Thank you for your lengthy response. I appreciate the info. I forgot to mention that I now , and for the last 44 years have lived in Utah. It's a great place to live but I don't think I am up to riding my Monkey to PA anytime soon. At 77 years old,I only take short trips of 50 miles or less now. I guess I will never get over the joy of just riding, If You Tube could figure out how to put a little wind in your face and an occasional smell of flowers or trees it would make your videos almost as good as riding. Thanks again and please keep the great videos coming. That is a nice hobby.
I REALLY enjoyed watching your video. I used to live in Western North Carolina and much of this looked a lot like that. When I saw the sign for Andes, I used ON X to see where it was and it looks like you were riding through central New York State. Very pretty area. I enjoyed the video for more than the scenery, I own a 2021 Monkey and I was wondering what racks you have and where did you get them? Also, do you ride with stock tires etc.? I am a 77 year old guy and would love to ride like that again. As I get older I find it a lot more tiring than it once was. I rode a BMW 17,000 miles across the country back in 1970. If I had to do that now it would probably take me a few years to complete. I watch a lot of You tube and I see you only have 134 subscribers 135 counting me. Have you been doing You tube very long? I will be hoping to see more videos from you. Thanks for the ride!
Hi @davidwellen830! Thank you so much for taking the time to view the video and to write such kind words! I have been meaning to reply to this comment but wanted to find time to give a full response! That is so cool to hear about your cross country trip! The route is a public route on this website: ridebdr.com/ it is section 1 of the North East Backroad discovery route. It was definitely a challenge in the rain with the little stock tires. But those monkeys are like pack mules they'll take on anything they can and keep on chugging along! The gear we have is : Front rack: tinyurl.com/frontrackmonkey Rear rack: tinyurl.com/siderackmonkey Back Rack: mnnthbx.com/product/honda-monkey-125-luggage-rack/ Luggage: moskomoto.com/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwnK60BhA9EiwAmpHZw_Vxs6Qg_3GoI7J3gZsT9hymbO7TlpnYretCLgvQveKEe2aiNSzH0hoCNKgQAvD_BwE ^ we did the Gnome bag and the 5l extension bag Dry bags are from amazon - theyre 5l and 20l Tires and suspension are stock. But we're thinking about changing them to the shinko mobbers, and getting an upgrade to the suspension because we bottomed out quite a bit. I have been making youtube videos for 7 years! Its a fun hobby of mine where we film on a handful of gopros and a Skydio 2+ drone. I dont know if I would recommend the NEBDR as a route to take. But the PA wilds BDRX looks like a perfect fun loop. We plan to do that one in the future on the monkeys. Thank you so much for your kindness! Keep the two wheels down!
Amazing , thank you !
Thank you for your lengthy response. I appreciate the info. I forgot to mention that I now , and for the last 44 years have lived in Utah. It's a great place to live but I don't think I am up to riding my Monkey to PA anytime soon. At 77 years old,I only take short trips of 50 miles or less now. I guess I will never get over the joy of just riding, If You Tube could figure out how to put a little wind in your face and an occasional smell of flowers or trees it would make your videos almost as good as riding. Thanks again and please keep the great videos coming. That is a nice hobby.
I REALLY enjoyed watching your video. I used to live in Western North Carolina and much of this looked a lot like that. When I saw the sign for Andes, I used ON X to see where it was and it looks like you were riding through central New York State. Very pretty area. I enjoyed the video for more than the scenery, I own a 2021 Monkey and I was wondering what racks you have and where did you get them? Also, do you ride with stock tires etc.? I am a 77 year old guy and would love to ride like that again. As I get older I find it a lot more tiring than it once was. I rode a BMW 17,000 miles across the country back in 1970. If I had to do that now it would probably take me a few years to complete. I watch a lot of You tube and I see you only have 134 subscribers 135 counting me. Have you been doing You tube very long? I will be hoping to see more videos from you. Thanks for the ride!
Hi @davidwellen830!
Thank you so much for taking the time to view the video and to write such kind words! I have been meaning to reply to this comment but wanted to find time to give a full response! That is so cool to hear about your cross country trip!
The route is a public route on this website: ridebdr.com/ it is section 1 of the North East Backroad discovery route. It was definitely a challenge in the rain with the little stock tires. But those monkeys are like pack mules they'll take on anything they can and keep on chugging along!
The gear we have is :
Front rack: tinyurl.com/frontrackmonkey
Rear rack: tinyurl.com/siderackmonkey
Back Rack: mnnthbx.com/product/honda-monkey-125-luggage-rack/
Luggage: moskomoto.com/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwnK60BhA9EiwAmpHZw_Vxs6Qg_3GoI7J3gZsT9hymbO7TlpnYretCLgvQveKEe2aiNSzH0hoCNKgQAvD_BwE
^ we did the Gnome bag and the 5l extension bag
Dry bags are from amazon - theyre 5l and 20l
Tires and suspension are stock. But we're thinking about changing them to the shinko mobbers, and getting an upgrade to the suspension because we bottomed out quite a bit.
I have been making youtube videos for 7 years! Its a fun hobby of mine where we film on a handful of gopros and a Skydio 2+ drone.
I dont know if I would recommend the NEBDR as a route to take. But the PA wilds BDRX looks like a perfect fun loop. We plan to do that one in the future on the monkeys.
Thank you so much for your kindness! Keep the two wheels down!