Which jacket were you wearing on this trip? Awesome vid!

Being a Honda guy, I was going back and forth over a CRF450X vs RL, and ended up with a 24 Beta 500 RS lol every time I see a Honda 450RL/X I question my decision but so far I love the Beta!

Jett Lawrence will never be the greatest

I bought a 2024 excf 350 here in wash state for 10,000 with plates and all taxes fees paid otd.The Gas Gas Here are really discounted the 2024...

Got the SG12, they have save me from a lot of injuries already and man they are comfy after you break them in. Is like walking on trainers.

Fantastic tutorial, especially how to mount it in the helmet. I'm thinking of going this way as well. One question: would you use the second mic and attach it closer to your exhaust to capture some motorcycle sounds?

thanks for the great video, on KTM website the 500 exc is presented with 68 hp stock, can you comment on that?

Hey dude I truly enjoyed your video I have one quick question. How much more horse power do you get with the ECU? Does it bump it up to same amount of HP as the 450r has from factory? I know that the 450rl is really tuned down in comparison to the 450r

Hey man, been enjoying the CRF450RL content for a while now. Question for ya, I also have a 450 and I also live in the same city as you. How have your Motoz Tractionator H/T Desert’s been? I like to ride mostly double with some singe track and am looking to do some light Adv riding. Do they hold up well on the highway and still provide good off-road performance? Thanks!

Great video. I had no idea the KTM had a steel frame. How the hell did they make that bike so lightweight?

LlHi, just for recording clean exhaust sound, what settings to be applied? Because the exhaust sound is getting heavily clipped with -12 gain, no noise cancellation, low cut on and clipping on. The mic Mini was placed just 15cm away from exhaust. The mic is used with Osmo 5 pro

Great review love your content thanks for sharing. Just got one Jan 2025 for my 890

Would the Honda be suitable for a 6"1' rider weighing 230lbs?

I very much agree with your assessment. I worked on one last year who wanted new suspension. As a suspension pro, I always started with my asking “what’s wrong with your riding experience?”. I got the bike from him with 0.0 miles total. He had been extremely pleased with his other bike that we reworked. In the process of my riding the bike and making changed I discovered mow much I enjoyed the Transalp! More than a half a year later, I purchased one of my own even though I was not in the market for a heavy (okay “medium” adventure bike. I am very pleased with this bike. Of course I have improved the suspension but only after coming to the same conclusions you mention. I would so very much enjoy discussing in some more detail making my own upgrades based on my 200 lb weight. You may be much better expressing and maybe experiencing what I found. I do think your audience would be really interested in your additional thoughts, suggestions and experience. Please let me know what you think.

Thank you. Seriously thank you. It would never have occurred to me to put the magnet under the tape. I have the mini and the 5 ( just purchased) and you solved it! What is diff between gaffer tape and duct tape or painter tape (the blue stuff)

I just updated my gear for this year and I went for the same setup. So easy to set up and high quality results!

Ooooh, I have this covered in two sentences: If you want to do some road riding and you're not competing offroad, get the RL. If you're not road riding, or you are competing offroad, get the X. It's as simple as that.

I've ridden a half-dozen of these and even raced a Pro model in the Corduroy two-day Enduro. None of them had that fluctuating idle. It's definitely not normal in my experience and I hope my 450 doesn't run like that when I get it in May. The standard models (low and high) had good suspension, the Pro I raced had great suspension. It held 370lbs of motorcycle up in the stroke with that plush initial travel and felt great all the way through. I never really bottomed it out, or if I did it never let me know. The clutch can take so much abuse it's almost ridiculous. I ran Kenda Knarly front and rear with mousse and the traction was phenomenal in hard Enduro terrain. It wasn't made for it but it can handle it. Speaking of handling, anything high speed was so much fun. It slides out predictably but feels planted at the same time. Power, it has more than most will need. I have a few KTM 525s and a Beta 500 and yeah, it doesn't have that snappy feeling of the Beta or the low-end torque of the KTM RFS motors but it also weighs more than any of those bikes. Once it's up to speed it hangs with them on wide open terrain or on pavement easily. Plus the fairing does a good job of cutting through the air and making a nice pocket for the rider, certainly better than the stock fairing on my KTM 950 Adventure.

Love those small mirrors. Where did you get those? Thanks for the great content!

You could save a pound going for a shit before you ride...

You should get the 2025 KTM 500 EXC-F =)

I really really like your video. Your video focus in the way the weight of the RL can be reduced to get close to the X's, but what if you have a X and want to use it as a Dual Sport? I mean make the X closer to the RL.

Perfect review

Excellent comparison! 👍😎

“But my 450X is fifteen pounds lighter!” Says the guy, with his belly hanging over his pants!

Thanks for sharing this info.

I like the middle one... -12 low. The last one with everything on max makes it sound a little tin-can-ish imho. But, could have just been the clips.

I'm going to run my gopro's until they die... cuz action cameras are expensive, yo, and I usually run 3 or 4 on our ride videos, not to mention the media mod, mic and cardo setup already. It's an investment! But this definitely looks like something I'll migrate to as my gopro's age out, and I definitely like the longer battery life of the dji's.

ever since switching from gopro hero 11 (with media mod) to dji action 4 with mic adapter and gain set to around -10 I still feel like im struggling with good audio. I love the reliability of dji but the audio of a gorpo with a media mod just seems to do a better job. I need help :( Maybe I should also set my gain level to -12 to see if that makes a difference. Or buy this mic mini

Where did u get frame tape? You buy them cut or do your own? Have same bike love it

Nice review bro

Is the bike sound as well from the DJI mic or from the cam? Can you have two audio sources? Cam and mic? And how fast does the mic connect if you hit the fast capture button from the off state?

I like all kinds of microphones. Probably have more than you.. not even playing. Good job!

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really random but you have no idea how much help you've been mate! Thanks for all the advice on the bike, i got my 450L yesterday :)

Going the DJI route next! Been on the go pro hero 8 black since it came out!

Shinko / GT 216 is my fav front across the board. Fav DS rear is a Motoz Enduro IT. Won't drag a knee like Rossi with either though lol.

Thanks for the video, noted the auto power off of the mic, it has also an auto power on or do you have to turn on the mic every time you start recording?

Sounds good

I happily moved away from a Hero 9 to an Osmo Action 5 and the Mic Minis. In my channel you have a gain test of the Minis. I put the Mic Mini in the same place and method as you. I think the best sound is with Low Noise Cancelation and probably a -10 Gain. I love this Mics, cheers

I started motovloging mid 2018. Used one GoPro Hero 7 Black. In 2021 I decided to get a 2nd Hero 7 Black, then in 2022 I got three Hero 8 blacks. The Hero 8 Blacks were a mistake. All three were unreliable, freezing, turning off, cycling on and off after ony owning them for one year. Now only one Gopro still works and that is the Hero 7 I initially bought; but, that too now has issues. So, this month I Plan getting an osmo action 5 and that mini mike you just demonstrated. Great Video.

Both ordered: Osmo Action 4 & MIC Mini 👏🍻

Great content; very informative. I think I like the low background cancellation best. The “high” setting made your voice seem “thinner” and back ground noise was more “tinny” like you were inside a metal tank. You said it best in a nutshell-doesn’t sound natural.

Have you done any editing to the audio?

Gain at -20 is my best setting!!! Great review, you beat me on the review ✌️

Happy new year Rod! Another new gear video, always super helpful. I recently bought the same mic mini solo. There's a lot of disturbance when the mic is just connected via bluetooth than if you use a receiver directly connected to the camera (like when using the DJI mic 1 setup). I haven't had a chance to use the bluetooth set up while riding, but I noticed it while trying to test film. I am also using it with an insta360 instead of a DJI camera. I wonder if that matters. I cannot access the settings without having a receiver. Thanks for your input.

How fast does it record when you switch on the Action 5? When using the DJI Mic with the Action 4, it always takes about 10 seconds before recording audio, I also have random issue of the Mic not recording at all

Thank you for tape tips

Thank you for the info man . This is something I did not know. Love your vlogs cheers.