WYBDR To Overland Expo PNW 2022 / A 4500 Mile Journey On A Honda CRF450L

[@billyarsenault1970]

$500 on gas to explore 5000 Wilderness/Street miles is mind boggling. This series was fun and interesting- already looking forward to your next trip. Thx for the great vids.

[@JohnTYoung]

Thanks for coming with me Billy.

[@abyields7831]

5:09 it's so funny, your facial expressions and you don't complain. Besides bringing us good content, epic trips and reviews you always make it work and look at the positive side of things. Keep it going Sir!

[@JohnTYoung]

Thanks again AB!

[@rangeroadmoto]

You’re always answering those crf450l questions I’m not finding anywhere else. Thank you!

[@JohnTYoung]

You're welcome!

[@c0ck_l2oach75]

Hell of a journey. I appreciate the transparency of numbers and problems along the way. Always great to hear all the facts. Adventure on brother and ride safe.

[@JohnTYoung]

Everyone loves a good misery story.

[@christopherhamm1574]

Congratulations on a marvelous trip and a safe return home. Thanks for taking the time to shoot and post all of the video along the way. That must be a huge undertaking and a collosal pain in the ass. Looking forward to your upcoming videos.

[@JohnTYoung]

A pain in the butt for sure. Thanks for watching all of them.

[@jemirandav]

Enjoyed every video of the series, good you are at home. Congratulations and thank you for sharing this amazing adventure.

[@JohnTYoung]

You’re very welcome!

[@jayscott8177]

Thanks you for taking us along! ✌️

[@JohnTYoung]

Thanks for coming!

[@chewy0164]

Hi John, we briefly chatted in Twin Falls Idaho a couple weeks ago when you were getting a master link. I was on the Africa twin and my wife was on the 390 adventure. I had a feeling I knew who you were but I didn’t recognize you with the beard. I watched some of your earlier clean-shaven vids a while back while looking for info on the 450l. Been enjoying your vids since I got back, great stuff!

[@JohnTYoung]

Hey! How are you? It was nice to see some other adventure riders out and about. I like to keep in cogito. Keep people guessing. LOL. Thanks for watching!

[@fynn8252]

This was an epic journey to follow. You did such a good job filming everything and piecing it together. How do you manage such an adventurous life? Very inspiring!

[@JohnTYoung]

Good question! LOL.

[@bryanmathew2079]

Lol.

[@professionalpiddler1071]

Thanks for the update! Glad you made it back safe.

[@JohnTYoung]

Thanks! Me too!

[@rideyourbike]

What an amazing trip this has been. Thanks for sharing. 🔥🔥🤟

[@JohnTYoung]

You bet!

[@kellymurray8329]

Great job John! I ride a 450rl also. You’ve been a massive help fixing this thing. Thanks for your hard work!

[@JohnTYoung]

Glad to help!

[@beejoutbush3322]

Re the starting issue. A battery can show a reading of 13v but that’s it’s voltage when not under load. As soon as the starter tries to access the power of the battery to start the engine this reading can drop significantly showing the actual useable power in the battery. If this isn’t enough the starter won’t fire

[@JohnTYoung]

All true.

[@grahamrowe6278]

Good round up, and I learned a load of stuff over the series. I look forwards to the next adventures John.

[@JohnTYoung]

Thanks!

[@geoffhowse3591]

Hey John, nice way to finish off this "series"...good to see you get your feet wet... Cheers

[@JohnTYoung]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@gumbysenduro6546]

Awesome, the 450 was reasonably well behaved i thought considering the amount of miles you had done. Some bad luck with the tower but now you know it wont happen again im sure. Cheer's for taking us along :)

[@JohnTYoung]

You're welcome!

[@eprohoda]

John,GGood day, thanks- excellent job. :)

[@JohnTYoung]

Many thanks!

[@SteveInskip]

That was a really good journey. Thanks for sharing and for pointing out the problems….I’ll be looking out for the wear issues on mine! Great ride!

[@JohnTYoung]

Thanks!

[@DirtRiderLife]

I hear you on Portland we got so so lost several years ago touring down to California, when trying to find our hotel, still have know idea how I went so wrong, even though I'd route planned the whole day on my Garmen, noone died that day either so I guess it turned out just fine and when we finally did get to our hotel it was exceptionally nice :)

[@JohnTYoung]

I just wanted out. It was soooooo hooooot.

[@frank_jk]

Glad you finally got that sticker on there!

[@JohnTYoung]

Me too!

[@MrEtnorb]

If the compression is ok I wouldn’t do anything to the motor. Given that this bike has never been flogged like a race bike, I would just check valve clearances and carry out oil changes as you do. The ktm500 motors are easily lasting for 1000 hrs + with this type of use.

[@JohnTYoung]

I like where your head is at. I’ll get to checking.

[@MrEtnorb]

@@JohnTYoung have a look at rtwPaul and his YT channel. He recently interviewed a fellow who rode his 450exc from Estonia to Capetown and has logged about 50,000 reliable klm. RtwPaul has near that amount on his 500. The flagship bearer for long distance/KTM myth busting belongs to Kiwi Aaron Steinmann, who recently completed his 140,000 km round the world trip on his 500. From memory, he put on a new head at 60,000km to fix valve clearances(it was financially more favourable to get the head than do the valves) and only pulled the motor apart(as suggested by Honda at 20,000m/32,000km for your bike) at just over 100,000km but it was still OK. He did it given he had another 40,000km to ride in isolated locations. Both rtwPaul and Aaron did their oil changes in the 2-3000km range, just like you. The 500 motors since 2013 are proving to be the most durable high performance and easy to work on single cylinder engine this century.

[@JohnTYoung]

@@MrEtnorb all great news! I follow Paul on instagram. I’ll have to check out his YT. Thanks.

[@rickygarlington8891]

What an adventure! Thanks for the videos looks amazing. Originally came to your channel looking for info on the Honda 450L, I just have a little Honda Monkey. I think you proven the Honda 450L is a reliable motorcycle. Its giving me the itch to buy one. Hope to see more.

[@JohnTYoung]

Wow. Well that’s for following along.

[@busasteve3871]

BDR next year sounds good just need to know where to meet next year.

[@JohnTYoung]

I'll have to start planning!

[@jeffreykrout3034]

Thank you !

[@JohnTYoung]

Welcome!

[@kenlogue]

Thanks for the great videos. You are becoming a friend of mine without you knowing me.

[@JohnTYoung]

LOL. Thanks Ken.

[@qb7384]

Would you keep the same gearing and what would you do differently about the master links?Great channel!

[@JohnTYoung]

The gearing works fine, tho I liked a 52T rear more for off-road work. The next chain will have a riveted master.

[@ebhkkc1]

Great job John and thanks for sharing. shave that beard it is summer :) Now start planning the 2023 ride with you loyal followers....there is some Jambalaya and fun times to be had

[@JohnTYoung]

How bout if I trim it a little?

[@ebhkkc1]

@@JohnTYoung perfecto

[@robertlambert7906]

Were you in Dayton Washington

[@JohnTYoung]

Not that I know of. Just white salmon.

[@robertlambert7906]

@@JohnTYoung oh nice

[@InstantCanadian]

Did you ever figure out the starter issue? Mine has just started doing the same thing, but I've only got 1200 miles on her...

[@JohnTYoung]

No! It hasn't done it since that day. Time to pour over the schematics I guess.

[@InstantCanadian]

@@JohnTYoung Ok, just got back from a loop throught the San Juans, over Ophir, California, Cinnamon (stunning trip!) and wouldn't you know, about halfway through the ride, my starter began working completely normally again too. Guess I'll call it "fixed" for the time being.

[@JohnTYoung]

@@InstantCanadian So so weird. But I'm glad you had a good time!

[@InstantCanadian]

@@JohnTYoung Just FYI, problem came back for me, decided to ignore it, got stranded in the desert with a dead battery today. Fortunately was only about 3 miles from a road and 6 hours later I’m back home with the battery on a charger. Gonna do some in depth troubleshooting tomorrow, but definitely not a warning sign to ignore 😅

[@JohnTYoung]

@@InstantCanadian oh no. I’ll keep an eye on it. So far so good for me. You think it was the battery tho?

[@jimmelino3361]

Awesome trip! Hey - I just rode my 2022 CRFRL to Idaho - mostly rode the OR BDR route, but was on the interstate from tri cities until Spokane. The vibration was horrific on the highway - super uncomfortable! It’s a stock seat - do you think the seat upgrade will eliminate the vibration at 65 mph? Cheers - keep up the videos - love them!

[@JohnTYoung]

What are you coming from? I rode a CRF250X and this L is smooth as butter compared to that. LOL. Coming from a T7, not so much. The seat will not help the vibration but will help your butt in every other way. I hate the stock L seat for actually sitting on.

[@jimmelino3361]

@@JohnTYoung I had a T7 - put 12k miles on it before trading it in for the CRF450RL in February. Downsized because the T7 was too heavy and difficult to pick up on the trails - I rode it on the ID BDR and S6 of the OR BDR. The 450 is definitely better suited for the trails (except for low rpm surging - I’ve got the Vortex ECU on order) but I was surprised at the vibration riding at 60 to 70 mph - super uncomfortable. I’m hoping that upgrading the seat will help, but damn man I’m skeptical.

[@jimmelino3361]

Got it - the seat upgrade will make the vibration bearable at Highway speeds.

[@JohnTYoung]

FAAST makes some handlebars you might want to check out.

[@jimmelino3361]

BTW - went off an embankment riding Usal road south of Shelter Cove - Garmin GPS was very spotty in that location. Ultimate helped out by the Whale Gulch Vol Fire Dept - great group of guys, particularly the chief, Michael!

[@justice6436]

👍👍 Great journey

[@JohnTYoung]

Thank you 👍

[@Czzzz19]

Sorry if I missed it but I am curious about this GET ECU compared to the vortex and maybe even the AIM. I want to buy one of them but not sure what’s my best bet? I thought I could get away without a expensive aftermarket ecu but I recently got bucked off my 2022 RL and I am blaming 90% of the reason on the twitchy throttle. Thanks

[@JohnTYoung]

I did not run the GET on this trip because i was having issues with it on my bike. Having said that I can not wait to install one. It did run relly well. I have an AIM but I have to get my bike put back together before I can ride it. You can't really go wrong with any of them.

[@kellyheath6293]

Do you think you would be interested in doing these types of trips on an Africa Twin ?

[@JohnTYoung]

This type, sure. Lots of road mile would have gone down way easier. But anybody can do that.

[@ryanrott5917]

Do you ever grease your cushion arm linkage bearings I couldnt find a video of you doing it and my 450rl book dosent say anything about it in service intervals

[@JohnTYoung]

Hey Ryan, I do. I did. I just didn't do a video on it. Srry. At 20,000 miles they were fine, tho I did add some more grease.

[@ryanrott5917]

@@JohnTYoung thank you for the reply man I figured they would be fine but I took the lowering link off my bike to go back to original and I started thinking about it and googling and it says all sorts of crazy things like greasing them 3 times a year but I never drive in water I feel like would be the main reason for that but thank you for the reply man enjoy that bike

[@ryanrott5917]

@@JohnTYoung did you ever end up having to adjust the valves I know you made a video at around 13,000 miles and they were still in spec

[@JohnTYoung]

@@ryanrott5917 I did. at 22,000 miles. Video is shot, I just have to stitch it all together....

[@ryanrott5917]

@@JohnTYoung great man I'll be looking forward to it

[@kurtshetler9719]

Hey, I’m from Rifle Co. Small world!

[@JohnTYoung]

Hi Kurt!

[@mudman242001]

Why I am Pissed!

[@JohnTYoung]

No idea.

[@sponch420]

Have you done a top end yet ?

[@JohnTYoung]

Nope

[@ernier9033]

Hi John, regarding sprockets, I splashed out on two sprockets with titanium teeth some time ago and have not regretted it. The nay-sayers claim they wear out a good chain quicker - not my experience! I believe a high quality chain works and lasts best with unworn sprockets. Just saying.....I know you like to try out new things, but beware of cheap pseudo-titanium sprockets from China🕊

[@JohnTYoung]

Super fancy! I'll look into one. Thanks

[@ernier9033]

@@JohnTYoung I just came across Supersprox which seems worth looking into though it’s not titanium🕊

[@JohnTYoung]

@@ernier9033 Yes sir, that's one of my go-tos and the one on there now. They make good stuff.

[@Cars99012]

I thought you lived on your bike!

[@JohnTYoung]

Sometimes I wonder...

[@serenity6119]

This is seren

[@JohnTYoung]

Hi!

[@serenity6119]

How are tou

[@serenity6119]

You

[@slaviero.]

Do you want to tell me that in America, you don't have a company that transforms the rims of your bike into tubeless, in order to simplify the repair, and not have to carry the bulky inner tubes with you ???

[@JohnTYoung]

I don’t want to tell. But no.

[@slaviero.]

@@JohnTYoung A pity: However on KZbin, there are several videos and tips, how to turn them into tubeless. A greeting.

[@JohnTYoung]

@@slaviero. true.

[@bryanmathew2079]

CouLd Be Weak Starter? i` ALso Gain Somethings From AlL Your ☆☆☆☆☆ Videos ➕ STELLAR VIEWS. Did U` Have to Show That New Bike, Lol

[@JohnTYoung]

I know. It was sooooo shiny.

[@bryanmathew2079]

@@JohnTYoung Maybe a Three Weeks U` Can Say if? Buying a New Bike What's Biggest DauL Purpose 3 ~ 4 PeopLes, @ Same bdr Ride, i`m Scared Of Bears.