The Kove eating up Arizona single track

The Kove 450 Rally in it’s natural habitat; rocky, hilly, gnarly single track! NOT! But it can certainly handle the tight stuff well. In this Adventure, I head to Red Springs north of Nogales to check out the brand new, newly established, single track system. I only got to see a glimpse of what’s available out there as luckily, I ran into the guys responsible for making the system; Trail Riders of Southern Arizona. They gave me pointers as to what trail to stick to as some of the area is very technical. Thanks guys! Beautiful area and awesome single track!! I’ll be back! Come along on this first trip to put the Kove through its paces.

[@clumzer1]

I like the graphics

[@brianmorse8811]

I'm running my 450 husqvarna with Dunlap 606 dual sport tires out here in AZ. if I see you I'll show you my build. happy trails bro.🏜

[@DirtByk]

If you’re out often, you’re bound to run into me! I’ve run the Tusk Dsports which are like the d606. It’s great in all but the sand which was why I hadn’t gone to the 606.

[@Motoboogers]

I just came to see if you crashed on the trail or not 😂. You made it 👍. I was on the Husky, and live in Tubac, so I ride that stuff often. That trash keeps building up, people are still moving through there, even though the border seems to be wide open. If we could get the people that put the water out there to pick up the damn empty bottles, that would be a good start 😡 Also, the cacti is called Ocotillo

[@DirtByk]

Local knowledge is golden! 🤘 You make a good point about the people who provide all the supplies.

[@BraapTales]

Looks fun and challenging, but not torturous, if you stay on the right areas. Great luck that you ran into the trail makers. I need to find something like that around here.

[@DirtByk]

Red Springs is probably one of the coolest single tracks I’ve seen in AZ.

[@joaocampos4160]

Nice setup, those lights at night must be great.

[@DirtByk]

Game changer!!!

[@SWTrailsAndWheels]

West TX and Southern NM has very similar awesome riding opportunities. Have fun and be safe!

[@DirtByk]

Is there actually riding in Texas?! I thought you had to know someone. Thanks for taking a moment to comment.

[@mikaelljungberg1019]

Thank you

[@DirtByk]

Very welcome

[@barryadams6424]

Another fantastic video! Keep up the great work! PS: Pulling the trigger on my KOVE in May. Love to link up and clean those trails with ya! (I'm one state over in Vegas) To answer your questions: 1) What do I think of AZ? - great! 2) What do I think of your riding - great! 3) What do I think of immigrants trashing the desert? - not cool.

[@DirtByk]

🤣 You’re too kind my friend! I can’t wait to hear how much you love your Kove. If we can plan a cleanup one day, you’ll be sure to hear about it. Thanks for taking a moment to comment! 🤙

[@davidbeeson-ik2ss]

The bike looks great. I noticed that you are running a Trail Tech Voyager. What wiring harness did you use? The universal harness will just give me the GPS, but I would like to have speed, RPM, Etc. But they do not have a harness for the Kove yet.

[@DirtByk]

The Voyager Pro uses separate leads for each sensor and is completely universal for any bike. The rpm lead wraps around the ignition wire, the water temp is measured on a little metal fin sensor that sticks in your radiator fins, the speedo is either a wire run off a magnet on the front wheel or gps speed. If you need clarification, Trail tech has great customer service.

[@user-kl1sw5ce2v]

In far north AZ here at UT border with my KOVE 450 Rally. Just got in some Pirelli Scorpion Rally race (the ones designed for DAKAR) tires looking forward to trying as fair bit of soft sand on some of the trails right by home and looking to get better traction along with long wear. Have mainly compact dirt, gravel, and sand around here. Not as tall lugs as the agressive dirt bike tires and they are designed for the larger/heavier Rally bikes. Are a 90/10% off/on road DOT tire that are R speed rated and same full load rating like the stock tires where most other common dirt tires are M speed rated and slightly less load rated. Really thought about either the Kenda Parker DT or Maxxis Maxxcross Desert IT but they are the much lower M speed rating with a lower load rating and only come in the taller 120/100-18 rear size (~1 to 1.5" taller). The Pirelli's should hold up better with the shorter lugs and are designed specifically for the Rally race bikes. Price is between the Kenda Parker DT and Maxxis Desert IT. What do you think of the 50 tooth rear versus the 51 tooth rear you have been running? I have a 51 tooth rear sprocket will be installing when switch over to the Pirelli Scorpion Rally tires to help slow that idle speed down some. Still stock exhaust right now but will be doing a custom FMF Q4 exhaust to open it up a bit soon.

[@DirtByk]

I think the Pirelli would be a great choice. I’ve never run that type of tire so I have no experience. I’ve also just stuck to a dirt tire for my dual sports. Please let me know how the Scorpion holds up and the sand characteristics. I’ve been up to St. George a handful of times and have ridden that AZ strip area. Awesome riding you have at your fingertips! I agree the bike needed taller gearing than the stock 49 for rock crawling. The 51 is a good option. It reduces the comfortable cruising speed from 75 to around 65 but dramatically improves the trail riding. Putting a 50T on was trying to split the middle. I haven’t done any highway with the 50 yet so can’t comment on cruising speed but on the single track it was still much better than the 49. Thanks for taking the time to reach out!

[@jean-patktm9243]

Hello, I'm watching your videos from France, it's true that all this waste spoils the landscape but what to do ? We live in a time where there is less and less respect. Concerning the sound of your video, I find it quite correct. The delivery of my future Kove is delayed following the floods that took place in China recently, and I'm getting impatient !!! So in the meantime, I'm watching your videos and those of your friends who own Kove. Good ride...

[@DirtByk]

Thanks, man!! Hopefully you get yours soon! You’ll love it!

[@colinbowman8816]

That exhaust hanging off the side would probably last me a max of 6 rides before I break the mounting points off the frame.. Like I did to my T7 😂 Its awfully exposed for a dual sport.

[@DirtByk]

The times I’ve been down, I’ve luckily had the rack and some saddlebags that took the brunt of the fall. It can certainly happen!

[@mikaelljungberg1019]

How does The kove comperes to other bikes that you have ridden.?have you hade any problems with it? How many miles have you put on it?

[@DirtByk]

Check out some of my other content. I have a ton on the Kove. Overall the Kove is the bike I’ve been on a mission to find for over 15 years. The perfect light adv bike. I’m a dirt biker and the Kove spans the gap between enduro and light adv better than anything on the market. There’s been a few issues but nothing deal breaker.

[@GunnysGreatAdventures]

What tower are you using?

[@DirtByk]

I’m using the uncle Wang’s shop aluminum tower.

[@Total_Chaos244]

( Dunlop D606 ) man the best tyre's you can get for this beast.

[@DirtByk]

I just don’t like the 606 in sand. Do you not mind the Dunlop characteristics of the dunlop??

[@Total_Chaos244]

@@DirtByk didn't get you? 🧐

[@DirtByk]

@@Total_Chaos244 are the riding characteristics of the 606 acceptable in the sand for you? Or do you not ride much sand? Here in AZ, there is a lot of sand and the d606 isn’t great.

[@Total_Chaos244]

@@DirtByk yes it does, the tyre's usually does well but during long highway runs and scenario's such as ( Immediately pulling on brakes because something came all of the sudden on the road) I won't trust these tyre's to do all the work but these do well if your just doing little stretches of highway to reach your trails the dirt performance man you would love me for recommending it to you just that one down side that's all..... Man it's your call but these are good tyre's plus they come with 6 years of warranty and these wear also very less so good for the pocket 👍...... P. S The roads these tyre's usually face are rural indian roads since im out for adventure 🎒🎒

[@ogasi1798]

the lugs on your tyre are simply too big for tarmac, soft tyres are over rated if you ask me - i use metzeler mc360 mid hard as they last on road and will not get you stuck anywhere so long as you can ride a bike, i live in England and ride in wet deep stuff all the time either here or Wales, lots of rock and tarmac too and really enjoy the tyres - get 2-3k miles out of them easy

[@DirtByk]

Nice! The m5b evo is a soft terrain tire so that means the compound is hard (so knobs don’t flex in sand/mud) but yes they are large lugs for the road. I’ve typically always run straight dirt tires on my dual sport bikes. However the kove is a bit heavier.

[@vplph]

did a little research on your identification plate being upside down... the rules in europe say the number plate needs to be readable and horizontal .... but nothing about upside down :-)

[@DirtByk]

It got ripped off so those top holes aren’t an option! Good to know in Europe I’d be okay 😂

[@vplph]

@@DirtByk the TET is waiting for your wheels.

[@jnew3755]

Less f bombs please. My 11 year old loves single track but not the potty talk

[@DirtByk]

I’m so sorry!! I will do my best! Unfortunately, my daily world is filled with a bunch of potty mothers and I know that’s no excuse but sometimes it just slips as a lot of these motovlogs are stream of consciousness. But I will do better!

[@ERUtheWINDRIDER]

Why are you complaining so much about migrants? I thought you still have your guns there in US of A. Oh and regarding the tires, you may try Mitas E12 & 13, I really like your bike.

[@DirtByk]

Because our country is being invaded. Do you lock your doors at your house?? Or can anyone come in and post up in your living room, eat from your frig and then destroy and trash your house? I think you’d be pretty pissed.

[@ERUtheWINDRIDER]

I fully agree with you, hence asking about guns also a little bit jealous (here over the pond they took our guns and rights and freedom long time age).