How I pack for a bike trip PLUS riding the CO National Monument // Speed Twin Goes West, Day 4
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 มิ.ย. 2024
- This is the fourth installment of my five-day tour of western Colorado aboard my 2019 Triumph Speed Twin. I decided to give myself a chill day in Grand Junction and show you how I packed for this trip, then went to visit the Colorado National Monument.
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0:00 Intro
1:30 Packing for a motorcycle tour
6:41 Riding the Colorado National Monument
10:26 Conclusion - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
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This is a bit of a departure from my typical motovlogs and I'm not sure how it'll go over, so let me know what you think! Should I keep experimenting? Or should I forget the talking head and stick to what I do best?
I personally liked seeing you on camera a bit more
It’s all good! Sometimes a vid needs some explanation, sometimes no words are needed. I think you’re doing a good mix. Love that bike man.
You should add this type of stuff into your videos. Show your hotel or campgrounds, what type of foods you’re eating, how the towns look. It’s all part of the adventure and makes the experience more immersive. Thanks!
Brother, there's been a lot of Bike-porn out there these days...
As the year comes to an end, lots of launches of new-year's models, reviews and upgrades, the usual visual gold.
But there's something just comforting to get in the saddle with you and just tagging along those curves, even being an Ocean +half a Continent apart
Hope you're enjoying the ride, that's the most important, and as always, thks for caring and for sharing.
Best regards from PORTUGAL. RESPECT.
Thanks for tagging along! Not much sense fawning over the hot new models when I've got such an amazing bike in my garage that I can actually ride right now.
I’m lucky enough to live in Northern Colorado, my wife and I did pretty much the same route as this in August 2020. 141 was my favorite part of the trip, no traffic and amazing corners. A bear Cub crossed the road about 200 feet ahead of me, luckily I caught him on camera too. We also rode down Portal Rd to the Crystal Dam in the Black Canyon. That is a bumpy ride, my wife was pretty sore from her Street Triple after that. Thank you for the trip down memory lane. Great videos, you’ve got a new subscriber!
Thanks, glad to have you! That sounds like an awesome trip. 141 absolutely blew my mind.
thanks for that, enjoyed it immensely
Amazing videos! You are such an inspiration. Great style and awesome videography with a good mix of different riding perspectives and external shots. So fun to watch. I finally got into riding motorcycles a couple months ago and picked up a used 2020 Street Twin. Now I wish I had gotten the Speed Twin! Appreciate you sharing your loadout, as this is something I want to get into, so it helps in seeing what experienced riders have for the essentials. Also great to see what's capable on a similar bike. I'm jealous of the awesome trips you take and hope to experience myself someday. Stay safe and keep up the great work!
Awesome bit at the end of the video. Route 50 is 1 mile from my home in Southern Indiana and I'm on it almost every day. Excited to know I'm so close to a major east-west route and my goal is to go cross country someday.
Thank you very much! That Street Twin will serve you very well as your first motorcycle. It can do 90% of what I did on this trip with ease, and the other 10% in only mild discomfort.
Found your channel yesterday. Enjoying your videos man. I toured from VA to the West Coast back in 2016, so this is a fun nostalgia trip to watch. Colorado National Monument is awesome!
Thanks! What bike did you do it on? I'd love to do a proper US tour but I think I'd need to step up to an FJR or GS or something.
@@VanBlamm For sure man! Did it on a 2004 Honda Shadow 750! Definitely could have used a 1200cc back then for the highway miles though.
Killer stuff. I need to get a Speed Twin ASAP!
Wow, sure glad I found this channel, probably my favourite bike, but that scenery in Colorado is just stunning, thank you for showing me around, I'm based in the UK.
Itchy Boots and Revit stuff. Good to see the Dutch are well represented!! 🇳🇱
greetings from Virginia, just ran across your channel a few videos back. thanks for your content and much devoted time. I am inspired and longing for an excursion. I just earned my MC license June 2022 and purchased a Bonnie T120. I am looking forward to taking short trips some time soon.
Welcome to the fold! The T120 is a fantastic tourer, much more comfortable and highway-capable than the Speed Twin is. You'll have some great times on it.
@@VanBlamm thanks for the reply. Just trailered the Bonnie down to Naples, Florida for the week prior to IAN hitting, had an awesome time cruising around, and just recently went to the Blue Ridge Parkway and did about 60 miles.
I appreciate all the hard work that you put into these videos
So appreciate the drone footage and appreciate the beauty out there! Also think it's awesome that you include practical info - very useful tips.
Nice tip about route 50. I used to liver in VA and have driven on 50 myself. Fantastic series of videos.
The further you go away the closer you are from home
Good to see you back.....👍
Love this! Thanks for sharing.
Yo good job man look good out there in the canyon never been thank you keep doing your thing
My ST is wrapped in a giant plastic bag for the U.K. winter and I so miss that sound!
Great video as always, enjoyed the slightly different format!
Thanks!
@Itchyboots scarf :P Again, great video man. I envy your journey. Wish I could do the same trip on my Speed Twin.
Good eye! I still haven't worn it because the weather wasn't nearly as cold as I'd expected...
Great. Looking forward to your next vid; I am planning a tour on my Speed Twin out West next year so interested in your “what would i do differently” commentary.
Thanks for watching, I definitely learned a lot on this trip
B E A utiful! Keep such content coming! U rock. Love those pipes btw. Are they with dB killers?
Thank you! The exhaust is completely stock (for now...)
Man, maybe I’ll do a cross country tour on route 50 now. Wouldn’t that be something. Great video as always.
I'd be very interested in doing the Nevada section. America's Loneliest Road, they call it.
Great videos. Love it. Where I can get those bar end mirrors if you don’t mind.
Thanks! They're actually the factory mirrors that come on the bike
Yo great job man I love the whole set-up!!!! dope Love the scenery is Awesome I never knew All that Beauty facts Noo cap ...looking forward to following you and enjoying your journey eating some popcorn a cold soft beverage Bikes up Guns. Down
Thank you! Plenty more where this came from
Excellent video. I too ride a speed twin. It sure is a classic bombshell....😬😬. But where do you use the helmet lock on the bike ..... 🤔
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The drone footage was very dramatic. Please don't make us wait so long next time! 😉
Thanks for another good video makes me enjoy my speed twin even more can you please tell me what drone you use I like the portability of it and would like to purchase one
It's a DJI Mavic Air, with the Fly More combo. They have now replaced it with the Mavic Air 2, although a refurbished original version with the Fly More combo currently costs the same as a new base model Air 2. (Old: amzn.to/2IBZkBg) (New: amzn.to/3gC0rNT)
@@VanBlamm thank you
Great video 👍 been thinking of buying a speed twin but heard a lot of worrying stories about recalls, gearbox issues and poor customer service. Have you experience any of this with yours?
Haha Paging Uncle Stu. Been following along those issues too. Same questions here as I love that Speed Twin.
I can only speak to my own experience, which is that at almost 6K miles I have had no issues with the gearbox. No leaks, no funny noises, nothing. I heard about one guy whose T120 blew up its gearbox at 20K miles, and Triumph's recommendation was to change the oil twice as often. So that's what I'll be doing, just to be safe. There were also a couple of recalls for other minor gearbox issues but my VIN wasn't listed. Do the stories worry me? A little bit. Do they worry me enough that I'd stop riding the bike? No way.
@@VanBlamm thanks for the reply! I guess it’s one of those things where you only hear the negative and not all the times where nothing has gone wrong. 👍
@@journeybeforedestination5085 Stuart has cost Triumph a lot of sales. It's the only place I hear about gearbox problems.
@@BobC777 he certainly has. I’m thankful for it. They really dropped the ball on dealing with him. Completely turned me off from them even though I love the looks of their Bonnie lineup, I can’t chance the issues he has brought up.
Great video, although I've like all your videos to date... keep up the good work, keep experimenting, I'm sure we - your subscribers - will tell you when you put a foot wrong ;-)
On another point, funding, TMF (TheMissendenFlyer) runs a Patreon page where he asks for only a couple of bucks a month, gives him something towards ancillaries and camera kit and the like... strikes me that's more your style than a full Patreon subscription... food for thought...
What jacket are you wearing?
Rev'It Flatbush. Sadly discontinued.
How tall are you? I’m considering one of these, my height excludes me from some bikes. I’m 5’7” tall or (170 cm)
I am just under 5'9. I can get the balls of both feet down, but only one heel at a time. Maybe both heels if I had some really thick boots.
I’m 5’7” with a 31” inseam. It’s the lowest motorcycle I have and it’s no problem at all. You’ll be fine. Unless of course you’re 5 feet of body and 7 inches of leg...
Edit: just sat on mine tonight and with the shocks set at half way round the preload setting I can get both feet flat on the floor in a pair of Adidas ‘Stan Smith’. This is probably the first bike I’ve owned that I’ve been able to ‘properly’ flat foot. I checked tonight as I only got the bike five days ago. I rode it home 430 miles and parked it up. Today is the first time I’ve seen it since then.