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Hah! Yeah. I'm not very touchy about that. For a bike I'm intending on off roading I basically assume all panels are getting replaced when selling, and there will be all sorts of scratches etc :)

There's always a lighter bike :P

Maybe in the future. Depends on garage space and switching to a truck :)

Thanks! And good luck!

Thanks :)

Thanks :)

Glad it was helpful!

Yep! Once I got cornering the difference became clear relative to the Trailmax Raids.

Thanks!

Yeah it's not great, since it's basically the equivalent of a sudden stall and can be a safety hazard. I originally thought it was a spring issue and started looking into solutions to it, and started keeping zip ties. Then it "stopped happening" for a while as I was just riding dirt roads on some group rides. When I got back in sandy/challenging terrain it began happening again though, even though from a bump perspective it wasn't anywhere worse. When I realized that even after adding the zip tie it still got loose, I just concluded that it *must* be that I'm pushing down on it with my heal. I cannot think how else it would be pulled downward with such force to come loose with a zip tie on it. Having said that, I do think I *also* want a stronger spring, as the stand shouldn't stay in the "slightly down" position afterwards. But I don't believe it will fix the problem assuming it's my heel. Having said all that - yes, I am considering doing a sensor fix as the overall safer option - but it's not obvious that it is. It's safer in the sense of avoiding engine cutouts while riding, but then how likely is it that I'm gonna forget to put the kickstand up at some point and cause a crash that way.... But yeah I'm leaning toward a permanent sensor fix combined with figuring out a stronger spring.

Thanks! Yeah it's a constant struggle for me because I know most people don't want to watch super long videos. At the same time, I find myself valuing end to end footage of specific trails or routes from the perspective of someone who until recently was a beginner, and wanting to gauge the skill level required for riding a particular trail or even with a particular group.

Thanks for the feedback!

Thanks :) Your comment made me think back to this day. Feels good to grow your skills!

SLMX is what I started with when I first had my initial dirt bike experience. Then Sedlak Offroad School (now called SoCal Offroad School). I've done one day with Motoventures (group). Then Rawhyde, and most recently West38Moto. My private training experience has been with SLMX (private only, never group), and Sedlak (private dirt bike training, then one group training for ADV bikes). I haven't had private ADV training yet - except "by accident" at RawHyde when I was the only person showing up for a pre-training clinic.

@ Nice 👍🏾. Never heard of SLMX.

Thanks :)

Yeah, I just try to be careful about it but accidents have happened :P Hopefully folks aren't taking advice on where to put the loose screws from this video!

Well, so far Rowher Flats, Hungry Valley and El Mirage in terms of OHV parks (where I try to go when solo). Otherwise it's been a lot of trails from OnX - several around Idyllwild. Still haven't done cleghorn, big bear - on the list!

Doesn't stop it from being fun :P Joking aside, I'll be switching to the Mitas Enduro Trail XT+ Dakar once I run these down. I have the raids due to ... well kind of a long story but had to make a quick decision.

Thanks!

I mostly use first gear when I want to go very slowly in turns, trying to get out of the habit of burning up the clutch :) Sometimes I'm lazy and stick to first gear.

Thanks!

Thanks! Slowly getting the hang of it and most of all I enjoy it :)

It's tiring but not that hard if u learn to . Put weight somewhat back, lower tire pressures ( this is critical) , counterbalance a lot, turn of traction control, don't try to steer with handlebars cheers

@@Angry-Lynx I accidentally went in deep sand with traction control still on the other day (upcoming video), haha :P

No. I generally don't like the hassle of airing up and down all the time. At some point I'll do it just to try it out side by side and see how much difference it makes, but for starters my next tires are gonna be the Mitas Enduro Trail XT+ Dakar, which will be better in sand regardless than the Raids.

@@PandaintheDirt yes. my next tires will be the same Mitas Enduro Trail XT+ Dakar

​​​​@@PandaintheDirtit makes ALL the difference. Forget about riding in sand on road pressures brother, not happening. Especially if u use insanely high manufacturer recommendation. I never use more than 2bars even if just road riding. I'm having 12v socket air compressor with me but also don't like the hassle. What I do is I ride on compromise pressures(1.5-1.8bar) all the time and lower it only if there will be longer section of difficult terrain. Doesn't matter what type of tires. Works great cheers.

For such terrain drop your pressures to 1.5 bar, do a lot of counter balance when leaning and I promise it'll transfer your ride in such conditions from fighting for life to almost having fun😂. And of course practice, practice practice.... 😁

@@Angry-Lynx Yeah definitely gonna try it eventually. So far it's working out pretty well w/o airing down though (running on road pressures), so I'm not in a terrible hurry but I'll give it a shot. Perhaps around the time I'll switch tires. That way I can compare Trailmax Raid against Trailmax Raid aired down, against the Mitas Enduro Trail XT+ and then those aired down.

LA area, though I frequently head down to Anza/Idyllwild for riding trails so I ride with folks from SD sometimes.

I removed it because the stock windscreen was worse (for wind noise) than having no windscreen at all. I've since installed a Givi Airflow which I'll be reviewing soon (it'll be in some upcoming footage).

He is on a 890. That is a beast for those trails. Anyone would be breathing hard riding that almost 500lb bike in Rowher.

This wasn't a trail, it was the Motorcycle "practice" track at Hungry Valley OHV (it's near the activity center, see the map: ohv.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=1200). Next video will be parts of the Roadrunner Trail (also at Hungry Valley OHV), and I also have an end 2 end video of that whole trail coming.

Challenging indeed! I still find it fun so far though :) More sand from Hungry Valley coming - did a fair amount of sand riding after the practice track in this video. Turns out aside from sandy trails there's a pretty big sand wash (or what seems to be a sand wash) over there, so plenty of practice to be had.

Thanks! It's been a while year and change :) When did you start?

I'll look into it for the 890. For the GS it's only my backup off road bike now so likely won't be bothering with anything but stock :)

It was great!

Thanks!

:D

Thanks!

Yep - I mounted it in the highest most position. I never tried the lower position because I knew I wanted it as high as possible. This is an interesting point, maybe if mounted lower there's a little more room. That said, I'm gonna keep it where it is regardless as the small amount of intersection isn't causing a real problem - and it only happens before the bike has auto-raised the windscreen. I've had no other issues that I've noticed. No sound/fluttering from the windscreen, no.

Oh to be clear. When I saw in the video that they collide in the lower position, I am referring to the adjustability being in the low position. Meaning physically mounted in the highest possible location - but before the adjustability has raised it further after starting the bike up.

Great, thanks. I initially mounted the windscreen to the lower set of holes but that did not provide sufficient wind protection so I switched to the same setup you have and it works much better.

@@letato1354 Glad to hear it!

Thanks :)

It could be better but it's still pretty decent. Some bikes seem way worse where you have to remove the fuel tank and similar shenanigans, so I don't mind it.

@@PandaintheDirt how long does it take you

​@@itscraigg72 Well, it was about 7:30 for one side in this video. So that's 15 minutes total for both sides. But this was at the chill pace and blabbing for the camera that you see in this video - and this was my first time doing it. So I'd say 15 minutes is on the outside; a practiced and/or more handy hand, so to speak, than mine will probably do it all in < 5 minutes.

@@PandaintheDirt do you ride much dirt

@@itscraigg72 Yep. See other videos on the channel :P

Rowher Flats is increasingly appealing the more I explore it :)

I can definitely recommend it!

Sadly it looks like it's going to be closed for a while due to the airport fire.

Sounds pretty much perfectly consistent with my experience :D I should have spent the time to figure out how to turn it off completely before going out the first time. I wasn't used to off road ABS that's that sensitive.

@@PandaintheDirt Everyone struggles with the menus at first, there's quite a bit in there. Now that I've owned mine for a few months I find it easy to find what I need. I typically don't kill the ABS as I don't find that an issue off road. It's only when pushing to fast that it'll cause an overshoot into corners off road generally for me. The WC and TC are the culprit, and as stated slow speed uphill in loose conditions it over--reacts even when set to (1) so completely OFF is the only option. Obviously getting stuck on these bikes, given their weight is best avoided. It happened to me again yesterday on a loose riverbed and took 4 attempts and 20 minutes to get back onto firm ground a mere 20 feet away. I was near the point of exhaustion and alone by the time I extracted it. *always kill TC/WC before entering if possible!!

@@bmccameron7642 Yep. Sorry I actually meant TC/WC, not ABS. Though I prefer ABS off too for the rear wheel. In any case I figured the menus out (link in description), but I only did that in the evening after that first day. Shoulda looked into it on the first day before getting out there!

Thank you!

This is on the Motoz Tractionator Adventures. However prior to this, I had the Trailmax Missions on this bike and have ridden this trail several times with those tires - at least the bottom half. I can't quite remember if I rode the upper part up to the peak before or after. But, I've also ridden this since then on e.g. the 1250 with the Trailmax Mission. And on the Africa Twin and KTM 790 - both with less aggressive tires than than the tractionator adventure. I think that unless you're riding much harder and aggressively than me at least, the Trailmax Missions are completely fine on this trail. I'm not saying you wouldn't notice having less traction, but I never felt there was any issue/problem/concern with the missions on this trail. My main motivation for upgrading was to have a bit of an easier time in sand. I do notice the difference on trails like this, but I would have no reservation about the trailmax missions here.

In th-cam.com/video/LseJWM6FsMw/w-d-xo.html I talk more about the difference I felt between the Trailmax Missions and the Tractionator Adventures (though it's mostly road focused because that's where the biggest difference was - exactly because these trails I was riding at the time aren't gnarly enough or these tires to make a huge difference).

Thanks! So when I completely disabled TC, that included turning off wheelie control. However, in fairness I didn't try disabling wheelie control while keeping TC turned *on* at low levels. I hadn't seen anyone say that you need to disable wheelie control just for the normal 1-6 range of TC levels to work, and it did feel like the levels worked when I was adjusting them on that first day. If I ever ride one again I may experiment more but I *think* I'm good and that the turning off of wheelie control is for when turning off TC completely.

It's basically what I did in th-cam.com/video/L3cjn5EHl5I/w-d-xo.html even though I wasn't planning for it :D

It's the Chigee. I mainly have it just for Android Auto support. The dash cam feature seems a bit meh mainly because it seems like a bit of a pain to get footage off it and such. But the basic Android Auto capability seems pretty solid. I would love for the screen to be a bit bigger, and it takes several seconds after it powers on for Android Auto to kick off; those are really the main things I'd change about it. The delayed coming on is mostly an issue when I *don't* want to use it. It'll auto-play media when it comes on. So if I'm e.g. going off road and I don't want any media to start playing I have to wait for it to automatically launch Android Auto mode only so I can turn it off. It's also slightly annoying at gas stations. If you turn off the ignition it'll turn audio off after 10 seconds or so when it goes off. It incentivizes me to pump gas keeping the ignition on just to avoid it. But overall I do like it a lot and I'd get it again if I needed one.

@@PandaintheDirt Yeah I just picked one up, waiting to put it to use. I’ve looked at many and probably got some Apple licensing thing these devices cannot have batteries and must be powered solely from the bike . 6” would be ideal , but would rather have the smaller screen than a whopping 7” screen .

@@kdonoghue Hope you like it!

Yep. It was very unnerving in the moment even if it just a bit of rotation. Hopefully coming fully off is less likely...