4500 Miles on the Kawasaki KLR650 | SOLO Ride to Lake Powell | Wahweap HOODOOS and Horseshoe Bend

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  • Опубликовано: 16 янв 2024
  • Solo motorcycle ride to Wahweap hoodoos. Hiking and exploring. 4500 miles on the Kawasaki KLR 650. Exploring the Lake Powell area. Horseshoe bend hike. Fell and bruised my rib and broke my brake lever. #motorcycle #dualsport

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  • @charlesr9110
    @charlesr9110 2 месяца назад +4

    I ride solo too and have picked up a klr while hurt. I feel yiur pain (literally). If yiu dont have one get a garmin inreach or a spot gps for the real emergencies.

  • @ThePeachteats
    @ThePeachteats Месяц назад +1

    When I heard the tone of your grunting after you dropped it, I had flashbacks of getting slugged in the guts at primary school haha

  • @romanstravels6390
    @romanstravels6390 5 месяцев назад +3

    Honestly this needs more views, excellent camera quality, cinematography, editing. One of the best motovlogs I’ve seen in awhile👍

    • @ridetohike
      @ridetohike  5 месяцев назад

      Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it

  • @alank808
    @alank808 3 месяца назад +1

    The ups and downs of solo riding. Broken and bruised ribs are no joke my friend. I broke 8 ribs and a sternum in a deer and me contest on my GS. Be careful. Very nice work on your video.

    • @ridetohike
      @ridetohike  2 месяца назад

      Thank you! That’s a wild story

  • @tareqibnziyad4732
    @tareqibnziyad4732 9 дней назад

    Your nice energy is compatible with the beautiful setting. Exellent video Stay safe.

    • @ridetohike
      @ridetohike  8 дней назад

      @@tareqibnziyad4732 Thank You!!

  • @heritagehillsecurity8778
    @heritagehillsecurity8778 3 месяца назад +2

    What a great adventure. That bruised rib may be a simple fracture my friend. I think you would know better than I though. I subscribed. And I can not believe you only have 324ish subscribers. That really did look like a good time. Be careful. Best wishes and happy trails from Ivine, California. Edward

    • @ridetohike
      @ridetohike  3 месяца назад +1

      Thank You! Definitely more great adventure rides to come.

  • @ervinslens
    @ervinslens 6 месяцев назад +2

    Omg, simply stunning 👏👏

  • @onerider808
    @onerider808 4 месяца назад +1

    I feel you on the solos far from people…adds a whole new level of adventure to difficult parts.

  • @constpegasus
    @constpegasus 4 месяца назад +1

    Beautiful video. Those rocks on top of those are a sight.

    • @ridetohike
      @ridetohike  4 месяца назад

      Yes they are! Really a unique place. Thanks for watching

  • @dudeonbike800
    @dudeonbike800 6 месяцев назад +2

    Beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

    • @ridetohike
      @ridetohike  6 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks for watching!

  • @piedmontartifacts8910
    @piedmontartifacts8910 2 месяца назад

    Great adventure, thanks the ride. Kenny

  • @masterofnone76
    @masterofnone76 4 месяца назад +2

    I know the KLR well, rode it on many adventures for 6 years. It Sketchily gets you to some pretty places. Dangerous to ride out there by yourself I've done it myself. Ride on brother great video. Thanks for sharing....

    • @ridetohike
      @ridetohike  4 месяца назад

      Hey thanks! Yeah it’s a pretty good all around bike. It’s definitely heavy but it can handle about anything you throw at it as you know. I’m looking at getting something smaller but it’s hard to find the perfect bike.

    • @Mo-kl4fb
      @Mo-kl4fb 3 месяца назад

      @@ridetohike Honda 650L?

    • @ridetohike
      @ridetohike  3 месяца назад

      @@Mo-kl4fb That could be the perfect bike ha

  • @juliancain6128
    @juliancain6128 Месяц назад +1

    Great ride and video! Its been a few months, hope the rib healed ok!

    • @ridetohike
      @ridetohike  Месяц назад

      Thank you! Rib Healed up great 👍🏻

  • @TylerADV
    @TylerADV 4 месяца назад +1

    Awesome video, and look like some an incredible riding spot. I wish we had stuff like that in Texas.

    • @ridetohike
      @ridetohike  4 месяца назад +1

      Thank you! It is really a unique spot to explore. I love Texas I plan on riding through there this fall. Anywhere you would recommend to ride?

    • @TylerADV
      @TylerADV 4 месяца назад

      @@ridetohike Texas actually doesn't have a lot of real adv riding like this, just public gravel roads aside from Big Bend, but I've never been there. Texas is almost all private land.

  • @Ramenscooter
    @Ramenscooter 4 месяца назад +1

    Nice, adventure moto and hiking!

  • @artcatecture5280
    @artcatecture5280 Месяц назад

    I had a 22 klr for 4 months until a car cut me off and the bike was totaled.
    A month previous another 22 klr and I did Medano pass in Colorado and came out on the sand dunes side. I lost track of how many time we both dumped our bike, especially in the sand. Had it not been for our friend followning in a Jeep helping us right ourselves, we wouldnt have made it out of there.
    All in all an awesome experience.

  • @MTJoe406
    @MTJoe406 5 месяцев назад +1

    Really nice video, thanks for sharing.

    • @ridetohike
      @ridetohike  5 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks for watching!

  • @wadehampton1737
    @wadehampton1737 15 дней назад +1

    I have to agree with some of the other comments here. A person goes out solo in this kind of remote, rugged terrain without some sort of gps locator and he is courting disaster.

  • @mullins6429
    @mullins6429 6 месяцев назад +2

    Thanks for sharing another cool video. Sorry to see you put the big girl down. It really does look like another planet out there. Amazing landscape. Keep up the great work 👍🇦🇺

    • @ridetohike
      @ridetohike  6 месяцев назад

      Glad you enjoyed it! I should have known better riding over slick muddy snow

    • @mullins6429
      @mullins6429 6 месяцев назад

      @@ridetohike I did the same thing on wet clay on my very first KLR650 on standard tyres. Soon switched over to knobbies I can tell you

    • @ridetohike
      @ridetohike  6 месяцев назад +1

      That's a good idea will look into that@@mullins6429

  • @verbalwidget7267
    @verbalwidget7267 5 месяцев назад

    Very beautiful ride, I love that part of Arizona, and hope to explore more of it this year on the KLR. My first thought was you're on a different planet with the black rocks and red boulders, just amazing. I'm always by myself sometimes it makes you wonder, but also a better person. If you carry a crescent wrench, you can straighten the rear brake when it gets bent like those plus other uses. Cool video, Thanks.

    • @ridetohike
      @ridetohike  5 месяцев назад

      Thank you glad you enjoyed it. Hard to beat the trusty KLR for sure. I have really enjoyed solo rides, you seem to really grow as a human and the amazing time in nature.

  • @rickosborne6521
    @rickosborne6521 2 месяца назад +1

    I have the same bike and dropped it in similar muddy conditions shortly after buying it - the stock tires are fine for gravel roads etc, but no good at all in mud

    • @ridetohike
      @ridetohike  2 месяца назад

      It’s a pretty good all around tire but I agree. Have you found a better tire?

  • @ryanr4181
    @ryanr4181 3 месяца назад

    You’re a brave man. If you drop that bike and can’t pick it up you’re in serious trouble my friend. That’s what is scary about riding alone in places like that. I’m a short guy I don’t know if I could lift it by myself. Super dangerous

    • @ridetohike
      @ridetohike  3 месяца назад +1

      Yeah for sure, it’s easy to get confident in your riding ability and just go for it. After this experience I have tried to not push the bike in difficult terrains alone.

  • @getlostbrandon
    @getlostbrandon 6 месяцев назад

    Ouch. Something about KLR's and ribs. I broke my rib unloading my KLR when i first brought it home 😅. Hope it's just a bruise. Great ride 🤙

    • @ridetohike
      @ridetohike  6 месяцев назад +2

      Ah Man that is a wild story. Yeah I think I bruised it, still very sore. Glad I broke my rear brake and not the shifter.

  • @edjacobson8480
    @edjacobson8480 6 месяцев назад +1

    Dumped my Honda XR 650l sand wash. I also have a Xr 400, and Xr 350 - much better in the rough stuff, and deep sand.

    • @ridetohike
      @ridetohike  6 месяцев назад +1

      Those are some great bikes! I really want to get a XR650l for more off-roading

  • @franklinmanglona-ci1jp
    @franklinmanglona-ci1jp 3 месяца назад

    I'm super curious as to what tires you're running on all your ventures. Love the solo trips.

    • @ridetohike
      @ridetohike  3 месяца назад

      I just use the stock Dunlop tires that the bikes come with. I’ve tried others but they are an all around good tire to me.

  • @spencervidal3168
    @spencervidal3168 3 месяца назад

    Meeehhh the KLR is not up to the task. A glorified grocery getter..

  • @monty8317
    @monty8317 Месяц назад

    Remember the place well… @montysmotoadventures

  • @mattbrewer9487
    @mattbrewer9487 3 месяца назад

    It rains and snows here for 8 months a year . Northern Nv. Fuck this. I'm moving from this rain soaked desert to dry desert