Great Northern Adventure - Part 9 | The Hay River Track

Day 15 is a big one... sand, sand and more sand. Absolutely spectacular and hard work. The Hay River track is well worth doing. The red sand, colourful flowers and isolation is amazing.
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[@mototrailz]

I can honestly say Nerb is an amazing rider. Riding a T7 in the soft sand fully loaded with water, fuel & camping gear it is quite a workout. All that while getting some dope drone footage 🔥💪

[@TheHornetRider1]

Amazing!

[@Nerb1]

Ha! Youre too kind.

[@nickcruth8214]

Does a great job. Im sure Nerb will attest. Mark is something else on a bike. Hang with nuts on superbikes in Snowies. On a 85hp Honda Cross runner...

[@TLE1977A]

@@nickcruth8214 crossrunners go pretty well for what they are.

[@Tomdogful]

Really enjoyed coming along with you Nerb. Great fuel consumption, wouldn’t have got that on the 1190 LOL. I passed through the Madigan line 9 days behind you (trusty Jimney) and coincidentally travelled with Daryl and his boys. Must have done a few back to back. Will PM you 👌

[@tonyrdr7207]

Great vid as usual very entertaining 😅. You showed us quite a bit of this lesser used track. Thanks

[@paul.vanhout57]

Stunning but challenging route with those prolonged sandy sections. Very impressed with the riding and filming👍

[@billcotton1551]

Loving the series Nerb! Big Red in the dark!

[@TheHornetRider1]

Seeing you crash a bit made me glad I went around!😎One day I'll get a smaller bike😉

[@mototrailz]

This was quite a work out Mark for sure. AT fully loaded in this soft sand would have been crazy.

[@bastientreptel5615]

Epic video, drone + music 10/10! Riding footage on point. Well done boys, big trip.

[@Nerb1]

You better be on the next one!

[@TrippyandDa]

Wow 🤩 great riding 👌🏻 I see everyone focusing on the Simpson crossing but Hay River looks epic. You make sand riding on a loaded T7 look easy 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 (Until the the little siesta x3🤣 however I’d be down every few hundred metres) Also that drone footage combined with the guitar track was incredible content man👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻 absolutely jaw dropping stuff❤

[@Nerb1]

Haha... you started your comment before you saw me dump it! Yeah, I love my drone. My second youtube money purchase! Well worth it.

[@TrippyandDa]

@@Nerb1 yeh had to edit my comment 3 times while still watching 🤣🤣

[@JustTex]

That hay river track looks spectacular . Not sure i agree with your views on riding with others but ,then again i've only done solo trips....haha nigel no friends over here.. haha. Cheers 4 sharing sir.

[@Nerb1]

The day something goes wrong you will wish you had friends! Its just a risk, is all.

[@JustTex]

@@Nerb1 Yeah you're probably right. Maybe more riders would be more of a risk of something going wrong but i guess you would have more to help. I don't know .

[@richardnelson1234]

@@JustTex I had 6 years riding solo over Oz. Proper prep, take the precautions and ride conservatively. 1 time I took a couple of days to walk out of the bush because I got my bike stuck (a mate would have helped) but so what? Just another "adventure" ride that I ended up with a story!

[@JustTex]

@@richardnelson1234 each to their own i guess, maybe when i get older the risk will be too much.

[@MidCoastAdventures]

Damn that Big Red / throttle slipping combo! Awesome video, had me glued the entire time. Cheers for the edit and upload of your adventures 😎👍

[@Nerb1]

Thank you. That really makes my day!

[@mountainconstructions]

Awesome

[@cliveparsons7674]

Amazing footage,especially the drone...wow...that looked so,so tiring.

[@baumie4618]

It definitely looked easier going then the 1190? I'm coming from road/trackbikes and want to get back into dirt adventuring. Thinking of the KTM 1090.....Thanks for your info on ya channel it's been entertaining and informative 👍🏼

[@wazza33racer]

Hay River track certainly isnt a road made by Len Beadell..........he was very well known to surveying and building straight sections on his projects in the outback. The Pilbara mountain range in WA is very rich in iron ore, if the winds blow in the right direction for long enough, weathered iron ore is going to make it across the desert.

[@cliff1551]

You no you said about truck going other way ,well look down there's same tracks as truck Infront of you 👍

[@cliff1551]

Making excuses coz too many goldies last night 😅👍

[@AusMoto]

Absolutely epic riding! Thanks for sharing, Nerb, adding this to the to-do list!

[@adv-moto-rider7216]

Great stuff enjoyed that great insight to the Hay river track thanks for sharing.

[@4bnewb969]

Great effort by all. Those drone shots showed your luggage bouncing all over the place, surprising you didn’t lose anything. Cheers

[@keithjob]

09:54 "He rides a 500 and overloads it to the shithouse." I think you just gave me a new tagline for my channel, thanks Nerb! 😂 Serious question, what did you use to patch the worn fuel line?

[@Nerb1]

From memory he just cut it off and stretched it to reach the connector again. I was carrying spart fuel line, but I gave it to oli the day before when he lost his tank vent pipe. Haha, love your videos. A 500 adventure bike is a true jigsaw puzzle. You'll find the solution one day!

[@cliff1551]

Big fckin mountain mate 👍

[@davidcauchi2837]

I enjoyed watching your travels, lots of skill, fun and adventure. David...Adelaide...Tiger 900Gt & Street Scrambler....

[@oic1968]

So crazy all that sand, you can also spin the grips when the heated grips melt the glue..😉 Yukon Canada in June. Weird my motoZ rear tire just won't wear out the front was destroyed after 16000km

[@Flip01]

Wow what a huge day of riding. Credit to you on such a big bike which was bouncing all over the place. That rear suspension needs some upgrades. Funny seeing Tom on the other side of the camera. Keep up the good work thanks for sharing your epic adventures👍🔥

[@phil6347]

Loved the Drone footage, what a beautiful country we have to travel in 😀😉 Your language wouldn't have been helping with the way the bike handled Great Job you blokes it's tough work for 6hours💪💪👏👏👏

[@MyRandomLife247]

Never mind found him!

[@mongreldogproductions]

Nerb, help a fellow Creator out...how did you do the graphic for the Madigan and Hat Track intersection???

[@Nerb1]

I use Davinci Resolve. Our fellow adv rider Thomas has a great video on it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5aweaFseJeXY9k

[@mongreldogproductions]

@@Nerb1 👍

[@mrcrankyank]

Huuuuuge day!

[@55Agro]

Keith is built like a jockey, so he can carry 20kg more crap than me!

[@rhys3697]

Hi mate, I’m building up a KTM 690 and interested in the fuel setup that the guy who had to abandon with the leaking radiator had with the Rade tank and the Safari tanks are you able to point me in a direction to contact him? Thanks.

[@Nerb1]

I just had a look through my emails, but I dont believe I have any contact for Paul. I have changed phones twice since that trip and I think we only contacted by text.

[@rhys3697]

@@Nerb1 thanks for that, I appreciate you taking the time to have a look, love the videos, they give me the extra push to keep getting out there 👍

[@6226superhurricane]

there's a track on the right hand side of that salt pan from poeppels corner to the qaa line that has lots of dips and jumps at the start then it goes out on the salt pan it's a fun track and saves you backtracking to the other side again.

[@Nerb1]

I have seen that track... usually Im enjoying the break from the sand and I thought it followed along the top of the dune. I'll check it out next time ;)

[@6226superhurricane]

it's mostly hard pack there's one really tight turn that catches you out but it has a good run off area where everyone overshoots it.

[@wobblysauce]

If enough people do the over shoot… it becomes the new track

[@advsquared]

What a great episode! I'm curious are you wearing something like wrist braces or is that the thumb loops from your protection gear?

[@Nerb1]

It is the thumb loops from the body armor. Thanks for watching ;)

[@wobblysauce]

That is quite a day trip… You have the drone settings dialled .

[@bobdrakeford5731]

Hey Nerb! I'm curious what the 2 yellow/orange lights lit up on your dash were. Bloody tough long day, your stamina was amazing under those conditions. Another great watch, I'm enjoying the videos very much. Thanks for sharing! 👍😁

[@Nerb1]

One was the engine check light because of my switch to cut off the abs. If I restart the bike with the switch still in the cut position, it throws that code. The other one is just the abs light to say its not working.

[@stefdundek8800]

Nerb, how does Silas compare to Craig? Does he make the grade? 😊💪 Great footage in the desert. Just love it. (Like Googs)

[@Nerb1]

Put it this way... If I had both Silas and Craig to back me up, I could ride this T7 to the top of everest. Two genuine tuff guys.

[@scottrat3537]

absolute work out by the looks of it, nice

[@toby7504]

That looked very hard. 🇳🇴☕

[@HardPackedADV]

Is it a GoPro thing? Static, mine has recently started doing this!

[@Nerb1]

I use a sony. I have a few connections, so I think one was loose. Its a real shame. Lost a lot of good footage and, of course, I didnt know until I got home.

[@wobblysauce]

Bit of music and voice over… can cover a lot of issues but sometimes you can only do so much of it

[@MotoSwagger]

What an awesome track... Really keen to know how the steering damper is going and if you think its been helpful in the sand?

[@Nerb1]

I think its a lot more helpful in rocky stuff... it was noticable. But sand tends to have a slow effect on steering, so I dont imagine it can do too much???

[@wobblysauce]

Each surface and a different optimal setting, then depends on rider preference.

[@Windsweptyetinteresting]

Nerb. Material on your Komine mesh gloves doesnt bunch up in the palm mate ?

[@Nerb1]

No. Never.

[@Windsweptyetinteresting]

@@Nerb1 cheers mate. Just ordered a pair online. They give a bit with luck.

[@MyRandomLife247]

Sick riding! Where's Mark?

[@TheHornetRider1]

I went around the top of the desert and met them back at Big Red. I had a sore shoulder, knew it would be tough and didn't want to slow the team down. A bit soft I know but I used my discretion to ensure I'd be ok for the remainder of the trip.

[@paul.vanhout57]

Thanks!