Do This Ride Now! ETBAR-East Texas Backroad Adventure Route for Dual-Sport Motorcycle/Overlanding
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- čas přidán 8. 04. 2023
- Over the last few months I have spent hundreds of hours pouring over maps and riding/driving hundreds of miles to put together an awesome dual-sport adventure route in the Piney Woods of East Texas. I'm calling it ETBAR: East Texas Backroad Adventure Route. It's 215 miles of which two-thirds is unpaved. It's perfect for a weekend. You can come up on Friday evening and stay the night (camp or hotel) close to the beginning of the route, ride about 165 miles on Saturday, camp Saturday night on a very cool little lake in the Angelina National Forest, and then finish up with about 50 miles on Sunday which lets you get home early enough to clean up your bike and gear. You should have everything you need to get out here and do the ride yourself. Go to my channel page to get my email address and email me directly if you have any questions.
Link to map: www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mi...
Link to Spreadsheet with route, roads, directions, and mileage: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
GPS Track: drive.google.com/file/d/1ydTA...
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This looks sick! Thank you for sharing. I’ve been looking for a trail that’s close to Austin. Will definitely try this with my friend soon.
Have fun!
This is awesome - thanks for putting all the details together for all the rest of us!
I'm glad you enjoyed it. Hopefully you can ride it soon.
Great video all around!
Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for all the effort and file sharing. Downloaded. This is now on my planning list for a fall week of exploring east Tx backroads.
Glad the video and downloads could help. Have fun and enjoy the ride.
Great ride. Thanks for putting all this together and sharing with us.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for the great video. Going to try your ETBAR as soon as time permits. God bless.
Glad you enjoyed the video. Be safe out there.
I'll have to add this one to the list. Thanks for sharing.
Enjoy when you get out there.
Thank you for taking the time to share the route and adventure. I love in South Texas, and I was looking for something close enough to try.
Glad it was helpful! Be safe and have fun when you get out there.
Nice Ride !, I'm 64 with a 15 yr. old son, this looks like an adventure that we can do & enjoy on our recently acquired KLR'S, planning on a trip to the valley of the Gods ( Utah ) next summer, the ETBAR will be a great rout to get in the spirit
Danledbetter, good on you for still riding a dual-sport at 64 and for doing it with your teenage son. Valley of the Gods sounds like fun and yes, the ETBAR will be a good run for practice and working out any kinks in your setup.
Really great video with awesome details, thank you for sharing. I will definitely add that area to my list of places to visit when I travel through Texas from Wisconsin.
Glad you enjoyed it. Have fun on your trip!
Good job! I've ridden some of that area. Awesome!
Yeah, it is fun area to ride. Thanks for watching.
I appreciate this route and all the information. Definitely bring my dune buggy out to ride
Enjoy!
Thanks for sharing and God bless
Thanks for watching and commenting and may God bless you as well.
Just wanted to say thanks for taking the time to put this all together. I'm in the hill country now, but I'm from East Texas. Maybe I'll get to give this a go some time when I'm back home visiting.
Glad you enjoyed the video. Perhaps it will give you another reason to visit home soon.
Well done documentation. I appreciate the tracks. I hope to get over that way and check it out before the heat sets in.
Yep, now is the time to do this. Enjoy.
Looks Great going to have to do this
Have fun!
man that's a cool route.. nice video!
Thanks Christopher. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Great Job!
Thanks!
Good job
Thank you
Looks like a nice route I may try this in a couple weeks in my Jeep
it would be lots of fun in a Jeep.
Nice route
Thanks! 😀
I just ran across this. Great content. Your route overlaps part of the East Texas 450. I'm off next week. I may come down from Dallas and ride it. I'm on a black T7 with an amber lightbar if you see me out there lol.
This would be a good time of year for a ride. If you make it down, have fun. I'll look for you if I get out there.
Good Stuff man! I'm from Florida and moved here in the summer 22. Know nothing about this part of the world for riding but looking for nice routes. I'm S of Dallas near Waxahachie. T
Welcome to Texas. I think you would enjoy spending a weekend riding this route. Although I'm not sure I would recommend camping in the summer. Just too hot and steamy but I'm sure you are fully aware of hot and steamy coming from Florida.
Enjoyed your video, thank you.
Do you think that your route could be done in a full-size overland rig?
I’m from southwest Louisiana and there isn’t much here to run.
You can absolutely do all of this in a full-size rig except for one obstacle which is on FS 333E. To bypass this, in the spreadsheet I provided, on row 87, instead of turning right on 352A/FS 333, turn left and go to 306 and turn right on 306 which will take you to 54 which basically puts you on row 90 of the spreadsheet. This only cuts out about 6-7 miles. I hope that helps. Enjoy yourself out there.
@@wanderbynature2508 Thank you sir, we will try it soon.
Hitting Austin tomorrow! Want to link up and make this run? I trailer up from FL
Would love to join but have to work this week and already have plans this weekend. Anyway, enjoy and stay safe!
Do you have a GPX file for this ride? Thank you for organizing this!
I included a link to a GPS track (which is a GPX file) in the description.
Any advice for folks in the DFW area this is over 4 hrs from me sadly
I don't know of a specific route in the DFW area but I imagine if you do a search on Google or CZcams for North Texas adventure routes or motorcycle camping or something like that you will probably find some good info. on rides in your area.
Howdy fellow Texan
How on earth do you get helmet audio so well?
I have a media mod on my GoPro 8 camera. I then plug a mic called the Purple Panda into the media mod and run the mic wire from the camera, up through my jacket, into my helmet right by my mouth (pretty easy to get the mic tucked in just right with a modular helmet). I make sure to use the dead cat (furry thing that came with the mic) to cut down on wind noise. I also try to do record when I'm going slower, preferably no faster than 30 mph.
@@wanderbynature2508 yeah ive tried many a ways to get helmet audio, very hard. I use dji action cams vrs gopro
Was there any cell phone service throughout the route in the woods or no?
There is cell service but it is spotty.
I would like to take this route. Are the roads/dirt roads clearly marked and can it be done without navigation?
I did this without navigation. I only had my GPS with me so that I could create a GPS track for others to follow. I relied heavily on the data in the spreadsheet. So, yes, you can do it without navigation but not all of the roads are clearly marked and some are marked incorrectly on Google Maps. I noted the incorrect ones in the spreadsheet. I would recommend that you use the spreadsheet data to study the route using Google Maps and then use the spreadsheet to follow the route if you don't want to use a GPS for navigation.
@@wanderbynature2508 I have some time off week after next and may go on this ride if you care to join. Would be during the week and I will pay for a space at the Dykes park so you can stay free. You seem cool and would not be offended with any activities performed. Let me know.
Not much gear would need to be carried as you can lock it up in my van when we ride and steaks for dinner.
forced2Bfree, thanks for the offer but unfortunately I have to work during the week so won't be able to join you. Hopefully you can still do the ride and if so ENJOY!!!
How can we get in touch with you?
Send me an email at wanderbynature@gmail.com