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Yes, I’m one of those guys that doesn’t upgrade my bikes until I wear them out. My 92 XR628R and 03 XR400R just keep going...Just did a 219 mile ride to Long Beach Wa. USA on the XR400R...The beach is apx. 30 miles long. The sign for the beach says “Worlds Longest Beach”. Ya burst my bubble! Lol
I rode on the beach in Brazil from Torres southwards and it's something like 400+km long but I never got that far lol, someone pulled a gun on me and i spent the rest of that day at the police station. I love beach riding and would do it again if I were down there.
Did you do the whole 200km, Bruno? The funny thing with our 65km ride is by the time you get to the end it has been great but you are ready for some different scenery.
Did that in my 4x4 late last year - a great part of the world! Love to come back with my bike. I believe you can ride on Fraser Island too, just up the road a bit and Eastern Beach is bit longer
Lucky you! The longest legal beach I rode was Plage Blanche in Morocco, about 40 km long. Always wash you bike ASAP after a beach ride! Corrosion finds its ways!
I rode my DR350 on the beach and hit a wave. Something wierd happened and the carburetor never worked again, either did me changing carbs. Compression was fine; throwing out to another harness off another one of my five DR350 bikes still couldn't get that bike running. Absolutely none of this made any sense to me, I even filled the cylinder with transmission fluid and cycled with the plug out to perhaps flush anything out. Compression was definitely great after that! Bike hasn't ran in four years, it's next on my list of things to do when nothing else is on fire.
My locals stockton beach NSW, Great fun but i always come home with lots of sand inside my airbox on my ttr250 as its generally really soft and chopped up there so the bikes wheelspinning on and off quite often (10psi) poor old ttr250 gets a bit hot out there sometimes lol
rode baileys beach south to pouto in NZ north island. thats only 60km, not sure if you can ride the northern section (never got time).. my uncles KX450F (pro am racer in NZ) and a farm bike wr250f were generously loaned to my brother and i last time we were there, man what a day! at the time (10yrs back now) beaches were considered an extension of the road way with way more lax policing (ie: as long as youre not harassing other beach users, almost anything is fair game).. state forests mostly considered the same. much more free in this respect compared to over here in aussie
I've ridden Teewah Beach a few times as i live close by. Been camping there heaps too. Absolutely love it there. Had my bucks weekend there last year too.
Is Fraser Island still open to bikes? It's an epic trip from bottom to top, and back, and all of the inland tracks. Long time since I've ridden there, awesome fun though...
Intense salt corrosion on your DR....... That's OK we'll just buy new ones..... Oh wait....they're no longer available... Best thing about wheelies on the beach ? The lack of damage when you flip it in top gear.
We usually just spray something like WD40 all over the important bits. Then wash the bikes three times when we get home. It seems to do the trick. And don't go to the beach too often!
Question about foot pegs. You reviewed fast way pegs and I am looking to go to an upgrade in foot pegs. Which one of the Fastway pegs do you recommend for a DR650?
TC, it's a bit of a drive/ride, but way over in the south-west corner of Victoria I am sure there are beach areas that can be driven on. We did a 4x4 trip starting at Robe (SA) and drove 2-3 days towards Victoria hugging the coastline. Otherwise, if it's sand you want, we do have a few deserts too.
Love riding my motorbike , however there is one thing better at Teewah. I flew hang gliders regularly at Teewah and Rainbow Beach for 23 years Loved every minute of it.
@@crosstrainingadventure At Teewah most of our launches were by car tow which was very safe, but eventually banned by idiots who knew nothing about hang gliding but perceived it to be dangerous Alternatively there was a ramp at the southern end of Teewah beach at the start of the ridges. Hard slog carrying the equipment up to the launch site. Very difficult to get past where the Cherry Venture was beached. I did make it to Double Island Point three times, which was very difficult because of the long distance between small hills at the northern end If you stayed on the ridges you could fly all day in the right conditions At Rainbow beach which is a NE site you took off out of Carlow Blow which was great because you could land in the blow, have a rest and take off again We would leave our gliders set up in Carlo Blow so we were ready to fly the next day When the conditions were perfect you could fly two to three km out to sea before racing back in a tail wind to arrive at the ridge half way up, work up height and do it all again
Was that an older bike? We usually just spray something like WD40 all over the important bits. Then wash the bikes three times when we get home. And really lube the chain well. It seems to do the trick. But we wouldn't want to hit the beach more than once a year...
We wash our bike three times hte moment we are done, this usually seems to keep the rust under control. But yeah, we wouldn't do this ride too often with the same bike.
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Yes, I’m one of those guys that doesn’t upgrade my bikes until I wear them out. My 92 XR628R and 03 XR400R just keep going...Just did a 219 mile ride to Long Beach Wa. USA on the XR400R...The beach is apx. 30 miles long. The sign for the beach says “Worlds Longest Beach”. Ya burst my bubble! Lol
It's funny how quite a few beaches say they are the longest!
Very cool, and one to add to the 'bucket list' for sure! Cheers Barry!
Thanks Allen!
Brazil, Casino Beach... 200 and some km, legal to ride.
I rode on the beach in Brazil from Torres southwards and it's something like 400+km long but I never got that far lol, someone pulled a gun on me and i spent the rest of that day at the police station. I love beach riding and would do it again if I were down there.
Did you do the whole 200km, Bruno? The funny thing with our 65km ride is by the time you get to the end it has been great but you are ready for some different scenery.
Well put, and looks a lovely beach to ride. The slower you go, the more you see 😁👍
One of the benefits of getting older!
Did that in my 4x4 late last year - a great part of the world! Love to come back with my bike. I believe you can ride on Fraser Island too, just up the road a bit and Eastern Beach is bit longer
I wish the beaches here were that sturdy to ride on - Some long stretches here in Baja California as well.
Another great video on the piglet
Can't think of any place in Cannuckistan were you could ride a public beach without getting a case of LEAD poisoning .👮♂
Great spot camped up there many times even flown a hang glider over the northern most part up at Rainbow Beach
The view from up there must have been incredible!
Lucky you! The longest legal beach I rode was Plage Blanche in Morocco, about 40 km long. Always wash you bike ASAP after a beach ride! Corrosion finds its ways!
I usually cover my bike with WD40 first. Then the moment I get home, wash it three times.
I rode my DR350 on the beach and hit a wave. Something wierd happened and the carburetor never worked again, either did me changing carbs. Compression was fine; throwing out to another harness off another one of my five DR350 bikes still couldn't get that bike running. Absolutely none of this made any sense to me, I even filled the cylinder with transmission fluid and cycled with the plug out to perhaps flush anything out. Compression was definitely great after that!
Bike hasn't ran in four years, it's next on my list of things to do when nothing else is on fire.
I once had SACHS on a beach but it was just a moped. It was still fun.
My locals stockton beach NSW, Great fun but i always come home with lots of sand inside my airbox on my ttr250 as its generally really soft and chopped up there so the bikes wheelspinning on and off quite often (10psi) poor old ttr250 gets a bit hot out there sometimes lol
rode baileys beach south to pouto in NZ north island. thats only 60km, not sure if you can ride the northern section (never got time).. my uncles KX450F (pro am racer in NZ) and a farm bike wr250f were generously loaned to my brother and i last time we were there, man what a day! at the time (10yrs back now) beaches were considered an extension of the road way with way more lax policing (ie: as long as youre not harassing other beach users, almost anything is fair game).. state forests mostly considered the same.
much more free in this respect compared to over here in aussie
I've ridden Teewah Beach a few times as i live close by. Been camping there heaps too. Absolutely love it there. Had my bucks weekend there last year too.
nice
Great spot hey, Jack. I was pleased to see the permit still isn't crazy expensive... $13 online.
@@crosstrainingadventure good value!
Fraser island should be good also, only a short ferry over from rainbow beach.
Is Fraser Island still open to bikes?
It's an epic trip from bottom to top, and back, and all of the inland tracks.
Long time since I've ridden there, awesome fun though...
Not sure, Paul. So I didn't mention it in this vid. I heard a few years ago they were thinking of banning bikes but couldn't find any info.
Isn't the beach at Daytona Beach longer? It used to be legal to ride and drive on all of it. Don't know if it still is.
Mate I just love your vids and your commentary keep it up just the best .ps what sat navigation do u run garman or Tom Tom or what else thanks Micheal
Cheers Micheal! Nothing at the moment but I used to use a cheap Garmin car GPS on the bike... a 1490 model.
Amen brother...
Intense salt corrosion on your DR.......
That's OK we'll just buy new ones.....
Oh wait....they're no longer available...
Best thing about wheelies on the beach ? The lack of damage when you flip it in top gear.
Awesome fun...except when there are are deep ruts all over the place from 4wds
Very true!
Believe you can ride 88km on 90 mile beach in New Zealand :)
Does a dry lake bed count? Black Rock Playa here in Nevada is open, someone broke the sound barrier here, in a jet-car.
Just googled it, 200 square miles... that's a lot of dry lake bed!
@@crosstrainingadventure also the home of Burning Man
How can you reliably prevent salt corrosion with beach riding? Is there a suitable preservative spray that it is advisable to use before hand?
We usually just spray something like WD40 all over the important bits. Then wash the bikes three times when we get home. It seems to do the trick. And don't go to the beach too often!
Thrills to chills, ain’t that the truth
Ps the ocean beach on fraser is 75mile beach. Last rode it 14yrs ago. Straddy & moreton both now off limits sadly
Question about foot pegs. You reviewed fast way pegs and I am looking to go to an upgrade in foot pegs. Which one of the Fastway pegs do you recommend for a DR650?
I couldn't possibly give a recommendation, there are so many variables.
Yeah, today we are usually not allowed more and more things that are fun...
If you had to choose between a 2010 KTM 990 adventure with 30,000km for $5800 or a new 2022 Kawasaki KLR650 for $7500 which would you choose?
Nope. 90 Mile beach in New Zealand is actually 88 KM's long. But looks like fun though.
I wish there was beaches to ride in Victoria
TC, it's a bit of a drive/ride, but way over in the south-west corner of Victoria I am sure there are beach areas that can be driven on. We did a 4x4 trip starting at Robe (SA) and drove 2-3 days towards Victoria hugging the coastline. Otherwise, if it's sand you want, we do have a few deserts too.
En Argentina, miles de km
Love riding my motorbike , however there is one thing better at Teewah.
I flew hang gliders regularly at Teewah and Rainbow Beach for 23 years
Loved every minute of it.
That would be a pile of fun, Murray. Where was the take off point?
@@crosstrainingadventure
At Teewah most of our launches were by car tow which was very safe, but eventually banned by idiots who knew nothing about hang gliding but perceived it to be dangerous Alternatively there was a ramp at the southern end of Teewah beach at the start of the ridges. Hard slog carrying the equipment up to the launch site. Very difficult to get past where the Cherry Venture was beached. I did make it to Double Island Point three times, which was very difficult because of the long distance between small hills at the northern end
If you stayed on the ridges you could fly all day in the right conditions
At Rainbow beach which is a NE site you took off out of Carlow Blow which was great because you could land in the blow, have a rest and take off again
We would leave our gliders set up in Carlo Blow so we were ready to fly the next day
When the conditions were perfect you could fly two to three km out to sea before racing back in a tail wind to arrive at the ridge half way up, work up height and do it all again
Must have been a blast!
in Lithuania don't you dare taking motorbike on to the beach
We're so lucky here in QLD.
Victorian here agreeing in 4 degrees Celsius 😳
I live about 40min from teewah Beach and its 6 degrees here as I type 😂
@@adamrichards2072 WOW ouch. It is perfect up here at the moment, butt. Swings and roundabouts. 😄
@@jackbrown286 That what fires are made for. Cool clear night and maybe some beers..
I've been comparing temps with a Victorian mate, we've been pretty close on recent nights.
How about trapped under ur xr200, still idle in 2nd. Rear tire wears through helmet skin b4 u get it off of u. One of my closest to dead
😧
Helmet skin?? back in the day i guess
@@joshadsett4835..may be talking about the other "helmet"??
Yeah, I'm curious. I hope we aren't talking about the purple helmeted warrior of love?
fashioning a 2nd helmet now, from a ping-pong ball
@@bryanreeme8584 🤣
Like.
🤔sand, and salt water on my motorcycle!?
pembrey beach in wales would be ideal for this , only problem is the fun police start complaining.
Best way to rust every single bolt on your bike, just the salt air is enough. Never doing that again
Was that an older bike? We usually just spray something like WD40 all over the important bits. Then wash the bikes three times when we get home. And really lube the chain well. It seems to do the trick. But we wouldn't want to hit the beach more than once a year...
I wouldn't ride in salt water.
We wash our bike three times hte moment we are done, this usually seems to keep the rust under control. But yeah, we wouldn't do this ride too often with the same bike.
@@crosstrainingadventure Well, I guess bikes are meant to be used and a bit of rust adds character.