1200GS vs. DL650 V-Strom Hobble Creek to Diamond Fork
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Uploaded by halfthrottle on Jun 30, 2009
Filled with rutted out roads and rock slides this road was a night mare. Both of us were positive we would get a flat tire at one point along the road, but luck was on our side.
The V-Strom's exhaust was turned into a pancake. Both of us laid our bikes down at different points during the ride. We were actually trying to make it to Strawberry Reservoir, but ended up coming down Diamond Fork and out highway 6.
Beware this is for extreme riders only!
Here is the google map for this trail. Ride Safe!
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Right+Fork+Hobble+Cr...
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Video is great guys! Priceless reaction when your buddy dropped his expensive helmet.
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At least your sense of humor wasn't crushed. LOL @BMW helmet! Also sounded like the BMW was knocking after you picked it up, normal? Still best sounding engine ever otherwise.
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I admire the adventure spirit, but regardless of experience I wouldn't ever want to take large/heavy adventure bikes on this kind of trail. I think even a KLR650 with knobbies would be tough. You're constantly struggling to get over the terrain, trying to stop it falling over, and then picking it up all the time when it does. Where's the fun? This definitely looks like a dedicated enduro bike trail. Anyway, that's for the "insane people" video!
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WHat a gripper
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This looks perfect for Trials Motorcycles! Sorry to hear about the damage.
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Great video guys
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2:36 riding along side panthers, awesome.
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Yea, you do need a skid plate on a V-Strom. The underside is vulnerable, you got the exhaust, oil cooler and oil filter there, ready to be shot to hell in a road like this (I also have a V-Strom).
But it seems that you guys had lots of fun which is more important than an exhaust :-)
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you guys have any aftermarket parts on the vstrom? would some tourtech guards have helped with the pipe crushing?
masume21 8 months ago
@masume21 Maybe a skid plate would have helped, but the pipes are routed in a really bad place for off road riding on a v strom.
halfthrottle 8 months ago
u think a KLR650 would be fine for this trip?
raulibarra3 9 months ago
@raulibarra3 Yeah a KLR would make this road no problem.
halfthrottle 9 months ago
Holy crap. You guys did that. I thought about doing it on my dirt bike. You guys are awesome.
vampov 1 year ago
@vampov It would be no problem on a dirt bike, we actually passed a few people up there on dirt bikes.
halfthrottle 1 year ago