EP 1: Tour De Coalfields on a Royal Enfield Himalayan
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In this episode: Past Ang gets up super-early to start on a journey to 1. Go visit his Grandmother who’s turning 103 and 2. To check out the Tour de Coalfields which was recommended by a viewer, gives some updates, and makes it to the start of the route…
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WV is a unique place. I grew up in the coalfields; even after serving in the Air Force I moved back home. I call Fayette County home--near the New River Gorge. I have followed your channel because I own a Trail 125. I just stumbled across this video today. I love your story. I am a Delegate in the WV Legislature, and I would love for you to come and do a presentation in Charleston to our committee on Economic Development and Tourism about your trip through our state along this route. We are very much in the process of encouraging moto-tourism here in our state. Thanks for your stories.(Also, its pronounced "With-vul")
I have family in WV and have gone there since I was little. I have a very deep love for that weird and wonderful state. I can't see me giving a presentation - although - that would probably be hilarious!!!
@@SomeGuyRides It couldn't be worse than some of the presentations we have had. I represent the area where the New River Gorge National Park is now located. We are looking at every single available tourism option to boost our economy here. I grew up here, and my family has been here many generations dating back to the late 1800's. Things are looking up here in my county for the first time in a long time, and we are excited about what is happening. Thanks for the answer and for taking the time to respond. Take care!
@@elliottpritt2106 have you contacted the BDR folks? They’re all about exactly what you’re talking about and a good loop route by then in WV would be fantastic
Great video as always.The first half was in my neck of the woods. I’m 57 and still have my grandma. It is awesome indeed. Ride safe.
Very cool!
Grandma ang is a living legend
I just recently rode to Athens Ohio, and while there were crossed into Gallipolis, beautiful area up there!!
Great start to the series. All the best to your grandmother. I had all four grand parents at 40 - at 45 I had none. Enjoy!
Lucky to still have her - for sure!
Love seeing you start a new series and I was the first to start this one.
I rode my 2021 Himalayan Noraly (so named with permission from the real person) to Asheville from your favorite place (OK) to do some of the TAT with my Army buddy. How lucky you are to live in NC. We rode three days and didn’t get out of NC. Such wonderful riding and beautiful scenery!! NC has it all-mountains, piedmont, sand hills, tidal flats, beaches, and the regular stuff everyone else has.
Safe travels! I’ll be watching.
That's quite a drive from OK! WNC / East TN, and North GA has some of the best riding anywhere. Not quite like the West, but so so good...
I guarantee you arent the only one who wants that out of a dr, just make it, and probably in the future youll inspire someone else to do it too! I bought a dr and im gonna put a round headlight on ut for sure
yes, with-ville
I think the fuel situation is goofy on a lot of bikes. I was surprised to find that I have to switch to reserve on my DR with a gallon of fuel left.
Great video once again.
Dam man, I live in huntington, wv, an hour from grandmother, if I'd known, I'd bought you dinner, huge fan of your channel, cherish your grandma, mine been gone for 20 years, love you brother
I've spent a ton of time in Huntington. Used to love going to the Pied Piper music store as a kid. Saw Purple Rain on opening weekend there. Have been to Jim's Spaghetti about a thousand times. Used to go through there and play when I was in bands too. Next time - I want that dinner!!!
@@SomeGuyRides dinner on me, at Jim's, anytime, it's good to get off work and stop there and get a quart of spaghetti sauce, cook your pasta and heat the sauce and its our dinner, but let go to Jim's, great content ,keep up the great work
@@douglasworkman2788 would be cool to take u up on that!
My new Himalayan's fuel gauge is exactly the same. Gonna ride from Mid Missouri to Asheville, NC in late September. If you see a goofy little fella with a "Some Guy Rides midlife crises" t-shirt flag me down for a coffee or beer. Enjoying your vids man
I'll be on the lookout!!!
The new Himalayan 450 coming out later this year here in the US looks very promising.
It does indeed... Want...
Heureux de te revoir sur l'himalayan et de l'apprécier. Mon ct125 manque un peu de force pour me permettre de faire de l'exploration. Ma conjointe et moi contemplons l'achat de 2 himalayan et de les utiliser comme seules motos. Enfin, content de vous suivre à nouveau. Bonne route.
L'himalayan n'a pas beaucoup de puissance - mais bien plus que la CT125 ! Facile à conduire aussi...
Je ne savais pas que tu parlais français Ang
Bonjour du Québec@@SomeGuyRides
Moring Ang, glad to see a new video. Love them all. Keep up the great audio, I really enjoy it.😂👍👍
Thx!
Glad to see someone else putting in lengthy road time just to get to the fun. I am heading to the Georgia Traverse in early September. Taking it easy though, all along back roads and country highways along the way. Two day trip there from my location in Florida(Flat-ass Florida). Got to ride this bike (Rija) in some elevations to really appreciate it. Hopefully the "solar flares" will die down by then. Can't imagine hoofing it through those backroads at a feels like of 100+ degree.
Looking forward to the next vid in this series. Nice work as always.
Have a blast!
Have a V85 TT and love it but really like the Himi.
7:42 I recently scared myself right here! I got off Hurricane Gap, and onto Hurricane Gap Logging road, a bit tougher than what I usually do….
You need a honda civic. Cruise control, tubeless tires, fuel injection, and probably has a shaft somewhere in the drivetrain. Go wild!
16:32 every time I cross into W. Virginia, I start singing a specific country song….
If it’s anywhere near the projected 40 hp, and below 400 pounds, I think the upcoming Himalayan 450 will be the answer for many of us.
highways suck but at least they give you a chance of enjoying a beautiful sun rise, nice vid
Visor Advisor: have you been to Fairystone State Park? It's 200 miles from Asheville in regular Virginia. Really cool rocks to dig up.
Hadn't heard of that - it's on the list!
A lot of great riding in south eastern Ohio. I'd say ride the triple-nickel (SR 555) but that would mean pavement riding. I have friends from Gallipolis, they always pronounced it Gallipo-liss instead of Galli-police.
You missed the exit because you got distracted. Happens to me all the time lol.
Honda of the ozarks had a v85 used a couple weeks ago. Can’t remember the price but they’re located in Springfield mo. I also ditched my visor for a street helmet and put vinyl tape across the top of the visor so when riding directly into the sun I just move my head slightly down. Works great. I put a slightly taller wind shield on my bike also. As far as fuel mileage I get 70-80 mpg on my RE himi. But that’s not running the engine that high in the revs. After break in oil change I went to bel ray oil. It used some before the next change but seems like now it isn’t. I was wondering if high revs had something to do with the oil consumption or just break in still. Anyway it doesn’t seem to use any now but I haven’t pushed it. Cool video bud. Thanks.
Ride my 22 Himalayan every day in Vegas. 5100 miles ( purchased in February).
68 MPG...I ride between 55-65 MPH on a 45 mile ride to Red Rock Outlook every day.
Starting to use a few ounces of oil every 1000 miles.
Bike runs like a champ. Ride Safe!
so here's a thought. How about hunting down a low millage BMW r100gs. Retro looks, shaft drive, round headlight not sure about the cruise control. Also the earlier model was a BMW r80gs. Great looking bikes from the late 80's early 90's. If your in to a little old school
I just looked pretty seriously at an R1200RT. I'm just a bit scared of BMWs - always have been. Not sure why..
You doing a long highway blast on the Himalayan gives me confidence that I can do the same on my Versys x300. I'm lighter, and have more horsepower supposedly, but it just seems cruel to wring it out like that for long distances. Perhaps I'll give it a shot though.
Great video as always. Thanks for sharing.
The Versys is probably as unkillable as the Honda CT125. I rung that thing out for 25 days straight. Not on the highway though!
always love your vids Ange, brilliant work mate.
test rode both versions of the himalayan in .au, bought two scram 411s in the end. been riding 40years plus on everything, scrams aren’t fast but damn they’re comfortable and easy…for my partner too, we love them..
i have no affiliation with anyone, just love bikes, had all fast and slow, the scram has soul and takes me back to how it all
felt when i started riding, love it.
safe travels Ange.
@@Lee-zx8ml I've never seen a scram in person. what did you like better about it versus the himmy? and thanks for the kind words!
@@SomeGuyRides apologies Ange thought i replied to this earlier….the comfort and handling are the main two, also prefer the instrumentation and headlight to turn with front wheel. they’re very different bikes to ride, ride both before you buy if you’re looking 😉😎
@@Lee-zx8mlThe Scram is a Himalayan....says right on the side cover. ( I didn't realize until a tuber pointed it out).
Scram front tire is 19" instead of 21" and the front console on the himi is more defined with different gauges.
They are both winners!
The mountaineer maul 💪 man , going solo , you got balls .....or .....🤔.
I think the visor thing is to increase air flow with goggles when dirt riding, always wondered how much wind they caught at speed.
My bikes fuel gauge seems to only measure the last gallon. It shows full most of the time, but once it starts dropping, its time to stop for gas. I believe its a 3 gallon tank an I stopped with the gauge showing three quarters yesterday an put 2 gallons in it. As for carburetors? Carburetors suck. Not because their is anything wrong with them, but because ethanol fuel is corrosive an destroys carburetors. Its also hygroscopic. So not only does the fuel react with the metal parts in the carburetor, it takes in moisture from the air, separates in to layers an the thick components clog the small passages in the carburetor. I drain my carburetor at the end of every ride so I know it will not be clogged if it takes me a month to have time to ride again. Carburetors only downside of their own is that they are not great at regulating fuel at all throttle positions an RPM. So traditionally they are tuned slightly rich to protect the engine, sacrificing mileage an power. In a fuel injection system, the fuel rarely touches any metal to react with. And it never touches air to pull moisture from. The new "learning" systems can regulate fuel so well, it can run the engine slightly lean without hurting the engine. That results in more power an less fuel used per mile. A lot of the older stuff just used a pre programmed fuel map. Not really any better than a carburetor as it cant account for air pressure an altitude changes. So they are usually running rich just like a carburetor.
Wytheville say it like
With ville
Is the GoPro on that Linear setting? It’s near how the sky is staying still while your head seems to move about.
The 360 cam on the back is in linear. It looks good on the twisties - show's the lean pretty well.
I believe it is with-ville.
Regarding fuel, we know it has over a 4 gallon tank. How much did you put in it?
Great video so far., and you are still on the roads.
I always fill it to the brim. I'm going to try to run the tank out and see how many miles I actually get. My MPG ranges anywhere from 50 to 60 depending...
@SomeGuyRides I've been close to exclusively paved roads and get almost 70mpg. I suspect the difference is you are off road more.
@@JustAGuyYaKnow42 wow- my gas mileage sucks then!
Have you looked at the NC750X dct
Not sure the suspension would be good for what I'm doing and it's soooo heavy!
You’ll need a new fuel tank on the DR….
@3:58 If that car in front of you for some reason hits the brakes you’re done. I’ve seen this MANY times in your videos :(
I know - thank you for looking out! I get distracted talking to you guys!
Maybe a V7
Well, a V7 isn't much lighter than the V85...but it does have shaft drive!
23:11 70-75 mph on the DR 650 was not enjoyable to me!!
21:38 my 2 bikes are the perfect bike….
Not sure what helmet you are weering. I have the Klim Krios Pro and I have no issues with the visor at highway speeds.
it's a scorpian exo something or other... it wasn't too expensive and I'm really surprised it's held up so long. Kind of wish it would fall apart so I could get something a bit lighter and better...
That’s awesome that you can ride comfortably on the highway now! Stupid visor
Really curious about the thumbnail in this video. What's it from?
messing with AI....
@@SomeGuyRides same here haha, I used midjourney to mock up a DR650 with a round headlight and a shaft drive. Pretty impressed with what came out. great videos man. enjoy your style.
8 mile
With-ville
To add fuel injection the DR would have to meet modern emissions standards, which means.. a whole new bike. Suzuki is a company that makes money selling good, cheap bikes because they don't spend on R&D. They've paid off the design ages ago and continue to make money. No new stamping, no new tooling, no training.. just running old designs that work. So, you're stuck with a carb and an ugly (but trendy at the time) rectangular 1980s headlight.