That’s awesome riding with Graham Jarvis Back in 2008 I did a riding school in Vermont with Shane Watts, Even though I had years of riding and racing before the school it was still great to pick up pointers from a pro. As far as the Husky goes I agree I have a 22 FE501S With heavier springs and ergonomically enhancements the bike is absolutely perfect It’s good to see your subscription rate is increasing every week great channel!
@@OFFroadOFFcourse No the 501S would be great for this I have heavier springs full nobby’s the claimed weight is 248 pounds dry so it would be no problem I used to race New England Enduro’s on an XR600 Even for an old guy like me I can still handle this bike. After years of owning different brands Husqvarna finally got it right I originally had a twin pipe 92 Husqvarna 350 Enduro I consider the Husqvarna FE501S one of the best all around bikes I’ve ever owned.
The bike feeling you describe is what I had when I went from a T7 to a DRZ. It felt like I was cheating 😅 can imagine a 108kg husky feels good. You are humble in your approach, but you are better than 99% of us adventure riders and thats cool!
Yeah, the Husky makes the DRZ feel like a truck :D But for adventuring and dual-sporting, you need a bit of weight. Bikes that are too light will be nice in hard difficulties but they will tire you more on the easy stuff. They require a lot of imput =) thanks for commenting!
Once you get into 'hard enduro' and trials type of riding you will notice it all moves directly to your capability to handle adventure bike in rough terrain too. I would love to see Jarvis on 901 - and I'm pretty sure that will happen soon as it seems to be the trend to use top level riders to promote adventure bike capabilities.
I should definitely practice more trial/hard enduro then... honest to god, I feel like my riding skills are getting worse :o As for Jarvis, that is indeed a possibility, since they are working so closely to Husqvarna =) I will keep an eye out for that ^^
Nice video and the husky is a treat. I began off-road on 1970 by trial with a Bultaco Sherpa, and I learned, more or less surely less than more, low speed maneuvers, how to lighten the front wheel, to use the compression and push of the suspensions for passing obstacles and moving laterally the bike to get the good track. One fact is sure; weight is the enemy. Other fact, a very elastic engine with immediate answer to the throttle is a necessity. That explains why my preferred bike was a Honda XR 400, kited 440 tuned for elasticity, and designed for comfort like a factory MZ 350 for the ISDT 6 days in the seventies. The mule trails in the middle of the Atlas or Pyrenean mountains were pure joy when the friends on the 600 cc were spitting the lungs because of the steps. The problem of most nowadays so-called adventure bikes is these bikes are the intellectual "descendants" of the Dakar race bikes made for the desert on open spaces and sand where lots of ponies are essential and weight is not primordial. That is not the playground of most of us, at least the Europeans, who need lightness and agility on rocks, mud, slow trails and a decent mean speed on road. We do not need 180 kmh on the sands of the Sahara. I think that a modern 450 cc like 35-40 HP, a very elastic and easy engine, 250-280 mm suspensions rather soft with good hydraulics, 125 kg max dry would be the perfect bike for most of us. 120 kmh cruising on road is largely enough, low weight off-road is the nec plus ultra for a confident ride as there is no fear when the terrain becomes a bit difficult. Furthermore, you do not get tired on such a bike. That could be made, the DR 350, DRZ 400 and XR 400 were pretty close.
I agree 100% with what you are saying. Its about time a fuel injected XR400/DRZ400 comes around... thats why I am very negative towards the KTM 390Adv ... it had the potential to be that...a modern affordable and REAL dual-sport... but nah, its a pseudo-adv bike with 17/17cm suspension and 19". Would someone please take us seriously once in a while please? :P
@@OFFroadOFFcourse 99% of the ADV bikes sold today are jokes, merely road bikes disguised. The KTM is a KTM, I mean expensive and not so reliable. The RE Himalayan makes me laugh, a 1972 Honda XLS was better except the brakes. The Japanese have forgotten us, although there is a market, the indecent prices of the used dual sport bikes of the nineties are the proof, the 20 years old DRZ are at 4000 and more. The answer maybe will come from the Chinese able to fill any niche market. An example of a possible dual sport, unhappily it's not compliant with the UE rules (carburetor) so homologation impossible for the while, and needs some modifications by the factory to become a true real dual sport bike but it's pretty close to my ideal. It’s a leisure enduro bike imported in France by TRC, a company owned by the Charbonnier, the father was an enduro champion. 5690 € (!!!) all taxes included brand new at retail, one-year warranty. 114 kg (so 125 kg are attainable for a dual without difficulty), 46 HP (so 40+ HP after homologation), steel frame (no need of aluminium), no useless electronics, modern adjustable suspensions. A complete new engine Zongchen NC 450 costs less than 1500€ at retail. Brief, a good starting base for a factory. bhr-moto.com/450-r/
@@pabloricardodetarragon2649 oh uau,never heard of this one! Its incredible! I have high hopes that the chinese will "break the market" and either make really good bikes or at least force the japanese to step up their game :)
@@OFFroadOFFcourse The Chinese are perfectly able to make good bikes. It's not rocket science, bur rather simple engineering compared to space satellites, planes, high speed trains and ship building, industries where the Chinese have shown their capabilities. Zongchen makes millions of engines, and maybe a million bikes and scooters each year. Loncin has made (F650) and makes bikes (twin 800 cc) for BMW.
Great video. What a legend. I had same feeling when I went from Vstrom 650, to WR250R to Husky 501. Once you ride a proper Enduro bike you are hooked. Next bike for me is a 300 two stroke. Cheers
Wow, sounds like an awesome experience! Thank you for sharing. I am playing with the idea of getting myself an enduro bike to practice low speed control. I am still unsure whether to get a 250 two-stroke or a four stroke... after watching this, I am thinking a 4-stroke is fine. Cheers
Experiência de sonho. No exercício que mostras há um pormenor importante, a roda da frente deve acertar no topo ou 3/4 do obstáculo, fica tudo mais fácil. A compreensão da suspensão deve ser feita +- a uma distância igual à altura do obstáculo. Estes exercícios podem ser treinados em sessões de 30 a 60 min, é um ginásio excelente e ajudam muito a melhorar a técnica
Oh, my bad... I thought hard enduro is when you ride in the wild (so, like enduro but harder), and the super enduro would be on specific artificial track with artificial obstacles :o I dont know where i got that idea though...:D Thanks for the correction!
Oh man ...and i thought was good just to go forward till some sand,or wood ,or rocks ,or mud stopped me .And may be all of them together. But now we have to go over tyres??So Mr. Jarvis loves to make our lives so miserable. and people have to pay for that???Come on!! that is crazy.😜😜😜. Nice sponsors by the way...cheers from Chile.
@@GiancarloBenzina hahaha I hope in the apocalíptic future I will not have to go over those obstacles in an Enduro wheelchair being pushed by my daughter. I'm 52 years old now and that "end times" must wait for me to be prepared.
Seeing and trying new techniques is a good thing but thinking it is the only or even the best way is not good IMO. You can say 'Jarvis does it this way' but saying 'The only way to do it is the Jarvis way' is foolish. Try those ways but find your own way. That is learning IMO. Your skill set and your bike are different and so your ways of overcoming obstacles should suit you.
Well, there are no "only ways", but certainly it would be wise to listen and try to learn from the best and from the ones that proven year after year that they know what they are doing xD. At least for my particular case, i am 100% sure my technique is not even close to be good, so i might as well try to learn/copy. Crossing the obstacle is easy and i can do it, but I KNOW i dont do it in control
@@OFFroadOFFcourse Aaaa, you got me here (twice)! :-) See, I found constant YT interruptions by ads at some random points of videos so unbearable, I filter it out automatically. What I saw was a blank screen for a second. So now I am even more confused and I don't know if there really was an ad or it was one of your little jokes paraphrasing other youtubers. Haha, I love it ;-)
That’s awesome riding with Graham Jarvis Back in 2008 I did a riding school in Vermont with Shane Watts, Even though I had years of riding and racing before the school it was still great to pick up pointers from a pro. As far as the Husky goes I agree I have a 22 FE501S With heavier springs and ergonomically enhancements the bike is absolutely perfect It’s good to see your subscription rate is increasing every week great channel!
Hey, thanks for commenting! Would you take the 501 on a track like this? Or is it too big for that?
@@OFFroadOFFcourse No the 501S would be great for this I have heavier springs full nobby’s the claimed weight is 248 pounds dry so it would be no problem I used to race New England Enduro’s on an XR600 Even for an old guy like me I can still handle this bike. After years of owning different brands Husqvarna finally got it right I originally had a twin pipe 92 Husqvarna 350 Enduro I consider the Husqvarna FE501S one of the best all around bikes I’ve ever owned.
@@OFFroadOFFcourse oh my! the bike upgrade fever is coming😅😅😅
The bike feeling you describe is what I had when I went from a T7 to a DRZ. It felt like I was cheating 😅 can imagine a 108kg husky feels good.
You are humble in your approach, but you are better than 99% of us adventure riders and thats cool!
Yeah, the Husky makes the DRZ feel like a truck :D
But for adventuring and dual-sporting, you need a bit of weight. Bikes that are too light will be nice in hard difficulties but they will tire you more on the easy stuff. They require a lot of imput =)
thanks for commenting!
@@OFFroadOFFcourse You’re absolutely right. I found bikes around 150kg to be the perfect compromise. Got a DRZ and a 701 enduro 😁
Pretty cool experience!!
As Jarvis usually says, “Going fast is the easy bit!”
Cool video, as usual!!
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Plz remember practice makes perfect.
Would love to do these courses once able.
And man I love your sense of humor, great video indeed.
Thank you so much (as usual!) :D
When will you be back on the saddle?
@@OFFroadOFFcourse
Traveling at the moment, hope to be back early 22, if these stupid situations allow ))
@@mawloudhamdokh4492 best of luck my friend :p
Great channel, glad I found you! - JJ in NJ (USA)
Glad you find me! Thanks for commenting :D
Great opportunity and it looked like a blast!
It was awesome! One of the best experiences i had lately ^^
A experiência deve ter sido realmente top, mas acima de tudo a diversão que também deve ter envolvido, obrigado pela partilha do vídeo 👌👌
Obrigado por veres e comentares, Sergio!
@@OFFroadOFFcourse obrigado eu, pois sempre aprendo mais algumas coisas e de forma mais divertida 👌😉🍻
Very nice and funny video, Husky 350 is an awesome bike especially for enduro tours, and about Graham "the goat" Jarvis is the king🤴🤴 of hard enduro.
Wow!!! Awesome!!! Wish I was there :) /Rui
Next time! You would bave loved it man!
Great video as usual, some good thoughts about beeing perfect or not (like most of us) :) Keep up your great work, always inspiring and motivate me!
Thank you very much for the support ^^
Great video!
Awesome bud cheers 👍🏻 Merry Christmas 🌲⛄🎅🙏🏻
Hey man! thank you for watching and commenting!
And merry Christmas to you too =)
Once you get into 'hard enduro' and trials type of riding you will notice it all moves directly to your capability to handle adventure bike in rough terrain too.
I would love to see Jarvis on 901 - and I'm pretty sure that will happen soon as it seems to be the trend to use top level riders to promote adventure bike capabilities.
I should definitely practice more trial/hard enduro then... honest to god, I feel like my riding skills are getting worse :o
As for Jarvis, that is indeed a possibility, since they are working so closely to Husqvarna =)
I will keep an eye out for that ^^
You must unlearn what you have learned. The greatest teacher failure is. Master Jarvis, easy it makes!
Training leads to knowledge, Knowledge leads to self-awarness, and self awarness leads to the sad side xD
@@OFFroadOFFcourse :D :D :D
Nice video and the husky is a treat.
I began off-road on 1970 by trial with a Bultaco Sherpa, and I learned, more or less surely less than more, low speed maneuvers, how to lighten the front wheel, to use the compression and push of the suspensions for passing obstacles and moving laterally the bike to get the good track. One fact is sure; weight is the enemy. Other fact, a very elastic engine with immediate answer to the throttle is a necessity.
That explains why my preferred bike was a Honda XR 400, kited 440 tuned for elasticity, and designed for comfort like a factory MZ 350 for the ISDT 6 days in the seventies. The mule trails in the middle of the Atlas or Pyrenean mountains were pure joy when the friends on the 600 cc were spitting the lungs because of the steps.
The problem of most nowadays so-called adventure bikes is these bikes are the intellectual "descendants" of the Dakar race bikes made for the desert on open spaces and sand where lots of ponies are essential and weight is not primordial. That is not the playground of most of us, at least the Europeans, who need lightness and agility on rocks, mud, slow trails and a decent mean speed on road. We do not need 180 kmh on the sands of the Sahara.
I think that a modern 450 cc like 35-40 HP, a very elastic and easy engine, 250-280 mm suspensions rather soft with good hydraulics, 125 kg max dry would be the perfect bike for most of us. 120 kmh cruising on road is largely enough, low weight off-road is the nec plus ultra for a confident ride as there is no fear when the terrain becomes a bit difficult. Furthermore, you do not get tired on such a bike.
That could be made, the DR 350, DRZ 400 and XR 400 were pretty close.
I agree 100% with what you are saying. Its about time a fuel injected XR400/DRZ400 comes around... thats why I am very negative towards the KTM 390Adv ... it had the potential to be that...a modern affordable and REAL dual-sport... but nah, its a pseudo-adv bike with 17/17cm suspension and 19".
Would someone please take us seriously once in a while please? :P
@@OFFroadOFFcourse 99% of the ADV bikes sold today are jokes, merely road bikes disguised. The KTM is a KTM, I mean expensive and not so reliable. The RE Himalayan makes me laugh, a 1972 Honda XLS was better except the brakes. The Japanese have forgotten us, although there is a market, the indecent prices of the used dual sport bikes of the nineties are the proof, the 20 years old DRZ are at 4000 and more.
The answer maybe will come from the Chinese able to fill any niche market. An example of a possible dual sport, unhappily it's not compliant with the UE rules (carburetor) so homologation impossible for the while, and needs some modifications by the factory to become a true real dual sport bike but it's pretty close to my ideal. It’s a leisure enduro bike imported in France by TRC, a company owned by the Charbonnier, the father was an enduro champion. 5690 € (!!!) all taxes included brand new at retail, one-year warranty. 114 kg (so 125 kg are attainable for a dual without difficulty), 46 HP (so 40+ HP after homologation), steel frame (no need of aluminium), no useless electronics, modern adjustable suspensions. A complete new engine Zongchen NC 450 costs less than 1500€ at retail. Brief, a good starting base for a factory. bhr-moto.com/450-r/
@@pabloricardodetarragon2649 oh uau,never heard of this one! Its incredible!
I have high hopes that the chinese will "break the market" and either make really good bikes or at least force the japanese to step up their game :)
@@OFFroadOFFcourse The Chinese are perfectly able to make good bikes. It's not rocket science, bur rather simple engineering compared to space satellites, planes, high speed trains and ship building, industries where the Chinese have shown their capabilities. Zongchen makes millions of engines, and maybe a million bikes and scooters each year. Loncin has made (F650) and makes bikes (twin 800 cc) for BMW.
Top! É óbvio q a flecha ajuda o índio mas... o índio é q lança a flecha 💪😉
Olha este dia foi impressionante tanto pela qualidade do índio como pela qualidade das flechas :D
Obrigado por veres e comentares!
I’m glad that the secret to achieving greatness is being slow.
The older I get - the slower I become. 😄
Ahaha, true! Some people ride too hard to be fast... True story!
And look at Graham...he is like 104 years old now, a d he still wins stuff :D
Great video. What a legend. I had same feeling when I went from Vstrom 650, to WR250R to Husky 501. Once you ride a proper Enduro bike you are hooked. Next bike for me is a 300 two stroke. Cheers
It was quite the experience... I've tried enduro bikes before...but this time it really "clicked" =)
Obrigado Diogo, parece fácil... 😂
O Jarvis fazia la coisas que parecia mesmo fácil... depois íamos nós tentar e nao era bem assim :P
Great video as always!
Hehe, thanks Kalle! And thanks for commenting!
Wow, sounds like an awesome experience! Thank you for sharing. I am playing with the idea of getting myself an enduro bike to practice low speed control. I am still unsure whether to get a 250 two-stroke or a four stroke... after watching this, I am thinking a 4-stroke is fine. Cheers
Get a 350 four stroke, easy to maintain and light like 250 and giver power closer to the 450.
Thanks@@thestylefrreak ! I appreciate the helpful info!
I am a 4stroke man, but there are no right or wrongs here.
Like @Ivn_fernandes said, the 350s are in the sweet spot. I fund the 450 way too brute :D
Experiência de sonho. No exercício que mostras há um pormenor importante, a roda da frente deve acertar no topo ou 3/4 do obstáculo, fica tudo mais fácil. A compreensão da suspensão deve ser feita +- a uma distância igual à altura do obstáculo.
Estes exercícios podem ser treinados em sessões de 30 a 60 min, é um ginásio excelente e ajudam muito a melhorar a técnica
Essas dicas do 3/4 e da altura do obstáculo são boas!
Obrigado Jorge! E obrigado por veres o video e comentares =)
Wiekim sukcesem. Ogladanie przyjemnosci duzo!
Dziękuję za oglądanie i komentowanie!
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Hard enduro no super enduro! 😉
Oh, my bad... I thought hard enduro is when you ride in the wild (so, like enduro but harder), and the super enduro would be on specific artificial track with artificial obstacles :o
I dont know where i got that idea though...:D
Thanks for the correction!
Oh man ...and i thought was good just to go forward till some sand,or wood ,or rocks ,or mud stopped me .And may be all of them together. But now we have to go over tyres??So Mr. Jarvis loves to make our lives so miserable. and people have to pay for that???Come on!! that is crazy.😜😜😜. Nice sponsors by the way...cheers from Chile.
@@GiancarloBenzina hahaha I hope in the apocalíptic future I will not have to go over those obstacles in an Enduro wheelchair being pushed by my daughter. I'm 52 years old now and that "end times" must wait for me to be prepared.
Ahha yeah thats true! A pos-apocalyptic rider
Seeing and trying new techniques is a good thing but thinking it is the only or even the best way is not good IMO. You can say 'Jarvis does it this way' but saying 'The only way to do it is the Jarvis way' is foolish. Try those ways but find your own way. That is learning IMO. Your skill set and your bike are different and so your ways of overcoming obstacles should suit you.
Well, there are no "only ways", but certainly it would be wise to listen and try to learn from the best and from the ones that proven year after year that they know what they are doing xD.
At least for my particular case, i am 100% sure my technique is not even close to be good, so i might as well try to learn/copy.
Crossing the obstacle is easy and i can do it, but I KNOW i dont do it in control
I had to skip the necessary evil, sorry mate. Did I miss something important? ;-)
Nothing... just some ramdom ad from youtube ^^
Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@OFFroadOFFcourse Aaaa, you got me here (twice)! :-) See, I found constant YT interruptions by ads at some random points of videos so unbearable, I filter it out automatically. What I saw was a blank screen for a second. So now I am even more confused and I don't know if there really was an ad or it was one of your little jokes paraphrasing other youtubers. Haha, I love it ;-)