SIMPSON DESERT CROSSING BEGINS, IT ALL GOES BAD! - Great Northern Adventure PART FOURTEEN!

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Жыл бұрын

We begin our epic 680km Simpson Desert crossing and everything goes wrong!
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@nyedavis922 Жыл бұрын

Whenever I'm tempted by the 690 platform, I watch your videos and remind myself 'never again'. Sticking with the humble, reliable little WR for the long stuff, and my exc350 for the fun stuff

@Nerb1 Жыл бұрын

The perils of bladders!

@wobblysauce Жыл бұрын

They just want to pee.

@tonyrdr7207 Жыл бұрын

Great video Tom great to see that track. Don’t feel bad my 701 did not even make it to the Simpson. It blew up on the shakedown trip 😅and is had to bring my 90000 ks bike it replaced out of retirement to do the trip.

@AusMoto Жыл бұрын

I bet you're glad you haven't picked up a new 690/701 and stuck with the Ol' reliable 250 🤣

@RidingWithTom Жыл бұрын

I’m sometimes tempted looking at them, but I don’t think I could do it again

@wobblysauce Жыл бұрын

As long as you get the Airlift plan.

@BlackdogADV Жыл бұрын

I had my wr250r for less then a year before I moved up to the 701. Never looked back. Rode to the Arctic 2 times, no issues.

@jonasbaine3538 8 ай бұрын

@@BlackdogADVI still wish ktm did a complete 690 adventure bike. Watch ducati do a 698 adventure with new 698 mono engine and sell every single one.

@mountainconstructions Жыл бұрын

Gotta love a Thursday

@jamiesteele698 Жыл бұрын

Still Wednesday here 😉🍻

@soilsmanadv6673 Жыл бұрын

You have now shown me the track I want to do most on the Simpson. The other routes have been interesting but this one is my favorite so far. Thank you for the detail you put into the presentations.

@williamveniez1400 Жыл бұрын

Loving the videos Tom. Nothing but problems from the 690/701s. Unfortunate that they’re so unreliable.

@TwoWheeledBooBear Жыл бұрын

I was skeptical at first but 15:36 convinced me otherwise. Subbed.

@wazza33racer Жыл бұрын

Tom is like Talky Toaster from Red Dwarf........."your cheerful,chirpy breakfast companion".

@Anath525 Жыл бұрын

This is my dream to do something as epic as this. Straight off-road completely cut off from everything for hundreds of miles.

@noel3070 Жыл бұрын

Your dinner looks like someone has eaten it before your turn😂 Great video

@lostagain2992 Жыл бұрын

Another outstanding video!

@wayde4192 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great vid.

@davidsampson3537 Жыл бұрын

Stunning video Tom wow

@davidhardstaff8110 Жыл бұрын

Piss works as coolant in an emergency trust me.

@aoa1015 Жыл бұрын

Because of this channel I had 636, then S1000rr and now a 890 Adventure 😀

@Jonathan-L Жыл бұрын

If something goes wrong, it's just a matter of waiting for Russell Coight to turn up and help you out.

@brianrmorris5518 Жыл бұрын

Awesome Adventure 👌

@Flip01 Жыл бұрын

Great adventure Tom. You guys rule👍🍻

@evan002 Жыл бұрын

This is a far more interesting video than I thought it would be. I ride throughout the winter here in the Pacific Northwest and I keep the air flow through my lid to a minimum. I might just work on this.

@barrymurphy3554 Жыл бұрын

Nice one Guys Yes unsupported is Legendary. Good on You Guys out there doing it rather than Guners

@chiller5438 Жыл бұрын

Super..well done men!

@Geoff-hg8yo Жыл бұрын

Good stuff legend

@samfrewen2107 Жыл бұрын

I've got a old 94 xr600r I want to do this with one day, good old tractor 😉

@brianboys9015 Жыл бұрын

Good man TOM

@noobsonwheelsadventures8315 Жыл бұрын

And im going to ride a 690 from norway to New Zealand haha.. As you say Tom "What can possible go wrong" 🤣😅

@Noastrenght Жыл бұрын

Nice old trusty gopro footage. Keep it simple, love it. Oh on the topic. It´s tempting to retire the dr650 and move to more modern platform 701/690, but always when I just got myself hyped up a good reality check comes along and.... Yeah nah thanks.

@trenthays7 Жыл бұрын

It’s Lil Sebastian!

@richkeylor787 Жыл бұрын

🤣

@FULLPELTAdventures Жыл бұрын

Great vid Tom. Gotta love the WR250R. So impressed with you riding it. You don't need those big bikes to see Australia.

@richardweston4493 Жыл бұрын

I’ve used pepper surprisingly successfully repairing a radiator in a Toyota coaster. Always thought it was a myth but I can confirm, it not only works, but works well ✅

@Tolandur Жыл бұрын

Cinnamon powder works even better :-)

@zuno555 Жыл бұрын

Used pepper as well, worked straight away. Lasted 1000's kms no problems.

@wobblysauce Жыл бұрын

The thing about the tracks were mostly straight but over time the weather, vegetation and people change it.

@mountainconstructions Жыл бұрын

4:00 You can hear the extra weight in the engine and gear selection

@sirjolly81 Жыл бұрын

my 09 690 radiator was also a POS. seems ktm havent changed anything. They need a full guard around them. very thin metal. No one carries metal putty? fixes all our leaks in a pinch.

@bazza8947 Жыл бұрын

Wonder which episode will show Nerb murdering the poor kangaroo! I knew something was wrong all this time! ;)

@paulokeeffe2135 Жыл бұрын

2nd view! Warmer than Ireland!

@toohp Жыл бұрын

That wr 250 continues to impress me and you have had a lot of bikes and you still choose it . Would you have tried on the ktm 500 ?

@RidingWithTom Жыл бұрын

No chance, not without support

@morkzorckerborg5000 Жыл бұрын

i had a rock split the rubber coolant tube on my wr, took it like ten miles back no overheating lol the sewing machine will never die

@dandoesstunts220 Жыл бұрын

I always wrap an old handgrip around exposed coolant hoses

@paulobrien619 Жыл бұрын

My DR650 go a radiator leak too trying to attempt the Simpson in 21

@VarlsSki Жыл бұрын

Bloody ripper tunes by the fire

@BlackdogADV Жыл бұрын

What fairing is on the 690?

@out-about7652 Жыл бұрын

ment to be the desert king bikes the 701 and 690 yet both fail with cooling leakage ,lol

@BlackdogADV Жыл бұрын

What distance between fuel stations?

@paulobrien619 Жыл бұрын

food packets look like they are 10 years old after a 500 k ride lol

@krisdieber9459 Жыл бұрын

Surprised no one was carrying that epoxy repair putty stuff

@RidingWithTom Жыл бұрын

we tried it in Silas bike, it did not work

@carlredmond3642 Жыл бұрын

Great video. Would be even better if less shaky cam/fire hose shoot method when off the bike.

@djbrettell Жыл бұрын

Did I miss something when watching this? I didn't see anything go bad!

@davidburne9477 Жыл бұрын

A hole in the radiator (around 13:00) is not bad??? In what universe?

@slime5430 Жыл бұрын

What happened to shadower75?

@roblange1445 Жыл бұрын

Good question

@RidingWithTom Жыл бұрын

he is in Sydney and we are Melbourne plus he is often busy on his own wild adventures

@timdudeney5072 Жыл бұрын

Yeah I’ve missed his adventures. Hope he’s doing well and gets some more ride time soon Loving this trip! Had to wait for your footage to catch up closer to Nerb though, so I didn’t keep getting everything mixed up in my head about who’s where and what’s happening. Glad it seems as though you at least got the SD Cards and footage back. Hopefully you’ll tell us about that at some point 👌🏼

@dalewyatt1321 Жыл бұрын

Your bike doesn't look to loaded for all that you're carrying. Must be a good packer. Now, stop sooking about your ankle, you've got another one.

@RidingWithTom Жыл бұрын

haha my other ankle is full of metal from my Ktm 690 crash

@dalewyatt1321 Жыл бұрын

@@RidingWithTom The joys of motorcycling. Goes with my 7 screws in the shoulder. Safe travels.

@vaughndrew852 5 ай бұрын

Block one radiator off

@Africatwin93 Жыл бұрын

Yes 701 and 690s suck big time. Constant bloody saga.

@damolux3388 Жыл бұрын

No one carrying quicksteel etc to fix that radiator?

@wobblysauce Жыл бұрын

That is better when you are mid remote section, not at the start.

@robertmorris4784 Жыл бұрын

Yes, it's amazing stuff. I patched a pinhole in wife's crf250l radiator a couple of years ago and its still holding up perfectly.

@damolux3388 Жыл бұрын

@@wobblysauce meh, it would easily do the job and save a trip.

@wobblysauce Жыл бұрын

Sure could work, or could leave you in the middle waiting for a chopper to pick you up. :P

@damolux3388 Жыл бұрын

@@wobblysauce this is why no one will remember your name.

@sevenshadesofsmooth Жыл бұрын

I wish I got to charge people $110 every time they came to my house!

@rogernam2092 Жыл бұрын

Nice riding 👍 Greetings from Namibia..

@Wayne-Kerr_Rudy-Zarzoff Жыл бұрын

Everything ‽

@6226superhurricane Жыл бұрын

something something weak bladders

@spanial Жыл бұрын

bro buy a heat gun and touch up your plastics

@sam-dm7ci Ай бұрын

$110 do pass through what a joke, you cant tell me its not about making money

@mototrailz Жыл бұрын

26:39 Nerb can ride 🔥the sand @nerb1

@megamindtvsydney3967 Жыл бұрын

Yeah boi

@IDGAF56852 Жыл бұрын

Your very brave doing a 3 day trip across the Simpson desert with under 10 litres of water! I hope you guys carry either satelite phones or emergency distress beacons,if something goes wrong way out in the middle of bum fck nowhere your screwed. If a roo jumps out at you going at that speed man your getting cleaned up big time on a bike,ive seen what red kangaroos do to cars let alone hitting one on a bike!