CROSSING the SIMPSON DESERT Part 1

Hey all, here's part 1 of our Simo crossing from Gold Coast to Innamincka with a sneak peak of next episode at the end of the vid, enjoy.

[@gaurangbarot625]

You are a legend! I got bike but do short trips. I will do this one in my car

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

Thanks mate. It’s a great trip you’ll love it👍

[@robpinter5431]

So who is itching for a ride after this video?...Great video lads....waiting for the next one.

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

Thanks Rob appreciate it mate, next one won’t be too long👍

[@juderyan1284]

Yeah man, absolutely 💯

[@stevetheaxe]

Just found your channel. Love it. And gday from southern NSW where its bloody freezing. Still riding and loving it but.

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

Hey Steve, glad your enjoying the channel man. Yeah I imagine it would be cold as all buggery down there this time of year, good to hear your still riding though. Cheers Curtis👍

[@stevetheaxe]

@@anotherguyonabike4726 Cheers Curtis. I just watched your rocky river one just before. Man thats amazing country up there. I remember my wife and i joking about Woodenbong as we rode through. I tbink we even stopped in for a beer there. Looking forward to making our annual pilgrimage up to Qld in September. Such beautiful riding, though our mt07s obviously dont see the places you do. That vid looked hard going, the 3 of you pushing each bike tbrough tbe mud. Not one if yas stopped smiling though. Good mates youve got.

[@seanb1081]

Good on you for having another crack at crossing the Simpson looks like one hell of an adventure ! If was 20 years younger, I’d be doing it myself the only thing I ask, is it would be great if you could show a map pop-up occasionally to show just where you are on your great adventures. 👍🏽

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

Too easy Sean I’ll try and edit a map into future videos for everyone to see. Certainly an awesome adventure mate, thanks for watching👍

[@seanb1081]

@@anotherguyonabike4726 Ride on Bro!

[@HOMESTEAD_AUS]

Good to see you out there having another crack mate 👍

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

Thanks mate couldn’t leave it unfinished😉

[@budget-adventure]

Awesome mate glad to see you trying it again. As a truck is myself I’m torn, out there where it’s only single lane tar most would say get off the road and let the truck have the tar so no rocks or dust are being thrown up. But the witches hat and colvert washed out didn’t give you many places to go. It sounds like he didn’t handle the situation well, but it’s one of those accidents that’s going to happen in the worst spot. Can’t wait for pt 2

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

Yeah mate I agree with you. My old man has been in interstate driver for 30+ years and I used to work in a depot so I totally understand how hard it can be stopping or moving a Mc vehicle fully loaded. I was trying to stop and give way however by time I saw him plus trying to stop our bikes with there weight just didn’t leave much room. We weren’t blaming him by any means i think he just felt as if he had to defend himself as a driver, which I do understand. Part 2 is on way mate🤙

[@niahvail8506]

Awesome Trip Kurt glad there was no injuries from truck incident, look forward to see the rest of your Adventure 🤙

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

Yeah was very lucky, thanks for watching man appreciate it🤙

[@user-zz8hm9dv6e]

Close call with that truck. So glad nobody got hurt and it didn't spoil your trip.

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

Thanks dad still had a great adventure🙌

[@harbour_explore]

Epic man what a bloody adventure!! Dodging emus and trucks😎 and that sunset at camp was a ripper. Awesome vid man!

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

Thanks brother, the sunsets and sunrises out there make the ones back home look like trash😂such a beautiful place👌

[@harbour_explore]

@@anotherguyonabike4726 haha looks like it too😂🔥

[@NotShookADV]

Glad you boys are all alright after that crash. Looking forward to the next episodes.

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

Yeah definitely could have been worse, thanks mate appreciate it🤙

[@MrSTAdventures]

Bloody hell, she was wedged in there well mate. So lucky that no one was injured. As always looking forward to the rest of this series. 👍🏻

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

Yeah mate just a few broken plastics thankfully it wasn’t worse, cheers for watching Shane👍

[@TwoTubesADV]

Great start to the videos mate. Close shave with that truck but all good fortunately. Looking forward to the next instalment 👍

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

Certainly was a close one mate, cheers for watching👍

[@HelloMotoAUS]

I think Jake won because of his superior slow race skills

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

Hahahaha my favourite jake part is yet to come”hellomotoaus”😉

[@muzzkeg8172]

Lucky escape for your mates. A older guy gave me some advice when I started driving. Never follow your friends closely as you are off guard and will likely hit them if there is some issue. I see you have one of the budget phone mirror units on your bike. How do you find it and does it tax your phone battery much as it talks for day?

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

Yeah mate unfortunately the boys we a bit too close behind me lesson learnt I’d say. It actually isn’t too bad with the battery I also have it plugged into the usb so it doesn’t drain it, the mount did break on the harsh corrugated roads though.

[@sausagesandwichSA]

Quite incredible how those bikes ended up...glad the trip continued.

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

Yeah mate glad we got to press on as well👍

[@mj_aussie_coaster_travels8310]

Just as incredible no one was hurt. Dude must have got a real close look at that rear wheel as he went down.

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

@@mj_aussie_coaster_travels8310 haha yeah I think your right mate.

[@in2ADV]

Enjoyed the video mate! Stay upright 🙂

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

Thanks mate appreciate it👍

[@adventureswithham2223]

That’ll learn em for following each other to close

[@nathan7880drz]

Hey dude another brilliant video awesome

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

Thanks mate appreciate it🤙

[@nathan7880drz]

@@anotherguyonabike4726 great channel allways motivational and love the content allways get my drz out after whatching your episodes 👍

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

@@nathan7880drz that’s the go mate, glad it inspires you to go riding👍

[@pbrady25]

Nice one, hey you are missing the o ring on your oil filter.

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

Thanks man, do you mean the one inside the oil filter cover?

[@pbrady25]

@@anotherguyonabike4726 no it goe on the little stub that the filter locates on

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

@@pbrady25 ah Roger that iv never had one come with a filter nd the bike has never had one either. It’s an ex police bike that was serviced properly but maybe they forgot to put it back on and I never noticed.

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

@@pbrady25 yeah gotcha just found it in the manual I’ll order one appreciate it mate👍

[@benjohnson7170]

Yew,adventure time.. Giddyup.

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

🤙

[@anthonya7066]

Hopefully future instalments in this series goes smoothly without any drops, crashes or breakdowns and the three of you get to complete the adventure.

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

Can’t promise no drops haha, thanks for watching mate👍

[@WestCoastADV]

Time to hit up cardo for a sponsor ship for you and your mates ;) communication is a game changer for adventure rides :)

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

Yeah we did have some cheapy ones we used but they didn’t pair all of us simultaneously, cardo would be fantastic haha. Thanks for watching Ian👍

[@MidCoastAdventures]

Good one Curt! Massive trip, and a great first Ep. If it isn't over-sized 4wd's driven by kids in the bush, it's inconsiderate blue singlet wearing bogans in trucks on the asphalt 🤬🤬 Glad you all fine! Cheers for the upload! 😎👍

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

Absolutely mate we don’t take up much space but at least he stopped I guess. Thanks for watching Phil👍

[@claytonbyers8899]

Inconsiderate blue singlet wearing bogans in trucks .....??? Have you ever had to put a left wheel on the dirt , or pull a truck up in a hurry @MidCoastAdventures? I think not. How about you put your brain into gear before your keyboard. Congratulations, you just lost a subscriber...wanker. Curt, great vid. Glad nobody was hurt. Keep up the good work 😎👍

[@claytonbyers8899]

Inconsiderate blue singlet wearing bogans in trucks....? Have you ever put a left wheel onto the dirt, or had to pull a truck up in a hurry? I think not! How about you put your brain into gear before your keyboard @MidCoastAdventures. Congratulations, you just lost a subscriber. Curt,great vid. Glad nobody was hurt. Keep up the good work 😎👍

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

@@claytonbyers8899 yeah mate definitely got out of it lucky. Thanks for watching Clayton appreciate it👍

[@angelogmuller]

hi mate, just curios of what gearing you guys running on the DRZ's for this sorta trip? cheers

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

Hey Angelo, Jake and I pretty much ran the same gearing 14/41 and 14-42. I did previously have 15-44 on but I was taking a spare 14 front so I switched the rear to a 41 as 14-41 and 15-44 are the same gearing👍

[@mj_aussie_coaster_travels8310]

Great video, did I hear you mention rhinowalk luggage? What’s that stuff like? Seen it on Amazon and it looks pretty well priced. I’m looking for a small set for my xtx so I can do some multi-day trips without wearing a backpack.

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

Thanks mate appreciate it. Honestly I rate them, like anything if your rough with them they could break or tear but for the price they’re hard to beat. Here’s a review I done of my experience using them mate👌 kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4WlkH2Ap5qLas0si=MSHoLknKd4PMJSNK

[@mj_aussie_coaster_travels8310]

@@anotherguyonabike4726 thanks I’ll check it out.

[@gonegliding2966]

Good vid. It's magic country out there. 2 tips for you - trucks cant maneuver that well so move over for them and dont ride so close together. It's a bloody long way from anywhere.

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

Yeah we did move over which was why we were on the side of the road. Fully loaded bikes on dirt don’t stop as fast as we would have liked unfortunately and we are considerate of trucks having driven them myself I understand there position was just a shit area for all of us at once. Yeah definitely a magic place out there, thanks for watching mate👍

[@warlord14ful]

Nice

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

Thanks kai

[@juanjuan-xw9mp]

Son buenísimos tus videos, podrías poner subtitulos en español? 😅, saludos desde el sur de chile 🤘😝🤘🇨🇱🍻

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

Thanks mate, I’ll see if I can a them next video👍

[@agro1942]

Saw the video in my feed and it was an INSTANT "play". Random question but how many km's on your DRZ? I'm looking at one I can get pretty cheap from a relative but it has 24,000kms - too many? 2018 model.

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

Thanks mate I’m glad you’re enjoying the vids. My drz has just clicked over 36000 kms man I got it with 8000. I don’t think 24000 is that bad as long as it’s been serviced regularly for example Jake in this vid bought his at 27000. I will say this though I am going to need a top end rebuild soon my bike has done some hard kays in the last 8 months.

[@agro1942]

@@anotherguyonabike4726 haha ok legend. Yeah I wonder how you know when the top end needs to be done - are there noises?

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

@@agro1942 Well my bikes burning a lot of oil which usually means rings are shot and if the rings need replacing I’d bet the piston will most likely need replacing too. It’ll still ride fine for ages but I’d rather have it done so I can trust it in the more remote areas man.

[@vindiesel5466]

Any tips on tyre changes, i can never get the tyre to sit evenly on the rim. There is always one section of tyre that doesnt sit concentrically on the rim, creating a bump when the wheel rotates

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

Hey mate iv had this exact drama several times. I used to run the Pirelli mt21 on the front loved it but could never get the bead to seat properly even blowing it up to 100psi. Sometimes it would pop in but then fall back in the rim valley as I reduced the pressure again. When I read reviews on the motoz it seemed quite a few people had the same problem with the mt21 and after switch to a different tire the problem went away. Sorry long winded answer id consider changing the tire when you can there are plenty of great tires on the market now the motoz desert ht solves the problem for me👌

[@vindiesel5466]

@@anotherguyonabike4726 Thanks mate, but had the same problem with the pirelli rally scorpion a few weeks ago

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

@@vindiesel5466 ah bummer what a pain in the ass😣

[@johnhawke3131]

Try using plenty of bead cream right around the tyre or maybe dishwashing liquid mixed with water in a spray bottle.

[@cliff1551]

9:02 weres tetsout island mate .

[@anotherguyonabike4726]

I dont know what that means mate