1 ON 1 TRAINING SESSION / Lisa from FOUR WHEELED NOMAD Learns to Overcome Her Fear of Riding in Sand

World travelers and journalists Lisa and Jason from @fourwheelednomad join professional adventure motorcycle instructor Dusty Wessels in the southern California desert so that Lisa can learn to ride her #enduro #ktm 500EXC-F more effectively in deep sand. This episode is filled with #tipsandtricks that any #adventure #motorcycle #rider can learn to better operate their own motorcycle #OffRoad.
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[@fourwheelednomad]

Hey Dusty, I wanted to take a moment to extend my gratitude for the incredible day of 1:1 instruction you generously provided. Your dedication to helping me consolidate my fundamentals was beyond brilliant, and I can't thank you enough for your patience and expertise. Not only did I learn a bike load from you, but I also had an absolute blast! Your sense of humour and teaching style made the experience unforgettable, most amusing and educational. I couldn't have asked for a better mentor to guide me through refining my skills. And let's not forget about that priceless moment when I made you "dab"-even if it didn't make the final cut, it's a memory I'll cherish! Until our paths cross again, I'll be hitting the sand with newfound confidence, thanks to you. "Rubber down," dab when you have to, and looking forward to the next adventure! With deepest appreciation, cheers and gears Lisa 🤙 youtube.com/@fourwheelednomad 🙏

[@gzahnd]

This was so fun to watch. I trained with Dusty’s crew this past winter in Arizona, and the instruction is world class and so much fun!

[@fourwheelednomad]

Couldn’t agree more-would highly recommend this chap to one and all. Totally understood my comfort zone and just how far to evolve it without setting me to Survival Mode. We had a lot of laughs that day. 😝

[@michaelflores7657]

Great job Lisa! Some of my favorite peeps in this video!! Lisa, Jason and Dusty!! Doesn't get much better!!

[@Silodrome]

Love this tutorial format!

[@fourwheelednomad]

Me, too! Thanks for watching.

[@bobbymorris537]

Agreed! Bring on more people to have one-on-one training sessions. Very good.

[@carvalhonj]

This type of video helps a lot. I think I understood things that I hadn't understood well before. Thanks guys

[@fourwheelednomad]

Grateful to be Dusty’s sand-fearing student and genuinely come out at the other end feeling more comfortable, equipped with the fundamentals dialled in. Cheers and gears! Lisa

[@carvalhonj]

@@fourwheelednomad 🤩

[@lincolnkaden7758]

I love your approach to tackling this issue… going back to basics instead of just saying “Do this in the sand”.

[@fourwheelednomad]

Dusty had a rather dandy way in knowing how to handle my developing skill set in sand. Totally rave about the experience, everyone should have at least day of Dusty. 😎

[@DaveZee01]

​@@fourwheelednomadAnd you have such a lovely way about you - voice, speech and everything 😅

[@lukefish7562]

Lisa and Jason! The best Moto couple out there! Love following them on their adventures. Thanks for helping her and your content. 🙏🏽🏍️💨

[@andrewmorgan4394]

Hi Dusty. I am a motorcycle instructor here in the UK, and just wanted to say how much I enjoyed this video. I know very little about off road riding, but off road or on it the fundamentals are always so important. Keep up the great work. Andy

[@fourwheelednomad]

Cheers, it was SO much fun playing my small part. Took many takeaways from the 1:1 with Dusty-he knows his stuff! Lisa

[@TACOMOTOCO]

The opening on this is gold

[@DuncanJimmy]

Invaluable techniques and love Lisa's enthusiasm for challenging her fears. I rode a pebble-covered beach in Wellington, NZ today that's like being stuck in a ball pit, every rock rolls over the next rock and so on, which makes it practically impossible to move from a standstill regardless of your tire grip. Even 4x4's are practically useless without the benefit of momentum on this kind of terrain, but it's a huge amount of fun once you get the hang of it and loosen up.

[@fourwheelednomad]

Thanks for saying so, spending time with Dusty was joyous from start to finish. Laughed my socks off while becoming a much more competent off-road rider! That guy’s a hoot.

[@OneManTrail]

This was a great video. I wasn't here to learn anything, but I enjoy watching someone else learn and gain confidence.

[@fourwheelednomad]

I thoroughly enjoyed myself, too! Cheers again, Dusty. You’re were a rockstar with me in the soft stuff. 🤩

[@TCGE08]

Give it the beans, Lisa!

[@Rube_Toob]

My dang T7 gets stuck in 6” of sand all around the SoCal. Ocotillos weeks especially 🥵 Factory tires just don’t cut it in the soft stuff. But factory tires got me into the devils hole, pumpkin patch, all over anza borrego. True knobbies and it’ll be a great time! Terra crew 💯

[@kellygoertzen849]

An expert rider can ride just about any tire anywhere. But notice, they almost always choose to have an aggressive tire off road and especially with a lot of sand. Like the Motoz RallZ or Motoz Adventures. These work fantastic all over Baja and Ocotillo. They perform wonderfully on the highways between trails also.

[@BrandonADVdad]

A magician instructor! Well done sir!

[@enduromotorradtouren]

Great instruction, great video. Learn from a pro, feel better, then practise every day. Happy days, Günter/Nürnberg

[@adamgerty]

Nice work Tim 🤘

[@TimTylerCine]

Thanks Adam!

[@fourwheelednomad]

Yup! Fun having you film Dusty and me for the day. Would love to collaborate with you again. 👊

[@MOTOTREK]

Anytime!

[@Zerotys_ADV]

Good stuff Dusty.

[@fourwheelednomad]

Indeed. I second that. 🤙

[@Wrong-Way-Round]

This was so good to watch,❤ Lisa's smile getting increasingly bigger thro' out the lesson. An enormous help for the future adventures of Lisa and Jase with seeing Lisa not knackering herself and giving up and Jase saving on boot soles 😉 doing recovery. You two are going to have even more fun on your trip from now on, 🤔 us too watching. Big thanks to you Dusty for helping them both in a happy place, another great video from you pal 👍👍👍

[@reneebuskermolen8366]

Brilliant, it's so great how you both share your knowledge. You both live with such a generous spirit.

[@davidbones8947]

Great info i rode death valley two years ago with a family member who has alot of sand exp, i was on my honda 650l fully loaded for 8 days of camping and riding i had to learn sand! There is alot of it never crashed i did fall going over Mengel pass that was ugly now im riding a bmw 1200GS 06 model love it have not done sand yet more weight! I love the bike ill over come the sand!

[@fourwheelednomad]

Fantastic to hear, glad you liked the episode of me giving sand a red hot go! Tons of fun with Dusty, learned a bike load about the soft stuff and can’t thank him and Tim enough for their expertise and making me look good! 😉

[@vancamjr]

Excellent! Love this one-on-one training format, let’s do more of these.

[@chonkyb3134]

This is really good training 😊

[@justinquinton8653]

Great video. Thanks

[@2wheelswings]

The finish is the key…. “You have to go riding” 🤪 just go and go and then is Gona be easy

[@soilsmanadv6673]

deep sand intimidates most riders. Luckily it is what I grew up on!

[@gogogeedus]

this isn't deep sand though, is it? to ride on deep sand you need a light bike, 250cc 2 stroke at least and you need to go fast to get up on top of the sand, when I was a young fellow I had a RM 250 t and that thing got going on the sand, we had been on the sand all day and a guy showed up on a XL500, he tried to ride on the dunes but his bike just bogged down, he cleared out after a short while because he just wasn't plaining. he was just fish tailing with the front wheel. we do fish tails but not with the front wheel :) and not on sand.

[@fourwheelednomad]

Noice!

[@a2dskins]

​@@gogogeedus I rode an Ironhead Sportster in Dunes for 4 days. It's doable

[@gogogeedus]

@@a2dskins we have sand here that is very soft and very deep with huge razor backs that 4x4's can't traverse.

[@gogogeedus]

@@a2dskins I have never ridden a Harley but I'd imagine with that low C of G they would handle well and they have reasonably fat tires which would help in the sand, a friend of mine owned one and he said it was a very nice bike, he liked it.

[@ADVBrett]

Awesome video guys, I'm in the same boat as Lisa, hate soft, deep sand. Very keen to get back out and try these techniques. Great work indeed!

[@dsharm]

Excellent video. Love the longer format. I often think sand hates me.

[@martincyr7259]

Well done!👍

[@kennethvernonprivate]

Great video guys! All the best from Canada!

[@adamreisnz]

Amazing! When are you visiting New Zealand to do some training courses here? 😊

[@useless274]

awesome video.

[@LevinsThe]

Practice in a deep sand with a proper light dirt bike and you will see how much difference it makes. The problem is that people pick heavy overpowered bikes which is not a good starting point for learning off-road skills

[@psmithrpm]

Excellent tutorial guys! REALLY WELL DONE!

[@MOTOTREK]

Thanks so much!

[@modulate72]

Super helpful video, thanks.

[@MOTOTREK]

You're welcome!

[@user-uk5qz9ui6p]

Great detail and format Dusty! Hope to catch up with you in the desert

[@fourwheelednomad]

You must and should make that happen. I had an absolute blast with the chap! Cheers 👩🏻‍🦰

[@brandenhellman4381]

GREAT VID!!!! I love sand. But it wrecks me sometimes.

[@MeerkatADV]

It wrecks everybody sometimes.

[@fourwheelednomad]

Wholeheartedly agree. It ain’t a day at the beach all the time…! 😊

[@MiddlingAdventure]

I live in Michigan and it's nothing but sand, I'm definitely not confident at all I can't wait to get out and try some this soon. Thanks

[@fourwheelednomad]

Hope I could help persuade you to get out there and conquer a little sand. Cheers, Lisa

[@MiddlingAdventure]

@@fourwheelednomad thank you for being willing to make this video. I really appreciate it. I'm going to try and not be scared out of my head in honor of you. Thanks Lisa

[@davebrien8487]

Id prbably descride that sand as wet sand. Top end Australia cape york. Has an easy bypass to gunshot creek. Well thats what the map says. Its in reality 17km of 6 to 12 inch super dry and soft sand. Pure hell! Great video. But im gunna also say. "That's not deep soft sand". "This is deep soft sand" in my best Mick Dundee impersonation. Sounds like the BAHA boys are thinking the same.

[@shortbusdog]

That’s probably a bit more informative than what I tell people about sand riding which is just ride faster lol

[@dante7183]

00:37 Dusty!

[@fourwheelednomad]

😂

[@GS_Johnny_ADV]

Gotta train w you this FL sugar sand is killing me

[@brucemonighan2925]

Question on tires for sand riding. True lightweight dual sports have relatively narrow knobby front tires while larger adv bikes have fatter profile tiires typically with a milder tread pattern. For riding deep sand is narrow better than fatter?

[@simulacrae]

That bike looks more like something you race in the Dakar with rather than travel around the world. These guys must be going on hardcore tracks.

[@RobRobbinses]

As an Arizonan, I find the trials type tires to be bad in the sand (looks like one on your rear).

[@GiveWayMotovlog]

I was expecting some deep sand action though (

[@mofuonamotorcycle]

Not clutch in, never clutch in. That was the one bad habit I had to get trained out of me

[@yusufyilmaz852]

Her bike looks beatiful. what model year is she ?

[@MOTOTREK]

2023 KTM 500 EXC-F www.fourwheelednomad.com/our-complete-parts-list-adventurizing-the-2023-ktm-500-exc-fs/

[@gogogeedus]

You might think it's a bit of a joke falling of sideways but if you are on a slope and you can't touch the ground you have a lot further to fall and there may be obstacles on the ground you could hit your head on or your shoulder, I can flat foot my xr250r but I have fallen off it sideways just sitting on it because there's not much flat ground around here, that bike is way to tall for that girl.

[@zrx1100zz]

Be the bike na,na,na,na,na

[@puppypro_dogtoys]

Where's the sand?

[@billysharp2242]

What kinna pants are those?

[@riendetout8812]

If you're talking about Dusty, it's the Mosko Woodsman outside the boot pant

[@mikestowe1973]

wanna cure your sand inexperience...ride Baja....you wont think about sand the same way again. LOL

[@jesslm2448]

She's having trouble reaching the ground with one foot .... needs a smaller bike . Seems obvious. But soldier on .

[@fourwheelednomad]

Admittedly, my standard height KTM 500 EXC-F is tall for my inseam-challenged legs. That said, once I’m up on the pegs and unladen, I’m happy as a clam. It’s all about staying in balance, right? There’s no unicorn bike and I wouldn’t swap this capable beast for any other just now. It’s doing everything and more I need it to in this application of riding for my current full-time trip-predominantly on dirt and some slab. Soldier on, I will! 🧡👩🏻‍🦰🤙

[@StringBanger]

She does not need a smaller bike.

[@riendetout8812]

@@fourwheelednomad Yep! You reached the ground just fine every time you needed to! You're fantastic, Lisa!

[@chrisgill7716]

Get a learner bike for gods sake.?? Who ever told her to buy that bike.? Skills first maybe. Then the bike…

[@c3h4organic97]

OMG. Trying to teach a goldfish to fly. Develop competencies before plan a new makting show. You will not leartn riding from these "adventure riding instructors"

[@CahitOnur]

lol

[@Wrong-Way-Round]

"Pot calling kettle black", learn to spell before writing, or edit before posting 😉🤣