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I always wear regular clothes under my gear. Makes me feel more comfortable having that extra layer. Been riding that way since my accident. Better safe than sorry.

Never never again shall a set of Trailmax missions touch my bike!

Does the base of the shad tr50 vibrate?

About to go hit up these roads today with some friends. Not a far trip from Etown. I had been searching Gaia GPS for roads and found these, then did a search on youtube and your videos came up. At least now i know they are legit roads to ride. It always looks sketchy on google maps until you get there.

FYI, a really good way to start camping, if your family members are agreeable, is to camp in the house. Literally pack up your camping gear on your motorcycle and at 6PM, set up camp in a spare room, or your living room. (Little kids love it) Yes, if you are planning on using your motorcycle as part of the tent set up, this gets complicated, but just unpacking the bike, setting up the tent, going in the yard or out on the balcony to cook your food with your cook gear, clean up using a set amount of water, sleeping in that tent on your matt, making breakfast, and packing it all back on the motorcycle, is a great way to work out what to pack, how to pack, and get used to setting up and tearing down. Once you have that comfortable feeling, then try setting up and breaking back down in the dark, using the lighting sources you will take with. Even test your toilet gear (no, don't dig a hole in your house) but make sure what you need you have, its together, easy access, and it has everything you need, and the right amount. Even if you plan to use campgrounds, sometimes nature doesn't. And that really great freeze-dried food you want to take? Eat it a couple of times before your trip, while at home. Some is icky, some is great, and some will make you...irregular or too regular. Better to find out ahead of time. And carry about six ways to start a fire. One can be the flint and steel, but a disposable lighter or three, is my go-to. And a couple more in a waterproof container. And spend some real time thinking about the trauma kit you are planning on carrying or were not planning on carrying until I mentioned it. Tourniquet, clotting gauze, splints, some of that ace bandage looking stuff that sticks to itself for the splints, some electronic road flares, a satellite messaging system like an Inreach (I know for a fact that on some of the NEBDR, there is no cell reception in many areas. And a first aid book that explains how to use the equipment. Then take a first aid class or two. Remember, the trauma kit you carry, someone who finds you may be using on you. Don't lock it away, make it visible where it is. My kit has 2x tourniquet, 2 x splint, along with that other stuff, and its 6"x4"x2". NOT wasted space. And I guess a first aid kit with bandaids and tweezers can be packed. Same for the tool kit you will use. Normal maintenance you do, you should be able to do with the tools you carry. Spare light bulbs, tire spoons, spare tube(s), air pump. Duct tape, stainless steel wire. Spare fuses. And pack that all on the motorcycle and camp in your living room a couple times. Then you can go do an overnight somewhere near you. One last thing. A lot of folks want to carry electronics and plan on charging things from the motorcycle. Your stator only puts out so much wattage and is really designed for running the bike and maybe running a GPS and a phone. And some people hook up things directly to the motorcycle's battery, rather than use an accessory fuse or a relay to kill power when the bike is off. The 500-pound motorcycle can be difficult to pop-start. And killing your battery, even once, let alone multiple times, just isn't good for the battery. And if you are fuel injected, no power means no gas being pumped, meaning you can push forever and may not get it to pop. Make sure your charging system can handle the load and make sure that, should you do the dumb thing and go directly off the battery, you have some way to get the bike running after you drained the battery.

Deep mud and deep sand, the mission sux. Dry, they work well. I want to give the Raids a try, but that will have to wait. Had to make a 2100 mile freeway trip, and not knowing how a Raid on the front end was going to behave, I ended up just putting another Mission on the DL1000XAL8. As far as wear on the Mission, the front scalloped at about 9000 miles bad enough they needed to be replaced. Strangely, the rear has 9000 miles and it's about halfway thru to the wear bars. Usually, my front lasts longer than the rear. That 9000 miles was about 4500 miles freeway, and 4500 miles gravel/dirt/dual track/single track. Haven't looked at them since I got back, with an additional 2000 miles on the rear, knowing I am about to replace sprockets and chain and wheel bearings soon as the parts arrive.

Those are the tires I am fixing to get for my Tiger 1200.

In my opinion, the Vstrom 800de is one of the best value for the dollar bikes out there, and now a small company is due to release an add on cruise control for roughly 300 bucks.

Did it turn into a tornado? Stay safe

Looking forward to the second part. 😀

Just subscribed. Got the exact same bike in that colour. Got the Shad TR55, amazing quality. What barkbusters model are those?

I own a 2017 BMW R1200 GSA which currently has Michelin Adventure on it. They are great on the street, but so-so off pavement. On my previous Victory Vision, I always went with Dunlop and was never disappointed. My next set will most likely be the Trailmax Mission tires. Since most of my riding is on pavement, good highway manners is important, but you need a tough tire when the pavement ends, especially on a heavier motorcycle. The Mission was designed especially for such duty, so I am leaning on past experience and will order a set.

I have put the motoz dual venture front, adventure rear on my 800de.... haha like riding on wet noodles compared to the oem tires. will definately try the trailmax raids, or the ax41's next time.

I have the dji mini 3 pro. Bought it last year on Amazon prime day. It's coming up again in a couple of weeks. They'll probably have great deals on them or the action cam and you can do the monthly payments option to help ease the financial situation.

I'm still running the stock tires on my 800de and am taking a hard look at the trailmax raid tires.. better for my environment. I live in the idaho panhandle. Also agree with you on gear ( dress for slides not the ride)

I am all ears my friend. I am trying to figure out my next tire on the Himalayan.

I’ve got a big Harley dresser, a little Honda, and a Yamaha dual-sport. I’ve been very seriously considering adding a V-Strom 800DE to my stable. My wife and I have ridden two-up on the Harley all over the country (coast to coast) and always have a great time doing it. I really like the 800DE, but I haven’t seen much feedback on riding two-up with it. My wife is smaller, but I’m heavyset. I’m not concerned about the 800DE handling me, but I’m not sure how it’d do with both of us on it, especially with loaded panniers. My guess is that I might need to get heavier springs. We wouldn’t be doing crazy stuff… probably mostly instate highway rides with occasional national forest gravel roads. We’d likely still use the Harley for multi-state rides. I’m also slightly considering the 1050DE, but I’d rather have a middleweight adventure bike. Most of the time it’d probably be just me on it, and I get the impression that the 800DE would be more capable off-road. My question for you is: how is it on two-up rides? Have you been able to do much? This is the first video of yours I’ve watched, so forgive me if you’ve covered that in a later video (if you have, point me to it). Also, am curious what phone mount you use.

The thing about being stupid is that you don't know your stupid, the same is true about being dead. Sorry but it doesn't really matter who was at fault! BTW I also have a 800 de and love it. Rode it from California to Indiana and back. Watch Kyle Bradshaws video's concerning tires!

tag me when the review is up please i'm looking to buy those bags

I am looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the Hecpo and Becker engine guards and engine crash protector. I was looking at them for a while and I really enjoy the top case very nice quality.

Nice bag, seen those somewhere, can remember where... Cycle gear? I got myself a Mosko Moto. Unfortunatly they dont have the click on bags. Watched a few of your clips now. Liked and subscribed.

Nice to see that Barkbusters already is setup for making their protections for this bike.

Great tip

actually fits very well!

I see a lot of good times ahead

What GPS setup are you using? Thanks

Hey Dud, can you tell me is this quad look cover in front of your Bike? Greats from Germany

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I have a '22 KLR and a '23 V-Strom 800DE. I'll never ride the KLR again.

What site !!

Three thoughts and one question for you. 1.) Glad to hear you take the Missus into consideration for your ride decisions. Family first always brother. No family = No life. That’s the truth. 2.) Throttle Assist from a dead stop has been a VStrom feature for many years now. Possibly decades. It’s there on the 650 which is an absolute legend of a motorcycle that I am fortunate to own. Suzuki makes bulletproof machines with thoughtful features. 3.) Your delight at owning and riding this excellent motorcycle is quite evident. I wish you many safe miles with this beaut. Question : why did you go with this and not with the Honda Transalp. That bike too is excellent I hear; and it is 22kgs lighter. Most of us who’ve been in this game long enough know that lighter is always better.

Enjoying the real world video, thinking about an 800 DE. Are you finding the vibration on the phone/Garmin ok? Just mounted to the windshield bar like normal?

This was my first accessory as well. How did you find the install. I was paranoid becuae it looked close the the chain when all done . But not issues for 2500 km

Good info. Thank you

Stumbled upon your video. We live in the same town lol.

Are still running the stock tires?

I have an 800 de I'm up here in Albert's, Canada . Your video is getting me through the winter

Looks like fun, would love to do something like this at some point

Stephanie saw all of that..

It looks like the upload to UA-cam took some of the video quality away. I need a better recording solution.

Yep. Just bought mine a couple weeks ago, had em put a center stand on it, got a high screen ordered as well as crash bars for the sides. Hoping to do some serious miles starting next spring. I keep looking for someone to come out with a flash for the ecu.......

ua-cam.com/video/HuAAJhgkr3U/v-deo.htmlsi=jVLVNawaB_DZkVi4

I tried this place, it’s amazing the staff was nice to!

I don't change the time on any of my bikes or my truck..I live in north idaho and by the time I can ride again the time will still be correct

Ive noticed the quickshifter was bit harsh though i only have 300 miles on my vstrom 800 , hoping to get more miles on mine even though it getting colder 🥶😀

So just curious.. how many times did you have to adjust your chain and have you checked the spokes? On my vsrom 800de at 150 miles the chain was supper loose and several spokes had loosened up especially on rear wheel.. and I've heard that a lot of people have had to adjust the the chain several times in the 1500 miles

Hey bud 🤚 Ditch the GoPro get you a DJI Osmo Action 3-4…! CHRISTmas is around the corner along with Black Friday😉 You’ll be happy ya did. You bought a very reliable bike and unreliable camera🤣🤣🤣 Don’t ask me how I know. Glad you’re out and about… Later I’m going to a Royal Enfield demo day… Take care. Make yer videos smaller so people would spend more time on em…😉 Have a great day now