THIS is the kind of content that keeps me coming back for more! A motorcycle adventure from California to Montana? That’s the stuff of dreams! There’s nothing quite like watching these epic rides unfold the freedom, the open road, and those jaw-dropping landscapes along the way. Videos like this seriously make me feel like I’m right there, feeling the wind, seeing the world pass by, and living that adventurous spirit. It’s more than just a trip -it’s a lifestyle! Keep sharing these incredible journeys because they inspire all of us, whether we’re riders or just dreamers imagining the ride from our screens which is incredible!
I enjoyed every second of this video. Thanks for sharing your adventure. Well, I have to admit that the single lane roads with no barriers on the sides of mountains put me through several panic attacks just as they did when I drove up into the mountains of the north island of New Zealand where they were only gravel and no pavement. I look forward to watching many more of your videos!! ❤❤❤❤
Thanks for the kind words, John. Yes, the redwoods are great. Pictures and videos don't do them justice. The Sequoias in the southern Sierra Nevada range in Southern California are equally, if not more so, impressive. Fun riding there too. You'll just have to go on a road trip! 😀
Yeah, a couple of people have commented about that! It was meant in good fun. You can see the campground name on the sign on the way in (and also on my phone display). In any event, it was Matthews Creek Campground (near Forks of Salmon, CA).
@@ADVWanderer I really do like your video's, and am looking forward to your next one. I love paths less traveled, but SUCK making video's! I don't know if you do your own editing or not, but WELL DONE
Thanks MT. It's great to get such positive feedback! 😊 I had to teach myself how to video edit. It takes a lot of effort at first, trial & error, but gets easier each time. Stick with it! I've been lying low due to COVID but hope to get out wandering soon!
...awesome, I love those Back-country roads, perfect for the Big Beast .... great Vid as well .... Next year Irvine SoCal to Montana on the Continental Divide
Man that is so dam beautiful. Curvy roads, beautiful weather, beautiful views. Im going to have to get out there someday and rent a bike and do some riding!! 🤞Nice vid bud!
He wants to keep the camp ground a secret. Hmm let me take a wild guess. I get to guess three tries. Here I go, this is going to be hard. 1) Mathews Greek 2) Mathews Greek 3) Mathews Greek Hmm, did I mentioned Mathews Greek? 🤣
The road you was on was yaak river road, there is so many wonderful things up there you rode past! I live in south Central Montana and go up there any chance I get !
Montana has a very sharp transition near Red Lodge from plains in the east to the Beartooth mountains west of Red Lodge. Worth a look if anobody goes that route.
How did the 50/50 tires hold up looks like a bunch of pavement. Not knocking you gotta be more careful when you are solo. I really enjoyed this very nice job putting it together like the Google Earth maps.
Thanks Doug, glad you enjoyed it! The 50/50 tires are holding up great and still going strong! Mitas E07+ I did some dirt on the trip, but nothing major. My drop did happen on a dirt switchback. Unfortunately the camera wasn't on at the time, it would have made for some good footage! haha
Yes, that is very much an option. I like having at least a pit toilet and potable water (sometimes) available so I usually seek out the Forest Service campgrounds. But that can occasionally backfire if the generator-runners or late-night partiers show up!
How easy is it to find regular fuel stops? I'm from Scotland and have visited California quite a few times sadly only by car (covering around 3000 miles each trip) which is not quite the same. I'm a biker and would love to have covered much of the area you have filmed. Just amazing. We have some nice twisties but sadly not the lovely weather. :-)
Fuel stops aren't much of an issue as long as you're aware of the bike's range and where the major towns are. GPS with petrol station info really helps with that! 😀 I've only had problems when I've deliberately pushed things and then got lost 🤣 A 350+ mile tank range on the GSA helps too! Scotland is nice but I've only seen it by train.
Great video. Funny to watch on a rainy Oregon coast evening. Your audio is perfect....Will you tell us how you accomplished crystal clear audio? Thanks! A couple of other notes....there are only two CHP cruiser who patrol the section where you got a toot from a siren. One of those guys is a rider....he might have been saying hello to a fellow rider. Also, i am currently recuperating from a badly sprained right ankle. Slow speed U turn in a restaurant parking lot-my 2016 R12 GSA decided to map on my ankle.....
Thanks, glad I kept you entertained on a rainy Oregon night! I use a high-quality lavalier (lav) mic inside my full-face helmet, tucked behind the cheek pad. It's a pretty simple set-up really. As for the CHP "toot", I edited that into the video! 😉 Sorry to hear about your ankle, mine took a while to heal up!
@@ADVWanderer Update, March 22, 2022, still in pain, but probably not gonna get much better. Next time you are in Oregon, stop by. The guest room is yours!
Sorry to hear about that! It takes a while but I found doing a simple ankle balancing exercise of standing on one leg with my eyes closed really helped to strengthen and repair my ankle over time.
Nice adventure, I enjoyed your video. I hope to take a trip like that one day. I'm curious, where you wearing motorcycle boots when you hurt your ankle? If so, would you share which brand and model where they? Thank you for sharing your adventure
Yes, I was wearing a high end ADV boot. I bought them before the trip and they saved my ankle. My old moto boots did not have that much ankle protection and my ankle would have been broken if I had been wearing them. It was a weird fall and basically all the weight of the very heavy, fully loaded GSA was right on my ankle (it was actually pinned into the ground by the bike). The only type of boot that would have maybe performed better in that crush scenario would have been a true motocross boot.
Thanks William! I would share it if I had one... I just entered the route after the fact in Google Earth. I'd be happy to advise on any roads/locations you might be interested in.
Its a Garmin unit sold as a BMW branded "Navigator VI" GPS. The bike has a mount for it already, so you just plug it in. It shares data with the bike and you can control it with the handlebar controls (wonderwheel). It sounds good in theory, but Google Maps is far superior to Garmin for on-road navigation, which is why you see my phone mounted too! haha The BMW/Garmin unit is good for on-the-fly navigation since you don't have to take your gloves off to use it (unlike the phone). In practice, I use the phone/Google Maps for navigating to a known destination, and the BMW/Garmin GPS for high-level overviews of the area I'm travelling through.
Different strokes for different folks! And different bikes for different jobs... A GS is great for long distance and fire road stuff. Anything more technical and a smaller bike would be better, but then those suck for extended highway riding and multi-week trips. I think the solution is to own two bikes! haha
Passing other bikers is something i hate. Because then you are obligated to stay ahead of them. Usually after passing i see something beutitful i want to slow down and look at, but cant or the bikes i just pass will think i am being an ass hat.
I would think that you would want to be in formative to your viewers, why would you not share the location and the name of the campground that you were at.It’s a big world out there you can share it with others
A couple of people have commented about the campground name. A poor attempt at humor on my part... The name was visible on the entrance sign, as well as on my phone display. Matthews Creek Campground near Forks of Salmon, California.
Dude- When you have a GS....you don't stay in campgrounds. Period. Grab some bear spray, knife, and mosquito netting....and get OFF the trail! -spoken by a guy who rides a '87 BMW K75 (and dreams of an off-road bike someday) ps: LOVED the route! I've spent some time on the backroads around Ft. Bragg, CA. and eastern Oregon. I'm from Seattle.
True that! It's sometimes more convenient to stay in a campground, especially on long distance trips that are primarily on pavement. I usually seek out Forest Service campgrounds since they are less touristy and have an outhouse haha :)
I didn't choose the Mitas E07+ tires specifically for the trip, but they performed really well. Quieter than the 90/10 Anakee 3's that came with the bike. Don't even notice them on pavement except at very low speeds. I got them so I can ride fire roads and whatnot here in Southern California. We have to deal with loose sand pretty much everywhere here.
Thanks! It can be a challenge to balance documenting the journey and the destinations while keeping the video relatively short. I will try to include more roses next time! 😀
Thanks! It can be challenging to show enough without making the video too long. It was a two week trip. I tried my best to give an overall flavor of the journey. I figured 20 minutes was already pushing it! 😉
Passing other riders on a double yellow? Passing a row of vehicles at a one way construction zone stop light? Huh. Privileged mentality I see. Too bad you never managed to tap into those GS capabilities.
The other riders knew I was there and had moved to the far right of their lane to let me pass. I was giving them extra space but could have popped back into their lane if an on-coming vehicle appeared. Visibility up the opposing lane was quite far, more so than it appears in the video. It was a safe maneuver. It is standard for bikes to move to the front in places like that construction stop. Bikes are just naturally faster on curvy roads and it's best for everyone if they move to the front. Makes it more stress-free for everyone. Some might call it privilege but it really is the best way for everyone to relax and enjoy the road. Who wants bikes riding your butt waiting on a chance to pass?
Didn’t see anything wrong with how you passed the Harley guys. They obviously knew you were there as they moved over. I personally would not have passed the vehicles at the construction stop. Sometimes 4 wheelers, especially locals, can go way faster than bikers on a curvy road!
I was more concerned about getting in front of the guy pulling the massive trailer! haha While the location of the construction stop was in Washington State, here in California it is totally normal (and legal) to lane filter at red lights etc.
(At about t = 2:30 and 9:00) We don't say "THE 101" or "The 96" in NorCal, just in case you wanted to fit in better and not give away that you are from shallow Southern Cal ...
Appreciate the input. The trip was never intended to be action oriented or hard core. The camera isn't running 100% of the time (especially on a multi-week trip) so not everything gets captured.
@@ADVWanderer Understood, but riding cross country is not just about the camera facing forward. or recording trees. There are towns, where you spend the night, interesting/unique meals, maybe some curious joe who you exchange a few words. A recording of after your injury, to add some drama. Again, sorry dude
@@marct9942 Seriously, meals? The last thing I want to do is look at what somebody eats. I cant believe how much you and others were hating on his video. He did a good job.
THIS is the kind of content that keeps me coming back for more! A motorcycle adventure from California to Montana? That’s the stuff of dreams! There’s nothing quite like watching these epic rides unfold the freedom, the open road, and those jaw-dropping landscapes along the way. Videos like this seriously make me feel like I’m right there, feeling the wind, seeing the world pass by, and living that adventurous spirit. It’s more than just a trip -it’s a lifestyle! Keep sharing these incredible journeys because they inspire all of us, whether we’re riders or just dreamers imagining the ride from our screens which is incredible!
I'm happy that you enjoyed coming along on the trip with me! 😀
I appreciated the comment as well as your enthusiasm!
Great Video! I can't wait for the snow to get out of the mountains of Montana. I'm ready to explore. Thanks for sharing with us.
Glad you enjoyed it! Yes, it will take a while for the snow to melt at altitude this year, but all that stored water is certainly welcome!
Very Awesome video. Thank you for sharing your trip with us!!!!! Hope your ankle is better...
Glad you enjoyed it! Yep, the ankle is all healed up!
Beautiful scenery and winding roads with almost no traffic make for a great ride - thanks for sharing!
I enjoyed every second of this video. Thanks for sharing your adventure. Well, I have to admit that the single lane roads with no barriers on the sides of mountains put me through several panic attacks just as they did when I drove up into the mountains of the north island of New Zealand where they were only gravel and no pavement. I look forward to watching many more of your videos!! ❤❤❤❤
Thanks Dean! Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome video. Loved the scenery, just beautiful!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wowee! A dream come true, beautiful scenery and the courage to just do it!
Glad you enjoyed it! You Only Live Once!
Loved that route, always wanted to "see the redwoods" it's on my bucket list... Great photography! all best from Yorkshire UK 👍🏍🖖
I'm happy to have helped you experience them virtually! 😀
Thanks for commenting!
Thanks for taking us along. Watched the whole channel. Cheers from Eastern WA.
Thanks Bob! Happy you enjoyed it!
Thanks. Really enjoying it.
Great! Glad to hear it!
Thank you for your nice narration and awesome scenic views along the way.
Glad you liked it! Appreciate the comment!
Awesome vid buddy. Keep em coming. And thank you.
You're welcome Robert! Appreciate the support!
Thanks for sharing.. very well captured....
Thanks Shuja, I appreciate the comment!
Thank you for taking the time to video this. Those redwood forest were beautiful. I live in Texas and would love to ride up there.
Thanks for the kind words, John. Yes, the redwoods are great. Pictures and videos don't do them justice. The Sequoias in the southern Sierra Nevada range in Southern California are equally, if not more so, impressive. Fun riding there too. You'll just have to go on a road trip! 😀
Great video! Thanks for putting this together. I was in Idaho and Montana in Sep. Some of the best motorcycle roads I've found yet! Be safe!!!
Thanks Jonny! Yes, there are some sweet roads up there.
Great video, beautiful landscapes from start to finish.
It was a fun trip!
My dream adventure in a dual sport, u nail it, love n jealous...
Happy you liked the video! You just need to get out there yourself someday!
You lost me at “I’m not gonna tell you what campground it is, because I need to keep it a secret” what?!
Yeah, a couple of people have commented about that! It was meant in good fun. You can see the campground name on the sign on the way in (and also on my phone display). In any event, it was Matthews Creek Campground (near Forks of Salmon, CA).
From the Netherlands; very nice video, and very beautiful surroundings!
Dank je! Glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful scenery really enjoyed the video keep them coming. Ride safe my friend and keep the shinny side up God bless
Thanks Danny, glad you enjoyed it!
Gorgeous ride
Yes!
enjoyed your video! Hilarious, you say won't tell where the campground is after you video the sign on the way in!
Haha the campground name is also displayed on my phone! 😎 All in good fun!
Glad you liked the video, thanks for commenting 👍
@@ADVWanderer I really do like your video's, and am looking forward to your next one. I love paths less traveled, but SUCK making video's! I don't know if you do your own editing or not, but WELL DONE
Thanks MT. It's great to get such positive feedback! 😊 I had to teach myself how to video edit. It takes a lot of effort at first, trial & error, but gets easier each time. Stick with it! I've been lying low due to COVID but hope to get out wandering soon!
Beautiful ride! Enjoyed the adventure with you through here!
Glad to hear it! Happy to have you along for the ride! 😎
...awesome, I love those Back-country roads, perfect for the Big Beast .... great Vid as well .... Next year Irvine SoCal to Montana on the Continental Divide
Nice. I plan to hit some BDRs and whatnot as well.
Man that is so dam beautiful. Curvy roads, beautiful weather, beautiful views. Im going to have to get out there someday and rent a bike and do some riding!! 🤞Nice vid bud!
Thanks, the West really is the Best! haha😎
I've only just scratched the surface. Can't wait to get out wandering again.
Epic route, despite the mishap.
Thanks for the amazing video. Hope to do this some day.
Glad you enjoyed it!
He wants to keep the camp ground a secret. Hmm let me take a wild guess. I get to guess three tries. Here I go, this is going to be hard.
1) Mathews Greek
2) Mathews Greek
3) Mathews Greek
Hmm, did I mentioned Mathews Greek? 🤣
Haha you got it! But it is Creek not Greek! 😂
Not sure if you noticed but the sign was visible on my way in! :)
Campground around 9:30 is Mathews Creek Campground in Klamath NF. You're Welcome :)
I was surprised by the number of folks in the comments who were upset about that! 😕
Nice ride thx 4 sharing!
Thanks! Appreciate it!
It looks like every state in the west has similar beautiful. Very much unlike Florida where I live.
I like to see camp video also. Nice video!
Thanks Michael. Yes, I was thinking about adding some in-camp content the next time I go out.
That's my stomping ground in NorCal. I love the Lost Coast and Sawyer's Bar/Forks of Salmon area. I've done those roads in MT through Yaak too.
They're great areas to stomp! 👍
Good job. I liked the route. Next time give me call we can go together.
Sure! But only if you agree to travel on my schedule and to do all the camp set-ups and tear-downs while I sip coffee! 🤣
Really nice video. My wife and I had our honeymoon at Crater Lake. My goal is to ride my Suzuki Boulevard there.
Thanks! Glad you liked it. Yes, Crater Lake is very picturesque. Jump on your bike and go! 😎
The road you was on was yaak river road, there is so many wonderful things up there you rode past! I live in south Central Montana and go up there any chance I get !
Yes it was! Also known as National Forest Road 92 (NF-92).
So many places to explore, so little time! lol Loved the area.
what a places. I hope one day...
I'm happy that you enjoyed the video! I hope to ride the Alps one day like you can 😁
😎🏍💨💨💨💨💨💨👍🏻🇨🇦 thanks for sharing
Thanks for the creative comment! Glad you enjoyed the video.
Nice
Thanks!
Montana has a very sharp transition near Red Lodge from plains in the east to the Beartooth mountains west of Red Lodge. Worth a look if anobody goes that route.
Ingat idol keep safe beautiful place
Wow!
I know, right? I'll definitely be going back that way again. Thanks for subscribing!
Lol hoy should come to South America and ride throug our roads, what you say its crazy here is normal
Yes, I will ride in South America one day soon!
As awesome
Glad you enjoyed it!
How did the 50/50 tires hold up looks like a bunch of pavement. Not knocking you gotta be more careful when you are solo. I really enjoyed this very nice job putting it together like the Google Earth maps.
Thanks Doug, glad you enjoyed it!
The 50/50 tires are holding up great and still going strong! Mitas E07+
I did some dirt on the trip, but nothing major. My drop did happen on a dirt switchback. Unfortunately the camera wasn't on at the time, it would have made for some good footage! haha
Stealth camping all along hwy 36 in Northern California
Yes, that is very much an option. I like having at least a pit toilet and potable water (sometimes) available so I usually seek out the Forest Service campgrounds. But that can occasionally backfire if the generator-runners or late-night partiers show up!
Great video! I hope your recovery was fast!
What king of microphone do you use with that Gopro 7?
Thanks! Yep, all healed up!
Its a "Giant Squid Omnidirectional Mono Microphone" lavalier-type purchased on Amazon.
The boxer engine sounds nice
Nice trip!!!
It was! Glad you enjoyed the vid.
How easy is it to find regular fuel stops? I'm from Scotland and have visited California quite a few times sadly only by car (covering around 3000 miles each trip) which is not quite the same. I'm a biker and would love to have covered much of the area you have filmed. Just amazing. We have some nice twisties but sadly not the lovely weather. :-)
Fuel stops aren't much of an issue as long as you're aware of the bike's range and where the major towns are. GPS with petrol station info really helps with that! 😀 I've only had problems when I've deliberately pushed things and then got lost 🤣 A 350+ mile tank range on the GSA helps too!
Scotland is nice but I've only seen it by train.
Nice trip, thanks for posting, do you have a GPX file of the route you can share?
Thanks! I don't keep GPX files but would be happy to provide info for any specific road you were curious about.
Great quality videos. That subscriber number is not doing you justice
Thanks! I appreciate all of my fans, no matter the number! haha 😁
Great video. Funny to watch on a rainy Oregon coast evening. Your audio is perfect....Will you tell us how you accomplished crystal clear audio? Thanks! A couple of other notes....there are only two CHP cruiser who patrol the section where you got a toot from a siren. One of those guys is a rider....he might have been saying hello to a fellow rider. Also, i am currently recuperating from a badly sprained right ankle. Slow speed U turn in a restaurant parking lot-my 2016 R12 GSA decided to map on my ankle.....
Thanks, glad I kept you entertained on a rainy Oregon night! I use a high-quality lavalier (lav) mic inside my full-face helmet, tucked behind the cheek pad. It's a pretty simple set-up really. As for the CHP "toot", I edited that into the video! 😉
Sorry to hear about your ankle, mine took a while to heal up!
@@ADVWanderer Update, March 22, 2022, still in pain, but probably not gonna get much better. Next time you are in Oregon, stop by. The guest room is yours!
Sorry to hear about that! It takes a while but I found doing a simple ankle balancing exercise of standing on one leg with my eyes closed really helped to strengthen and repair my ankle over time.
Nice adventure, I enjoyed your video. I hope to take a trip like that one day. I'm curious, where you wearing motorcycle boots when you hurt your ankle? If so, would you share which brand and model where they?
Thank you for sharing your adventure
Yes, I was wearing a high end ADV boot. I bought them before the trip and they saved my ankle. My old moto boots did not have that much ankle protection and my ankle would have been broken if I had been wearing them. It was a weird fall and basically all the weight of the very heavy, fully loaded GSA was right on my ankle (it was actually pinned into the ground by the bike). The only type of boot that would have maybe performed better in that crush scenario would have been a true motocross boot.
Great video, thanks for sharing. Could you share the GPX file for this trip?
Thanks William! I would share it if I had one... I just entered the route after the fact in Google Earth. I'd be happy to advise on any roads/locations you might be interested in.
Thanks Wayne. That might come in handy!
What kind of gps is that?
Its a Garmin unit sold as a BMW branded "Navigator VI" GPS. The bike has a mount for it already, so you just plug it in. It shares data with the bike and you can control it with the handlebar controls (wonderwheel).
It sounds good in theory, but Google Maps is far superior to Garmin for on-road navigation, which is why you see my phone mounted too! haha
The BMW/Garmin unit is good for on-the-fly navigation since you don't have to take your gloves off to use it (unlike the phone).
In practice, I use the phone/Google Maps for navigating to a known destination, and the BMW/Garmin GPS for high-level overviews of the area I'm travelling through.
Nice video. How long did the whole trip take ?
I think it was about 10 days or so.
@@ADVWandererwell without sleeping it would take approximately 15hrs but obviously we all have to sleep so yea 10 days 😊 absolutely love the vids dude
@@KiingKillerr I like to take the scenic route! And on long trips I try to do no more than about 5-6 hours in the saddle per day.
Awesome ride and video Bro. What highway pegs and headlamp guard do you have? I’ve been thinking of adding those things to my GS.
Thanks Joaquin, glad you liked it!
The highway pegs are from Adventure Designs and the headlight guard is from AltRider.
only the most expensive stuff....Where are the true adventurers without a SUV GS and the cosmetic gear?
Different strokes for different folks!
And different bikes for different jobs... A GS is great for long distance and fire road stuff. Anything more technical and a smaller bike would be better, but then those suck for extended highway riding and multi-week trips.
I think the solution is to own two bikes! haha
great video, did the foot recover?
Yes, I went to an Urgent Care the next day in Whitefish to have it X-Rayed. Nothing broken thankfully! 😎
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I just watches the video because far cry 5
What were you riding
2018 BMW R1200GSA
@@ADVWanderer thanks Bro big bike
Passing other bikers is something i hate. Because then you are obligated to stay ahead of them. Usually after passing i see something beutitful i want to slow down and look at, but cant or the bikes i just pass will think i am being an ass hat.
Haha yeah. The Harley guys actually moved over to let me pass... So I was obligated lol
잘보고가요.
do you have a link or a gps file of the trip?
Hey CarGuy! Unfortunately I do not. If there was a particular bit you were interested in, I would be happy to provide the location.
I would think that you would want to be in formative to your viewers, why would you not share the location and the name of the campground that you were at.It’s a big world out there you can share it with others
A couple of people have commented about the campground name. A poor attempt at humor on my part... The name was visible on the entrance sign, as well as on my phone display. Matthews Creek Campground near Forks of Salmon, California.
Can I ask how you got such clean audio of you talking while riding?
I am using a quality lavalier (lav) microphone tucked under the cheek pad of my helmet.
Dude- When you have a GS....you don't stay in campgrounds. Period. Grab some bear spray, knife, and mosquito netting....and get OFF the trail!
-spoken by a guy who rides a '87 BMW K75 (and dreams of an off-road bike someday)
ps: LOVED the route! I've spent some time on the backroads around Ft. Bragg, CA. and eastern Oregon. I'm from Seattle.
True that! It's sometimes more convenient to stay in a campground, especially on long distance trips that are primarily on pavement. I usually seek out Forest Service campgrounds since they are less touristy and have an outhouse haha :)
Why did you choose 50/50 tires ?
I didn't choose the Mitas E07+ tires specifically for the trip, but they performed really well. Quieter than the 90/10 Anakee 3's that came with the bike. Don't even notice them on pavement except at very low speeds. I got them so I can ride fire roads and whatnot here in Southern California. We have to deal with loose sand pretty much everywhere here.
What tires did you put on during the trip? Also, we’re you given the wrong brake pads…what happened with that ?
After the campground was at a one-way road?
Believe it or not, it was two-way! 😱
ADV Wanderer Play that could’ve been scary Thank you for sharing your videos they’re great
Thank you!
U could of camped anywhere to be honest, no ranger would of messed with u!!!!
9:47 'secret' empty campground...gotta keep it a secret 🤔. Beautiful route, hope you've recovered fully.
Matthews Creek Campground. The name can be seen in the video on the road signage and on my phone display. All in fun!
you're not sharing the campground because you want to keep it a secret? you have 790 followers not 1 million😂😂😂
Well... not yet 1 million! 🤣
Here's more of your Road of Death 😍 th-cam.com/video/V0sPSzMkjG4/w-d-xo.html
Great vids you need to stop more seamed rushed smell some roses note! If you ride off rode you will drop it
Thanks! It can be a challenge to balance documenting the journey and the destinations while keeping the video relatively short. I will try to include more roses next time! 😀
Really great trip. but it is all so rushed.
Thanks! It can be challenging to show enough without making the video too long. It was a two week trip. I tried my best to give an overall flavor of the journey. I figured 20 minutes was already pushing it! 😉
I'm gonna guess that you are an Aquarius.
Good guess, but nope... Gemini 😉
Passing other riders on a double yellow? Passing a row of vehicles at a one way construction zone stop light? Huh. Privileged mentality I see. Too bad you never managed to tap into those GS capabilities.
The other riders knew I was there and had moved to the far right of their lane to let me pass. I was giving them extra space but could have popped back into their lane if an on-coming vehicle appeared. Visibility up the opposing lane was quite far, more so than it appears in the video. It was a safe maneuver.
It is standard for bikes to move to the front in places like that construction stop. Bikes are just naturally faster on curvy roads and it's best for everyone if they move to the front. Makes it more stress-free for everyone. Some might call it privilege but it really is the best way for everyone to relax and enjoy the road. Who wants bikes riding your butt waiting on a chance to pass?
Didn’t see anything wrong with how you passed the Harley guys. They obviously knew you were there as they moved over. I personally would not have passed the vehicles at the construction stop. Sometimes 4 wheelers, especially locals, can go way faster than bikers on a curvy road!
I was more concerned about getting in front of the guy pulling the massive trailer! haha While the location of the construction stop was in Washington State, here in California it is totally normal (and legal) to lane filter at red lights etc.
OK, Karen.
Did he hurt your feelings!?
1st question, What the Hell were you doing in Cali-Wackie???
I live in Cali-Wackie! 😉
@@ADVWanderer Oh no, sorry Bro...Safe Travels
(At about t = 2:30 and 9:00) We don't say "THE 101" or "The 96" in NorCal, just in case you wanted to fit in better and not give away that you are from shallow Southern Cal ...
Yeah, people from NorCal really *are* weird! 😜😁
Very nice video, but the sound of the engine is hard to live with.
Sorry dude, but that was boring. A road trip on an overpowered bike, and your biggest challenge was a gravel road?
Appreciate the input. The trip was never intended to be action oriented or hard core. The camera isn't running 100% of the time (especially on a multi-week trip) so not everything gets captured.
@@ADVWanderer Understood, but riding cross country is not just about the camera facing forward. or recording trees. There are towns, where you spend the night, interesting/unique meals, maybe some curious joe who you exchange a few words.
A recording of after your injury, to add some drama. Again, sorry dude
You're not wrong Marc! Thanks for the suggestions. I'll be sure to incorporate them next time I record a trip.
@@marct9942 Seriously, meals? The last thing I want to do is look at what somebody eats. I cant believe how much you and others were hating on his video. He did a good job.
@@darrellhay Good for you. You have your likes and we have ours. Why don't you respect opinions? The OP did