Yep, that's living, friend.

What's the point of having a motor on a bike if you're pushing yourself?...

@@jonasan-san 😂😂

Yes every time I visit back home due dchedule I get out of riding condition. Then when I return to India I suffer as I do up to 600km in a day on NE India roads.

@@jonasan-san what’s the point of having an adv bike if you can’t pick it up 🤔

How would one see a photo of that sort of innovative sweetness?

The 390 is a good bike and we had a person ride the NEBDR with us on one. He was hard to keep up with and it went over the hard stuff just fine,

You're such a good humble dude Ian. Rock on bro !

Excellent machine work too. I had the heads to my R90/6 done by him

I introduced someone at work to "type 2 fun" and they still weren't about it.

Thanks

Glad you enjoyed it

I normally go for 10-15 min but after edits sometimes they pair down. It was a quick shoot with the final main talk being just over 15min plus some talking inserts but turned into 3 days if editing and 8min produced

I don't get it, and he really didn't explain. Why?

@@court2379 If your bike is on an extreme angle on kickstand side so that it leans too far to pull it up and the footing is really bad, you can mount from the opposite side while leaving the stand down, weight the opposite peg and throttle out of the spot. You can't do that if dropping into gear with the stand down kills the engine.

@@dirtpony OK, thanks. I don't ride one of these heavy beasts so have never encountered that problem.

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Lots of lever options out there...

@@BretTkacs Too busy wearing out tires. 😁

@@demiratmotovlog I saw that, reported/deleted at least 100 spam comments so far

My thoughts... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fpl8hchhr6-aYaM.html

I do own a Tenere 700, Africa Twin and an F800GS. All are "better" bikes offroad 😉

It's is an OEM sheild with a coating of black paint on the backside then coated in bed liner.

They are a fantastic fit.

In my opinion that weight is so low you’ll not notice it one way or another.

@@FluxExplorer Thanks!!!

😂

It's always fun to start with something that stirs emotion. I think you are correct, that may be a video all to its own.

Yes it looks tricky if you can mount the bike and ride off then raise the stand but it’s foolish. Say your front wheel goes into a dip or your front wheel turns a bit to the left, the stand digs in then down you go with any number of poor outcomes. And it isn’t a simple thing to just cut and join a few wires these days. The 690 has a magnetic switch and you either need a plug with resistor or remove the switch unit with magnet to a higher point and tape them together.

He didn’t cut the wires, he ground down the mechanism so that it could always be in the up position.

@@russianrick8403 I did both

We were riding the Oregon BDR this spring, my buddy crashed his brand new T7 and the kickstand switch failed, couldn't ride the bike until we disabled it. Which is not simple, fortunately we had cell service and could KZfaq it. AFAIK he hasn't fixed it, I'll tell him to leave it as is.

Speedo runs off the rear so no difference

He mentioned in the video: wild at heart adventure - two finger levers

I love my wild @ heart levers.

@@AdventureGlide If you land on the main page, it says you have to contact them directly. I thought the same thing you did until I went to the home page.

No errors, it is only two of the three wires

I just keep it simple and stick with weights. Less goo and less complexity

As a general rule of thumb you can go one size up or one size down from OEM without any real issues however the manufacturer normally goes towards the max tire for the rim because buyers like the look of bigger. For me I normally drop one size in width for the performance advantages (less rolling/braking mass, less unsprung weight, cuts through mud/sand better, turns faster, etc). There are very few places a wide tire outperforms a narrow tire. Wide tires are needed for high weight, longevity on heavy loads, and high horse power (if it's being used). If you have a bike that has a stock 120 rear it is unlikely I would recommend going to a 140. Oversized tires normally balloon on the rim causing a poor profile and often fit issues too.

@@BretTkacs that was quick!!! Thanks a lot for all the info. I've been so determined to get the DAKAR version that I completely forgot about all of the narrow tyre advantages. Will stick to your advice. Much appreciated, have a great day.

I have been using Chinese eBay levers for years and they work very well. Not quite as cool but still better/shorter than stock. Basically 3 finger levers instead of 2

Not if the bike is set up with short levers and handguards

This is the first time I stayed with ESA... I prefer Manual

Method 1 of 6 😁 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mNOZprmcstC8Y2g.html

Without any debate yes... The problem is my 790 spent more time at the dealer than in my bike garage so after one year I gave up on it. I was hoping that all the issues would be sorted out by the end of one year. It's a shame because I still LOVE riding the 790/890 and the new 1290

Thanks for your reply; yes. I'm traveling from LA to Ushuaia on a 890R, the bike is super fun but reliability is a concern

In my experience, it can be a massive pain to deal with if you get on the bike on the right side and the left side (with the kickstand) happens to be on the low side of the trail. Being able to just turn the bike on and move to a better area to pull up the kickstand seems more logical, but sadly bikes are becoming more idiot-proof every year

@@kabj06 so… the low side of the trail is the kickstand side, and the kickstand is down and the bike is resting on it? My bike falls over in that scenario, down the hill - yours doesn’t? You’re right about bikes getting more idiot-proof every year, and that the nannying gets in the way. I’m thinking particularly about having to stop , switch to neutral, then hold down a button for 10 seconds to switch off the ABS…

Yeah okay, boomers... Kickstand switches have been a thing since what, the 80's?

It's not always about solid ground... Just because there is a place for the side stand doesn't mean it's the best side to mount from, could be better "high" ground on the left, better traction, more space, less risk (cliff, etc)

I have had more than one bike run like crap through rough terrain because my heel kept hitting the side stand, pushing it down just enough for that stupid switch to want to intervene.

F800GS

@@BretTkacs thanks, are you running tubes in the skinny wheels?

@@saddlebag4097 tubeless

Technically most of our "off-road" riding is on unpaved "roads". There is a big difference between a trail and an unpaved road.

Or you can look it up on a quick google search🤷‍♂

The side stand switch, footpeg, rear brake step, shorter levers, velcro strap and a handlebar that fits the rider better are not crazy expensive. Even the plastic frame guards are cheap on ebay. My goal was to share free to outrageous...

@@BretTkacs Agreed, the suspension and tire modification you made there alone cost way North of $10,000 with labor.

I have been using it all season without any issues. It was 114 degrees on the hottest day (Yakima WA). Only thing was I ended up using the screw mount option due to the heavy offroad use and vibration

i use my quadlock wireless charger every day. we had two months straight of >100°f highs and it never overheated my s21.

@@512mbflashdrive did you ride all day? You guys aren't going to see thermal shutdown if you only ride a couple hours. The Quadlock overheated my phone on a 80 degree day in Seattle so I threw it away.

@@bretthawton damn, sucks! i've put 21k miles on my bike this year to date. longest ride was 30 hours straight from Missouri to Oregon. no thermal issues. seems like you have a phone issue.

@@512mbflashdrive perhaps but the same thing happens to my wife's phone. Do you stream music and use navigation while riding? These functions also generate a lot of heat.

Maybe I will have to do a video on just this topic

@@BretTkacs I've done a fair amount of off-roading on my bike and I just can't think of a scenario it would help, other than failure? Then again I'm not always offroad like you are

@@leahheffernan4644 failure has been and issue multiple times, once for me and several times for others. There are definitely other times that it is easier and safer to start from the right.

Real rough roads can make your stand drop slightly when you hit a hole, which kills your engine.

@@DonHavjuan damn near crashed my F800GS on a trail once when the engine shut off when I needed power due to the side stand switch. Later that day it failed and left the bike dead. I bypassed it on the trail to get out. We had a rider on a KTM890 end up dead on the trail this summer due to the "safety" switch but KTM can't be bypassed like others so we had to truck it out with a recovery vehicle.

I could have trimmed that statement and cut it to 8 min 😉

That's easy, don't buy a GS 😉

@@BretTkacs lol

1st...

I had to disconnect the sidestand on my oilcooled GS because my my heel would contact the stand when standing up on the bike and lead to engine cutout/cutoff.

No dirt bike comes with a "safety" switch on the side stand. The video is about making a better offroad bike...

@@BretTkacs @Marco Disconnecting the side-stand ignition break has a big downside for new riders: turning left at any speed with the kickstand down may dump the bike as it hops over the side stand. This happened to a buddy with a disconnected side stand switch, as he was transitioning to tarmac from where we’d stopped. The bike threw him off, and he was lucky there was no traffic at the time, because it took him a full minute to gather himself up off the road.

Bret’s tip is obviously directed to a more experienced rider group. If you’re the forgetful type, then obviously don’t do it. If you’re not comfortable with the idea, don’t do it.