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  4. Posted

    20 hours ago, shutterrev said:

    . If you want extra piece of mind, toss a siphon hose in your bags. 
     

    I carry a siphon hose in my guide kit.  Only time I ever used it was when I ran the truck out of gas on the way to Montana.

    Siphoned 5 gals from the bike into a roadside antifreeze jug, then back into the truck.  Got me to a little nowhere town for resupply.  Sometimes fortune smiles on the stupid!

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  5. Posted · Edited by Zubb

    On 5/23/2023 at 9:53 AM, Goofy Footer said:

    https://www.msrgear.com/water-treatment/storage-bags/dromedary-bags/dromedary-bags.html
     

    Nice addition to the chat!

    The 4 Liter is currently $37.39 at REI 

    Looks like a nice middle ground between the @Zubb BMW Members Only Starbucks bag and the Armadillo bag. 

    The Armadillo Bag appears to have a more robust shell which may be helpful when lashing it down.
     

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    I've had this dromedary bag for 20 years or so.  Never put fuel in it.  Only carried water in it.  It works 100% and tough as nails.

    The lash straps are critical.  Don't get a bag without them.

  6. Posted

    On 5/22/2023 at 12:02 PM, A 2 said:

    Coincidentally I bout these this weekend. Need to fashion a mount of sorts.

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    Yep.  I carry a black one with oil, and the red was for fuel.

    Even 1 Liter of fuel represents a helluva long walk in the burning desert sun.

  7. Posted

    I downsized from the 8 gallon GSA bike to a 5 gallon GS bike.  The very rare times I miss the big tank is when I'm Iron Butting to get somewhere far.

    I would never carry a Rotopax for reasons stated above.  I'd be much more inclined to do a @tntmo for that one time in 5 years that I might need a little fuel bump.

    I do carry (on group tours) a liter of oil, and a liter of fuel (for 'that guy' in the group).  Have never needed the fuel yet because we have planned fuel stops, and it's hard to forget to fuel up when the 9 guys around you are pumping gas.

    .....hmmm.

    I just talked myself into ditching the fuel bottle.  I used to use a good slosh of gas though to start campfires, and that was pretty handy.  But lately I just find a good clean stick and dip it in the gas tank for a fire starter torch.  And tank is always full when I do that cause . . . . fires are in the evening.  Evening means we gassed up recently for the next days ride.  So that always works a treat.

    The oil bottle though ??? Yeh.  It's been called into play a few times.  Usually about a half hour after I put the JB Quickweld away.  

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  8. Posted

    19 hours ago, Goofy Footer said:

     

    @Zubb that looks like a big low tide in San Quintin. We'll see how many swigs of "medicine" it takes before we pry Secret Spot info out of you!

     

    Yep, nothin' says happy like triple digits on the beach!

    The secret spot is one of the most stunning river crossings I've ever seen.  But a few miles beyond that requires ... er, uh. . . suggests, a much smaller bike.  

  14. Posted

    11 minutes ago, Goofy Footer said:

    Let’s talk safety and practicality for the Typical “ADV” bike purchaser today. (you know, the ones that marketing teams salivate over)

    Gravel Touring bikes weigh a lot. The average rider will expel more energy riding rough terrain and their endurance will become drained. A tired rider is an unsafe rider.

    Gravel Touring bikes weigh a lot. If a bike is too heavy to pick up solo you shouldn’t be riding it in any dirt situation. One crash quickly accelerates into others and causes exponential problems. If you need to ride with others to help pick up your bike, you are compromised. 

    Gravel Touring bikes weigh a lot. Simply put, when they fall, they fall harder. This puts more strain on the body during a foot dab or crash and results in more injuries to the rider.

    Gravel Touring bikes weigh a lot. They are harder on clutches and drivetrains. Riders get stranded all over with totally burnt up clutches and cracked cast wheels.

    Gravel Touring bikes weigh a lot. They have oversized motors meant for the interstate. Big motors = big speed = big wrecks.

     

     

    Sorry folks but you can’t put lipstick on a pig.
     

    Oh wait!

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    Yet they are everywhere.

    Somebody better call @padu and tell him he better stop it.

     

     

  16. Posted

    I disagree with the "marketing" video above in that he doesn't get to define what ADVENTURE means to anyone else.  His definition of an ADV bike is just fine for him.  That was a rant from a guy who can't look outside his own experience and goals for riding.  The video only shows what his own interpretation of an ADV bike is.  But I generally dig his channel.  He puts out some great stuff!

    Todays modern ADV bikes are amazing.  And they answer the masses call for a machine they can climb onto and ride off into the unknown. . . . forever and ever amen.  And even look cool doing it.  While you're at it, you might as well color match your KLIM costume to match the bike.  Woo Hoo! Let's go!  Grab yer helmet and a gold card and hit the road baby!

    If you wanna go hit all the Starbucks and Crackerbarrels, have at it brother.  You will have an awesome time and more power to you.  Now add in a little bit of training (or not) for the average guy and presto! you can comfortably ride that big bike on thousands and thousands of miles of awesome Truck Trails and forest service roads and gravel ad infinitum.   Take a little time to practice and learn sand skills . . . . and bam! you're off to the tip of Baja and back on your 890/990/1090/1190/1250/1290 or next year.... your shiny new 1300GS!!!

    Who is the "big" ADV bike for, you ask?

    Anyone who wants one.

    Anyone who wants to leave and return from a big trip on two wheels.  No truck, no trailers needed.

    Anyone who wants to carry the kitchen sink along on their motocamp trip (yuck).

    Anyone who likes to go "far".

    It's pretty mentally gratifying for us humans to sit around and pontificate the superiority of our method, whatever it is.  Fly fisherman, bait casters, and spin fisherman all look down their noses at the other.  Bow hunters, black powder, rifle and pistol hunters do the same.  One mans Dual Sport, is another mans ADV bike.  Tesla/Prius/Nissan Leaf . . all wag their fingers at each other.  The 650 riders  snicker at the liter bikes, and the 2 strokers snicker at the 500 class riders.  And then @tntmo rides up on his junkyard special (is it a 90? or a 110? or a pull start?) and laughs at all of us.

    Actually Toms not a good example because he just likes to prove a point.  Like "start it, ride it, have fun".  

    @padu here is a great example of what I call "the honest truth about motorcycling".  He hasn't been riding very long compared to many of us.  He bought a bike he liked (Multi-Strata) took a lesson and rode the hell out of it. Someone forgot to tell him you're not supposed to do that. Then took another lesson.  Then another.  He proves a point, It's the RIDER.  Of course bikes are better at some things then others.  But most of us would much rather just buy another bike or two and see if that's easier for them.  At the same time forgetting why they bought ADV bike in the first place.Nothing wrong with having many bikes of course.  My point about Padu is that he enjoys riding that Desert X anywhere he wants to go.  Because he spent money on training.  He didn't make excuses like "well, that guy is Jarvis, or Pol, or Birch.."  He just took some lessons and spent some time practicing what he'd learned and then Presto Chango, his bike magically became much more capable.  Funny how that works.

    There's no dark science to riding better .... much much better off road.  There are a lot of coaches that will help you grow if you want to throw a few hundred bucks into seriously changing your riding and comfort level.  In the end you just might find that 900-1200cc bike works really well for most places you want to go once  you learn a better riding technique, and then still have a bike you can loop 3,000 miles in a long week or so.

    Todays ADV bikes are amazing.  The 1250 for me, its the perfect BDR bike, sport tourer, iron butt'er, gravel getter, Baja Tourer, grocery getter, ... it's my swiss army knife bike.

    --- you know I was just thinking.  Does anyone gripe about ads for 2 stroke 300's? or 450's and 500's?  Those ads show guys riding in ways 90% of us here could never achieve.  Where's the cynicism?   

    I may watch a commercial and see a 6 pack ab ripped shirtless male model wearing a certain cologne with a supermodel draped over his arm. Now I am just barely smart enough to know that this cologne won't get me that.  But it's titillating to think about now isn't it.  So maybe I'll buy it and dream a little.  Hopefully I'll like the smell.

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  25. Posted

    On 5/4/2023 at 4:32 PM, Goofy Footer said:

    it’s the last summer to go, @Zubb and others will YOU make it!?

    @tntmo says there’s lots to see in Iowa:

     

    Nope. June thru Sept at the moment is packed with Moto trips already. My only trip east though will be a fly and rent. I won’t be traveling the Midwest at all. 

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