The OEM headlight is dreadful. On the road where all other autos are using HID and LED technology, this might as well be an oil lantern. On the trail, you can see farther by feeling whats in front of you with your hands.

@@JustGoofinRound it’s just a way of life for folks like us. lol

@@Astropr0ject oh man a crf450 just doesn’t care. They make so much torque you just twist the throttle. Super fun. The drz400 is a turd in comparison, and it took me a while to get the timing and engine speed combinations refined enough to pull it off every time without it feeling forced or difficult. It sounds stupid, but I think you’ll start feeling it if you keep working with it. I don’t think it’s a bike specific thing, but for comparison mine is a 2019 non CA model and the only modification is a 3x3, jet kit, and exhaust. Got some Continental 50/50 tires on it. Stock otherwise with 7,500 miles.

@@Astropr0ject the original 17 inch supermoto wheels that came on the drz400sm. I think they are manufactured by Excel.

It’s an Acerbis 3.7 gallon tank with the OEM seat from 2019.

@@FishStick_ADV awesome thank you

Great plan. Some were blessed with IQ to go the distance… Others have to push. 😅

@@FishStick_ADV I just know if I pull having a good time the MT10 drinks gas

@@MurffSurff The MT10 is such a cool machine. I bet that’s a joy to ride even if she consumes some fuel.

@@FishStick_ADV yes thanks it’s incredible smooth responsive nimble

@@MurffSurff I keep thinking about picking up an mt07 or mt09. That whole lineup of motorcycles seems exceptional.

You get it! "Home alone on a weekend night" is how I got my second motorcycle related concussion. 😆

Man I get self conscious. Those are my insecurities coming out. lol. That's 100% true. The video I get paramotoring is mind blowing. I haven't used a gopro while flying since I bought the insta 360.

JIS just stands for Japanese Industrial Standard. They look almost identical to a phillips driver, but the angles are sharper and they "bite" better. You can make a phillips driver work, but it's not ideal. They cam out and strip the screw heads more easily.

I wish I would have had the foresight to put a meter on the stock exhaust, but the whole idea of this video didn’t come about until after I had become discouraged by how loud the MRD exhaust was and wanted to try and help others make more well informed decisions. I didn’t go back and put the stock exhaust on. I’d also really like that information just to know. I totally understand the desire for a quiet setup. It’s got its advantages! Too funny, you called it, I’m an electronics engineer. How about yourself?

@@NoName-c4y7h man I feel that. The Tenere and MT09 seem like extremely good machines. The DRZ400 will never make it 100,000 miles reliably. Honestly for 100,000 reliable miles you might be looking for a goldwing. 🤣

@@FishStick_ADV My Rebel 500 is @ 71k Miles, so I need to start narrowing down on a long term back up.

That's so cool! Wish I still lived in Lakeland. I was fired from my job for refusing covid injections and ended up having to move to Orlando... Sucks.

@@FishStick_ADV wow, sry to hear that you experienced that, but happy you stuck to your beliefs. Salute!

That’s 120.8 decibels without a load on the engine. I’d be willing to bet that’s not the end of the story. It’s so loud. I appreciate you for recognizing how obnoxious that number really is.

I appreciate this so much. Thank you for the kind words!

That’s very interesting. I’d take my machine on much farther rides if I could cruise at speed without feeling like I’m abusing the machine. I’d be curious to know how the 39t rear treats you. Especially if you’re also beating me topped out. 🤣

The muffler mounts to the sub frame so in order to swap the sub frame, you have to remove the muffler.

@@CEEPMDEE they are the Twinduro TKC 80 by Continental. The front is a 120/70 -17 and the rear is a 140/80-17.

I do not know off the top of my head, but I’d be happy to take a look for you this evening.

Paragliders and VFR planes are not allowed to pass directly through a cloud, and above G there are standoff requirements for this reason. The lowest an IFR flight could be in this area is 1430ft, which is above ppg ceiling here. We also have some tools that help maintain awareness. This is certainly something that is respected to all possible extents.

I couldn’t agree more 😁

Quiet, zero radar return, light weight, transportable… checks all the right boxes. 😂

@@FishStick_ADV yea invisisible too to the 10k guards and cameras

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@@FishStick_ADV oswald was the lone gunman the jab is safe and effective the gulf of tonkin happened 911 was cuz some cavemen hated our freedom, jet fuel melts steel, sirhan sirhan wasnt a mk ultra patsy, the cia doesnt smuggle drugs to fund black ops, the boiler explosion on the main was actually a spanish bomb, covid came from bats But theres no point int wasting reason on the unreasonable. Take your shots and always buy what the govt tells you cuz govts dont ever lie never.

I appreciate your feedback! Thank you sir!

Obviously I expect heavy use of the forward button from most viewers, but the entire job is here if anyone needs it.

I appreciate that!

Thank you sir!

I didn't have to mess with any settings on the unit for it to work properly in my case. I can't say this will be the case for everyone, but a proper idle RPM is about 1800 RPM. 2400 RPM is only 600 RPM off from there. It could just be the idle setting is too high on your bike. There's an idle adjust hanging off the carburetor. It's a black plastic knob on the left side of the bike near the carburetor. Turning the knob counter clockwise lowers the RPM and turning it clockwise raises the RPM. It's a bit finicky, but if your carb has been worked on previously, or if other factors have changed, it's entirely possible the setting is just slightly too high. Otherwise there are settings in the tachometer to change it from four stroke to two stroke or multi cylinder machines. It could be a setting in the tach. If the reading is pretty consistent on every refresh cycle and not scattered all over the place then I would think the install is good.

@@FishStick_ADV ok. Thanks. I really didn't think they idled that high.

I just got this exact tach off amazon. I also have a DRZ. There is a sentence in the tach instructions: "Under normal conditions, if the RPM is a little low, you can increase the winding turns, if the RPM is a little high, you can reduce the winding turns. For example, wrap 6-10 turns, if the RPM is a little high you can reduce the winding turns. For example wrap 2-4 turns, if the RPM is a little low, you can increase the winding turns." So the instructions are saying the the amount of turns around the plug wire will affect how many RPM are shown. That seems strange. It's seems like an induction tachometer shouldn't need to be adjusted. If I knew the RPM's, I wouldn't have installed a tachometer. ALSO. The tach instructions indicate that for 4 stroke engines the wire should be wrapped around the head of the coil, not the spark plug wire. (I geuss that should have been my first sentence!) I have thought about using a igniton tiiming gun/light that gives rpm to check the accuracy of the tachometer.

The gator population is healthy here. 😅

No worries man! Nearly all of my full length videos and most of my shorts were filmed with the GoPro Hero 7 Black. It’s several years old. Turns out, you don’t need the latest greatest gear to make a reasonable video. Many of my latest shorts and maybe one of my full length videos was partially filmed with the Insta 360 X3. a high quality but Chinese 360 camera. I love 360 cameras. Anyway the info I’d like to relay is you don’t have to have the latest gear. GoPro may be expensive, but the latest camera isn’t that much better than the one that’s a couple generations old and the older models are quite a bit cheaper. There are excellent Chinese cameras made by brands like Insta and DJI. If I were looking to film motorcycles and I had to choose one camera, I’d probably get an insta 360 camera if it were in my budget. A GoPro Hero Black that’s a few generations old would be a very close second.

@@FishStick_ADV appreciate it bud!

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When you purchase the MRD exhaust from the website, you just have to either leave a note on checkout stating you want the short version, or send Dave an email requesting the short version. You might do both just to be sure. The instructions are located at the bottom of this web page if you'd like to verify what I've written here. Cheers! www.mrd-racing.com/page05.html

@@FishStick_ADV sheesh thanks bro