Yes, I would happily watch a series called going nowhere on a Honda Trail. It inspires me because it's something I could actually do myself, if I was motivated enough. If I dropped a big bike, I could never get it back up without help. Going slow and smelling the wild flowers is more my speed.
Yes please! It would also be great if you could add some of the camping aspect to the vids. Getting back to the van, cooking dinner over the fire and mixing up a cocktail. Happy trails!
You say you only traveled about 60 miles but stopped several times for interviews and camera placements. That's a lot of work. I hope to see more videos in the Going Nowhere series.
I love this kind of motorcycle riding. Exactly why I'll never part with my TW200! Getting older and arthritis in hands slowing me down. A little dual sport and a little Tylenol and on my way!!😊
Sterling, you can take any bike and any trip and make it a great and interesting adventure. Thank you for keeping it entertaining! When I want to learn how it's done, I watch your videos.
You have way too much fun Sterling! An idea: intersperse these "Going Nowhere" videos in and around some of your regular series' as extras. They are quite enjoyable!
I sure like your idea of "going nowhere". I rode Middlemarch one time on my 800GS and it was all I wanted on that bike. I think, after watching your video that Ricardo was off the route because I remember a section of steep, rocky downhill on the east side of the pass.
Glad to see you back out and about making content. For alot of is 9 to 5 er’s “going nowhere“ adventures are all that we get have. Your videos and your commentary make even the simplest local adventure interesting and entertaining. A true inspiration to us all.
Hi Sterling, We met a few years back at the Jonquil. You were installing a new battery in your GS. I was on a T7. My wife and I spent a month camping where you were and did the same ride! So much fun! We also continued to Aqua Prieta MX. love your new series as that is what we usually do. Base in a nice spot and do loop rides all over the area. Hope your hand is feeling better. Keep up the great content!
Would I watch a Going Nowhere series of Sterling riding the Honda 125 on little adventure jaunts? Yes. Yes. Yes. YES! Oh HELL yes! There isn't much I'd rather do. It's finally 70F here so my friends and I are riding tomorrow - the first ride of almost spring.
Yes , going nowhere would be an awesome series. Love it !!! , especially in that part of the country. Thanks again for another great video. Mark from Maryland
I can completely relate with your description of how you progressed over time, riding increasingly larger displacement motorcycles. I have the same and now I thoroughly enjoy riding my F650 GS, it provides tons of joy and I don't miss the 'big bikes'.
I absolutely love your new idea of “Going Nowhere”! Really experience the surroundings instead of blasting through trying to make miles in a day. Look forward to meeting you at your Rally next month!!
Very enjoyable and hope it does become a series in your future video production. This type of content is appealing and enjoy to various routes I could image me taking when traveling to this part of the country. I would enjoy the combo of your Van camping and day rides to various locations as well.
Would I watch a series about going nowhere? That's a resounding yes! If anyone can pull that off, it would certainly be you. Cheers, from Canada. I hope your hand is healing well. That looked nasty.
I’ve got a 1980 CT110 that I take on trips like this whenever I can. Unlike most retro bikes, the CT125 actually managed to maintain the style and functionality that the old ones had. I can’t wait to get my hands on one.
I love the new series of adventures on the Honda Trail 125. Not to mention how much more relaxed and fun it seems. I think a lot of us might be thinking twice about our big adventure twins ( a la KTM 890 Adventure, 690 Enduro R, and GS ). Impressive little bike. I don't think there is anything wrong or odd about ending back at where you started your trip. Your trips are always fascinating. Thanks for sharing.
Yes I would happily watch Going Nowhere. I enjoy every single video of yours. You have me thinking about getting a small bike myself. Thanks for sharing
Absolutely LOVED this video!!! We have explored soooo many of those road Sterling. My heart is forever in AZ. Hope to never leave. Love the idea of your series to “Nowhere” Can’t wait Cheers 🍻 So much to explore in your part of AZ.
Please make more Going Nowhere videos, these are the types of rides most people do. Different bikes sometimes would also be interesting to see the trade offs about how much more challenging with something heavier but more comfortable. Middlemarch looks like a great road for my skill set and 1150GS. Thanks for the videos!
I love your Trail 125 videos. It's just such a cool little bike - adventure without pretense. I like to go slow and enjoy the ride. I mostly ride for the natural solitude and scenery. I prefer back roads where I'm fully in the natural environment but I can relax and remain seated as I wind through the world, going nowhere. I like to follow along on a moving map as I watch these videos. It helps to connect me to your adventures. It looks like this is part of the Coronado National Forest, so I could camp there?
It is inspiring how you made the best out of a motorcycle accident, the purchase of a 125 and your rider spirit. That said a grown man on a 125 is kinda funny looking after riding a 1200 all across the BDRs...just saying!
I'd watch Going Nowhere. Your videos are always interesting. When I was kid we had the original honda 90 version with a dual range transmission. It was meant for my Mom but i rode it the most. Perfect bikes for plunking around. Good memories.
I love your new videos with the honda,,but I kinda miss y’all wrestling with a big ole bagger..I had to do the same thing six years ago,,went from a heritage soft tail to my honda rebel300.
Going Nowhere was great fun ! I spent the winter of 2023 near Willcox, AZ. We rode all the roads and areas you covered. It was great fun to relive those memories with your video. Keep them coming.
Love it man!! As a CT125 rider, I agree with just take it slow and enjoy the ride. JT Sprockets offers a 13t front that will definitely help the climbing without too much top speed loss. You'll get an occasional ABS telltale at top speed but it'll reset after a key cycle. It really does help with the steep parts. Great video and would definitely watch a series like this!!
I have a bunch of videos riding my CT110 alongside my buddy riding his CT125 - Those bikes are sooooo fun. Looks like the CT was a great companion along your trip!
Sterling: I REALLY like "going nowhere". Going nowhere?....not really, it's all "personal progress". I've followed your video work back to Middle Atlantic Backcountry Discovery Route. Great stuff. Great bike choice for solo exploring from a camper basecamp. Keep it up, maybe come east for MABDR, and NEBDR based exploring, or add-ons or loops off all the California based BDR's.
Love Middlemarch Pass Road-- I've got to try that China Peak Road when I'm down there next month. I'll bet that KTM 500 had no problem going to the top of China Peak! It probably even "regraded" the road in places!
Going Nowhere. I like it. That makes up a majority of my rides in this area. Leave the house and go on roads like Middlemarch, Montezuma Pass, etc. Somehow they all just lead back home. I have a friend coming in today and was thinking about taking him over Middlemarch. I think you just cemented that thought.
So glad you’re back making videos. I like the historical facts you put in your videos. The trail 125 is such a cool little bike too. Is it odd to ride a step through? Any reasons you chose it over a small dual sport?
I chose it mostly because I had one when I was younger and loved it, but it wasn't too reliable and I always thought it would be awesome if Honda made a. new one, and well..... they did. So basically it was nostalgia and the good news is that it turns out to be a lot more than that - its actually so much fun to ride and changing the way I ride and what I look for in a ride, to an extent.
I like the sign, I actually will be at this lower location in October ...no biking there ....... I love the ride with the small bike Alain & Yellow ( love the idea of slow riding and looking at scenery and history)
Love your videos. Really like that you interviewed a few people in this video along the way. And the only thing I love more than the Going Nowhere idea is the banter about it that you had in your own head as you were riding. Thanks for sharing!
No, While I do enjoy watching you and Eva van camp with your little 125 Honda, I would not enjoy watching a series of you staying in your area on the mini bike. That being said, you have a loyal fallowing, and I am one of them.
My ex still lives in Pearce. I think going nowhere is a perfect summation. I've spent multiple years exploring the areas you were in today. I finally had to go somewhere ... else. Undoubtedly one of the most unique spaces and places in America though. Glad I spent quite a bit of time there. The is a whole underside to the area you should check out too: the people who choose it as home. That is mindblowing. Spend some time up in the Stronghold. Lots of stories and a few people still up there.
You are speaking my language! My son was in a wreck in Arizona in 2023, and it has slowed me down dramatically. I've gone from big bikes to small Cc bikes, and I'm loving the experience. It just wants you to be present, to be thoughtful, and to relax. I love that experience right now much, and loving this content. The toxicity that has entered the adventure riding community is par for the course.
Great roads and scenery. I can't help but think my BMW G310GS would be very at home there. These tracks remind me of the forest service and logging roads of the central coastal range of Oregon where I live only minus the trees. "Going Nowhere" definitely interests me as it's something I do riding around here on a fairly regular basis. Excellent video as always Sterling. Thank you.
Sterling Simply EPIC! When I was there, Tombstone was a must see for me. The real West History just oozes there. It is a Real Place in our American History. I loved taking it in. I also rode to the Middle March Road because of the History there. I started up to China Peak but because I was alone, and I didn't know the area, got scared and I turned around half way up. The next time I'm at the rally, I will finish what I started if I have a riding partner. Or....I'm going to STEAL your 125 for the day! Let's find out at the rally in April! LOL! Sterling you are the Best! Thank you for all you do. Ride SAFE and BE safe Sir! 👍👍
Yes, I would happily watch a series called going nowhere on a Honda Trail. It inspires me because it's something I could actually do myself, if I was motivated enough. If I dropped a big bike, I could never get it back up without help. Going slow and smelling the wild flowers is more my speed.
+1
It's what I've started doing on my TW200 and my UBCO 2x2 (all-wheel-drive).
I'm so glad you're back making videos. The joy you are rediscovering on this little bike really comes through 😊
Speed and power don’t directly equate to fun! Anything that easily lets you explore is awesome.
I'd watch any video you produced! The storytelling is superb and the cinematography is second to none!
Yes please! It would also be great if you could add some of the camping aspect to the vids. Getting back to the van, cooking dinner over the fire and mixing up a cocktail. Happy trails!
You say you only traveled about 60 miles but stopped several times for interviews and camera placements. That's a lot of work.
I hope to see more videos in the Going Nowhere series.
Absolutely, it's more about the journey than the destination 😊
I love this kind of motorcycle riding. Exactly why I'll never part with my TW200! Getting older and arthritis in hands slowing me down. A little dual sport and a little Tylenol and on my way!!😊
Exactly..have a xr650 but find myself taking the little xt225 more and more..it's just easier to deal with when I'm out solo...
Sterling, you can take any bike and any trip and make it a great and interesting adventure. Thank you for keeping it entertaining! When I want to learn how it's done, I watch your videos.
Going smaller and nowhere much is my plan for ‘24. Base camp and explore. I’ll be watching!
I would watch a series of going nowhere. Awesome quality productions you make, I’d probably watch anything motorbike and camping related that you do 👍
Why yes Sterling.....I will happily watch this series!!
You have way too much fun Sterling! An idea: intersperse these "Going Nowhere" videos in and around some of your regular series' as extras. They are quite enjoyable!
Going Nowhere, simple, inspiring, and obtainable for a newbie. Good kickoff to a new series I’ll watch on your channel.
I sure like your idea of "going nowhere". I rode Middlemarch one time on my 800GS and it was all I wanted on that bike. I think, after watching your video that Ricardo was off the route because I remember a section of steep, rocky downhill on the east side of the pass.
Glad to see you back out and about making content. For alot of is 9 to 5 er’s “going nowhere“ adventures are all that we get have. Your videos and your commentary make even the simplest local adventure interesting and entertaining. A true inspiration to us all.
Great idea for a series. Looking forward to more of your adventures on the Honda Trail!
Hi Sterling,
We met a few years back at the Jonquil. You were installing a new battery in your GS. I was on a T7. My wife and I spent a month camping where you were and did the same ride! So much fun! We also continued to Aqua Prieta MX. love your new series as that is what we usually do. Base in a nice spot and do loop rides all over the area. Hope your hand is feeling better. Keep up the great content!
Going nowhere. Perfect. Do it every chance I get.
Would I watch a Going Nowhere series of Sterling riding the Honda 125 on little adventure jaunts?
Yes. Yes. Yes. YES! Oh HELL yes!
There isn't much I'd rather do.
It's finally 70F here so my friends and I are riding tomorrow - the first ride of almost spring.
The adage “It’s the journey not the destination” is the essence of our travels to “Nowhere”👍
Yes , going nowhere would be an awesome series. Love it !!! , especially in that part of the country. Thanks again for another great video.
Mark from Maryland
Honda needs to pick you up! Haven’t seen a better representation of the utility of one of these little bikes. Now I need one.
I’d love another great series. Keep em coming, thanks for the stories and wonderful scenery.
I can completely relate with your description of how you progressed over time, riding increasingly larger displacement motorcycles. I have the same and now I thoroughly enjoy riding my F650 GS, it provides tons of joy and I don't miss the 'big bikes'.
I absolutely love your new idea of “Going Nowhere”! Really experience the surroundings instead of blasting through trying to make miles in a day.
Look forward to meeting you at your Rally next month!!
Hell yes let's Go Nowhere!
We'd watch that!😊
Very enjoyable and hope it does become a series in your future video production. This type of content is appealing and enjoy to various routes I could image me taking when traveling to this part of the country. I would enjoy the combo of your Van camping and day rides to various locations as well.
Greetings from Benson, AZ. I have been to some of those places. Thanks for the great video!!
Love love love the trail bike videos! 6:38 is simply a great shot!!! Keep em coming, we’ll be watching.
Great job Sterling! Look forward to additional episodes in this series.
Would I watch a series about going nowhere? That's a resounding yes! If anyone can pull that off, it would certainly be you. Cheers, from Canada. I hope your hand is healing well. That looked nasty.
I’ve got a 1980 CT110 that I take on trips like this whenever I can. Unlike most retro bikes, the CT125 actually managed to maintain the style and functionality that the old ones had. I can’t wait to get my hands on one.
I love the new series of adventures on the Honda Trail 125. Not to mention how much more relaxed and fun it seems. I think a lot of us might be thinking twice about our big adventure twins ( a la KTM 890 Adventure, 690 Enduro R, and GS ). Impressive little bike.
I don't think there is anything wrong or odd about ending back at where you started your trip. Your trips are always fascinating. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for taking us along😃👍
Yes I would happily watch Going Nowhere. I enjoy every single video of yours. You have me thinking about getting a small bike myself. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for letting me know!
"going nowhere" love it. you don't need a 500+lb adventure bike to have fun. you are proving that!! great job.
Excited for more Going Nowhere episodes. Love watching you ride while I am shoveling snow. Thank you for giving me something to look forward too.
Are you going no where or are you now here? Cracked me up at the again, at the end....thanks!😆
Going anywhere on a Honda Trail 125.
Don’t underestimate that little bike. Just saying.
Absolutely LOVED this video!!! We have explored soooo many of those road Sterling. My heart is forever in AZ. Hope to never leave.
Love the idea of your series to “Nowhere”
Can’t wait
Cheers 🍻
So much to explore in your part of AZ.
The “grab and snatch” shot was 🔥! I’m really enjoying the Honda Trail content. 👍
Please make more Going Nowhere videos, these are the types of rides most people do.
Different bikes sometimes would also be interesting to see the trade offs about how much more challenging with something heavier but more comfortable. Middlemarch looks like a great road for my skill set and 1150GS. Thanks for the videos!
I love your Trail 125 videos. It's just such a cool little bike - adventure without pretense. I like to go slow and enjoy the ride. I mostly ride for the natural solitude and scenery. I prefer back roads where I'm fully in the natural environment but I can relax and remain seated as I wind through the world, going nowhere. I like to follow along on a moving map as I watch these videos. It helps to connect me to your adventures. It looks like this is part of the Coronado National Forest, so I could camp there?
Thanks for taking us along...I will definitely watch Going Nowhere.
It is inspiring how you made the best out of a motorcycle accident, the purchase of a 125 and your rider spirit. That said a grown man on a 125 is kinda funny looking after riding a 1200 all across the BDRs...just saying!
Love it! Bring on Going Nowhere episode 2.
I'd watch Going Nowhere. Your videos are always interesting. When I was kid we had the original honda 90 version with a dual range transmission. It was meant for my Mom but i rode it the most. Perfect bikes for plunking around. Good memories.
Sure, I would watch it, it is what we all do in life really😂 every ride on a small bike is an adventure
Yes, I’m in!
Not every ride has to be an epic one in order to be great!
Thanks!
I love your new videos with the honda,,but I kinda miss y’all wrestling with a big ole bagger..I had to do the same thing six years ago,,went from a heritage soft tail to my honda rebel300.
It’s great to see someone on an affordable motorcycle doing rides that appeal to us mere mortals!
Great idea, love all the videos regardless of the bike. Really motivates me to come back down to Southern AZ to ride.
17:44 Yep, I like Grabin Snatch... 😂🤣 See ya on the next episode... 👍
Going Nowhere was great fun ! I spent the winter of 2023 near Willcox, AZ. We rode all the roads and areas you covered. It was great fun to relive those memories with your video. Keep them coming.
Absolutely would enjoy watching you going nowhere some more!
Love your videos Sterling!
Watching from Ireland 🇮🇪
Love that idea Sterling, look forward to more of your adventures. As a matter of interest What’s the latest BDR video to be released
Going Nowhere sounds like something I'd happily binge on a rainy weekend. So please, YES, make the series n 💜
going nowhere is still an adventure Love the scenery its way cool what you are doing
Love it man!! As a CT125 rider, I agree with just take it slow and enjoy the ride. JT Sprockets offers a 13t front that will definitely help the climbing without too much top speed loss. You'll get an occasional ABS telltale at top speed but it'll reset after a key cycle. It really does help with the steep parts. Great video and would definitely watch a series like this!!
I have a bunch of videos riding my CT110 alongside my buddy riding his CT125 - Those bikes are sooooo fun. Looks like the CT was a great companion along your trip!
Love the series idea. Go explore, doesn't always have to be A to B.
Great name Sterling .
Just love your work
Sterling: I REALLY like "going nowhere". Going nowhere?....not really, it's all "personal progress". I've followed your video work back to Middle Atlantic Backcountry Discovery Route. Great stuff. Great bike choice for solo exploring from a camper basecamp. Keep it up, maybe come east for MABDR, and NEBDR based exploring, or add-ons or loops off all the California based BDR's.
Yes. Going no where. Joy’s in the journey, bro. Thx
100% would watch "Going to nowhere"! I am anxiously waiting for drier weather here in Aberdeen, Washington to ride my newly purchased VStrom 1000👍😀
Love Middlemarch Pass Road-- I've got to try that China Peak Road when I'm down there next month. I'll bet that KTM 500 had no problem going to the top of China Peak! It probably even "regraded" the road in places!
Going Nowhere. I like it. That makes up a majority of my rides in this area. Leave the house and go on roads like Middlemarch, Montezuma Pass, etc. Somehow they all just lead back home. I have a friend coming in today and was thinking about taking him over Middlemarch. I think you just cemented that thought.
I'm surprised you didn't just head on down to Ushuaia. What's another 6439 miles ! 😊
Great video Sterling 👍👍
Looking forward to doing Middle March rd when me and my buddy Bob come down for the 4TH ANNUAL DESERT ADVENTURE RALLY!!! Looks awesome! 🎉
Hi Stirling, watching from Cape Town South Africa. Like to watch your series and yes would like to see one of Going Nowhere. 👍
I really enjoyed “ going nowhere “. Don’t be surprised if I steal, for the back of my camper. This should be a great series !
Don
So glad you’re back making videos. I like the historical facts you put in your videos.
The trail 125 is such a cool little bike too. Is it odd to ride a step through? Any reasons you chose it over a small dual sport?
I chose it mostly because I had one when I was younger and loved it, but it wasn't too reliable and I always thought it would be awesome if Honda made a. new one, and well..... they did. So basically it was nostalgia and the good news is that it turns out to be a lot more than that - its actually so much fun to ride and changing the way I ride and what I look for in a ride, to an extent.
I would definitely watch it Sterling! I am really enjoying these videos!
Maybe you could make a camera grab n "Go Nowhere" a part of every episode. Excited for the potential of this new series!
love following your adventures. Wish I was there. that means you're doing it right. right? take care!
I like the sign, I actually will be at this lower location in October ...no biking there ....... I love the ride with the small bike Alain & Yellow ( love the idea of slow riding and looking at scenery and history)
YES!
We’ll be there in April…..2024…at Desert ADV! 18:39
Great story telling, shots and soundtrack. And motorcycles to boot, love your stuff. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love your videos. Really like that you interviewed a few people in this video along the way. And the only thing I love more than the Going Nowhere idea is the banter about it that you had in your own head as you were riding. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome, thank you! I love connecting with random people along the way.
Well done as always ! I love the Tombstone and Bisbee areas. I can't wait to get back down there in May!
Great ride out Sterling, the guy at the beginning didn’t look like or sound a typical gunslinger! Enjoyed your choice of soundtrack too 🇬🇧
Love it, would definitely watch the series, hope it will become one.
Going nowhere is what I do almost every time I’m out riding. I’d rather see it from the Arizona desert!
Wherever you go - there you are !
No, While I do enjoy watching you and Eva van camp with your little 125 Honda, I would not enjoy watching a series of you staying in your area on the mini bike. That being said, you have a loyal fallowing, and I am one of them.
Good to know! I do plan on actually going places far away, but with the van for camping and then day rides from the van, but in some cool places.
My ex still lives in Pearce. I think going nowhere is a perfect summation. I've spent multiple years exploring the areas you were in today. I finally had to go somewhere ... else. Undoubtedly one of the most unique spaces and places in America though. Glad I spent quite a bit of time there. The is a whole underside to the area you should check out too: the people who choose it as home. That is mindblowing. Spend some time up in the Stronghold. Lots of stories and a few people still up there.
100% would watch a series about going nowhere. 😁
You are speaking my language! My son was in a wreck in Arizona in 2023, and it has slowed me down dramatically. I've gone from big bikes to small Cc bikes, and I'm loving the experience. It just wants you to be present, to be thoughtful, and to relax. I love that experience right now much, and loving this content. The toxicity that has entered the adventure riding community is par for the course.
Thank you so much
Love it. Southern AZ has so much fantastic riding. It is a great winter destination.
i will watch you go no were although no were was awesome
Great roads and scenery. I can't help but think my BMW G310GS would be very at home there. These tracks remind me of the forest service and logging roads of the central coastal range of Oregon where I live only minus the trees. "Going Nowhere" definitely interests me as it's something I do riding around here on a fairly regular basis. Excellent video as always Sterling. Thank you.
A very fun video and a nice concept for series. 👍
King of the B-roll... You go Sterling!
You always share such such amazing material!
Yes I am watching it now and it is interesting.
Sterling
Simply EPIC! When I was there, Tombstone was a must see for me. The real West History just oozes there. It is a Real Place in our American History. I loved taking it in.
I also rode to the Middle March Road because of the History there. I started up to China Peak but because I was alone, and I didn't know the area, got scared and I turned around half way up. The next time I'm at the rally, I will finish what I started if I have a riding partner. Or....I'm going to STEAL your 125 for the day! Let's find out at the rally in April! LOL!
Sterling you are the Best! Thank you for all you do.
Ride SAFE and BE safe Sir! 👍👍
Cool! Looking forward to seeing you at the rally!
I love it. Great story, great filming 🎉🌟👌🏽
Absolutely loved this Sterling!! Hopefully the first of many "Going Nowhere" jaunts on the Trail 125. 👍
I hope so too!