when you came through, bethel Ma. that left turn up rt 26, 30 years back was a dirt road, back up to New Hampshire. we did that on our 1983, 1982 & 84 Honda Goldwing's. Talk about sand traps.
Don’t know if you know, but check your throttle body pulleys for cracks on your BMW. They’re black plastic and if the one on the left throttle body breaks, you can only idle. I just limped back 26 miles in 3.5 hours because the one on 2007 broke with only 16k miles. It’s an age thing with plastic
Ronnie's commercial break advertising the Ride on Amigos channel is always dead in and perfectly placed. I have no freaking idea why your channel has not blown up yet but it is going to. Ride safe!
Ride on amigos! That was me meeting yall on the trail. I had a flat tire about an hour after meeting yall on the trail. Patched it and carried on, made the turn back and popped it again!
Was just thinking, would really like to see a back story video about Carlos and his band of merry men, where they are now, how they all connected and what’s next.
After Carlos said Caracas was his home town I took a Google Maps/Utube trip. The city is beautiful, and the country looks like it's made for adventure riding. It looks like a great place for Ronnie and Carlos to take us on an adventure.
I have several motorcycle content channels that I watch. Yours is one of my absolute favorites. I don't even ride an adventure bike. I'm on a grand American touring bike. I did, after watching your channel, buy a Harley Pan America. However, I only owned it for about 3 months and decided to sell it because I needed the money more than I needed 2 bikes. Anyway, glad to see your content on a steady basis again.
Welcome to Maine! I’m enjoying your videos. My son and I did the NEBDR two years ago and this is bringing back memories and making me want to head out again. Happy riding, amigo.
Actually, the highest recorded winds on earth were in the May 4, 1999 tornado in Oklahoma City. The meter stopped recording at 302mph because it couldn’t go any higher.
Hey Carlos, how do you typically return or get back from your trips? Do you ride back, or rent a truck, or ship the bikes? I am planning to do this ride and need some advice. Thanks bro.
He has done a little of everything over the years depending on the circumstances. On the NEBDR we trailered the bikes from south Florida to New York and left the truck and trailer at the home of a family member. We would have made other arrangements for that if I didn't have family there. You can find storage facilities to leave the transport vehicle or even contact local bike shops in that area for suggestions. You have to weigh factors like time and who you are riding with to come up with the solution that works best for the group. When Carlos did the TAT and the Continental Divide, he rode from south Florida out to the trails and back. That requires extra time and commitment. Commercial vehicle transport is an option as well but tends to be on the costly side. That option can really help when time is an issue because your bike can arrive before you and leave after you if you work with a bike shop for handling. Ride On!
Class IV is purely a Vermont terminology. In New Hampshire, the equivalent would be Class VI (both meaning unmaintained public thruway. Maine is much more complicated. A maintained thruway can become an unmaintained thruway, which makes it an abandoned road, but it is still a public easement. That can be changed in court by those with properties abutting the public easement, making it a private easement. Landowners tend to do that if motor vehicles are damaging the public easement or if motor vehicles cause a nuisance. And, unless posted, an abandoned road still requires a vehicle to be licensed (street legal) to travel it, as it is still a unmaintained public thruway. In Maine, many of the abandoned roads public easement have been changed to private easement, as the landowners have been maintaining the road at their own cost to access their properties and overlanders have torn up the roads and not gone back and repaired the damage. And that's where the heroes of the ATV community step in and get access for ATV club members (to include, in most cases, ATV's and OHRV, almost always excluding four wheeling trucks/jeeps, sometimes dirt bikes) and use membership fees to maintain the private easement as part of the access agreement. And many of the ATV clubs observe reciprocity between clubs, so that only one membership is required. And you can usually get them through the Maine.gov Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife site.
Some visuals stick in your head, like missing that turn. We did the same, should have followed the low power line going right, or should have watched the GPS better!! thanks for sharing.
Aw, man, you guys quit. A couple of bolts, a piece of pipe, and some duct tape could have fixed Ronnie's issue. Maybe just a couple bolts and a hammer. The best part is the last ten miles of the ride. But, you have to ride your own ride. I quit a quarter of a mile from the end with a 2018 V-Strom 1000XT, the road was washed out across the earth dam, I was solo, it was late, no cell reception, I didn't have something like an Inreach or Spot, and decided I didn't want to drop my 600 pounds of motorcycle into a three foot deep hole with running water, with overnight temps in the mid 30's. The end is the same for the NEBDR and the Hampster Ride. Every "Hampster Ride" video I have seen has people going to the Boundry Pond, which is two miles south and very West of the true Hampster end at 45.300649, -71.089682, 3,2 miles away. The road to Boundry pond is very groomed gravel road.
Go Ronnie
Love the channel.
Definitely the best ADV channel.....
when you came through, bethel Ma. that left turn up rt 26, 30 years back was a dirt road, back up to New Hampshire. we did that on our 1983, 1982 & 84 Honda Goldwing's. Talk about sand traps.
Don’t know if you know, but check your throttle body pulleys for cracks on your BMW. They’re black plastic and if the one on the left throttle body breaks, you can only idle. I just limped back 26 miles in 3.5 hours because the one on 2007 broke with only 16k miles. It’s an age thing with plastic
Ronnie's commercial break advertising the Ride on Amigos channel is always dead in and perfectly placed.
I have no freaking idea why your channel has not blown up yet but it is going to. Ride safe!
Ron's teenager selfie - priceless!!!
Ride on amigos! That was me meeting yall on the trail. I had a flat tire about an hour after meeting yall on the trail. Patched it and carried on, made the turn back and popped it again!
Hey Nick! Good to hear from you and glad you caught the episode! Was fun to bump into you on the trail.
Thanks for another fun episode. That rocky section looked like the most challenging of the NEBDR. Would you agree? Thanks again.
Was just thinking, would really like to see a back story video about Carlos and his band of merry men, where they are now, how they all connected and what’s next.
Great episode
Another great episode!
Hope you guys ride on for a long long time 👍🏽
After Carlos said Caracas was his home town I took a Google Maps/Utube trip. The city is beautiful, and the country looks like it's made for adventure riding. It looks like a great place for Ronnie and Carlos to take us on an adventure.
Otro gran video!! Cada vez que termina me quedo con las ganas de seguir viendo más capítulos. Roni me encantó la introducción. Fuerte abrazo amigos!!!
So, when your back in Florida, you need to have a meet & greet.
I have several motorcycle content channels that I watch. Yours is one of my absolute favorites. I don't even ride an adventure bike. I'm on a grand American touring bike. I did, after watching your channel, buy a Harley Pan America. However, I only owned it for about 3 months and decided to sell it because I needed the money more than I needed 2 bikes. Anyway, glad to see your content on a steady basis again.
Great vid. Should have swung into tractor supply in Rumsford for some bolts to fix that rack.
You guy’s had a beautiful clear day up on Mt Washington I was up there 2 weeks ago not as clear but still amazing
Ride on Amigos
Calos, I just found that your back and be binge watching all Morning.
Awesome Video! Thanks for sharing your experience.
Always great to see another episode!
Welcome to Maine! I’m enjoying your videos. My son and I did the NEBDR two years ago and this is bringing back memories and making me want to head out again. Happy riding, amigo.
Ride on
Great episode! Never a dull moment!
Actually, the highest recorded winds on earth were in the May 4, 1999 tornado in Oklahoma City. The meter stopped recording at 302mph because it couldn’t go any higher.
Hey Carlos, how do you typically return or get back from your trips? Do you ride back, or rent a truck, or ship the bikes? I am planning to do this ride and need some advice. Thanks bro.
He has done a little of everything over the years depending on the circumstances. On the NEBDR we trailered the bikes from south Florida to New York and left the truck and trailer at the home of a family member. We would have made other arrangements for that if I didn't have family there. You can find storage facilities to leave the transport vehicle or even contact local bike shops in that area for suggestions. You have to weigh factors like time and who you are riding with to come up with the solution that works best for the group. When Carlos did the TAT and the Continental Divide, he rode from south Florida out to the trails and back. That requires extra time and commitment. Commercial vehicle transport is an option as well but tends to be on the costly side. That option can really help when time is an issue because your bike can arrive before you and leave after you if you work with a bike shop for handling. Ride On!
@@delrayparapilot Thank you!
What bikes are you riding
Class IV is purely a Vermont terminology. In New Hampshire, the equivalent would be Class VI (both meaning unmaintained public thruway.
Maine is much more complicated. A maintained thruway can become an unmaintained thruway, which makes it an abandoned road, but it is still a public easement. That can be changed in court by those with properties abutting the public easement, making it a private easement. Landowners tend to do that if motor vehicles are damaging the public easement or if motor vehicles cause a nuisance. And, unless posted, an abandoned road still requires a vehicle to be licensed (street legal) to travel it, as it is still a unmaintained public thruway.
In Maine, many of the abandoned roads public easement have been changed to private easement, as the landowners have been maintaining the road at their own cost to access their properties and overlanders have torn up the roads and not gone back and repaired the damage.
And that's where the heroes of the ATV community step in and get access for ATV club members (to include, in most cases, ATV's and OHRV, almost always excluding four wheeling trucks/jeeps, sometimes dirt bikes) and use membership fees to maintain the private easement as part of the access agreement. And many of the ATV clubs observe reciprocity between clubs, so that only one membership is required. And you can usually get them through the Maine.gov Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife site.
I think almost everyone goes the wrong way on that powerline road. It's really tough to see the turn.
😂 You noticed! I’m surprised Carlos left that out of the commentary.
@@delrayparapilot I did the exact same thing.
Should they have gone on the right hand track? It seemed less maintained so easy to miss.
@@osimnod they did, that was the difficult riding shown in the video. They just didn't show themselves turning around.
Some visuals stick in your head, like missing that turn. We did the same, should have followed the low power line going right, or should have watched the GPS better!! thanks for sharing.
blue mountains and orange text...wonder where you got that from lmfao
Aw, man, you guys quit. A couple of bolts, a piece of pipe, and some duct tape could have fixed Ronnie's issue. Maybe just a couple bolts and a hammer.
The best part is the last ten miles of the ride.
But, you have to ride your own ride.
I quit a quarter of a mile from the end with a 2018 V-Strom 1000XT, the road was washed out across the earth dam, I was solo, it was late, no cell reception, I didn't have something like an Inreach or Spot, and decided I didn't want to drop my 600 pounds of motorcycle into a three foot deep hole with running water, with overnight temps in the mid 30's.
The end is the same for the NEBDR and the Hampster Ride. Every "Hampster Ride" video I have seen has people going to the Boundry Pond, which is two miles south and very West of the true Hampster end at 45.300649, -71.089682, 3,2 miles away. The road to Boundry pond is very groomed gravel road.
It’s not over! 😂😂😂 Don’t mind the title. There’s more to come.
😀
Loose gravel. Not hard, but not fun.
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