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I agree - "the best line is on the outside, but I don't wanna go there." This is one of your best adventures. Thanks for taking us along! You're being excellent to us!

We just rode in Death Valley for the Tech Air Off-Road launch a few weeks back and it was awesome! With all the flooding it was a full lake instead of a dry bed. Awesome video! 🤙✌

I'd be willing to bet you're the only KZreadr that quotes Rocky Horror Picture Show while riding a dual sport motorcycle. Nicely played sir.

@DorkintheRoad

2 ай бұрын

Finally someone gets it!

@joepomponio8543

2 ай бұрын

This is a very "tender" subject

I read all the time XT250s are a beginner bike and they are good for that but I haven’t been a beginner since 1974 and my XT is a blast and capable. The one you got is how your channel popped up in my feed.

I've ridden 45 years and have had more bikes than I can count. I have raced motocross for almost a decade when I was much younger and with that being said, I own a 300l, it can go anywhere. I'm doing the Nevada BDR on it in May and have no misgivings about it's capabilities.

LMAO! Love you getting stoked about the planes. ✈

Great ride, thanks for taking us along! The Kool-Aid reference, really? Love your rides and review, Dork. Thanks!

Excellent Ian

My 300L Rally is my 19th bike since i was 16 in 1993 and I have a blast on it. Great travel plaform and aftermarket to get the package right for the rider.

@airadaimagery692

2 ай бұрын

Same here. But I can’t even start to count how many bikes I’ve had. It’s probably about 20... But I do remember my first one, back in 1978. Lots of great memories.

When you get a bit older it really is about exploring, not doing the most challenging trails just because they exist for bragging rights and because getting old sucks

Thanks Ben for the shameless plugs to the DV Noobs Rally. It was a pleasure having you and everyone else. Fantastic job putting together the 2 vids, very entertaining and informative. Cheers...Joel

@DorkintheRoad

2 ай бұрын

Thanks man! You put on a hell of an event!

Thanks for coming down to the n00bs rally, glad I could meet ya and happy to share overly foamy beers with ya for a second there. Hope to see ya out there again!

Thanks Ben for the great content, what are the odds that both mounts come off one on your windshield and one on your chin that’s crazy, beautiful scenery thanks again

That looked amazing. Thank you for taking us along.

Had a lot of bikes in my life(65 now)from Yamaha rd 250 to HD roadking and Triumph Daytona 995…but my crf 300 l by far is the one that gives me the most pleasure😊

The ROCKS at the lake are moved when the water collects and freezes a bit at the top, this slightly picks up the rocks from the dirt and then the wind blows the ice sheets pushing the rock.

Bought a used 300L with 600 miles on it 2 years ago for $4500. I've done literally everything to it except big bore kit. Rally tower, Yoshi, 550 perf everything, the works. Another $4500. $9000 total...still $6000 less than Big Rocks bike I'm guessing but I have Honda reliability. No giant ADV bikes or KTMs ever again at age 60.

A couple years ago I rode my Dad's old 1972 Suzuki TS400 thru the Saline valley. It ran out of gas about 50 yards from the gas station in panamint springs . Other than that it did fine. The following year I would come back to Death valley and ride mengal pass on a 1972 Honda XL250. Both bikes are far from cherry and have a lot of miles. But what a fun time camping and riding.

I wish that we had areas like that here, we kind of do... but all the land is owned and "private" mainly people either have livestock on their land so its fenced, or they hunt (or both) so everything is marked "no trespass" which really kind of sucks. The closest little bits of off road riding I have been able to find is new construction, but for some weird reason those guys call the cops on everyone. I guess I used to be a heavy equipment operator and a lot of my colleagues were old grumpy farts that don't even like anyone having fun near them.

Great video! My buddy had one of the older ones. Great bike.

Same i dont seek the hard stuff but to get to some of the cool places you are likely to hit it so good to know how to. For me the rowing machine is the best and quickest cut some weight get in shape for riding season ive found. low impact on the body and easy to pass time if you watch some shows/videos while doing it.

Hahaha RHPS is the best and Janet is a bad girl. Absolutely epic views thanks for sharing brother 👊

Just to chime in on your money comments at 3:30, I can have fun on anything no matter fast or slow, expensive or cheap. I have an XR650R and an Africa Twin, the XR was not expensive even new off the showroom floor, the AT is a bit higher on the price scale so I am lucky enough to have options (now). As a life long rider I can tell you I've has some beaters and I had fun on them all. Just buy whatever you can afford I promise you'll have fun.

all the rock and sand you want and then some more.....great ride.

I love Death Valley. I did the noobs rally 2 years ago, I definitely want to go back. Makes me want to ride right now. Cheers 🏍️🎉

Nice... not only a great day of riding but close to the Jedi Transition (star Wars Canyon or a variety of other names) where the military does low level terrain avoidance training. Oldest flew that in a C-17 a few years ago

Thanks for taking us with you. I''m really jealous of the terrain you can ride in the US. We don't really have this stuff in Europe.

Love your content Ben!

LMAO when the windshield bounced down the trail… you are my go to Tuber. I’m a Dork in Minnesota, shi! happens on adventures! Thanks for sharing your adventures. Ride on!

The air is so clear!

@SW-Video

2 ай бұрын

Clean and dry air. Good stuff.

Singing Amazing Crace at the end of a cliff sounded soooo right yet so wroooong !!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Dammit, Ben! Quit making me want multiple bikes!

The KLRs kicked it !

That hurricane ruined a lot of good desert roads. Glad you didn’t run into some of the four to six foot deep cuts we’ve been dealing with in central Nevada

I love my 300L. I’m in my 40’s and have been riding since I was a teenager. My last dual sport was a DR 650, and I would take my 300L over it any day.

Death Valley is such an awesome place. I need to block out time for the noob rally next year.

Rocky, Dr. Scott, Brad, Janet - Rocky Horror Picture Show! "It's just a jump to the left ... then a step to the right." Yup, I'm a weirdo.

One of the things I want to see is the walking rocks. That is one of the most amazing phenomena.

That Honda you’re on Ben will still be running strong when all the other bike brands will constantly need many more repairs except maybe that wind visor that flew off

@alfredmunoz4396

2 ай бұрын

The 2 KLR’s did everything that Honda did!! and without them falling apart!! Good luck if you think those KLR’s will not be running as long as the Honda 10 years from now!!

Lol, remember the BEST places to get to are always the most difficult. Remember over 40, weight loss in 80% diet, 20% weight training. Cardio will not burn fat. Cardio conditioning is totally separate. Love the content, keep it up!

@andyackerman7123

2 ай бұрын

Cardio, alone, will not burn fat.* Using cardio to get your heart rate up, will help you burn fat, while weight training. I once gained 20 pounds, lost 3% body fat, and only stopped drinking soda. I did this, going to gym ONCE a week, lifting for ONE hour, Over the course of 6 months I opened with 30 mins of cardio, and I ran stairs, two at a time, between sets… I miss those days… I’m 100lbs heavier now. This will be my summer, though 😊

@philallen301

2 ай бұрын

@andyackerman7123 cardio will not burn the fat stored on your body. I was a body builder in my 20's when diet didn't much matter except for enough protein. Got married and got to 300lbs on 5'10" frame. Changed diet a bit, increased cardio saw little change. Finally admitted to myself I didn't know it all. Paid for a coach. 1st thing they did in stopped all cardio, 2nd majorly adjust diet. And explained all the science behind these adjustments. In 9 months I was down to 175. Then, for cardio health I added in cardio. I rest at the 190 spot now, 3 years less restricted on what I eat, I like beer and sweets every now a then, less disciplined in the gym. For a lot of people cardio can actually make you hold your extra weight.

@andyackerman7123

2 ай бұрын

@@philallen301 yeah, I had a trainer, and he had me going no rest. To be fair, I was much younger. I’m the heaviest I’ve ever been, because I haven’t done well, taking care of myself, as a truck driver. I have to get jump started. Last time I dropped weight, as a driver, it was a ton of walking and carb watching. That worked too. I went from 260 to 211… but once I started eating carbs again, I ballooned to 300+ in 2 years. Definitely have to keep on it, to maintain it.

@andyackerman7123

2 ай бұрын

Part of weightloss is finding what works for each individual. I have seen influencers on KZread who lost weight doing mostly running/hiking; if not fast packing. Those guys are beasts.

Yes, please, on the Racer Glove video. I went to the link in your description and it's no good. That glove doesn't look like it's available anymore.

What fun!

I sure wish all adv bikes came with bigger gas tanks. In Calif it's illegal to change out parts that have to do with emissions. Plastic gas tanks use to be illegal. Look up lost germans who died after visiting geologists cabin.

Very nice video. Did you see any wild burros.

I rode my DR650 down Lippencott a number of years ago. And had to ride somebody's WR250X down it too because they couldn't. Was a huge PITA.

We have a "snowmobile park" down the street from my house but barely got 2 good days of snow and the temps were below zero this season, the park is technically open until May 1st and you would think that nobody would care if you rode your adventure bike on the trails back there, but even during snowmobile season when we had snow the entitled pedestrians will sometimes stand in your way and yell at you, and I used to stop, and try to explain to them that these Pink Ribbons on the trees indicate that this is a snowmobile Path, and if you notice the reason you can walk here is because snowmobiles have packed it down. They just couldn't wrap their heads around it, or read the signs, especially on the other side of the bridge that leads over the big Sioux river, people would think that was the area they could yell at you and put sticks in the path and whatnot. I was just riding through the park camp ground slow and quiet on my KLR and there is nobody there and some jerky old man just gave me a dirty look and signaled for me to slow down.. All the creepy old men that have small dogs carry a sidearm out in the open too, so they are particularly dangerous to confront but Snow or no Snow I am 1/2 tempted to fire up my Twin 800cc 2 stroke and go Rip through the park just to Spite him. hahaha. No, I have outgrown that stage, but good grief please put me out of my misery if I ever put on hunter orange and a side arm to go walk a small dog through the camp ground.

Love the rally... what ever happened to the Drz? I never saw a video if you got rid of it

yeesssssss . Today rocks

I have a decent 500 exc but I have an equal blast on my CRF125F big wheel!

Janet!

I want to go to sliding rocks!

All this focus on "The Almighty Dollar" . Maybe focus on the passion. This IS about motorcycles after all.✌😎

"... they are only for new riders" - someone with 1/10th the amount of skill they think they have...

You should do a Freshline club bootcamp in Namibia!

I have no issues with small dual sport or adv's except for highway speed. If you can't keep up with traffic you could get run over.

Okay I see a big African twin and I see the little bike you're on. If you had to do this right again what would be the ideal size bike? What bike would you choose to do this again on?

I am sooo bummed we didn't make it. 3rd time I've tried to get there and every stinkin time something happens. Oh well next year.

And @ 8.13.5min.......there goes your gopro screw😂😂😂, now wondering when you picked up on that🤔

@SlowEddie

2 ай бұрын

Good catch!

you mean the Rocky Horror Picture Show reference? Brad!

@DorkintheRoad

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Great entertainment as always. I’m an old fart with too many joint replacements to keep up. Still love it though. I’m in central Idaho with miles of maintained dirt roads riding a Tiger 900. My question for you is boot break in. Just bought a pair of Tech 7 Enduros and it’s like riding in ski boots! Breaking and down shifting is a total pain in the ass but up shifting is just a crazy chore. Each shift takes a couple of tries. Any tips on break in? Do I just go after them with a sledgehammer? Maybe run over them with my truck a few times? Back in the 70s I soaked my Fullbores in a 5 gallon bucket for a while and the rode them till they dried. But these things are all plastic and I’m not sure how to proceed. Thanks

@DorkintheRoad

2 ай бұрын

You get used to it. I use the side of my boot and don't bother trying to flex my ankle a ton.

I'm a big guy like Dork. I have an old pair of Klim Mojave pants that I love, but they no longer sell pants that fit. How do you get big enough pants?

You should be lifting weights and control your carbs 5 days a week then you get 2 cheat days I'm down to 225 from 280 and it's taken time just remember that it's not only your health it's the dream job as well.

Ben..did Ian mean Husky not KTM?

would the 790 have been a better choice out there?

@DorkintheRoad

2 ай бұрын

Not really except on the highway on the way back.

Mountain biking for fun AND fitness…motos for fun!

So do you have to dust off and clear off the cob webs from your wallet, each year? I’m sure your windshield will absolutely kill you to replace…

14:36 Something you may want to establish early on as a new rider: Am I riding for adrenaline? OR Am I riding for exploration? Of course, there is overlap, but the answer to that question fundamentally changes almost everything that follows. Bikes, gear, location, riding style, etc...

Week 5 and no KTM vids 😢

@13:25 - I think you meant 180 (at 270 degree turn would need an overpass - or you could just cut the corner and make it a 90). I'm always happy to be the pedantic A-hole in the comments...🤣 Keep up the good work, Ben!

How could you not get a RHPS reference?

@gmccloud

2 ай бұрын

I had to google…..

God God, you're not fat, you are wearing 5 layers of armor. No one is shooting at you. You could probably get by with 3-4 lbs less clothes.

@DorkintheRoad

2 ай бұрын

Nobody asked?

Doesn't Itchy Boots ride a 300 and she's probably the one of the most experienced rider in the world. Just saying...

Ummm....isn't your bike named after a woman who rode one of those from Peru to Alaska and is galvanizing around Africa right now in places that dude could only dream of riding. Am I wrong on that?

@airadaimagery692

2 ай бұрын

Named after a woman?

@nickschuler4203

2 ай бұрын

@@airadaimagery692 Yup, Itchy Boots.

It's just a jump to the left...

Dork, there's a sticker opportunity here.Get out of 3rd gear And train

I don’t understand why people are so concerned what someone else’s bike costs and/or the cost of the upgrades. What may be “expensive” for someone could easily be “budget” for someone else, it’s all relative. Riders have different value propositions when it comes to everything related to riding. Someone may spend $$ on custom suspension because they believe it’s a safety upgrade and may bypass other things in life to prioritize their passion of riding.

Still cannot believe you chose the Honda 300 Rally over the Honda 450RL ….

@jimmelino3361

2 ай бұрын

@@clvrswine - the only advantage the 300 has is the price point - in all other respects the 450 is the grittier light adventure dual sport animal.

@jimmelino3361

2 ай бұрын

Life’s too short to be a p…y!

I do not want to go as fast as I could ride on that 500. I don’t want to wipe out at that speed. Can’t afford the bike not th hospital bills that would generate.

If you need an expensive and powerful bike to be fast off road your not as good as you think you are. Maybe a spicy take but I said what I said 🤣

It's not that you can't go anywhere on the CRF, it's that it's slow and isn't a ripper. It's for a certain buyer and not for most and that's ok. For some it's boring.

Rocky Horror ;-) as for your fitness or losing weight, i assure you that diet is equally if not more important - no offence but i have seen you eat and your weight issue is your food choice, stay away from saucy foods and breads and shi7 like that - just drop to a protein only diet and let the body burn the fat for energy - it is very easy after the 1st couple of days and you will be amazed how much lighter you feel allowing the body to do what it was designed for, we don't need to store fats, we should use them. - I ditched 60lb in a 4 month period by exercising and eating only protein 2 x a day (fish n eggs at 2pm, a piece of beef at 6) , i was 17.5stone and have settled at 13stone now, i am 6ft and 48 years old - you are a lot bigger than i was so your weight should fall equally as fast if not faster - just ride motorcycle, ride a bicycle and eat well - watch what happens - +ve mind allows +changes

On the death valley website it still says Saline valley road is closed. They are letting people through the bottom section? You guys rode from owens valley into death valley? That is awesome. I need to get up there. I thought that was still closed off.

@DorkintheRoad

2 ай бұрын

uh...no comment? I was just following the guys in front of me...

@stefaneulenstein

2 ай бұрын

@@DorkintheRoad Nuff said!