Dork in the Road's Q&A Presentation at the 2024 Touratech Rally
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.ย. 2024
- I was honored to have been asked to present at the 2024 Touratech Rally. This is the fourth year in a row that I've been invited back and I always have a blast checking out all the great demo rides and interacting with other riders. This year's presentation was an hour-long question and answer session. I fielded questions about my history as a rider, craziest motorcycling stories, my thoughts on Chinese motorcycle manufacturers, my favorite TH-camrs, and a ton of other stuff.
If you missed this year's Touratech Rally, here's a chance to get a taste of what it was like to be there in person.
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Ben I just spent 1 hour and 4 minutes on this video. It was so enjoyable. I had no idea you did improv but once you mentioned it , I had that ah ha moment. This video just makes me want to make the trek to a rally you will be attending just to say hi. Ok All that being said it’s late and I’ve had a few gin and tonics. So maybe the video was just ok. I still want to come to a rally you are attending, so maybe the next California rally if possible. Your channel is the number one I recommend to newish riders or ones just getting into off road. I feel you and Ian do the best job of actual non-biased opinions. Keep the content coming. FYI in my opinion Billy Musick ( AKA Billma ) was the Godfather of Motorcycle Vlogers. His BWOM videos are classic (by way of motorcycle) keep the content coming and I will be watching. Thanks for being real.
Excellent video! I wish I was there. I recommend your channel to everyone I talk motorcycles with! You are hilarious and genuine, the world needs more positive people like you Ben!
aw, schucks. Thanks!
37:56 "Bring out Ya Dead" I DIED LAUGHING! Kudos to that guy
Best edit everrrrr! LOL! ! Thank you for this very cool chance to sit in the crowd. Would not mind seeing a couple more of these in the future. Here is a Tall Boy Cheers for you!
Excellent! Much love Dork! I wish this video was twice as long.
Heck yeah dork! You’re a real motorcycle celebrity! How rad, the drz was the bike that got me into your channel and it’s cool to see you grow and become this titan of industry!
lol "celebrity." I'm just a very fat fish in a very small pond ;)
Thanks for the comments about being a full time TH-cam channel. Both this video and the other one you did. It’s helping me shape my area of focus; and expectation management for when I start mine!!!
" what's the pool on me up to now, $300?
I'm a school teacher, I teach English composition"...
Makes perfect sense to me Ben.
You've got the gift of gab and your narrating on your channel is always entertaining and real.
Thanks!
I understood that reference.
Well done Ben , Great to see your channel growing
Ben, you nailed the mega-dealer situation! Revealing my age I was riding when it was mom & pop dealers that I frequented. And the mega-dealers bought them up (The franchise rights). The kids didn’t want to run it because the day of actually making a small dealer be able to provide the money to raise a family had passed. Also, mom and dad couldn’t just sign it over because selling it was their retirement. But, I’m going to blame the consumer in this as well. I know an individual that tried to start a small dealership and customers wanted him to sell everything at minimal profit! He quit after a few years. I know a small single line KTM dealer that quit and was over “The Dream”….The mega-dealers depend on high volume and sticking it to you when they can sneak it in. You know why Walmarts and their cheap stuff is in every town? We put them there and we have facilitated mega-dealers!
I wasn't able to be there from the start so I'm glad you posted this.
I guess I got there earlier than I thought! I asked about the 450 ibex when you talked about the 800
I went over and tried some of the flying eyes. I loved them but they are EXPENSIVE. When I went to give them back I wasn't questioned on why I wasn't buying them or anything like that which hugely increased my respect for them as a brand. Really wish I had the budget for a pair but I simply dont.
45:00 that brief touch on FortNine could not have been said better. I feel like their older videos were super informative yet artistic, and they developed a really good reputation, but their CE Armor video was the first one I actively disliked and I haven't been able to take their more recent opinions seriously because of it.
I just wanted to let you know that you are my favorite person on TH-cam, and you are my Internet riding buddy. Ignore the negative comments.
That's so nice to hear.
Great video, Dork!
Love it
Dork on the road my husband follows your channel. We are both very beginners to the motorcycle adventure world we are getting used to our beginner bikes 300s duals .Your content is valuable. Love your videos. Great stuff. We hope to meet you one day at a rally. OR maybe by chance you're in southern Calif. area.
Very enjoyable video. Love the content. Keep it up!
Thank you so much for sharing this!! Best regards from Brasilia, Brazil.
I have the greatest idea ever for your Olny Fans page!
Well done, Ben! Been along for your journey - keep it going!
Way cool 👍 I really enjoyed your video I recently stumbled into your videos and enjoy all of them but you definitely made a good point about motorcycles having good off road capabilities and not being so heavy and also the price is very important I would rather buy 2 or 3 motorcycles for the price of a big expensive motorcycles and everyone is definitely looking for that unicorn the do all bike sounds like the 450mt has come close but like you said some bikes do certain things better than others thanks for sharing your God given talents
You touched on an interesting topic - big Corp buying up dealerships and hiring minimum wage employees. I would think this would make people hesitate to work in the motorcycle industry.
Awesome! You’re a good dude Ben.
i have a silly but serious question. Here is a short back story of my situation back in 2020, I flipped a Ford 3000 farm tractor over on myself and was trapped under it for roughly 3 hours of it laying on both of my legs. which has resulted in me having to get a metal plate in my left leg, it is in the top left of my shin bone, the break was called a tibial plateau break. My left thigh muscle was also crushed, But here is the big question, is my moto bike riding days over? when I say over, I am not meaning the slow putt -putting around, I am meaning more of light enduro, single track, a little more on the intermediate side of the house. I come from normal road riding Harley ultra limited, Harley sportster, then back in June of 2024 I got a 2022 KLR 650 adv, and have been wanting to get into the off road riding style of the house. I hope all of this is making sense, because only I truly would know if I can do it or not. But I do not want to get into something that I am only going to be setting myself up for failure if you know what I mean
Honestly only you can decide that. I've seen people come back from worse injuries but your priority should definitely be your physical well-being.
Fortunately, there's a ton of amazing places you can get to without having to do any crazy hardcore off road riding. If the leg is an issue, then maybe a lighter bike than a KLR would be better for you?
@@DorkintheRoad Hi Joe here, thnx for the reply, I have had to lift the KLR a few times already it hurts the leg some but no more then when I lift the big ole Harley's I sometimes lay them down here in the driveway and lift them a few times, just to keep leg strength. The silly thing is that the KLR is 300 lbs lighter but feels like the same amount of weight. I might get CRF 300 or the KLX 300 next spring / summer I am leaning more to the KLX do to the taller 1st and 2nd gear box load and lane tracking over the CRF. Although the CRF has more aftermarket product choices. The wife says I have to many bikes as it is. I would trust your judgement on on which would be the better bike since you have ridden them all for the most part.
and to tell you the truth by watching your channel is what got me into wanting to do the off road bike riding. I know I do not have everything built up yet but i have gotten a few things that you have mentioned as I use to be one of those take nothing but a stick and a wool blanket type campers but I have gotten a few items O' Neal rider boots, the big ole ugly green and yellow echo park 0 degree bag, I went with a Paria 0 degree down sleeping bag, the Arto pillow, nelson rigg soft saddle bags, i got a Paria 2 man hiking tent but l like to have room if im going to have a tent. so I like the cheap bass pro shop tent for the room aspect. but any who I am going to bounce did not mean to talk your ear off here.
Great job Ben!
Wish I woulda been there to see it live.
Glad to meet you again ben at the tt rally hopefully we can meet again at giant loop this time none of us get sick
Great video Ben. I really enjoy your channel and perspective even though I am just an older dirt rider. If I had the extra money I would definitely get a bike to ride a BDR. Keep up the great channel.
Great video,thks.
For the Nor Cal BDR are riding north to south or south to north? If you plan to ride all the way to Mammoth it might be cool for some of your viewers to meet you there. LOL ;-)
I think the best answer to the last question is if you’re not hurt and the bike it not broken get back on a ride ASAP. Don’t overthink the crash. Crashes happen off road.
Yes I could have answered the last question far more succinctly....I was rambling a bit...mostly cuz I spent an hour drinking free beer...
@@DorkintheRoad That’ll do it. :-) Great vid, nice stand up. Very entertaining!!
Do you think the Crf300l rally would be a good BDR bike? I took my BMW F850 on the CA South BDR, and I found it too heavy for the deep sand sections. Although, it was great on the road getting there, and in the non technical terrain.
I just did the toughest parts of the ORBDR on mine. There's a video and everything. ;)
Very cool Ben, I was unfortunate not to be at the tour tech rally, but I have a question, what video editing do you use?
premiere pro
@@DorkintheRoad Thank you.
Is this the guitar player from the indigo girls?
Dude didn't even ask that question about Chinese bikes in a political way. He just seemed to be asking if you thought they were going to blow up like Japanese bikes in the 80s and become mainstream or not. Given that a new rider strapped for cash can order a CSC tt250 for like $2k and have it dropped off at his door, I believe this is just the beginning. Plus as you stated, many big names build their bikes there, or at the very least source a good many parts from China.
Yes it wasn't a response to his question, but to the potential objections from other audience members.
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best username ever!
@DorkintheRoad I'm still watching this video. It's a long one😅, but it's interesting to hear your opinions and experiences.
Cheers from South Florida
You’re such a great guy Ben ! Wish I could’ve made it this year and hung out with you again, hopefully next year !
How tall are you dork in the road ? I need to know what my height is vis a vie yours on motorcycles. Thanks
5'10"