Riding Dirt Bikes on Central Oregon Desert Singletrack w/

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It was a perfect day for some high desert singletrack riding on our fleet of Honda dirt bikes! I was on my Honda CRF250F, Grace was on her Honda CRF250X, and Ducfan was on his newly-purchased (from me) Honda CRF450L. It had just stopped raining when we arrived at Cline Buttes OHV near Redmond Oregon so we had perfect hero dirt conditions for some dirt bike trail riding. We started out slow with some easy loops on green trails before heading to the farthest reaches of the area to tackle one of my favorite high desert singletrack trails which leads up and over an amazing ridge and down into my favorite part of this area: the "Star Wars" canyon! Dirt bike trail riding in the desert is always a blast, and even more so when you do it with friends on Honda dirt bikes!
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@DorkintheRoad 2 ай бұрын

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@americanaccents Ай бұрын

dude your skill set has improved so much. this made me so happy to watch. crushing it out there man.

@emfl4437 Ай бұрын

Riding dirt bikes is awesome. You are absolutely right about trail riding will make you a better rider 🏍️🥰

@wyattblessing7078 Ай бұрын

I live in Redmond and that is my OHV training area. Awesome to hear you call it a good BDR training ground. I have been out there with my BushPig (DR650) and my Tiger 900 Rally. Awesome training.

@maximusDAbiker Ай бұрын

I'm originally from Madras and I was just thinking, this would be so nice to go on to practice with my Tiger 900 Rally XD.

@wyattblessing7078 Ай бұрын

@@maximusDAbiker I'm originally from Madras myself. Left back in 91' and lived all over, then moved back to Redmond as my job is in north Bend. The OHV is awesome. During the weekdays its not busy. One the weekends it can have a few groups, but its so big that its not crowded.

@dylangilbert7672 Ай бұрын

Also love that place and also have a bush pig im building out!! Live down in bend

@laynepalmer8690 Ай бұрын

Well dork, next time you’re down I’d be happy to go ride buckhorn with ya! There’s some even more proper singletrack over there but maybe not as scenic as the canyon.

@Wyoep307 Ай бұрын

Cool canyon section!🤙🤙

@HandyTot 2 ай бұрын

The brown pow was at its peak last weekend, I was up above you on cline butte riding mountain bikes.

@paulvanhout9695 2 ай бұрын

Near perfect conditions and a well earned post ride brew👍

@wherewithalmoto Ай бұрын

Anyone who buys a dual sport and doesn't take it trail riding is missing out! Looks like a good time out there for sure!

@user-hq7rb5hv7s Ай бұрын

As my German friend would say about the run in the bottom of the hills....it was good-an-titan.....great riding Ben, and of course the friends also. Garth

@FreeTimeAdventures 2 ай бұрын

Dang, I miss Cline Butte, I need to actually get out there again for a weekend!

@advredbikes Ай бұрын

Thanks Ben for showing us that awesome trail. That looks like a lot of fun. Well that rock really had your name on it. Good job though.

@ogasi1798 Ай бұрын

so freakin cool that 'they' allow these sort of trails to exist in peace - you lucky people

@UncleLayne Ай бұрын

Seeing this and riding my dad's 300L around the farm yesterday really made me wish I had a dirt bike again. My family and I have been going camping out at the Rockies since I was super young, and I'd always ride a dirt bike the whole time, but I sold my RMZ250 a few years ago since it was a bit too high geared to comfortably handle those trails. Gotta get a dirtbike again man, hot damn

@cmclark99 Ай бұрын

I wish we had more of that here in Texas! Looks awesome.

@2ShoesPhoto Ай бұрын

I don't know if you or Grace might have some sort of contact with someone at Alpinestars, but they only make one boot for women, the Tech 3 Stella, in two color choices. I know a bunch of women who are getting into ADV and Dirtbike riding who would love a Tech 7 Enduro or similar option for them. More and more women are getting into ADV, and I just though maybe you or Grace might have some way to push that up to the companies that make these products. Thank you for all of the hilarious and fun content.

@chrisstaats6915 Ай бұрын

Great video, good times.

@dirtbagmoto Ай бұрын

That looks fun! I’m 3 hours away from that place so may be worth checking it out 😊

@wyattblessing7078 Ай бұрын

Definitely worth it. I live 15 min away from it and rode there all the time. It's really big and varied terrain. Lots of good food and beer 15 min away in either direction.

@msims1250 Ай бұрын

Great video, Ben. Looks like so much fun!

@jgordoncooper7112 Ай бұрын

Close your eyes. Imagine this. It’s the mid ‘70’s. Your somewhere East of Barstow. No, No - even better, you’re in the Anza Borrego camping on Fish Creek, near Split Mountain Fish Creek is not a Creek, and probably never had fish. It’s a wide dry wash. You finished a hardy camp breakfast and drink a beer. Not to get Buzzed, but to control the fear. Get scared, you crash. No InReach Mini out here. Did you catch those Rhyme’s? You climb on your motorcycle, (an MR175 Elsinore in my case) and Look all around. You see - Everything. Then you look down to the front and you don’t see some things that do not exist. The missing Speedo and Tach are simply not necessarily. The windscreen, GPS, Cell Phone, Multiple USB ports are not part of your wildest imagination. You open the gas valve and set the choke. There is this thing called a Kickstarter, hope it’s not broke. Ha! I just made another Rhyme. It’s taken a while to master this process. But don’t Panic. It WILL start --- Eventually. Your Destination, the Pumpkin Patch, East of Blow Sand. Time to set off. The motorcycle becomes a living thing. An extension of your body. You flow across curvy tracks laid down by Gen. George Patton. He trained his Tank Corps here, before the invasion of North Africa. After playing around for a while, it is time to head back. As usual, you didn’t bring water. When you return to camp, your hair and clothing are indistinguishable from the landscape. If you were riding with others. No problem, it’s time for lunch and more beer. Next up is a run up Split Mountain Canyon and tackle some windy side canyons. You push on until the walls become too narrow for your handlebars. Don’t get too pushy, remember, you don’t have a reverse gear. OK Enough fun Time to get back for dinner, more beer, war stories, lies, and tall tales. You now have two choices. Watch sunset. Turn in early. Gets cold when the sun go down. Or --- Blast up to Blow Sand after sundown and watch the dune buggies and jeeps make --- fools of themselves. Hope you brought the Aspirin. You will be sore when you wake up. Life is good.

@jrodbball8244 Ай бұрын

I love this video. Would definitely watch more videos like this

@racewayman1 Ай бұрын

Looks absolutely crazy fun can’t wait to train with my boys 😊

@Bransons. Ай бұрын

Nice video. I have the same bike (250f) nice to see someone uploading trail videos on the bike

@JoeImburgia Ай бұрын

Love some Dork in the Dirt!

@user-cv9my1jq2r Ай бұрын

Cool

@johnpagejr.7628 Ай бұрын

That trail looked absolutely amazing to ride. I would love to do that ride. It looked like a blast to ride.

@rickybobby1055 Ай бұрын

Looks fun

@EverythingPlusGaming Ай бұрын

Love your videos man hoping to get my first bike soon. Debating on a hawk just to try it but unsure. much love!

@mcnuggetapple Ай бұрын

Damn you ate this up. Awesome video

@DorkintheRoad Ай бұрын

It was a fun day

@rhugh02 Ай бұрын

Waiting on more 790 vids. On the verge of $$$$

@trevorriseling3446 Ай бұрын

Hey there Dork. Looking good and looked like a great ride. I know that’s up in Redmond but will the giant loop rally have trails similar to this. I signed up for it and It’s my first event don’t know what to expect. I’m bringing my T7 and considering bringing my wife’s klx 230 just in case. Maybe on your next podcast with grace could you go over some basic stuff and tips for a first time event for a solo rider. If you need examples of stupid questions. That I ask myself in my head about the event from a first timer perspective. I’m sure I could have whole videos worth of them. Stay safe happy riding

@DorkintheRoad Ай бұрын

There's easy riding out there and fuel capacity is pretty important because everything is so far apart. Also we already did a podcast on what to expect at rallies ;)

@chrisbjohannsen 2 ай бұрын

Dirt looks fantastic! Maybe I can get out there again this week before it turns to sand, that canyon looks fun, what is the trail ID?

@DorkintheRoad 2 ай бұрын

I think 15?

@michaelwilliams1294 Ай бұрын

Did anyone else notice the aspen wagon in the background at the beginning of the video?

@soilsmanadv6673 Ай бұрын

Ducfan with no lime yellow on a bike...what happened!

@julesmwatson Ай бұрын

You’re looking thinner, Ben.

@Jeremiah_Johnson139 Ай бұрын

No offense but I didn't think the 250 would be big enough for you. I think we're about the same "dimensions"😅 But that 250 seems to rip!

@DorkintheRoad Ай бұрын

Common misconception about that bike. I proved it very wrong with a week of riding one in the Canadian mountains last year.

@michaelmajors4648 Ай бұрын

What pants do you were for riding like this?

@johnjenkins9202 Ай бұрын

I don't know about anybody else but whenever I go to like comments for the last week it kicks me back to the main page and doesn't even let the video finish playing. I guess KZfaq does not want us liking comments on videos nowadays

@cliff1551 Ай бұрын

0:15 how's the tusk tires running

@DorkintheRoad Ай бұрын

I don't have them on my 250F but Ducfan still has the rear on the 450L and he did great. I ran the Tusk tires on the whole ORBDR and they were fantastic.

@cliff1551 Ай бұрын

@@DorkintheRoad nice one might invest in some cheers

@jkmarshall3553 Ай бұрын

I do not like rocky single track. Exhausting. 🤣

@johnyoung3103 Ай бұрын

Dirt riding single-track is about weight and balance, neither of these things can be found on a four-stroke EPA-designed duel sport. Get a 2-stroke.

@mcnuggetapple Ай бұрын

You can ride single track with a full size adv if you’re up for it. Go tell people what to buy elsewhere

@DorkintheRoad Ай бұрын

I'm like literally doing it in this video so that's not entirely true? I don't disagree that there are better bikes for different purposes but people should ride what they feel most comfortable on.