Pushing The Big KLR650 On Ridiculously Fun Tracks
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
- Join me on an adrenaline-pumping solo adventure through the rugged Australian bush on my trusty KLR650.
Starting in the pine plantations of Narbethong I tackle fast, fun, and challenging tracks, discovering hidden campsites and breath-taking lookouts.
I search for Yea Rock near Buxton, and make my way to the Devils Staircase Tk and Siberia Gap in Toolangi.
I also run into a group of adventure riders stuck on a tricky climb, and have a crack at it myself solo.
Locations: Narbethong, Buxton & Toolangi Victoria Australia
I'm just a Learner rider on an Adventure model and love the security of knowing the Tractor Factor gets me anywhere my beginner skills takes me.
It is nice to have the confidence to go anywhere, thats exactly what you want in an adv bike i reckon. Thanks for watching.
Nice job on the tractor! Your ability to laugh and seemingly truly enjoy when things don't go as planned is what I enjoy the most watching your content
The tractor getting it done where others cant! I think you have to try your best to stay positive on the solo trips, plus I am genuinely enjoying the adventure the small hiccups bring. Thanks for the kind words, Im glad you are enjoying the videos.
Your footage is the only one that portrays the actual angle of the ascent. I grew up down that way way and with modern cameras it's hard to relay the angle. This does. Well done. Interesting that some manufacturers vehicles cannot get up the same places. Let's be honest, you can't polish a turd but you can roll it in glitter. To be fair, (96% of all "Adventure" bike riders are crap, the brand or type of bike will never help them. Get some good coaching, buy good gear, upgrade your suspension if your bike is a KLR like mine and explore the possibilities. You ride the pants off your bike, just like me. Lots of 5cent/50 cent sphincter moments - and when you get to the other side, the growth /enjoyment and fun level is infectious. Long time ago, but try the Collingwood spur track in the VHC. Keep it up mate, love your work 🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙
It is tough to capture that section of the track, she’s steep!
What a great place to grow up. So many fun tracks in the area.
The KLR gets a lot of hate, but it manages to get it done off-road, like you say where other more expensive bikes can’t. Takes a bit more effort to wrestle it though, but I have a lot of fun.
I’m glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for the support.
I’ve put Collingwood spur track on the list for next high country ride. I have seen that one on the map before and always wanted to try it, looks tough!
Awesome mate, so good to see Vic from behind the bars.
Was there for ten years from 19 and left when i was 30 so saw mainly the inside of clubs. If you ride through the city and Richmond and deffo Brunswick st id love to see the footy.
But sweet to see the out skirts of Melb again.
When i flew out the whole place was on fire im sure you remember that horror so good to see it all lush again.
Cheers mate!
I could definitely throw some city footage in a video, I often ride through those places on my travels, I used to actually live on Brunswick st Fitzroy a few years ago.
Likewise I would see a lot of the inside of the pubs and clubs not that long ago.
Yeah it is great to see it all green again after the fires, life’s back to its best again after a few horrible years down here.
First time to the channel and good stuff. Just got a 23 traveler. New fan of the channel. Ride safe
Welcome, and thanks a lot for supporting the channel. Congrats on the new bike, I love the orange!
Nice job bro! Way to send the message about what the klr650 is capable of! Thank you for doing what you do!! Getting my klr650 out soon!!
Thanks mate, the KLR is definitely capable of more than it’s given credit for. Good luck out there on yours!
Thanks for the ride. I am considering the KLR...This is positive reinforcement!!
Thanks for watching!
There’s a lot to love about the KLR.
Definitely a bike worth considering.
It’s a very versatile machine.
Great job getting the big KLR through those tracks mate!
Cheers mate!
@@NotShookADV also I bloody love the sound of it, just sounds like a beast haha!
Yeah sounds decent now, the yoshimura is nice, not too loud. She sounded a bit like an agg bike off the shelf.
Love this video, what exhaust have you installed, are you happy with it? Please keep up with more footage of your day track rides. 👍👍
That’s great that you liked this video! I didn’t think people really cared much about my local day rides. Cheers for the feedback.
I’m running the Yoshimura exhaust. I really like it. Not sure how much it adds performance wise, but I think a bit. And i love the sound and look. It’s pretty loud, for some maybe too loud.
Great riding!
Love exploring around there.
How far did you get on Anderson Spur track? I've ridden that hill and turned back to re-join another rider. Another time I tried it from the other end and was stopped by a heap of fallen trees.
Link track is a short but fun track off Nursery Spur Track.
I need to check out Yea Rock next time I'm up that way.
It is a great spot for the adventure bikes, loads of fun tracks.
I took Anderson Spur Tk all the way through to the plantation rd, I did see those fallen trees, they are cut now. That part of the track is a pretty tough climb, thats basically where those 4 blokes I ran into couldn’t get past.
I’ve marked down the Link Tk for next time, thanks for that.
Yea rock is definitely worth a look.
The location is marked on google maps.
Cheers for watching.
Were you in first gear or second climbing that big hill?
Most of it was in 1st. Just tractoring away!
Have you done any suspension upgrades on the Koolest Lime Rooster ?
The koolest lime rooster has basically no performance upgrades, she is stock as a rock. Other than the exhaust.
I’m definitely open to the idea of some suspension upgrades though. Have you done it on your KLR? If so how did you find it?
Does track mean trail in English, or is there a distinction between a track and a trail?
Slightly different meanings In Australia, the bush tracks for 4WDs and motorcycles are formally called tracks. In my interpretation I always thought a trail is something that is smaller and single file, like a walking trail, or an enduro trail, mountain bike trail etc, and the bigger ones that a 4WD can fit on we generally always call them a track.
Have you done much riding on a dr650?
I’ve actually never ridden one, I’d love to though. They look like a great bike. Do you ride one?
@@NotShookADV yea man got one a couple weeks ago absolutely loving it came with all the good extras I'm over in NZ so using it to explore all the off roads still a lot of practice to do, Would like to see you give one a go man, it's a shitload lighter and has similar if not a little bit more power for the riding you do you'd be a menace on a dr 🤙
@MidirDS3 Yeah they are such a great bike. Congrats on the purchase! I love NZ, what an epic place to explore on the bike, you are going to love the DR.
Yep I reckon a DR definitely would suit my type of riding more than the klr. Lighter, way more capable off-road, easier to work on etc.
not sure what I will do but a bike change might be on the cards this summer so stay tuned!
KLR would make 90% of those guys on the other bikes more capable offroad. REAL TALK. I own 2 klr, 890. Dad owns T7. He had to ride my KLR out 1 day when it got slippery. KLR = TRACTOR. SPOT ON MATE
Yep I agree. Once you get over the weight of the klr, you realise just how planted it stays on the ground, epic traction with the right tyres, and just enough predictable power gets you up almost anything.
That’s great your dad jumped on the klr and had no problems!
I’ve not ridden the T7 but it looks like it would be a bit taller and maybe a bit harder to handle than the klr, and more power in some situations can cause trouble.
No sorry my man, one does not "push" a KLR650. The KLR650 is so gutless you just whiskey throttle everywhere!
My man! Not sure if you watched right through the video, at 17:20 you will see the gutlessness of the KLR seems to not matter when trying to “push” it up a tough hillclimb that multiple husky 701 and norden901 turned around on, bikes that have 2-3x the horsepower and 50kg lighter, still couldn’t get those boys up the hill, I “pushed/whiskey throttled ” the KLR up no problem, so call it whatever you want.