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Right! I may feel okay to do it on my t7 but there's areas i don't think i got on camera that i may would drop it in the rain/rocky up hills. I'm bringing the t7 next time i believe!

It was a lot of fun! Definitely pushed my limits and skills. Makes me see what I need to work on

check out rally at the rock facebook page in the files section

Definitely recommend 300L to anyone. Simple, reliable, and enough to have fun with and not break the bank!

I have not ridden my 450rl in anything challenging yet. plan on doing at least the ecu/exhaust before i take it on anything technical because right now it doesn't tractor through things at basically idle like my t7 or 300l does.

i liked it because we were waiting for sxs to get past each other and right after i sneezed rick rolled up and said "shit, 2 way traffic?" I don't know i lol'd while editing so i put it in

yea for sure wouldn't want my big bike on these trails 🤣 maybe day 1 but definitely not this day. I'm going to bring my T7 and hopefully my 450rl in the fall if i can get the mods done to it. I heard good things about the adventure trails

Its a 2022 Honda CRF300L Rally

My 2 recent videos of using it in Arkansas! But yea I couldn’t find really any good videos of people testing suspension and got mixed reviews when they mentioned the change in seat height. My true inseam I believe measuring to my ankle bone is 30ish? 5’9. I could shave the seat if I wanted a tad more foot on the ground but didn’t find it necessary. Just got to be ready to commit to choosing a side to step down on when in tricky situations

This was in the small bike folder called “camp to Oark part 1” then the back track was “Oark to camp part 2” I believe

right 😂 and someone pointed out i may have accidentally not cut on my camera for some of the bigger climbs when we were talking to some people then took off up it. If you understand GoPro logic you can get a feel for the steepness but still hard to do it justice.

Would really like a re-do of it! I'm hoping i'm not as out of breath next time lol

@@Jeredsmith I'm definitely running full knobbies next time! Did you ever get your water pump housing fixed?

@@motodog3 yep parts arrived yesterday good to go now! Looking at a good engine guard/skid plate for next time

Could barely hit a washout without bottoming out now I can jump it a little, land on flat ground and not bottom out. One day when the tenere needs love to the suspension, I’ll go with rally raid

Between ecu, foam filter, exhaust and the intake boot/mods roughly $800?

I’ve got a T7 and also a crf450rl but for some reason also wanted a 300l rally because of how they look and how solid their engines are 😂 I wish they would update the DR platforms slightly to compete a little more with EFI and additional gearing

After hearing it ride away while my dad was riding it, it’s not all that loud just seemed that way from being barely able to hear the exhaust to sounding like a real single cylinder dirtbike 😂

I have the 450 and it cruises at 60 but wouldn't wanna have to do 70 for miles on end though

Like the other guy said.. but on my 300 going 70 is a little questionable depending on how strong wind is but 60 is easily doable and doesn’t feel like any abuse to the bike. The 450 I feel like I’m abusing it cruising over 65. Both have stock gearing

Yea I’ve just turned up the idle and it’s not really having any major issues now. Leaving it stock for a little longer while I play with my crf300l

First weekend using OnX off-road! since I didn’t realize the garmin XT needed the special power cord(thought I could use usb) it died. The cord and mount were on my T7. But after using OnX it was really cool and easy to use.

Right! sketchy man I may have turned around on the tenere with it just being by myself at that time.

@@Jeredsmith I ran my 690 up it. I want to take the T7 up it.

@@off-roaddadlife3738I'll do it if you do it 😅should be fine just probably need to take a breather/cooldown before you go up it if you're riding hard on the way to it

@@Jeredsmith I'm in! I'll do the rally next year.

Right! Of course doable on the bigger bikes but still... I'm glad I was talked into bringing the smaller bike. Almost brought my Tenere 700 and I would've been puckering real hard on Black Gap in the up hill section going north.

Thanks man! it was a lot of fun. I saw a lot of people out on the trail and saw several dr650's out there seems like a weapon of choice!

Also ended up doing black gap, glenn springs on day 3. I was following the Rally route for day 2 but knowing what i know now I wish i'd made the detour for them that day though!

⁠my DR got some attention because I have a 790 big bore kit and a rally tower on it. It was my second time taking it to the BB rally. I call it my Desert Donkey ;)

@@JeredsmithI saw your vid on that too. On day 2 we did them reverse direction from you. Glenn Springs, to Black Gap (up the obstacle), then River Road East back towards Rio Grande Village. We finished our day hanging out at Chisos Basin. Day 3 I rode solo, 170 to Pinto Canyon to Marfa, then back through BBRSP to 170 to Terlingua. It was about 300 miles. Very full day!

@@sweatmachine69nice! know a few people that just did road riding or leisure stuff on day 3. The Rally tower on the dr650 should look good but i've never seen anything on the 790 big bore kit i'll have to youtube it and see the differences for people

no problem! It was a fun trip for sure. Hopefully people see what they're missing out on in Texas i didn't think the riding down there would've been that fun and challenging.

I haven't ridden a 250l but i can't imagine theres a huge difference in power. I know they were hard to find at first

waiting till work goes back to more routine for me then plan on ordering those!

you can keep finding 450rl's for decent price but downside is the shorter service interval. 300 isn't a bad decision if you plan on doing some suspension upgrades it'll go anywhere

It was my first time down there so wasn't sure what to expect. Definitely should use lighter bikes for the first time but I THINK i could handle the t7 there but don't think i could do a all day ride with it in those conditions. Maybe slower pace would be doable on the T7 also. 300 was great besides just bottoming out the soft suspension a lot and no real dampening. So old ore road beat me to death. Next time I'll probably bring the 450rl either with a bigger tank or my fuel bag. Just need to upgrade suspension on 300 so it's more enjoyable!

Honestly it had enough. You’re not breaking the tire loose with a full throttle in 2nd gear or higher but it will with loose rocks. It’s enough to tractor through anything though

Thanks! This was the easy part of the day 😅

Really enjoyed it! Wish I had brought the 450 but I didn’t want to deal with fuel anxiety. Also glad I didn’t bring my t7 for my first trip there. I may next time but I know what to expect now. The first day I just met up with the other 300L guy and we thankfully were really close to same skill level so we were moving pretty good. We may have followed y’all for a little bit at first

It was loads of fun! I'm glad I didn't bring the T7 the first time. Old Ore road was a beating with the stock suspension on the 300L and Black Gap would be very sketchy on the cliff edge on the ascent(headed north). Next time I may bring the 450 and the tenere. For sure need to plan some trips like that and have a few of us go.

My friend gave it to me but if you look on Etsy it should be under garmin xt sun visor or something similar. It’s someone that 3d printed it

I’ll look harder the next time I’m in the garage. I don’t recall any logos or names on it but I’ll check all around them again

i found it i think @@Jeredsmith

I didn't find any branding on it. What did you find?

Definitely responsible.. made me feel rushed to get my front fender kit on 🤣

LOL Bike looks great! @@Jeredsmith

nice man definitely want to do ecu and exhaust. I'll have to get more seat time to figure out if i need anything else. Suspension feels good for what i've done so far.

Honestly with how messed up fairings are from previous owner i'm just going to rock no crash guards. If i replace fairings i'll get some type of crash protection. I just mounted the cheap knock off handguards and honestly was the easiest handguards i've installed compared to barkbusters on my tenere 700 and the old cb500x. They'll serve they're purpose lol

@@Jeredsmith gotcha. I just like to let people know about the triple tree hand guard mounts, because some people are not familiar with them. It seems that most people install the traditional mounts which cause the hand guards to rotate on the handlebars when you crash.

Rally raid level 1 rear shock is $575 and you can get a hydraulic preload adjustor for extra. I'll probably do that because it's super nice to be able to dial in more preload or take it away in seconds. Had it on my old cb500x

@@Jeredsmith that’s a fair price. Is the level 1 rear shock shorter than the stock shock? The Ktech lowered version shock is 1 inch shorter than stock. The hydraulic preload adjustment sure is nice. I’m sure it’s a lot more expensive though?

I can't confirm that i'd have to look at their website but level 1 keeps the stock height of the bike has if you have it off the kick stand. so when you get on the sag goes correct amount then you have a enough spring and dampening to not go straight through the stroke.

gotcha yea it's been a while since i've been on a single cylinder

at 60mph, it's 6000 rpm on stock gearing. It's 1000rpm for every 10mph according to gearing commander. The limiter is 9000 in 6th which is 90mph. You can remove this by bypassing the clutch switch. With stock power output you could do 14 on the counter shaft. I went 14/50 on mine but it also has the cam swapped out and another ~10/12hp more on output. If you commute more than slow trail ride, you'll gain a bit of MPG with the taller gearing.

@@AliasTekTVnice man thanks for the info. It's definitely not going to be a commuter but plans are to ride it BDR style or trail riding.

I traded my 2016 CB500X with level 2 rally raid to get my tenere 700. I miss it which partly is why I also got a crf300l rally now along the 450rl. It reminds me of the 500 but with less weight and of course less power but it’s going to be a little better off road situations with its weight. I’d definitely look at another cb500x ‘23 and newer with all the stock improvements

For sure man I’m comparing it to my tenere 700 I’ve been riding for the last year. The crf450rl gets to 60-70mph real quick but then you’re up in the revs on the highway going 70mph. Kind of pointing out the flaws in it because I do see a lot of people buy the 450 to ride where I ride my T7 and then end up selling it. It’s how I got my bikes for cheap 🤣