I WON a rally to explain how they work! | How to Rally EP 3

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Racing Rallies is really bloody complex. The more I've tried to explain that, the more I've realised it. Everything about it needs more detail than I can figure out how to explain.
Olympia Rally was amazing. It's super fun, relaxed and beautiful. It's exactly what amateur rally should be. I really hope you enjoy my guide to racing a rally and it inspires you to get out there and have a go yourself.

[@yopisvk9492]

12:39 - Štefan Svitko not Sitko. 😱🤣🤣🤣

[@BrakeMagazine]

My apologies. A typo from spending too many days looking at the same editing screen. 😩

[@motorbikediaries]

Amazing video and amazing series. Would love to see more of this type of content. Your story telling and narration is brilliant, keep it up 🎉💪🏼

[@BrakeMagazine]

Thanks a ton! Hopefully we can keep getting it better 🙂

[@dadbod6039]

Im the last person to usually want to comment on a video, but this was one of the most compelling videos I’ve had the pleasure of viewing. Congratulations Lel, your approach and attitude to life is inspiring - you are certainly wise beyond your years and you deserve every success. Thank you for this fantastic work, keep it up.

[@BrakeMagazine]

Very kind words and I'm glad it captured you. I've been working super hard on be better 🤣 Also, your words on wiseness are very kind. Hindsight can be helpful with that 😁 Thanks for taking the time to comment and watching.

[@mikespence6313]

This is so cool. I'm 59 and will probably never enter a rally ( I live in Scotland, can't even ride off road here without fear of prosecution ), but you have given a huge amount of information for someone who intends to get involved with rallying. Top man 👍

[@BrakeMagazine]

Thanks Mike! You need a rich land owner friend 🤣

[@mikespence6313]

@@BrakeMagazine And preferably female, blonde, mid 30s...🤔

[@kyriakosfatouros4071]

hellas rally is amazing

[@BrakeMagazine]

@@kyriakosfatouros4071 Did you race it?

[@kyriakosfatouros4071]

@@BrakeMagazine I wish I had the time and resources to do that! For now I'm just a spectator for now! Despite that I've ridden some of the route on my bike!

[@franks4103]

You and your dad just rock! Big ups bro!

[@BrakeMagazine]

Thanks Frank 😁

[@envivomedia]

I always wonder which bolts i should check, but you made it so simple. 'If a bolt coming out ruins your day, check it.' Awesome :)!

[@michaelflores7657]

I doubt I’ll ever do a rally race at the age of 60…but I really enjoyed your content in this video! Great job and keep up the excellent work!!

[@twowheeledadventuresuk2739]

Loved this series LLEl, just brilliant, I really appreciate all the effort that goes into making the films, it's not easy to sort your life out just to race, but adding to that the complication of making brilliant and interesting films, just a stella effort. The one thing I want to say, that I'm gonna ram home in my next film, is racing isn't just about racing, in fact most of the time it's better just to call it a mass participation event. People say to me all the time 'i'm not into racing' - but that's like saying 'I'm not into meeting up with my mates, riding my bike and having the best time I can whilst being totally legal! ' For me racing is my culture, my church, my community, my therapy, my driving force. It's not about winning, being the best and beating other riders, it's about the laughs, the beers, shooting shit, talking bikes, looking at bikes and planning the next adventure. You are so right about the where the gold lies, it is about the memories and being with good people. Hopefully you've showed here that getting involved and taking part in events is so much more than winning races. Now then, first round of the Brit Bike rally Champs at Brechfa at the weekend, I don't think the weather is going to be anything like Greece, think it might be slightly damp!

[@Narrgux]

Absolutely fantastic work, both on the trail and in the editing; a delight to watch as always!

[@BrakeMagazine]

Thank! Appreciate the kinda words 🙂

[@kallehagstrom-adventuresincl]

Great series!

[@Jabbaaaaaa1]

Great video and series, thanks for sharing!

[@k_plax]

This vid was great. Told a story I was glued to following, had some experienced useful advice, good footage, and Rally's are always exciting.

[@BrakeMagazine]

Thanks watching and the kind words. 🙂

[@dankorolyk5917]

Brilliant and entertaining episode,explains a lot!

[@WeckforsDiscovery]

Great video!👍

[@paulocarreiro5855]

What an adventure! And the video was extremely well edited. Thanks a lot!

[@samhill3496]

Great vid. Congrats on the finish and the fun ride.

[@milesgreen9705]

Brilliant video and amazing experience to witness. Well done!!

[@PaulBartontreegazer]

Loved this, thanks. You are making great videos - really like your humble and honest style.

[@maxflight777]

Incredible video..best wishes I realised after 20 minutes viewing, that I know your mum and dad ! Lovely family … Utterly admire all of you.

[@thomasjamesperkins]

Great video and great riding Llel!

[@iamandreja]

Excellent series. I really enjoyed. Great shots, awesome narration and a lot of useful tips.

[@billwaterhouse5894]

Man that was fun…thank you for sharing

[@hymek7017]

Easily your best vlog yet. Awesome riding, filming and fun. Many thanks. 🙂🙂

[@MatthiasDelay]

Great vid! Good fun watching, great advice! Thank you. PS: Congrats for the P1! 🎉💪🏻🚀

[@wood3154]

Bloody brilliant. This series has been a huge help before heading to Olympia this year. Thanks for posting and all the info!

[@BrakeMagazine]

Absolute pleasure! Tell them you watched it 😏

[@darrenlegallais1974]

Absolutely brilliant series Llel…. Great advice and top tips for anyone who is beginning, even at my age it makes me want to get up and go 💪🏼 Cheers mate

[@ricepuddingization]

Thank you for the great narration and footage. Most importantly, you’ve shed a positive light on what it takes to join a rally.

[@BrakeMagazine]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@GreenString]

Inspirational, educational and truly entertaining. Best video I have seen in a long time. Well done Brake Magazine.👍🏼

[@BrakeMagazine]

Wow, thanks!

[@KinderGrinder23]

great video great rally!

[@ant_ramos]

Awesome to follow! Great content, awesome footage and as many already said, very good storytelling. What could be interesting to do a video on (after Olympia or after some rallies, maybe more relevant after a few ones) is what worked for you and what did not. For you (stuff that you take with you for the rally) and also for the bike. To share your experience.

[@MattVenturesMoto]

Really good watch. Well done, such a great breakdown of what's involved. I did illyria raid last year as a first timer and found it very chilled like this. Not at all the hyped up egos I was expecting. 🤟

[@roryothen7005]

Absolutely loved this video

[@BrakeMagazine]

Cheers Rory! 🙂

[@JohannesDalen]

This high quality stuff, from production to riding and motivation. Excellent work Llel and team!

[@BrakeMagazine]

Thanks man! Appreciated 🙂

[@TubbyTrialTeam]

great vid so informative and well done on the rally!!

[@BrakeMagazine]

Glad you liked it! Thanks 😊

[@nikoscosmos]

Wonderful to watch and thanks for all your efforts. I have a little house in the Peleponnese on the Eastern side and pootle around riding my 20 year old F650GS on the goat tracks and get lost too!

[@James_Rides]

What a video this was! I didn’t know I wanted to rally but here I am browsing eBay for 350 rally kits 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@searles2dakar]

This series has been a great help!!

[@BrakeMagazine]

Cheers Boyz

[@LazyJack2003]

On the risk of repeating what others have written before: simply great! Your narration style is amongst the best I know, you obviously know what you are doing and the filming and editing is superb! (“Thank you” to your support team, too!) Even though I will never be able to do this kind of stuff, I learned a lot and thoroughly enjoyed watching. Must be great, to do this with your dad, too! (Probably even more so for your dad, who I bet is mighty proud!) Congrats on the win, although it is obvious that the whole experience was much more rewarding than the win. Great stuff

[@garyevans5335]

I love that you admit to the racing imperative and miss the turn off! I do the same, but I'm not in your league. A gentleman of my years is just out there for fun!. Really good to watch this as a bit of a road book reminder before heading to Portugal next week for the Rally Moto tour. Can't wait!! Aways enjoy your vids, you tell it as it is, great stuff.

[@irishrover63]

Awesome, so interesting. Congrats on the win. ☘

[@BrakeMagazine]

Thanks so much!

[@user-gy9ic4gw2j]

It took me a while but I figured out the awesome soundtrack: Scavenger - Splize, Notize. Cool clip btw 😉

[@aib666]

Nice one. this serie was fun to watch

[@BrakeMagazine]

Thanks Andre!

[@brucekendall52]

Looked a great ride.Thanks for sharing,.

[@BrakeMagazine]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@sometimes_riding7008]

Excellent series, thanks for pulling it together. Definitely inspired to try and give one a go 👍

[@BrakeMagazine]

Yew! Awesome 😁

[@jasondunn8894]

Great video. This has really got me motivated to investigate rallying near me. Thanks👍

[@BrakeMagazine]

Do it! Where do you live?

[@Maccaroney]

Great video!

[@BrakeMagazine]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@briantaylor3935]

This was great to watch on a driech scottish day and very insightful. Thanks for sharing. Cool to see you and the old man having fun.🙂

[@BrakeMagazine]

Glad you enjoyed it. We love it!

[@woudjee2]

Best motorbike series on KZbin in a while. Thank you so much for sharing all this! I have intentions to start enduro this year and signup for my first rally in two years. Let’s go!

[@BrakeMagazine]

You can do it!

[@Chasingborders]

Great series!! For nutrition on my last rally, I prepared a freeze dried camping food portion in the morning with hot water inside and everything, ducktaped it closed and carried that in my backpack with a spork. Come neutralization, I ate it if I had a few spare minutes, and I felt really good for rest of the stage. Worked like a charm!

[@sliels]

Some incredible content here, would love to see more footage of rallies and competing!

[@BrakeMagazine]

That's the plan!

[@Justin-iw7pl]

Just awesome and really inspiring. Well done to you all 👌 Im watching you and lots other people.lying in my bed, where I've been recovering from a near fatal/life changing accident back in June last year. I still don't know my fate,but watching these vids,tips,new disciplines is helping me to want to get back on a bike again.also showing me what im missing out on and what i took for granted. My message to you and others is you can do it,grab it by both hands, doesn't matter about the winning. Do it cus you love it Keep up with the channel,racing and just inspiring to others 👍

[@BrakeMagazine]

My dude, sorry to hear. Hopefully you can get back functioning well soon 🙌

[@ThiagoMundim]

amazing video!

[@BrakeMagazine]

Glad you think so!

[@raphaelgort5499]

WOW. For a newbie on an adventure bike but a decades old street rider, this episode was very informative and insightful. I've been watching your channel for a while now and the stuff you put out is just fantastic. THANK YOU!

[@BrakeMagazine]

Glad it was helpful!

[@TheGaishais]

Brilliant series - from bike build to podium! Pure gold advices! Spot on editing! Breathtaking scenery! Kudos Mr. Pavey! 👨🏻🍺 P.S. Greetings from Latvia! :)

[@BrakeMagazine]

Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@darrenlegallais1974]

Ooft… riding off with your stand down @ 8:25 😂😂 you’re usually picking yourself up for this but not now 😜

[@maalmiksa7409]

Well done 👏

[@BrakeMagazine]

Thanks Maal

[@jacobsedacca246]

I’ve officially made it my goal I’m going to get into this. Hopefully in the next 1-2 years I’ll be building a bike and have enough money and time off work I can do a few of these out of the country but for now my fc350 will be in the states and I’ll start preparing!!

[@justicenotobedience4176]

Well done m8,

[@TrippyandDa]

Excellent video. I’d love to be able to do this, wish I’d followed my interest in off-road riding years ago. To be able to ride off-road and mix in navigation would be amazing. Great content 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@BrakeMagazine]

Never too late man!

[@ramonbraam895]

amazing!

[@nimrod6603]

Inspiring content Lel😄👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@BrakeMagazine]

Cheers Nimrod!

[@papamichailang]

so beautiful the motorcycling world is, such beauty my country has and this video wassss such a treat. At every weekend I am asking myself will i ride to Pelloponhsos this week?

[@drumdave5495]

great episode really enjoyed this. Ever since I bought my 450 it's turned into my favourite bike. No better feeling than just getting away on the green lanes with tent on the back. I felt a bit nervous about your start at 8:25 😅

[@BrakeMagazine]

Glad you enjoyed it! Because of the side stand?I stopped a few minutes later. I could hear it pinging around. 😂

[@jayd3931]

I was the same. I rewound it to confirm what I thought I was seeing. We've all been there.

[@markgratton7361]

Awesome video makes me want to do a rally

[@BrakeMagazine]

Thanks Mark!

[@Mxbdt]

Love that supper small torque wrench.

[@BrakeMagazine]

Me too. It’s good and pretty cheap!

[@1998TDM]

Pretty sure the pace notes for a Rally car navigator are written in tulip. Basically shorthand for directions, speed, corner shape etc..

[@naikala11]

Congratulations love from 🇬🇷

[@BrakeMagazine]

Thanks!

[@motoboggle7525]

Absolutely fantastic & it would seem you literally live just down the road from me !

[@BrakeMagazine]

Thanks! Where do you live?

[@motoboggle7525]

@@BrakeMagazine im in Christchurch , i bumped into you at Bovy after your bike cut out on ya back in November

[@BrakeMagazine]

@@motoboggle7525 ah yeah! Are you Rogershill next month?

[@KhOrA85]

@brake magazine - can you please make a video only regarding electrical connection? How to connect the Rally equipment in detail? It would be awesome.

[@ABSOLUTfreak]

nice vid. cool

[@BrakeMagazine]

Thanks!

[@CallMeJazz]

I love this title so much...

[@BrakeMagazine]

I know right. That KZbin click though rate life 😂

[@ogasi1798]

good point about the mc360 - i run mid-hard on my 500 and yeah, they require certain terrain to feel 'right', outside of that ideal they are a great all rounder but predictably sketchy - in a good way mind, so long as the rider can gel with that sort of feedback it's an easy tyre to recommend: i will try mid soft next time i think as i really like the tyre as a tyre, its carcass and so on suits me

[@D.E.X]

LMAO 8:25 gosh golly, what's that kick stand doing down? Oh, planning on making a very sharp left-hand turn via tripod. 🙂 Excellent video.👍

[@BrakeMagazine]

I know right 😂 That's why you should always use the rubber band 😅

[@njiska]

This was an excellent series and really has me interested in Rallying. Would love to see more vids like this from other rallies you partake in.

[@BrakeMagazine]

Yeah? Bit unsure how much the Brake Magazine Audience likes it 🙂

[@njiska]

@BrakeMagazine as long as your framing remains the same, i.e. education focused, it should go over fine. I'm sure there's lot's more you can cover around prep for rallies in different locations, further bike kit, more stuff around navigation. I personally would be grateful if you could get one of the organizers to talk about how planning out a route and establishing to road book works.

[@BrakeMagazine]

@@njiska I think it'll always be educational 😁 Also, that sounds like a great idea!

[@njiska]

@BrakeMagazine always happy to share a good idea 😀

[@woudjee2]

I am very very much on board with this!

[@kenbrooks7794]

Brilliant, Just brilliant! That is all..... 🙂👌👍

[@BrakeMagazine]

Thanks Ken!

[@carlbayard8729]

Inspiring

[@BrakeMagazine]

Stoked to make something that fits this :)

[@bikenavbm1229]

really well done, very enjoyable even for one too old, too slow, and too poor, to do now but would have been my way to go round and look at the scenery given the opportunity. this may well be the standard go to tutorial for this type of event. As an ex car rally co-driver which shares a similar navigation methodology perhaps I can shed a little light on "Tulips" the original versions back in the day were a much simplified hand drawn sketched symbol - at the very bottom was a black blob the "bulb" then some kind of usually a roughly upward line or two as the "stalks" one having an arrowhead perhaps the "flower" as today. These would have been far simpler than the digital database symbols used today, hope that makes some sense. Good result. thanks for the vid and story.

[@tankie2ndrtr]

Awesome!

[@BrakeMagazine]

Awww Dell. Thanks for watching my dude!

[@tankie2ndrtr]

@@BrakeMagazine It's LJ, I was 'crating' Dell for appearing on tele :)

[@BrakeMagazine]

@@tankie2ndrtr My bad!

[@DonClemenster]

I'm from Denmark, and see a small movement towards E-Dirtbikes, and how they may become a upcoming topic. The interest for Dirtbikes, and offroading like this race is increasing, but all the good forrests and places to ride are mainly state, or private owned. The solution for riding there anyway has become E-Bikes. Because if they cant hear you, you're quite hard to catch. There has allready been stories about private forrest owners setting up traps, like wire across popular trails, cameras or leaving steel wire on the ground to tangle up wheels. Have you guys ever given the movement towards E-Dirtbikes and stealth riding any thoughts? I've never done it myself although i find it tempting at times

[@ogasi1798]

chuffed for you after all the bloody work...expensive too

[@ownyourworld]

Cool vid , could you release the full race footage ?

[@BrakeMagazine]

Could do. We were thinking of making a longer form channel for that kinda stuff. Would you watch?

[@miro_s]

Well done you, and thanks for this. Do you oil the air filter skin? Cheers.

[@BrakeMagazine]

Not a problem. No, you do not need to.

[@BeanieBiker_AutisticRider]

good advice, take your time and read the book, tortoise and the hare, slow and steady

[@BrakeMagazine]

It's good to be on of those fast running tortoises sometimes 🤣

[@BeanieBiker_AutisticRider]

@@BrakeMagazine great video, thanks for sharing and well done on your unexpected win for your group

[@rickybobby7660]

Sweet series dude, another rally this year?

[@BrakeMagazine]

Mmmm, maybe. Maybe some other cool stuff. Depends on funds a bit really 🙂

[@100CupsColombia]

Best vid yet-cooler than a Penguins privates

[@BrakeMagazine]

Kindest words dude! Hope the recovery is going well.

[@100CupsColombia]

@@BrakeMagazine Very well me old chum and the plan to build a coffeeshop on a coffee plantation is coming along! You'll need a dirt bike to get there! Vid out next week!

[@ScramblingLife]

Do you think a first timer can do bike service by themselves? Thanks for these video series also… much appreciated❤

[@BrakeMagazine]

Sure!

[@ronkoorbaes4864]

Awesome cheesy grin- congrats!

[@BrakeMagazine]

🤣🤣 Thanks!

[@stepal3887]

How did you train for the rally? What was your routine and the training field, e.g. Motocross track?

[@supfly51]

Great insight into the rally scene, what is the terrain and course like to follow for media?

[@BrakeMagazine]

Depends on the Rally. If you have a hire car or a bike you can go where ever you want. The organisers are very helpful 🙂

[@supfly51]

@@BrakeMagazine Cheers, it does look like quite a chilled event

[@BrakeMagazine]

@@supfly51 The organisers are great people!

[@miro_s]

Hey Llew. Been thinking and thought of asking you: you’ve got the 6500 fork inserts, have you got experience with revalving options like k-tech, kreft, etc, and would you consider those viable alternatives? (say for riders with no ambition to win). Cheers.

[@MichaelAbramo]

It's my understanding that rally racers don't run rim locks. At least that's what I've heard. Why is that? Seems like it would completely mitigate the issue of tires coming off the bead, even if the mousse becomes harder to install and adds a (negligible) little bit of weight

[@BrakeMagazine]

They cut into the mousse and destroy them.

[@pass1985]

Hey man! I’m heading to my first rally this weekend (Baja Qatar). Could you give me your secret recipes for your camel back hydration and recovery drink? Thanks!

[@BrakeMagazine]

Hey, Sure thing. it's pretty simple really. www.triathlete.com/nutrition/race-fueling/a-triathletes-guide-to-salt/

[@wowIloveusernames]

I want to get into dirt riding so bad. I don't think there is hardly any public riding land where I live though.

[@BrakeMagazine]

Where do you live?

[@wowIloveusernames]

@Brake Magazine kansas city area in the US. A lot of the land is privately owned or farm land. That's why I have a ktm 690 smc r. So I can ride roads and still hoon around lol

[@yeltesoete]

what are your opinions on a lighter enduro rally build vs a 701/690 rally build if you just want to enter rally's for fun every once in a while?

[@BrakeMagazine]

I don't think it matters a ton. I think if you have the bigger bike you have to temper your expectations a little, but they're great bikes and more than capable. I'd still use a similar set-up for the nav gear though.

[@michaelcaton9358]

Now, where did I put my cheque book? I think I need Rally in my life.... But without the French involved.... It's Ok now, Rishi and Macron are having a bromance now, should be fine.....

[@BrakeMagazine]

Let's do it man

[@maxflight777]

8:26 do you have your side stand down ! ???

[@BrakeMagazine]

The spring broke. I fixed it seconds after this shot.

[@Neltheros]

Llel, how would a 250cc compare in terms of performance and maintenance for such a rally?

[@BrakeMagazine]

Fine. I did a rally in Greece in 2015. You can't go quite as quickly obviously but they're more than good enough. 😊

[@BishBosh2010]

Anyone notice the side stand was still down leaving the gate?

[@BrakeMagazine]

Yup. 🤣 The bolt that holds the spring had fallen out and I didn't notice at first 😅

[@theSenseOfgroup]

How did the ol' chap do?

[@BrakeMagazine]

Pretty good. Got a lost a bit, had a good time and finished 14th or something. Destroyed me when the navigation was actually difficult too 🤣

[@hguldmann]

Maybe you should try in 2024 with the race THE REAL WAY TO DAKAR I will soon be opened for registration ... where women and men ride together