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@@steveh545 nope ADV trail is blue on the map. This is the “beginner” enduro trail lol

@ hallelujah lol. 😆

Thanks! It’s a GoPro hero 12 with media mod but I do have a plugged in mic (purple ape or something if that sort name) with a fuzzy filter on it to help with wind noise

It may be hard to tell but some of the challenge looks like a 2wd truck got stuck a few times making big dips from hard surface then you ramped out of it back onto rocks. I’m assuming it was a recent thing because all the videos I’ve seen have been halfway smooth like you said 😂

That bike and the 950 are legendary to see out in the wild!

I would love to see these passes covered in snow! Just not on a motorcycle 🤣 MB would be fun I’ve never taken my MB anywhere but some trails or roads in Texas

Always just thought of it for high speed stuff(started out sport bikes years ago). Makes sense it would help some with deflection! Thanks for sharing I haven’t heard all that much about them on ADV bikes

@@Nobodyever-00 I’d like to take my dual sport next time 🤣 there are a bunch of trails that branch off the BDR that would be perfect for smaller lighter dual sports

Thank you! It was hard to carry momentum with all the stops, and then picking up and pushing other bikes got me pretty winded 🤣

@@dougupah8778 it’s called old lime Creek road! Has some camping spots also. It’s located between silverton and Durango.

@@Jeredsmith thanks, I'll have to look that one up next time I'm out there.

@@stevehicks616 it’s called old lime Creek road! Has some camping spots also. It’s located between silverton and Durango.

It was! The elevation really gets you too!

@@d.a3446 thank you!

Last year!

I love it too. Hard to ride this bike at a normal pace sometimes 🤣

@@stevehicks616 right? I’ve enjoyed editing the videos and seeing everything again.

Definitely worth it to make it out there! I couldn’t imagine doing it in a 4 wheeled vehicle either so little room in places

Yeah I really like the sound of it too! Main reason for a tenere 700 lol

@@DrDanTDC it’s a black widow header and y pipe to a cheap knock off exhaust. At the time I was putting stuff on bike there wasn’t many enduro bend exhaust that weren’t $500+.. I did get it dyno tuned and it had no power issues with good air flow. May just be louder than some people would want though.

running Michelin Anakee Wild front tire and then rear is Motoz Tractionator Adventure which i run a 140/80/18. It's pretty cheap compared to the 150 but some people don't want to use it because of the chance if tire goes flat at speed it could come off bead easily and not be good. I've had no issues with that. Tire life this is my first full rear i bought a previously used 1 first. I'd guesstimate 4-6k easily. Fresh they seem to wear fast but once you get heat cycles in and wear about halfway down they just stay there for a while and wear slowly.

Still looks incredible on video but you're right the drops and climbs don't translate well over video unless your brain can realize the GoPro effect lol

Right?! Still looks crazy even with the GoPro effect.

Hey! so this is northwest/west of Durango, CO and was not part of the BDR. I was waiting for the rest of my group to get there the next day so went exploring what i could find on OnX. I believe part of the trail was called "helmet peak". I had my T7 dyno tuned at Texas super bikes and then the guy made the fan cut on @200f and cut back off at 192f. So in the videos you may hear the fan running a decent amount because it did get up in the high 70's weather and as you can tell a lot of climbing. The T7 has pretty good fans though so it can bring temps down quick. I never went above 201f. I also full exhaust with no cat so that may affect where you'd prefer temps to run.

from lake city, it's the road going to engineer pass route "20" maybe? anyways camp site was on the left side by henson creek after you pass the hidden treasure dam

Thanks for sharing!

@@normanschwartz5779 funny timing I just got my double take mirrors and just put it on my 450 and about to put them on the T7!

@@Jeredsmith 👍

@@kipper2942 sit on one and mess with it first make sure it’s not “top heavy” for you. Honestly any bike is heavy in this category unless you go get a 450/500 dual sport or 690/701. I enjoy it for what it is and what it’s capable of just don’t want to have it fall on my leg 🤣 I can pick it up just fine but it’ll do damage if it lands on you

It was in the BDR route we downloaded maybe there was a detour around it that you may have taken before? It’s called hagerman pass though. There are later days that we did go off the BDR path exploring and doing some of the challenging passes but I believe other than that we stuck to the main route and took the hard routes when it did separate to a bypass

Sounds like you got on Cottonwood Pass road (one of three passes with that name) and went west instead of east. From Gypsum, go south on Valley to Gypsum Creek Road /FR 412. That will get you Sylvan Lake then go south over Crooked Creek Pass. That will spit you out on Frying Pan Road (CR 4), east of Reudi Reservoir. Head east over Hagerman or west to Basalt.

@@eddiememphis1 Thanks, appreciate that

@@jamescox4823 like on hagerman pass? Or in general? I know different sections of the BDR seemed that some truck or vehicles had gone down the roads after a heavy rain because there were some big ol’ ruts there!

it was end of September/beginning of October!

I really wish I would have filmed more camp stuff… hindsight right 🤣 I’ll work on learning some of the map stuff to show routes and places. Honestly camp sites weren’t to hard to come by we had a creek/river every night and never paid for a spot. We went end of September to beginning of october. 30-40’s at night and 60-75 during the day!

@@stevehicks616 is that going by the graveyard first? I think that’s the direction we went was east to west and ended up by the graveyard or some plot of some sort

The grave yard is on the west end

Thank you! I’ve ridden in the combs/oark, AR area! It’s very good riding there on and off road!

Yep! I'm subbed to him lol Honestly it was only about 10-15lbs that was on the seat. Bag had come off because the contents had settled and the way it straps allowed it to unhook itself. The heavy stuff was packed low and forward in the side bags. I was using the rhinowalk bags in this video but did just receive the giant loop great basin bag that i'm hoping to be able to run further up without affecting my riding position.

GoPro 12! some video on iphone14 pro and color grading helped! Colorado is a very pretty state though makes it easy lol

@@Jeredsmith Yay, I believe this should be enough to make the picture considerably better. Have you already tried using the highest picture quality settings? Like 5,3K60FPS? You might also want to look for any quality degradation during editing and exporting process in your video editing software. The best available quality for this video now is only 1080p. I think your footage deserves a better picture quality.

@@Dmitrii-z1m yea it's in the video editing process. What do you recommend render/export setting? without making the file HUGE. this was about 20-25gb video. Not sure what's normal?

@@Jeredsmith I've got to confess I'm not a big pro about the details, but the first things I would've check this: H.264 or H.265 (is better if available) codec, bitrate 60-80 Mbps for 4K60 video, the frame rate FPS like in the original video is preferable, resolution 3840 x 2160, two-pass encoding mode. The size between 20-25 GB is expected for the ouput with the settings above.

@@Dmitrii-z1m I need to change project settings for next video (not the one coming out soon) because i know I have it set at 1080p mainly because i only have 1080 monitors right now. THanks for the advice I'm going to change to 1440 or whatever above 1080 and see how it goes.

It really wasn't too bad. I was hesitant the first few days just trying to be safe and make it the whole trip without injury. I'm hopefully doing a trip on my 450rl with similar luggage in February. I think the weight is more noticeable stopped than when in motion.

@@RandomParrot more talking while riding?

I thought about that when a sxs cruised by me going down hill as i was fighting up it lol

Thanks! definitely prepared me for the rest of the trip.

Thanks! I love it too. It's the best mid-size/big bike i've ever had. Never plan on selling it unless it's for a newer t7 way in the future

@@SackWarrior they do not that I know of. I live in DFW area now and they’ll spray some kind of chemical on road ways though

@@supercloud99 5’9 175-180 but more muscular build. Wear 32x32 jeans. Anyways if you get rear shock with hydraulic preload may want to go 1-2 spring rates lower. I got 85nm spring on now but still can’t get sag to be the right range. Still about 20% but on the stiffer side with no load and no preload in rear

@@TheLyingLeft west of Fort Worth granbury/lipan