loved the show. I for one would love to see more content like this during the cold winter months in Canada while my bike is parked under a blanket in the garage. *sadface*
Hey. Love your videos. Quick question. 2024 790 adventure or 22 890 adventure R? Doing the TAT next year. Proficient single track rider. 6’1 220 lbs rider.
Lived in Durango from 2019 - 2024 and loved all these places in my 4Runner, GX 470 and the last year my Himalayan 411. Nice seeing them all over again.
This is an epoch film. Thank you. My '68 CB350 did not appreciate Million Dollar Highway because I was ignorant and didn't re-jet my carburator for high altitude. Modern motorcycles are the ticket for touring the Rockies! Yankee Boy Basin is not to be missed in the early summer. The wild flowers are incredible. Thanks again.
But rejetting is a great opportunity to find a nice big pull off, take a small hike, and maybe find a quiet tree under which to take a nap. But yes, fuel injection is a whole lot easier! My family drove this route four times that I can remember, but this summer at the young age of 44 I finally rode it myself on a motorbike. The experience was amazing and totally different than the old family car!
This was a fun side of you to watch Ian. Great work and yes - more of this style of video would be excellent. As one of your fans I certainly enjoyed it and hopefully this will be a big winner re views for you too.
Having lived in Telluride for 30 years and now Ridgway for six years, this video showcases many of my go to neighborhood rides. It’s always a little fun and interesting to see and hear the outsider perspective and narration on my corner of the San Juans. I recognize every single shot before you tell us where it is, and occasionally mis-speak in the naming of things, which is to be expected. It would have been fun to run into you on the back roads here, and who knows, I may have passed you at some point😊 I had considered going to that dusty lizard, but having recently attended one in Moab and another near Ridgway, I opted out for that one. You made an interesting omission of showing Telluride, probably because of threatening weather, which doesn’t bother me, but you showcased Silverton and Ouray instead. Next time, you might remember not to miss Old Lime Creek Road , which is the historic alternate route to Coalbank Pass . It’s no more challenging than anything else you rode, but is quite fantastic , In the fall especially. Happy trails to you Ian !
I once commented on a video done by Kyle Brotherson of The Dirtbike Channel, that Americans have the best off-road riding conditions in the world...after watching this I'm starting to think you also have the best road riding conditions in the world. Lucky guys and gals.
Dude! I’m impressed once again with your style of video. Love it. The best reviewer now what’s your goal just to take over the whole deal? Nice job. Great video and perspective.
I absolutely love Colorado. I live in Arkansas. And it’s beautiful in its own way. But it doesn’t compare to the Rocky Mountains. I just bought a new DR 650. Just to make this trek. I can’t wait. Thank you for sharing this.
I’ve been to Silverton 3 times. Twice with my Jeep and then again in 2020 with my KTM 450 EXC-F. I’ve trailered my Jeep and bike there when I’ve made the trip.
I basically did the same ride for 8 Days the third week of August 2024 it was fantastic. I really enjoyed watching this. I organized for about 8 months the trip. We had 31 of us from the Nebraska area.
I just finished a 13 day tour through Italy Spain Rome and Croatia, with my wife. I would have loved to do this instead! So jealous! Lol your the best!
@BigRockMoto I really did. You could do more content like this and work in subtle reviews on the gear your wearing/using and the machine you're riding. I know that's a lot of work, but damn, that would be epic!
tbh it's the first time I just want to thank you for the stunning images and not for the sole content so, thank you for sharing this beautiful sceneries.
Hello Ian,I really enjoyed your visit to the San Jaun mountains, I lived in Telluride for a year when I was 18yrs old(46 yrs ago),ive seen some things,truly amazing place,and your right about the Aspen trees,nothing like them,1st bank Butch and Sundance robbed was in Telluride,thanks for sharing your adventures with us 😉
Me and a couple of my buddies used to ride this area every year back in the 1990s on air head BMW GSs or Enduro bikes. It was far less crowded and a lot less bone heads on the passes. I've heard it get's really busy these days.
The best touring I ever experienced was between these towns. Setting up a home base hotel, then riding to daily destinations like Silverton and Durango was the treat of rides. I wish i could have spent more time exploring the area and even some off road ADV riding. Great job presenting this to us. Truly a thumbs up video.
I live in Lake City. Hope you can visit our part of the San Juans next time. This style of video, that promotes taking in the natural wonder, without the jackery so common on youtube is greatly appreciated. I ride a KLX 250 and enjoy watching your channel, for insight into what my next ride(s) might be.
CHAMA!!! I used to do this ride from San Francisco and LA.... I would go up from Taos into Colorado and up through the mountains..... love that area during Fall!! Beautiful riding country 🤗🙏✨🌺
Great video! Thank you for the movie format. It is a great alternative to your normal content and just awesome to see what we can do with all the great dual sport and adventure motorcycles you review!
I loved this film and I'd like to see more like it. Mountains and natural landscapes are my favorite thing and one of the main reasons why I started riding motorcycles
I have Jeeped in this area for about 30 years. Wish it was not so far away for me to take my motorcycle. I have been in all 50 states, Mexico and Canada and there is no more awesome area in my opinion. Ian, I will be riding in your home area tomorrow. I always hope I will see you on the road.
Love that area. I agree, I don’t feel the million dollar hwy is dangerous. I will say it is somewhat scarier in my pickup compared to riding a motorcycle on it. Good video
just did COBDR with my T7 and we also did extra passes like imogene and most of blackbear that wasn't shutdown. we did imogene the opposite of you and it looked very intimdating but honestly didn't have much problem. was overheating rear brake a little on the decent into telluride until we hit the mining area and let it cooldown. San juan mountains are epic for sure we spent a few extra days in the red mountain/silverton/telluride area
Ian, I wish I had your talent and skill. This video was a work of art. I wish you would create more videos like this. It was outstanding. You are an excellent motorcycle rider and your videography is amazing. I can’t thank you enough for this video. Please keep up the good work and I wish you the best of health. Ride safe and peace Marauder Mitchelli 😊
Hermosa película. Preciosa zona. Un lugar que me encantaría poder recorrer. En Argentina hay lugares parecidos, especialmente al sur, en la zona Bariloche. Saludos desde el Norte de Argentina 🇦🇷.
Thanks for doing this Ian, more please ... On the US part of my round the world trip this was one of the places I wanted to visit but, due to visa constraints, visiting friends/family and also needing to get to Prudhoe Bay before the weather got really shitty I missed out on a lot of places, all I saw of Colorado was highway doing an Iron Butt from a friends place in Utah to my brothers place in Indiana ... Now I need to go back and do it :-)
Awesome Video! I just rode the million dollar highway last month on my Cross Country tour from KY to CA and back on my 24’ 790ADV. The San Juan mountains were one of the highlights of the trip. Such a beautiful area.
Thanks for this amazing video, Ian! The last video you did on the history of an area was already very interesting. This one is even better. I really enjoy learning about some of those great places. Maybe one day I make it back to the US and get to see these areas as well. I have been to Zion and Bryce Canyon, which were amazing, but with the intention of riding a bike, I would realy love to explore that area as well.
Now Australia is a beautiful place (please come and visit 😊) but you have something very special there! Great video! Tourism Colorado should be paying you!
I recently traded a 2023 KTM 890 "S" for a 2023 Husqvarna 701. The 701 will run 80 mph reasonably well (with my Madstad windshield). I still miss the greater high-speed comfort of the 890, but I do appreciate the 701's lighter weight when I get to the fun stuff. Your video made me feel better about my decision to go smaller.
Thanks for sharing. I know the area well and enjoyed reliving it. My wife has run (yes run) the Imogene Pass race that goes from Ouray to Telluride more than a dozen times.
Beautiful film, can’t thank you enough for producing it! Glad you had such an amazing trip! This really captures Colorado so well. I got a chance to base out of Rico recently and ride trails like calico and I have never seen anything that spectacular!
Awesome video, Ian. I've driven 550 through the San Juan range a few times, and I'm impressed that you were able to narrate your ride while managing to focus on the ride at the same time. That entire route is just so stunningly gorgeous everywhere you look, it gave me A.D.D. while I was driving it.
Excellent video Ian. Yes more please! I was in the area in 2021 on a super Tenere and didn't dare take on any passes, that is going to change this year on my KLX 300.
Just South of Rico, you can run Scotch Creek Road (NF-550) up to Hermosa Park Rd, and then go North where it comes back out North of Rico or East where you came up from Purgatory. Scotch Creek was exceptionally challenging when I first did it back in 2005 on an 02 R1150 GS.
Also, Last Dollar Highway starts up by the airport in Telluride and comes out on CO 62 South of Ridgeway. It has a few small challenging sections, but most of it is easy. I recently did that with my son. He was on a 2020 KTM 390 Adv and I was on my 17 R1200 GS Rallye. Very scenic.
Wonderful video, Ian. I live in La Veta, CO, just a short day’s ride from this stretch of highway, which I’ve ridden and driven many times. Ooh…Black Bear Pass…one of the most treacherous by reputation, particularly for 4x4’s.
Epic! I am planning to do this exact trip, going to be coming from fort collins and doing the entire ride on a XR650. This is your best vide to date! Must have taken forever to edit
This is such a nice video to watch. For the last few weeks, we've seen horrible storms and watched political candidates try to outdo each other. This video brought me back to an earlier time when families traveled for a week in a station wagon. Listening to Dad trying to sound like a trucker with his new Radio Shack Cobra CB while my mom would giggle at him. Dad would pull the microphone away from his 70's mustache and say in a stern voice, " Come on now, this is serious stuff! There is a pigeon plucker ahead at milepost 16 ! ". My mom would laugh and say something like, "16 miles of butt puckers ? What kind of person says those things?" That was the same summer I got my first knife from some campground in the Sequoia National Forest. Something in your video triggered that lost memory. I guess times change. I think this is your best video. In a way, I could hear Sam Elliot in your voice, a calming tone with beautiful videography, dirt roads, mountains with endless trees. It was Perfect. Now I want to find and buy an old Buick station wagon.
O man! Great production Ian. I live in New Mexico, spent ski bum years in Colorado. This moto tale of yours is just wonderful, such a departure from the review side. I applaud you for this effort w/ your explorative experiences of this particular region of the Rockies. Great to see all the footage. Loved this! Thanks...............
Ian: 1. Holy smokes this is killer stuff! so well done. 2. Welcome back to Team690, we're happy to have you. This is the sweet spot for this bike for sure... I see the Veridan cruise on there!
Nice work Ian - really enjoyed the change of pace. You know you could take this channel where you wanted to and we would happily follow. I love Colorado too and would love to get back there on a bike.
Since i agree with you on almost all opinions, what would be your pick: Africa twin 2018 DCT or GS 1200 2013~ vs GSa 1200 2013~. I have currently AT and thinking about going to GS from year 2008 to 2014 would be in my budget, but since i ride quaite a lot of offroad i prefer to have cheaper bikes, so im not dismissing oilheads. Im looking for change because of frustration with AT suspension quality, despite doing tune by specialist its still to harsh for me, so my current priority is suspension comfort, because otherwise i know both bikes will do good job of what i need. With that in mind would you recommend for me to sell AT and get GS?
what you called a glacial pond is the beginning of a Cirque lake from the head of the glacier holding into the top or side of the mountain. They can become quite large over time.
That was great! I come from the Texas "hill country" where the hills are measured in tens or hundreds of feet. I couldn't do those passes, especially not alone. I was getting short of breath watching your video! Yes, more videos like this. I watched it all the way through before I even realized it was over an hour in length.
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REAL MEN SHOW EMOTIONS! That moment at Imogene Pass was awesome. What a great journey. Thanks for sharing!!
loved the show. I for one would love to see more content like this during the cold winter months in Canada while my bike is parked under a blanket in the garage. *sadface*
Hey. Love your videos. Quick question. 2024 790 adventure or 22 890 adventure R? Doing the TAT next year. Proficient single track rider. 6’1 220 lbs rider.
Please please please keep making this style of documentary motorcycle videos Ian… I could just sit for hours watching these films
Thank you
Thank you so much for hearing our positive comments on this style of video and making a full length film. Legend
Thanks
More of this please!!...there's only so many tech spec and TFT dash features videos you can watch!!😁👍
I feel the same way about making the videos too. :)
Loving some Big Rock storytelling!
This was a most enjoyable video 📹.
Thank you very much.
One of the most beautiful places on Earth (and I've been around... ). I miss the San Juans so much.
Doing it by yourself is why it is so meaningful. Good work!
Lived in Durango from 2019 - 2024 and loved all these places in my 4Runner, GX 470 and the last year my Himalayan 411. Nice seeing them all over again.
Yes! Definitely more content like this!
I love how authentic your videos are. It gives me confidence to get up there next year and ride those passes.
You can do it!
This is an epoch film. Thank you. My '68 CB350 did not appreciate Million Dollar Highway because I was ignorant and didn't re-jet my carburator for high altitude. Modern motorcycles are the ticket for touring the Rockies! Yankee Boy Basin is not to be missed in the early summer. The wild flowers are incredible. Thanks again.
But rejetting is a great opportunity to find a nice big pull off, take a small hike, and maybe find a quiet tree under which to take a nap.
But yes, fuel injection is a whole lot easier!
My family drove this route four times that I can remember, but this summer at the young age of 44 I finally rode it myself on a motorbike. The experience was amazing and totally different than the old family car!
I had the same problem with my DRZ 400 back in 2010. A few years later I vowed I’d go back when I had a FI bike. I finally made it happen in 2020.
This was a fun side of you to watch Ian. Great work and yes - more of this style of video would be excellent. As one of your fans I certainly enjoyed it and hopefully this will be a big winner re views for you too.
“ It almost makes you want to take a nap”. I was thinking the same thing right when you said that. Great video Ian. Yes, more please 👍
Thanks 👍
Having lived in Telluride for 30 years and now Ridgway for six years, this video showcases many of my go to neighborhood rides. It’s always a little fun and interesting to see and hear the outsider perspective and narration on my corner of the San Juans. I recognize every single shot before you tell us where it is, and occasionally mis-speak in the naming of things, which is to be expected. It would have been fun to run into you on the back roads here, and who knows, I may have passed you at some point😊 I had considered going to that dusty lizard, but having recently attended one in Moab and another near Ridgway, I opted out for that one. You made an interesting omission of showing Telluride, probably because of threatening weather, which doesn’t bother me, but you showcased Silverton and Ouray instead. Next time, you might remember not to miss Old Lime Creek Road , which is the historic alternate route to Coalbank Pass . It’s no more challenging than anything else you rode, but is quite fantastic , In the fall especially. Happy trails to you Ian !
Wow, what a ride! Love the drone shots!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I once commented on a video done by Kyle Brotherson of The Dirtbike Channel, that Americans have the best off-road riding conditions in the world...after watching this I'm starting to think you also have the best road riding conditions in the world. Lucky guys and gals.
Dude! I’m impressed once again with your style of video. Love it. The best reviewer now what’s your goal just to take over the whole deal? Nice job. Great video and perspective.
total world domination... of course. ;)
Love this content! I was just in that area for the West38 level 3 training and ride! It’s amazing!
That's awesome!
I absolutely love Colorado. I live in Arkansas. And it’s beautiful in its own way. But it doesn’t compare to the Rocky Mountains. I just bought a new DR 650. Just to make this trek. I can’t wait. Thank you for sharing this.
Ian, I absolutely love your channel. Through the years, I've learned so much! Thanks for taking us along. I really enjoyed this one.
Awesome, thank you!
Absolutely beautiful, awesome great and extremely well shot, edited produced video.... ad are all of yours. Nice soundtrack too 🎶😊🙏🌴
I’ve been to Silverton 3 times. Twice with my Jeep and then again in 2020 with my KTM 450 EXC-F. I’ve trailered my Jeep and bike there when I’ve made the trip.
I basically did the same ride for 8 Days the third week of August 2024 it was fantastic.
I really enjoyed watching this.
I organized for about 8 months the trip. We had 31 of us from the Nebraska area.
That's awesome!
I just finished a 13 day tour through Italy Spain Rome and Croatia, with my wife. I would have loved to do this instead! So jealous! Lol your the best!
Well done, Ian. This type of content is a moneymaker. Keep it going. I enjoyed every minute and I hope you do more. 👌
Glad you enjoyed it!
@BigRockMoto I really did. You could do more content like this and work in subtle reviews on the gear your wearing/using and the machine you're riding. I know that's a lot of work, but damn, that would be epic!
tbh it's the first time I just want to thank you for the stunning images and not for the sole content so, thank you for sharing this beautiful sceneries.
Hello Ian,I really enjoyed your visit to the San Jaun mountains, I lived in Telluride for a year when I was 18yrs old(46 yrs ago),ive seen some things,truly amazing place,and your right about the Aspen trees,nothing like them,1st bank Butch and Sundance robbed was in Telluride,thanks for sharing your adventures with us 😉
Me and a couple of my buddies used to ride this area every year back in the 1990s on air head BMW GSs or Enduro bikes. It was far less crowded and a lot less bone heads on the passes. I've heard it get's really busy these days.
The best touring I ever experienced was between these towns. Setting up a home base hotel, then riding to daily destinations like Silverton and Durango was the treat of rides. I wish i could have spent more time exploring the area and even some off road ADV riding. Great job presenting this to us. Truly a thumbs up video.
I live in Lake City. Hope you can visit our part of the San Juans next time. This style of video, that promotes taking in the natural wonder, without the jackery so common on youtube is greatly appreciated. I ride a KLX 250 and enjoy watching your channel, for insight into what my next ride(s) might be.
Absolutely beautiful! So well done! And thanks for the history lesson!
CHAMA!!! I used to do this ride from San Francisco and LA.... I would go up from Taos into Colorado and up through the mountains..... love that area during Fall!! Beautiful riding country 🤗🙏✨🌺
Great video! Thank you for the movie format. It is a great alternative to your normal content and just awesome to see what we can do with all the great dual sport and adventure motorcycles you review!
What an epic ride! very nice, keep showing us the beautiful U.S.
I loved this film and I'd like to see more like it. Mountains and natural landscapes are my favorite thing and one of the main reasons why I started riding motorcycles
Fascinating history.Would love to visit some day.Thks.
Colorado is a moto Mecca. Great show and great content..
agreed
Was just there again 3 weeks ago. My favorite place!
I was there in mid July and it was FANTASTIC. What a beautiful area.
It really is!
This rally was so fun, and the area just stunning. I did red mountain, last dollar, and bolum pass. So many times had to stop to just take it in.
I have Jeeped in this area for about 30 years. Wish it was not so far away for me to take my motorcycle. I have been in all 50 states, Mexico and Canada and there is no more awesome area in my opinion. Ian, I will be riding in your home area tomorrow. I always hope I will see you on the road.
You make everything seem so doable!
Love that area. I agree, I don’t feel the million dollar hwy is dangerous. I will say it is somewhat scarier in my pickup compared to riding a motorcycle on it. Good video
Lived in Durango in the mid '8Os for a couple of years attending college. Your video brings back a lot of great memories. Thanks Ian. See you around.
just did COBDR with my T7 and we also did extra passes like imogene and most of blackbear that wasn't shutdown. we did imogene the opposite of you and it looked very intimdating but honestly didn't have much problem. was overheating rear brake a little on the decent into telluride until we hit the mining area and let it cooldown. San juan mountains are epic for sure we spent a few extra days in the red mountain/silverton/telluride area
Thanks for such a great video and educating us on how real touring is really done!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Ian, I wish I had your talent and skill. This video was a work of art. I wish you would create more videos like this. It was outstanding. You are an excellent motorcycle rider and your videography is amazing. I can’t thank you enough for this video. Please keep up the good work and I wish you the best of health. Ride safe and peace Marauder Mitchelli 😊
It took me a while to get through the video, but it was very inspirational!!!
Such an amazing area. Fantastic riding. Did Ouray to Durango section this summer. Thanks for the vid and history lesson!
Hermosa película.
Preciosa zona.
Un lugar que me encantaría poder recorrer.
En Argentina hay lugares parecidos, especialmente al sur, en la zona Bariloche.
Saludos desde el Norte de Argentina 🇦🇷.
Thank you, Ian this was such an informative and enjoyable piece of film.
Go well, Sir
Man, this is a really special, really beautiful video. Thank you SO MUCH!
Glad you liked it!
Thanks for doing this Ian, more please ... On the US part of my round the world trip this was one of the places I wanted to visit but, due to visa constraints, visiting friends/family and also needing to get to Prudhoe Bay before the weather got really shitty I missed out on a lot of places, all I saw of Colorado was highway doing an Iron Butt from a friends place in Utah to my brothers place in Indiana ... Now I need to go back and do it :-)
Wow, you did such an amazing job on this video: the drone shorts, the music, the history - wonderful! Thank you Ian!
Great drone footage, love the high passes, and the history lesson. Highest peak where I live is 535 m. Garth
Awesome Video! I just rode the million dollar highway last month on my Cross Country tour from KY to CA and back on my 24’ 790ADV. The San Juan mountains were one of the highlights of the trip. Such a beautiful area.
Thanks for this amazing video, Ian! The last video you did on the history of an area was already very interesting. This one is even better. I really enjoy learning about some of those great places. Maybe one day I make it back to the US and get to see these areas as well. I have been to Zion and Bryce Canyon, which were amazing, but with the intention of riding a bike, I would realy love to explore that area as well.
Now Australia is a beautiful place (please come and visit 😊) but you have something very special there! Great video! Tourism Colorado should be paying you!
Beautiful scenery and informative thanks for sharing always great reviews also 👍
Great job Ian. Riding to explore and learn is a lot of fun. Just bought a DRZ to complement the GS. Having a ball with it!
Have fun!
I recently traded a 2023 KTM 890 "S" for a 2023 Husqvarna 701. The 701 will run 80 mph reasonably well (with my Madstad windshield). I still miss the greater high-speed comfort of the 890, but I do appreciate the 701's lighter weight when I get to the fun stuff. Your video made me feel better about my decision to go smaller.
What a beautiful ride, Ian, and how well you portrayed it. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing. I know the area well and enjoyed reliving it. My wife has run (yes run) the Imogene Pass race that goes from Ouray to Telluride more than a dozen times.
great video Ian, i really enjoyed it. great camera and drone footage also!! Thanks for sharing it with us.
Beautiful film, can’t thank you enough for producing it! Glad you had such an amazing trip! This really captures Colorado so well. I got a chance to base out of Rico recently and ride trails like calico and I have never seen anything that spectacular!
Awesome video, Ian. I've driven 550 through the San Juan range a few times, and I'm impressed that you were able to narrate your ride while managing to focus on the ride at the same time.
That entire route is just so stunningly gorgeous everywhere you look, it gave me A.D.D. while I was driving it.
Lot of work went to create that wonderful documentary, thnx V!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Absolutely fantastic show Ian, was well worth the wait. 😜👍
Glad you enjoyed it
You are amazing. Thank you to show us all the beauty and motivate us for future trips.
Great video! I live in the San Juans. Next time you're here I'll show you some places that you missed.
Excellent effort! Love to see more of this type of doco from you Ian, nice adjunct to your road testing.
Bring it on!.....cheers!
More to come!
Great video! More of these please. And loving your musical selections :)
Excellent video Ian. Yes more please! I was in the area in 2021 on a super Tenere and didn't dare take on any passes, that is going to change this year on my KLX 300.
awesome!
Just South of Rico, you can run Scotch Creek Road (NF-550) up to Hermosa Park Rd, and then go North where it comes back out North of Rico or East where you came up from Purgatory. Scotch Creek was exceptionally challenging when I first did it back in 2005 on an 02 R1150 GS.
Also, Last Dollar Highway starts up by the airport in Telluride and comes out on CO 62 South of Ridgeway. It has a few small challenging sections, but most of it is easy. I recently did that with my son. He was on a 2020 KTM 390 Adv and I was on my 17 R1200 GS Rallye. Very scenic.
Bravo bro, well done. You have a new calling.
Much appreciated
Fantastic work and cinematography, great work.
Thanks a lot!
Oh, this is so good! I feel like I'm watching a Ken Burns documentary about great motorcycle tours.
Wow, thanks!
The scenery is so stunning, easiest way to drive off the road 😆
Wonderful video, Ian. I live in La Veta, CO, just a short day’s ride from this stretch of highway, which I’ve ridden and driven many times. Ooh…Black Bear Pass…one of the most treacherous by reputation, particularly for 4x4’s.
This was awsome. Realy well put together.
Epic! I am planning to do this exact trip, going to be coming from fort collins and doing the entire ride on a XR650. This is your best vide to date! Must have taken forever to edit
Well done video. More like this. I liked it a lot.
Thanks, will do!
This is such a nice video to watch. For the last few weeks, we've seen horrible storms and watched political candidates try to outdo each other. This video brought me back to an earlier time when families traveled for a week in a station wagon. Listening to Dad trying to sound like a trucker with his new Radio Shack Cobra CB while my mom would giggle at him. Dad would pull the microphone away from his 70's mustache and say in a stern voice, " Come on now, this is serious stuff! There is a pigeon plucker ahead at milepost 16 ! ". My mom would laugh and say something like, "16 miles of butt puckers ? What kind of person says those things?" That was the same summer I got my first knife from some campground in the Sequoia National Forest. Something in your video triggered that lost memory. I guess times change. I think this is your best video. In a way, I could hear Sam Elliot in your voice, a calming tone with beautiful videography, dirt roads, mountains with endless trees. It was Perfect. Now I want to find and buy an old Buick station wagon.
Thank you for this.
O man! Great production Ian. I live in New Mexico, spent ski bum years in Colorado. This moto tale of yours is just wonderful, such a departure from the review side. I applaud you for this effort w/ your explorative experiences of this particular region of the Rockies. Great to see all the footage. Loved this! Thanks...............
Thanks
Wow, some amazing views there Iain
Great video, with a bit of local history thrown in for educational value! Youve struck gold with this format. More please.
Another banger video!!
Great job Ian✌️
Thanks again!
Excellent trip, thank you!
Loved the music and quality
Great video Ian. Really enjoyed the whole thing. Appreciate you spending the time to put it together and sharing with us.
Ian: 1. Holy smokes this is killer stuff! so well done. 2. Welcome back to Team690, we're happy to have you. This is the sweet spot for this bike for sure... I see the Veridan cruise on there!
Man such an epic place. Great video. I like to see long form.
I wish I could ride there but I get altitude sickness something terrible.
Nice work Ian - really enjoyed the change of pace. You know you could take this channel where you wanted to and we would happily follow. I love Colorado too and would love to get back there on a bike.
Ian this is one of your best videos! Of course it was more nice for me since I was in some of those areas back in 2016 on my Victory.
Glad you enjoyed it
Since i agree with you on almost all opinions, what would be your pick:
Africa twin 2018 DCT or GS 1200 2013~ vs GSa 1200 2013~.
I have currently AT and thinking about going to GS from year 2008 to 2014 would be in my budget, but since i ride quaite a lot of offroad i prefer to have cheaper bikes, so im not dismissing oilheads. Im looking for change because of frustration with AT suspension quality, despite doing tune by specialist its still to harsh for me, so my current priority is suspension comfort, because otherwise i know both bikes will do good job of what i need.
With that in mind would you recommend for me to sell AT and get GS?
Sounds like you need a lighter bike. Big bikes like that are heavy and really beat on the suspension.
what you called a glacial pond is the beginning of a Cirque lake from the head of the glacier holding into the top or side of the mountain. They can become quite large over time.
Excellent video, refreshing to learn some history and geography of the area. Greetings from Norway🇳🇴
Glad you enjoyed it
That was one hell of a ride, thanks for taking us along 👍
That was great! I come from the Texas "hill country" where the hills are measured in tens or hundreds of feet. I couldn't do those passes, especially not alone. I was getting short of breath watching your video! Yes, more videos like this. I watched it all the way through before I even realized it was over an hour in length.
thanks for watching