Adventure Rider Pilgrimage Through Australia's Outback - Drama on the Trail

[@GSSurry]

This intro music wears me down. Extremely annoying

[@mongreldogproductions]

@@GSSurry Hi Garry, change Channel…watch something else. 😀

[@Fanta....]

You should ask for a refund, karen

[@mongreldogproductions]

@@Fanta.... 🤷‍♀️🤔🤦‍♂️ the nerve of some people… 😀

[@mongreldogproductions]

Hi Garry, change Channel. Go and watch something else. 😀

[@MatthewIrwin-jm1rm]

Dont watch it then 😊

[@ClancyStaub]

Born & raised in Sydney. Lived, trained & worked in Melbourne, Tasmania, Alice Springs, then, to 50 years in USA. Love travelling my beloved Australia with Steve's Mongrel Dog Productions.

[@ClancyStaub]

Thank you!

[@mongreldogproductions]

Glad you enjoy the Channel content. Thanks for taking the time to comment. 😊

[@grissle8547]

Mate, what a way to start the adventure, the anxiety levels would certainly be elevated. Looking forward to the next episode. Thanx for sharing, Thanx for your time & effort that goes into filming & editing.👍😎

[@mongreldogproductions]

Glad you enjoy the content...more to follow.

[@bolwarracolt1]

Well done, Steve.... But stop looking the negative the whole time.. Your having fun and lucky to do it. A lot of us can't anymore. Regards Dougo.

[@mongreldogproductions]

Looking at the negatives? I think I am blessed. Have I come across as a whinger? I know I’ve got it made. Thanks for taking the time to comment. .

[@niahvail8506]

Hey Steve you’ve been missed such a legend mate always love your videos of your awesome adventures of this sun burnt country I’ve always loved the Kimberly’s such beautiful country 🤙🙏✌️

[@mongreldogproductions]

More to follow...watch this space.

[@astrobusa]

Oops. Accidentally watched Ep 2 first... then this one. Was expecting that delicious Roo tail in this Ep.... LOL. Quality work Steve. It's always good to see what our bikes are capable of (I have the GS version of yours) and the fact they just keep on keeping on. Looking forward to Ep 3

[@mongreldogproductions]

Glad you enjoyed it...Eps 3 out in a day or two (or three).

[@paulosrobertos]

Aaay Steve! Always good to watch your rides especially crossing Northam, we’ve been living here for almost a year now. Sending some love to you and the kids from Mariana and I. Cheers 🍻

[@mongreldogproductions]

Northam? My birthplace. I hope you have a good air cond system for the summers and a good heater for the winters. I didn't know you had relocated. I hope all is well at your end. For the record, the Excel continues to live...Bulletproof lol. Regards to Mariana.

[@paulosrobertos]

@@mongreldogproductions legend! Yeah we have relocated and will ask Rhys to catch up soon. HAHAHA the Excel was a beast already and in your hands it became unstoppable. Cheers Steve!

[@nbrettoner]

Hi Steve, So good to be revitalized by this latest excellent video, starting with the introductions of naming the ducks. 🌦🌧🌨🌩🌪🌫🌬🌀🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🐾👣🦘🌻🌟😇🏍 Glad you were able to get the oil leak sorted. Although 800 odd extra K's, rejoining worked out really well. You are a wise duck. (Sometimes, like now I am taken back into my vague biking adventures reminiscencese spanning 200km plus from eons ago. I recall riding from Deniliquin to Sydney via Wagga; entering the back end of a huge storm just west of Goulburn and finally ascending around Liverpool from the murky depths that had stopped most Hume Hwy traffic. But that was back in the late 1960's.) Thankyou Steve for doing these videos, it brings refreshing light as you graciously take us on 'I can no longer do' adventures. Which actually amplifies our enjoyment thereof. 🙃

[@mongreldogproductions]

Hi Noel, I am so glad you enjoy watching and I'm also glad they bring back fond memories for you. Thanks for your support over the years. Regards.

[@WeirdOneOz]

Thank you again for sharing these ups and downs and reality of bike touring. We look forward to seeing those parts of the country at some point in our life.

[@mongreldogproductions]

Just another day at the Office…glad you enjoy the content. Thanks for taking the time to comment.

[@stuartkcalvin]

Thumbs up, brew up, feet up. Great Ep mate, thanks.

[@mongreldogproductions]

It gets better (I think). 😀

[@simonjones2645]

Ahhh , cant look at Wiluna without remembering getting my licence from there as a young un ! 😅

[@wallaceshackleton1889]

I am truly gob-smacked at the distances that you cover in a day, or the distances that you have to cover between filling stations!

[@mongreldogproductions]

It’s a big country… Thanks for watching. 😀

[@coptotermes]

I've done a few trips like this over the years, both on bikes and 4wds. I remember the thrill of starting out with the whold trip ahead! Awesome stuff. Thanks for sharing.

[@ClancyStaub]

Thanks for reply. Sorry for next video interruption for repair on oil leak, before recommencement.

[@mongreldogproductions]

No worries

[@jamesschofield5328]

Always good to watch. Dirt roads and rain, never good. You would think those truck drivers would have more sense.

[@mongreldogproductions]

Yeah, tough lesson...welcome to the Outback

[@LOWERCASEMAN]

Thanks Steve .... enjoy your vids immensely!

[@mongreldogproductions]

Glad you like them!

[@jimdoolan2277]

Great video might put it on my bucket list to come over and meet you next year as work in lenora laverton might have to plane it next year Cheers for new Zealand 🇳🇿

[@mongreldogproductions]

Hi Jim, we've always got room for one more Kiwi here (last time I checked anyway). Laverton is my second home lol.

[@paulmanser753]

Another great adventure Steve, looking forward to the next instalment 🤓

[@mongreldogproductions]

Coming soon!

[@ghostrider9978]

Always enjoyable mate ,, thanks for your generosity in sharing another great adventure.

[@mongreldogproductions]

No worries

[@MatthewIrwin-jm1rm]

Good to see you back in action mate.

[@mongreldogproductions]

I haven't been too far away...

[@duncanm6589]

Excellent update Steve. Very interesting with all the challenges. Thanks.

[@mongreldogproductions]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@duncanm6589]

@@mongreldogproductions I’m just watching the next one now. Always love your updates. How good was JD. What a top bloke

[@jamesschofield5328]

I watched part 2 before part one,. I love that "Grab your gear,lets go", I used to hear "mount up lets go", none of this walki g shit for me. Keep up the good work.

[@mongreldogproductions]

Doesn’t matter what order you watch in…as long as you enjoy what you see. Thanks for taking the time to comment.

[@GCM_AU]

Excellent video once again. Looking fwd to 2nd and 3rd vid on this trip. Weather bike issues abound, as you say " It is adventure riding"!

[@mongreldogproductions]

Well said!

[@phillipdean9879]

Great video Steve. 🍺🍺

[@DidiBritz]

Steve you are a inspiration...to me

[@mongreldogproductions]

I'm humbled...Thanks for watching.

[@steventoshack618]

enjoying the vids. keep it up. thank you.

[@mongreldogproductions]

Glad you like them!

[@Clivewheeler]

Great video Steve 👍🏻

[@mongreldogproductions]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@user-ku4yk4ut4z]

Great stuff as always !!! luckily the gaskets on the heads are reusable they usually don't need to be changed ..i can only image it got crimped when he put it back together which is a bit hard to do ...Ive removed mine probably 10 times and it never leaks...its a cheap part to replace luckily!!

[@mongreldogproductions]

Yeah, just unlucky. If i was just riding around town it could have waited till the next service but where we were going... You know what its like out there. I wasn't going to take any chances.

[@user-ku4yk4ut4z]

@@mongreldogproductions For sure right thing to do 110% is the only way to proceed!

[@shaneobrien148]

Living the dream

[@mongreldogproductions]

@@shaneobrien148 yes; I am. Very blessed. Thanks for watching.

[@andycox2271]

cool riding with ya mates!

[@mongreldogproductions]

🤙

[@billcotton1551]

Smart move Steve! You don't want oil getting on that rear tire either.

[@mongreldogproductions]

Too true…

[@dynamadnessadventures205]

Awesome video Steve ride safe

[@mongreldogproductions]

Thanks, you too!

[@shanewood8845]

Another great video Steve Amazing inspirational stuff Love your work ❤

[@alasdairhamilton1574]

Steve, looks like a failed gasket actually saved you a lot of grief. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@mongreldogproductions]

I was thankful for the leak (never thought i would say that)

[@Cant_prove_god]

Great shows Steve. Loving living vicariously via your adventures. Here’s one for the peanut gallery. Are Hondas the Toyota of motorcycles? Or, are are BMWs the Toyota? And if they are, what are the BMW of bikes? Discuss…

[@mongreldogproductions]

@@Cant_prove_god Hahaha…Stirrer. Glad you enjoy the Channel content. I reckon my bike (the R1200GSA) is THE bike for Outback travel. Mine has done 150,000 adventure kilometres with little trouble. I’m not sure too many other brands could boast that sort of reliability. (Here we go! You’ve started something now😞) Thanks for taking the time to comment…I think. 🤔

[@suzyamerica4679]

Thank you for sharing! Looks like quite the start to an adventure. OK now that I've been riding that RT for about a week, and just took a trip somewhere on it (500km or so) I see what the GS is: the naked dual sport version of the RT, right? ;) Looks like it serves you well despite the occasional bout of being heavy in the mud. I can appreciate the way the R1200s can carry so much cargo. Been having a few troubles which I may be the author of :( but a friend is helping me sort it all out.

[@mongreldogproductions]

As long as you ride within your capability (and not the bikes) you’ll be fine. Improve your skill set by constant training and some coaching and you will be able to make the bike sing. Have fun; try not to hurt yourself. 😀

[@suzyamerica4679]

@@mongreldogproductions So far, so good. They did put some get up and go in those police models. Handling and wind protection are fantastic. I was perhaps overdue for a bike upgrade.

[@OzzyBattler4697]

By crikey mate you have been busy! Wish I was retired and free to do trips like this.

[@mongreldogproductions]

Be patient Grasshopper...your day will come.

[@TrustMeiamaD.R.]

Glen 20 works good too with lawnmower engines.. lol

[@mongreldogproductions]

You live and learn…

[@michaeldallimore8590]

Great video Steve. I think it was bullock trains not stage coaches that could do a U-turn in Kalgoorlie. (or was it camel trains?).

[@mongreldogproductions]

I think you're right...camel trains. But you get the idea. Thanks for watching.

[@grod-1976]

A great video Steve, Iam keen to start making videos of my trips and I was just wondering what type of camera you use??

[@mongreldogproductions]

The one on the helmet and on the gorilla grip are DJI Osmo Adventure cameras (3 and 4) The 5 has just been released. I also have a hand held Panosonic Handy Cam but it is being used less and less. I use to use a Contour Roam as a rear mounted camera on the helmet but its had the Fritz (obsolete anyway by now). Whatever one you use, make sure it has a stabiliser built in (costs a bit more then the cheapy knock offs but worth it). Get use to spending hours behind the keyboard when it comes to the Editing process. Good luck.

[@grod-1976]

@mongreldogproductions Thanks heaps Steve much appreciated Cheers

[@WallyOnTour]

Another great video, Steve just wondering what makes your decision whether to ride the GS or DR ?

[@mongreldogproductions]

Good question! It is mentioned in the next vid or two. If you don't find the answer, post the same comment again and I'll try and explain in more detail. Thanks for watching.

[@jmsask]

👏🍻

[@mongreldogproductions]

Thank you...

[@bishopkinlyside8477]

Hi Steve, yes some people are doing a lot harder than we think and a lot harder than I am doing it on 2018 I had a major truck accident and I lost my right leg above the knee stops me from riding a normal motorbike but I ride a three wheeler Canam, Ryker not as good as a normal bike, but as it is it’s going to get anyway keep up the good work just signed up. What shoes do your thing , Cliff from Logan City Queensland Australia 🇦🇺 We are on the big island 🏝️

[@mongreldogproductions]

Sorry for your loss (of your leg) but glad you are still able to enjoy bikin’. Thanks for taking the time to comment.

[@vindictive999]

great views glad u got your leak sorted can I ask what plans you use for the explorer?

[@mongreldogproductions]

the Explorer'??? Ya gotta help me here.

[@vindictive999]

@@mongreldogproductions sorry youre garmin sattilite device

[@mongreldogproductions]

@@vindictive999 I use to pay $40AUD per month but they are about to increase their subscriptions to $50 per month. You have the option of turning it on and off as you need it (monthly) but i spend so much time away its just easy for me to pay the annual subscription (but broken down to 12 repayments if that makes sense). It has SOS functionality (EPIRB), sms and leaves a breadcrumb trail. www.garmin.com/en-AU/p/837461/pn/010-04016-SU

[@GregWatt]

What brand of helmet are you running? How is the wind noise with it?

[@mongreldogproductions]

eldoradohelmets.com/product/e30/ I sit behind a big screen for most of the time and wear tailored ear moulds. Wind noise is not an issue. Thanks for watching.

[@DLL969]

Love your videos. On a side note, whoever wrote that intro music should be in trouble as it a direct rip off of U2, Mothers of the disappeared on the Joshua Tree Album.😉

[@mongreldogproductions]

I just listened to MOTD on the JT Album...I hear the similarities. The music was Energized Morning by Airae downloaded from Epidemic Sound. Glad you like the vids...

[@Michael_Mears]

JP on the Africa Twin and Chris on the DR650 both have the same soft panniers, a canvas type with a star emblem on it. What are they? They look like the go. Tall and deep, but not too wide.

[@mongreldogproductions]

Made by Steel Ponies but no longer in production. The closest thing you’ll find now is from Andy Strapz or NazBags.

[@Michael_Mears]

@@mongreldogproductions Yeah, good one, I'll go have a look. Thanks.

[@bobbebbington5356]

Another great video of country I will probably never see. Just a word of advice, don't show your speed on social media.

[@mongreldogproductions]

Yeah, sometimes stuff slips thru the net. I am mindful of what is published but hopefully i dont end up getting locked up over it. Thanks for the reminder.

[@nigelmorgan3449]

And the camels that’s why the wide roads

[@mongreldogproductions]

@@nigelmorgan3449 Correct… 😀

[@johnzee691]

😎👍

[@roberthocking9138]

1st day, we will take it easy and prob only do 500Ks !! 😂 yeah right, you blokes must be very ride fit. Another great video, thanks for taking the time to film and edit these, great for us old blokes that aren’t physically able to do it any more. 👍

[@mongreldogproductions]

Yeah, that's Adv Riding for you. You are in complete control until you leave your driveway. After that, all bets are off. Stay tuned. Thanks for watching.

[@isnoo1]

🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@150_ADVenture]

Gday Steve, was the gasket cracked or had gone hard ?

[@mongreldogproductions]

@@150_ADVenture They are an odd gasket, very hard plastic from what I can tell. It’s been on and off a few times over the years. Maybe perished thru heat and age. Thanks for watching.

[@150_ADVenture]

@@mongreldogproductions copy that...thanks for the videos. I've just purchased an adventure bike looking forward to hitting the trails.

[@mongreldogproductions]

@@150_ADVenture An Adventure bike will open up a whole new world. Welcome to the fold.

[@RichardHamill-k2d]

6:56 ​@@mongreldogproductions

[@mongreldogproductions]

@@RichardHamill-k2d ????

[@stuartkcalvin]

23:50 the uniformed escorts are 'special constables' and have powers of arrest, and can issue on the spot fines. I met some drivers one night at a motel in Wheelabarrowback and got to chatting; that's why they can carry blue lights. There's often a third 'blue flasher' a few Km behind the main packet who, when notified, will pull you over and do the business.

[@mongreldogproductions]

That makes sense…I figured they must have some clought because they were allowed blue lights. Thanks for the heads up.

[@markhills3922]

Nothing like some geo-engineered skies to make a mans day

[@user-ku4yk4ut4z]

please elaborate!

[@markhills3922]

@@user-ku4yk4ut4z Look at the 'clouds'...there is nothing natural about most of them; 'cloud seeding' Chemtrails, HAARP...I suggest you investigate these things.

[@bearcatracing007]

​@@user-ku4yk4ut4z he ran out of tin foil

[@outbacknomad9939]

Cracka episode

[@mongreldogproductions]

Thank you…

[@rosaliecampbell282]

Do you know Christopher Eynon

[@mongreldogproductions]

@@rosaliecampbell282 Should I? Name doesn’t ring a bell. 😀

[@rosaliecampbell282]

He was leader or major

[@DavidBrown-rw1wf]

The cashed up bogans are quiet on your channel

[@mongreldogproductions]

I expected some kickback but all is quiet on the Western front…

[@shanewood8845]

Another great video Steve Amazing inspirational stuff Love your work ❤

[@mongreldogproductions]

Thanks so much!