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One of the best videos you've done! I love that you are not afraid to show your failed attempts. I know what an excellent rider you are and to see you struggle makes me feel like I'm not such a loser. You could have edited the video to make it look like you made it every try and all of us would be in awe of you're incredible skill (PS we are!), but you kept it real and used your difficulties as a way of teaching us. I can't tell you how refreshing it is to see such a skilled rider put his ego second and let the teaching be the star. You are the best out there Brett and I appreciate learning from you.

That stuff is so unpredictable and sketchy to ride in - on any bike! I hate it, personally. Also, can you do a rundown of your GS setup - mods, accessories, etc? Looks like a really cool build. Ride safe --

Why do you not have more subscribers? This is easily some of the best motorcycle educational content on KZfaq.

We call it "Idaho Pancake Flour" here in the potato state. Always fun. Nice vid Brett.

excellent video and better explanation. Thank you for sharing all this techniques.

Wow Bret never gives up that is a challenge to takle this slope

Momentum is your friend with these heavy bikes. Well put, Bret. Günter from Nürnberg/Germany I'd like something much lighter than my Transalp 600 PD06 on tracks. Let's see EICMA Milan brings surprises. Intermot Cologne brought the Chinese (Loncin) Voge 300 Rally (copy of Honda CRF 300 Rally) for a sharp prise. 2,700 Euros less than Honda in Germany. (4,599 instead of 7,240 Euros with better equipment like crash bars, rack, bash plate stock). Looking forward to see the new Royal Enfield with LC engine.

Come for the tips, stay for the helmet-hat-helmet transitions

This taught me a lot, especially not to fight when stuck... Lesson learned after getting over a foot and a half in deep sand. Thanks

I shattered my left tib/fib riding on this in Zion. Now with titanium reinforced strut, and an appreciation of proper motocross boots and my own mortality!

That looked to be very challenging indeed. Some great takeaways for me to think about if I ever encounter something similar.

Oh jeez that is bringing back memories riding down Baja on some chewed up race courses roads. I swear those hidden ruts could swallow a bike

I hate the taste of moon dust, and I’ve eaten it several times! Keep your videos coming and maybe one day I’ll be able to ride in it.

Please post content more often. Currently not riding, my newborn baby doesn't enjoy riding on the back of the bike. 😮‍💨 So I'm riding vicariously through you.

Riding is sand is so difficult. Definitely going to save this video.

In Australia we call fine, talcum-like dust Bull Dust. It's very common on outback roads. Hit a patch at 80km/h and it will throw you.

Bret looking like a Marine out there lol

Nice, needed this a few days ago, BEFORE I had a hard day trying a steep sand hill near Moab on my loaded T700. Ended up upside down on the edge of a 30 foot precipice. 😬 Recovered and rescued by some awesome folks. All is good. Thanks for the tips! 🙂

Perfect timing as I ready myself for the GEICO ADV rally here in the SoCal desert. Showing us how to ride a big bike in the tough stuff & doing at a pro level. Thanks & well done.

Aways love the helmet/cap transition xD

Great vid Brett as always, I recently moved from WA to AZ and finding the terrain here quite a challenge, the loose dirt/sand is sketchy as my Tuareg has the stock Pirelli STR's, definitely not too confident in the soft stuff yet 😆. But I've gone back and looked at your vids to see what proper riding looks like in this type of environment, stay safe out there and thanks for the no ad content

WOW.. wowo.. i was able to ride some italian tracks because of your lesson Bret.. i did them two month ago (via del sale and strada dell' Assietta) and i believe i was able to go trough them thanks to your tricks and tips... All the best from Italy

Great to see you out on the bike again and as always excellent content.

Thanks for another great video, Bret! Great angles to study your riding techniques in technical terrain. I particularly like seeing the way you "dab" and continue back up on the pegs as you've instructed in previous videos. Now to go out and practice as I attempt to impersonate you.

Great video. Welcome to Idaho!

Great video....always informative and on point...thank you!!

Excellent video as usual thank you

Good tips if you are planning a later WA-BDR! Lots of sections of moon dust on the route and some of it is pretty deep! Thanks Bret; I wish watched this prior to our trip this year. 🙂

Ýour explanations are always very clear - quality presentation

dropped my bike recently on an uphill resembling that , not as much silty sand but some in deap ruts

When do we get the training video on how to remove your helmet and put on your hat all in one motion? I think that has become your number one signature move. 🤣🤣🤣 Thank you for the great training videos. Always looking forward to the next ones. 😀

Your helmet-hat and hat-helmet transition is amazing.

Great filming with the drone!

Awesome, as usual, Bret! I so recognize that moon dust! I grew up riding motocross in that stuff, but those were much lighter bikes in those days (and so was I!). The rutting underneath is the most deceptive and dangerous part, and I love your explanation of how to recognize the drifting and pillowing as a sign of the hard surface shape below. Would be great to see some of this in slo-mo, particularly the body-weight shifting techniques. Also, the turnaround technique in rutted moondust is very different from most hill-stall turnarounds. So, it would be good to go into more detail with that, since many of us end up having to bail. Thank you!

Same conditions I had at Trophy Club Park was a bunch of moon dust and sorry you laid it over but thanks for making me feel better. *In much respect, Blessings.

That looks like one tough hill. Thanks for the tips. I hope to learn how to ride my Zero DSR on sandy roads and trails, safely and with confidence.

Yikes Bret!! No knobby tires. You sure are braver than me....

Good stuff ! 🍻

I have been riding the Missions on a 2018 Suzuki V-Strom 1000XT. As expected, I have to keep removing my bash plate to unbend/uncrush and fix it. I guess, even though it's fun as heck, using a V-Strom as a Dual Sport is a bad idea. You are rock on when you say the Missions kind of don't meet the need in sand. Same for mud. But some of the places I wanted to go are far out and the highway miles have not hurt the Missions. Take those worn Missions on some muddy stuff. Everyone likes seeing a guy on a big bike crashing in mud. I would feel a thousand times better watching an actual expert fall down, too. I'm in New England, so my chances of moon dust are few. Thanks for the video. You teach. Thank you.

Thanks. This was the best time to give me the extra push. I will go to Tunesien Sahara in November this year with my GS. I know it will be hard in deep sand (did it on the polish TET this year) but it's good to see that nearly all riders can fall in deep sand. One second with less concentration could make you fall. Thanks again.

Woof! Tough hill.

you convinced me. no sand for me until i get better at off road. I would be picking it up more than i would be riding it. Thanks for another informative video. They always excellent

I'm pretty sure Bret has a secret third arm dedicated only to put on his beret XD. Saludos from Chile!

OMG 😮 SOMEONE PLEASE SEND ME SOME MOON DUST I WANT TO LITERALLY PLAY IN IT…I LOVE IT

You are the man

Hey Bret, Another great video. I have a request. Can you please make a video explaining how to take tight turns (primarily trails with single track) on such bikes, when it’s deep slush/mud all the way through the turn.

That moon dust looks like Mount Saint Helen's Ash. Great video, but if i saw that hill, I would slink away with my tail between my legs.

THX.

I need to find tracks like that for practicing!

Great video and thank you for the tips. I struggled on that very hill on my 890R earlier in the summer. Hopefully I will run into you out there!

Rode several miles of moon dust on the top of the road to Batoplilas in Copper Canyon😳

like a boss!

When I need to ride anything close to this, or even think I might need to, I wear full MX protection gear with a Mosko Moto shell. I’m sure I look like a real weirdo to most people with MX gear on a big ADV motorcycle, but I’ve had too many busted ankles and broken bones to care.

Sand is my nemesis. Can’t stand the stuff. Great vid and tips 👍

We call that Bulldust in Australia - treacherous in a 4x4 or on a bike if you are not 100% on your game.

You da man!

For a smoked Trailmqx Mission the tire did pretty good in that talc

The panniers help when you need to pick it up too

Thanks for the demonstration and commentary on how to face a challenge like this. What tires would have been the best choice for this scenario?

This was awesome. That's some great riding on a big bike with what are essentially street tires. I am getting a bit better on sand on my T7 (on the East Coast in the Pines we call it Sugar Sand) - one thing I still struggle with is confidently changing position on a sandy stretch - like for example you are riding along in deep sand (allowing the bike to pick its own line) and now here comes a 4x4 jeep headed at you in the other direction - how can you safely nudge the bike to where you want it to go so that you can either pass (or stop safely)?

I wish I could mag swap at the range as smoothly as Bret swaps caps.

I always thought riding through rough terrain with a bike that weighed more than 400 lbs was insane for the simple reason that it's far easier, safer and less taxing to fall off and pick up a bike weighing less. Inertia is great for traction, but it fights against you when braking and turning, not to mention less abuse on the suspension. Makes more sense when carrying heavy gear, though there's a reason you can make trail bikes fly through just about anything.

I didn't even think it'd be possible to climb that hill with those tires, let alone teachable...

Enjoyed the video as always 👍🏻 Last year I also changed to a set of Dunlop Trailmax Missions on my 790 ADV S, and they have suited me well with the little off road experience I have. What’s your verdict on them so far Bret?

I rode trough moon dust on flat road and only a short lengths with similar tires and it was the weirdest feeling ever as the bike was moving left right finding its way. Luckily I remembered to stay calm and just work with the throttle to get out. This hill I wouldn't even try.

Hi Brett, During your intro bit you jump on the bike from the right and then get moving with the kick-stand down. I'm guessing you have done something to your bike to allow you to ride with the kick-stand down.I was just curious and have no intention of trying to replicate that action. Great content as usual. You riding skill is almost as good as your ability to swap your helmet for your cap in the same motion.

The lengths you go to make and share such amazing content is commendable! Would dropping tyre pressure help ?

Get a PW50! What a pain, the BMW's are.

Taking foot off the peg is where you loose the bike. You are shifting bodyweight even while your foot hasn't left the peg yet. But you do well though. Your feet leave the pegs to easily though. The bike can do more than what the mind tells you

Great video and lessons, again. Thank you. Was going up the side, over the vegetation, not an option?

Thanks for sharing Bret. That's a tough hill for a big bike. I'm guessing you don't have traction control on the BM.

The most impressive skills are at @3:25 😀✌️

Silly question but why not drive through the shrubs and completely avoid the road. I suspect they would give you more grip and on the one side it did not look so bad.

Bret. Would you recommend traction control or not. Im riding a CRF1000L DCT

Hmmm.... You do mention the worn out street biased tires your using but no mention of running PSI. I would definitely agree that those tires are not suitable for this terrain whether they were worn out or not. I've heard you say in the past that you always prefer to run slimmer tires and that you've never been able to tell much , if any difference by airing down before going into a terrain where many of us would conventionally believe that running a wider tire and airing down would indeed make quite a difference. Of course gross weight does play an important role especially in this scenario. Maybe I'm thinking about this wrong, but even though rolling resistance would be somewhat increased, it seems to me that in that fine sand, a larger and more friction oriented malleable tire footprint at proper pressure both front and rear would drastically improve things....Your thoughts?

Never mind the air filter…

Now that you have had the Dunlop’s for awhile, what is your opinion of them? How long did the last. What would you avoid?

This may seem to be a minor question Bret but... Any tips on how do you manage the cleaning/maintenance of your riding gear after a good dust like that? Helmet, jacket, pants and boots. On longish trips I find myself uncomfortable inside dusty gear and end up taking what it seems and excessive amount of time cleaning up.

What are you using under the double take mirrors to attach to the bars?

We call it. Surger Sand

That was tough. What mode did you have the bike on? Thanks for that vid

Riding a big bike at pickle butte makes other trails seem easy

good stuff, get all the dust out of the crevices yet?

ale kapelucha szybko zakłada:D

Bret - quick question, if you stand on your pegs do you lower the centre of gravitiy ? Thanks

now i need a glass of water.

That’s a really bad area I gotta avoid moon dust

That's the new 1250

Bret, are you running those Dunlops at Mfr PSI or you let out some air since you're in sand?

I always thought that cap lived under the helmet .. 😢

Hi, what do you consider to be the best tires for a adventure bike. I have a ‘22 ktm 890 r? Thanks

Was this a permanent move back to a GS? I ask because this hill would surely have been easier on a 790/890 KTM with the lighter weight.

My only question is. How did You start with side stand down???

I thought the bmw gs didn't come in a 21 in the front

Ooo 850gs? Oh no. Nevermind. On the small window it looked like the 850..

Tough hill and it appears at 08:21 shows proof where dabbing a foot throws you're body and bike off balance and overcorrects into a spill. I agree Bret is a good rider but I don't agree with telling people to dab a foot when half the population of males is under 5'10" and they don't have the leg length to do this without throwing the bike off balance, not to mention when feet are off the pegs you're in line for more injuries...

really eunuch ?

0:20 Is your kickstand switch disabled?

The main problem I see here.... is a lack of water. hahaha