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Great video! My friend and I have used Crescent Lake as a base camp for riding for about 40 years. Such a great area! By the way, when you're checking out the lake at 3:56, you're looking at Cowhorn Mountain, not Diamond Peak. When you ride to Summit Lake, it lies in a saddle between Cowhorn and Diamond Peak. So much fun!!
@@DorkintheRoad Most likely will be easier on your KLR. We did route 6 with one XR650L and one DRZ400 and those places are where the lighter bikes shine.
Dude I was leaving summit lake that same day as you guys where passing. I was the guy in the dark grey truck lol. That scrambler was ripping through like mad man. Pretty cool.
This was a fun series on Oregon Back Country Discovery Route 6. I always think of the Oregon Back Country Discovery Routes as the original. I think of the other BDRs as modeled after the Oregon Back Country Discovery Routes. That is because to the best of my knowledge the Oregon routes came first. Another interesting thing about the Oregon Back Country Routes is that there is more than one of them. The other BDRs are intended to be just a single line through a state. One of the things that I really liked about the three videos that you recorded of this route was your use of the intercom audio. I use to really enjoy riding with my wife when we could point out hazards and great views to each other. It is fun to hear others riders do similarly. Do you have intercoms for you wife's helmet and Little Dork's helmet? What is the most challenging section of unpaved road you have done with either your wife or daughter as your passenger?
I don't really ride 2up at all. My daughter has her own bike and my wife has no interest in riding. Kudos to you if you ride 2up off road, though. Sounds fun and challenging.
@@DorkintheRoad On unpaved roads we generally road on separate motorcycle. It was usually some unplanned exploring on trips that were planned as two up praved road trips. There was also a ride taking my step daughter on unpaved roads that require a driver's license. That does lead to another question. In Washington state there are some sections of unpaved road connecting OHV trails that do not require street legal vehicles or a driver's license. This permits families to ride together including the children that are too young to have their driver's license. Are there any parts of any sections of the Oregon Back Country Discovery Routes that are like this?
I love that great bad road from Crescent up to Summit Lake! I once rode up to Summit Lake at 5pm and 100 degrees. I stripped off all my clothes and jumped in. When I got out, the mosquitos were so bad I got bites on all my privates before I could put up my tent fast enough to climb inside for the night. Worst night camping ever! The Cascade Discovery Route shares that stretch of Wilderness edge road with Route 6 OBDR. BBST....Big Bike Single Track, indeed!
That kind of trail is exactly what we have mostly here in Michigan forests where we ride. Little less climbs and hills but same sand and dirt trail types. Kind of why I wanted the DR 650. Doing it alone I don't think 450 plus pound bikes will be wise some days ..😂 Nice waterfall ! Good job guys.. Good edit job.
Need to find a weekend at some point this year and go do the section we couldn’t last year. Stay at Crescent and ride in from there. Heck even camp at the cliff side spot.
This was really cool. I'm planning to ride route 6 in the spring and hopefully the roads are open through the fire areas then, but this was great info for me so I know I can take my 890 without having to pre-run it on my KLX... Thanks for sharing your experience on Route 6, looks like a good time!
Congratulations on completing your first official BCDR section. It's what defines ADV riding: be flexible and resourceful when the situation requires you to be. Appreciate your start and finish editing where you include the quiet and solitude of the campsite. The track confirms the wisdom of not needing 100hp, 500 pound rig to enjoy the vast majority of ADV off-road routes. But Coors Light?
It's hard to find open roads up around Clackamas and Marion counties after the big fires last year. Maybe this freight train of water that's been coming in for the last 2 weeks or so will help change that.
@@DorkintheRoad I ran across some videos of a guy in Britain stealth camping in roundabouts (BillyintheBush) and he keep mentioning him. So I subscribed and been watching his videos the last 6 months.
Great video. I do the same as you guys - psych myself out of something and then you do it and think afterwards that was easy. I’d love to be able to camp with you guys. Always looks like you have a BLAST!!!
Dork I love your videos! I found your channel 8 months ago when I was looking for a dual sport. I got a Drz 400 after watching your videos and others showing how great of a bike it is. You then had me thinking about a Twin after seeing all the shenanigans you had on it. Well I decided I was more interested in the KlR instead and as I was researching them your klr videos came out a few days later. You helped steer me into buying the adventure model earlier this week. I even went to power motorsports but I ended up with a better deal at Bob Lamphere . Please keep the great videos coming and please don't get a different bike at least not for another year. I don't want to have to change bikes again..........How do you think your KLR would do on this section of the route?
@@DorkintheRoad Your the 1st channel I have ever became a member of . Goes to show how great I think your content is . Ride safe and thanks for your content.
Apparently, Versys is very capable machine. Not by design, though. But her engine is a breeze! Too bad Kawasaki didn't come up with the idea to fit that engine into KLR650 (the old lightweight one). They'd make a machine everyone is dreaming of: powerful smooth low maintenance ADV bike within 400 lbs wet!
I thought you got rid of your African twin for a klr? Is this before you got your klr or is the klr not good enough for the type of terrain that you encountered on the BDR?
Now, that you've had some seat time with your klr. Do you think if you had the chance to take it on this trip it would have performed just as good? I'm on the fence about buying a new klr. I have owned a 96 gen 1. How does yours perform on the freeway at speed say 65 to 75? At those speeds my gen 1 would get those headshakes and rattle you to death.. Exaggerating alittle but, not really. Alot of reviews say it's alot smoother than the previous models. I do, enjoy your videos.
What camera are you using? Your riding videos look so much clearer and nicer than mine. My GoPro ends up looking grainy like it’s a cheap camera with junk resolution. Lol.
This is such a beautiful area but it is also the perfect example of what I don't think I am capable physically because of my disability. The gravel would be fine but those big hills and rutted areas are probably too much for me. I would have had to turn around. I am still that you are my internet riding buddy and I am still going to get a KLR 650
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That was some great footage. LOVE the "Camping With Steve" T-Shirt. Hunker Down !! Never forget Step 2
You pushed me over the edge. Just bought my “ new” 2018 Klr 650. Riding it in snow in Canada.
Great video. Thanks for taking us along.
Thanks for watching!
Dork's reach around route. OMG, that was hilarious.
I need an ADV motorcycle! Thanks for sharing! 👍🏻🍻🏍
Gotta love Beards foliage camo at the waterfall
Hunker down! Love me some Camping with Steve. 😁
New sub. Really like what you do. long time BMW R75/6 rider. Keep up the good work.
I love the oregon waterfalls!
As always enjoyed watching thanks for sharing 👍
Beauty👌 of a series. All that DRZ playing surely paid off. 🙌
It definitely helped my build my skills and confidence
Great video! My friend and I have used Crescent Lake as a base camp for riding for about 40 years. Such a great area! By the way, when you're checking out the lake at 3:56, you're looking at Cowhorn Mountain, not Diamond Peak. When you ride to Summit Lake, it lies in a saddle between Cowhorn and Diamond Peak. So much fun!!
I love the channel. Riding, offroading and moto camping.
Thanks for watching!
Great adventure!
Great trails!
Great camp spot!
Excellent Riding Dork!
Thanks!
Great stuff gentlemen, ride safe..from the UK
This looks like an awesome time with a good group of guys! Around the 18min mark the views are amazing.
I do love my 2011 Versys! Great video from a fellow Willamette Valley Oregonian.
Thanks, man!
Great scenery & a must see. Livin’ the dream! Cheers, Ronny
Thanks, Ronny!
Always nice to have some food/beer footage in there. Helps give a feel for the parts of the relaxing on a camp trip day👏👏
“Where’s my trail beer?” Love it!
Really wanted one at that point 😂
You guys always make my day😂👍
That's so nice to hear!
Oh yea, the first several miles from the pavement up to the summit lakes is good riding for sure! It's awesome.
It's a very fun section
@@DorkintheRoad Most likely will be easier on your KLR. We did route 6 with one XR650L and one DRZ400 and those places are where the lighter bikes shine.
Great video 👍🇮🇲
Thanks for sharing this video
Nice riding, fellas. Really pretty, too. I very much enjoyed the video.
Dude I was leaving summit lake that same day as you guys where passing. I was the guy in the dark grey truck lol. That scrambler was ripping through like mad man. Pretty cool.
Funny coincidence. It's amazing up there.
This was a fun series on Oregon Back Country Discovery Route 6.
I always think of the Oregon Back Country Discovery Routes as the original. I think of the other BDRs as modeled after the Oregon Back Country Discovery Routes. That is because to the best of my knowledge the Oregon routes came first. Another interesting thing about the Oregon Back Country Routes is that there is more than one of them. The other BDRs are intended to be just a single line through a state.
One of the things that I really liked about the three videos that you recorded of this route was your use of the intercom audio. I use to really enjoy riding with my wife when we could point out hazards and great views to each other. It is fun to hear others riders do similarly.
Do you have intercoms for you wife's helmet and Little Dork's helmet? What is the most challenging section of unpaved road you have done with either your wife or daughter as your passenger?
I don't really ride 2up at all. My daughter has her own bike and my wife has no interest in riding. Kudos to you if you ride 2up off road, though. Sounds fun and challenging.
@@DorkintheRoad On unpaved roads we generally road on separate motorcycle. It was usually some unplanned exploring on trips that were planned as two up praved road trips. There was also a ride taking my step daughter on unpaved roads that require a driver's license.
That does lead to another question. In Washington state there are some sections of unpaved road connecting OHV trails that do not require street legal vehicles or a driver's license. This permits families to ride together including the children that are too young to have their driver's license. Are there any parts of any sections of the Oregon Back Country Discovery Routes that are like this?
I love that great bad road from Crescent up to Summit Lake! I once rode up to Summit Lake at 5pm and 100 degrees. I stripped off all my clothes and jumped in. When I got out, the mosquitos were so bad I got bites on all my privates before I could put up my tent fast enough to climb inside for the night. Worst night camping ever!
The Cascade Discovery Route shares that stretch of Wilderness edge road with Route 6 OBDR.
BBST....Big Bike Single Track, indeed!
One advantage to going in October was not really having to deal with bugs at all.
That kind of trail is exactly what we have mostly here in Michigan forests where we ride. Little less climbs and hills but same sand and dirt trail types. Kind of why I wanted the DR 650. Doing it alone I don't think 450 plus pound bikes will be wise some days ..😂 Nice waterfall ! Good job guys.. Good edit job.
Great video. You guys have some beautiful areas to ride.
We are very lucky
Need to find a weekend at some point this year and go do the section we couldn’t last year. Stay at Crescent and ride in from there. Heck even camp at the cliff side spot.
Great video 👍
Thanks, Tim!
Great Video. A++
Well done Gentlemen! I’m eager to BDR. 🇺🇸🏁
Let's go next year!
You had "burgers" at Manley's...oh the humanity!
This was really cool. I'm planning to ride route 6 in the spring and hopefully the roads are open through the fire areas then, but this was great info for me so I know I can take my 890 without having to pre-run it on my KLX...
Thanks for sharing your experience on Route 6, looks like a good time!
Well maybe in late spring but a lot of this route will probably have snow blocking it in May-June sometime into July.
Great video!
Thanks!
Congratulations on completing your first official BCDR section. It's what defines ADV riding: be flexible and resourceful when the situation requires you to be. Appreciate your start and finish editing where you include the quiet and solitude of the campsite. The track confirms the wisdom of not needing 100hp, 500 pound rig to enjoy the vast majority of ADV off-road routes. But Coors Light?
The best park of waking up, is jetboil in your cup.
Love your video
Love to see you work the AT!
It was very fun to see what I could do on it!
Great footage….you are right ….the GoPro doesn’t capture that…it’s always a bummer….
Nice video recording!
It's hard to find open roads up around Clackamas and Marion counties after the big fires last year. Maybe this freight train of water that's been coming in for the last 2 weeks or so will help change that.
I hope to ride some sections of Washington bdr next year. I live right in the middle of it.
I hope you can make it happen!
Good thing we're not having to drink every time you say route. 🤣😂
Cool ride!
Amazing adventure! Love it! No BDR in Texas 😭. How did the Versys on this trip?
Very well, but that was more the rider than the bike
Is that a CampingWithSteve shirt you wearing?
Of course. He's awesome
@@DorkintheRoad I ran across some videos of a guy in Britain stealth camping in roundabouts (BillyintheBush) and he keep mentioning him. So I subscribed and been watching his videos the last 6 months.
Great video. I do the same as you guys - psych myself out of something and then you do it and think afterwards that was easy. I’d love to be able to camp with you guys. Always looks like you have a BLAST!!!
Damn, the water looks low. Has it come back toward normal yet?
Dork I love your videos! I found your channel 8 months ago when I was looking for a dual sport. I got a Drz 400 after watching your videos and others showing how great of a bike it is. You then had me thinking about a Twin after seeing all the shenanigans you had on it. Well I decided I was more interested in the KlR instead and as I was researching them your klr videos came out a few days later.
You helped steer me into buying the adventure model earlier this week. I even went to power motorsports but I ended up with a better deal at Bob Lamphere . Please keep the great videos coming and please don't get a different bike at least not for another year. I don't want to have to change bikes again..........How do you think your KLR would do on this section of the route?
Congrats on your new bike and thank you for becoming a channel member! I honestly spent most of this day wishing I was on the KLR instead of the AT.
@@DorkintheRoad Your the 1st channel I have ever became a member of . Goes to show how great I think your content is . Ride safe and thanks for your content.
Fun 🙂
I’m sure you get asked this a lot, but are you planning any group/subscriber/events rides?
Lol 1 wife that she knows of.😂
Diamond Peak/Mt. Thielsen
Apparently, Versys is very capable machine. Not by design, though. But her engine is a breeze! Too bad Kawasaki didn't come up with the idea to fit that engine into KLR650 (the old lightweight one). They'd make a machine everyone is dreaming of: powerful smooth low maintenance ADV bike within 400 lbs wet!
How do you record your headset audio?
I thought you got rid of your African twin for a klr? Is this before you got your klr or is the klr not good enough for the type of terrain that you encountered on the BDR?
This was three days after I got my KLR and I didn't have time to get it set up before I left
Now, that you've had some seat time with your klr. Do you think if you had the chance to take it on this trip it would have performed just as good? I'm on the fence about buying a new klr. I have owned a 96 gen 1. How does yours perform on the freeway at speed say 65 to 75? At those speeds my gen 1 would get those headshakes and rattle you to death.. Exaggerating alittle but, not really. Alot of reviews say it's alot smoother than the previous models. I do, enjoy your videos.
What camera are you using? Your riding videos look so much clearer and nicer than mine. My GoPro ends up looking grainy like it’s a cheap camera with junk resolution. Lol.
GoPro Hero 9.
Would this be doable on a pan America outfitted for off-road?
Yes but not easy on the summit lake section
How do you mount your phone? My camera broke from vibrations.
Quad lock with vibration dampener
@@DorkintheRoad That was my next choice! How long have you been running it?
Two years now.
“Previously on Lost” please tell me you borrowed that from South Park’s “Previously on Battle Star Galactica”?
YOLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (thud)
This is such a beautiful area but it is also the perfect example of what I don't think I am capable physically because of my disability. The gravel would be fine but those big hills and rutted areas are probably too much for me. I would have had to turn around. I am still that you are my internet riding buddy and I am still going to get a KLR 650
Can I post my adv bike for sale here? Or can you point me in a direction for selling? Thanks love your channel
Facebook marketplace seems to be the go to destination for bike sales these days