Kove rally 450 long term update, 1 year review

[@michaelbeeman4151]

Dam. this is a real review. wow. great job from someone who is really using this bike hard.

[@MrMickjbriggs]

Many thanks for taking the time to make this video.

[@izmesamsung2581]

Please do a next oil test and see where it's at now? Oh, and tell us what oil you use, obviously.

[@mertkaptan3849]

I think Kove should make an enduro version of the same bike

[@randomOAS7]

You've ridden that thing hard!

[@EustacheFitzgerald]

Great content, as always! Just a quick off-topic question: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). Could you explain how to move them to Binance?

[@robynair123]

Hey man how did you attach the tablet to the Kove ? Tks Rob

[@TMBchopshop]

@@robynair123 I designed and 3d printed my own mount and use a cut up inter tube as a sort of bungee that attaches at the corners and wraps around the tower.

[@pitchwife7573]

how does it fair with highway speeds? must feel a bit sketchy since it's so light?

[@TMBchopshop]

@@pitchwife7573 it’ll cruise comfortably at 70mph even geared slightly lower (52t rear sprocket vs stock 49). I’ve done 80 for 2 hours straight once. It’s not nervous or sketchy at all at those speeds.

[@pitchwife7573]

@@TMBchopshop for what it's worth, i would really love to see that! i bet if you did a video on the subject it would be well received, we're digging your style after all :)

[@B-Railed_It]

If you don't already, next time before you change your oil, take it out and get the oil as hot as possible by riding it like a maniac, bounce off the rev limiter a few times as you go up and down through the gear box. Then drop the oil as quick as possible so the particles don't have a chance to settle out. There are a lot of surfaces, especially in the top end, that the particles will settle on to, if you don't churn it up real good before you drain the oil. I would do that a couple of times and then send it out to the lab.

[@TMBchopshop]

@@B-Railed_It yep that’s the usual method. Unfortunately on this bike the exhaust has to be removed to get to the oil filter and mesh screen. I usually pull the main drain plug first then let it cool down to remove the exhaust.

[@natethenomad1627]

Man fantastic real world review and great detailed shots of the weak points and trail damage 💪 Love the oil analysis at the end of the video man 🎉 Have you done another oil change and analysis since this video dropped earlier this year? Thaaaaanks for this video and this machine is definitely on the top of my list for my next ADV machine braaaaap braaaaaaaap 🛵💨🔥🥳🕺🌌🫠❤️‍🔥🌠🧿🪽

[@TMBchopshop]

@@natethenomad1627 I haven’t done another oil change yet. I’m building a new race exhaust now and will make a video soon.

[@mfthedronepoet9745]

You really have beaten it up, good to know it has taken the beating well. You have that jerk or flat spot many of us have below 4000rpm? Asking because I don't know how you ride that technical stuff with that issue or you pretty good with that clutch....

[@TMBchopshop]

It’s not smooth at all anywhere under 5k rpm. I usually keep the rpm around 5-6k and slip the hell out of the clutch. Somehow the clutch has held up. I should have measured the stack height when new but forgot. Once I do a “race” exhaust and a tune I may advance the cam timing to try to improve bottom end power to help my riding style.

[@mfthedronepoet9745]

@@TMBchopshop 👍🏻

[@tomarcher7520]

Holy shit! I think the question is more how have you held up with the kind of riding you're doing!

[@TMBchopshop]

@@tomarcher7520 I’ve been pretty lucky to not get hurt. The fastest crash I had was at around 55mph and the rear came out. I used all the steering angle I had but it kept coming around until I was backwards. Never came off the bike. Knee guards saved me that day.

[@borys609]

What material are your front luggage mounts made of? I sent you an email message but never got any reply..

[@TMBchopshop]

@@borys609 sorry. I have found that a lot of the emails are going into my spam folder. The turned pieces are 6061 aluminum hard anodized and the flat parts are 5052 aluminum hard anodized.

[@kenkl5204]

Great review. Tough on that thing. Where you located?

[@TMBchopshop]

@@kenkl5204 I’m in Tennessee. I ride where the red bull Tennessee knockout hard enduro takes place.

[@retrothruster2539]

@@TMBchopshop Fellow Tennesseean here (Soddy Daisy), I've been to Sequatchie as a spectator for the knockout, very cool. Thinking about picking up the 450, wish there was a dealer close... Great video!

[@TMBchopshop]

@ you can come test ride mine. I think the closest dealer is in Cleveland. I grew up in Lakesite.

[@retrothruster2539]

@@TMBchopshop LOL, me too, I'm 54 so quite a bit older than you, I deliver mail there, small world

[@blackiesmisadventures3413]

I know off road bikes get damaged it’s part of the cause but Omg do you actually take care of your ride ! That wouldn’t pass an Mot in the UK 🇬🇧

[@TMBchopshop]

@@blackiesmisadventures3413 what in particular wouldn’t pass? Just curious.

[@MIGUELANGELARAYBEDOYA]

As you says this kind of terrain is not for a rally bike, you should try a 300 2stroke. Having said this, your rear tire is dead.

[@TMBchopshop]

Yep, but I like riding on the road to and from the trails. I’m building an electric trials style bike for the really rough stuff.

[@vgstb]

@@TMBchopshop Can you do a video on the build?

[@dionomad1]

So nothing wrong with the fuel pump just the fuse?

[@TMBchopshop]

@@dionomad1 fuse wasn’t initially blown when the pump quit, that’s the first thing I checked. Later it was blown but it controls more than just the pump. If I remember correctly it also powers the radiator fans.

[@1long]

​@@TMBchopshop so what is the real problem?

[@OriginalUsername9000]

Is the knockoff steering damper any good?

[@TMBchopshop]

@@OriginalUsername9000 it works fine and is very adjustable, but the stud mounted to the frame has some play in it. I’d estimate the first 5 degrees of steering angle have no resistance since there is so much slop. That can be fixed but I have never cared enough to do it.

[@bpatinas1578]

Synopsis: No mention of reliability either - good or bad…. Only mentions (fuel guage highly inaccurate and fuel caps don’t vent properly) Just talks about what he did crashing it in off-road environments and admits the bike is made for sand. Fast forward to end of video for blackstone labs oil review as he changed the oil at 2400 miles.

[@TMBchopshop]

@@bpatinas1578 guess you missed the part about the fuel pump quitting.

[@MickH60]

There is plenty of long term reviews...

[@MickH60]

@@TMBchopshop Where the fuel pump is located you could have possibly , looking at the lower damage, have bashed it on a rock or something....

[@usuariouser224]

Its. Not for hard enduro😅

[@jonwoodworker]

Glad you clarified the Kove Clown Bike isn't meant for this type of trail riding, which is 99% of east coast terrain. There are way better options for what you want to do.

[@TMBchopshop]

@@jonwoodworker better options for road use also? I’ve done several multi day trips on this bike.

[@MickH60]

Why do you go round all these reviews making stupid comments ? Grow up mate...

[@jonwoodworker]

@@MickH60 Stupid. It is absolute fact that the Kove 450 is NOT build or meant for east coast woods riding. There are no desserts east of Colorado. The bike works OK in the open but is stupid to ride in the woods. FACT!