I also can't find people I want to ride with that have the same style or approach to riding. Either they want to ride like speed demons or they like riding in the city. Both of which annoy me and I end up brushing away any invites for a group ride.

You can balance yourself. Super easy look it up. Just get some weights that stick on the rim.

im a noob and just tackled new tires rim locks and balancing with the help of youtube. hardest part was finding decent wheel weights on amazon. the balancing part was easy. you can do it! and i use a $200 harbor freight motorcycle lift. it was worth it i think.

Thanks for another great video. Love watching them

Thank you for the ride!!!

Loved that sunrise and the mountains. Great view Bro.

I used to watch you a long time ago and have been trying to find your videos. Crazy to see you show yourself now.

@FridaysTheBomb

5 жыл бұрын

Trying to find the videos? Did you have trouble finding it?

@ajp.8952

5 жыл бұрын

Friday'sThe Bomb no I couldn’t remember the channel name. I started watching your videos close to 2 1/2 years ago then got caught up in work. I searched “Friday’s” and you came right up

Also, when I saw that a tire changing stand was about the same price as having someone change my tires I couldn't accept that and forced myself to learn how. Awesome videos. Thanks for the great content. Gives me something to do during Maine winters when I cant ride.

Dude, always turn your boots over before putting them on. All sorts of critters like smelly warm environments to sleep in.

@FridaysTheBomb

5 жыл бұрын

But those critters eat the fungus off my toes while I ride!

@robertbotta6536

5 жыл бұрын

Good point!

@ptong226

5 жыл бұрын

In Australia spiders love to chill out in shoes and boots🕷️👢 👞👟

Check out a backpacking cot? Best thing I ever got for a good night sleep on the hard rocky ground. Packs up about the size of a small thermos.

It’s a good book, I’m still yet to finish it though. Some of the philosophy parts are hard to get through but talk of the road trip and maintenance are very enjoyable.

Harbor freight jack for me, been using it for years on the KLR and other bikes. Also balancing is pretty easy to do yourself as well. I balanced the rims without tires and never looked back after tire changes. Just position tire correctly as most have a mark to be put opposite the valve stem or at valve stem depending on manufacturer

You left your boots outside?? Oye!....livin on the edge!!

@johnbold8955

5 жыл бұрын

That was a great video! Very cool

@beanzbeanz

5 жыл бұрын

They're scorpion catchers

@howardman3926

4 жыл бұрын

@@beanzbeanz In New Mexico and Arizona, there'd be a pretty good chance there would be one in there lol

DR650 owner. I started with 0 mechanical knowledge. I try to repair and maintain everything myself and have learned a lot. My biggest challenge changing tires was not puncturing the tube. Kenda k270s are balanced just right as far as I'm concerned. I'm not a super aggressive rider but they get me wherever I want to go and do very well on the highway with little vibration. Inexpensive too.

@DustySquitoNM

5 жыл бұрын

Dual sport tires are so rough and bumpy that small imbalances aren't going change much in their highway miles. I did over 35,000 miles on my DR650 with a bunch of different tires, and by my last several tire changes, I stopped caring about balancing.

Just subscribed a few week ago. I really enjoy your videos!

I enjoyed that book, I will have to read it again.

You can balance your own tires pretty easily. Just take the tire off, put a steel rod through the axle hole and suspend it in the air with the ends of the steel rod supported between 2 jack stands. The heavy part will rotate to the bottom. Put your weights at the top, rotate the tire 90° or whatever, let the heavy spot rotate to the bottom again, add/remove weight till it doesn't have a heavy spot anymore (usually it will still have a slight heavy spot but not enough to affect it riding). Takes 5 minutes, I do it on my street legal bikes and it's been good up to 120mph the max speed of my africa twin. Changing tires is a pain in the ass until you've done it 5 or 10 times and it gets easier, which for your case might be the rest of your life of riding lol so might be just as well to take them to someone for changes. On the other hand, being experienced at fixing a flat out in the middle of nowhere can be worth it's weight in gold. Have done it a time or two.

Great sunrise view!

Just put green slime in your tires 1/3 of the bottle in the front and the rest in the rear tire . It balances them out and prevents flats . Just go to Harbour freight and ask about motorcycle jacks there under $100 bucks . I bought mine for $50 used like new it’s a 1500 Lbs limit. 🇨🇦👍 good luck. Also KIJIJI always have used jacks for sale.

Great book. Please read it till the end. 👌

A few friends have gone to hammock camping & they won't go back to tents. I got one $60 & has full net around with a rain canopy.

@larrylovegren3254

5 жыл бұрын

limits where you can camp

@bluedolphin5792

3 жыл бұрын

What Larry said

I can’t believe you don’t have a motorcycle jack. Talk to your buddy’s and ask them what kind of Jack to purchase there only around $ 100 here in Canada and you can strap them down so they don’t fall over while wrenching on the bike . You also can wheel your bike around while it’s strapped down to the jack. You said you use chain wax so do I it’s great because is no mess. Always apply when your chain is warm after a ride. And then don’t ride for a half hour so it works into the chain . Harbour freight has your jack get the 1500 lb one . I think it’s the best deal $ good luck cheers 🇨🇦

For tent and sleeping bag, you might want to check out Outdoor Vitals. They have good prices, good customer service, and are based out of Utah. Plus, they have a thing where you can pay off your purchase over 3 months.

I read that book back in the 80’s just because there wasn’t much to read on the subject. But it gets real deep. I read it twice but never truly understood it completely. The other book was about 1 percenters from Bob Bitchin. I think he switched over to sailboats as I did for awhile. Then I did hang gliding for a decade. Lol

Good book. Prima channel🤘💪

Great vid, my current 606's are sitting on 3300kms and there's still a bit of life in them. Probably get another 1000kms if I'm lucky.

606's do go fast, damn sticky but who cares if you are swapping tires every other month? Never been able to get more than 2k off of them. Kenda 270s are the best mix of grip and wear I have found, and almost everybody carries them across the country, so stroll in and pick up a set, usually $100 less than Heidenaus.

I got all the tools to change my own tires tried to get the tire off for 45mins, then put them in the truck and took them to a shop. Just easier and faster

learn to align the dot (heavy spot) on your tire opposite value stem/rim lock...then take your caliper off (2 bolts) and spin, it should seek heavy spot , then add stick on weights to counter until it stops seeking....old static dirt tracker tip

@awhiteguy24

5 жыл бұрын

endonutz I thought the dot indicated the light spot?

@darylj2617

5 жыл бұрын

@@awhiteguy24 the dot is called the balance dot and it is the lightest spot on the tire. you align the balance dot with the valve stem. you can balance the tire on the rim like he is saying though.

You have to do your own tires. You need to be good at it so you can change them when you get a flat in the middle of nowhere.

Outstanding example of a vesicular basalt at 1:11... just sayin. We don't see such things in the Midwest. And, though it is April, we are still waiting for some decent moto-camping weather. Soon. Soon. Soon...

Oh and good vid. Many thanks.

I've tried my damndest to make it through that book like 3 times every time I make it a little further, so maybe by the time I reach 30 I'll be able to make it to the end lol

@FridaysTheBomb

5 жыл бұрын

I've been having a hard time with it.... the guy tells you about how hes going to try to tell you about a concept that is difficult to tell you lol

I just got a alps mounternering lynx1 tent and a ryno tuff inflatable sleeping pad. Im planing on testing tonight.

@DustySquitoNM

5 жыл бұрын

I've used my Lynx1 a couple times, and it's a pretty solid tent. It packs down quite nicely for how comfortable it is. I still like my hammock better, but when there aren't trees around, the Lynx is a good value.

@1aview

5 жыл бұрын

It does seam like a solid tent. I had the hammock out yeasturday. It will still be my 1st option but the reason i got the tent was as a backup for when i cant find a spot to hang. I mounted a 7gal bucket on back of my bike to use as a seat and storage.fits both tent and hammock and all my gear

My jack recommendation is to use a cheap set of jack stands. Put the bike on its side stand, rock it towards you so it starts leaning onto the side stand, and slip a jack stand underneat the right side peg bracket. Then, rock it onto that jack stand so the kick stand comes up off the ground, and slide the other jack stand under the left side peg mount. If you put the jack stands at the right height, your back tire will be off the ground. When you want to take your front wheel off, just put some weight on your luggage rack, so the bike rests on the stands + rear wheel. As for tire recommendations, if you're not doing deep, soft sand or mud, you can almost get away with street tires. I used multiple Shinko 705 rears for about 8k miles each and a single 705 front that gave me, no bullshit, 21k before I finally had to replace it. I tried D606's, Kenda K270's, and Michelin T63's. All of them were better off road than I needed, and none of them were close to the 705 on the street.

Put wood across the bars that lift the bike. Like plywood. Makes a lift like your describing much more stable.

You should be able to make the old stand work if you raise up the base of it with wood or something else stable underneath it. Some stands are also adjustable. Or just get a new stand somewhere like Rocky Mountain motorcycle ATV. There's a bunch of affordable ones there. Either way you have to have the bike stand that works for your bike if you own a motorcycle. And it's only a matter of time before you get a flat on the trail so you might as well learn how to change your own tires if you're going to be dual sporting. Especially solo. I'm enjoying your content. Also I read that book and it gets really heavy towards the end. Good reading so stick with it.

As far as a way to prop up your bike, have you looked into a center stand? I know you don't like the BMWs but I have one on my f800gs. It my most used and most essential add on. I prop it up on the center stand to clean, lube, replace my chain and sprockets. You can easily remove either tire, just weigh down the opposite end. It's a jack stand mounted to your bike so you're never without it. Or you could ghetto rig the jack stand you have and make a platform for your stand to sit on out of some cheap cut up 2x4s and/or a platform bolted on top.

@paulwatts3009

5 жыл бұрын

I agree that a 800cc bike should have a center stand. I have a Triumph Tiger 800 XC and always use my center stand. I have never dropped a bike on a center stand. I've had mixed results with a kick stand. I also have a Yamaha WR 450 F. I would never put a center stand on this because of the weight, and because dropping it usually doesn't cost me any money.

My local shop recommends rideon tire sealant /tire balance. It’s like slime and also balances tire.

Put some wood blocks on the jack lift plate and strap the whole frame of bike to the jack

nice video👍

Harbor Freight motorcycle jack. Works great lifts my xr650l both tires off the ground. Get a motorcycle wheel balancer also Harbor Freight.

I don't like changing tires either.. just sayin.. I have a Kelty TN 3 Person Tent and a Klymit Static V Luxe Sleeping Pad for moto camping after a LOT of research.. Great system.. Going to use mine tomorrow..

@noyopacific

5 жыл бұрын

Here is a very positive review of a Kelty TN2 by another moto vlogger who also happens to live in Phoenix: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gJ6c3MehdrKqlpM.html

@MerridethHawk

5 жыл бұрын

Love my Klymit sleeping pad!

Just found your videos and you got my subscription! Like your style and humble approach. Just got to ask about the gun in the beginning, living in Sweden it's odd even illegal without special permit, is it for protection from ppl or wildlife? Love your tent btw, awesome morning view.

Get a center stand mounted. And see if there are front and rear paddock stands. and read some philosophy stuff.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance influenced me to start riding. With regard to changing tires. I practice at it so that I can do it in an emergency. But I have to admit, taking the bike to the shop makes life simpler. You drop it off. Your wife picks you up. Take her to lunch. Come back a couple of hours later. Boom. It's done.

@garybulwinkle82

5 жыл бұрын

Won't make that mistake again!!! Most expensive mistake of my life!!!! DON'T GET MARRIED!!!!!

If you know where the beams are in your garage, you could also get some cheap harbor freight ratchet straps and screw eyes and suspend your bike. I did a whole fork stanchion replacement and replaced the wheel bearings with the bike hanging from the tie beams.

@polaris680ultra

5 жыл бұрын

I did the same with my DR. Ratchet straps for the win! Swung around a bit but nothing unmanageable

I think all of us a little bit lazy. I've never done it myself but there is always static wheel balancing stands. Once I get a place with a good sized garage, I'm getting one and never paying anyone to mount and balance my wheels. They pretty much pay for themselves the first or second time you use it. I think you can true spoked rims on the stand too.

If you wanna try and change your own tires the typical rule of thumb for poor man balancing is 2.5 oz opposite the rim lock. I’ve been doing that on my ktm 500 for a couple years and there is no shake up to 90 mph. Also, there are “dirtbike stands” that have a foot lever to raise the bike without having to lift it.

@DustySquitoNM

5 жыл бұрын

Those dedicated dirt bike stands usually have pretty low weight limits. I looked into one for my old DR650, but the ones at Cyclegear were rated for about 50 less pounds than my bike weighed. I would have loved one of those for the right weight limit.

Don’t sweat the tire change. Have it done for you. Not like you’re camping with a spare tire lashed to the back. Flats. Now that’s another matter 😉

Hey I think I missed the name of the book. Great video I sooo look forward to your videos. Thank you.

@FridaysTheBomb

5 жыл бұрын

Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance. I might have actually cut it accidentally lol

@momorider7056

5 жыл бұрын

@@FridaysTheBomb Thank you very much.

Hey man, you doing overland expo this year?

👍

lol, my bike likes to party too.

as far as a jack goes, I've seen folks use a plastic milk crate as a stand. I have not done it and therefore personally cannot recommend it to you but I have seen someone do it. Granted, they rode a wr250r.

@budman8207

5 жыл бұрын

Yes it works, ive done it with my xr400r.

New sub, Nice Chanel :)

That windshield is looking better . . . Lol . Really , but I . . . Lol would defiantly get a set of 50/50 Avon's and Craig's list that other stuff like those handle guards . . . Lol . Don't you love it when guy's tell you what they would do to your bike ? Thanks Mon

@FridaysTheBomb

5 жыл бұрын

Hand guards are LONG over due. There is no excuse for me not to have those yet.

@Nostrildomus

5 жыл бұрын

Rock on @@FridaysTheBomb. The riding I see you do a nineteen inch front wheel with dropping the rear an inch and those Avon's are true 50/50 's . You'll be amazed and look like John Wane already . . . Lol . Later mon

Yo! Do you have the Clarke 4.7 or 4.0 Gallon tank? I finally decided on Clarke over IMS...trying to choose size. What do you think?!?

@FridaysTheBomb

5 жыл бұрын

I have the 4.7. It came on the bike. I lole the look of the acrebis, but I've heard it doenst direct air to the engine correctly

@cg9608

5 жыл бұрын

@@FridaysTheBomb Heard that too. Acrebis isnt an option. Think I'll go with the Clarke 4.7. Thanks!

Have you checked out the Versys X 300?

@FridaysTheBomb

5 жыл бұрын

No but it looks pretty cool!

@PracticalTacticalSheepDog

5 жыл бұрын

@@FridaysTheBomb I did a test ride last week. Def. Buying one for my birthday present to myself. It goes 100 miles per hour and gets 70 miles per gallon yet can still handle rough terrain... The handling is great too, handles like a sport bike around corners

You don't need a motorcycle jack, just a stand to lift it on bro! Its a dirtbike!

@FridaysTheBomb

5 жыл бұрын

Its 350 pounds man

@mxgryan

5 жыл бұрын

@@FridaysTheBomb MY DR650 should be as heavily. I have a video on it haha

Get a cot. You’ll never go back!

Dude you finally showed yourself in the Thumbnail....whoa! What next..

@FridaysTheBomb

5 жыл бұрын

I've been in a couple thumbnails now ;) keep up lol. Idk if I'll go to regular KZread vlogging to a camera, but I like showing it in thumbnails

@WADZUP

5 жыл бұрын

@@FridaysTheBomb awesome amigo nice to see and your right I do need to catch up. Cheers WADZ

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Look at Tdubs harbor freight atv stand when on sale with the 20 25% coupon you can get it for 60-70$ and it is safe

Just curious, why a gun?

@FridaysTheBomb

5 жыл бұрын

1. I'm allowed to by state law. 2. Its entertaining to shoot. 3. I am alone in remote public lands that are not policed. Is anybody out here robbing and killing people? Of course not. But two types of people come to these places. People like me, and unstable drunks and drug users who cant let loose in town. The more practical purpose is to ward off predator animals I guess, but mountain lions and bears dont ussually approach people. Last year I had an elk in rut come running into my camp screaming though. I used the pistol to scare it off, but probably didnt need to. I just didnt want it running through my hammock and breaking my back.

@perrinsmith777

5 жыл бұрын

Friday'sThe Bomb So I can tell by response #1 this might be a touchy subject. Not trying to insult you, it’s just something that gets to me. A while ago I went moto camping out in the desert and I had bullets literally flying over my head from people who thought their gun was “entertaining to shoot”. While it may be fun to shoot, it’s not fun for others to hear gunshots or to feel the presence of a gun. It seemed like you made a point to show your gun in your video so I wanted to ask. I also had a herd of elk run past my tent in the middle of the night. It was scary but I doubt a pistol can stop them. No offense intended. Happy riding.

@FridaysTheBomb

5 жыл бұрын

I show the gun in videos because its good content. This audience responds positively to it, and some have asked for more of it, so I include it. Shooting the gun safely is also important, which I always make a point to do. In all of my videos you will see that I'm shooting into a soft backstop. I agree its uncomfortable to be around somebody who is shooting, especially if you cant tell where they are, what direction they are shooting in, if they are intoxicated, etc. I've been in those same situations. But it is legal in this area, I am doing it safely, and only for a short period of time.

I really tried to get into that book, and for the first 50 pages or so thoroughly enjoyed it. But then it just got weird, convoluted, hard to follow, and plain uninteresting..... Unfortunately I put it down about halfway through.

@FridaysTheBomb

5 жыл бұрын

That might happen to me lol. But I intend to give it a hard effort

I suffered through that book, very little to do with motorcycle maintenance and not much to do with zen either. as for lifts, Ive got an XR650L and use a motorcross stand, but it's a bitch to wrestle up there, kind of tilt the bike toward me on the kick stand, lean the stand under it and then tilt the whole thing up and onto the stand, it's a PITA though. This is what I'll be getting soon, dirt bike stand, put it under the bike and press the lever, voila, a friend has one, the work good. www.ebay.com/itm/Tusk-Dirt-Bike-Adjustable-Lift-Stand-NEW-motorcycle-motocross-mx-dirtbike-enduro-/171483101107

Good video! I made a M/C jack out of a pile of 2X4 blocks (screwed together) and one longer 2X4 that works as a lever to raise the bike and then helps brace the stack of blocks to keep them from toppling over. The number of 2X4 blocks that you use will depend on how much clearance there is under your skid plate. The XR650L specs say 13" ground clearance so you'd need 10 1.5" thick 2X4's to lift it to 15" This is a bad video but it shows the concept. kzread.info/dash/bejne/rGqltNaopq7Sp7g.html (skip to 1:36 unless you want to just watch a guy cutting blocks on a tablesaw. He finally demonstrates how it works around 5:30)

How tall are you? I'm considering an xr650.

@FridaysTheBomb

5 жыл бұрын

I'm about 5'9". I had to out a lowering link on this thing

I struggled with the tire balancing issue as well, then I tried the ceramic beads and love them! A little slow getting them into the inner tube, but once they were in, the tires were balanced. Check them out here: eztirebeads.com/

Get a hammock. That's not an order, just a suggestion.

@FridaysTheBomb

5 жыл бұрын

That's going to be my next purchase...

@ijursic

5 жыл бұрын

@@FridaysTheBomb I got a Hennessey asymmetric cut. It helps you lie more in a flat position. I recommend it, but there are a lot of great designs out there.

Zen and the Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance sucks. Read Cormac McCarthy.

@beanzbeanz

5 жыл бұрын

What is the basis of comparison?

@beanzbeanz

5 жыл бұрын

@Brian Doherty ​ lol I'm not a literary critic but I don't think Pirsig and McCarthy writes(wrote) in the same genre. You're comparing apples to oranges. And as FTB notes, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is about 2% motorcycle. I'd add it's about 0% Zen. It's a pop philosophy/autobiography paperback that was more about the new era emerging. Not a great work of literature but an influential and popular one. It was given a hooky name to sell books: Apparently Zen and motorcycles were popular topics at the time! PS McCarthy is one of the great writers of our time

@beanzbeanz

5 жыл бұрын

After all that hot air, I'd probably agree if your point is that you can only bring one book FFS bring a McCarthy! Or Zane Grey maybe?

Do you take a gun because your scared of people at night? Or a bear? Not stirring the pot or want to get into a gun discussion , just curious

@FridaysTheBomb

5 жыл бұрын

Both I guess. I've met crazy people in the wilderness before, and theres a video on this channel where I encounter a schizophrenic gentleman who believed I was sent by the government to find him. I do this a lot, and I do it alone, so it's just an extra tool that comes along.