond

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro, cheers from St Augustine

Great set-up. Bike is like a mini Goldwing.

@dirtymotorcyclevagabond

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks brotha!! 👊

Cool,👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

MAN, SO GLAD YOU HAVE GOT A BIGGER BIKE THAN THAT GREEN BUGGER YOU WERE RIDING AWHILE AGO...HAHA!

@dirtymotorcyclevagabond

3 жыл бұрын

You and me both! I did my time on that ninja lol

Thank you very much Good stuff and helpful info from someone who has been living on the bike for a long while. Mark from Maryland

@dirtymotorcyclevagabond

3 жыл бұрын

Anytime, Mark!

I love your videos Amigo they are very inspiring! We were just in Queretaro Mexico and I told my wife we need to move down and when we do I am riding my Yamaha FJR1300 down. We currently live in Alaska now but plan to move down to Mexico sooner than later. If you ever want to ride to Alaska in the summer I can give you plenty of cool tips. We just found your channel and already watching the 4th video. You’re awesome please keep the Mexico video coming especially. Cuídate amigo. Estamos en contacto!

@dirtymotorcyclevagabond

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you found me! Will be around Querétaro a lil later in the winter, really looking forward to it, I hear there’s a guy with a campground who’d ridden to Ushuaia. Haven’t been to Alaska since I was in high school, but would love to experience it now, on a motorbike. Likewise, if you’re back down this way, give a holler! Thanks for watching ✌️😎

That is a nice bike.

@dirtymotorcyclevagabond

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro!

Wow guy , the last 2 video's have been really great ! The new bike seems to ride real smooth & quiet ? your ducks are in a row ! LOL !

@dirtymotorcyclevagabond

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you my dude!! 😎

Good breakdown on the gear. I use my backpacking or bikepacking camping gear but I'm seldom out more than 3-4 nights at a time. And that fuel pump?? DAMN!! Good job on the switch out.

@dirtymotorcyclevagabond

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching 👍

Good Video...Enjoy the Ride !!!

@dirtymotorcyclevagabond

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Curt 😎

good info great vid they keep getting better keep up the good work!

@dirtymotorcyclevagabond

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro!!

awesome video! You broke it down really well, brotha!

@dirtymotorcyclevagabond

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro!! 👊

Awesome video , Joey

@dirtymotorcyclevagabond

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother!

Cool video

@dirtymotorcyclevagabond

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro 😎

well Brother,I'd say you're ready for an eventful Spring and Summer. .See ya down the road ,If you make it to Ohio let me know,always a spot for ya.

@dirtymotorcyclevagabond

3 жыл бұрын

Screw that, I’m moving in! J/k lmao will holler at you if I’m up that way

@Henry.58

3 жыл бұрын

@@dirtymotorcyclevagabond LOL ! OK Brother !

Hope to do this someday!

@dirtymotorcyclevagabond

3 жыл бұрын

You should!!

I would like to hear about your touring on your Kawasaki 400 ninja, at least I think that you were riding one of those for a while. in 2021 I bought myself a Kawasaki Z400. with a more upright riding position but basically the same machine as the ninja. For the last 25 years I’ve always had big bore sport bikes/sport touring bikes as well as a large two up touring machine. But I made the switch to the Z 400 as my Second bike, and although I have done 22 changes to the machine to make it more comfortable and have increased carrying capacity, of which I have a couple videos on KZread Pointing out the upgrades like Corbin seat tall windshield ,rack and trunk in place of the passenger seat, rubber topped foot pegs, real horns ,foam grips, bar risers, Suzuki GSXR 600 shock-things like that. I’m getting in the 60s gas mileage.. The machine can do 75 miles an hour all day on the interstate without ringing its neck..I adding the trunk and the tank bag and that wonderful german made hepco- Becker rack that just plugs into the passenger seat spot without alterations, I think with the off road places you go camping to get to, I would rather be on a lighter easier to handle machine, And I would rather have a machine that has a pretty standard size tire that’s easy to locate replacements. Especially something that gets in the 60s gas mileage, and a lot simpler to work on, at maintenance time .. I realize that heavy machines give a better ride and are roomier and have more carrying capacity.You could find a way to mount a pair of Chicago tool cases as saddlebags. The cases I had looked exactly like black plastic military suitcases. They had very high-quality binder table latches. I believe they were 22 inches long, 18 inches high, and 12 inches deep, and waterproof.. I think I bought mine on eBay for under $80 each, but that was about 20 years ago..I put those on my KLR 650. they were perfect. They even had three digit combo locks for the lids instead of keys.. I mounted them high enough that I could carry a duffel bag across my seat and rack and on top of the bags for support when i went gold prospecting, Carrying equipment like shovels, classifiers, sluice box, gold pans, buckets in the duffel bag, and boots. that worked out very well. I found some gold.. but it probably wouldn’t even cover the amount of money I spent on the equipment, there is not much easy Pickens gold here in Pennsylvania and Ohio. And it’s all Placer gold, like sugar.. I could ride to work on cold mornings with my aerostitch suit on and my electric vest. And I could carry a regular leather jacket in my bads for on my way to work on those cold mornings. Then I would switch over to just the leather jacket and put the aerostitch suit and the electric vest in the bags for the ride home.. I always put the stuff that you must carry in my left bag because that bag is the one that when you open it things tend to fall out when the bike is on the sidestand…Tire repair kit, rain suit common tools, stuff you don’t need every day. I didn’t have to open that bag every day, that’s why I put the stuff you must carry in the left bag, because you don’t need that stuff every day.. The right side bag, when opened, things don’t fall out, and it’s easier to open the right bag, get what you need or put things in there, and close the lid without having to hold things in place while trying to close the lid..open and things didn’t fall out, so, I carried things I used every day in the right bag like, water, baby wipes for those calls of nature, and I would leave the bag mostly empty if possible for things I needed to buy, and I would have a place to stick my jacket if I was going to park the machine and go shopping or leave the bike ..so I always keep the right bag mostly empty… i’m sure you know much much more than just about anybody about packing and what to carry and things like that. But I would like to hear how things were when you were riding the Kawasaki 400.. issues with the bike? How did you set the bike up to carry all the things you carry? How did you deal with that horrible seat. Of the dozens of motorcycles I’ve had since 1968, I believe the stock ninja/Z 400 seat is one of the worst.. have you ever watched the guy that has traveled all over the world on a Honda C 90 that was a retired postal motorcycle in Australia when he bought it. He rode across Australia got a ship to Indonesia, rode across Asia and Europe back home to England on a Honda C 90. He has written from the very furthest point north in Alaska all the way to the southern tip I think of South America on that motorcycle. When it blows up with some problem like a blown Crankshaft, he said he can find parts to rebuild it anywhere in the world, and he rubs that into the BMW gs riders by saying, try that with your BMW GS when he hast to replace a crankshaft somewhere and does it in one day.. this guy is a celebrity in Europe and England. He has many videos. The title of his videos are, C90adventures.. He meets people in Vietnam that want to do a tour with him, they all fly there, buy used motorcycles, c 90 Hondas, and in his one video he takes a group from the southern part to the northern part of Vietnam on the’s old used motorcycles that they have to replace pistons and fix crash damage along the way. Very entertaining. And after the trip, they all sell their motorcycles and hop on a plane and go home when he was riding from Alaska to the southern tip of South America. There is not a road connecting North America to South America down there somewhere. And they wanted a minimum of $600 or $1000 to transport his motorcycle across that distance by ship. But there was no extra charge for luggage. So he completely disassembled his motorcycle and put it in duffel bags, and got on a boat and that’s how he did that.. I believe you would find him very entertaining, I do, just like your videos

@dirtymotorcyclevagabond

Жыл бұрын

Stay tuned! I've been meaning to do a video about it! Thanks for the info

YEP..🍺🤠👍

I know this is an older video but wanted to comment. It is possible the fuel pump corrosion is from ethanol blended into the gas? Enjoy the videos. Thanks.

@dirtymotorcyclevagabond

2 жыл бұрын

Anytime! Well, someone had explained that when ethanol sits, it absorbs water. So that could've definitely contributed.

Hey Joe...just re-watching some of your previous vids....based on your travels with the ST I just purchased a 2005....can't beat Honda quality...your top case is Givi...what model...might be looking at getting one? Thanks.

@dirtymotorcyclevagabond

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! All-round good bike. That case is the Trekker 52 I believe. Monokey system, goes on and off easy

Hi Joe great video thanks for sharing. What made you consider getting an ST1300 over another touring bike within the same price range? (ei Honda goldwing)

@dirtymotorcyclevagabond

2 жыл бұрын

You know, I looked at a couple Wings, but I felt the ST would be a lil more versatile, and the price was right. And so it should have been: It took me searching thru 7 states to find one in this condition, price point, etc! 😎

Good work my brother. I really dig to see you you so week and happy. This bike looks Amazon and you’ll get some Fanta adventures on her What’s her name? Un abrazó fuerte hermano mío, vaya con Dios.

@dirtymotorcyclevagabond

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers brother! Yo estoy en St Augustine todavía haciendo unos pocos reparaciones a mi moto. Voy a 8Fifty Speed Shop para nuevas llantas en unos días. Espero que tu estas bien en Francia con tu familia. El nombre de ella ahorita es Mrs. Needy jajaja. Hopefully all is well soon. Dégustez une baguette et du fromage fort pour moi!

Did the fluid change help your shifting?

@dirtymotorcyclevagabond

3 жыл бұрын

Certainly it made a difference, wether it was air in the system or an effect of that nasty fluid, who knows.

What year is the bike

@dirtymotorcyclevagabond

3 жыл бұрын

‘06.

@dirtymotorcyclevagabond

3 жыл бұрын

Got a smokin’ deal on er

@oldmanthatrides3670

3 жыл бұрын

St1300

Hang out after Sturgis at the campgrounds get as much camping stuff you need they leave whole camps., so many people waste stuff. One man's trash

@dirtymotorcyclevagabond

3 жыл бұрын

Haha yep 👍

Joe, first chance you get better take the fuel tank off and clean it out .its full of rust flakes. If you keep the bike I recommend coating the inside. Better yet coat the other tank and swap it out at a later date.

@dirtymotorcyclevagabond

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I hear ya. Got it stashed at a buddy’s place. Had intended to do it, but required taking about half the bike apart. Will do it for sure when I get a chance 👍 thanks

Another good video for anyone going on the road.