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SmoMoto
Registrace 27. 01. 2009
Addicted to Dirt bikes. Having fun and trying to get better.
My best Alpine Ride Yet - 2024 KTM 350 XCF Factory
Took the thumper on a harder Alpine ride. My first time riding a long mountain spline for what must have been 10km. A bit of everything from boulder fields, meadows and everything in between. All around 2500m or 8000 feet.
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Silver Kings 2024 Silver Class - Day 1 and 2 compilation
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I did a very poor job recording the race unfortunately. Ended up recording a majority of my battery time on just bottlenecks and then missing more interesting areas like the Creek on day one etc. At any rate the race lived up to its reputation, it was very hard. I finished a lap on Day 1 but only around 2/3 of a lap on day 2.
Bar Bender 2024 Hare Scramble highlights
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Very eventful race at Bar Bender 2024 - didn't have the best results but had an amazing time on some of the hills and features.
Piston Run 2024 Hare Scramble
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This one hurt a bit. I really felt the course suited me and I would be able to manage a top 5 finish but my body disagreed and I lost energy big time near the end of the first lap. I stuck it out but only managed 7th in this one.
Chuwels Challenge 2024 HareScramble
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I had a very poor race craft first lap letting pile ups really slow me down ending up 12th after lap 1. But on Lap two managed to push up to 6th position. Kinda of a half decent race saving second lap.
A Long Dirt Bike Video - 2024 KTM 350 XCF Factory
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Way too lazy to edit this down into chunk. Very fun fast ride.
Onion Lake Dirt Bike trip 2024 - 2024 KTM 300 XCW
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Day 4 of an epic dirt bike trip. A bit of a pedestrian pace up a great trail at the end of an awesome weekend.
2024 PNWMA Cat Scratch Hare Scramble - 2024 KTM 350 XCF Factory
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I blew it and I think I turned my camera off for the second big traffic jam and forgot to turn it back on. Only have the first half of the first lap. Great race overall.
Mcnutt Trifecta - 2024 KTM 300 XCW
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Done portions before but first time up The line, Canterbury, Tire trail, LMS.
Merritt Riding the A loop - 2024 KTM 300 XCW
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Back to the Bar Bender A loop for an early Spring ride while it pours rain on the coast. Conditions in the dirt were perfect but with slipper logs. Great ride.
Mile Markers Arizona Single Track
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Large group of very fast riders, was pushing all day to keep in touch. Great training on faster dry loose terrain.
Costa Rica in Arizona - 2023 Husky TE 300i
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Another outing at the wildcat OHV area on a trail called Costa Rica - some rocky climbs but the gem is obviously how the trail got its name.
Arizona's best trail? - 23 Husky TE 300i
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Second Day in Arizona and my second bike. This trail had it all, flow, tech and creek crossings. It was raining a fair bit and water levels were running high. Excellent trail.
Arizona Day 1 - Husky TX 300
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First time riding Arizona as well as full rental bike and equipment. Not ideal for comfort but renters can't be choosers
New Bike day - 2024 KTM 350 XCF Factory
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New Bike day - 2024 KTM 350 XCF Factory
Proper Four Stroke Country - Sherco 300 SEF Factory
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Proper Four Stroke Country - Sherco 300 SEF Factory
Bib Mousse vs Air - Sherco 300 SE Factory
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Bib Mousse vs Air - Sherco 300 SE Factory
Trying to Keep in touch - 2024 KTM 300 XCW
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Trying to Keep in touch - 2024 KTM 300 XCW
Flowing Vedder Mountain - 2024 KTM 300 XCW
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Flowing Vedder Mountain - 2024 KTM 300 XCW
Riding Revelstoke BC - 2024 KTM XCW 300
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Riding Revelstoke BC - 2024 KTM XCW 300
Talking Sherco vs KTM vs Two Stroke vs Four Stroke
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Talking Sherco vs KTM vs Two Stroke vs Four Stroke
2024 KTM 300 XCW - One of the best trails Part 2
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2024 KTM 300 XCW - One of the best trails Part 2
2024 KTM 300 XCW - One of the best trails Part 1
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2024 KTM 300 XCW - One of the best trails Part 1
2024 KTM 300 XCW - First Ride (Go Pro Glitch on stabilization)
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2024 KTM 300 XCW - First Ride (Go Pro Glitch on stabilization)
Wicked path with wild views.
Great ride - would you be willing to share the gpx file?
@@d305cj hit me up on IG RussBullock90
What class were you running?
@@ThrottleWorks silver 40+
👍 Nice!
I ride with a battery pack just in case. I also have my Garmin Inreach Mini on my backpack and not on the bike because if I get separated from the bike somehow I wanna have it on me to use it. Great trail nice bike. I have a 300 and prefer the two strokes, but that 350 is very nice! Not to lecture, but that’s definitely a ride I think you should do with a friend and not solo. Great vid!
Yes I usually have my inreach mini in my bag but I took my smaller light weight bag that still fits 3L so I put it there. Not wise. I have a 300 XCW as well and I love them both. This is the type of ride I would normally do on the 300 for sure.
Thanks buddy. I love the area
Hardcore dude, wicked backcountry
Nice video good riding
cool ride.. cant wait to finally ride mine..
I watched every second of that incredible trail. Wow! What a view! You’re a maniac for doing that solo… with no map… and no beacon… or kick start 😵. Sketchy how often the trail seemed to disappear. That’s a bucket list ride right there.
@@coastalenduro haha I’m supposed to be more wise as I get older but that was kinda nuts. But now I got a couple GPX files all set to guide
@@thesmoness I’m down any time you want to make a trip out there!
what gear were you on the lonng hills?
@@Trialstoenduro-vz8iq 3rd on that longest steepest hill - needed to manage to get into 2nd near the top
The suffering! You kept on pushing. Very impressive riding and resilience. The climbs look mad! Well done, Russ!
@@RobinKkForNow thanks my friend - I finished a lap day one ( just after cut off ) but didn’t get overly close on day 2. Close to checkpoint 5 of 8 roughly- it lived up to reputation
What a battle! Well done, Russ, especially on those crazy hill climbs. 😮
Brutal.
Those hills look steep on video, can't imagine them in person.
@@stanbarry yah some of the stuff they sent us up was borderline too steep to ride. You would live it :)
@@thesmoness It would be so cool to try, maybe next year! For being scared of bridges you sure handled that truss one like a champ, looks scary!
Nice job 🤘🏼 What gearing are you running? I tried 12/45 but now im on 12/47. Seem to be the sweet spot, i dont know if i should go to 12/50 🤷🏻♂️
I ride with 12/46 gearing quite happy with it. Keeps the wheelbase the same as stock gearing.
Dang, madness, nice job on those climbs man!
Up, down, up, down, up, down……cruel!😂 What did you think overall Russ?
It definitely lived up to expectations. The video does it no justice as per usual but it was punishing
Man,those hill climbs looked brutal.
KTM has a much longer working clutch lever throw
Mind me asking how heavy of a rider you are? How are you liking the bike do you feel like it's lacking a bit of power or not really? I'm a 225lbs rider considering a 300xc-w as my first two stroke (been riding 500cc my whole life).
I’m a little over 6 foot and about 225 pre gear - there is loads of power if you want it and know how to feather your clutch
The hill climb king! Take me out and teach me your ways! Amazing job reeling in the other racers!!
You did well considering the misfortune at the start man, had a hard time reeling you in. I had a rough first lap man, that rain made it interesting.
You were top dog on the day. Did I initially get around you at the 3:19 mark? Only noticed that now in replay
@@thesmoness Yes, I had some people get stuck or crash in front of me which blew my first lap up. My video is uploading now
It was SO greasy after that hill climb. Lol
haha unfortunately I think I dialed it back 5-10% after that and probably cost myself a couple positions but hard to say.
There's alot of follow the leader in this scramble. Definitely need more space to maneuver.
Man, still a good ride! If we weren't so bunched up with that class in front of us, think you would have let your legs stretch and get out in front more! Uploading my video now! That line at 11:15 gained you a few spots!
yah after the rocky pileup mishap I had a good 20 minute run making a bunch of good passes.
Looks amazingly fun but wow just nowhere to pass.
Your riding is so smooth, controlled, and efficient. The biggest thing holding you back in this race is your incredible patience and politeness. A little more speed on those FSRs and some agressive passing and you're on the podium.
Thanks buddy I'm trying to get on your level! But you may have seen in this video I did put in 3-4 kinda sneaky passes that I wouldn't have done in the past. Slowly building that race craft :)
@@thesmoness yes! Some excellent passes!
How was the race? Was too lazy to wake up early and drive for 2 hours lol
I really like the Piston Run - very rugged hare scramble. I was disappointed by how my endurance started fading fast near the end of lap 1. Will be back.
I always like this race. That short cut didn't workout to well for you, you ended up 7th so that's alright.
Yes I had that line pre-planned and someone went ahead and crashed there :) but the other shortcut in the clear cut worked wonders. Must have passed 6 guys there.
You had a good pace, i have to work on the cardio to get near that. That was me at 51:28 filming with a drone.
what! I remember you sitting there looking like a cop with a radar gun. Where was your bike?
@thesmoness are you the guy that said radar gun? I heard that. I rode my dr650 to the lake then walked to that spot. Just past that checkpoint was a camp spot, where my bike was.
@@traileater no lol I didn't say anything but I honestly thought like woah is this a cop kinda of monitoring the proceedings
@thesmoness well i kept you in check then haha. Were you riding senior am? My grey hair might be a giveaway to riding the legends class, eventually 😉
@@traileater yes sen am - decent race. Got 6th with a better 2nd lap making up 6 spots.- but disappointed but hope to do better on the next one
Good run Russ! I got a flat on the second lap :( but rode it to the end
Dude I’m most impressed with your race. I see on the playback here you had the holeshot and I now notice that Matt snuck in on the low side there. You guys had a great ride. My second lap salvaged my race
@@thesmoness Always good to dig hard and pull it out when you're tired! I'll post my video soon, my battery only recorded 30 minutes for some reason.
Clean and smooth riding! Frustrating seeing those guys push past
yah I was mad at them and myself at the same time for now being more race savvy
A friend of mine raced in this, we're both from kamloops. What a cardio test!
I had a great time overall and I loved the new format on B loop length so we could get two laps in
I really showed frustration with riders who were able to make up positions on me in the bottlenecks but really I was just mad at myself. They showed better race craft. Hopefully lesson learned.
I agree with you gentlemanry, but I don't think that's their merit or that ties to the race craft. :)
What aftermarket clutch lever do you use?
Midwest Engineering - seems to be love or hate for people. I love them
@@thesmoness Thank you, gonna try them out on my ‘24 300 XCW
Goddamn the flow, that bike is at home in it.
What this bike is made for. Suspension is godlike at these faster paced rides
Onion?
Not this one. Interior BC
@@thesmoness ah okay
Beautiful area, U.S. or Canada? How does the XCF compare to your Sherco 300 sef?
BC Canada - oh man both sweet bikes. Sherco is a better technical trail 4T imo since its so stall resistant but that comes with trade offs in Power output I think. The new KTM frame and suspension is just so good I think this new 23+ frame and 24+ suspension is a big step up on the shercos imo
@@thesmoness The trail is stunning! We have forest in Arizona but a lot of is very rocky, which is fun to a point. This looks so flowing and relaxing to ride, good for the soul. I have a 23 Sherco 300sef and I agree it is probably the best 4stroke I’ve ridden for technical stuff. It isn’t quite as good as my trusty 2018 TE250 in the technical terrain, but not far off. Thanks for sharing this beautiful ride.
That first hill is always steeper in person, when I first saw it I was like whaaat! Those views though, nice smooth riding!
Was tapped out tires this 4th day but this trail maybe just the smoothest best dirt of the trip
Damn, I should have stayed another night. I remember that trail being so fun last year.
Maybe the best dirt of the trip
Massive bottlenecks for seemingly no reason. Thanks for reminding me why I stopped racing lol.
Nice riding. That 4t must have some big time power done low. Most of the time sounds like you were barely off idle.
Indeed. Never taken the bike out of soft map since I bought it as well. 4T super underrated for traction.
Good pace dude I’ll throw mine up tomorrow, had some mid race challenges, Ha.
oh man I screwed up and only got this 23 minutes. Had a few moments not believing where the traffic jams were!
@@thesmoness Agree, I was surprised. There was nothing there that was hard. Also, thanks for the start line video, I did better than I thought. Great day overall.
@@darrenracine4660 Great ride man and I agree it was an awesome day and race. Still had that chocolate dirt coming up.
What division are you riding?
This was Senior AM
Nice ride! What gearing are you using for that? I will try 12/45 and will see. I ride same kind of trails. Might change the start/stop switch. I have hard time getting used to it too. What’s the other switch on the left side? Kind of red rectangular switch?
Hey I went to 12/46 matches the same wheel base as stock gearing. Yah the old school start/stop much better. The other switch is a power switch I installed so I could override the fan thermostat and shut it down at times. Noisy if everyone stops for a break or maybe on a long high alpine ride you dont want it running while on a longer break to save on battery. Just an extra layer of safety on battery.
@@thesmoness ok! Mine is controlled by the ECU and seem to shut down when i stop the motor 🤷🏻♂️ Look like the TBI run hot, more than my TPI. My fan start sooner, will probably remove the thermostat as i will not ride it during winter. Did you notice the difference with the previous gen?
@@matlafalange1 yes which is why I have the version with the temp display and I can set it to say 200f but the also decide to shut it down - seems max flexibility
Wow, what a great riding area you have. I’m down in Southern California so mainly deserts but I do love the technical stuff. Just picked up a new 2024 XCW and I’m in the process of setting it up. Typical suspension, ergo, protection. Just curious if there’s anything special you did to yours. I noticed that you purchased the switch which so far I haven’t done. Although it does look like you had it in the green map, which I believe is the hot map for that technical stuff so I was surprised. Wondering if you feel it makes a difference. I did my first break and ride on the bike before I handed off to my mechanic and it was absolutely heaven to ride, even though it wasn’t set up correctly. Could not be more impressed with this new bike.
This bike is very good. Map switch is nice. I may have been in White map if it was wetter out but in this trail I really need the snappy power to do some blips up features. I amsure they look small in the video but lots of these root balls were like bike height andn you need to zap up. Enjoy this bike.
Damn, that looks like some great fun. Conditions looked good as well.
Perfect conditions