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Black Bear Pass on a fully loaded large adventure motorcycle!

By foxymoto On October 4, 2025 · Add Comment
Welcome to my report (after action report) of BlackBear Pass! I was able to do this SOLO on my Tenere 700. During the biggest challenges, I never put a foot down (Dab’d) nor dropped my bike! My Tenere 700 loaded was about 550 lbs! My backpack was close to 20-25 lbs. Plus all my riding [...]
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Lessons Learned from wheel bearings

By foxymoto On July 14, 2025 · Add Comment
My last day of Baja riding was ruined because of a rear wheel bearing. It was so bad (I had to ride it 10+ miles to get to town) I had to replace the entire wheel. Luckily for the ktm 500 tusk has a entire wheel for $300 ish.Last weekend, my Tenere 700 rear wheel [...]
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Riding a Motorcycle to/from and around Alaska

On June 26, 2025 By foxymoto
I’ve been dreaming of doing this ride for so so long. It has taken a lot of rides to work up to this and a lot of work and planning to be prepared for success! This is my 3rd trip to Alaska. 1st was a 10y anniversary cruise to Alaska. A few years ago my [...]
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Baja 2025 ride report

On March 26, 2025 By foxymoto
SUMMARY: 10x better than I thought and 100x better than Nov 2021 with the big bike (Tenere 700) as I cooked in the heat everyday working hard in the sand with a 500+lbs bike, so nice to be on a KTM 500 that was 250 ish lbs and could really have fun off road and [...]
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Preparing for Baja KTM 500

On March 4, 2025 By foxymoto
I’ve had my ktm 500 for a few years(Sept 2022 I finally talked my buddy into selling me his ktm 500), but I mostly ride my 300 2stroker and Tenere 700. But I love having the 500 around for “tour of Idaho” or GRIT or small dual sport needs. I’ve had it as a timbersled [...]
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How to fix basilisk jacket venting in hot weather

On January 11, 2025 By foxymoto
I have a klim baja s4 jacket and its my all time fav moto jacket because it is so cool in hot weather and I just add a rain jacket when its cold/wet. I’ve been using it for 5 ish years and its my most used moto gear for ADV (dirt biking is the Mojave [...]
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restoring and rebuilding my Super Tenere 1200

On December 19, 2024 By foxymoto
Last October I bough a “fixer upper” for a winter project bike. It was a super super good deal as it was the weekend before snow storm coming in. I liked the idea of a heavy, shaft drive bike to ride to Alaska summer of 2025.Heavy means, amazing wind buffeting abilities. No matter what I [...]
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Colorado Backcountry Discovery Route (BDR)

On October 2, 2024 By foxymoto
My ride report of my solo COBDR adventure motorcycle ride on my Tenere 700 (T7). DATE: Sept  26-29, 2024 RECAP/SUMMARY/Ride Reflections: Wow, I was so impressed with the riding, views and majestic fall colors of Colorado that I have fallen in love with Colorado. I hope to be able to ride this ride each fall [...]
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Dirt Bike Selection

On August 22, 2024 By foxymoto
My Ridingbuddy Craig wrote this and said it was ok that I posted it on my blog. No single dirt bike is best at everything. You have to pick your intended purposes and find the bike that best suits your needs. Dirt Bike Types Desert Racing | Motocross Trails | Hard Enduro | Single Track [...]
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Wilderness Comms, IOS SOS, Garmin SOS

On June 19, 2024 By foxymoto
I’ve been using Garmin Inreach for several years. Some of the key features of Inreach that are important to me including: Medical Evacuation Insurance for about $40 a year. Drop a pin where I’m at every 4 hours for family to check on my Garmin map Being able to [...]
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