For those new to MAD TV I'd encourage you to look around the channel, we have international adventures, bike reviews and Chris Birch extreme videos and other stuff and most recently some great films from Nick Sanders. Occasionally we go live for some fun. Here are some links to help you find the good stuff. International Adventure ruclips.net/p/PLkM9-Vs7Ynzi55gvgbVg2Xcy_rp0vqA_R Thorough bike reviews ruclips.net/p/PLkM9-Vs7YnzjtGNKHELsYYQRwCQPOEp5j Chris Birch extreme KTM1190 videos ruclips.net/p/PLkM9-Vs7YnzithyN05N74-yoitRsGNwI5
I loved this interview! Best on this channel to date 👍 Aaron is such a humble and likable guy, a source for inspiration and knowledge when it comes to traveling and approaching people. Dave, you should bring Aaron to Scandinavia and do some TET.
Same here. I had a KTM 520 exc back in 2002 and sold it after 6 months because I couldn't cope with the high maintenance intervals. Obviously they've come a long way since then but I'd love to know just how far.
@@Gamesplaytoday I know it's a different bike(600 mile changes), but John T Young on here gets his oil analysed, and goes huge distances over what Honda recommend for his CRF450L...companies just covering their backsides...3000 on the road sounds about right, it is a competition machine, after all?
I followed Aaron on the forums. He was the number one reason I chose to get a 500exc for myself. I think of your story almost every time I ride it, especially on long rides. It truly gives me more confidence in the bike - along with good maintenance of course.
Brilliant interview with Aaron! Thanks for presenting this one. It's amazing how far he traveled on the 500 EXC-F. Makes me respect my 350 EXC-F even more! Ride safe Dave!
I came across Aaron in Dawson City YT just after I finished riding my 690 in Africa and Europe. He amazed me on a few fronts! The first was his 500. He proved it was quite durable for long distance riding. I quickly switched to one myself and love it! Another was he didn’t have a license plate and hadn’t had one through many countries!
Just a quick comment, half way through - Aaron has a great smile. Great interview Dave, you have a very relaxed style and know how to keep the conversation going. Cheers
Absolutely brilliant interview. What a great bloke. I love it that he did it on such a limited budget. Great list of questions too. I have a 500exc and as much as I love it, there’s no way I’d want to ride that bastard for anything like that distance! It’s an almighty achievement. A tough bloke on a tough bike.
Fantastic interview Dave! And so nice to finally see and hear what the Braaping Kiwi looks and sounds like 😃. Cracking bloke! Aaron inspired many riders, including myself! 5hundy rider here too☝️270hours on mine...a little baby 🤣. Dave, let us know when you’re planning on TETing, would be a pleasure to welcome you to Portugal 🇵🇹 and ride together a few days mate!
Marvelous, read the ride report on advrider, exchanged some messages with Aaron on Facebook and now a video interview, thank you so much. love the attitude of this guy, the adventurous spirit and the bike choice, of course. :)
Incredible man. Very cool life experience, thanks for sharing. I just picked up a 24’ ktm 500 and I’m looking to do a British Columbia trip and a USA tour
What lovely chaps. Congrats to Aaron for an epic ride RTW on an enduro monster no less. Hope he writes a book - I'll definitely buy it. Love his indepth knowledge and humour.
Sounds like an amazing adventure. I recently moved to the Portland area, definitely a pretty part of the world. Hopefully I will get to do part of the trip Aaron was able to do.
Thank you for this shared experience it’s changed my direction huge thank you!!! I’m on. 2019 sixday ktm450 rolls 10 thousand km soon just broke in I recon eh 💪💪💪
Aron's a top bloke.., want to do something like this, true adventure riding , my first adventure was on a KX,80 with my mates and a backpack full of camping gear must have been 16 years old at the time and i remember this not for the ride as i was covered in mud and it was awesome, but i took my mums brand new frying pan without asking, to cook my dinner on, and cooked up a feast on the fire i can remember it like yesterday because mum was so pissed when i came home again cause i wrecked her new fry pan ,, good times....didnt need much to have an adventure back then !!!
Hey Dave, great talk with Aaron. If you make it up to the Pacific Northwest I'd recommend the Idaho BDR. Did it last year and it was a great ride, probably the best of the BDR's I've done and only a few hours from Bend Oregon where Giant Loop is based.
I would love to know how often Aron did oil changes? Re wind protection for the 701, I have twice used the small KTM screen for the 690 ER for long trips across the USA (including the extended NY to Portland TAT) but mounted about 4 inches higher than normal and found it amazingly effective and I am 6'2". No buffeting but totally takes the pressure off the chest even at 80 -90 mph.My jacket was always clean and bug free right out to the shoulders which proves the point that sometimes a small screen is actually more effective than a rally type screen if it is placed in the right place.
curious about the oil changes aswel. Im working on setting up for a trip like this and the thought of an oil change every 1000 miles sounds exhausting. making sure you have quality oil in remote parts of the world isn't the easiest thing to keep on board.
Just passed my bike license a month ago, planning a RTW trip with my new T7 starting on June 2022 if all goes to plan. Will film the damn thing as good as I can and hope to not die ! This interview, like so many content from MAD Tv has been insipational ! Thanks a ton!
Great talk. Thank you! I just wonder about that bike pick in regards to oil change intervals. Did Aaron really changed his oil every 2-2,5k km? I understand this could become almost like chain lubricating after some time, but still for such a trip seems like a job to do almost once a week... How do you deal with that when going through Mongolia or Russia? Do you carry the oil and filters with you? Or do you buy different oils on gasoline stations? How does it work? Thanks!
Hopefully Aaron will read this and get back to you. If not go to the top of this page, just under the video and there are links in the description that should provide the answers you seek.
I did. A few times it may have been 3k. Very quick and easy to do on this bike and gave me a chance to give it a quick once over to check for any loose or missing bolts. I often did it by my tent or stop at a shop mid-day.
Really enjoyed the interview with Aaron, crazy amount of kilos! I created a poster of the most iconic off-road KTMs of the last 50 years (1973-2023), and the KTM500EXC-F was one of the 12 pencil sketches that i did for the poster. In the inscription below the 500EXC-F i made reference to Aaron and his round the world trip
Congratulations! Huge accomplishment and on a 500! Haha some good advice,tips, tricks in this. Packing is always difficult I feel like, even for a weekend trip. I moved from a similar wolfman “loop” no rack, soft bag to soft panniers to have a little more space and like having the racks as some more “protection”. I actually blew out the wolfman bag laying the bike down. My tool side, the one downside to trying to keep all your weight low. Everything has its designated place now and packed accordingly. Glad you enjoyed North America!
If you are going for the TET, I have a Xt660z Tenere gravel /offroad setup, and a DRZ400S, if you would like to start your TET in Norway and ride south. Have also soft luggage systems on both, and even a 4Bikers tent if you need. A great tent for riding up north here. Setup in about 30-60 sec. :) So you are welcome to borrow a bike from me :) Will use one of these bikes when me and a friend will ride from Norway to New Zealand when Covid calms down.
Hey Dave, all the good questions were there but - unless I missed this part twice while (re)wathing the interview - what was the service on the 500EXC? I imagine every 500/1000km changind the oil, filters, valve adjusting, etc, how did Aaron manage that part? The big EXC is perhaps the best candidate for the unicorn, just a bigger tank, stronger subframe and bigger service intervals and voila! So it would have been nice to hear how was Aaron coping with one of the most disapointing shortage of this bike = service intervals. Cheers
Great story and would be an amazing adventure to do. What is the total cost of the entire trip? I'm always curious as cost are never included or really talked about in these around the world trips.
Great interview, such an easygoing guy. See how you suck us into going back into these older videos when I'm watching the Husqvarna 501 videos. lol Giant Loop, I have multiple sets of GL luggage. I have several other brands of luggage as well, which I've never used. The GL luggage is so easy to put on & off the bike, pack & unpack that I just can't get motivated to use the other stuff. I met Harold at the Giant Loop Rally last year, and his staff and they are all down to earth people that are passionate about the lightweight motorcycle adventures. I'd go to this year's rally but I need to head across country the other direction. Dave, if you come over to the States to ride you should let us know. All of us pensioners will ride out with you, and the beers are on us. Clubby, Nugget, and Kyle would be super welcome as well.
@@MotorcycleAdventureDirtbikeTV That would be awesome! I’m in Coastal Northern California, Humboldt County. The Redwoods are my back yard. When you guys set your plans let us all know.👍
Dear David Thank you for such a great vid. In 2019 I rode a BMW GS 650 from Sydney to London to raise funds for Beyond Blue and the Black Dog Institute. I had never ridden a motorcycle on the road before no bike no license and frankly no clue. I am now embarking on a tour of the America’s commencing in April 2023. My ride is a KTM 790 Adventure R (2019). My plan is to travel North from LA to Alaska and then following the East Coast of the US to Mexico and travel South to Chile. As you have experienced the pre planning for such a ride is critical. I would appreciate, if you choose, to discuss my journey and most importantly learn from your experiences Best Ian Yates
Amazing video! I was so surprised the 500EXC could stand the mileage, in my understanding enduro bikes' engines run so stressed wouldn't last the distance, or did he overhaul the engine at some point?
Very late to the game answering this, but others might be wondering as well who come across this comment. Enduro bikes are higher maintenance than regular bikes yes, but, not to the extremes as one might think. The intervals in the manual assumes it being driven like it is "supposed" to, aka enduro racing. For regular road use and light to medium offroading (or just anything that isn't balls to the walls 100% of the time) you can stretch the intervals by a LOT. I know people who just change oil, filter and check valves once a year before every season and they have no issues. Note: These people use it as a dual sport who mostly sees pavement usage, not racing.
@@morganil93 100% agree with your comment, joe average rider won’t be riding a ktm500 on the rev limiter, I’m barely at half throttle on mine at highway speeds.
Great interview. He seemed to fly/ferry from Mongolia to Western Australia. Any reason he didn't bike it in China & SE Asia. I think he said he'd been to Laos, so maybe he'd done a lot of SE Asia before??
Really great interview!! Maybe because my English is not the best and I missed it. Did he do the whole ride with one engine? Normally the engine oil needs to be changed every 15 hours. How often has he changed the oil?
Could of had the whole KTM support team behind with a fresh engine here and there, the occasional service air drop helicopted in. Who knows. One things for sure, ktm will be selling this unicorn bike like hot cakes 😂. I maybe wrong but anything is possible.
The world will 'right' itself and we'll get back to it but yes he was the last. I met Nick Sanders in Sydney as covid struck. He was so close to home but couldn't make it.
@@MotorcycleAdventureDirtbikeTV Not if the globalists have their way. Their are multiple highly influential NGO's pushing for all international travel to cease. They have billions in cash and control almost every leader. Just look at the "World Economic Forum" and their agenda. Our world has ceased to exist and this new one is not all unicorns and rainbows. It's global communism.
@@MotorcycleAdventureDirtbikeTV yeah, hopefully it won't be many years until we can start to travel again. Too much money in tourism for it to cease. Let's remain cautiously optimistic 😁
@@aarons1351 Aaron, I’ve followed your story for a while. I’m just curious, hindsight being 20/20, if you could have done it all over again would you still chose the 500?
For those new to MAD TV I'd encourage you to look around the channel, we have international adventures, bike reviews and Chris Birch extreme videos and other stuff and most recently some great films from Nick Sanders. Occasionally we go live for some fun. Here are some links to help you find the good stuff.
International Adventure
ruclips.net/p/PLkM9-Vs7Ynzi55gvgbVg2Xcy_rp0vqA_R
Thorough bike reviews
ruclips.net/p/PLkM9-Vs7YnzjtGNKHELsYYQRwCQPOEp5j
Chris Birch extreme KTM1190 videos
ruclips.net/p/PLkM9-Vs7YnzithyN05N74-yoitRsGNwI5
I loved this interview!
Best on this channel to date 👍
Aaron is such a humble and likable guy, a source for inspiration and knowledge when it comes to traveling and approaching people.
Dave, you should bring Aaron to Scandinavia and do some TET.
Would have liked to hear more about bike maintenance or issues. That is a crazy amount of miles.
Same here. I had a KTM 520 exc back in 2002 and sold it after 6 months because I couldn't cope with the high maintenance intervals. Obviously they've come a long way since then but I'd love to know just how far.
Bet his oil wasn't changed every 1500miles?
@@williamrae9954 i read that it was 1500 on rough days and 3000 on open rode ones
@@Gamesplaytoday I know it's a different bike(600 mile changes), but John T Young on here gets his oil analysed, and goes huge distances over what Honda recommend for his CRF450L...companies just covering their backsides...3000 on the road sounds about right, it is a competition machine, after all?
Change my oil between 2,000 & 3,000 miles. 50/50 dirt & paved roads, no racing. 😆😜🏜️👀😁
Thank you Dave for doing this very interesting and entertaining interview with Aaron.
Glad you liked it
I followed Aaron on the forums. He was the number one reason I chose to get a 500exc for myself. I think of your story almost every time I ride it, especially on long rides. It truly gives me more confidence in the bike - along with good maintenance of course.
Thanks for sharing!
What a great guy with amazing experiences! What a tribute to KTM too!
Couldn't agree more!
Brilliant interview with Aaron! Thanks for presenting this one. It's amazing how far he traveled on the 500 EXC-F. Makes me respect my 350 EXC-F even more! Ride safe Dave!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Incredible journey and very impressed with a RTW trip on a 500 EXC! Aaron is an engaging character and a joy to hear his story.
What a wonderful story. Thanks for sharing fellas👍
Thanks mate, half way and thoroughly enjoyable ! I love the podcast format you do.
Glad you enjoy it!
I came across Aaron in Dawson City YT just after I finished riding my 690 in Africa and Europe. He amazed me on a few fronts! The first was his 500. He proved it was quite durable for long distance riding. I quickly switched to one myself and love it! Another was he didn’t have a license plate and hadn’t had one through many countries!
Thanks for your comment
wow!!
Just a quick comment, half way through - Aaron has a great smile. Great interview Dave, you have a very relaxed style and know how to keep the conversation going. Cheers
Glad you enjoyed it
When I've met RTW-riders I've always bought a beer for them :P
You and me both!
Great interview and what an adventure. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
why thumbs down this? jerks. coloradan here, I love your guys' content. keep it coming please. great interview. what a guy.
Bloody awesome interview guys. ! Thanks alot👍
thank you, hopefully more interviews to come.
Fantastic video. Many thanks for sharing. All the best from Cork, Ireland.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great to hear Aaron’s journey from the man himself. Followed he’s journey through IG some amazing photos and great inspiration
Absolutely!
Great interview. Thanks to both of you.
Our pleasure!
Great interview, really insightful questions. thank you!
Absolutely brilliant interview. What a great bloke. I love it that he did it on such a limited budget. Great list of questions too. I have a 500exc and as much as I love it, there’s no way I’d want to ride that bastard for anything like that distance! It’s an almighty achievement. A tough bloke on a tough bike.
thanks Tony
You guys have the very best motorcycle channel on RUclips and I think you very much for all your hard work.
Wow, thanks!
Valuable interview! Thank you, Dave!
I loved that one, Aaron made it easy
Wow!! Love the bike choice!!! Love this Podcast!!
What a ride, what a bike, and what a great guy, another very entertaining interview thanks Dave
Glad you enjoyed it
Brilliant, thank you for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Really enjoyed that. The world needs more blokes like Aaron.
Agree
Great interview. Thanks for posting. Very inspirational.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great interview!
Thanks for sharing. Aaron have a very positive mindset, impressive
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great episode, guys! Thanks for sharing it😊👍
Thanks for watching!
Exceptional posting. Clear engaging. Gracias. Greetings and respect to all from Durango Mexico 🇲🇽
Gracias
Outstanding to be able to listen to the experience of these interesting characters that fill our lives with fascination.Cheers.
He's a great speaker
So inspiring! Thanks for sharing! Come to Oregon!!!
It's on my wish list
That was awesome-THANK YOU!
Glad you enjoyed it!
What an impressive trip. Thanks for the tips about the BDR, I need some trips to take int he states.
Fantastic interview Dave! And so nice to finally see and hear what the Braaping Kiwi looks and sounds like 😃. Cracking bloke! Aaron inspired many riders, including myself! 5hundy rider here too☝️270hours on mine...a little baby 🤣.
Dave, let us know when you’re planning on TETing, would be a pleasure to welcome you to Portugal 🇵🇹 and ride together a few days mate!
Yeah thank you for your kind offer. As soon as the dust settles I'd love to get over and ride some TET.
Aussie pivot pegs- best upgrade. Best pegs by some margin. Great interview.
Great job, congrats!
Thanks!
GREAT Interview - We need more riders like this!
Aaron is back out on the road now.
If you end up in the USA doing the bdr's, make sure you head into BC for some amazing riding. Vancouver Island is amazing for dual sport riding,🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
We'll take you up on that.
What an amazing adventure 😍💪👌👍
The best!
I like this bike, and your world trip...very nice
Glad you enjoy it!
Im late to the party. Great interview, amazing how much drive, passion and commitment a trip like this takes.👍🍻🇦🇺
Interesting guy
Super duper great ride, we image.😁👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you 🤗
Loved the interview Dave and really helpful for planning on my rtw tour
In the words of Austin Vince not Nike, "Just do it."
Nice. Hope you have a great time.
Great interview and the USA bdr routes are now all over the east coast now!
Oh thanks for letting us know they're on the east as well.
Great interview, Mich appreciated
Glad you enjoyed it
Marvelous, read the ride report on advrider, exchanged some messages with Aaron on Facebook and now a video interview, thank you so much. love the attitude of this guy, the adventurous spirit and the bike choice, of course. :)
Glad you enjoyed it
SUPER COOL VID, VERY, VERY INTERESTING. FROM UK.
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Awesome video! Really enjoyed the discussion.
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Awesome interview 👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
Incredible man. Very cool life experience, thanks for sharing. I just picked up a 24’ ktm 500 and I’m looking to do a British Columbia trip and a USA tour
Go for it!
Arron is the man hey ! Super nice guy ! Nice interview well done
Glad you enjoyed it!
What lovely chaps. Congrats to Aaron for an epic ride RTW on an enduro monster no less. Hope he writes a book - I'll definitely buy it. Love his indepth knowledge and humour.
A great guy.
great interview. Come out to Colorado some day. We've got 50 peaks over 4,300 Meters and a ton of backcountry routes. cheers
sounds great
Sounds like an amazing adventure. I recently moved to the Portland area, definitely a pretty part of the world. Hopefully I will get to do part of the trip Aaron was able to do.
I hope so too!
.. Yes, the real adventurer is not big fan of concrete jungles..
Thanks for this interview..
Awesome interview Dave 👍🇦🇺🇳🇿 very impressive Aaron
thank you
I like this simplicity, you do not need a big GS for do touring. Great interview, thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great question. About tires. I gues you get whatever is available in that country. I guess 50/50 tires do just fine.
fantastic interview, especially for an hour long.
it will be a pleasure to meet you somewhere in europe on the TET!
thank you. Yes very keen for the TET
Great interview!
Thanks Harold.
Great that both mentioned you Harold 👍
Thank you for this shared experience it’s changed my direction huge thank you!!! I’m on. 2019 sixday ktm450 rolls 10 thousand km soon just broke in I recon eh 💪💪💪
Great to hear!
450 crew here too
Aron's a top bloke.., want to do something like this, true adventure riding , my first adventure was on a KX,80 with my mates and a backpack full of camping gear must have been 16 years old at the time and i remember this not for the ride as i was covered in mud and it was awesome, but i took my mums brand new frying pan without asking, to cook my dinner on, and cooked up a feast on the fire i can remember it like yesterday because mum was so pissed when i came home again cause i wrecked her new fry pan ,, good times....didnt need much to have an adventure back then !!!
Thanks for your contribution
Hey Dave, great talk with Aaron. If you make it up to the Pacific Northwest I'd recommend the Idaho BDR. Did it last year and it was a great ride, probably the best of the BDR's I've done and only a few hours from Bend Oregon where Giant Loop is based.
Yes that was the plan this year but stalled due to pandemic.
How is it with registration or your bike when you travel through all these countries? Any issues with going through places like say... the USA?
I would love to know how often Aron did oil changes? Re wind protection for the 701, I have twice used the small KTM screen for the 690 ER for long trips across the USA (including the extended NY to Portland TAT) but mounted about 4 inches higher than normal and found it amazingly effective and I am 6'2". No buffeting but totally takes the pressure off the chest even at 80 -90 mph.My jacket was always clean and bug free right out to the shoulders which proves the point that sometimes a small screen is actually more effective than a rally type screen if it is placed in the right place.
Yeah I'm seriously looking at that little screen for my 701.
curious about the oil changes aswel. Im working on setting up for a trip like this and the thought of an oil change every 1000 miles sounds exhausting. making sure you have quality oil in remote parts of the world isn't the easiest thing to keep on board.
Just passed my bike license a month ago, planning a RTW trip with my new T7 starting on June 2022 if all goes to plan. Will film the damn thing as good as I can and hope to not die ! This interview, like so many content from MAD Tv has been insipational ! Thanks a ton!
I love hearing we've been inspirational.
How's it going? Having a good trip?
The BDR started out west, they have blazed some trails in the eastern United States now. I hope to do a few of them in the next few years.
Great trail system.
Great talk. Thank you!
I just wonder about that bike pick in regards to oil change intervals. Did Aaron really changed his oil every 2-2,5k km? I understand this could become almost like chain lubricating after some time, but still for such a trip seems like a job to do almost once a week... How do you deal with that when going through Mongolia or Russia? Do you carry the oil and filters with you? Or do you buy different oils on gasoline stations? How does it work? Thanks!
Hopefully Aaron will read this and get back to you. If not go to the top of this page, just under the video and there are links in the description that should provide the answers you seek.
I did. A few times it may have been 3k. Very quick and easy to do on this bike and gave me a chance to give it a quick once over to check for any loose or missing bolts. I often did it by my tent or stop at a shop mid-day.
What a great story
A favourite interview
Ooh. I must have missed this when it was released; I’ve just found it now.
What a great interview. Great stuff. Most enjoyable
Glad you enjoyed it!
Really enjoyed the interview with Aaron, crazy amount of kilos! I created a poster of the most iconic off-road KTMs of the last 50 years (1973-2023), and the KTM500EXC-F was one of the 12 pencil sketches that i did for the poster. In the inscription below the 500EXC-F i made reference to Aaron and his round the world trip
Amazing stuff
Congratulations! Huge accomplishment and on a 500! Haha some good advice,tips, tricks in this. Packing is always difficult I feel like, even for a weekend trip. I moved from a similar wolfman “loop” no rack, soft bag to soft panniers to have a little more space and like having the racks as some more “protection”. I actually blew out the wolfman bag laying the bike down. My tool side, the one downside to trying to keep all your weight low. Everything has its designated place now and packed accordingly. Glad you enjoyed North America!
Thanks for your response
If you are going for the TET, I have a Xt660z Tenere gravel /offroad setup, and a DRZ400S, if you would like to start your TET in Norway and ride south. Have also soft luggage systems on both, and even a 4Bikers tent if you need. A great tent for riding up north here. Setup in about 30-60 sec. :)
So you are welcome to borrow a bike from me :)
Will use one of these bikes when me and a friend will ride from Norway to New Zealand when Covid calms down.
Than you for your kind offer
Hey Dave, all the good questions were there but - unless I missed this part twice while (re)wathing the interview - what was the service on the 500EXC? I imagine every 500/1000km changind the oil, filters, valve adjusting, etc, how did Aaron manage that part? The big EXC is perhaps the best candidate for the unicorn, just a bigger tank, stronger subframe and bigger service intervals and voila! So it would have been nice to hear how was Aaron coping with one of the most disapointing shortage of this bike = service intervals. Cheers
I don't know. That was long ago. i think he stretched them out.
Great questions
Thank you
Great story and would be an amazing adventure to do. What is the total cost of the entire trip? I'm always curious as cost are never included or really talked about in these around the world trips.
It's surprisingly not much,
Great interview how often did he do an oil change thanks /Garry /Ireland
He said 3 to 4 thousand ks
Great interview, such an easygoing guy.
See how you suck us into going back into these older videos when I'm watching the Husqvarna 501 videos. lol
Giant Loop, I have multiple sets of GL luggage. I have several other brands of luggage as well, which I've never used. The GL luggage is so easy to put on & off the bike, pack & unpack that I just can't get motivated to use the other stuff. I met Harold at the Giant Loop Rally last year, and his staff and they are all down to earth people that are passionate about the lightweight motorcycle adventures. I'd go to this year's rally but I need to head across country the other direction.
Dave, if you come over to the States to ride you should let us know. All of us pensioners will ride out with you, and the beers are on us. Clubby, Nugget, and Kyle would be super welcome as well.
We are discussing heading over to the north west of your great country in the next couple of years.
@@MotorcycleAdventureDirtbikeTV That would be awesome!
I’m in Coastal Northern California, Humboldt County. The Redwoods are my back yard.
When you guys set your plans let us all know.👍
Will do @@pinkiewerewolf
unreal story by the way
Dave if you want to ride the northern california Sierra gold rush foothills from Tahoe to Yosemite, let me know
Dear David Thank you for such a great vid. In 2019 I rode a BMW GS 650 from Sydney to London to raise funds for Beyond Blue and the Black Dog Institute. I had never ridden a motorcycle on the road before no bike no license and frankly no clue.
I am now embarking on a tour of the America’s commencing in April 2023. My ride is a KTM 790 Adventure R (2019). My plan is to travel North from LA to Alaska and then following the East Coast of the US to Mexico and travel South to Chile. As you have experienced the pre planning for such a ride is critical. I would appreciate, if you choose, to discuss my journey and most importantly learn from your experiences
Best
Ian Yates
Ian were you in Rotary in the Northern Beaches?
Amazing video! I was so surprised the 500EXC could stand the mileage, in my understanding enduro bikes' engines run so stressed wouldn't last the distance, or did he overhaul the engine at some point?
Great point!
Very late to the game answering this, but others might be wondering as well who come across this comment. Enduro bikes are higher maintenance than regular bikes yes, but, not to the extremes as one might think. The intervals in the manual assumes it being driven like it is "supposed" to, aka enduro racing. For regular road use and light to medium offroading (or just anything that isn't balls to the walls 100% of the time) you can stretch the intervals by a LOT. I know people who just change oil, filter and check valves once a year before every season and they have no issues. Note: These people use it as a dual sport who mostly sees pavement usage, not racing.
@@morganil93 100% agree with your comment, joe average rider won’t be riding a ktm500 on the rev limiter, I’m barely at half throttle on mine at highway speeds.
What about maintenance? What kind of pieces he had to change during the trip?
Go to the links in this videos description.
Great interview. He seemed to fly/ferry from Mongolia to Western Australia. Any reason he didn't bike it in China & SE Asia. I think he said he'd been to Laos, so maybe he'd done a lot of SE Asia before??
Not sure but probably carnet de passage
Awesome, mans a kiwi!! me too.
Really great interview!! Maybe because my English is not the best and I missed it. Did he do the whole ride with one engine? Normally the engine oil needs to be changed every 15 hours. How often has he changed the oil?
Could of had the whole KTM support team behind with a fresh engine here and there, the occasional service air drop helicopted in. Who knows. One things for sure, ktm will be selling this unicorn bike like hot cakes 😂. I maybe wrong but anything is possible.
Gents … I have a CRF450XR … I’m curious about your rally Pegs . Do you have a link for them ?
KTM power part
how did u take a long trip with the small fuel tank
22 litres is a lot of fuel. It has a large tank.
like seriously, how did he manage about maintenance with 500exc?? 140.000km is a lot!!
The difference is in cycling that you are pushing your body up with your legs while pedaling and it unweights the seat
Kudos to Aaron for RTW in a smaller not so comfortable bike
Yep I agree.
top intiview
thank you but pretty easy interviewing an interesting guy like Aaron
Dave, no other way to get in touch. Hope you guys are safe with the flooding and all.
All good
@@MotorcycleAdventureDirtbikeTV good news.
He seems like a top bloke!! I’d love to know how much the trip cost him and how he funded it
Yes a top bloke. No idea howmuch it cost him.
Hate to spot the obvious... surname...certain people/finance ? ;)
That's a long way on a dirtbike!
There are some top notch people in Oregon who can take you around if you need some inspiration on what to do and where to go off road
Thank you for the kind offer
Did he use the same bike for hole trip and not rebuild it?
Rebuilds are discussed in the video as I recall. I think there was one.
He did it at 67k km and only the top end! 👏👏👏
Sadly, perhaps one of the last gents to have ridden around the world. Very soon this will become impossible (in our present world, it already is).
The world will 'right' itself and we'll get back to it but yes he was the last. I met Nick Sanders in Sydney as covid struck. He was so close to home but couldn't make it.
@@MotorcycleAdventureDirtbikeTV Not if the globalists have their way. Their are multiple highly influential NGO's pushing for all international travel to cease. They have billions in cash and control almost every leader. Just look at the "World Economic Forum" and their agenda. Our world has ceased to exist and this new one is not all unicorns and rainbows. It's global communism.
@@MotorcycleAdventureDirtbikeTV yeah, hopefully it won't be many years until we can start to travel again. Too much money in tourism for it to cease. Let's remain cautiously optimistic 😁
Would a ktm690 have been better for this trip ?
I would think so.
@@aarons1351 Thank you .
@@aarons1351 Aaron, I’ve followed your story for a while. I’m just curious, hindsight being 20/20, if you could have done it all over again would you still chose the 500?
@@599Honda Yes but if I were to do it again I would pick something else. Why? Well because I've done it and proven it can be done on a 5hundy.
So awesome to hear your story. Incredible and hopefully one day, I will be able to do this as well. Greetings from the States!