The Six Forests Adventure. A 700km offroad adventure on the original adventure bike, a BMW R80G/S PD

[@Kickaha83]

Awesome to see someone using a GS like that

[@oldGSguy]

Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@jethrowingnut13]

Nice ride, enjoyed it thoroughly. Well put together. Great riding on a great old bike. 👍👍New sub here. Gunna check out your guineacore vid next.

[@oldGSguy]

I'm glad you liked it, it was a fun adventure.

[@TLE1977A]

My grandfather owned a bike exactly like that when it was brand new. He lived near Eden 12 miles up a firetrail on the Tawomba river. Its what gave me the adventure bike bug i think! I used ro sit and draw that bike as a kid, back in the days of the Paris Dakar I loved it!

[@oldGSguy]

Amazing, that would have been such a great bike for that. What bike are you riding now?

[@TLE1977A]

@@oldGSguy I'm on a 2019 CRF1000L.

[@oldGSguy]

@@TLE1977A Excellent, a great looking bike for sure. Got any of those r80g/s drawings still?

[@TLE1977A]

@@oldGSguy I probably do somewhere packed away maybe. Moved a fair few times since the mid 80s haha

[@oldGSguy]

@@TLE1977A I’d love to see them! Might make a good tshirt!

[@amigojefe7708]

Nothing like seeing a GS living up to its name

[@oldGSguy]

Thanks, its great to get out on the old GS and see what it can do. I’m pretty sure I’m not even close to the limits.

[@amigojefe7708]

@@oldGSguy Certainly pushing if further than others. My 1200GS has the ability but I to the closest thing I have to the R80GS - my worked Urban GS. Look forward to further videos

[@oldGSguy]

@@amigojefe7708 I do really like the Urban GS, I'd love to get one and adventurise it one day.

[@balkos450]

Great vid Mark enjoyed it from start to finish. You still ride like a weapon even on that old BMW. The only disappointing bit was you didn't eat the mushroom lol Cheers Nugget

[@oldGSguy]

Hey Nugget, I've been stalking your ADV stuff, looks like you're having a ball! I was so tempted on those mushrooms but either way it wasn't going to help my riding. Hope to catch up one day.

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

OH, that is so funny. I was thinking he would smoke it and then do the best craziest riding anyone has ever done and attempt to jump a great ravine or canyon... with no parachute. 🤣🤣 Never tried any of those mind altering plants or drugs. Could you imagine if I did???? 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

[@oldGSguy]

@@JohnSmith-uy7sv If you got to know @balkos450 you might think he had a solid mushroom habit! 😁

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

@@oldGSguy 🤣🤣🤣🤣He talks to normal to have done that. I like to joke about things like that too, but would never ever touch that stuff no matter what. What some people will do to have fun, I did with a motorcycle or as a forest ranger / firefighter for 21 years in south florida mostly on a bulldozer. Adrenaline is the drug of choice. for me always. 🤪🤪🤪🤪

[@Motorcycleloverpr]

Great video and amazing bike! Thank you for sharing your adventures with us.

[@beejoutbush3322]

Awesome mate

[@oldGSguy]

Cheers, glad you enjoyed it.

[@ozadv]

Enjoyed the vid thanks and quite inspirational to go explore those state forests.. solo riding is always enjoyable for me too but you need to know the limits and in my case that's me! 😂

[@oldGSguy]

Haha, the rider is the limit 99% of the time. I always laugh when I worry about a section, check it all out, get psyched up for it and then ride straight up. Of course, thats way better than not making it 😀. I love to ride with my mates but solo is fun too. Its a different, more intense adventure when you are the only person who will determine if you make it out.

[@raratate]

Excellent video, loved it

[@oldGSguy]

Excellent. Thanks for watching

[@stephenclark6832]

Awesome video. You need to do more with the G/S. There is a dedicated audience out here I'm sure

[@oldGSguy]

Glad you loved the video. It's a fun bike to ride and I like the challenge of riding it off road so I've just got to collect the footage from rides and get way better at editing in a quarter of the time ;)

[@stephenclark6832]

@@oldGSguy Yes, I have an R80 G/S too & an R100GS sidecar. Love that sort of riding & use them both for that. Just photos from my ride reports though. No skills at all with video. And I love the videos I've seen of the access you guys get to the Aussie bush & Forests.

[@oldGSguy]

@@stephenclark6832 nice collection! I’ve got a r100gs as well but it hasn’t seen a lot of action yet. I believe we are fortunate to have such good access to the forests so close to where we live.

[@yamii2828]

Great vid, this will give a lot of people confidence to explore these areas on their adventure bikes

[@oldGSguy]

Thanks, glad you liked it. There’s a lot of places to explore out there!

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

Or give them false hope that they can be as good as he is and then end up in the hospital if they are lucky. They will think, Hey, that looks easy enough, and it is not. He makes it look that way. experience is the test of time. 😁😁😍😍

[@oldGSguy]

@@JohnSmith-uy7sv Well it always looks easy while things are going to plan 😀. There are lots of options, I'm sure everyone could find something that suits them.

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

@@oldGSguy Your experienced and you make it look easier. When I was a young teenager of 15... 51 years ago.... duh, I started out on "hill climbs" a 10 minute or less ride on my 73, honda CL100 through the field where everyone did motocross or hill climbing on on 100 + year old coal mine shaft dumps.. slate dumps. It was really great fun and practice and dangerous. I loved it. My bike was not really a hill climbing bike, but it served a purpose as many of us had street and trail bikes, not strictly road bikes. Thanks for the great adventure video and soft to no music. It's enjoyable and relaxing to watch. I miss that kind of riding and it does not exist in Florida anywhere. Colorado would be perfect with all the mountains. The problems of being an adrenaline junky. It never leaves you. I'll be in an old age home doing crazy stunts in my wheelchair one day, if I live to see it. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Thanks again.

[@oldGSguy]

@@JohnSmith-uy7sv Thanks very much. It sounds like the old days in the fields were pretty rad. I spent a lot of time on a 1970 SL70, my first bike and I loved it. Hard to go wrong on a bike.

[@robpinter5431]

The BMW is more reliable than the 701 for sure....I love mine 11/1980 R80g/s kitted out for adventure travel but also my main trail bike.

[@oldGSguy]

Excellent, they are a great bike for sure but they do have their limitations when things get super tough.

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

How many state forest do you have? Wow. They do lots of "clear cutting". For a state forest that is not advisable. I had never ridden nothing but single tracks in america. I generally hate "voice over" videos, but... you had faint engine and natural sounds. It was bearable. 🙂 But I really loved all the single track riding. That is what it should be all about. Not on vehicle trails. That is too easy. Is that a signature gas tank??? 😂 I thought you were going to show hitting the Kangaroo or did it attack you. I have ridden all my life by myself. I would always worry about what the other riders were thinking or where they wanted to do or stop. Always concerned about everyone else trying to read their minds. It is 7:30 Sunday morning here in Okeechobee Florida USA, we are under a severe weather and tornado warning and high winds. Summer time in South Florida. Australia is so gigantic. If I was not so old and crippled in my back, it would have been nice to ride this with you. I am a follower.. not a leader. Unless... it is a forest fire. Retired from it on bulldozers. Thanks for the nice calming video. 🙂

[@oldGSguy]

Thanks for the feedback. Personally I love watching the pine forest single track with just the motor sound but it drives my wife insane! I'm all about the single track if I can find it but on that bike solo I need to be a bit more careful about the tracks I head down. The tank has Gaston Rahier's signature on it, he won the 1984 Dakar and the tanks came out with his signature on it. We have many, many forests to choose from. Nice to connect with you.

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

@@oldGSguy I always love the engine and natural sounds. This is my second video for me. No music is the best. Everyone is making MTV music videos. I hate them. I never listen to music when riding and rarely at home. I'm strange. 🙄🙄🤪🤪 Your videos are relaxing and no clickbait titles. That would be a heavy bike to flip and turn around if you had to change direction. I loved the forest riding. You never know when a tree will jump out in front of you. 😁 thanks again.

[@Jonhenrysneip]

I like your driving on single tracks. Is it legal and safe too spend the night in tent in these woods you drove?

[@oldGSguy]

@@Jonhenrysneip yes, there are plenty of great places to camp out there. Safe too, no animals that will eat you.

[@oldGSguy]

@@JohnSmith-uy7sv yes, it’s a tough bike to turn around sometimes. Those trees in the single track sometimes jump out at you regardless of the bike you on 😀

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

The Kangaroo died??? Wow.

[@oldGSguy]

There’s a lot of weight behind a 1200gs!

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

@@oldGSguy So that is a yes.. it died? Could you legally eat it for lunch?? would probably taste like chicken. Should not let it go to waste. 🙂 but I'm a vegan. A vegan kangaroo. 🙂 Thanks.

[@oldGSguy]

​@@JohnSmith-uy7sv You could eat it, I think it would be legal. A lot of Kangaroos end up dead by the side of the road.

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

@@oldGSguy I wonder if they taste like chicken. Like everything else. Even an alligator's tail. Maybe a crocs tail too. 😂

[@oldGSguy]

@@JohnSmith-uy7sv its a bit like beef with a stronger flavour

[@garyhoward4064]

Is it the 80 engine or is it the 100?

[@pugsleyoid1]

GO WOOLEY!

[@oldGSguy]

😀😀😀 🍺