It's interesting to me how the scenery changes as we ride closer to each other and becomes more and more similar. I have to say my trip up from Santa Fe up to La Veta then down to Trinidad was really great. The only bad part was up around highway 160 in CO the little CT125 was really struggling up the steepness of the hills and I was trying to be cool and ride on the shoulder and wave cars around but there were a LOT of pissed off auto drivers at me. Flipping me the bird, etc. Part of the reason I jumped over and rode the Old La Veta Pass Rd - which was AWESOME. In retrospect I should have scoped out more roads like that around that way - but I was on a mission to meet my friend. Hats off to you Ang for riding the whole way, but I don't regret shipping my bike and starting in NM. --JP
Laughed so much at the reunion and glad it was in this episode. You have encouraged me to be less "please don't pull out in front of me and kill me" when I ride on the slab. As a TW 200 rider, I am eternally getting passed and hovering on the far right of the road. Similar feeling... stressed that I am holding people up. There's the ever-present guy who won't pass and just embeds himself behind me at 10 mph lower than the posted speed limit. Just go around me, please, it's doing my head in! Don't make me lose momentum and careen into that gravel!
Glad you two hooked up, got your rack straightened out, and you escaped OK in one piece. Thanks for having us all along for the adventure and looking forward to the next segment. All the best from Worcester, MA.
..."see, there's a rattlesnake poo right there..."BRO that caused gut-splitting laughter right there. Man, I love you bro. Thanks for sharing this with us. I'm so happily living vicariously.
Dude, got to find me some danglin' trees 🌳. That was some some funny funny 💩 and totally made my lunch so much better. Such a good laugh that I so needed. Then at the very very end seeing Ang & Pow each just come into frame at the very very edges of either side of the screen.... literally and honestly gave me tears of joy. This is real. Loving every episode and can't wait for the next. 💢💯💢👏
Great job, Gents! Thanks for taking us along for the ride! Hey Man - True story - The settlers moving west across the Great Plains were often driven mad by the endless desolation and high winds (see Prairie Madness)...
wow started off pretty slow but got better once you left OK . the scenery in new Mexico and Colorado was worth the wait . and the ending was priceless . i hope there is more to the story .
Yes! This is what I've been waiting for: big, expanseive mountain views. There's something about the western states that is just absolutely breathtaking. Eastern states ain't bad, but just not the same. I'm Australian and we have a severe lack of big mountains over here. I hiked the pacific crest trail a few years ago and it was the most incredible experience of my life, mostly because I got to spend 6 months in the mountains
Awesome episode of your journey Ang! The last legs into Trinidad were wonderful to see for both you and Johnny Pow. Welcome to Colorado. You were about 90 miles south of where I live in Colorado. I am very excited to see your journey through my state that I love so much.
@@SomeGuyRides that is the only downside to living here, if you want to ride anywhere else you have to cover some pretty long distances across vast plains.
Maybe, just maybe IF I was granted four lifetimes I could BEGIN to repay the debt of gratitude that’s accrued from me to you for all this know-how, sage counsel and amusement. BEGIN to repay, I emphasize.
I am sad that you missed the trail in Oklahoma because of the crappy weather because there are many beautiful places in that state. I thoroughly enjoyed it on my TW 200. Unfortunately, it is the luck of the draw when it comes to weather. If it’s dry and not too hot it’s very enjoyable.
So great! That was the Mac and Cheese of all videos. And like Mac and Cheese, not real cheesy . . . Maybe it was the Mac and Velvety, Yellow Oil of all videos.
There’s a place in Texas called “Go Powersports” they sell a little bit of everything for Mini-Bikes, Go-Carts, etc… They sell a very nice “pre-stretched” racing chain quite possibly in the size of the CT, Monkey, and Grom. Of course it would be an “order online” kinda thing but maybe something to look into when you’re back home or bored at a campground/hotel lol. Just an idea, maybe to have an extra/spare that you won’t have to check on as much during a trip. Love the videos Man!! 🏍💨
While doing a cross country road trip, going across Kansas my 12 year old commented “and people say we are running out of room and overpopulating the planet” 😁😆🤣😂 Oh there’s room, definitely room!
Oh man. Keep Reunited and it Feels so Good in your brain. There's a Peaches and Herb situation that happens. Meet me in episode 13 in a couple of weeks and let's revisit this!
It's an SAE cable I was using to power an inverter in my tank bag to charge all my stuff... Always tried to remember to unplug it to avoid draining the battery...
In they military we called paracord, 550 cord because it will actually hold 550 pounds so even though it's hanging in by a thread, it's a pretty solid thread.
Man…. I chased my bro with my dog in an F150 while on his BMW1200 all the way though OK. You missed some good stuff. We did OK to Salina, CO…. NM was also great.
You should have done the scene where you meet up as one guy seeing the other in the distant and starts waving as they approach and when he slows down to greet the other he realizes it someone else on a motorcycle as they go blasting by.
...Still watching at 8:00PM, 9/19/2024 ... EPIC meeting (collision?) ... Just as you dreamed it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jeff CRF 300 Rally. Getting a shower then on to EP. 12. .
Lol!!!, I told you the vegan thing would be gone by the plains🤪🤣, and you’d be surprised by what you can hold together with dental floss....IE, your rack problems. Just a quick fix but, it light waight.
No offense, but ive been waiting for the "west" to start before i sit thru a full video, otherwise I skim. I'm convinced Denver exists because the settlers saw the Rockies and thought "fuck that"
I think I say something similar to this in the next episode. I had to do the whole thing just because I had it in my brain. But if anyone has time constraints - I'd totally recommend starting in Trinidad like Johnny Pow did. I wouldn't want to miss NC and TN and the Ozarks... - but if you have to chose - the riding from Trinidad on is out of control...
Perhaps you are referring to my clips. I was traveling a different direction to meet Angelo in Trinidad. I actually went up from Taos NM to Fort Garland and La Veta CO, then down to Trinidad. So at one point I am north west of him. and in retrospect I never should have gone up to Fort Garland. I see now that there are roads that would have gotten me to highway 12 closer to Trinidad without going all the way up to Hwy 160.
@@JohnnyPowRides oh ok i think i might have my trail 125 tomorrow. he called me today and said it was on the truck heading towards them and said it should be here today or tomorrow. but it didn't make it here today or yesterday now but hopefully i will get a call after they open today saying its here. he says when it gets here he will send me the vin. so i can get insurance on it before i even get there to get it. but you would know its cold as F outside right now and will be for the next few days. but i still plan on riding it as soon as i get it home. i would ride it home from the dealer but i have noone to take me there. so i will have to load it up on the trailer or back of the truck to bring it home.
Your supposed to be getting out of your comfort zone by going through those small ponds! That's why you use knobby tires on a dual purpose bike. One with a real clutch. You can just plow through that $hit.
Oklahoma is so flat and boring. I can understand why the original STREET OUTLAWS TV show was about street racers in OK. That is the only thing to do there.....race. Every road is a drag strip. Nice ending to the video. You guys are nuts. :-)
Pedro’s has gone To crap lately. They also have a third of the signs they use to have along 95 in either direction. I think the Buccees they opened (I wanna say 45 miles south from it) has really ate into their business.
I'm getting bored watching you getting bored ! Lol We did something similar in 1976 when we went from NY to Colorado . Super Sunbug VW Convertible, across Nebraska flatter than a puddle of piss and 90 degrees two small children and us. Left the top up as not to be roasted alive, did not matter how fast we went could not catch the pointed end ahead !
It's interesting to me how the scenery changes as we ride closer to each other and becomes more and more similar. I have to say my trip up from Santa Fe up to La Veta then down to Trinidad was really great. The only bad part was up around highway 160 in CO the little CT125 was really struggling up the steepness of the hills and I was trying to be cool and ride on the shoulder and wave cars around but there were a LOT of pissed off auto drivers at me. Flipping me the bird, etc. Part of the reason I jumped over and rode the Old La Veta Pass Rd - which was AWESOME. In retrospect I should have scoped out more roads like that around that way - but I was on a mission to meet my friend. Hats off to you Ang for riding the whole way, but I don't regret shipping my bike and starting in NM. --JP
Yeah, if I do the TAT I'm on Team CRF300L. But the CT125 has a lot going for it, for sure.
Laughed so much at the reunion and glad it was in this episode. You have encouraged me to be less "please don't pull out in front of me and kill me" when I ride on the slab. As a TW 200 rider, I am eternally getting passed and hovering on the far right of the road. Similar feeling... stressed that I am holding people up. There's the ever-present guy who won't pass and just embeds himself behind me at 10 mph lower than the posted speed limit. Just go around me, please, it's doing my head in! Don't make me lose momentum and careen into that gravel!
Stressful for sure...
A much better ending than a lot of us expected. Now to start the rest of the TAT on as good of a note.
Always makes my day when a new episode shows up, keep 'em coming!
Glad you two hooked up, got your rack straightened out, and you escaped OK in one piece. Thanks for having us all along for the adventure and looking forward to the next segment. All the best from Worcester, MA.
I have been waiting to see how the Trail handles the mountains of CO.
Dude, I'm hooked on these videos. Thank you for documenting your journey.
..."see, there's a rattlesnake poo right there..."BRO that caused gut-splitting laughter right there. Man, I love you bro. Thanks for sharing this with us. I'm so happily living vicariously.
Dude, got to find me some danglin' trees 🌳. That was some some funny funny 💩 and totally made my lunch so much better. Such a good laugh that I so needed. Then at the very very end seeing Ang & Pow each just come into frame at the very very edges of either side of the screen.... literally and honestly gave me tears of joy. This is real. Loving every episode and can't wait for the next. 💢💯💢👏
I hiked the CDT in 2018. Got to see why they call New Mexico “the land of enchantment. “ Love that place. I needed these videos. Bless you, dude!
Great job, Gents! Thanks for taking us along for the ride! Hey Man - True story - The settlers moving west across the Great Plains were often driven mad by the endless desolation and high winds (see Prairie Madness)...
I had a case of Prairie Madness for sure. 100%...
@@SomeGuyRides (I used to drive between KC and Denver a lot, and I finally gave up and started driving at night.... nothing to see, so ....)
What an episode! Reunited and it feels so gooood!
Too funny! I’m disappointed that we didn’t get to see you struggling with the bike at the big puddle though.
43:15 dang! That’s beautiful through there!!! Great find Johnny!!
46:38 cows!! Great looking road right here!!! That looks like a a fun ride, and scary too!😂😂
Yabba Dabba Doo!, what’s most memorable on your trip is the people you have met. Keep enjoying the blessings Angelo. 👍👍
That ending was epic! It just maches Mr Ang and his Dad joke humor🤣
The only thing that could have made the reunion scene better would have been the "Toddler wave!". I was cracking up...
hahahaha
wow started off pretty slow but got better once you left OK . the scenery in new Mexico and Colorado was worth the wait . and the ending was priceless . i hope there is more to the story .
Yes! This is what I've been waiting for: big, expanseive mountain views. There's something about the western states that is just absolutely breathtaking. Eastern states ain't bad, but just not the same. I'm Australian and we have a severe lack of big mountains over here. I hiked the pacific crest trail a few years ago and it was the most incredible experience of my life, mostly because I got to spend 6 months in the mountains
Also, that ending. You guys are idiots. I love it!
You have found the rare two people who take being called idiots as a high compliment!
@@SomeGuyRides that makes 3 of us
Awesome episode of your journey Ang! The last legs into Trinidad were wonderful to see for both you and Johnny Pow. Welcome to Colorado. You were about 90 miles south of where I live in Colorado. I am very excited to see your journey through my state that I love so much.
Colorado is the antidote to Oklahoma!
@@SomeGuyRides that is the only downside to living here, if you want to ride anywhere else you have to cover some pretty long distances across vast plains.
Awesome videos. I look forward to each upload every Wednesday!
Hola from Canada! I really like you telling it like it is... Keep on rolling Sir!
Oh Canada! Check out the east coast bdr playlist where I try to illegally enter your country. Thx for stopping by!
What a great ending! I had thought y’all may have done the old locomotives crashing into each other or something like that.
Be safe!
Great series, y’all are some funny, goofy bastards. Really enjoying this.
Very well done I have enjoyed this immensely
Thank you kindly!
Another great video. Hope to get to see some of that big sky one day, looks amazing.
Epic! And a big shout out to Tony the welder!!
I gotta admit when it said Team CT 125 I got chills
hahaha
G&T time here in UK …
When you have a moment spare you have a million questions to answer
I have a spare moment now and then. Fire away!
Series really comes into its own in this episode, great job. Plan on doing the TAT on a similarly small moto soon enough
What moto? XT250? CRF250 Rally?
I'm actually impressed with Ang's singing ability... really. Although I think if he'd spent another day in OK, we might have lost him forever.
Check out my stuff on Spotify! Search for Angelo Gianni (solo stuff) and Treadmill Trackstar (ex-band)
Alright, that ending was EPIC! ... and hilarious.
Some of my favorite scenery from the whole trip. Starts at the 46 min mark. Really nice stuff.
oh damn that final scene killed me! form of a tire spoon... LOL
Maybe, just maybe IF I was granted four lifetimes I could BEGIN to repay the debt of gratitude that’s accrued from me to you for all this know-how, sage counsel and amusement.
BEGIN to repay, I emphasize.
Awwww - thanks!
That outro was great, thanks for the laughs!
I am sad that you missed the trail in Oklahoma because of the crappy weather because there are many beautiful places in that state. I thoroughly enjoyed it on my TW 200. Unfortunately, it is the luck of the draw when it comes to weather. If it’s dry and not too hot it’s very enjoyable.
Best ending EVER!!!
First thing right off the bat! That wood in that trailer looking super sketchy! I got Final Destination flashbacks! Lol! Be careful bro!
Mac and Cheese is not vegan! Ha Ha Ha! I love that it finally dawned on you!
I'm not always the sharpest tool in the shed.
Wow that was an adventure, nice ending too
This trip is epic. I live in Northern Colorado and I love dual sport riding. Wish I was brave enough to take it on with a Trail 125 lol
17:48 I can see for miles and miles and miles….. and yes, I now have the Flintstones in my head!
yes that photo of your bike and the old barn was too cool to pass up
That Gatorade bottle would make an awesome on the fly reserve tank.
Wonder twins at the end was hilarious!!
very nice at the bottom of that paved hill in the middle of the dirt road in new mexico is my parents place
Pretty cool ending and am diffidently enjoying the show
Cool series ...Thank you !
😆 THE END WAS EPIC!!!
Thanks for another great episode.
So great! That was the Mac and Cheese of all videos. And like Mac and Cheese, not real cheesy . . . Maybe it was the Mac and Velvety, Yellow Oil of all videos.
There’s a place in Texas called “Go Powersports” they sell a little bit of everything for Mini-Bikes, Go-Carts, etc…
They sell a very nice “pre-stretched” racing chain quite possibly in the size of the CT, Monkey, and Grom.
Of course it would be an “order online” kinda thing but maybe something to look into when you’re back home or bored at a campground/hotel lol. Just an idea, maybe to have an extra/spare that you won’t have to check on as much during a trip.
Love the videos Man!! 🏍💨
"Tire spoon" and "Honda Key" FTW!
Why would you say avoid the TAT in Oklahoma? You didn't even do it, you took a state highway.
That guy is crazy to be welding without goggles. I have a friend who went nearly blind because of that.
While doing a cross country road trip, going across Kansas my 12 year old commented “and people say we are running out of room and overpopulating the planet” 😁😆🤣😂
Oh there’s room, definitely room!
20:58 Johnny definitely got the better ride!!!!!
Question would you do this again on a different bike?say a triumph tiger
man really enjoying this
Was not expecting that ending! How cool is that?
i always lube my chains at night that way it can drip off while we are stopped and not as we are driving. plus it has more time to soak in
I always try to stay ahead of the hearses.
Oh man. Keep Reunited and it Feels so Good in your brain. There's a Peaches and Herb situation that happens. Meet me in episode 13 in a couple of weeks and let's revisit this!
What wire did you disconnect before filling your tank.
It's an SAE cable I was using to power an inverter in my tank bag to charge all my stuff... Always tried to remember to unplug it to avoid draining the battery...
In they military we called paracord, 550 cord because it will actually hold 550 pounds so even though it's hanging in by a thread, it's a pretty solid thread.
I learned a couple of handy knots before I left. Good thing to have on the kit!
Man…. I chased my bro with my dog in an F150 while on his BMW1200 all the way though OK. You missed some good stuff.
We did OK to Salina, CO…. NM was also great.
Fantastic👍
Enjoy the moment!
You should have done the scene where you meet up as one guy seeing the other in the distant and starts waving as they approach and when he slows down to greet the other he realizes it someone else on a motorcycle as they go blasting by.
I'm surprised that's how it didn't actually happen...
I had a dream, where that Apache case was passed by Itchy Boots @2021 Kalahari Rally
...Still watching at 8:00PM, 9/19/2024 ... EPIC meeting (collision?) ... Just as you dreamed it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jeff
CRF 300 Rally.
Getting a shower then on to EP. 12.
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1:02:15 I’ll admit, that was cool as hell!!
Awesome job on video....
Just FYI, the CT125 actually has a 1.4 gallon gas tank
24:33 You drove past a path on the right that went up and around that water. Why did you choose not to take it and go back the way you came?
Ha! Right now is the first time I noticed that. Jeez...
Lol!!!, I told you the vegan thing would be gone by the plains🤪🤣, and you’d be surprised by what you can hold together with dental floss....IE, your rack problems. Just a quick fix but, it light waight.
Mac and CHEESE - right there in the title! Good Lord...
No offense, but ive been waiting for the "west" to start before i sit thru a full video, otherwise I skim. I'm convinced Denver exists because the settlers saw the Rockies and thought "fuck that"
I think I say something similar to this in the next episode. I had to do the whole thing just because I had it in my brain. But if anyone has time constraints - I'd totally recommend starting in Trinidad like Johnny Pow did. I wouldn't want to miss NC and TN and the Ozarks... - but if you have to chose - the riding from Trinidad on is out of control...
Ang.... how are you getting home from Oregon?
Ship and fly...
@@SomeGuyRides Nice - Be Safe.
Ah young love!
I agree your country career is about to take off. The only question is, which country?
ha!
Burma Shave signs. ;)
Born in Tulsa and had relatives in Albuquerque and see Burma Shave signs all along Rt 66 back in the day.
Midnight here in Australia.
you must have mixed your video up because early in the video it had you north of trinidad and now it has you east of it.
Perhaps you are referring to my clips. I was traveling a different direction to meet Angelo in Trinidad. I actually went up from Taos NM to Fort Garland and La Veta CO, then down to Trinidad. So at one point I am north west of him.
and in retrospect I never should have gone up to Fort Garland. I see now that there are roads that would have gotten me to highway 12 closer to Trinidad without going all the way up to Hwy 160.
@@JohnnyPowRides oh ok i think i might have my trail 125 tomorrow. he called me today and said it was on the truck heading towards them and said it should be here today or tomorrow. but it didn't make it here today or yesterday now but hopefully i will get a call after they open today saying its here. he says when it gets here he will send me the vin. so i can get insurance on it before i even get there to get it. but you would know its cold as F outside right now and will be for the next few days. but i still plan on riding it as soon as i get it home. i would ride it home from the dealer but i have noone to take me there. so i will have to load it up on the trailer or back of the truck to bring it home.
Wall Drug on l-90 is the same remedy as Pedro’s South of the border is on I-95.
Jus sayin’
looove it
Your supposed to be getting out of your comfort zone by going through those small ponds! That's why you use knobby tires on a dual purpose bike. One with a real clutch. You can just plow through that $hit.
Perhaps the man made state lines followed the soils. They are simply giant lots.
My ass is starting to hurt 😅
Some of these last videos have made me realize I’ve been using the term “middle of nowhere” wrong my whole life.
That road from American Falls to Arco had to have been the middlest of nowhere I've ever been. Crazy...
Try some of the Mac and cheese, maybe it identifies as vegan...
But, is it really cheese or just a cheese flavored substance? Like artificial flavoring!!
That's what I was thinking... but - there's some sort of vague dairy in there somewhere apparently...
Oklahoma is so flat and boring. I can understand why the original STREET OUTLAWS TV show was about street racers in OK. That is the only thing to do there.....race. Every road is a drag strip. Nice ending to the video. You guys are nuts. :-)
Johnny Pow your helmet cam is making me sea sick !
Sorry about that!
🇧🇷👏
Pedro’s has gone To crap lately. They also have a third of the signs they use to have along 95 in either direction. I think the Buccees they opened (I wanna say 45 miles south from it) has really ate into their business.
It's such a dumb place that I shouldn't feel sad that's it's going downhill - but I am!
Yabba dabba doo
I'm getting bored watching you getting bored ! Lol We did something similar in 1976 when we went from NY to Colorado . Super Sunbug VW Convertible, across Nebraska flatter than a puddle of piss and 90 degrees two small children and us. Left the top up as not to be roasted alive, did not matter how fast we went could not catch the pointed end ahead !
fecking long stretches of straight highway are the worst torture known to man. Except, of course, being forced to listen to rap.
crotchial? :)
Old English medical term... um...
"flyover country"