Yeah I like to see it too mate!

Cheers buddy!

Cheers mate, I enjoyed it, easy and flowing 👍

Cheers Bill - yeah there's a real maze of great dirt-farm-roads in that area!

That's awesome mate, I do love that feeling when watching a ride, appreciate the feedback 👍

It's a good note mate, The Staintune pipe just made it so much better than the "sewing machine" sound of the OEM pipe!!

I have to know where I am occasionally or I wouldn't know when I'm lost! 🤔 Cheers my old mate 😄

​W@@CaptainCrankyMotovloggerwise words my friend.😂

Yeah I like that spot - dead end road, sand and mixed gravel, gets me back in the zone 👍 In part 2 it suddenly becomes blazing sun right at the end! Yeah last time I went over that bridge must have been about 8 years ago, I ended up on a really dodgy track on road tyres, hopefully I'll get to see it again soon. Cheers Pete.

@@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger fingers crossed that they get around to opening the bridge again... I guess that when things all go wrong like the fires and floods, they have to triage the damage and some of it can take decades to get fixed on the off the beaten track routes.

@@HippoDrones Exactly mate, the flood alone caused serious damage to 60% of the roads in this area (the size of England) - it's a miracle that they got to fix up what they did!!

@@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger it is quite amazing when the wheels of the machine turn and our world around us gets repairred... when humans put their minds to stuff, amazing things happen!

Hi! Congratulations on the new bike, I hope it brings you as much joy as mine did to me. Just a few, unplanned and spontaneous rides will be happening until I have a big tour planned for March.

Cheers Quentin - yes always good to brush up on the basics when I've been off the bike a while. Van is still to be "built" - but I put a half wall in it - room for bed one end, everything else other end... tempted to just leave it like that!!

The Northern Rivers, NSW. This ride was mostly between Lismore, Kyogle and Toonumbar.

@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger thought so. I'm in murwillumbah

Was great to be on Falkor again mate - yeah nah, no other skid marks, lol - main concern was about hurting the lizard - glad I didn't :)

Sounds like a good convention... There's ALWAYS gonna be U turns😅 Was a fine day on two wheels mate!

Mostly not... 😆

Many thanks Sean - what did you get?

@ I got a midrange SHARK similar to my old one CC. It’s a great fit and has enough bells and whistles to do me for another 5 years.🏍️

@@SeanC1959 Ahh great! My first 2 helmets were Shark Vision-R and then Shark Explor-R - absolutely great helmets, I only changed because I crushed one - the bike fell on it when camping on Coolah Tops - rode with a broken helmet to Newcastle, where I bought an Airoh Commander which I really do like. The Sharks were very difficult to get a good sound on the microphone, and that's really the only thing I didn't like about them. BTW - I'm about to put together the plans for the big trip in late March, which will involve Nundle and Barrington Tops areas - if you're still interested in being part of that, or even just catching up, we need a way to message - if you're on Facebook you can reach me via my Captain Cranky Page on there, otherwise maybe email me ([email protected]).

Was great to get out again mate - cheers!

Absolutely! I'd hate to hit one,. Hope all is well Tony :)

A veritable Daktari!!

Ha ha! Yeah I think I'm gonna put that in the title... I need xtra speed to be a hooligan these days mate...

Aww thanks buddy! All good, hope all is well with you.

​​@@CaptainCrankyMotovloggerIts dark times here again, winter is upon us, and we looking for the light.😆 Other than that its all joy.🙂🇧🇻☕

Cheers Sean, yes I did enjoy that wee run. Glad to hear, hope you're having great rides mate!!

Hi - no never had a single problem with my bike and I've thrashed it through 129000Km, including many off-road drops. I have the Hepco & Becker engine guards, in fact they have some cracks after all the hits they've taken but the engine bolts are fine. Look closer at the reports of engine bolt problems and you'll probably find that the problems started when Honda started to change the bike (e.g. 19" front wheel) in 2019. Mine is a 2013 - they built the bike perfectly then, it's just about un-breakable. If only it had the 19" front wheel, it would be perfect!

Just the one it came with - absolutely nothing has gone wrong with this bike! If you did your homework, you'd see that the water pump problem only came along with 2019 and later models - mine is the original 2013 - built better in almost every way, if only they had put the 19" front wheel on it back then...

Quite easily up to 80mph - and, if you're patient, will do 100;)

I've used them for about 7 years - never looked back, and I do a lot of dirt and gravel - did a review on them a few years ago and it still stands.

Cheers mate, we're on Day 3 of our first road trio in it loving it!!

Since the 100000 video, I have made about 200 more videos, all the adventures can be seen in them! I have had no mechanical problems with the bike ever. Now on nearly 130000Km, I don't ride as often but still only do adventures and big tours. Every year I do one big trip and will be doing so again in March 2025.

@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger that leaves a lot to say about the quality of these motorcycles, mine is going wonderfully, I only asked because if I see many comments on the internet that say that basically a motorcycle does not exceed 150 thousand km and I worry, in short, I will continue to take care of it. Luck on your next big trip!

@@algorandom4655 I know of many CB500X's that are still running perfectly at 250000Km - that internet opinion doesn't really apply to Japanese Bikes, which are built for reliability to the highest degree. And yes - the secret is looking after it - regular services, regular inspections to make sure all is well. Thanks mate, ride safe!

Thanks Sean - and will do mate!

Cheers Brett - yeah hopefully still a bit of both types of adventure. Gee just looked at my channel - been doing this 11 years and made 617 videos😯

@@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger That's huge fella!! Even if you only did a video a month or so it would still grow. How good is it to be able to look back on all those adventures!! I do that with mine, great way of reliving memories!!

@@ADVBrett Thanks mate, yeah it is - especially after some time has passed - so great to re-live the adventures :)

Cheers mate! I hope I will still be bringing the occasional end-of-weekend alarm for you!

@@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger 🥰 Everytime I see a water crossing I think of you🤣 I was watching another KZbinr pull on to a gravel car park a few days ago on a Triumph 1200 Adventure thingybob.... there was a 'puddle about 8" round on the entry to the parking place..... I'm talking to the screen... 'Do not ride over that puddle' He heads straight for it...🙁 It's a hole, probably at least (guessing) 6-8" deep 'It' washes out the front and spits him onto the gravel in an instant. He was a big guy and was able to get it back upright. Thankfully it just snapped the handguard...which was lucky as it was a 'demo' bike he was test riding while he was getting his bike looked at. He had to pay for the damage and later bought a similar bike, so, that really was an expensive test ride. 🙂

@@paullee6663 OMG that is an expensive mistake... he should have walked the puddle first 🤣 I even tense up at the sight of a water crossing in the Ute!!

@@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger I think I mentioned the satnav sent me down a road while I was 'on tour' on the Isle of Wight 🤣🤣🤣🤣 that ended in a Ford...Shall I ....?? The road was about as wide as the bike is long 🙁 I think I did a 16 point turn to get out of 'Dodge'.....🤣🤣🤣 Video's of your Camper trip with Wifey? I think that would be cool....

@@paullee6663 Ha ha - yes you did mention that! I already make videos of our camping trips in the Ute - but they are just for ourselves and some family, Wifey is internet/people/socialmedia averse :)

It does mate. Nah, that won't be happening - too many people are doing it already and it would involve even more work than what I put into the bike vids.

Thanks mate, yes you are spot on. Adventures will still be coming, but in various forms :)

Thanks mate, hopefully will be a mixture of 4WD and 1WD 😉

It's gona be great mate, already did a one nighter on it and we're off for a fortnight in it soon - not converted, but will do for now. Yeah mate, really miss your company.

It's gona be great mate, already did a one nighter on it and we're off for a fortnight in it soon - not converted, but will do for now. Yeah mate, really miss your company.

She's a head turner for sure!!!

Yeah... the van is reeeal purdy!! Already got a 2" lift - the rest, maybe not, will be great to get into new places but not keen on destroying the bush and or van!! Hope we can meet, I'll keep you posted once I start planning for real mate.

I doubt it - everyone's doing that these days - will just enjoy it "off-line" so to speak 😁

Ahh those were the days, my friend!! Cheers mate - yeah me too...

Cheers Tony - yes definitely hope it's "additional" Was hoping you'd have free time - I'll let you know as soon as I get my head around the rough plan and timing - right now planning the first van trip and prepping the van to leave in 2 weeks :)

I must admit, I never expected that little bike would go half the places it took me!! Yes, I'll be back, occasionally... many thanks for following along mate.

Ha ha - yeah I had a period of 4 years, about 10 years ago, when I didn't need to work much at all. Made a to-do list, did the jobs all the time, 4 years later the list ended up bigger than it started!! 😆 I'll be posting my trip plans as they evolve, so let's see how it goes mate :)

And that is basically the only "Gospel" I believe in Phil ☺

Ha Ha! That has already come up in discussion with Wifey ;-)

Will do mate, thanks - and I'll be back, just not as often :)

Thanks Sean - yeah when I get plans going I'll post more specifics, closest to you I'll be is probably the Barrington Tops/Gloucester/Wauchope bit as I turn back homeward. Be great to catch up if it can happen. I wrote that bassline to a song for a band in Sydney about 35 years ago!! Remembered it recently and wrote my own version :)

@@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger I'll be looking out for your posts. All the areas that you mention are places that I travel and way beyond, so I'm open to long range tours. It will be great to catch up CC. That bassline is really interesting and sounds familiar. Maybe I heard it at one of your gigs? Cheers, Sean.

It's possible mate - I was in a pretty obscure Sydney Band called "Between 2 Worlds" then changed to "Stumble" in the early 90's

Exactly mate - none of us old friends on here are "addicted" to the Social media thing, we just share what we can, when we want. All the best mate!

Pffft... I'm always the Bridesmaid 😆🤣

Cheers Tommy - been great to have so many chats over the years - there will be more, just not as much :)

@@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger its been a lot of fun thats for shure.🙂 Take care🇧🇻☕

Exactly mate.

Oh bugger! Dirty-bike-fun blocked!! That's no good mate. Yeah this was one of my favourite ever explores, cheers Pete!

@@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger I'll be back in the dirt soon hopefully, just need Aprilia to sort the bloomin parts 😀 I could tell from your voice the enthusiasm for this one David 🙂