She's getting faster, she's a good C pace now. We were lucky enough to have a little wind that kept some of the dust down.

That's up in Prescott.

It is Prescott. Lots of good stuff up there.

A fair amount of riding time but not so much starting on a hill. She would have made the climb but she didn't give the rider in front of her enough room and he got stuck in front of her. Her short legs make these situations a little vertically challenging 😂

Probably in the 70's when this vid was made but right now it's around 105-110 during the day. Nice thing about the desert is you can still get out at sun up to squeeze a few hours of hot riding in vs. somewhere like Flagstaff in the winter where it's freezing or 3' of snow on the ground. The temps up in the mountains are usually 15-20 degrees cooler during summer.

Mark does sit a lot, lol.

It's a different world!

Bigger the bait, bigger the fish, lol.

The downfall of the tire is that it starts shedding large chunks of knobby early in it's life. Traction is good under acceleration and braking, sidewall stiffness was average and I was running tubes at the time at 12psi. I ride hard desert terrain so it's not an easy environment for a tire, although this is rated as a med/hard terrain tire. Overall it was a decent tire but there are tires that hold up better for longer in the terrain I ride in.

@@Monkeybutt_ADV that's what I found with the IRC VE33S. It would devlope base lug cracks way to soon. Some have zero issues and maybe I had two bD ones

I don't find it too bad, I feel it in the whoops and mainly when you have to pick it up if it gets dropped. Supposedly the early 2000's KLX 300's weigh around 230. I'm 6' 210lbs and that probably helps, someone who weighs 150 may feel it a bit more. It's been a fun bike, I picked it up because I found a sweetheart deal on it.

@@Monkeybutt_ADV nice, I’m really tempted to buy one after trying for weeks to find a clean enough 300 2 stroke in my $4500 price range. Everything is either too old or really clapped out with 600+ hours. Found a 2022 with less than 50 hours for $3900 which seems reasonable. I’m 185 so it might not be the easiest but used to ride an xr400 which I loved. I was suprised to find this weighed more than the xr400 though lol

@@badcompany1313 Yeah, that's a tough price range for a 300 because they are so pricey. You know, a YZ250 may be a great compromise, I just saw a 2017 with low hours for something like 3k, you may be able to find one near or a reasonable driving range. Their motors are super strong, they have a modern chassis and handle great. Throw on a desert tank, skid plate, handguards and it may be good to go.

Sure thing, the bike is essentially stock other than the protection like the skid plate and handguards. I bought the bike used from a guy from our motorcycle club, Arizona Trail Riders so anything aftermarket was added already. The pipe is a FMF Gnarly with a FMF spark arrestor, other than that the engine is stock with the stock carb. The bike does have an Enduro Engineering tall seat on it, which is good because I'm 6' and Mark said his Xtrainer seat is like a hatchet on his bum. The Enduro Engineering seat is really comfy but I don't sit a lot. The bonus is I also have a Beta 200RR and the seat can swap back and forth. Suspension is also stock but I did put a stiffer spring on the rear because I barely got sag with the stock Beta shock spring. It took me a little while to get the suspension dialed in but it's probably me because I've been off the bike since the late 2000's and I rode Kawasaki KX which by memory handled differently.

Thanks, the 300RR is a super fun bike. The motor is pretty amazing. It has gobs of low/mid and you can almost trail ride it like my old KX500 where you keep it in 3rd with the occasional shift because it will bog but pull all the way down to the last RPM. The Xtrainers are nice, Max and Mark that ride with Al and I each have one. My wife is getting ready to move off her KLX230R and I think that's what we're going to get her. She rode a KX250 a long time ago before we took a long break from riding so she can handle the motor, her issue is height but we can make the bike a tad lower.

Ha ha. That is the guy Mark I rode with also. He wanted to be done by 9 to keep it under 100.

I don't know what trail it is but we got into some really rocky stuff but the GoPro battery ran out of juice so I missed filming it.

Yep, south of the highway.

My wife always encourages me to go out and ride. She either secretly hates me and wants me out of the house or loves me so much she wants me to ride, lol. She goes a lot too though but her ankle is healing up from a spill. Ankles take forever to untwist.

Boulders OHV in Arizona.

I was wondering about the inner tube, the instructions mention running it at 100psi but on the back side they mention running it at 120psi. Going to start playing around with pressures more. I would imagine a semi bald tire would even hook ok up at 4-5psi.

There's a few places you can rent one, bring gear next time and we can show you around.

@@Monkeybutt_ADV that would be awesome!!

I can put one together. New at the review vid thing so it may take me a bit to put it together.

@@Monkeybutt_ADV Awesome, yeah maybe go over the bike front to back and explain what you've installed and how you have things adjusted. You ride great so it's nice to see how good riders have things adjusted, and what products they use, etc. It's great for everyone else to get ideas. No rush and thanks!

Jetting is stock and power valve is set flush. Runs like a champ at our elevations around 1500-2000.

They are fun bikes!