Great video,love the scenery and know the area as we live up Yecla way....these tracks are just fantastic for mucking about....the bikes sounds great....
Morning, some great trails in the video, great to have them close to your home! keep making content on the Voge 300, very interesting to watch. I have a comment on your point re the "sprockets" chatter on the forums, and if people have bought the correct bike or not. In the main, I think your point is valid... there are likely lots of people buying the 300 Rally solely for road work (no off road) and then trying to "make it fit" road riding better by tweaking the gearing - up to them I guess, but better bikes for that use case in my opinion, so totally with you on that point. That said, there are a subset of people (which included me) who are looking at the possibility of a front sprocket mod (14t to 15t) for a slightly different purpose to "all road riding". I am keen to ride both the Portuguese and Pyrenees ACT and do so solo. The problem is, coming from England, you have a lot of road riding to transit from home to the ACT start and then from the ACT end back home. I am looking at swapping to a 15t sprocket for the road ride aspects and taking the 14t with me, to swap back on for riding the trails. Seems a reasonable compromise to me that, slightly longer gearing for the road slog, and back to stock for the trails. I could of course get a bike more suited to the road miles (450 MT or Himalayan 450), but that comes at the cost of at least 40KG extra to manage off road - and as I shall be solo, I dont want that extra weight. So in reality for me, a Voge 300 sized bike (at that price point as well) where I can "temporarily" swap the gearing is the best overall compromise for what I need. I had a DRZ 400s until recently (2003) and that would (with all the road miles) for sure have been a worse overall compromise than the Voge (for trips like the Portuguese and Pyrenees ACT). Anyhow, great content and opinions, keep em coming 🤘.
@@roybailey4529 Yes all valid points and yes the bike is capable of doing the trip you have planned, Nathan the postman has done many trips on the 300 rally. Indo get what you are saying about changing the sprocket for the road sections. It's a superb little bike that has really surprised me. I did think my Himalayan 411 was a great all-rounder but I would have put that more 70% road and 30 off. Whereas the Voge Rally is the reverse. Thanks for the comments. Ride safe and happy New year. ✌️
Absolutely brilliant Paul, the 300 Rally is a no brainer for the kind of terrain you're on & I would immediately get one if living there or have such terrain within reach. The weather, the terrain etc, it's a world away from the UK for most of the year...unfortunately. Even in the summer months & you find the terrain, it's mostly land bikers aren't allowed on. God Bless Spain for giving you what you have there. I'm very envious.
I don’t understand your comment about clean bikes. I’ve had my Voge 300 Rally for a bit over a year now, it’s done far more than 10 times the mileage that yours has done and most of that on the tracks and trails that are all around where I live. It’s outside in its shed fairly clean. I keep it reasonably keen. If it gets covered in muck I wash it off. How does having a clean bike mean that other people are somehow inferior to you? I bough5 my Voge as a second bike to use off road and that’s what it’s done for over a year yet it cleans up like new. Why do you have a problem with that?
I don't have a problem, I'm sorry if you are offended. I suppose my comment was that a lot of guys buy the bike and never off road with it. I keep mine clean also. Rise safe and enjoy your bikes. ✌️
On another note, you mentioned people buying such bikes & them being immaculate, seemingly never used off road. Indeed, all bikes (whatever they are) are to be used for their intended purpose & an owner not doing so, has the wrong bike. I absolutely agree with you.
@@keepitreal1547 Thanks for the comments buddy. Trails have opened up a whole new world. Although I had a fantastic ride on the 900DSX the other day, I'm really enjoying exploring. I must get some tubes and tools on the 300 rally. A puncture on those trails would be a disaster without them. ✌️
Great video,love the scenery and know the area as we live up Yecla way....these tracks are just fantastic for mucking about....the bikes sounds great....
Morning, some great trails in the video, great to have them close to your home! keep making content on the Voge 300, very interesting to watch. I have a comment on your point re the "sprockets" chatter on the forums, and if people have bought the correct bike or not. In the main, I think your point is valid... there are likely lots of people buying the 300 Rally solely for road work (no off road) and then trying to "make it fit" road riding better by tweaking the gearing - up to them I guess, but better bikes for that use case in my opinion, so totally with you on that point. That said, there are a subset of people (which included me) who are looking at the possibility of a front sprocket mod (14t to 15t) for a slightly different purpose to "all road riding". I am keen to ride both the Portuguese and Pyrenees ACT and do so solo. The problem is, coming from England, you have a lot of road riding to transit from home to the ACT start and then from the ACT end back home. I am looking at swapping to a 15t sprocket for the road ride aspects and taking the 14t with me, to swap back on for riding the trails. Seems a reasonable compromise to me that, slightly longer gearing for the road slog, and back to stock for the trails. I could of course get a bike more suited to the road miles (450 MT or Himalayan 450), but that comes at the cost of at least 40KG extra to manage off road - and as I shall be solo, I dont want that extra weight. So in reality for me, a Voge 300 sized bike (at that price point as well) where I can "temporarily" swap the gearing is the best overall compromise for what I need. I had a DRZ 400s until recently (2003) and that would (with all the road miles) for sure have been a worse overall compromise than the Voge (for trips like the Portuguese and Pyrenees ACT). Anyhow, great content and opinions, keep em coming 🤘.
@@roybailey4529 Yes all valid points and yes the bike is capable of doing the trip you have planned, Nathan the postman has done many trips on the 300 rally. Indo get what you are saying about changing the sprocket for the road sections. It's a superb little bike that has really surprised me. I did think my Himalayan 411 was a great all-rounder but I would have put that more 70% road and 30 off. Whereas the Voge Rally is the reverse. Thanks for the comments. Ride safe and happy New year. ✌️
Absolutely brilliant Paul, the 300 Rally is a no brainer for the kind of terrain you're on & I would immediately get one if living there or have such terrain within reach.
The weather, the terrain etc, it's a world away from the UK for most of the year...unfortunately. Even in the summer months & you find the terrain, it's mostly land bikers aren't allowed on.
God Bless Spain for giving you what you have there. I'm very envious.
lovely place you have here, enjoy it
Thanks for share Paul, looks like you had a great day! hoping to take my Rally in the new year to Spain for some trails and travel :))🤘
I don’t understand your comment about clean bikes. I’ve had my Voge 300 Rally for a bit over a year now, it’s done far more than 10 times the mileage that yours has done and most of that on the tracks and trails that are all around where I live. It’s outside in its shed fairly clean. I keep it reasonably keen. If it gets covered in muck I wash it off. How does having a clean bike mean that other people are somehow inferior to you? I bough5 my Voge as a second bike to use off road and that’s what it’s done for over a year yet it cleans up like new. Why do you have a problem with that?
I don't have a problem, I'm sorry if you are offended. I suppose my comment was that a lot of guys buy the bike and never off road with it. I keep mine clean also. Rise safe and enjoy your bikes. ✌️
On another note, you mentioned people buying such bikes & them being immaculate, seemingly never used off road.
Indeed, all bikes (whatever they are) are to be used for their intended purpose & an owner not doing so, has the wrong bike.
I absolutely agree with you.
@@keepitreal1547 Thanks for the comments buddy. Trails have opened up a whole new world. Although I had a fantastic ride on the 900DSX the other day, I'm really enjoying exploring. I must get some tubes and tools on the 300 rally. A puncture on those trails would be a disaster without them. ✌️