Epic Motorcycle Adventure in Moab, Utah: Ride through Red Rock Paradise

[@11breaper68]

Great video 🤙 do you remember my comment from a month or so ago, i said i was an Army Vet and stay at home Dad and would love to go on a ride like that Veterans ride? Well im no longer a stay at home Dad, just landed a job as a excavator operator for 67k a year 😁 so this spring i will be taking a class and getting my motorcycle license and will be looking for an ADV bike 🤙🤙🤙 thanks to You and other ADV guys on the Tube for the motivation 🙏 stay safe brother.

[@backcountryadvmoto]

That’s awesome man. Congrats on the new job

[@11breaper68]

@@backcountryadvmoto thanks man

[@Porsche996driver]

Good for you brother! I’m a little older veteran but great to hear you landed a great job! It’s hard coming out of the military, kind of disorienting. Enjoy the ride and keep the faith! 🎖️

[@KellyOdie]

Good for you! Can't go wrong with the Honda African Twin. Odie

[@NomadSweden]

I'd come to the US for only this. Awesome rides and scenery.

[@Porsche996driver]

13:48 nice commitment and perspective caught there by der drone ha

[@backcountryadvmoto]

Thanks! That was a fun trail

[@luciano136]

Dude, you ride some gnarly terrain on the AT! Impressive!

[@backcountryadvmoto]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video.

[@AdventureGlide]

Oh, Man! Looked like a great time. I'm so ready for Spring. I really want to go down and ride this area. Thanks for taking us along.

[@backcountryadvmoto]

You bet! It’s a great area.

[@tivedenadv4674]

Nice to see a new upload on your channel. I take this opportunity to wish you a happy new year, 2023.

[@backcountryadvmoto]

Happy new year!

[@none5355melvinMadigan]

Nice ride I’m riding the MABDR this spring from Virginia to New York

[@backcountryadvmoto]

Have fun!

[@andrewmorgan4394]

WOW. Simply fantastic. I ride an adventure bike here in the UK on tarmac but envy the land and routes you guys have.......I can dream of one day riding routes like that. For now the Alpes will have to do. Great content. Thanks

[@onerider808]

I’m stoked and riding from CO to spend late May and June exploring southern Utah and doing the BDR both ways (S to N, and back).

[@onerider808]

May/June ‘24, that is...

[@Rides_With_Ron]

Epic doesn’t quite describe it! WOW!

[@backcountryadvmoto]

The views are pretty awesome 👍🏻

[@Rides_With_Ron]

After following you for a while ( and buying some of the items you use for camping and riding) I’ve noticed your videos have really improved. Not that they were not great but well done! Keep them coming as the winter months here in the Niagara peninsula are not fun.

[@lorenmars5244]

A very instructional video on do's and don'ts. Especially instructional with the angle from the drone footage. Thanks.

[@soilsmanadv6673]

Well done video and thank you for not scraping this awesome ride!

[@FanOWater]

We rode to Chicken Corners in October of this year. So much fun! Awesome drone footage - really shows the epic views in places where I was too busy to look. Ha Ha

[@backcountryadvmoto]

Yes sir, such a fun trail. Taking the left at the chicken sign takes you up Lockhart basin which is probably one of my favorite trails ever. We’ve been to Moab several times now and it never gets old 🤙🏼

[@lanceg.8458]

We ride White Wash a lot, one of my favorite spots.... on 450's & 500's lol.... Mad respect for doing it on a big bike. That's not easy!!

[@backcountryadvmoto]

Thanks, it was a fun time

[@mhilde7744]

Incredible! Gr8 job, thanks fir the post!👍

[@montanaadv]

Damn Kyle it's January in Montana and I haven't been to Moab in 3 years but I digress, its January and I'm sitting in my kitchen watching mother people ride motorcycles and dreaming about riding mine. I'm really looking forward to this riding season maybe we can put a ride together again, right now the possibility's are endless. Great video thanks for posting it.

[@backcountryadvmoto]

Thanks Ken! It was a great time. Just got back from spending the week around 29 palms riding. Had a great time. More to come.

[@KellyOdie]

Amazing where you can take a super capable 640lb bike! The AT is only limited by the rider...me! Thanks for the videos! Odie

[@Crittermoto]

Dude! I so have to get to Moab!

[@backcountryadvmoto]

Let’s go!

[@gregarnett6994]

Atta boy.. sand, yer right, ride it like a jet ski. Glad you’re ok!

[@lostinlamancha]

First of all, I've watched your videos for many years now. As a fellow veteran, respect. Yeah buddy! I was just out there a month ago on my KTM 890. You were sending it on the trails but Fins and things is a different story. I wish I had a 250 two stroke to ride those sandstone hills... I 'm happy I enjoyed chicken corners, the shafer trail and onion creek while i was there for a few days...

[@emfl4437]

Great riding! Thanks for sharing your adventure

[@ChooseBrian]

SCENIC AF. Nice vid

[@backcountryadvmoto]

Yes it is

[@rodneybutler7939]

GREAT RIDING !!!!

[@onerider808]

Great vid; thanks!

[@fallinginthed33p]

Nice riding and love the 3D titles!

[@backcountryadvmoto]

Thanks!

[@Sterlingforsyth]

Holy crap these guys shred 😂

[@backcountryadvmoto]

Thanks

[@owenlushadv]

Those jump sound effects tho 😂 … I rode through Utah on my way home from riding the continental divide last September. I only had a day and a half to spare so I could only visit a couple hotspots. The landscape is spectacular. I definitely want to get back and dedicate some time to just exploring Utah.

[@backcountryadvmoto]

Good stuff!

[@cdan1768]

Living in North Idaho we are fortunate to have awesome riding opportunities. I am hoping to to do the Idaho BDR this year on my GSA 1200. Moab looks awesome but I would probably opt for a smaller bike. Your riding skills are more advanced than mine and I would probably end up tearing up my bike. Thank you for sharing all your great adventures.

[@backcountryadvmoto]

If you have any Idaho BDR questions shoot me an email or message on instagram. 👍🏻

[@Lifeisbetterontwowheels]

Amazing!

[@bradleyalexander5821]

That was interestingly cool. 👍🏼 Mad skills on a strange planet. 🌎

[@backcountryadvmoto]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@alltruckeredout]

The drone footage is really cool. 👍

[@backcountryadvmoto]

Glad you like it

[@collinyoung8837]

Hey loved the video I’m wanting to do similar on my AT Just wondering what you use for your drone set up? Thanks !

[@KLRmurdercycle]

Awesome video👌 I need a month off😉

[@jasonr428]

Nice man, that suspension is soaking up that terrain with no problem. Do you still have the AT, do you still recommend it after all the milers you put on it?

[@motomogul]

Hi, just found your channel this evening and loving your adventures into the American wilderness. We don’t have anything quite that remote in the UK. Can you tell me what drone you’re using in your videos? The following footage is exceptional. Keep up the great work, looking forward to watching more of your videos 👍 Cheers buddy. Jack, Moto Mogul channel.

[@backcountryadvmoto]

Thanks and welcome. The drone is a Skydio 2 skydio.pxf.io/mgLmJ1

[@nicholasscholten4838]

I am down in Kanab, UT. I need to get a drone...

[@MOAB-UT]

Nice video. Did you hit your head? I got a mTBI when out in Moab a few years back. It's not been easy but I am still recovering. IMHO those adventure bikes are too heavy and the center or gravity is too high. Terrible in sand and not even great on the rocks. We use to rent KTM's from Moab Tour Co. and now, UTV's. Shafer and White Rim are other nice trails to run. You can go up Shafer and down Long Canyon. On the way out to Chicken Corners, Kane Creek (on left) is fun but very challenging. The first 15 minutes in is worth exploring and not too bad. It steadily gets harder.

[@backcountryadvmoto]

Yea I’ve done that route many times. The Shafer and long canyon roads to White Rim are awesome. Love that whole area of Utah. So much exploring can be done

[@MOAB-UT]

@@backcountryadvmoto H*ll's Revenge is fun too but probably not best on a bike.

[@jaypence1911]

That place is awsome! Have you ever ventured up into the mountain range in the distance?

[@backcountryadvmoto]

Yes. They are the La Sal mountain range. Really great riding up there as well in the summer months

[@jeffsilver4730]

"Who rah" is how we always pronounced it.

[@jimsnyder1742]

At th 5.00 min mark you mentioned Walla Walla. Are you coming through?

[@backcountryadvmoto]

No we were talking about where route 5 of the old Oregon bdr started

[@backcountryadvmoto]

I live in Coeur d Alene

[@MeerkatADV]

I have never been able to get the Skydio to consistently record an audio file. It's supposed to do it anytime it's connected through your phone but it is very random on whether it will do it or not. I just end up using the audio from one of my other cameras.

[@backcountryadvmoto]

Yep that’s a lot of times when I do as well. But unfortunately, a couple of times that I where I was using it. I didn’t have my helmet camera going.

[@ChooseBrian]

Kyle which video editor are you using? I use Final Cut Pro x and noticed some cool stuff that you did here.

[@backcountryadvmoto]

I’m using Final Cut as well with some plug ins from motion vfx. Still learning so they aren’t perfect.

[@markursich3305]

Another great vid Kyle thanks for sharing! (bout time lol). I'm just curious if you actually drove from CD'A to Moab or trailered. In March it had to have been pretty chilly. Keep the videos coming my friend!

[@backcountryadvmoto]

On this trip we actually trailer down because there was still snow up north where I live, but I have made the trip on the bike a couple of times as well. This was my fifth time riding in Moab. Always a lot of fun

[@BlazerLz]

Dude you f*cking rip that bike. Picking up a 2017 AT in a couple weeks and couldn't be more stoked! Really curious how much better it'll perform off road than my old vstrom 650.

[@backcountryadvmoto]

I had a vstrom 650 back before this bike. You are going to have have your mind blown!! Actually putting my bike up for sale in the next few weeks going to upgrade to the new AT

[@BlazerLz]

@@backcountryadvmoto Very nice! I got a great deal on the 2017 and I figured why not work my way up to the latest and greatest. I'll keep an eye out for your new bike content👍

[@ferkuzuel]

How was the weather back in March there?

[@backcountryadvmoto]

You can’t tell really on the video, but highs were in the 40s most days and low 60s one of the days.

[@ferkuzuel]

@@backcountryadvmoto thanks for the reply, awesome video by the way!

[@lorenmars5244]

Nasty spill! Way to shake it off. I hate sand. No thanks.

[@AdventureTravelandScuba]

What is the name of this location in Moab what trail? It can't be white Rim Trail. I'm asking about the first part of the video in the Canyon

[@backcountryadvmoto]

It’s the road that leads out to Hurrah Pass from Moab. It follows along the river then up and over the pass toward chicken corners and Lockhart Basin. I believe it’s Kane Springs road out of Moab then it turns into Lockhart Basin Road

[@AdventureTravelandScuba]

@@backcountryadvmoto thank you something to consider on my next visit to Moab

[@taylorgenzoli4256]

Great video, what drone are you using? Skydio? DJI?

[@backcountryadvmoto]

This was the Skydio in this video

[@taylorgenzoli4256]

@@backcountryadvmoto Thought you might say that. I have a Mavic Air 2 and the Skydio drones just seem to follow a lot better from the footage I've seen on the web.

[@backcountryadvmoto]

@@taylorgenzoli4256 it absolutely does. I still love DJI products. I actually just bought the mini 3 pro after selling my Air 2S. They are both great. Personally, I think the DJI is better at cinematic, videography and photos while the Skydio is amazing at following . It’s basically an action camera that can follow you . But the truth is until DJI figures out the technology that skydio is using it will never be as good. I have used the Skydio for a couple of years now and it’s phenomenal for following a motorcycle while riding.

[@davidbones8947]

Go fast crash hard lol

[@ronalvey103]

drone video does not contain audio anyway....so........

[@backcountryadvmoto]

Actually, with the Skydio it does. You can use your phone to record audio like the sound of the bike.

[@ronalvey103]

I understand the use of the audio on your phone, to capture then lay that audio for some "nat-sound". I didn't know any drone's capture audio. I would think it would be nothing but the sound of the propellers turning.

[@engir63]

Great video terrible location 😒

[@backcountryadvmoto]

Thanks for watching 👍🏻. I enjoy it, but it’s not for everyone 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@engir63]

@@backcountryadvmoto I lived in Vegas from 80 to 93 had all the desert I could ever want they are miserable places to be. (my opinion)

[@backcountryadvmoto]

@@engir63 I totally get it. I live in north Idaho and feel like the PNW has the best riding in the US , but enjoy heading south in the winter months to get away from the snow. Coincidently, I’m headed to the Joshua Tree area tomorrow for a week to get some desert riding in.