I WON! First Harescramble Experience - CRF250X Wide Open Desert Racing (with Suburban Delinquent)
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- Опубликовано: 14 май 2019
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I was waiting for you to lap me! You're version makes mine look like slow motion! Great weekend, thanks for coming out, let's do it again!
We definitely will do it again! "We're makin' moooovies!"
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I love imagining how the guys on their brand new ktms feel after a "slow" crf250x beats them. Awesome race
Good rider on good bike, win win
I could of been on ANY bike a pro picked for me, no win for me, just fun, fun, fun
A 250x isn't slow unless compared to a 2t
With a shitty tire 😅 yeah he revs the piss out of that thing
Haha yep they come back with all kinds of excuses about their 15k race bikes making noise or handling like shit haha
20% bike 80% rider... at least when I raced in the mid '70's with just about 5 inches of travel; D37 Hare And Hounds 100miles; Lucerne Valley, Red Mountain, Cal city, Olancha Thanks great vid. Try a hare and hound, when you travel across mountain ranches, almost NO dual track, perfect motorcycle stuff. My bikes Bultaco, CZ and finally a Yam. YZ; [no japanese dirt bike early on, MX from Europe started it all]
Thanks again
I love seeing an older bike beating the new high dollar KTM's and Husky's. It's the rider, good job!
@@noidontthinksolol when Honda comes with hydraulic clutches, braided lines and Brembo brakes then maybe I'll consider buying one 😉
@@noidontthinksolol maybe you should realize that all bikes have pros and cons, but just like op said. It is all about the rider not the bike. I highly doubt you have extensive experience on all brands and variants of bikes to make blanket statements like this. Pros in all aspects of racing use all brands of bikes and no bike dominates. But, everyone is fully allowed a contradictory opinion.
For the last 15 years or more the bike condition and setup matters more than having a brand new bike. My 2021 Ktm is not hugely better than my 2004 Honda was. The margin could easily be made up by being a little better rider.
They really get bent when it's a BBR prepped 230f.
Something about drum brakes,air fins and shock boots?
Novice is a great place to start. Super fun and enjoyable. I’m in intermediate class and it’s super competitive. Those expert guys are just straight sharks. The pace is so fast it’s unreal.
it's really cool to hear your self talk as the race goes on to remind yourself to do certain things. This was really amazing to watch and to hear your commentary. I'm only 30 minutes in but loving it so far!
ROFL! There's the camera issue! Man no lie it's not surprising that you did so well, but at the same time it is surprising because this is literally your first race of this type. Well done Gabe! Hero status! lol "You're in the top ten!" "I've never done one of these!"
Thanks haha! I'm glad you enjoy the format. I think I'm going to stick with doing this type of race coverage. People seem to enjoy
Yes, very impressed with commentary! He doesn't talk constantly, but keeps enough of a "story" going that the video is GOOD.
Keep doing race commentary in this style/pace.
I know the feeling when everyone has brand new bikes and gear. I race a 2002 Rm 250 and sometimes feel like people are better based on their bikes. Then the race starts and Im like see ya! Even pulled a few holseshots! Nice race btw👌
Same, except for the holeshots. I'm on the line on my 06 RM250 and all around me are new or nearly new KTMs and Huskies.
I dont race but on tracks my 02 kx250 will pull away from newer bikes
I feel your pain with the gearing on the CRF. I have a 2006 CRF 250x. You know how you said 5th is to high for up hill straights. I fixed it on my bike by putting a low and mid range hot cam. CP high comp piston. And lost a few teeth on the rear! What a difference! For what your doing here it is just gold! You should try it!
Great vid as always man.
Here from Australia!
Top 5 overall in your first hare scramble!!! On a 250x!!! great job! Enjoyed the commentary.
THanks! Glad you enjoyed it
Just started watching the video but you are a very talented rider and so fast. Love watching your videos. What attracted me to your channel was you are riding and reviewing budget used bikes. Most of us are in the market for used bikes because we can't afford new and your channel is showing that there is still life/usefulness in these budget machines.
I'm glad you enjoy it! I'm just having the most fun that I can on my budget and I think for me that works out better than trying to stretch and have nicer bikes!
Awesome race! Get a steering stabilizer to help reduce arm pump. You can relax more not having to gorilla grip the bike. We raced d37 b2v but were from d38 San Diego. Watching you run down the 450s on your older 250x was killer, sweet finish! Digging it!
Niiiice Gabe..congratulations! I think its great you took the time to explain how this race works and your thoughts during the race..been wanting to do some hare scramble's and this is helpful as well as entertaining. Maybe see you at the Virginia City Grand Prix next year!?
Thanks! I'm glad it was helpful. Yeah that would be awesome! I hope I will not have to work so I can make it out to that!
Congrats, man! This was crazy to watch and incredibly entertaining! You're a beast on that 250 :)
this vid made me forget my depression feeling little better after i watched this vid good anti depression
0xp I got the same feeling
An awesome and impressive accomplishment! Here's to more 1st place finishes!! Great job man.
Awesome video! You rocked! Looking at the race a second time, you pace on the opening lap was incredible!
Loved this ! You are actually twisting the throttle ! You go real good and are not afraid to gas it ! Good job !
This is one of my favorite videos. Your narration is great - it’s awesome to hear about the race, other riders and battles, things you struggle with or are working on, and strategies like talking to yourself out loud to wake up the other part of your brain. Great riding and thanks for sharing.
Love the videos and the channel! Top quality and enjoyable!!
After being a hard core 2-stroke guy your channel is making me re consider my next bike being a 4-stroke. Just goes to show riding alot and pushing yourself makes all the difference.
I can tell by the way you worded it, this race meant a ton to you! Great job!!!
Dude I think you'd be great for rally racing. If you'd like to just try rally navigation, get in touch and we can make it happen. You definitely have the pace and mechanical sympathy for a rally race. The honda CRF X bikes are great too. My rally bike is the 450X but it looks like you could even make the 250X work.
Mate! Love the commentary! Definitely keep it up.
That's an awesome video super stoked I found your channel
Thanks for the ride along . Way to cool
Nice riding, well done! Putting that 250X to work.
now this is became my favourite chanel in youtube. thanks mate 👌🏽
That's awesome to hear! Thanks for watching
This is the best race video I have seen......great narration.
Super happy to see you do a desert race! You really killed it! There are a lot of videos on my channel of District 35 MRAN, in southern Nevada. It's the same as D37, but better.
What an epic ride! That old bike was beat like a rented mule and never skipped a beat!
This channel is solid win. Your bike reviews are awesome like old school motor week meets dirtbikes, you ride like a mad man, and you are honest. Thanks for the entertainment and information, you are doing an awesome job.
Thanks. I'll keep it up!
Great video... now I know what to expect when I do this next year
I absolutely get where your coming from, with being disorientated. These big desert off road races can and do have that effect on you, of course, that is all part of these types of race. The Dakar being one of the ultimate in this class. You did really well brother and showed your mental fitness as well as your rider ability. Just remember kidder. "Paranoia will destroy ya" Well done.
Excellent riding / narration ! I think your ready for intermediate (I think is the next class up) . Your narration makes it very interesting.
Crazy good content! This channel should be much bigger than it is.
Thanks! That's good to hear
I haven’t rode a dirt bike since I was like 14, and decided to buy my coworkers old 15 xcw 250, him and my boss got brand new xcw 250 and 300s. Went and rode in the desert a couple times with them and started the TSCEC (Texas state championship enduro circuit) had brake problems my first race and had to stop before the mountain range, then got 6th in a Grand Prix race, then 8th then 7th in the actual enduro races. Your video pretty much sums up my experience to a T, gotta remind myself verbally to look ahead, breath, get loose, squeeze the bike with your heels, and get blood to your hands somehow(haven’t figure that out yet) and most of all DONT CRASH! Smooth is fast.
It’s hard to focus on riding and focus on the course markings, but that’s what separates the pros from the amateurs
Hot damn you're absolutely THRASHING that 250! Pretty darn entertaining to watch/listen to, great racing man!
Edit: Definitely an observation we share when racing is how crazy nice the bikes and gear are. I always feel like I have pretty decent gear and a good bike, I maintain it all well and definitely have pride of ownership in all of my stuff. That being said, whenever I show up to a bigger race (WHS, NHHA, etc) I always feel totally outclassed!
Damn just FLYING through the desert. Love it. Makes me want to call in today and go riding!
Hey man, just came across your video and realized you got me in the slow motion bomb start haha! ktm 250 orange jersey
Thanks for this video. I actually follow district 37 on instagram but still have never done a race. it was good to see if i would like their format and could follow the track but it looked pretty simple. I was actually camping right next to one of these races and regret now going over to check it out. Cool vid you did great. thanks again
I read a " Bob Hannah's racing tips" in a magazine in 1984 or something(yes, I'm an old puke), his tip for arm pump and numb hands was " stand up, get your butt back some, and your upper torso in the attack position. Then grip the bike tight with your knees at the seat/tank junction, and relax your grip on the bars". Try it, it takes a while for it to become second nature, but it cured my numb hands. With the added benefit of increased stability....just put your hands on the bars to work the controls, steer witth uour knees. It works!
good to see some district 37 racing here. great video here. idk if you kept coming out to district 37 races but we have a bunch of different style races that keeps them fun
Great video just recently got a 2020 Honda 250f for my son been thinking about getting the 250x myself rode one in the past and rides so smooth on the trails.
Awesome riding dude. Keep coming back. District 37 is awesome. #v3
Heck yeah you where riding awesome! Time for intermediate class lol. Hopefully I'll see you out at the next one the first weekend of June. Can't wait for the 24hr of glen Helen
I'd go but I will be traveling for work. We'll stay in touch though because we'll need to meet up sometime before the big event
Triumph ! Good work.
You are an excellent rider👍👏👏 Bravo! Yep time to move up👍
That was fast as hell man. Good job. Woo
I’m literally racing my first desert race in a series very similar to district 37 on Saturday so this video came at the perfect time
Nice man! Have a real good time!
Pretty cool, looks like you really get the most out of that bike! Be cool to see you on a xr650r in this type of terrain.
I notice that your brain will automatically remember the course. Just ride and have fun. You are humble. You are riding well. Your bike is always revving
And 450s have way more guts than a 250f
Great RACE . CONGRATS !!
Thank you!
Stop sandbagging it in Novice. Lol. Great video! I love the commentary. Having ridden this course later that day, it’s interesting to be able to compare endurance techniques (regulating numb hands, etc). I’m definitely stealing the vocalization trick. Numb hands after lap 1 are my problem. I think I forget to breath.
Very fun weekend overall. Glad to have met you!
Hahaha yeah no more novice for me. I don't want to win, I want to get better. So int/exp from now on! It was great meeting you and it will be cool to meet up more in the future!
Dude you did amazing for your first desert race... you I’ll find that you just like everyone else have a certain progression of experiences that everyone has also gone through . with every race that passes you will find things get a little easier And a little more comfortable .. you recognized your skill and you know what you have to work on, all you need now is experience Nd as we all know that’s something you can’t buy or be told or find without going through it. Great job though. Impressed. Hare scrambles and euro scrambles are my favorite type of desert races.hare and hounds are more difficult and longer but equally fun. they just take more experience to be able to match the fun level..if that makes sense
Also I may be off a bit here, but think about joining the AMA as a novice winning a few novice races (I believe it only takes five) and at that point the AMA will bump you to intermediate. That's just my.02c. That' way you can gain the experience you need before you go racing with much more seasoned "racers". That's not to say you won't be fast enough, I'm sure you are, but the experience is a key factor.
Thanks! And thanks for the input!
Love the 15’ run up straight into a Wheelie. That’s some power.
Man that start is thrilling to watch. Wish I could do that.
Wow you killed it. I Just found this channel
BRAP. Nice racing Torture tester!! Around Bend Oregon out!
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Good observations on looking back. 2nd note: it can also be situational awareness. Know who your racing against and where the points stand. It can be a long season and lots of weird stuff can happen chasing a plate.
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That's the Extradelinquent channel. He'll have a video up from this race as well as much more! I also would not have made it out to this race if it were not for him, so make sure to subscribe to his channel to thank him!
At least the butterfly didn't hit your goggles. I hope that you bought the protection plan for your go-pro. Fantastic racing, I can see myself living vicariously while I watch. I hope that the torture test lasts a long time.
Well Done Jimbo
Thats your 250x? Woow it really go fast, great riding skills keep on friend
Dude that was Awesome !!! love your commentary and I learned alot from it. I would love to do this, and have a 2013 Husky TXC 310R made just for this. Too bad Im much too far away and we dont have anything like this down here in Fl. Your really lucky these guys got you into this.
Yo check fast guys - slow bikes channel, he's in florida if i'm not mistaken and there are this type of races! And also he's a damn skilled rider
This. Is why I'm a subscriber.
250x's are underrated, they're just super choked down stock. cut open the top of the airbox, remove air injection smog junk, add fmf q exhaust, 165 main, 45 pilot, jt jettng red needle in 5th position, tubliss setup at 8psi and it's a do it all ripper
Great stuff.
If this is Novice class, then I must be in ultra-noob baby bunny placenta class. I would be worn out and unable to move after 5 minutes of this pace.
Enjoyed the ride. Can't tell you how many times I decided run the tire as it was good enough, but wasn't quiet there.
Awesome video. So fast...Very different from HS in the Northeast.
Congrats! I don't know how you all could even see the track.
I always took the “look back” from other riders as a courtesy from them saying “I see you now pass me f’er”
Hi Gabe. I see this is an old post but well done. Nerve wrecking race i would say. What happened to the 250x. You have mentioned later videos that it is toast. Thanks again for sharing.
One of the better helmet cam with good commentary. Got to reach up and clear the lens once and a while. Haha.
I had one, amazing bike for desert and trails. BTW I clocked mine topped out at 67mph stock gearing
Crazy. Come to GA. Those are hare scrambles. 👍
this shits awesome, im just getting back into dirt on a 2002 xr250r loving it
From Delinquents channel. Well put together video. 👌
He does a great job!
Thank you, thank you! 😄
Great video! Did you experience any head shake out there and if so how do you manage that (bike setup, riding technique, just ignore it, etc.)?
My son Aidan Mahaffay races his 2006 CRF250X C class / Desert MC.....he is loving it! Rock Solid Bike ! KTM guys always seem to be wrenching. LOL.... he is doing the NAHA races.
Nice haha! I will see you guys out there!
Would you happen remember what sprocket setup you had for this race? I also have a 250f and am trying to figure out what to use. Thanks in advance. Awesome race thanks for the video!!
I don't know how to go that fast and not absolutely kill myself... Awesome ride!
I'm a little late, but congrats bro!
at the end of the vid i thought you need to get your goggles cleaned....realizing it was his camera!!!
You're working with Sub D! That's awesome!
I heard he's an asshole!
Haha! My buddy Bob says he's the worst!
@@WyoUltra Bob's an asshole... I'll stuff his pockets full of termites.
If that is novice class, I would be smoked for sure! Ridden quite a few events and did terrible on all of them but they always pushed me out of my comfort zone which is good.
Umm. This is novice class? 😳 great ride and enjoyed going alone. 👍
How do you think you would have done on a KDX200 in this race?
awesome race and video, do you have a video about the modification you did to the bike? I just came off that 250x and jumped on a 2019Wr250f, if you get your hands on the WR with the 6speed gearbox plus your skills you'll smoke those guys
I have an older 2006 wr250f with steel frame and carb, but with a good bit of modifications. I have made it street legal geared it up a bit, and made it more comfortable, and better on the small stretches of pavement. With seat concepts seat,a rear rack and bag,Large tank,full pipe, carb mod, 2 sets of wheels ect. Compared to my true dual sport bikes from factory this bike will rip them all to pieces doing anything off road. My bike still looks new ,and I got it with the stock tires still on it so low hours. Those new wr250f's are just awesome though!! I do like that I can still kick with a dead battery though. I honestly do not need anymore than I get from mine it runs strong. Instead of one new killer bike I like to have a few lol. I grew up racing, so I needed this bike to scratch my aggressive fast riding itch and it does that. Some of the suspension on these low maintenance dual sports will kill you if you get too aggressive. I love all bikes and types of riding though.
How do you power the Speedometer? From the bike power or battery inside the unit?
Do they use radios in the helmet to talk to the pits?
You should race some District 38, pretty much the same but just different terrain
That's awesome
Looking at this race from an east coast prospective, we have dirt roads for cars that are rougher than the trail that you are racing on. I didn't see a single tree, and it seemed like you were never lower than 4th gear. That whole races is just soooo foreign to anyone East of the Mississippi, but cool none the less. Good stuff.
I'd rather take my chances with tight trees and ruts rather than being tapped in 5th and cactus . I don't think I'd race that
what class did you race? I do C Senior at 44 years go age. Just out there having fun pushing myself. I plan on showing up on a set up DR650 one day. Cant wait for the looks LOL!
Also, bought a shirt today off your website
I think when people are doing the "LOOK BACK" on you.. it's not a look back.. it's a shocking double take when the see you passing them on a 2003 CRF250X
Yes I want to try
How many miles total was that race ? How many laps or loops ?
When you can come in at the top of a 450 class on your old 250 your are doing well
You should come to Australia and race fink