Видео

I need to quit riding?😁🤔🤔Naaaa, El' Diablo is about to get a whole new look.... Something special to do with that little bike..... Coming soon...

@@TeamDNFracing Stick to the El Diablo and you will never ever have bad luck 😀

@@thebikegeekandmore2448 Getting it ready for a new video coming next week. We are going back to Lampang Thailand for the 2024 enduro... Riding El' Diablo this time....

Nope, the two seats are about the same height. However, the long seat is coming back on for a special ride.....

@@TeamDNFracing I have rented a cub 125 that I ride around today and I want to have a better legangel and hence I was thinking about the long seat.

@@thebikegeekandmore2448 Check out Lazada and Shopee.co.th I got mine off of Shopee.co.th I like it for being able to move around, but for just riding my bike in tight places, I go back to the stock seat.... You will get more leg room with the longer seat as it is much easier to move back....

@@TeamDNFracing I just came back after a 200 km ride with the cub 125. I like the bike but my right legg don't like to folded backwards. X-max 300 works fine with my body but I am more in a search for a bike like the cub 125.

@@thebikegeekandmore2448 You're not going to cheat on your Cub are you? You start riding an X-Max, it's going to start raining again.....🤔😁

The rain just gave us more chances to stop and rest Vaughn, not that we really needed a reason to stop and rest, and have a Leo....

Robert was on his Honda CRF 250L, I was riding my Yamaha XSR 155. Both bikes are very good for this type of terrain. I just need to have some more padding put on my seat....

The first nights accommodations weren't really nice, but the bed was comfy. It was just over priced. And the ants, I could have done without the ants.... Night #2 place was great, you'll see the rooms and inside at the start of Day #3. And the bikes got parked in a garage....

You need to get one of these smaller cc bikes like the Yamaha that I'm riding. The only thing I want to change on it now is to have some more padding put on the part of the seat that I set on all day long... Just in case I decide to ride it anywhere before I add the padding, I went ahead and bought two pair of underwear that is padded.... Every little bit helps....

Really, I'm coming down to see you two. Just as soon as I get my new pickup. Have to sell the TaTa also.... But I'm coming down. I want to fish the Dead Sea and possibly catch a fish.... Not possible I know....

@@TeamDNFracing nah mate, heard this all before. Believe you when we see you 🤣🤣🤣

It was a great little 5 day ride, just wish it wasn't as tough on me to edit these videos. We shot a lot of footage, but it is in short sequences. Had to do it that way and a few times, both of us were shooting footage of the same thing, not good. We've got to get a system down so only on camera is rolling at any one time.... Makes it easier on me as the editor......

@@TeamDNFracing Your adventures are so inspiring! Hope to have a long ride like this next time I visit.

Terry, you can run up to a 3.00 front tire and a 3.25 on the rear, we've tried them and they seem petty stable. As for the gearing on the bike for pavement only. We would still run the stock 14T on the front and we would still run the 42T on the rear. Here is why, the slightly lower gearing gives you a much better low end take off and it doesn't fall flat near as easy as using the stock 39T on the rear. Try it and see what you think. Living in Thailand you have the luxury of very inexpensive parts for the Honda CT. Sprockets are relatively cheap and you can experiment with them at little cost to your pocket. So far, we've all gone with the 42T rear and feel it gives the right amount of low end and we aren't looking to go 90 KPH with our bikes anyway. We can still cruise around most of the hi ways at a comfortable 75 to 80 KPH and avoid most of the crazy traffic individuals trying to run you over. So try those settings and see what you think. Your stock tires are really not that bad of a road only tire. Don't know if you can get them in any other sizes, but I would think so but we have gone to the Vee Rubber tires and the traction they give on pavement seems to be just as good as the stock IRC tires gave us.... Hope this helps, but don't be afraid to experiment on your own...

@@TeamDNFracing Thank you for your reply!

@@TeamDNFracing Where do I get a 42T sprocket and a new better quality chain. I want to do both at the same time. A link would be helpful...Thanks

Glad you liked it and that video seems to have helped more people out with the shifting than any video I've put up.

That is an excellent bike for this kind of riding, sadly, for me at my age. The Triumph was just to heavy and I knew that if I dropped it, I'd never be able to lift it back up by myself so that prompted me to go ahead and sell it. If I had still lived in the part of Oklahoma I'm from, that bike would have been perfect, but the mountain areas around Chiang Mai just presents to many chances to fall over on a heavy bike like the triumph.... Loved the power and especially that low end torque it had.... The trips I did ride on it where just pure joy.....

My dog got that spot when she was very young from always wanting to bury her treats, so we stopped giving her treats, she then started burying any food left over on her plate. After fighting this, we finally had to feed her in a certain spot and when she looked like she was through, her plate was put away and all she then had was her water bowl and her crunchy dog food. She stopped burying her food and her nose healed up nicely. That is an old picture of her, so I stuck it on this clip. She has not spot on her nose now and with our tactics she doesn't have a chance to bury any food and she hasn't had a treat in a very long while... She's still lazy though....

Jerry, thanks for the comment. As for all of our vehicles, here is what is still here: Toyota Revo pickup, Toyota Camry, TaTa pickup, Honda CT 125, Yamaha WR155R and the newest bike the Yamaha XRS155. What is gone and why: Honda Wave 125i, it was a 2013 model and my new Honda CT 125 was meant to be its replacement, eventually it was and my wife agreed to let me have a street only bike if I sold the Wave, so I sold the wave and I wanted a small street bike no larger than a 250cc. The wife said why don't you buy one of these and she showed me the picture of the Triumph. How could I say no to my wife with that kind of logic? I couldn't, so I bought the Triumph 900 Street Twin. That bike was so awesome and the torque on it was so smooth and it handled great in the Northern mountains around Chiang Mai, BUT.... It was a really heavy bike and the older I get, the less strength I have. If I had ever tipped over on that bike, I would never of been able to lift it up by myself. So, I sold it and bought the Yamaha WR155R for riding off road with and decided to just use the CT as my daily driver. Well, that was cool until one day on a ride with some of Roberts friends, one of them had a Yamaha XSR155 and I let him ride my CT and he let me ride his XSR. It has the exact same engine as my Yamaha WR and it seemed to handle pretty good on dirt roads, so that would now be my choice of street only bikes. That's how I ended up with the three bikes I have now...Those will stay with me for the for seeable future, I like all of them, they are light enough that I can easily pick them up if I tip over and they all handle very well. As for the TaTa, it is and always has been our work truck. When we need something heavy hauled in or out of our property, it gets used and not our Toyota Revo pickup, (which is my wife's daily driver). She only uses her Camry for special trips, like taking her mother places etc. I am about half way to saving up for the new Toyota Champ pickup which will be my daily driver and our new work truck. Still need to sell the TaTa first also. I'm editing the second day of the Adventure Ride now and will post it when finished with the editing. I'll still have three more of the trip to do also. I also have footage of the new Toyota in the dark gray color so that needs editing also. My CT is in the shop having a manual clutch installed and in October I'll be going down to Lampang for another Enduro only this time with my CT as the bike I'll be riding.... Should be an interesting adventure in itself.... You've gotta love Thailand..... So much to do here, perfect place to retire too.....

@@TeamDNFracing Eddie, thank you so much for the explanation. Now, it's all in focus! You live a fascinating life, from my perspective. Can definitely understand your concern about lifting up a heavy motorcycle. I've never owned one, but am highly interested in buying a CT to use here in Washington state (I live in Everett, about 25 miles north of Seattle). My concern is exactly the same, struggling with a potentially overly heavy motorcycle. That's one of the many reason why the CT appeals to me so much and how I discovered your channel (searching for info on the CT125). Am looking forward to your release of the follow-on videos that you described above. Have learned a lot from watching your videos, and I have watched every last one at least once (some as many as three times). Thanks for sharing your life with those of us in your audience! Be safe, thanks again, all my best, and keep riding!

"It would be fabulous if you would show us your route on a map as you go" ---> just like in the Indiana Jones movies!!!

We did a route intro video a few days before starting this adventure and showed the route on a GPS map for each days route. Check that video out and as for GPS pings for the places we stopped at, most of them were just spots that looked good to stop at for a beer or snack and a bite to eat. There are so many locals along a 1,000 Kilometer ride to stop and enjoy a rest, or photo opt or a beer or a meal, I'd be showing those every kilometer or so on the ride. If you decide to ride this adventure, just go slow enough that you can stop when ever you want to. The one where the old lady smiled, laughed and then lit up a cigarette was just a few houses along a mountain road and those are everywhere in Northern Thailand... Just explore, that's what we do......

@@user-jt4go6fy2b Robert has the GPS, not me, but we do have the route on the intro video....

@TeamDNFracing Thanks. I saw the route map in the intro video, but just suggesting that it would be interesting to put it in context in your video as to where you are in the route as you go. Helps the viewer visualize. Newbs to riding, liking my husband and myself, like to watch videos like this in order to plan nice looking routes. Use or not, up to you.

With that combination, I guarantee we would get lost somewhere during the trip, and yes, we did. Several times.... But we do expect that to happen....

Not sure which hotel we stayed in each night, but the only one I didn't like was the first one. I believe the one you are talking about was the one Robert called the biker hotel. That was my favorite one and her son is running it while she takes a vacation. Great place to stay....

That is my new road only bike, it was a used Yamaha XSR155 with only 3,131 Kilometers on it when I got it. It now has over 5,000 Kilometers on it and uses the same engine that my Yamaha WR155R has. It got great fuel economy on this trip.... Super light weight bike with ample power for the mountain passes, just need to get some more padding installed on the front part of the seat.

Well, it's not exactly, be sure to watch the start of Day #2, You'll see what I mean... Elsewise, it really wasn't a bad ride just a lot of rain to deal with and a couple rear wheel slides on the wet pavement...

You know Robert, we stop when he has a beer lady spotted on the road. Loved that stop at the mountain village. Not a place many tourist will go visit....

For a rainy day, it really wasn't that bad of a ride. In between rain storms, your riding gear would dry out while riding and we just had to remember to keep wiping the water off the lenses of the GoPro's ..... Fun day, long, but fun....

@@TeamDNFracing glad you had a good day 😌.

@@richardduke9788 We actually had five good days, wish it hadn't been raining, but that's what happens when you plan a ride during the rainy season in Thailand....

@@TeamDNFracing I am doing another Hotshot load of freight, Texas , Oklahoma, and Arkansas. Then back to Mississippi. We could use some of that rain on my pumpkin 🎃 patch, getting kinda dry ! Be careful !

We plan on doing a long ride each time Robert gets back from his job as a Merchant Marine Engineer. He'll map out a route and we'll plan better on places to stay as the first nights price was the highest of the four nights. More to come when I get a full day to edit the next one....

Once you've been here, you'll always want to come back again.... I'm very lucky to have been able to retire and move here.....

I have no problem riding around in 3rd gear on slow road and trail sections, then be able to shift down to 2nd is a breeze....

@@TeamDNFracing cool, i always ride scooters ,this is my first shifting motorcycle,

I'm looking forward to the trip itself, lots of editing going to happen when we get back home..... We'll be looking for more video endings for you Vaughn....😁

@@TeamDNFracing Thanks! The editing will be a bitch with multiple cameras in action, but worth it. My earlier videos had 4 cameras.. one on my chest, one on a tripod, one for underwater shots and one on the quadcopter for overhead shots. I gradually evolved to just using a single camera and took it off my chest and put it on the tripod when needed, and rarely use the quadcopter or the underwater camera. Then at least all the clips are already in already in time order.

Robert is going on his Honda CRF 250 and I'll be on my Yamaha XSR 155. Woke up to rain this morning, not the way I wanted to start the trip, but it is letting off and is heading out of our planned travel. We'll be taking it easy this morning.....

@@TeamDNFracing Hope the weather improves. I was a little worried that you planned to travel too many kilometers each day. Good luck. 👍 🙏

@@TheExistentialVegan Just got back from the ride today and my posterior end is a bit tender, butt I'm okay. The mileage really wasn't the hard part, the hard part was the constant rain in the mountains and we road a lot of mountain roads. Some ver twisty and steep mountain roads and with the moisture we had, they became extremely slick. Lucky for us, the only fall we had was when I slipped on a sidewalk to look at one of the sights we stopped to see. Landed right on my backside, luckily I was still wearing my body armor and I didn't get hurt at all.... Hats off to Troy Lee Design body armor, it did what it was supposed to do... There is going to be five videos showing the five days of riding, we clocked 1,039.7 Kilometers from my house and back to my house.... Loads of fun, my Yamaha handled the entire trip flawlessly but now it is really dirty, wash time tomorrow.....

@TeamDNFracing Wow! That's amazing! I know the series is going to be great. Thailand is so beautiful. Congratulations! 😊🙏

Now we go ride the planned road trip.... What do you think of the ending?

Thank you very much, that means a lot to me what you said... Robert and I shot a prelude video today for a trip we are going on starting Monday, it's 5 day and 4 nights taking in the Northern parts of Thailand to the Golden Triangle. I'll be posting are set up video tomorrow that we shot today and then it will be over a week before we get back to edit out the 5 days of video material. Look for it in the next week after this coming week.... Again, thank you for the kind words. It does matter....

@@TeamDNFracing Thank you, Eddie! Am looking forward to your upcoming videos, and I sincerely wish you and Robert the best!!

@@user-jt4go6fy2b We are currently getting prepared to start a 5 day, 4 night adventure ride in the Northern part of Thailand from Chiang Mai to the Golden Triangle up by Chiang Rai and then back down South along the mighty Mekong River and back to Chiang Mai. This is Thursday evening here and we leave at 8:00 on Monday. I'm editing the entro video to that adventure now, should have it up by Saturday our time. Then it will be a couple weeks before the next video hits as we will be on the ride. Should be another 5 videos from the ride to go with this entry video. There will be some very interesting sights that we see and of course we'll try to be entertaining also.... Thank you for the kind words and enjoy the upcoming videos....

Yea I know, do you realize how many beer stops we had to make to get through that day? We also through a lunch stop in there.... I was exhausted after that ride....

We stopped at a roadside market that was just getting set up and the ladies all wanted their pictures taken, so I took them and thought why not just put them in the video. The little gal that made my Thai Tea for me is named Gee, I met her there years ago and she always jokes with me when I stop for one of her green tea drinks. They taste excellent and she always has a smile....

@@TeamDNFracing Something like that might make a good 60 second " Short " .

@@richardduke9788 I've done a couple short videos of some of Thailands lovely ladies. Those really didn't go over like I thought they would....

@@TeamDNFracing My Shorts are green corn🌽, watermelon 🍉 , pumpkin 🎃 , and racoon traps .

@@richardduke9788 I assume you are talking about your "short videos" and not the color of the shorts you wear. Although, I'd like to see a pair of shorts in raccoon traps color... Just kidding, I knew what you were talking about.....

Don't tell me you just had to know what it was like when it was raining so you watched it while it was raining... Oh Vaughn, you crack me up....

@@TeamDNFracing It's true.. LOL..

@@Vintage_Garage keep up your fantastic spirit my friend....

I've had mine now for almost four years and for some reason can't stop changing things out on it. The bike is so much fun to ride and now that we are going to ride a pair of them in a Thai Enduro, which I don't believe has been done before, it's going to really show what these bikes can really do if set up correctly.... I think....🤔

Just a couple more days and I'll start setting everything on it up for the Lampang Thai Enduro in October. Need to have everything set up so I can have time to get the feel of everything on it. I'll be shooting some footage of all the things I'm doing to it to prep it for the race....

We are still running our Toyota Revo as my wife just won't let me use it very often. This Champ will be my fourth Toyota pickup I've owned, every one of them never let me down. Great trucks....

Where in Thailand are you moving to? Love it up North in Chiang Mai. You'll be glad you moved here, I don't regret it a bit....

Have not been able to get those here in Thailand and I believe the SR 241 is similar to the Vee-Rubber tires that we run on the CT's as our daily tires. For this enduro, we definitely need a good knobby tire front and rear for it. Very pleased with how the Camel MX has performed so far....

Thanks Richard, every view helps my channel.... Greatly appreciate it.....

I definitely understand about the views ! My little channel isn't as entertaining as yours , but it is slowly coming along 😅.

@@richardduke9788 The cameras don't really show just how amazing the scenery is here in Thailand so I have to stop occasionally just to see what an amazing spectacle this country has to offer us....

@@richardduke9788 I like seeing the channel grow, but it has really surprised me how certain items make it go great and others don't do squat....

@@TeamDNFracing I started doing a lot of the 60 second " Shorts " , some do ok , and some of them people just scroll on by . But the " Shorts " is where I have been getting subscribers .

That is my everyday driver. I go all over on it, but it will be doing a different chore for the next two months and that is to get it set up for the Thai Enduro at Lampang. Once it is completely set up, then the rides will start to get me used to what it will be able to do and what it won't be able to do so I can go to the Enduro with confidence.

May I ask when and where the Enduro is taking place? I've always wondered how the 125 would do in an Enduro. Thanks. 😊

@@TheExistentialVegan The enduro is in Lampang, Thailand and is October 6. Lampang is about 100 Kilometers South of where I live and I rode in it last year on my Yamaha WR 155R. The tight terrain made it difficult for me to turn the way to heavy Yamaha without tipping over so I got overheated and it zapped my strength lifting that almost 300 pound bike up. I believe the much lighter and shorter Honda CT will be a better bike for that terrain and me. It will be interesting anyway and I'll be doing several videos on setting up the bike and then of course, the enduro itself.....

@@TeamDNFracing Thanks. Will be watching for sure.

My first thought on your question is "Why would I want a set of Shinko SR 241 tires to go ride in a Thai Enduro"? Not to be sarcastic, but those tires are very similar to the IRC and Vee-Rubber tires we can get here in Thailand and we run the Vee-Rubber tires on our bikes now for everyday use. They work very well on most every surface except, rocky, tree roots and rutted trails. We need a full on knobby tire and that is what the Camel Moto Cross tire is. We've done extensive tire testing the past four years on our Honda CT's and if all you are going to ride is pavement, then the stock IRC tire that comes with the bike is as good as any tire out there. If you want to ride pavement and off road, we have found the Vee-Rubber tires work the best on all conditions and will last longer than the IRC with the same tread pattern which is the same as the Shinko tires pattern. Thanks for the comment, but I need a tire that works extremely good Offroad, and the Camel Motocross knobby tire does that very well. I set the pressure at 10 PSI for competition with these and it flexes and bites exactly the way I need it to. The Shinko, just won't bite like a full knobby tire does.....

El' Diablo will be down for a while for the prep work for an upcoming Thai enduro. It should be a good looking bike once I get it finished....

Move to Thailand and bring Wilbur with you....

Needed to fix El' Diabo after my wacko mechanic screwed things up on it.... Lesson learned: Always inspect your returned parts to make sure they did what you said you wanted done....

In 1982 the Husqvarna race bikes came with a 17 inch rear wheel. The CT has a 17 inch rear wheel, I'd much rather have a 21 inch wheel up front, a little longer swing arm and longer rear shocks with longer front forks. No need to go to a LS engine, just need to utilize what this engine has to be able to keep it in the torque sweet spot, a manual clutch will do that. The Thai racers regularly modify the Honda Wave bikes and it's amazing what they can do with them and the places they can go on them. Suspension is the key to be able to go places and being able to keep the power at the right RPM's....

@@TeamDNFracing Cool information, I was just being sarcastic with the LS. Every time I hear someone wanting to do an engine swap on their car/truck it's either an LS or Cummins. I'm considering buying a cheap CT and putting electric hub motors on front and rear. I'd add a generator to the engine to power them. I'm liking the idea of 2wd and the ability to hold 65 mph up hill.

@@wantblackwolf Hey, if we can get a Cummins in this frame, I'm all for that. I can just imagine rolling some coal going up some of these hills.... Keep up the commits, we try to answer them all.... Still not through making this into a Thai enduro ready bike. As far as we know, nobody has ridden a Honda CT in a Thai enduro. We will have at least two of them in the October Lampang enduro....

He's still in Chiang Mai.....

On pavement straight roads it handle great, with the V-Rubber tires on it. Just a little more care is needed on pavement with the knobbies on it. On dirt roads, sand and mud as it is now, it handles very well also and I'll be doing a short video on the rice paddies to show that before we go to the Lampang Enduro in October. I did have the front tire wash out on me the other day on a paved corner that had a lip in it and a bit of loose gravel. First time for that to happen. As for the top speed it is now geared for off road and it will do 100 KPH but I don't like running it up that high. Normally, we keep them around 60 to 70 KPH and that's plenty fast enough for me.... The camshaft that came with the High Speed head really let it rev out and that was partly because when they installed that on it, they raised the limit on the Rev-limiter which I didn't know they did, but it was really fast with that setup, just had no low end....

This is the first off road ride I've had on the CT since I had all the work done. It is also in the process of being set up to ride in a Thai Enduro in October. Have to find out what works and what doesn't. Going to have a manual clutch installed on it so it is easier to get the RPM's up to the sweet Torque range. With the setup it has, on really steep terrain it is difficult to get it to power up. I've still got the Yamaha WR155 but will ride it in more open terrain events where the suspension and longer wheelbase shows off the power and handling. In really tight terrain like this was, it is extremely heavy at 285 pounds and is difficult for me to lift it up when I tip over with it. Different bikes for different terrain....

Can’t find any comment box to remark on your shameful LOMF! How on earth did that track find it’s way onto any Garmin mapping? Maybe it was some honey gathering grandma on a C50 who made those ruts and forced her way through!

Man, I needed that refreshment stop at the end..

@@Kathikas1 I wonder the same thing. The first part of the trail went to that shelter in the clearing, and someone built the bridge to get there. I wonder how many years ago that shelter was built and what was it's purpose?

@@Vintage_Garage That's one of our regular beer stops when we go ride. Just so happens that where the start of this trail is was close to that beer stop so when we came out of there, we had a cold Leo and then had a steak at another restaurant close by. All in all, it was a pretty good day....

@@Vintage_Garage Could be just about anything, but there are locals that travel these trails in search of items they can eat. Mushrooms, ant eggs, different types of vegetations, you see people out foraging all the time.

I'll do some more videos on it after we get the clutch installed on it and then when I set it up for the final test just before the Enduro.