Thanks bruh! 👊🏻

Oh, okay! 😆😉

Dooooods! Right?!?! 🙌🏻

@@CaptMaxADV Actually my wife and I....ride on!

How come?

Yeah dogg. Super helpful!

Hella fun. Woulda rather not had my heavy ass boxes on though! 😆

Agreed. The very thing I discuss in my soft luggage Mosko Moto video! 🙌🏻

Yes. Sir! 🙌🏻

West to east on 9/13. The weather was perfect but it was a real bitch. I'm a newer rider myself and my F850gsa doesn't have the low end torque to run slow so I really had to grip it and rip it... Crazy! Probably a lot more scary than it was dangerous. The biggest factor was all the self- balancing bikes (cars) that have no idea what they are doing on that one way section. Also, maybe an extra 100lbs of moto camping gear didn't help either🤪 What a day!

West to east in my 2020 rubicon JLU. We had to pull over a little so other vehicles can descend .

Thanks!! As a rule I always go to Enduro Pro mode and turn OFF ABS whenever I get off pavement. As was in this case. And there a couple extra reasons for it…. at least that I have a theory about, based on my experience. If you just turn off ABS and don’t switch from one of the road riding modes (on the street I always ride in Dyna, unless it’s rainy-then in Rain mode), then if you’re cornering, say on a loose gravel road or something, and if you go to downshift, the computer senses the bank angle from the accelerometers then suddenly sees a change in the system and MAY try to lock up the rear tire for a fraction of a second, until all is rolling together again. That’s my theory from two scenarios I’ve had. It’ll get your attention and thankfully it didn’t ruin my day. So for me, in general, if ABS comes off, I try to remember to put it in Enduro Pro mode to turn off all that other shit too!

Thanks! I would bet not. But surely theres a website that will tell you current conditions of all the Alpine Loop Passes! When you go come back and let us know how it was! Have a great time!

I’ve never ridden a 650 off road but I’d like to! The 1200 is a monster for sure. Heavy, when fully loaded anyway. I’m 6’ and 215 pounds of moderately good physical condition. If you’re a similar build then you’d be fine tossing this thing around! But it IS a lot of work!

Hey thanks!! It was an eye opener! Stay tuned for when we go up to Animas Forks. That’s vid after next!

LMAO!! No Fuckin Thanks!!

I went up earlier this year on a Husky FE350S, and that was awful. I wouldn’t even attempt it on a 1200/1250GS, and I love those bikes.

I went with the Mosko Moto Backcountry bags and LOVE THEM!! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iqimiqanxNfJe4E.html

@@CaptMaxADV Mosko are good. Less capacity though

I love those Bumont bags on my GSA

This was the reason I upgraded to the $850 soft bags…

Thanks dude! Most folks I know with experience here are on 4 wheels. Locals are great! We got some intel up at the pass, but he didn’t prove to be very helpful for us on big bikes. He was in a truck, but very nice.

Grading high alpine mountain passes like this seems like an impossible task. No grader I’ve ever seen could take the task, sections of the trail are so deep with loose shale, and if a grader slipped off the road it would never be recovered!

@@CaptMaxADV if you closed the pass while the work was being done it shouldn't be a problem, you could potentially grade it with anything from a 4x4 farm tractor to a dozer, newer dozers are surprisingly good at fine grading. if the Swiss, and Norwegians can do it, so can we.

There were definitely some un-fun parts, but it was beautiful and worth the struggle! Glad we did it. But it was WAAAAAY more intense than I could have imagined.

@@CaptMaxADV if you stand up on the bike on the more difficult parts of the route, it is much easyer! You got way more and better control of the bike😜 ps im not a hater, i just wanna give a tip, ride on buddy🤟🏻

I hear ya. And anyone who’s ridden big bikes on super gnar stuff knows that while 95% of the time you should, the other 5% of the time you’re not able to, which can be a struggle while youre trying your damndest to get to the closest spot possible to get up on those pegs without cartwheeling! If you watch most of my vids you’ll see that I always stand up, same as in this video. It’s when the wind screen dips low in the frame. Hard to see from this camera angle. But yeah, you’re right! To try to ride shit like this sitting would be disastrous!

@@CaptMaxADV Im still working on getting the foot controls in a position where they work well seated or standing. I find that shifting while standing is an issue as I normally keep my weight on the balls of my feet which means I have to move my foot to shift, the movement itself can be an issue as I unweight and weight my foot to get under or on top of the shifter. There's a lot of moving parts (no pun intended) riding this kind of terrain. I imagine Ill get better with more miles under my belt, but that terrain you rode would not be fun for me. I actually did it a couple of weeks after you guys were there with a friend in a lifted forerunner and even that was intense sometimes.

I believe it! Next summer I plan to take a couple of my Toyota’s over a bunch of those passes! My kids’ll driving one or two of em. I ride mostly in the arches of my feet. Probably not the very best for all out maneuverability, but it works. No shifting problems. If I rode a light dirt bike and was throwing it all around I’d probably be on m balls more. 🤷🏼‍♂️ What are you riding?

Perciate the feedback.

As compared to what?? I can’t disagree because I have nothing to compare it to from my experience. But find it a joy to maneuver and that it handles quite well for its size!

@@CaptMaxADV compared to almost every other bike in its category

@@CaptMaxADV but yes great bike to ride