Why Ride Dual Sport? Why Do We Ride Adventure and Dual Sport Motorcycles?

Hello everyone and welcome back to the dork side. I am your friendly neighborhood dork in the road who doesn't seem to ride on the road very much lately. And today it's time to talk about why I'm out here. Why do I come out here? Why do I keep coming out here when it's foggy and rainy and snowy? So it's time to talk about why we ride dual sport. Why do I ride dual sport? Why do you ride dual sport? Why ride dual sport or off-road at all? Let's talk about it. That's right everyone, we're back in the cloud. I am the dork in the road and I want to be your internet riding buddy. And I happen to think I'm better than your regular riding buddies because I'm available whenever you want, no matter what the weather, if you look around. And I come with a mute button so you can shut me up whenever you want. So please don't hesitate to hit that subscribe button and don't forget to turn on the notification so you know when I post new content just like this. So I've been riding, I've had the CRF250L for almost three years now. I've been riding dual sport fairly seriously. Well, I've been riding dual sport fairly often for a couple of years, two and a half years now. And I love it and it keeps me coming back. And there's a lot of things about it that I love and everyone's reasons for what they do, their hobbies they choose, why they ride or why they do what it is they do when they in their spare time are their own. So this is not a I'm trying to tell you what to think or why you should want to do a thing video. This is me talking through my personal feelings and motivations and I'm wondering if maybe you have some similar ones so that you know you're not alone out there in the world of crazy people who want to get on a motorcycle and go ride in the and things like that. But there's a few reasons why I enjoy dual sport riding why I love it. And one is just exploration. So I mean here we are up in the snow in the woods. There's nobody around. I get to go find new awesome areas like hidden ponds and waterfalls and cool just scenic views and just all kinds of stuff that's just out here that very few people get to see unless they work in the woods or just someone's told them someone found it and told them about it. There's not many people that get out here to see this stuff and I get to see unique things that you know that not everyone gets to and so and going out and finding them that is super fun. I love being able to find new things other people you know like I said it's a unique experience so you never know what you're going to find up here and there's so much cool stuff you just never know like there's an amazing ridge and a rock face beautiful up there where you can't see because it's in a cloud right now but I never would have found that if I hadn't come up here and just started exploring on my bike one day. We found that one actually on the way to Wolf Rock. So the other great thing is finding it is setting a destination and finding your way to it so exploring the wilderness exploring the backcountry is one great reason why I love to ride dual sport motorcycles dual sport off-road adventure you could do a lot of exploring at least up here in the forest on these roads when it's not snowy on an adventure bike no problem so that's one reason one is exploration. Number two is solitude I am I'm a world-class introvert I'm and that doesn't mean I can't talk to people or I'm or I'm bad at talking to people I just it exhausts me to spend a lot of time around people and I'd like to be by myself so it's hard to be more alone than up here in the woods where there probably isn't another human within a few miles of me except for the two guys two trucks I just passed going the other direction they're the only ones I've seen all day so you want a place where you can relax and let your guard down but you don't have to worry about making small talk or conversation if that's something that you don't enjoy man it's hard to find a more solace more solitude than being up in the forest on a motorcycle by yourself and I like doing this with my friends too so I mean that's that's getting away from it all getting away from you know daily life and and just people everywhere is is a really fun bonus and benefit so number two is just solitude just seclusion just a chance to truly relax and let your mind kind of unwind and focus on what you're doing I have a lot it's a total escape like this is maybe a reason two and a half but I have a ton of stuff to do at work tomorrow and it's been stressing me out all weekend but this is the first time I thought about it since I've been up here and that was only because I needed an example so like work tomorrow very stressful but that is it's not a million miles away but it feels like it is it's very far away when I'm up here in the woods in the fog alone with my thoughts so it's a great escape a great way to get out be by yourself and really just just process your thoughts like it's like meditating when you're riding up here when you're taking it easy and just you know all you really got to think about is what's ahead of you around the next corner so that's two and two and a half reason three it's fun and this obvious but I like exploring the woods I like getting up into the woods I've always liked it it's something my dad you know introduced me to at a young age and there's no more fun way to do it than I that I could think of than riding a motorcycle because you're gonna go fast and it's fun right you can twist the throttle and do spin outs and burn outs and all kinds of cool stuff lean into corners and slide sideways that's all fun just riding a motorcycle is fun it's pure fun and you can cover a lot of ground very quickly so you know refer back to reason one with the exploration it's nice to be able to explore a lot very quickly and without like having to walk everywhere so we're on dual sport riding hiking but faster man someone should put that on a t-shirt oh wait I did link in the description so it's just fun man it's just fun so that's is that four that's four I think so and five reason five is and this is way more personal but I mentioned it a second ago but my dad really my dad my grandpa we all we spend a lot of time out in the woods camping and my dad and grandpa used to hunt a lot and my dad just likes to explore and go hiking go fishing went fishing a ton but I've you know kind of grew up spending time not as much as some but a significant amount of time I have a lot of fond memories let me say of spending time in the outdoors in the wilderness and it just feels right to me it's just something I enjoy and so there's another car I don't see the peoples no they're up there hi peoples hiking around you know it takes me back it's there's a childlike joy and wonder of being in the wilderness undiscovered things aren't tamed or controlled and it also just there's just so many fond memories just positive associations with being in the woods and being able to look around and say oh look at that road I wonder where it goes and then just going right like my dad was big into exploring that's why it's so great to be able to now ride dual sport bikes with him so we're come full circle on that but that's why that's another reason why I like it it's just it's nostalgic it brings me back it's something that I mean I'm not gonna say it's in my blood because it's not like a not like my family you know it's a long like multi generations of foresters but just something that I've done my whole life and it's a different way to do a thing that I enjoy a more efficient and more fun way I think I also like just driving around up here but it's not as fun as it's more comfortable but it's less fun than exploring via dual sport motorcycle I'm sure there are other reasons why I love dual sport riding I love sharing it with you guys that's really fun and I think the sixth reason and I think it's a probably a subset of reason one but it's it's his own thing that stands alone is it's just so beautiful like the beauty of a big vista or a waterfall or a cool rock formation or even you know a tree across the road you might say just the lush greenness and you know you can run into wildlife even just up in the snow like I just was it's just beautiful pristine white it's just gorgeous it's just beautiful and calm and it's just you know the world is full of you know disagreements and strife and everybody's mad at everybody else and you know ugliness and you can't see eye to eye and it's just getting up here you're away from all that it's just pure beauty the only person you got to worry about is yourself you can rely on yourself you can think whatever you want you can pee wherever you want and it's just a great escape and I think that's the final reason it's just an escape this is a rambly video it's not a seven things video it's a this is a verbal processing video so you'll have to forgive me for jumping around but I'm not going to try to edit it back together instead you're going to get a rant in the order it came out because that is more genuine and that is what this video is about so it's just such a great escape from everything so if that appeals to you you like riding motorcycles and you're in a position financially that won't negatively affect your family I've said it a hundred times and I'll say it again I'll say it to anyone who asks get a dual sport and get out there they're versatile you know you don't need a truck to haul it in you can just get on and go but you can you can haul it if you want I have a whole video on that but that's what I typically choose to do man just do it just get out there escape experience nature be you know on your own self-reliance solitude escape from the busy hustle and bustle whatever reason you need do it because it's hard some guys are hardcore into the adrenaline they want to trail ride and ride fast and other guys like me want to look at the scenery and uh you know get there in the most fun way possible but not stress about it going off jumps and stuff all the time doesn't matter how you want to ride just matters that you do so you do you so tell me in the comments I want to know why you ride why do you ride in the woods why do you ride dual sport why do you ride motorcycles not everybody rides dual sport your dirt bike what do you ride and why do you ride it what's the reasons you you've chosen to be a part of this community that's the other great thing is I'm up here by myself solitude but I also get to share it with all of you so it's like I'm part of a community even when I'm by myself so it's like the best the most the best way for an introvert to be social is to do things by themselves and then share it with people afterwards um anyway so that is my rambling incoherent sort of brain dump on why I enjoy this type of riding why I'm up here today so if you enjoyed the video please don't forget to like if you haven't yet I would I would be honored if you'd subscribe maybe you can turn on the notifications so you know when new stuff new adventures get posted but for now I just want to say thank you for watching and as always please it's very important that you do not forget to be excellent to each other thank you excellent oh my feet are getting cold I definitely got them wet we're back