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 One and we are going. All right. Welcome back. We're to the Help. You're going to do it. No, no, no. Get. Welcome back to two dudes talking motorcycles. This is episode three. My name is Mitch, and my name is Gleb And today we are going to be talking about long motorcycle trips. And our experience with our trips progressively got longer and longer and longer since we started riding two years ago.
 
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 But before we jump into our main topic, Mitch here is going to share his personal experience from this week, where he got to ride two motorcycles that he has never tried before. Yeah. First of all, to It feels like it's been a minute. It's a little over a month now since we recorded. Mainly because I got sick. So that was that was my fault.
 
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 But while I was on the verge of sickness and we caught a rare opportunity of sunlight and a little bit of warmth, you know, just something that humans can tolerate. Normal humans can tolerate. I knew I was not feeling good, but I said, you know, I got to get out. I'll kick myself if I don't get out and ride.
 
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 So I went around for a ride here and there, and I found myself at the dealership. I don't know how that happened, if I'm being honest. That's like you just felt the pool and. Yeah, I just. Yeah, you know, it's just like, All right, I'll get some lunch. No big deal. And then like, Oh, no, I'm at the dealership.
 
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 What am I doing here? So, you know. Well, it turns out I'm just checking out the bikes, looking at everything. Talking to the guys down at Harris and your sports, you know, And apparently one of them listened to our podcast, and he caught one of our jokes we made about Ducati. That's like, Mitch, you got to try Ducati now.
 
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 So he tossed me on the desert X. I guess that's where I'll start. Okay, Yeah. Let's talk about the desert X, and here's a little picture for all of you watching on the Internet. And if you're listening to this, go on. Google what the Desert X looks like because it's a pretty slick looking bike. It looks really good.
 
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 I remember when we went to like that preview premiere or whatever, like just the prototype or whatever it was I was I thought like it looked good, but I still kind of skeptical. Like, I don't know why, but it's a beautiful looking bike. I'm not going to like word on it specs or anything. I'm just going to go into it that riding it.
 
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 Holy cow. I've never been on a Ducati and that engine was just so dedicated to like what it was designed to do that thing just wanted to go, Oh yeah, it's awesome. It's crazy because it's an adventure bike ride and like, you know, we have adventure bikes. I have a scrambler. It's it's fast, but not like top end.
 
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 It's not speedy. Exactly. And your bike's pretty quick to death, but. Holy cow, That's Desert X, man. Like that thing like it has such a long rev range, and you can just go and it just. It just never feel like you're, you're just keeps going. Yeah. I never felt that I was like reaching the peak of its powerband.
 
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 It was phenomenal. Very comfortable to sit on. It was light, you know, being on a scrambler. It's heavy. Yeah, you're bike's not very heavy. It's definitely heavier than that. I, I kind of like because I remember. Yeah, it was. I haven't read the. But I have like sat on an hour over at the dealership and I remember it being, like, fairly.
 
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 Yeah, like it felt noticeably lighter. It didn't feel as light as, like a dual sport or a dirt bike, but it did feel quite a little bit lighter than my. Yeah, take a 900. And the curious thing I remember about it was like, like Ducati is an Italian brand. They always feel like, you know, they're very like trying to make everything look very pretty and elegant and things like that.
 
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 But this bike doesn't quite look elegant. You can see like plastic bits of it, like the coolant tank. Yeah, like if you look between the, the fairings and the, the handlebars and stuff and it's just feels like it's more like stamped together. Has that has like that feel of like a rally bike, you know, which I think is appropriate honestly.
 
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 But like I said, for the power of that thing, that was very nimble too, just for its like size and just everything. Like it was very flexible. It had the Pirelli rally, S.T. rs, some price mixing that the name of somewhere. But I mean I got that thing going. It felt very comfortable. I felt stuck to the road.
 
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 Which, which is what you want. Yeah. You know, even going really fast on the highway. So No I'll, I'll of I'll, I'll eat my words. I mean it was just a joke about something I made about Ducati because you know, they can be, they have the reputation of being expensive to maintain, you know. But honestly I after riding it like that, that's a performance engine.
 
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 I would imagine that that's going to have some sort of like you of TLC that's needed. But yeah, no, if you guys are in the market for that, you know, they're a little they're a little higher up in the ATV bike range, but not like a gas or Ducati Multistrada or anything like that. But they're and holy cow, you know what they were saying like about the rally looks and it doesn't really look like like you see some of the car.
 
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 Yeah. Because the windshield, the windscreen doesn't move. It's just there has like a little rectangular like TFT in the front and, and just the way the it's shaped and the tank and everything, it's kind of more like smooth and it looks more functional than what's the word looks more practical than like pretty basically like it looks designed for function.
 
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 Yeah. Instead of like, looks to degree. But after riding it like almost everything about it just seemed really well thought out. Like props to Ducati for that. Like that was my first Ducati riding, but I can talk about some other stuff about it, but like to make it short and sweet for that one is that it was just so like that was my first Ducati and left me wanting to try more Ducati's and I always hear great things about them.
 
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 They should cover me, do this trader trader. And then the second bike you rode was the older the 2022. Yeah, 2022 Triumph Street, Triple RS. Okay. And this and this a little bit background. So if you're in a motorcycling world, you probably know about the new Triumph ST Triple H just came out there, the R, the RS and then also the R Well there's the, the Moto GP.
 
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 Yeah. I'm going to mention RR which is which of these. Yeah. That's, that's the speed triple. Yeah. But, but you got a chance to ride the older ones. Yeah. 20, 22 st triple RS and like and I though I'm going to jump back to Ducati really quick to compare the two. So on the new K, the one thing I'd say like the, the clutch was a little like not stiff but like you know, working through traffic, my hands getting kind of tired, working it from there.
 
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 And so, and plus I had to get used to it, you know, it's not what I had really been used to. One thing I can say about from Triumph to Triumph that I've ridden, Triumph just has that clutch down pat like you if you ridden one triumph, you know, the the clutch that's feel really it feels really nice, really smooth.
 
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 By the time I was turning around to take that bike, the r the R's back to the dealership rush hour, it kind of started. So I was stuck on an on ramp. I'm like, Oh, I had to feather the clutch and like, you know, at that friction zone and yeah, just stay in there and even like, going all the way up the onramp under the highway.
 
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 I was like, No, this is nice, this isn't hard. So but so just starting off, I realized, like, this feels at home. It's very comfortable. I guess I'll just give it away right now like that, that throttle response. And just like the way the bike performs, I it, it if you know the sensation of a hot knife through butter, that was the entire bike.
 
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 It just felt so refined. It was such a fun thing to ride. Yeah, it was amazing. And it's a great looking bike if you're once again, if you're watching the video of this podcast, you can see it. And if you're listening to it, it it looks like a bug. I don't know why, but the front and just looks kind of wonky.
 
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 I just am I like my bad on that front and kind of how like throws itself over that front wheel and that's kind of become like Triumph's signature look, especially on their like triple bikes because even like Tiger has the headlight like hanging over, almost like floating over this the, the front wheel, which is kind of cool, but it's a very prominent on street travel because there is no other fairings around it.
 
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 Yeah. And then that brought up a point between the two bikes. Oh, just like with the, the desert X and the two completely different bikes. Like they're basically the antithesis of each other. Different brands, different styles, different purposes. No, but both of them, they had phenomenal like layouts on their screens, like the Ducati. Again, never having written the Ducati, it was very easy to learn like this, flip through its interface and switch modes.
 
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 Yeah, I don't even mention that on the bike. I've talked about that yet, but I'll jump back to the Desert X in a minute. But I started out in on the RS in sport mode and again there's the same basically the same principle between your Tiger and I had no problem finding my modes. Yeah, and I switch to track him.
 
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 Boy, I think it really showed a difference. Yeah. Yeah. I definitely obeyed every single traffic law 100%. Yeah. But always it was yeah it was an amazing bike to ride and makes me want one. But and let me ask you this. So since you ride a scrambler, which is a very tall, much heavier bike with a very thin front wheel and a large front wheel, a 21 inch, how did it feel riding a bike?
 
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 That's very short, low to the ground with much fatter, thicker street tires and smaller like street wheels. Yeah. And that did take some getting used to, especially being at a more aggressive riding position versus like an ATV scrambler. But, you know. Yeah. Where you been or neutral? I was very much more leaned over and me being six foot like where Like the cockpit was like where I'd see like the display layout and everything.
 
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 And with my helmet, there'd be times I couldn't even see that. It was just I just saw, like, the bottom of my helmet visor. And then the road and I was so low to it, having come from like a tall bike down to there. And I was going, you know, it was just a new experience. And I've ridden smaller bikes before, but nothing like that.
 
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 Aggressive. Okay. And that was that took some getting used to being that low to the ground. But even like trying to go from like a stop sign to make a right hand turn or make a left turn, I could tell the difference in those tires because like the more road oriented, there are definitely way more sticky. Yeah, with the scrambler, you know, being a 5050 tire or 7030 tire, whatever it is, turning it on asphalt and stuff, it's pretty easy with that.
 
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 RS It was like you had to really break that thing, but it was really light too. That's one thing I noticed. Like, I feel like I saw, like just comparatively it's all relative since I'm just riding my ATV bike and I rode the desert X before. Yeah, those bikes. I'm typically used to having a bike feel heavy. Yeah, that smaller bike.
 
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 I was like, I feel like I'm on a bicycle, but I'm not. Yeah, Yeah. So it was it was a yeah, that's just been my experience with him. So far. I definitely need to go back and try more and contemplate more on the bike. I really hope they get one of the new ones in the new demos. Yeah, yeah.
 
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 For the 2023 model year because those look like they would be a lot of fun. I would love to try one of those. Yeah, I think that's something that Harrison is listening to this hook us up. Well, I think they're lighter weight too. I think okay again I don't I really don't want to like go on and on like spewing specs because you can look those up and read them off a website and.
 
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 Exactly. I'd rather just talk about the experience with them. And how did that sound? Oh my gosh. It is just so refined. It reminds me of like a like a high raving race car. Kind of. Yeah. Here I'm going to I think actually because I have the audio clip from the video I took. I might use that for the audio intro for this episode.
 
 00;12;36;11 - 00;12;58;25
 
 Okay. Are you going to upload Cyborg Future to Future myself? I'm going to hold myself to that. Actually include that audio for the opening of of this episode. There you though. Okay. So that was our motorcycle news of this podcast instead of news. We were just doing a bunch of thoughts on the bikes that he's got to try.
 
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 Yeah but I didn't yet. Yet But yeah, if you get the chance, go try them out if you're interested in them. Yeah. And I hope to try more to later on I think. I mean honestly if you are into motorcycles, go see if your local dealer just has demos for really anything because it's it's fun to ride a new bike there.
 
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 Honestly, that's always like a different experience on each different. Yeah. So, but other than that, I mean a big shout out and thank you to Morgan and Will Harrison your sports in Salt Lake City. They were they basically gave me that experience to like talk about it is really cool so all right so should we jump into our main topic?
 
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 I think so, yeah. Long distance riding. Absolutely. Would you like me to go for it to tell the story? Okay, so Mitch and I, we basically got our first motorcycles at like a within a week of one another back in 2020. And we weren't really friends back then. We just knew. I just knew was the guys to work with at Best Buy and vice versa.
 
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 I just happened to come across a Snapchat and see that he has a motorcycle. I was like, Oh dude, no way. I just bought one too. And so we ended up riding and I think it was that very year we did a right to Bear Lake. It was in 20, late 2020, Yeah, yeah. The ride to Bear Lake and I was probably our first like walleye ride because I was like all day basically, like from morning until either we ride, we've tracked the miles before I think on that, like because it's, it's not a long distance in terms of from point A to point B, it's just a big loop that we make from our
 
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 locations. But it's going to take a long day. If you're not in Utah and you're listening, Bear Lake is basically like about two and a half hours away from Ogden, Utah, where I live, and about 3 hours maybe from Salt Lake. I try not to know how long, how far away it is, and especially the way we went, because we took the back way, which is significantly longer than just taking the freeway and then going over to it.
 
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 But the beauty of that ride is that that road is perfect, it's twisty, it's winding, it goes around all sorts of different places, has some nice straightaways. So it was a good place to like try it out. So that was basically our first like a really long ride that that we did. And, and so we did we do that all Yeah.
 
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 At least at least we did together because I'd done Bear Lake before and before you go on, on my bike. But that was before we kind of like really started riding and stuff before we realized we had the same interest. Yeah, exactly Like I yeah, before, before we really started hanging out. I did, I did do a loop up there and then back.
 
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 But from that first experience, and here's a picture for those of you watching. Sure. I don't remember which one of these it is. So there it is. Right. First try. And we both did this. I was riding my 2019 Honda Civic 500 X and also my Honda Rebel 500 and up so fast two and I you know it was I was looking through the pictures and I was just like this might sound so tiny versus the ones we have now and and yeah so that was probably about it like a, a good like 6 hours of riding in a day.
 
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 Yeah. So it took longer for brakes off like that. Yeah. But it was definitely like still a very long ride and I remember being pretty exhausted by the end, by the end of it, like coming home and being like, full, like I am sore from sitting long and especially having a bike that didn't use off cruise control or anything like that.
 
 00;16;38;28 - 00;17;03;03
 
 My, I remember my hand being like a little like a little achy from like holding down the throttle after going down. Yeah. I riding for so long on the freeway as well. If anybody who rides a Honda Rebel if you don't long distance on a Honda Rebel, if you know you know that was I think my tailbone and back end were sore for like a day or two after and it's a pretty low bike.
 
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 It's a really low but not a lot of suspension travel. I remember you hitting like a lot of bumps and definitely feel it. Yeah, definitely a a good bike, Definitely a good bike, but a very limited in terms of suspension bike. So yeah, it's a cruiser, it's a very small cruiser. And from that I feel like from that ride, I've learned that one.
 
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 I actually do enjoy these long rides because it's fun, because you get to see a lot of different places within a relative like short period of time. And it's just it's just really fun to do it on a motorcycle. But you do have to like, you know, realize that it's not the most comfortable mode of transportation, you know, or being on for a long time.
 
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 Yeah. And, you know, for me, like our first ride we did together, we met up on a road through the winters. So, yeah, like, that was my first long ride. Okay. Yeah. And ridden from like Salt Lake up to Davis County. But that was like, mostly highway, which is fine. Yeah, but actually doing long distance, like through the mountains, back roads stuff.
 
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 Yeah, it was when we first did that first ride and then yes, I was, I was like, oh, this is like, I mean, riding general fun. Come on. You know? Yeah, But yeah, actually, like getting out and seeing new places and kind of testing yourself and pushing your, your, your envelope. Like, that's when I really was like, okay, this is this is it.
 
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 Yes. So then fast forward a year. We went on our first like overnight motorcycle ride down to Torrey, Utah, basically southern Utah, and I was still on my CB 500 X. And for those of you watching, there's a picture and you were on your scrambler 1200, Scrambler 1200. And this is already like we were more prepared. I have I had saddlebags by that point.
 
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 I had said year you had signed. Yeah, we both had, like, our adventure, like touring gear and things like that. Touring boots. And we were but much more prepared and this was our first overnight trip. So the first night was great. The second day we did a very, very long day because we ended up riding down to Bryce Canyon National Park and then from Bryce Canyon back up to Salt Lake, which is which version itself is far, but it's very doable.
 
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 But our mistake was not taking enough breaks. Yeah, on the way back. So, you know, like if, if if anyone's going to listen to us like for, like advice on long distance stuff, like there's some lessons you have to learn yourself. And I think that was one of our first ones like Jesus or Jeez, just take breaks. Just please take breaks.
 
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 Because, because honestly, we were a lot farther on our other ride. Like later. Oh, yeah, earlier this year, a lot farther. But it wasn't as hellish because we took those consistent hour, an hour and a half breaks. Yeah, exactly. And that right there he's talking about was our ride to Colorado that we did back in May of last year.
 
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 Yeah, Yeah. Right at the end of May. Here's a picture for those of you watching. And it's a familiar picture, as you can tell, I'm on a much bigger bike and this one as well. He grew up a little bit. Yep, I grew up as well. And it was right riding my tiger 900. Still the same saddlebags which you don't see in this picture because they're back to the hotel and but yeah, so before we did any of the long rides, whether it's the first initial ones or like the overnight ones, what did you kind of expect them to be like?
 
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 You know, like, I don't, I'm not sure. I really knew I hadn't really done anything like that on a motorcycle. I've done long car trips and, you know, travel and stuff like that and like, yeah, it's always in like a seat and I'm yeah, I'm closed in, you know? So, like, I wasn't really sure, but I watched a lot of videos for our Bear Lake one I don't think I can't remember if I, I, I, I think I don't, I don't think I packed enough for I think I remember.
 
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 I think I spent like $25 on water that day. But yeah like between gas station stops or anything. I had like a little tank bag but I don't, I think I just had like some roadside stuff in there, but nothing too much. So I was like, okay, I need to pack a little bit more stuff. Yeah. For Torrey, I, you know, you had your duffel bag.
 
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 I had my duffel bag and a tank bag maybe. Yeah, I had that. And then just is my first time, like packing like a GoPro and batteries and stuff. But I guess something about I think there was I think I was packed a little too much. Okay. I, I think my duffel back like for some reason I maybe packed like three shoes.
 
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 Right. So. Okay sorry two shoes. I had like hotel shoes. I had like walking shoes and then my riding boots. Yeah. And like, and looking back, like, I didn't need to do that. Yeah, it was a night and I remember, like, you know, I've watched plenty of writers on YouTube and stuff like that, and I, you know, they cut their videos up.
 
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 So, you know, you're seeing all the fun parts instead of just boring stretches of nothingness. Oh, yeah. And yeah, I kind of pictured like, I knew it's like, you know, you sit on the lawn on the bike for a long time and yeah, you probably get like saddle sore and stuff like that, but didn't expect it to like, I don't know, it's but you feel it a lot more than you would think.
 
 00;22;25;11 - 00;22;43;11
 
 Oh, especially if you're not doing it very often. It wears you down. Yeah, it wears you down because even that like bare like ride of the one we did together or the one that I did by myself, I remember coming home and I was like, Oh my God, I am exhausted, done. I am so tired. I feel like I've been battered by the wind.
 
 00;22;43;11 - 00;23;06;22
 
 Yeah, I feel like I've been soaked in the heat, just drenched in sweat and like my muscles and my joints just felt like so, like, stiffened up and granted, like, that was my first year riding, so it was probably probably just not used to it and probably just things like that. But it does take a toll if you do really feel it.
 
 00;23;06;24 - 00;23;32;00
 
 So when we were doing the long overnight rides, I made sure like make sure pack enough water, make sure kind of like sit a bit more comfortably, don't tense up as much, you know, do anything like that. That's a much longer ride. Well, we'll see how it goes. I just reminded me I didn't even this is like this is a memory unmarked on our our barely right when I was on my rebel I remember you know, again, I'm kind of tall as a smaller bike.
 
 00;23;32;02 - 00;23;53;15
 
 I mean, we're running, we're cutting through. We made it past Monte Cristo and my legs are cramping. They're like, just takes. I had those, like, really bad riding pants. Yeah, both my first ones. And I remember I, like, sit up on my cruiser bike and I like sat down on my backpack they had tied to the tail one like on the rack.
 
 00;23;53;20 - 00;24;11;04
 
 Yeah. So I was just like, so I was like sitting on my tail fender to, like, just get the stretched out a little stretch. Yeah. I'm like, you know, I'm at get all the gear all the time, but I had to stop. We had to stop on the way home, so I had to take those knee pads. Yeah, I remember those were in Logan there.
 
 00;24;11;05 - 00;24;31;20
 
 Yeah, we're just up somewhere there. Except my knees were just. It was awful. Yeah. Yeah. And I think from diff I can add to my answer about some stuff I learned was between the Bear Lake ride and our toy ride. Both times we honestly tried to like we just tried to push. We did. We really tried. Let's go, let's go, let's go.
 
 00;24;31;21 - 00;24;51;05
 
 Which is a little bit easier to do on like the Bear Lake ride because we know we'll eventually, like get home eventually because it's a it's a day ride. But all the other ones, they are overnight. So, you know, we're getting to a hotel. You might not be as comfortable as your own bed. You might not get as much rest.
 
 00;24;51;08 - 00;25;13;27
 
 And you can definitely feel it indefinitely if you have to take a night ride to find beer at a gas station because the town was close by to tell me the terrace of let's see. So that's kind of what we kind of that was kind of my expectations. I expected to be like I expected to be tired but didn't expect to be as tired as I was.
 
 00;25;14;00 - 00;25;36;01
 
 And I feel like we learned a lot from that first story. Right. And we kind of used those ideas on the second ride, which was to Colorado last May. So when we went to Colorado this time around, I made sure to one, there was a much more so. So it was a sprint. It was still like end of spring.
 
 00;25;36;01 - 00;25;53;18
 
 So, yeah, you know, I made sure to pack a couple of extra layers of clothes just to make sure that if we do hit cold weather, which we'll circle back to a little later. Yeah. So I kind of prepared for that and also made sure to bring plenty of water so I have to drink because that was a very long ride.
 
 00;25;53;18 - 00;26;24;04
 
 Is a long. Yeah. The big difference for me though, I was on a much better bike so my Tiger 900 has cruise control as a more way more comfortable seat than the Honda that I'm much more comfortable riding position. It's a bit more roomy and it's a bit more powerful, so I didn't have to feel like I'm wringing it out all the way just to keep up a highway speeds during the parts of where we had to go fairly, fairly fast, which made a huge difference for my comfort level, especially especially the cruise control.
 
 00;26;24;04 - 00;26;41;29
 
 That's probably been the biggest game changer because you can sit back and relax my wrists for a minute. I don't have to keep keep it twisted and, you know, I can kind of just like relax, loosen up, stretch a law that you can just wave that the right hand around it, just around a little bit more. And that made a big difference.
 
 00;26;41;29 - 00;26;58;22
 
 But also the biggest thing that we did was we took frequent breaks that yeah, that's what I was saying is like if if you're going to ride and here's the thing, right? Because I had heard that before and other videos and other riders and stuff like, Hey, just make sure you take breaks, you know, and heard that and like, Oh yeah, I'll take breaks.
 
 00;26;58;22 - 00;27;19;12
 
 I'll take breaks. And sure we did. But like, take consistent breaks. Like for us, I think, I think we kind of learned that like our maximum is like an hour and a half, hour and a half consistent, like you just make. But that's like pushing it. Like ideally, I think we want to stop every hour. And then it also depends on like where we're riding and on the weather and stuff like that.
 
 00;27;19;12 - 00;27;49;12
 
 Because if you're if we're riding in like somewhere with high winds, it's going to be closer to the hour set, an hour and a half, because you're fighting that when the whole time, especially if you're on my bike. Yeah, right. So in protection and like the noise, the constant like shifting back and forth from the wind, the passing semis, you know, all of those things kind of start to add up and wear you down and especially like after a while, you're just like, wow, I just need to like, I just need a little bit of quiet away from the wind.
 
 00;27;49;12 - 00;28;06;20
 
 Just need to, like, stretch my legs, take my helmet off and put my boots. Yeah. I should have sent you the picture of me at the gas station on our way to Colorado. Oh, yeah. We're 200 something degrees in the middle of, like, of little help. Yeah, let's be honest. I can stretch from Price to Moab. Yeah, Yeah.
 
 00;28;06;20 - 00;28;29;24
 
 And we're just standing at Random Dog Park at the. Yeah, it's a dog park at a gas station. 100 and something degree weather. And I'm just as I wasn't regretting my decision to go on the trip, I'm like, What are we doing here? Yes. And that's the other thing that wears you down. My professors heat your heat, you start to sweat, you start to feel crusty, you start to feel like start to feel dehydrated and stuff.
 
 00;28;29;24 - 00;28;50;11
 
 So we made sure to take pretty frequent water breaks, even if it's like five, 10 minutes, just takes sips of water. Six of our pack, extra water and yeah, we're running low to buy some of the gas stations. So that probably was one of the most important things. So for me, I just I'm going to preface how it is for me and ask you if you haven't felt the same way.
 
 00;28;50;11 - 00;29;08;22
 
 But like I started to get really irritable in that in those conditions after too long of a way, like remember on the way back from Tori, I was not enjoying myself like that. Those last 2 hours. Oh yeah, Yeah. I was like, I was like, I'm going to go home. I'm going to take a shower. I'm going to go to bed, I'm done.
 
 00;29;08;25 - 00;29;28;09
 
 What does it Because it wears on. So basically it wears on you mentally for me. But what do you think? Did you ever know? I feel like whenever we've done like really long rides and have pushed and I feel like at this point we probably push it more on local rides, like local bear rides compared to our like overnight trips because it's overnight.
 
 00;29;28;09 - 00;29;42;06
 
 So we kind of know like we need to take breaks, but for some reason we always forget to do that when we're doing like local day rides. You know, if we go up to the U.N., us and there has been a few times like the Tori trip was one of our was just like, I just want to get home.
 
 00;29;42;08 - 00;30;04;03
 
 Yeah I am so that as tired no offense but yeah I just like know I'm doing road noise passing cars especially once like I had to drive the extra 30 minutes from you on the freeway and I was like, I just want to be done. Know, I feel a little bit better after our Colorado ride. Yeah, because we kind of took a lot more breaks and I was kind of more prepared for that.
 
 00;30;04;03 - 00;30;33;00
 
 Plus, like I said, more comfortable bike. But no, I do feel you like at a certain points, but I feel it more on our day rides when we're like coming back because I start to feel like I'm just done. I just want to get home. I want to take off all this motorcycle gear. I want to take a nice, cool shower, have a cold beer and just lie there because I am just It doesn't help that summers have been getting really hot here in Utah, and especially when it's out of weather.
 
 00;30;33;00 - 00;30;54;25
 
 I'm just I just feel gross. I feel like warm all the time. Just feel nasty. And the the only thing I want to do is just hop in the shower. Yeah. No, I Yeah, I you know, I'm I like to think I'm pretty, like, accustomed to being being comfortable, being uncomfortable. Yeah, but like, but when you're just sitting there, you have no power.
 
 00;30;54;25 - 00;31;19;00
 
 You're like, you can't. You can't stop your bike. You're in your own traffic. Yeah. And like, if you're doing a distance trip, then, yeah, you get like, you got to get home, you know, or to your destination. Yeah. So it's just like it. Just like it just wears. Wears you down on you after a while. Yeah. And I'm sure that's something you kind of get used to over time, especially like if you constantly do these kinds of long trips, but, you know, we don't do that.
 
 00;31;19;00 - 00;31;35;10
 
 So. Yeah, I know, I know. And I know people who probably do, actually. No, I know they do ride longer durations than us, but, you know, it's like you just got to find like your personal limit. And I think like we at least we both have like that same like it's like, hey, let's take a break. Yeah, Yeah.
 
 00;31;35;12 - 00;31;56;15
 
 And I think that's probably one of the biggest lessons we've learned is like frequent breaks. Yeah, No, it's fine if you don't get to the station. Like within the time that Google says you should get there because that's just not realistic, especially on a motorcycle. I think taking frequent breaks, make sure stretching, make sure you're drinking plenty of water, have some like protein bars with you maybe.
 
 00;31;56;15 - 00;32;14;22
 
 Yeah, some like granola bars and stuff to kind of give yourself a bit of extra energy, a long ride, you know? So, yeah, basically, just like, don't be concerned about your time. Like, as long as like, as long as, like, the weather's working with you, you're not going to be riding in dangerous conditions, like, you know, like getting to Colorado is starting to get dark.
 
 00;32;14;24 - 00;32;35;23
 
 We have close call smoke. Yeah, they had some Alex just run out right in front of us and that was that was in the dark. That was. Yeah. But we did get to our hotel. It was pitch black. Yeah, basically. So, you know, just, but we had to take those important pictures so that view we did. Yeah. I am locked my ass, but we also like at least me person.
 
 00;32;35;24 - 00;32;54;23
 
 I didn't feel like super drained because we took all those breaks. Oh yes. Yeah. Throughout the day. And we had a really long break in Moab where we spent maybe like an hour there because we got some food, got some beer, then we got some coffee. Yeah, kind of like walked around so we can get muscles and blood moving and stuff before getting back on our bikes and continuing on.
 
 00;32;54;23 - 00;33;22;12
 
 Yeah, for sure. And then from past Moab, we missed out probably about every hour or so at various places just to stretch our legs and, you know, just drink water and all that stuff. Yeah. Boy, it's, it's, it's really important. Back on the top of the timing though, this is might be a little No, it's on track regarding our military should even bother mentioning our timing make mix ups of a certain rider.
 
 00;33;22;14 - 00;33;51;00
 
 Yeah we can throw it out there. So that was just like if you're if you're an adventure rider or a motorcycle enthusiast and you watch YouTube, you might have heard of it. She boots and we are both big fans of her I like we both follow her channel and her journey throughout the world. And the craziest thing as I was watching one of her episodes and she ended up coming through Telluride, Colorado, and I noticed something in the background and it was two motorcycles.
 
 00;33;51;00 - 00;34;15;10
 
 It wasn't they weren't our bikes, but they were the bikes we were parked right next to. And I was like, Oh my God. And I was like, We were we were right there. We were parked next to those bikes. And then in the video she mentions what time she was there out, which was like 2 p.m.. And then I looked at my phone and I have a picture, I have a selfie of me with those bikes in the background like an hour before that.
 
 00;34;15;11 - 00;34;32;26
 
 And I was like, we literally missed like this frickin awesome motorcycle riders traveling around the world by one hour in the same places we were. And this is like, she travels the world, you know? Yeah, we had and we don't live in that state. It was just by pure Quinn and coincidence. Yeah, we were just off by an hour.
 
 00;34;33;01 - 00;34;51;15
 
 But just bring up the timing because it wasn't just Telluride. It was our way is we're heading into Colorado. Was that town called Norway good or Norway Normal. We rode past her because we had taken our breaks, I think. Yeah, we did take our break. We rolled through the town because we didn't feel like stopping. Yeah, because we stopped like, not too long before.
 
 00;34;51;15 - 00;35;10;12
 
 Yeah. And in her video, she stopped there, like, stay the night or something. To stay the night. We would have been in Europe or in Europe that night. And then she came to you're like after we already left back to Utah. Yeah. As well. And she stayed in Silverton the day before we went to Silverton. Oh yeah. Because she rode through it she and stayed out.
 
 00;35;10;12 - 00;35;28;08
 
 Yeah. Like and it's just such a weird coincidence because I'm like how so bummed? Because I'm like, I at least wanted to, like, wave, like, not even say hello in person because, you know, but like, at least wave in the background or something or just like, point it out. But it didn't happen. You know, we have almost met as hero.
 
 00;35;28;08 - 00;35;48;22
 
 So the only the only thing you're missing by taking breaks is like a really weird off chance that you'll meet YouTube motorcycle celebrity, you know, barring any weather. So just like just take your breaks, guys. Like, take your breaks. You're probably not going to run into them anyway. No. So I'll take a break. So regardless, that was really funny.
 
 00;35;48;26 - 00;36;07;23
 
 That was funny was we we figured that out like months later when. Oh yeah, it's a video and it's like it was months. It was like an August and end of May. I remember I couldn't like, complete my work that day for my job was like I had to tell all my coworkers that did not give a shit about yeah, about motorcycling whatsoever of what just happened.
 
 00;36;07;23 - 00;36;45;05
 
 And I had to tell all my friends about. I literally called my mom to tell her about it because I was like, Mom, you're not going to believe this moral of the story. Like buy a motorcycle. You unlock some almost opportunities. Yeah, exactly. So you know we were tell your or you're a and yeah we weren't like I didn't feel as defeated as tired as Yeah Tory right because it was we made sure that we took breaks when my mom says like hey, let's take a break, we're pretty much like, Yup, sounds good to me because if one of us is more tired or less, the breaks can benefit both of us regardless.
 
 00;36;45;05 - 00;37;02;20
 
 So it's not going to be. Yeah, some are going to like miss out on that. Going to like, yeah, I take time away from riding and everything like that, you know. And it's not even just like breaks. I think even one point we're on our way back like either it was I don't even remember what it was, but we haven't been riding that long.
 
 00;37;02;25 - 00;37;19;20
 
 Maybe 20, 30 minutes. And yeah, I mean, it might have been you. You need to adjust something like your gloves. Oh, yeah? Yeah. It's just like they don't, like, write your own write, basically. Like, I don't like, don't worry about the people you're riding with and say, Hey, guys, like, I need to take a break. I got to adjust and fix something.
 
 00;37;19;20 - 00;37;44;22
 
 Yeah, if they're good friends, they will wait for you. Yeah. So, like, because it's like, I mean, you know, it can be a safety issue and part of a safety issue is like if you're starting to lose your focus, like, just take a break. Yeah. If you're. Exactly. Yeah. So I think that being focused, being like having energy is probably the most important thing you can have, you know, while riding to make sure you're not fatigue, make sure you're of clear mind, of sound mind and all that.
 
 00;37;44;23 - 00;38;02;07
 
 Yeah. And you're paying attention to the road because safety is probably the most is the most important thing. Yeah. You don't want to cut your ride short, end up in the hospital or. Yes, well, I wouldn't say a car ride back from Colorado is precarious by any means, but we're definitely chasing or the weather was chasing us. Yes, the weather was chasing us.
 
 00;38;02;07 - 00;38;25;21
 
 And as brings us back to a lesson learn, which is, you know, I said I packed enough layers and I did, except I did not think to pack one thing and that was my winter or cold weather gloves, because this is the end May this is already we're already hitting, you know, it's like 80 degrees in Utah, 90 degrees in southern Utah.
 
 00;38;25;23 - 00;38;45;24
 
 And I didn't not expect the temperature to drop anywhere below like 50 or 40 like or, you know, 50 degrees like at night, maybe 40 at night. Yeah. And then, you know, being somewhere in the sixties to eighties in the afternoon, because we were so far south and boy, was I mistaken. So I did not have my winter gloves.
 
 00;38;45;24 - 00;39;15;24
 
 And there was a stretch of road between Price and Provo that involves going through a canyon and through a summit. And in that canyon it got down to 43 degrees degrees, which, yeah, like dusting of snow, which normally would not be that big of an issue. But because I did not bother packing my cold weather, riding gloves, there was a point where my hands start to feel a little numb on the on the on the tips of them.
 
 00;39;15;27 - 00;39;39;16
 
 Yeah. Even though I had heated grips, even though I had like the hand guards, the plastic candidates that are so they provided some wind protection. But I still felt like my hands starting to get pretty cold and we had to pull over and stop. I had to like, hold them by the radiator. Fans by the engine to kind of warm them back up a little bit because it was starting to get cold.
 
 00;39;39;16 - 00;40;04;29
 
 And I was like, okay, next long ride. Even if it's the middle of summer, I am packing my waterproof cold weather gloves because you just never know how quickly the weather can change, especially in those transitional like seasons and stuff like that. So I will not make that mistake again and I will pack it to make sure it's packed some, you know, like a like a decent, decently thick sweater or puffy jackets.
 
 00;40;04;29 - 00;40;36;08
 
 Where Underneath. Yeah. And things like that. Pack some lightweight thermals or something you can wear under your motorcycle pants, even if you don't think you'll need them. It's good to have them. Yeah, because if you don't have them, then, well, you know these back to what Mitch said about, you know, focus, concentration and things like that. Your hands or feet or legs starting to feel cold, your torso feeling cold, that could be really bad is going to start distracting you, which can, can have bad consequences.
 
 00;40;36;08 - 00;40;51;18
 
 Yeah. Oh, that's like what? I mean, I did pack my cold leather gloves. They're not my favorite to wear because they're really tight around my palm. And, yeah, like, I feel like I just have trouble, like, manipulating my thumbs to, like, get to the knobs from right or modes or whatever on my bike. Mm. You know, first of all.
 
 00;40;51;18 - 00;41;17;25
 
 Problems. Yeah. But no. So Alex had those and that's what I slipped up on though was, you know, I packed my sweater, I had my rain liners for my sand jacket, I set my rivets and three jacket. And because I had gotten those climb cargo pants that we wore Colorado for riding, I didn't so I didn't bring my sand pants.
 
 00;41;18;01 - 00;41;36;14
 
 But I did bring the the waterproof liner for them and think and I'm going to blame it on myself because I don't know why I was I didn't like just take the extra time to take those pants off and then put the waterproof liners on underneath the pants because I was wearing like the waterproof liner over the pants.
 
 00;41;36;20 - 00;41;58;03
 
 Yeah. And I looked ridiculous because they have, like a bootcut style thing at the bottom. Yeah, they just they just looked really funny, you know? So, like, so I was protected from any wetness in that regard. But the, but the, the warmth, all I had for another layer was my hoodie of my other hoodie that I had. Yeah.
 
 00;41;58;06 - 00;42;16;21
 
 And like a long sleeved shirt. But that wasn't enough. Like, so I think so I think for me, like, I'm just going to pack thermals. I don't care when and where because I mean, and I packed like some layers, but I was still taking a risk. Know we're going to be in the mountains. I don't know why weather can turn on a dime, especially high elevation.
 
 00;42;16;21 - 00;42;35;04
 
 Yep. And it did it did turn on a dime And we went from a nice 70 degree day to like a 50 degree day with light snow falling from the sky, which was well, it made us turn around and the million dollar way to, you know, to not make it all the way down to the rain go like we wanted to because we just weren't sure.
 
 00;42;35;06 - 00;42;57;00
 
 We found out later from a few other writers as like, Oh, it was fine. We rode through, right? Well, they said it was I mean, they I'm not going to generalize, but they were they didn't seem that cautious of a group. No, no, they did not because they said it was like, oh, you know, you push through like, yeah, the road was wet and like, yeah, okay, well, wet and cold means ice.
 
 00;42;57;03 - 00;43;15;15
 
 Yeah. Certain like 11,000 feet. Yeah. Yeah. And my big concern was the fact that because, you know, it was a road that none of us rode before, so I don't know what to expect later on. You know, what if it gets really twisty or if it gets really narrow, What if you get what if the weather gets worse and we can't get back to our hotel?
 
 00;43;15;20 - 00;43;37;23
 
 Yeah, and then what are we going to do? Get stuck in Durango for overnight when their hotel delayed like two and a half hours away, back in your car. And it just so many s. And we decided to, you know, not risk it and then head back to your seat like we've seen and that was really pretty. But yeah, it sucks that we got to miss out on that part of the highway.
 
 00;43;37;23 - 00;43;58;25
 
 But at the same time, I think we got on the good stuff. Yeah, we saw so. Oh, yes, wonderful. Yeah, It was a magical, magical road, but for me it was just the . Like, I don't know what's out there. The weather looks like it's getting much worse. It could start hailing, pouring, snowing at any minute, and it was towards the end of the day.
 
 00;43;58;25 - 00;44;17;17
 
 So starting to get like a little darker to darker. Colder. Yeah. And it was we'd already been stuck in Silverton longer than we wanted to be because there was like a snow. And when it got really windy and there's Yeah, yeah. So we decided to wait that out. So we just weren't sure what was going to happen next.
 
 00;44;17;23 - 00;44;33;08
 
 So we made the decision of heading back, which is probably another good lesson learned is that, you know, keep an eye out on those conditions and if something does not look right, trust your gut and don't do it. Yeah, just be adaptable. I think that's our lesson. Yeah. And it's like we had a plan. We want to stick to it.
 
 00;44;33;08 - 00;44;55;26
 
 But, you know, like, again, like mountain weather can change your mind for you can change on a dime, and then you have to just roll with it. Like you find your acceptable level of risk if you're willing to take that risk or if you would rather play it safe and then go back to your hotel. Yeah, which I think was fine for one.
 
 00;44;55;26 - 00;45;15;09
 
 Yeah. Yeah. Which I think we would agree because, I mean, it was a nice little town. It was a fun little town. I didn't like everything closing at 6:00. Yeah, everything did close early. That was kind of the downside. But when it was open, yeah, places were open. And another lesson is. Yeah, So there's your other lesson is like research the town.
 
 00;45;15;09 - 00;45;32;09
 
 You're going to make sure stuff doesn't close at six, especially if it's a small town. And if it does get there in time or pick stuff up on the way. Yeah. So you're not stuck right at the gas station that closes in 5 minutes to pick up a gas station sandwich in the middle of the night. I guess these are sandwiches and strapping the six pack to your car.
 
 00;45;32;10 - 00;46;04;05
 
 Yeah, Yeah, exactly. But that's all part of the adventure, right? Yeah, absolutely. Be adaptable. So you figure it out. Also, I think another good lesson is know your route ahead of time. You don't have to actually, like, plan it out completely, but at least know something like the more major roads and stuff around the plate or between the two places you're going, even if you're planning on going off road or taking the smaller path somewhere, I think it's still important to kind of know like what else is around you.
 
 00;46;04;06 - 00;46;28;24
 
 Yeah. So, you know, like, okay, well, if I can't make it, if this road ends up being closed for some reason, you know, so you kind of know where to find an alternative path. And I think another good thing is to make sure you if you have a route plan, download the maps to your phone, hopefully, because if you're in the area of the service and need to find a way to go and you don't have like a proper GPS unit, I think it's very important to have that on your phone.
 
 00;46;28;25 - 00;46;51;01
 
 Yeah. So and then on top of that, we're talking about like know your route plan, you know, a little bit better. So we start, we took some like dirt roads to Yeah. While we we're in Colorado and I think I learned or not learned I mean already it's common sense but like just watch your health because I was having troubles and I yeah, I didn't really want to get too far in, you know, so.
 
 00;46;51;01 - 00;47;11;10
 
 Yeah, just like, just check yourself, check your bike, check your out. Yes. So and then for the final to kind of wrap things up, we're going to talk about just some tools of the trade tools that tools, equipment, accessories and things that you both think that everyone should probably have on them if they're doing a long motorcycle trip.
 
 00;47;11;10 - 00;47;34;23
 
 And if you are a much bigger motorcycle adventurer than us, you probably already know all this stuff. So this will be nothing new to we're we're scrubs when it comes the adventure riding. But for me, I'm happy with it. Number one is layers, multiple weather. Be prepared for multiple, multiple types of weather, even if it's in the middle of summer, because you never know what kind of weather you might encounter.
 
 00;47;34;26 - 00;47;52;26
 
 How Well we have hailstorms in the middle of the summer, sometimes back in the storm, in the summer, sometimes that can happen. So you never know. It could be a 90 degree day and then later on it's like 50 degrees and snowing for some reason. Yeah. And you know, you'll be much more comfortable if you're warm and you're not cold.
 
 00;47;52;28 - 00;48;12;04
 
 And later on, for me, it was my saddlebags. I'm not a big fan of them. I do want to get the new Moscow motorbikes because they're my current ones are just cheapo cortex ones. They're. They'll be sad if they sags, but yeah, it looks kind of funny, cause I usually ride in the back and. Yeah, yeah. Especially because my new bike has a higher exhaust.
 
 00;48;12;08 - 00;48;31;20
 
 So one of them, like resting on the exhaust, the other one's like, hanging low and it just looks so ridiculous. Actually, I'm excited for our next right, because now that I have my because of the scramble to high exhaust, I have I have that built in a saddlebag. Yeah yeah. The bag be nice I forget who me. Oh s.w.a.t.
 
 00;48;31;22 - 00;48;49;17
 
 Yeah. Yeah. But yes, get your mask on. Well, so I think that's the biggest the other big improvement is and for me, I'm a person of convenience. I don't like to take too many extra steps to do what I feel like it's a basic task. And these saddlebags, I mean, they have straps. They're all, like, wobbly and wonky.
 
 00;48;49;17 - 00;49;13;09
 
 So it's kind of a pain to take them off and on, and they're not very rigid. Sophie, Pack them with clothes. They start to look misshapen and things like that. Plus, I also have my camera bag, which I strap on the back as well. So for me, I think the biggest thing is kind of organize your luggage, figure out how well it works, and get the luggage that's appropriate for your type of motorcycle and for the type of trip you want to do.
 
 00;49;13;13 - 00;49;33;09
 
 Yeah. Escort, take bags now. Good for a long trips like that. They're a good day trip bag just to throw on the back for a minute. Yeah, but not for. Not for something that's like a two night trip. Yeah. And I, I think I'm. I wouldn't say my opposite of that, but, like, I'm, I take a different approach.
 
 00;49;33;09 - 00;49;55;10
 
 Like, you know, I have a tank bag. I want to get, like, a better one. It's sitting right down here. It does fine. But I think it's good to have your stuff that you, that there's a big to small chance that you'll need on your ride. Just have it in your tank bag, you know, account for weight. If it's magnetic.
 
 00;49;55;12 - 00;50;20;17
 
 Yeah. And you know from there but like I don't have a I have that new like detachable easy saddlebag thing but like all I'm going to really keep in there would be like my roadside tools because it's easy to get to. I can throw water, I can throw an extra water bottle in there, but I don't do tank bags or like, I don't think I'm going to get those Moscow moto bags even if I have a different bike cause I have that waterproof duffel bag, you know, from my life experiences.
 
 00;50;20;17 - 00;50;39;19
 
 I'm used to living out of like a big C bag, duffel bag used to arrange stuff in there and have rock straps and just tie that down. And it worked pretty well. Yeah. And a road trip hack, if you have a swimsuit and it's still damp in the morning when you're leaving strap you strap it underneath your, underneath your rock straps.
 
 00;50;39;20 - 00;50;59;18
 
 Yeah. It's right on top of the luggage. Yeah. They'll dry out by the time you get to your next destination. Yeah. Oh and, and cleaning out this room for recording this, I finally found my, my cargo net again. My go spandex made it. Yeah. Stretchy cargo net. So I can, I can keep that on over the duffel bag and put more stuff underneath.
 
 00;50;59;18 - 00;51;32;17
 
 Yeah. If I need to. And that's the other I think tool that's very good to have spares of is rock strapped rock straps. Rock straps are amazing for strapping anything down to your bike basically anything from a six pack of beer to extra clothes like I had my sweater that I wore as a layer and when I got like a little too hot for it, when we're going through Moab, I remember and sort of showing that back into my dove or into my saddlebags, I just wanted to rock straps and just call it good because I didn't want to bother easy arranging stuff in there.
 
 00;51;32;17 - 00;51;55;10
 
 Yeah, there's super easy and convenient for like adding more stuff onto your bike if you need to do that. Obviously don't overpacked, but like it's good to have spare spare rack straps just for the one off chance that you might need to like put something on the back of your bike. Yeah, I even I always bring my rock straps with me, even if I'm just like, riding to work around town and stuff because I never know if I might want to pick up on the way home.
 
 00;51;55;10 - 00;52;31;15
 
 Yeah. And so I can have a place to, like, strap it down. Yeah. Yeah, it's. It's really nice. That's. Yeah. No matter what you're using. So make sure you have waterproof and. Well, let me start that sentence over. It's like whatever you're having for your bag, Just make sure it's waterproof, because with those rock straps, it's nice because, like, as things dry, space gets smaller, so you can, as the day goes on, you can tighten your rock straps as as air escapes and water leaves, like the fabrics and stuff.
 
 00;52;31;18 - 00;52;51;05
 
 Plus, if you get caught in a rainstorm, all my stuff is dry. So, yeah, that's that's very important in that waterproof duffel bag that I can't even buy. Quite a duffel bag. But yeah, the C bag. Yeah, that's, that's actually like it's truly waterproof. Yep. And for me personally, I also have my, like, waterproof over pants that I wear.
 
 00;52;51;07 - 00;53;09;25
 
 They're very basic, but waterproof also means windproof a lot of the time. So it's kind of double duty when you're running through the really cold part in Colorado or back from Colorado. But I'm putting those on because my legs are starting to get chilly. So that's very important. And those things are, you know, they were like 30 bucks upcycle gear just to have something spare like that.
 
 00;53;09;28 - 00;53;34;07
 
 You always have your tie repair kit with you have both are like air pumps. Those are important. And then just even like a just a little tool roll with like basic tools, I just have like the cheapo Stockton one from same cycle gear, but it has like extra fuzes and it has all the wrenches that you might need just in case there's some roads, I mean maintenance on your bike there and zip ties take up takes.
 
 00;53;34;10 - 00;53;55;15
 
 Sometimes you can never go wrong with them. Yeah. Make sure your trainers lubed up before you go. Yes. And cleaned tires at the right pressure. You know, we have a we have a friend in our riding group who is chain broke on the long ride and they they had to zip tie it to get them roadworthiness. So now it's like really bad.
 
 00;53;55;15 - 00;54;16;09
 
 So just kind of, I guess the big takeaway for for the tools part is figure out how long your right as and kind of go based on that Bring in things you need for emergencies. Be prepared for changing weather and be prepared for any roadside issues that you might have that you might encounter in the middle of nowhere.
 
 00;54;16;12 - 00;54;35;21
 
 And if you're like, Oh, sorry, it's sorry, let's go ahead. And the other big thing is let people know where you are, where you're riding. That way, if something goes wrong, they have a general idea of where to look for you if you're stranded. For example, me and my parents, we have our we have like our location shared on Google.
 
 00;54;35;23 - 00;54;58;19
 
 So we always know because I like to go hiking, I like to go up in the mountains or snowboarding and things like that. It's important for someone to know where you are just in case something does happen. And you know, they can. They can have a general idea of where you are. Yeah. And for me, yeah, that's that's exactly I was going to say I let them know like where you're going or like where you'll be and like, how you're getting there.
 
 00;54;58;24 - 00;55;24;01
 
 Yeah. I mean that's, that's the extent of I do it, That's my bare minimum. I was just going to say like with, like we're on the topic of like zip ties and fuze it like all that little stuff. There's just like that general rule. I think it goes for pretty much any hobby. If you're out and about, then I'll know where I, you know, three is two, two is one, one is none like have to have spare earplugs, have you have your phone battery but have like a portable battery charger.
 
 00;55;24;01 - 00;55;46;26
 
 Oh yes. You know, just so you can have like that extra security if you need it or something goes wrong or something breaks. So if you're a photographer or if you have GoPros on your extra batteries, charger extra SD cards, because those things are tiny and we'll get lost. You know, make sure your mounts like stable, your GoPro doesn't go flying off.
 
 00;55;46;26 - 00;56;06;11
 
 Also, take wet wipes because you just never know. Yep. Take one wipes actually that's that's I was going to mention that bring some of the like the sanitizing alcohol wipes because I'm I like to wash my hands any time I come home from anywhere because I just don't like them feeling dirty. And whenever I stop I want like a snack or something.
 
 00;56;06;11 - 00;56;21;01
 
 I like to just, you know, like of down real quick, like wipe my hands, wipe my face, sort of wipe some sweat off. I just kind of it just makes me feel good. Freshens you up? Yeah. Fresh as you are. Plus you can also use it to like, maybe wipe your helmet windscreen. Yeah, just some bugs if you need.
 
 00;56;21;02 - 00;56;37;22
 
 So and not to be like, too graphic. Not that this has happened, but like, you just never know. Like what you eat on a trip. You might. You may need to pull over wipes, you may need those. So you may not want to use alcoholic ones for that though. No I'll, I'll leave that to the individuals. So and also first aid kit.
 
 00;56;37;25 - 00;56;52;07
 
 Yes. Yeah. I always say I always pack my trauma kit. Yeah. So very important to have because once again, you just never know what's going to happen. And when you're riding with somebody, I always tell you where it is. Yeah. You know, like, hey, like my like this is my trauma kit. It's in this bag. It's. Yeah. And I keep it.
 
 00;56;52;10 - 00;57;25;06
 
 I don't bury it in that. Whatever bag I have, it's usually very excessive. Make sure it's very accessible. Yeah. And I think that's pretty much all for the tools other than the tools of the trade. That's other than like, obviously your gear and. Oh, something like that. Heated grips. You can't go wrong with those. Yes. If you have a motorcycle or if you're planning on getting one and planning on doing long to get one with heated grips or get aftermarket ones because they are a life changer and they make such a big difference for the comfort.
 
 00;57;25;08 - 00;57;46;03
 
 I've really tended to also get a heated seat because I feel like they'll be very comfortable. I hereby set up to hit See Lucky. Yeah. So maybe I'll get that in the future because I feel like that would help keeping my up from being just my mike. That's 211. No, but that reminds me of back. Back when I was at Harrison, they showed me these new new Alpine Star Gloves and it promised.
 
 00;57;46;03 - 00;58;07;17
 
 None of this is advertised. This is just this is just what I got to see small for. Advertisement. You know, this is just like what I got to experience. And I learned I learned that this is the thing when I was like, I've always seen like the powered heated gloves that plug into your jacket and you have this whole set up to plug into your bike or you have like a battery in your jacket pocket, but actually like independent wireless heating gloves.
 
 00;58;07;20 - 00;58;40;01
 
 I think they're the they're Alpine Star and I think they're the HTC Seven's a nice but I don't know. But it was really cool. They were really hot on the highest setting. They were still a little too warm sitting in a building on like the lowest setting. Yeah, but they were waterproof, windproof. So if you don't want to bother installing heated grips or you can't afford a bike with his grip or whatever reason, you do have options for independent wireless, rechargeable, heated gloves, kid gloves or just heated gear in general.
 
 00;58;40;01 - 00;58;58;20
 
 Yeah, most bikes will support if they have like a cigaret plug. You know, you can plug seated gear into them and use them. You know, a few people that carry that one. Oh yeah. That's for for different reasons. And things like so whatever, whatever your limit is, we can't speak for you, we don't know what your head is.
 
 00;58;58;20 - 00;59;15;19
 
 So we haven't, we haven't mentioned is a hot weather riding. You can soak your shirt. Yeah. Oh yes, I remember that. Yeah. If you're riding in hot weather, if you can soak your shirt with water and just put it on, I promise you I'll be dry by the time you get anywhere, you're going down there, but it will keep you cool.
 
 00;59;15;24 - 00;59;41;03
 
 And normally, like I don't recommend wearing cotton because it absorbs your sweat and things like that. But a cotton shirt, that's already wet in the hot weather, yeah, it feels pretty good because it doesn't quickly dry up and it just kind of helps you just stay cool long, longer, right? Yeah, Totally forgot about that. Yeah. So other hot weather, just drink water and embrace the suck because it will get hot.
 
 00;59;41;05 - 01;00;03;04
 
 It'll get hot. And I think that's. That's pretty much all I have to say. Yeah, I think so. There's really not much to, you know, cold weather. You guys can figure each your own things out. Like we've been doing it. Yeah, we haven't. We're not masters by any means. I think we've learned some more lessons this year. And the more you ride, the more you'll understand what you need, what you don't need, and.
 
 01;00;03;07 - 01;00;27;12
 
 And just general stuff like that. Yeah. So, So I think that's it. I think that yeah I that pretty much for that matter is going to be rambling on. Yes. So anyway thank you so much for listening. Be sure to share it with your friends. Share it with your colleagues, fellow motorcycle riders, friends and family parents, even if they don't care about motorcycling and tell them to listen to us anyways because it's fun.
 
 01;00;27;14 - 01;00;49;09
 
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 01;00;49;11 - 01;01;13;08
 
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 01;01;13;08 - 01;01;19;02
 
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