Good review - I’m really interested in these but thought I saw you’d need an adapter to switch between hard and soft panniers with that system??
@thedriftlessrider3 күн бұрын
From SW Motech, you can buy these with or without the adapter plate. If you get the adapter plate, you attach it to the soft bags, then you can attach the combo to the SW Motech rear pannier rack. The SW Motech Pannier rack can take the aluminum panniers these bags plus adapter. The adapter plate just gets to quick disconnect functionality with soft bags.
@moonchipss5 күн бұрын
are the buckles removable and perhaps replaceable? thinking of swapping for magnetic options. using it for city commute so accessibility is a must, and can compress when empty to lanesplit
@thedriftlessrider5 күн бұрын
Might have to do some stitch work to replace the buckle that is attached to the bag lid. It’s sewn on there pretty good.
@KB-ce7gf25 күн бұрын
This is a perfect video of what not to do, ha ha. "Mainly for the content", as you put it. I laughed my ass off through most of it. Oh, and how's that clutch doing? Burn baby, burn. Hey, at least you guys were out there having a blast. that's what it's all about. Nice video.
@thedriftlessrider25 күн бұрын
Clutch was replaced under warranty at the beginning of this year. It had other issues that were totally unrelated to this ride 👀.
@JacobAnawaltАй бұрын
Now we see why it took our great-grandparents all day to go 15 miles. Glad you survived the adventure!
@ClarksadvАй бұрын
Not a fan of mud. My gs mud packs under the front fender and locks up the front wheel. Wished they made a high fender kit. For the riding conditions you guys did pretty good.
@hansstofberg43Ай бұрын
Yes, you can send a route . But you can not send a single town or way point the app will then say : NOT SUPPORTED . And if you think about it, it is not great that garmin needs an other party for a proper map 😢
@advau53632 ай бұрын
Great review thank you.
@cdan17682 ай бұрын
I feel you! I just completed the route and while there are easy parts to be sure, the hard ones make up for it. Fortunately I didn’t have to deal with the amount of mud you did but still had some and some of the ruts were insane. Awesome ride and awesome scenery. I recommend everyone do this route. If you are a beginner skip the expert sections but an intermediate rider should be alright but it will challenge you.
@cravn7772 ай бұрын
I enjoyed your videos on the BDRX. Only advice I want to give is carry more speed, stand up and stop following your buddies lines. Also don’t try and bounce from side to side on those muddy roads. Nine times out of 10 your best line is to literally ride the rut.
@billroberts91822 ай бұрын
My Garmin XT will not allow importation of tracks or routes. It is WAY too complicated and convoluted. I blame the Pimply Programmers and young design team. Do you know how your refrigerator condenser works? No, you use the cold box so you can eat your fruit loops with cold milk!
@StephanLAS2 ай бұрын
How do you do those maps with the moving pointer, love that
@thedriftlessriderАй бұрын
I used Adobe After Effects and Photoshop to make the moving pointer map animation. First had to make a large image of the whole route in photoshop which involved stitching together a lot of close up images of the map with the route on it. This would allow for the resolution to be good when zooming in during the animation. Then in after effects, I traced path lines on top of the route lines on the map. Then you animate the pointer to follow the guide path. Most of what I did I learned from watching KZbin videos on the subject.
@adventuremotorcyclediaries58992 ай бұрын
Thank you, thank you. I have used this method for a long time and suddenly today, my kml track file imports perfectly into Explore, BUT... I cannot see it on the map anymore as usual. After about 10 import re-tries and spending hours wading through Explore settings and Garmin troubleshooting articles, I find this video. That little Plus sign did the magic. Would never have thought to click on that, it is super un-intuitive, and this used to work fine up to today without having to do that!!! Gotta love Garmin. Anyway, very glad I found this, and you've been of great help.
@bunhead83 ай бұрын
excellent review, thank you. I decided against the lone rider motobags because of their weight (and they aren't water proof...) - they are 30 lbs. combined...these are of the lightest I have seen that are of higher quality.
@billscott16013 ай бұрын
You need better tires, carry more speed through the mud and water, don’t be so timid. How do I know, I’ve been riding the Black Hills, in all weather, for the last twelve years.
@thedriftlessrider3 ай бұрын
I’ve mounted a set of Motoz Rallz tires. Working on the timid part. Nice part about filming your rides is learning being able to see how bad you are and learn from them.
@curtkautsch3 ай бұрын
Man, you are revving the hell out of that bike… OK to shift once and a while 😅
@thedriftlessrider3 ай бұрын
I’m not proud of my actions out there 🤣
@purdyquibb3 ай бұрын
@@thedriftlessrider😂
@TOGAB3 ай бұрын
Made NO sense right out the blocks. No explanation as to what we're looking at, just right into it. He just assumes we're looking at the same links and screens. And Garmin's IT people are just overpaid morons given way too much creative license, Soooo many apps, sooo many incompatibilities and steps to do the simplest f*cking things, far too unnecessarily convoluted. Garmin has just turned something simple into an overly pretentious complicated, multi-app Mongolian cluster f*ck of a clown show. Just use Google maps, no endless incompatibilities and you don't have to jump through a dozen f*cking apps just to transfer a gd map. Shaping a route is a joke too. It takes you ALL the way to your f*cking destination THEN brings you back to your shaping point. WTF?!! What overpaid no-riding Poindexter thinks that we want to get to our destination THEN go back to a scenic route? Dufusses.
@seanb10813 ай бұрын
For owners of the NEW Zumo XT2. Take note that the "Garmin Explore" App, will no longer work with the new XT2. My work around was to first create the route in Google My Maps. Download the google route as a standard KML file. and then convert the KML file to a GPX file. I used the "MyGeodata" converter website to do the conversion. I then downloaded the new GPX file from My Geodata. Next, I then imported the GPX file into Garmin "BaseCamp" and finally exported the new route from BaseCamp to the Zumo XT2. Seems to work fine in "simulation" mode on the XT2. Weather permitting tomorrow I'll test it out in real life.
@tommytoledo77484 ай бұрын
Did you upload maps onto your Garmin or where they already on it? I have a Garmin Tread and was wanting off road maps for the Black Hills area Thanks
@thedriftlessrider4 ай бұрын
I only had to upload the specific tracks for the BDRx. But the roads were already on the Garmin Map, just had to add the BDRx tracks so we knew which roads to take to follow the route.
@JB-qu1bu4 ай бұрын
After watching this vid I am so glad I am building an xr650l for an adv bike. Thanks
@petebullock21524 ай бұрын
Meant to comment last year. This worked perfectly! I had a 12 hour loop in the Appalachian mountains and it didn't tell me I had too many points. Still kept me on track the whole time even when crossing over roads I had already been on. Just watched again to refresh my brain and made more routes for a trip coming up. Thanks so much, this was so incredibly easy.
@RamblinManMoto4 ай бұрын
I'm confused. My Garmin Explore says it is not compatible with the Zumo XT. Did something change?
@frietsess54 ай бұрын
Very informative review. The back plates are not made out of steel, but aluminium. You can test this with a magnet. Aluminium is non-magnetic.
@thedriftlessrider4 ай бұрын
Yes thank you for the correction!
@NiekkieNick5 ай бұрын
Huh? When I open the Garmin Explorer app and I check which devices are supported, it says that the Zumo XT is not supported. Why does yours work??
@Brad-RB5 ай бұрын
How rigid are the SW-Motech quick-detach racks? The ability to remove them seems like a great idea. I'm considering the SW-M racks with the Sysbag WP or Mosko Moto Backcountry bags. Mosko's luggage is heavy. I've had trouble with Outback Motortek as well.
@thedriftlessrider5 ай бұрын
The racks themselves are very sturdy. The quick detach is great. If you go with mosko bags you’ll have to make some modifications to the sw Motech racks. I believe mosko has something about that on their website.
@lanifuu76406 ай бұрын
Were your SysBags damaged in any way, after this trip?
@thedriftlessrider6 ай бұрын
They were not. The video I made on the Sysbags was made after this trip and I cover the durability of them.
@lanifuu76406 ай бұрын
@@thedriftlessrider Nice! Thanks you!
@8kallday5916 ай бұрын
Grew up in SW Iowa currently in Nebraska. Looking at a solo of either the BHBDRX or the Wyo BDR in September. Great trip and video.. minus all the mud, well done looks like a blast.
@morkys24106 ай бұрын
Nice review. What if anything do you do for security?
@thedriftlessrider6 ай бұрын
Not much you can do with soft bags. I’ve got my lock box on the center rack that I’ll put important things in and lock with padlocks.
@morkys24106 ай бұрын
@@thedriftlessriderActually I see they do make straps called Steelcore which you can use to secure the bags shut and secure them to the racks...could deter some thieves I guess.
@ride-to-the-X6 ай бұрын
Good review!
@pascalmichel74166 ай бұрын
It doesn't work anymore on the web, it might work on the application though.
@nemindakarunaratne22916 ай бұрын
You asking me.. this video helped me very much. Thanks mate.
@imgonzo7 ай бұрын
Thanks for the vlog, really helped figuring out plotting routes.
@clusterm27 ай бұрын
Never mind all this riding....what's happening /not happening to your xs650 Yam?
@thedriftlessrider7 ай бұрын
Ahh jeez yea I’ll get back to it soon. Had to shuffle the garage around last year to make space for other things. Now I’m in process of moving and hopefully will have some room for it soon.
@theonlygrizz7 ай бұрын
why does garmin explore say that it does not support my zumo xt? Sync is not happening and everything is connected
@macdaddy2587 ай бұрын
You need to forget you have a front brake , leave rear ABS on and use compression braking, then learn how to shift ur weight and control your slip..
@macdaddy2587 ай бұрын
Looks like you’re really enjoying yourself 🙄… stick to dirt roads dude..
@chrysovalantiskamprogianni5417 ай бұрын
Those tires are not for this type of terrain buddy. Great ride though!❤
@romanspanos94817 ай бұрын
Thanks for review, very detailed and all aspects covered
@rulehardgarage97407 ай бұрын
Nice ride. I too am from the Great Lakes region and enjoy riding in the black hills. Plan to attempt to do this 2 up this summer after we visit glacier.
@kikoy087 ай бұрын
And to add… there is no hook point for sling option and not lock to prevent other people to dismount the bag without authorization.. not thoroughly thought bag
@ognightrider87307 ай бұрын
After owning a couple big adventure bikes I have built an ultralight adventure bike with a Beta 390, I still ride and camp with guys that ride big bikes, life is just 50 times easier and I enjoy the ride more.
@davidb595216 күн бұрын
Just did Wyoming BDR on DR650. NO way would I want a bigger, heavier big on BDRs. Agree - Lighter is better.
@jasongoldy25717 ай бұрын
I might be missing something but can i ask what is the advantage of having such a big heavy bike that you can't lift on your own in those conditions seems like a disadvantage to me ?
@Thomas-im4vf4 ай бұрын
Do you really need everything that you have loaded
@sunnyvalejedi7 ай бұрын
Huge improvement over the Sysbag 30s I had.
@traineeadv7 ай бұрын
I'm glad I wasn't the only one that got caught out by the mud there in September! Great watch.
@travisboam96127 ай бұрын
Nice review 👍 I'm leaning towards these bags. Do you know what the max weight the bags can carry?
@thedriftlessrider7 ай бұрын
I don't really have a good answer for that. I could only find a published spec on the weight capacity of the carriers and not the bags. SW-Motech claims the carriers can handle 27.5lbs HOWEVER, they follow that up saying that you should not exceed the load specified by the motorcycle manufacturer for the mounting locations. I have put around 10-15lbs in per side and seem to be fine. I'll weigh it after I pack for other trip to actually see how much I put in there.
@travisboam96127 ай бұрын
Thanks for the update 😊 I tend to overpack my Vario cases, and the new ones are too pretty to be dropped.
@theshadyeightyshow33557 ай бұрын
I appreciate seeing it done the hard way, good effort guys!
@mikehoncho87228 ай бұрын
That poor clutch..
@thedriftlessrider8 ай бұрын
It was a bad day to be a T7 clutch…
@curtkautsch8 ай бұрын
Shiiiiiift!!
@JayBee-cr8jm8 ай бұрын
I recognize a lot of these roads.
@craigsturman66618 ай бұрын
Even with the lowering links my T7 is a little tall for my short legs. You guys did awesome for what you were into. I think I'll pass on the hard sections of this BDRX when I do it.
@thedriftlessrider8 ай бұрын
If it’s dry, it’s doable with little experience. Main thing I wish I did better was keeping my speed up and having confidence in the bike. The ruts were aggressive though.
@craigsturman66618 ай бұрын
@@thedriftlessrider I get it, and the camera doesn't do the hills justice. My problem is when I have to stop on a hill, I have to plan where to put my foot down. I would have dropped it way more than you did. I have learned over the years how to use momentum and speed on these big bikes. But I still have my frustrating days!
@MeerkatADV8 ай бұрын
I absolutely HATE the OEM pirellis. They're great street tires and complete garbage in anything loose.
@thedriftlessrider8 ай бұрын
I agree. I’ll be changing them out in the near future before the riding season starts.