The Ultimate CRF300L Handlebar Setup!

[@BirdsEyePortugal]

Yo, get the Quadlock system with the vibration dampener. My phone's camera broke twice before buying the vibration dampener from Quadlock. Using the dampener for 4 months everyday and the phone never had a problem again!

[@2012theraven]

i added the zeta hand guards which are similar to the tusk with integrated signals and used the 12oclock labs running light adapter so i could use them as running lights. i also added a fixed rate flasher so the leds in the hand guards wouldn't hyperflash. for the rear i added the 12oclock labs integrated rear tail light. works great and removed the ugly stock signals front and back.

[@JohnDoe-gm5ux]

I didn’t think that bike was that easy to wheelie. You made it look easy

[@AdventureDaily]

It's all in the clutch!

[@THOTHvii]

I wish RM atv would update the dropdowns to show the 2024 crf300L.

[@ReconNoob12]

Loved the video! I think that I'm going to be picking up a pair of the chub bars in the CR High Bend for my 300L Rally. They look awesome! By chance, did you ever produce the video that you mention here at 5:48 in regards to threading the bar end?? Maybe my stock bar end inserts will still work but I'm very interested to see what you've come up with!

[@jessemacneil2723]

Amazing how bars change the whole look

[@upatreepete]

I put the 1 1/8” Chub bars on my CRF250l and like them, except for the hardware on the bar clamps. One rain and the bolts are rusting! I’m going to have to find some stainless replacements…

[@nickson6607]

For GPS, I use an old S8 without a sim card. GPS works fine. You just need to down load the offline maps.

[@austinbowman1567]

I second the quad lock with the vibration dampener I run that on my ktm 890 and have had no issues. In 4000 miles I’ve running cameras before with a ram mount just spend the money on the quad lock and use your good phone. I know for a fact 100+mph down gravel and my phone works flawlessly

[@kanemorley2816]

Did you drill your bars or grind off the raised section in the instrument clusters? Keep up the good content 👍🏼

[@Myjeep83]

I was wondering the same thing

[@timmychen6]

I drilled my Renthal, grinding off and using tape will slip I figure

[@garryanderson7585]

Love to see the braided hose upgrade . great channel keep it up!

[@kiwiadventurer]

I love the handle bar set up you created. Strong clean potentially good for those extra's. I will be fitting Oxford heated grips and my spare mount I have for my Tomtom I use on the AT. I reckon the bike would take a bigger hit with the top of the forks making more of a triangle with the handguards. Because of that the bars don't whip as much and absorb the vibration which concerns me with a throttle hand that's been wrecked once two often. Haven't made my mind up on that yet. I got the Rally 300 to go where the challenge is beyond the AT. Love your vids. its 18 months since you made this vid but no worries, I've been waiting for my 3hundy since January and its just arrived. It's going to be one heluva remote moto bike, "yeeha", bring it on. Pity they don't have the ktm style oil air filter system. I do rivers over here in NZ and water and paper don't mix. There are some good ideas out there for enlarging the snorkel and having oiled prefilter, am working on it. I'm starting to ramble, Keep the good work up my friend.

[@mecalpsha4473]

Suspension - like rear shock and fork springs. Looks like YSS and/or some others goin to get one and waiting for it to come in.

[@AngryPepper1964]

Man, thank you so very much for this video, its exactly what I was looking for. you`ve got a new sucscriber, and yes, it looks absolutley fantastic. 2 thumbs up!

[@downey318]

I'm loving how its starting to look. Needs a skid plate added as well

[@Propaganda66]

I’ve been running a Quadlock with the vibration dampener since March and after ~6000 miles I’ve had no problems with my phones camera. The only problem I’ve had is sometimes the GPS on my phone gets a little iffy so I’m definitely considering the Garmin Zumo for my 250 Rally.

[@Bruneello]

Didn't you have to mod the original switch blocks to remove the pin they have that slots in a hole drilled into the oem handlebar ?

[@joethompson9503]

That's the only reason I watched to see if he drilled the bars or cut the tabs

[@mt1885]

It is plastic take a Dremel and remove it - not needed (don't drill holes in the new bars).

[@kwit6697]

Wondering same thing here. Seems like it makes more sense to put a small hole in $20 bars rather than dremel off a piece of the OEM switch blocks...but every vid I have seen just shaves them off so who knows.

[@Bruneello]

@@kwit6697 I'm of the same opinion, however it's not an easy task to drill a very tightly curved surface like the one of an handlebar

[@franklinbiglow4942]

I like the setup but looks as thought they do not make them for the 300l anymore

[@dm-wherever]

You don't have to pay for an additional line for the phone you mount, just supply a wifi hotspot when you're riding.

[@matthewstuckey665]

Super clean man. Def going to consider this setup, Even tho im a shorter rider haha

[@mikebartoli4755]

Did you ever make a video on threading your bar ends? I'm going to use these same bars and want to see how you did it! If you respond, you got a subscriber!😉

[@morkys2410]

How tall are you? I am looking at bars. I am 5 foot 9.5 / 10" ish tall. Wondering if any of the cr high bends by tusk, renthal or pro taper would be ok or should I go with a lower height bar/riser setup. Main use of bike is off road, riding street only to get to off road.

[@yagersgarage8170]

Great video , good information for sure, thanks , seems like a nice setup .

[@SemiDad]

Great work!

[@jaydog7428]

Looks good..👍

[@christopherbrown1183]

Great motorcycle bro

[@aichaghany9638]

Adding tusk handguards n changing levers right now on my 2022 300l rally...thought i saw you riding in columbus couple weeks ago pulled up next to you on mine honked n waived but you pulled into gas station n i continued to my friends track,was trying to tell you follow me! Thought about the chubby bar or the renthal green one but dont think i can drill the holes right rhe first or second time..is rhat what you did or did you grind off those tabs in the controls?

[@cantley47]

Looks great 👍

[@matthewvincent885]

What are the adapters you are using for chub bar?

[@nickolaschandler7659]

sweet set up does the thicker bar still work with the stock throttle tube just thicker in the clamp area right then thins out

[@erezkop]

Sweet setup. What’s the torque on the 300 forks (zeta handguard mounts)? Thanks.

[@toddislandrider]

Being that you swapped forks on this bike you would probably know. Can you run the front brake set up from the Rally on the base model?

[@BryanODonoghue-li6ll]

How tall are you mate ? Just bought a 300l and I’m 6’2 and definitely need to do something with the bars as well.

[@AdventureDaily]

6'4" so I am in the same boat. This setup was money for me, check out the links in the description!

[@BSBBandFitness]

Do these bars have 7/8 ends? Or 1 1/8?

[@jimconradtee1684]

Did you have to drill holes on the bar for the controls? Or you did you flatten the small bumps on the controls?

[@benzinschnueffler187]

Is there a way to get that ugly brake line (or whatever the English word is) out of the way?

[@Adv.Wannabe]

If you had to pick 1 modern dual sport bike and that’s all you had what would it be? I have owned a CRF450L, XR650L, XT250 and ridden several more. But I’m currently doing all my riding on a Grom and Monkey. Going to keep those but I’m looking for a do it all bike. Don’t need to to be perfect at any particular thing. Just want it to do everything decently enough. Would that be the CRF300L?

[@qb7384]

Do the stickers come off handguards easily?

[@jimkonugres8454]

would ll of these recs be ok for a 300L rally

[@stevehartwell1861]

Handle bar? No. Cockpit? Yes

[@lifesartnow2730]

What bike stand is that?

[@noldenzach]

yo, can i spec this out for my 250L? i'll buy from rocky mountain. Thanks

[@martinwiklund7106]

Hello. I am reaching out to you for help. I changed my handlebars on my CRF300 Rally some month ago becouse the bar was a little bit to low and a lot to close to my body when standing up. The bar was changed by my dealer. When the job was done and I left the dealer I forget to take the old bars with me. After changing to Renthal RC with 20mm risers the bars is now a little bit to high (easily fixed) but also makes me really fatigue when riding on long trips. I am now looking for another bar and want the original bar for reference. Do you still have the old bar? And if you do, is it possible to send me the dimensions of the bar? I really appreciate the help 🙏

[@ianlarson1744]

Rottweiler mirrors on this setup?

[@Broadus45]

@AdventureDaily what about checking out the Rottweiler Performance mirror mounts? Something a bit different (www.rottweilerperformance.com/quick-flip-mirror-mounts-mounts-only/).Then you can used a Ram adapter to mount a GoPro arm.

[@SmokinZen]

They look nice if only that stupid cable above the dash didn’t ruin it

[@apmikalogran]

How tall are you?

[@kusheen...]

Kusheen was here...

[@appalachianendurorider7890]

50% of you videos are you doing wheelies. Lol If you ever wanna ride I'm in Columbus

[@audiogarden21]

I've been using those same Zeta mounts myself. They've taken a pounding and keep the guards right where they ought to be.

[@Nojofa]

Good day. What is the zeta mount model. I did not seen the link. Regards

[@ConnorGMedia]

Man once you get the GPS / usb outlet setup, this thing will be good to go! I can attest to Ram mounts ruining your camera. I used my iPhone X in a ram mount on my CRF250L and now the camera cant focus and has a warped effect. Something to note with these mounts!

[@resatchel4389]

Thanks for the vid. I finally got my 300l Friday evening. After only 50 miles I realized these factory bars were shit lol. Like you said to low. Grips are super hard and plastic feeling. I like a nice soft grip. This will be my winter project.

[@wipperwil]

wish you posted a link to those zeda mounts

[@bunethaj]

Link for the Zeta mounts?

[@gritcontracting7052]

6'2" here! first mod on mine for sure...if i ever get it lol

[@lukefish7562]

Exact same here. 6’2” and haven’t done anything with mine yet. But this and tires about to happen. Hope you get yours soon.

[@DLayman3315]

Im 6’3… y’all are short. Haha jk but I’m hoping to get a CRF300l this summer too

[@Thompson.z]

@@DLayman3315did you ever get it?

[@DLayman3315]

@@Thompson.z no lol I scared myself with the possibility of getting injured

[@agprime]

​@@DLayman3315 6'7" here 😂😂😂😂

[@WestNebraskaAdventureChannel]

I'd love to see the Trail Tech GPS setup with it replacing the factory gauge cluster. I've seen it done many times on KTMs and Betas but never on a Japanese dual sport. I've been wanting to try that setup on my 250L

[@wattsup3418]

I got a 250L also I've been thinking about it as well

[@seekadv8066]

Looks so clean now, glad you found what works for you. Side not, those zeta mounts are awesome, gonna have to cop myself a pair. Cheers!

[@frankdecaprio8214]

Wow! That looks really great! Try tinkering with the sprockets next..I dropped down to a 13t and love it.

[@2012theraven]

i have a 13t front sprocket on the 300l and its much better off road. after adding the 13t sprocket speedometer was reading 10% higher than actual. added a speedometer calibrator to correct.

[@frankdecaprio8214]

@@2012theravenIt is better in the dirt but also allowed me to lope along in 6th at 45-50 mph. Before that 6th was to high for my around town usage.

[@eljuano28]

I'm diggin' the corporate mullet, dude. 🤘😎🏴‍☠️

[@jackhoyt100]

What did you use for risers? I'm also trying to run Chubbs and even without risers, I can't get enough slack on the clutch cable, throttle cable and that darn brake line. I'm 6'3" and still need another inch at least. Thoughts?

[@kristophertrout7328]

So, do you think you can add auxiliary lights on the old turn signal mounts for some serious night time off roading?

[@AdventureDaily]

You read my mind!

[@ReconNoob12]

I ended up getting some renthal fat bars since the chub bars are sold out everywhere. Was there any issue for you while reattaching the controls? Ie electric start, as well as the headlights/flasher module? Mine aren't quite clamping all the way back together and if I make an effort to move them they roll on the bars 😢

[@tillsy23]

Very sweet, can you still buy those zeta mounts?

[@AdventureDaily]

Yes you can! Try eBay.

[@OneOldManRiding]

I had never seen mounts like those Zetas. It really does keep the bars looking cleaner.

[@owenchisholm366]

So what did you put under the make and model? It doesn't have the crf300l rally

[@Skatafossy]

Hello, I like these handguards, but they don't fit with any handlebar, regardless of the risers 🤔

[@OffRoadAdventure420]

I would like to ask a question what did you do for the lil hole one the bars for the lil switch!??

[@brookcampbell2940]

Just finding your channel. Good stuff! I'm looking to get back into the off road sport and the CRF300L is looking good. I have HUGE issue with the crap suspension, when the Kawasaki KLX300 is out there. I have need seen the 2022 CRF300L, but hoping HONDA steps up the suspension and raises the price slightly. If so, she will be about perfect for a starter dual sport.

[@chriiistianxd]

Hey man! I've been watching your videos and it's giving me motivation to invest into a dirt bike! They look fun! I do have a question, hoping you could give some insight. I don't have many dirt roads/paths around me so my purposes for a dirt bike would be for commuting with possibility of getting it onto dirt over the weekends. Are there a few bikes you can recommend? Thanks!

[@heatherfeierabend3314]

Hey could you upload a link for the Zeta mounts??

[@mikedahms3600]

Great video on the these bars. Thanks. Garmin Zumo XT has been great for me. Weak cell reception where I ride so a gps is needed. Also thanks for the alternative Zeta mounts, I've been interested in seeing them in use. One thing I would like to see if you have the video of before and after difference in both bars. You did get a good look at the new bar from the seat looking forward. 73, Mike

[@gammaraygem]

Itchy Boots is riding a CRF 300 Rally through East Africa at the moment. Was browsing for light dual sport reviews. She kept popping up in the recomms. Now I am here.

[@Kyle-zy7ny]

I like my 300L. The fact that Itchy Boots rode all that way just justifies my purchase for reliability.

[@waynekeizer5720]

Ive found that the emig pro lock on grips are the perfect grip to run if your going to run barkbusters. since there solid and they have a end knockout in the throttle tube and the other grip it gives you the cleanest finish resultI I've ever seen.

[@AdventureDaily]

Right on!

[@mattwood741]

Another great video, thanks for the walk through on the install. I have the 300L as well and would love to get new bars, I’m not tall by any means, 5’8, so not sure what to choose honestly, just don’t care for the factory bars. Thanks again!!

[@rick1e_pick]

Im so confused is the bar a 1 1/8 that works with the 7/8 controls on the stock 300L? And are the handguards 7/8 or 1 1/8?

[@rick1e_pick]

also are the grips 7/8? or 1 1/8?

[@vikingprince6124]

What did you use for handlebar adapters??

[@rickcummins6198]

You will definitely love the Double Take mirrors! I like the Adventure ones best for the larger viewing area.

[@mxgryan]

I use an older phone and Hotspot to my current phone in my bag. With that being said, the trail tech voyager is so awesome.

[@Elvira182]

Pfusch 😮 der Lenker wurde nicht angebohrt für die Armaturen.

[@tobyhottle9540]

Great video. Woodsman Adventure has a good video to fix the brake line issue

[@jrdepew]

Get Older phone , load Gaia GPS APP for off line maps via wi fi, no phone/data plan required. Works great and cheap. Garmin over rated. Good video content. Cheers

[@eirizarry2568]

Want to see the ride with the new bars and your comments on how they handle

[@ramiretz]

100% agree with the Bars ! CR High/KX High/Windham is the way to go if you are a tall person.... for the GPS i would go with a Cheaper Phone, the possibilitys are great/more usefull compared to a garmin or whatever have you found already the Auxiliary power plug behind the Light ? its switched on/off with the ignition and you can charge your phone or whatever... its fused with 10amp

[@joebondi9381]

Love the setup! Im 5'10"...would this bar setup be too tall for me? Also, which bar mounts did you use? The Tusk universal mounts i see online are silver😕

[@paule5812]

Don’t worry Tanner I haven’t forgotten about sending the mirrors I just need to find were I put them 😩

[@AdventureDaily]

No worries Paul!

[@RCTurbo79]

Lovely bike..looks awesome..just need to tidy up or shorten that front brake line...that's the only thing that would bug me dude! Hey from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@LifeMyWay007]

Did you ever get around to installing the accessory plug? I have a dual usb with voltage display one but the directions were written by a 5 year old chinese kid. I would have went to cutting wires but you said something about a wiring harness.

[@lukefish7562]

😀looking forward to this

[@ronaldtartaglia4459]

Your open on the 250l handlebar video was classic.

[@AdventureDaily]

haha thanks man glad you remember that!

[@Flybytweek]

I did this exactly setup after seeing your vid. Feels great!!!

[@AdventureDaily]

Great to hear!

[@joeb2829]

Samsung S5 running osmand, cheap and reliable burner phone. no data needed runs off gps sats. plus batteries are swappable I keep 2 in my pack

[@pacificdragon1]

Awesome, I am looking at a dual sport. The Honda is at the top of my list.

[@AdventureDaily]

Good choice!

[@fmtnic]

Using an Android phone with OSMAND as your GPS, you won't need cell service. You can download all of the map data over WIFI. It won't have live traffic data or routing info though but the OSM map is pretty great in most areas.

[@Codio0078]

Did you drill the holes in the bars?

[@triptriplett7164]

What speedometer is that?

[@lemoinexavier]

Great videos! Btw, witch brand of frame protectors. Can’t find them for the 300l ..??

[@keesverhagen9227]

Thanks. Wanna use the Rally for a 3 month trip to Turkey and Iran. Made a short list of thing to do at the bike. And the handlebar is a very needed one to do. I'm also almost 2 meter and if i want to stand up i need a higher handlebar position. Somehow it hurts a bit. Because all in all a Ten700 is only 2000.00 euro more expensive. And it is a way more qualitybike then the CRF. Something is not right with that. For the price Honda should have done a way better job. At least the springs should have been better. For a little more they could have put in decent springs. Everybody would have gladly paid 300.00 euro's more. And now you have to change them completely. Spending an extra 1200.00 euro instantly. This is a foolish way to go from Honda. I own already a 1190R but if i was not i would not even consider a crf but would have bought a Ten700 without remorse. A Ten700 is so much more bike. But just a little to heavy. If only they would bring out a Ten 450. With two cilinders and 150 kg. It would be my bike.

[@edwyn_pyron]

there was no where to enter the affiliate coupon code during my check out. I enjoy your videos and had hope to support you that way. You should renegotiate with rocky mountain.

[@hlj013]

Same question as the below comment, regarding the handling of the raised area of the instrument cluster????? You didn't mention anything about it in your installation video.

[@DirtByk]

ATV grips bc they were free?! C’on man!!

[@terryprice9501]

Looks and must ride fantastic I've just brought one of these on a 2023 looking fwd to fit sum upgraded parts to mine good video pal cheers and happy days and safe riding enjoy fella regards Terry 😊😊😊