Recent content by Barrel

I will finish the season like this and look at my options during our long winter months up here.... To answer your question, I have been riding an average of 27,000km a year on 2 x XTZs since 2012. One has 106,000km and the other one has 110,000km... I end up with a second new XTZs in 2014 on...

Good day I had exactly the same problem on my 2012 and could not find what was wrong....... and I want to take the time to thank you for this post. I was able to fix my brake problem following your modifications. I have shared my and your experiences with other ST riders here in Quebec...

Good day Sorry ....wrong topic....but to answer your question quickly... in northern Quebec as per some other amazing places....you don`t need a camp ground...wide open space......you can camp pretty much everywhere.......always bring a small survival kit !!!!

Good day Another great middle-size machine!! I ride with some of my KTM`s friends, super machines like the KTM 1190 and 1290.... I can say that with riders of +- the same skills as me that these bikes are awesome off road...I pretty much go to the same places as them but not as fast......I can...

Bonjour! I have now ridden 200,000km (160,000 miles) on Super Ténéré after riding 27 years on BMW GSs (1985-2012)! I did like all of my previous bikes through the years, still very satisfy with my ST and very impress with its reliability, low maintenance cost and versatility including riding...

Good day I just use a small Canon PowerShot ELPH 360 Digital Camera (12x Optical Zoom) and download my pictures on the free website https://imgur.com/! https://www.amazon.com/Canon-PowerShot-Digital-Optical-Stabilization/dp/B01AA093UW/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8&th=1 Thanks!

You can buy the KTM Rallye Replica 2019 for +- 26,000EURO or $30,000USD... http://www.advpulse.com/adv-bikes/meet-the-all-new-2019-ktm-450-rally-replica/ You can buy the Yamaha Rallye Replica for +- 28,000EURO or $32,000USD... https://rally.dragondistribution.fr/...

Good day Van Bereven (the top Yamaha rider with De Soultrait) did confirm on facebook that the engine’s thermostat has failed (remained in the close position) causing damage to its engine only 10 miles from the finish line of the before last special. He was #4 in the overall at that time. De...

PART 3: We spent two memorable days in Gettysburg which held a battle that was a turning point in the 1861-1865 American Civil War between the North (the Union States under Abraham Lincoln) and the South (the Confederate States - under Jefferson Davis) ... We must not forget that 200,000...

PART 2: Finally, we were happy to take the road together for the next 2 weeks .... and what better way to start with the Tail of the Dragon ..... we enjoyed it despite that I find the course a bit overrated .... what I mean by that is that there is a lot of dragon tail everywhere including...

PART 1: Good day We had given ourselves 10 years to make 3 great trips together in some of the places that interested us the most in North America!! We did portions of the US and Canadian Rockies in 2013, portions of Western US in 2016 and the Appalachian in 2018. Under the same concept as...

Awesome RRs, pictures, videos and trips folks !!! I rode to Inuvik in 1987 on my R80 GS as far as the road went North at that time in the NWT! 4 x more beers plse!! Cheers!

PART 5 After Pikes Peak, I took the 67 to Goldfield to make the Gold Belt Tour thru others magnificent canyons ... I rode the Phantom Canyon Road and spend the night in Canonville ... The next morning I rode the Marshall Pass (10,842 feet) between Mears Juntion and Sargents to reach...

PART 4 The Podash Road is just as fun and impressive .. here you can see the Colorado River.... another huge cliff.. I meet several French people in jeeps .. I got a nice cold beer from one of them ... We left Moab to reach the Colorado via hwy 90 .... very impressive to see the...