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Well, there were moments I was glad we were going counterclockwise, and others when I wished we were heading the opposite direction, haha. But I guess that's just how it goes!

Hi Kyle, tbh I'm not sure...but do you have the map for the NEBDR? I can point you in the right direction if you don't. The video was cut together in order...starting at the beginning of Section 3 and ending at Section 4, if that helps at all.

@@TommyT888alright thank you for letting me know. Have a great day!

@@TommyT888I do have a map but I’m not sure how to share it to you on UA-cam

@@KyleOliva-ss7pl Hi Kyle, I have a map already. I would recommend a place to get one if you don't have the map.

We did it twice. The first time was pretty dry...but the second time...very very wet. Luck or unlock...not sure

Tractionator RallZ - they are amazing. I'm not the best rider but I could definitely tell a difference.

Section 4 is probably my favorite section. Some great technical areas.

@@TommyT888 - no question that it is the most challenging.

I'm glad the video gave you some insight. It's definitely doable solo. Although If you're planning to ride multiple days, I suspect you'll probably finish section 1 by the end of your first day. Section 2 is similar, so you should be fine there too.

haha yeah, It would have been great to shed about 150lbs on that trip. Although I definitely got a good workout from that big bike.

Hi Brett - this is upstate New York. About an hour and a half north of NYC.

"gorilla's in the mist" haha…. I chopped the video together from a bunch of sections, so not sure of the exact location. We’ve been talking about taking our bikes out west. Did you drive them or trailer them? I keep getting fed videos on Black Bear Pass, so now I want to try it. I'm in Manhattan and run a spot called The Flatiron Room. Swing by sometime, and we can share stories.

@@TommyT888 I took my 890R in my pickup truck to Farmington, NM in early July and did a big loop, not coming back to get my truck until about 3 months later. I do lighting for movies and TV and the writers and actors went on strike for almost 6 months, shutting down our industry almost entirely. So I made the most of the time and camped off my motorcycle for as long as I could, just going where the wind and the weather took me... Which turned out to be some of the most amazing places in the western United States... The COBBDR is pretty tough on a big bike. The low tanks of the 890 helped for sure and absorbed the crashes well. Good training and packing ultralight will help quite a lot. It's BREATHTAKINGLY GORGEIOUS though! Once you're into the Alpine Loop from Ophir or Cinnamon Pass you have all kinds of options to choose your own adventure and then make it back onto the BDR if you want to. Colorado has some of the most epic, challenging and rewarding dirt tracks, depending on the time of year and if the snow has melted enough to traverse the passes. Mid-July last summer, Ophir had just opened and Hagerman Pass didn't open for another week or two. Expect snow melt to turn part of the trails into creeks. Again, pack light and give yourself a couple days of riding to get acclimatized. to the altitude. I spent 3 weeks on and off the BDR in Colorado and fell in love. Also, still some of the hardest riding I've done including UT and other western states. If you go with a buddy, you'll both have a blast and be there for each other during the inevitable drops and crashes. After Colorado, I would have to recommend Moab as the next destination. It's another off-road WONDERLAND! You can plan day rides or week long rides incorporating the BDR. It's absolutely EPIC riding! Chris Birch's Say No To Slow video coaching series helped me prepare so much for that 10,000 mile trip. content.saynotoslow.nz As a side note, even after doing a 6000 mile BAJA trip earlier in '23 I still was overloaded at the start of my trip. I ended up shaving things down to 40 pounds total of luggage for 3 months. With an ultra light tool kit and spares, reducing clothes and food and stuff can quickly add up. Keeping the weight tight to the bike and down low, mass centralization, all helps. Now I do weekend trips ultralight and it pays dividends in the handling of the bike and less fatigue at the end of the day. You really don't need much,; it's not like you're traveling in Siberia!

I was on the 890, and my brothers were on the 690 and 500. We always choose the more technical sections, and I can say that the 890 was a LOT of bike to handle. I’m an OK rider, but some of the single tracks were a bit too much for my skill set. My brother on the 500 made it look easy...and we're not too dissimilar of riders. Had we kept to the regular routes, I would have been fine. With that said, I was happy to have the 890 on my long ride back to NYC, so I guess it’s a compromise.

I have the T7 and have taken it on the S.O.A.L and Section 5 of the G.O.A.T loop so far, I am really enjoying it, as long as I dont try to be a hero I dont find the weight to be an issue. But I am also a pretty decent rider.

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A lot of what you see are the more challenging sections. You'll recognize that you're about to enter a more challenging part when the map shows the "Easy" section as an alternative. But nothing is overly technical - I'm an average rider and managed just fine.

Hi @umbaharo, they map it out for about 1 section per day, but the lower numbers (sections 1, 2 & 3) have fewer technical sections so you could definitely cover more miles than what they have listed.

@@TommyT888 thank you! Planning to start section 1 as my first solo ride. Seems very doable on a DR650.

​@@Umbaharo Yeah, that's a great trail for a solo ride. It's not too difficult, and you'll probably encounter a couple of people on the trail if you get in trouble. Plus, the DR650 is a good machine for it.

We never made it up to NH unfortunately. We made it to Barnard, VT, and came back down.

What tires are you guys running on the 690 stock tc80 ?

@@JustRiding-o5m MotoZ Tractionator on both bikes. They are great!

@@TommyT888 thank you I have a 701 getting ready for new tires

Thanks. Yeah, that extra weight caught up to me real quick. A few drops and I was spent. Then I was afraid to drop it again, so, of course, I dropped it again.

I was on a KTM 890 Adv R, and the others were on a KTM 690 and a Husky 501. We did quite a few of the RED sections...some were pretty challenging on the bigger bike. There was a technical single-track section that I probably shouldn't have done...bike went down too many times to count. You'll be fine on the 525 though, that couple hundred pound weight difference makes a big difference.

I'm using the DJI Action 2 Dual Screen Combo.

nice...would love to make my way over to Washington one day. That area on the west coasts is pretty amazing

I'm from NYC but my brothers are from CT and ME. That's a heck of an offer...we may just take you up on that!

It was a fun ride...although next time I think it best I downsize my bike or do an intense 60-day Chris Birch riding school program haha

I've had great luck with the Gaia GPS app on my iPhone. It was very easy to upload the BDR route...and once you have it uploaded, you can view it on your laptop and the app. I had a Garmin and ended up selling it because I always seemed to have issues with it. For me, using my phone is the easiest. I just purchased the new wireless Quadlock wireless charging so that will greatly help with keeping my battery fresh.

Hey Joe - indeed it is. As most people say, the camera really doesn't do it justice in terms of how steep it is. A really great section though.

looking forward to it warming up a bit more so I can get back out there

Thanks Jim, we started at Breaks Interstate Park and went as far south as Jellico. That rocky section at 9:30 was somewhere around Section 4, between Pine Mountain and Jellico. Quiet an adventure on those big adventure bikes…I’ll tell you that!

Thanks. It did look pretty gnarly.@@TommyT888

haha - yeah it's a beast of a decent. It never seems to end, and you only realize how steep it is until you go to stop...(or try to)

Some parts were easy breazy...but.there were a few parts that really made us question what the hell we were thinking

yeah, we were having fun with it...until I hit that damn puddle anyway. haha

Thanks!

It's a section on the Kentucky Adventure Tour or KAT. I pieced together a bunch of footage that I took while in different sections. You can search it up online and you'll see plenty of maps. Beautiful trail.

thanks...and the sections just kept getting better.

If you're referring to the 15:00 mark...that's actually a steep downhill section

Got it. Great riding 👍

I think I got on the trail around 10 am and finished section 1 by 3 pm or 4 pm...so I just kept going on section 2 until around 5pm...ate dinner and then grabbed a hotel. I was alone so didn't take many breaks though. Enjoy the ride!

Ha yeah, that's the way it goes I guess. When you bring an umbrella it'll never rain, but don't bring one...and you're guaranteed a shower.

Thanks - should be a nice ride, a bit more mud with all the recent rain. Enjoy!

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thanks - seems we had a similar experience. I took plenty of breathers on the way down and went into neutral a couple times before I decided it wasn't in my best interest! The speed builds up pretty damn quick without you even realizing it.

Thanks Man - always nice when someone other than me is watching the vids!

Thanks. Always better to have someone with you but I managed fine solo. The hill climb and descent were the only technical parts....and even those weren't too bad if you take it easy. Tuareg 660 -nice...I haven't seen any of those in the city.

Yep - that's it. Country Road 3. A lot of fun. And that decent is like a time warp...it doesn't want to end!

@@TommyT888 Cool thanks, I'll be there next week. I know the GoPro flattens everything but that didn't look as bad as people make out other than it being somewhat unrelenting.

Thanks - I'm looking forward to tackling the rest of the NEBDR later this summer/fall

That 690 is a great bike...I've been eying it. You'll have a blast I'm sure. Section 2 is also a lot of fun.