BMW R1250GSA Extreme Scouting Mission | Rock Garden

[@motoveli]

The new video format is nice-puts context into these lines. Mountain goat everywhere + liter of water for the win.

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Lol. Off track all day

[@gregreynolds391]

Steve, all I can say is you guys are MEN riding those giant bikes through terrain like that. That is KTM 500 country for sure! Great videos, really a lot of fun following along with you guys. Cheers!

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Thanks man

[@davealston3881]

flipping hard core Man !!! 90 percent of Adventure riders would never manage that route !!

[@BornAGoon]

Where you at Its about time for another video Give us some exploring lol

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Soon!

[@ironhorsegladiator5034]

Kamrad is not some regular rider, he rides on terrains most SUV owners won't dare to ride their 4x4 LOL. I just like to know how he finds the energy to pick this buffalo up under this weather and lack of shade. I own the same BMW GS1250 and color but can not afford to fix an expensive bike by crashing it over and over again, so I stick to fire roads and not a Moon like terrain. Great riding skills and you ARE a professional rider, Kamrad.

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Thanks man! Really nothing broke on this bike and it only had stock protection

[@ironhorsegladiator5034]

@@steve_kamrad5216 You should run an Expert Only Motorcycle Training School like how other experts riders teach other advanced riders. The lawsuits are not worth teaching beginners, but I am sure some advanced riders would like to learn how to handle their HEAVY BMW GS Adventures like you.

[@viajabundo]

Fantastic Adventurer. Wonderfull. I don't have words. It's extreme Off Road.

[@SpurgeonDunbar]

I love that you are shaking your head while listening to yourself sing "It's your birthday".

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Miss you bud.

[@SpurgeonDunbar]

@@steve_kamrad5216 Kisses!

[@fredthebarber]

Absolutely bonkers, man. This was still totally entertaining to watch though!

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Awesome bud

[@danabrown387]

Damn you sent that BMW through hell, crazy what a larger ADV bike can do with a good rider

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Yeah I can't imagine because I'm a shit rider. Lol

[@Bbanker1974]

Thanks Steve, your videos always rock. Hope to ride with you some day.

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Yeah man

[@bradleyalexander5821]

Awesome look as to how a route is found, or in this episode, not found. That was really interesting, and we were all pulling for you guys. You Sir are an extreme individual. Content was over the top. Hat tip 🎩. Happy Trails friend. 👍🏼 😎 🇺🇸

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Thank you for dropping a comment Bradley. See you out there

[@zatoichi101]

Dude, cool sunglasses. You should wear those all the time.

[@bradleyland]

"Dancing is for people with a song in their heart!" Hahahaha, love it!

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Literally yelled it at me

[@helmut1388]

Looking forward to the drone footage version from the airforce point of view.

[@steve_kamrad5216]

They were watching. Probably thinking, whaat a bunch of idiots

[@BornAGoon]

Nice work Always an adventure on these things

[@SuperGMCH]

Man, please keep these videos coming!!!

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Always working on them

[@lowlandbikeadventures]

Steve, this was a fun way to share such content 👍🏼. These 'in video' comments made a lot more sense than only the video, ha, ha! But men, this was some tough shit in the middle of nowhere! 😬 By the way... not only 3 beers like you said, also 3 shades crossed your head during this episode, funny 😁. Nice work again and keep safe!

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Thank you soooo much. Glad you enjoyed it

[@HeartBrokenBiker]

This was a good watch after a tiring day. How many times have I thought to myself - "I'd never have got my bike out of that situation, def not riding... may be pushing or walking it" 😂

[@garethcarruthers]

I would be terrified taking a big, expense bike over that terrain. Well done.

[@onanyfunday9434]

Nice adventure run. I have the same bike and would never take it where you just did. You should invest in a drone to help you out with scouting out routes. These bikes are heavy and hard to turn around and sometimes it can feel like its too late for that but a drone can give you some instant aerial feedback on what lies ahead which could be worth its weight in gold in saving you time and wear and tear on your bike.

[@backcountryadvmoto]

Nice video. I need to get out with you guys!

[@jalex19100]

I came back to watch this again, because it is nuts. So many times I consider getting a smaller bike because of the size of the GSA..rocks are a nightmare. But this video says “so, you are saying there’s a chance?”...

[@nowornever1073.]

You always make great content!

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Thanks man

[@danielcunha5126]

Hey Steve! I´m a viewer from Portugal! Really enjoy your content! Please keep up the great work! I´m tired...

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Hey man! Thank you so much. My street twin/ street scrambler was filmed in Portugal! More videos on the way

[@singingdog8]

That was great to watch but have to say it is not my idea of a good off road ride. Well done 👍

[@BMWGSadventures]

Well done crazy when you got stuck under it!

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Yeah that was scary for a second

[@francis105G]

WOW!! The USAF would never expect three characters like you guys on Adventure Bikes. The Military would probably debrief you and confiscate all your videos and Bikes to figure out how the hell you did that!! Then send you on a secret mission with a similar ride in some foreign country to gather intelligence and/or sabotage. Way to Go Guys. Amazing!!

[@steve_kamrad5216]

I did 5 years in Marines. They'll never contain me

[@francis105G]

@@steve_kamrad5216 Semper Fi

[@steve_kamrad5216]

@@francis105G blood makes the grass grow. Kill kill kill

[@islipfdchief]

I see, more fun in the desert. Maybe BMW can cut back on the fuel tank size and a water tank with cooler. Day riding desert is still better then being trapped at home. Looks like a good place for social distancing.

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Always better to be in the desert than stuck at home

[@leemski]

Desert is not dangerous, "we have adventure here" wanna-be-cool dudes are, xD. Yeah, easy to say when comfy at home, ha ha. Lesson learned - both way I suppose. Self "awareness" of errors made is so healthy. Thanks for sharing dude! Keep it up, great U2be channel.

[@kevinsterner9490]

That’s a great video, but damn what were you thinking. 😄😃😀

[@syumassh]

Yes! more stuff to watch!

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Enjoy

[@bertclement3010]

Big THUMBS up bro. I really enjoyed the video. I second the "Glasses" comment!

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Lol. Thanks man

[@Bielitu123]

You should take those beers with you next time you are riding in a Private Airforce property mate...!

[@ADVBrett]

HEY!!!! You slackin or something?? Where you at?

[@rikherlaar]

enjoyed every second of it.....thx !

[@peterdclark]

Curious way to share the shit show Steve, well done salvaging the footage and sharing the giggles with a beer. Having had many a gong-show adventure ride with mates myself, I’d venture to say that it takes these rides to hone your adv sense and your future selection of ride buddies. Cheers matey ~ Peter

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Cheers Peter! Yeah this one changed me a little bit.

[@peterdclark]

Steve_Kamrad Ironically the last time I saw you and Josh was TOD and Josh was sidelined with a medical boot on. Hooligans! 😜

[@krishnateja5281]

Nice one!

[@cmanibusan]

I see you using your phone for your navigation vs the bmw navigator...what app are you using for your phone? Also do you think that the built-in navigation is just too expensive when compared to having your phone with you? Thanks!

[@MrDamyess]

Great video!! That ride on the gsa sure is a workout! Have you ever done Vegas to Reno trail on a big bike? It’s a lot of fun! Good luck and keep doing these videos they are awesome and really inspire us to go out and ride!!!

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Thanks. I did lab2v need to get that video done

[@devildog8768]

It will be a great time come to the desert have a few beers and die. I thought you hated the desert. I enjoy watching your videos desert or not keep them coming.👍

[@aernan]

This is probably one of the best R1250GSA videos out there. I like the narration about what is tough and what is a no go. You mentioned the no love the the TCK80 what would you recommend instead?

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Thanks bud! Anakee wilds

[@DarkAngel-ju7yh]

like it.... welcome to MORROCCO

[@jalex19100]

thanks for sharing that insanity.

[@cjsmith]

Cool 😎 adventure

[@andatealamierdaya]

Where are you my man? Come back!!! :(

[@MonoMoto]

hi Kamrad ! Awesome content and looove the music choices you do. Quick question what pressure to you run on a GS 1200 or GS 1250 when you go through stuff like that ?

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Hey bud. So if I'm riding slow. 22 with anything other than tkc80s. If I'm flying i need to be up around 30psi.

[@MonoMoto]

@@steve_kamrad5216 Thanks for sharing. Did you ever have any issues with the low pressure ? Bend a rim etc. ? I hear that as a common concern for the folks that want to run street pressure while going off-road.

[@steve_kamrad5216]

@@MonoMoto I've smashed so many rims at low pressures. 30 and your fine until speeds reach 75 mph plus

[@MonoMoto]

@@steve_kamrad5216 😂😂😂 30 to be on the safe side 22 when you need to get through some gnarly shit - got it :) Keep up the good work. It's an inspiration watching your stuff just like MotoGeo. Gets people to explore and have some great effing memories. Cheers!

[@zrama67]

Do you make people sign waivers before they follow you? Another great vid and thanks for making me want for a GSA even more than I already do. Covid has already done a job on my marriage but a GSA in the garage would probably finish it off.

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Thank you and the gsa is amazing

[@disqogrox5373]

Sounds like a win-win 🤪

[@zrama67]

@@disqogrox5373 Exactly

[@doliver9986]

Really enjoyed this video. You have a talent for making the viewer feel right there with you. Wondering if you've ridden the Multistrada Enduro? Do you think it would survive this type of trip?

[@disqogrox5373]

Very cool video. Where was that? (Oh Nevada) Not that I’d be ready to try it.

[@naterus]

Great video. What’s your favorite tire for a big GS in this kind of riding?

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Mitas e09 Dakar or moto z desert ht

[@woodburymoto5267]

good vid but why did you changed your sunglasses indoor?

[@ADVBrett]

Mate that's just insane!!! When can I come?? hahahaa

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Let's go

[@brucekendall52]

The ultimate Non Route designers.Make sure you have increased your insurance before going on a Steve Kamrad ride.Cheeers JHB-SA.

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Absolutely

[@3rdaxis649]

Do you think the 850 would have been better suited for this ride overall? And especially the boulder field?

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Hmmmm tough tough call. Same but different

[@edwardthomaswalker]

Where does the brown hobbit door behind you go?

[@toddduncan4071]

I love to ride and camp but im on a 17 road glide special, im really thinking about a 1250 gsa to really do it right. That's a lot of cash to trash in the dirt!

[@ClintsCrypt]

Knowing the ride was extreme for any motorcycle, how well do you think you would have done on the Triumph Scrambler XE for this ride? Equally well, less well or a little better? Any particular reason why? I am asking because I have been considering getting one. Thanks.

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Little better. Less weight, more travel in the suspension, easier to move around on. It's why i own one

[@ClintsCrypt]

Thanks!!! 😀

[@JesusGlzR1]

Hey, i have a 1250 as well and i want to learn to do trail riding.. I have noticed that the grip is low and the heavy weight does not allow you to bend almost any advice?

[@MeerkatADV]

It seems like this kind of thing happens to you a lot. You do have a PLB or Inreach or something right in case things just absolutely go to shit? I see one of the other guys has a Delorme or something, but what if you get separated and then hurt? You weren't kidding about that being the terrain for a 690 or a dirt bike...

[@steve_kamrad5216]

I have an in reach

[@onemillionmile]

Steve, what is the chin mount Josh using on his helmet for GoPro?

[@steve_kamrad5216]

So pro or Django

[@SpurgeonDunbar]

Where did you get that handlebar bag? I want to buy one of those. I want to buy one of those to the point where I don't want to buy a handlebar bag from whoever competes with that brand.

[@SpurgeonDunbar]

Are you allowed to drink that beer in your room or did you have to sneak it in?

[@motocicletalibre6785]

Great vid, what chest rig is Mat wearing?

[@CommieHunter7]

Wlf Enduro / ANSWR rig

[@tatuksa]

one question please, when the gs falls is there any damages? because i want to have one and im afraid if this bike falls down your journey will be over?

[@CatProtector666]

F**king RAD!!!!!

[@pinkiewerewolf]

I think the Mars rover would've been stopped dead in it's tracks. (Or flipped onto it's back. lol) Kyocera DuraForce Pro phone? I'm on my second from Verizon. I like it.

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Yeah the pro 2

[@pinkiewerewolf]

@@steve_kamrad5216 Yep, I like the 2, it corrected a couple of the shortcomings of the first version. Especially the speakers for my older abused ears. Durability, I'd rate it with a 90's/early 2000's Nokia... tough as Hell.

[@pinkiewerewolf]

Oh, and I'll never underestimate a GS. I was flying across Montana on my ZZR1200 and a GS entered the freeway. I had my hands full staying with him at times. might have been a tad bit crazier than me. lol

[@steve_kamrad5216]

@@pinkiewerewolf i embarrassed a couple sport bike guys leaving LA for sure

[@pinkiewerewolf]

@@steve_kamrad5216 Nice! Its good to humble the peeps from time to time. lol

[@CommieHunter7]

What gloves are y'all using? I'd love to be able to work my map without constantly taking off my gloves.

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Rev'it sand 3

[@scha0306]

This has to win some kind of an award for the extremest shit done on an R1200GSA (though a loaner(!) it sounds like... good god). If someone can point me to an R12GSA video more ridiculous than what these guys are doing, please...

[@scha0306]

And I don't mean getting big air on one, or anything so flagrantly flamboyant. Just absolute, who-the-fuck-knows-what's-next kind of cross-landscape insanity that this video represents. On 650lbs of GSA.

[@steve_kamrad5216]

@@scha0306 watch my video that's titled "the day day we almost died / r1250gsa in the snow"

[@SpurgeonDunbar]

Is this your childhood bedroom?

[@JavierPerez-tb4zy]

Have you ride all this in “Enduro Pro” mode?

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Is there any other setting

[@JavierPerez-tb4zy]

The GS 1250 has an optional that gives you possibility to include Dynamic PRO and Enduro PRO to your series settings (Rain, Road, Dynamic, Enduro). With both PROs you could program traction control, ABS and even the wheelies ( wheelie in Spanish we say “caballito” that means small horse). For doing this you should plug on a red microchip that is underneath your seat. For hard enduro like this one on the video I am assuming they have used

[@JavierPerez-tb4zy]

It is great. But do this with a 25,000 $ (Price in Spain) bike hearts!!!!!

[@hock4540]

All day IPA

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Always on brand

[@jacobshirley7155]

Would you take the XE on this? Or is the BMW better?

[@steve_kamrad5216]

On this day xe 100% easier to move around on.

[@GoPackGo2621]

Is it safe to say if you had a ducati multistrada, youd have been dead?

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Yeah maybe. But we'll never know

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Yeah maybe but we'll never know

[@SpurgeonDunbar]

Have you ever used those sunglasses to sneak across the Canadian border while smuggling an illegal KTM 1090 across the border... and back?

[@ericligot2679]

Hello, thank you for your videos, it makes you want to do offroad, continue is famous and great. I'm belgian and I ride gs 1200 adventure, I'm going to do offroad. I also do a lot of asphalt and road, travel in europe, plus use my bike to go to work. What to choose for a mixed tire? I hesitate between tkc 70 rocks or mitas E07 or E07+... What do you advise me for my big german girl, based on your experience? Thanks and see you soon Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

[@steve_kamrad5216]

Mitas e07 will be the best choice

[@ericligot2679]

@@steve_kamrad5216 ok, thanks, mitas E07 it's better than mitas E07+. It's the beginning for me in offroad, I've never tried it. And I also have to be able to ride on the road in dry weather or rain. Thank you. Take care of yourself. In Belgium motorcycle rides are allowed from this Monday, in groups of maximum 3 bikers. And in your country, what are the provisions.

[@steve_kamrad5216]

@@ericligot2679 the e07 will be smoother and last longer than the plus but still have enough bite. We're allowed to ride here in an size group but getting hurt would be a bad idea

[@alonsocabezon1]

three fools very fools

[@SpurgeonDunbar]

Have you ever had a girl in this room?