THE SPIRIT OF MOTONOMAD - KTM 500EXC

I don't have to look far to find inner peace I just strap my life to a motorcycle four years ago I asked a friend to join me on a journey from Austria to Egypt that friend is mark Porterie we met 10 years ago while racing dirt bikes my plan was to ride from the KTM factory to the Great Pyramids using the same style of bikes we race those two Aussies they asked for a 500 exe that could be pretty tough 5000 kilometers ok let's give them a try I wasn't trying to prove any kind of point I just wanted to create my own unique adventure film everybody said we were crazy you can't ride into the Middle East you can't write competition bikes over such a long distance the engines will never make it you won't have enough Spears how will you carry everything [Music] there were a lot of elements working against this drain but my vision was clear our intentions were positive and for four weeks the world led us on an incredible 7,000 kilometer adventure [Music] two years later the urge for adventure peeked again this time I made some modifications to the 500 exc I wanted to travel further faster and with less fatigue so I custom made my own rally screens to cut through the wind mark couldn't join me this trip so I enlisted a new team with Scott brittle and hind Schwarz together we created moto Nomad to a nine thousand kilometer adventure through Kazakhstan Russia and Mongolia for 2017 I'm starting production on moto Nomad 3 and of course the adventure will again be carried by a fleet of KTM 500 exc s what's more exciting though I'll be joined by my two good friends Chris Hollis and the original moto Nomad mark port Bri this time were bound for South America but first up we're going to shake things down at home and establish a token pecking order now remember this isn't a race it's a challenge and the goal of this challenge is to win it's only fair I get the headstart given I'm the oldest and since Hollis is the fastest he starts at the back [Music] [Music] [Music] where is he in case you didn't know Hollis retired from professional racing last year he's been the Australian Forte enduro champion multiple Australian off-road champion and more recently the Australian enduro cross champion the man is world-class on a bike [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh hey Raven Raven I'm on your back dose that might work going to get ya whoa now getting passed by Hollis that's inevitable but by god I'm gonna do my best to hold off ports [Music] oh she's wet that time he got some rays dreaming [Music] [Music] 63 horsepower and 106 kilos the 500x is the bear moto essentials to begin this adventure [Music] Oh yo keepin on your really guided to third on my own bloody track I guess this is how it's gonna be Hollis m1 you dirty dog ports empty and the camera [ __ ] me m3 and moto Nomad 3 starts right here let the adventure transformation begin but we're going to need some help from a suspension specialist Steve Moritz [Music] springs in your settings it's just to retain the balance but with 15 liters of fuel yep and effectively another 10 to 15 kilos at the back yeah this is a balancing act between the right away how much weight it's carrying yeah and what training do if a surprise water washout ditch shows up it needs that deep stroke yeah being and springload yes over the bar we've each got our role to play in this conversion and I'm glad the boys are part of this adventure right from the beginning super dude all right let me get this on top in the first film we were just idiots on stuff bikes we've had you know headlights turn up a bit we just got windblown to how the so fatiguing anytime every day my weight wasn't it caught sitting on those always with no rally scream if you can imagine it driving a convertible car a freeway with no windscreen so you just copying the full brunt of the wind all day get over it and you just fatigue your eyeballs are rattling out of your head you can't hear anything the wind factor is just huge [Music] with heavier Springs and valving to match Pirelli rally tires a service 15 litre fuel tanks 15 to transfer akut 48 to it's stealth rear sprocket and my very own custom rally screens the moto Nomad fleet are starting to look ready for adventure [Music] giant loop saddlebags complete the outfit giving us just enough space to carry camping gear a few spares and a bit of food [Music] we've each got an injector and it's not that we've ever had a problem but we ran 80 octane fuel across the gunner and the bikes didn't like it like that motors were vibrating more and we lost a bit of top speed but that's the only fuel you can get in some of these countries if at any point day turns to [ __ ] we're pushing through a couple hundred days of mud the rear brakes are Spanish so yeah the spare set of brakes each spark plug again never use that never touched it we've got oil filters the master supply we've got a lever each clutch and brake and ports are probably use all six of them so we've got one of these identical packs on each bike at all times but the emissary the mothership there's the absolute failsafe pack spare axle nut spacer and a spare front sprocket bolt because it's all over for one of the bikes if either of these get lost and again we didn't use any of it but we've got one and this is a funny one clutch pack and with Hein on them three last time last film the big guy had all the [ __ ] and I just expected that at some point given the Sanju's and the gills that you would have cooked a cup yeah waited 9,000 case never used any other stuff shove it in the ride in the bottom of the bag and probably won't go there but if we need to us things there same with the tubes you shove them right in the bottom hopefully who wants to change a flat you know you guys know better than anyone or not we're not a moose but these things go these Corelli's are pretty solid I haven't even bothered to test them on these bikes because I've already tested them on the other 90 I've belted the [ __ ] out of them on the bikes that are twice as heavy with nearly triple the horsepower so these tires on these things I don't think we have any tie issues yeah we'll probably get flats but we've got six tubes between us three fronts three degrees the team is complete I'm happy with the new fleet and the boys look right at home on their new machines the most important aspect of motorcycle adventure is being comfortable with the motorcycle itself it's your personal vehicle your means to a destination we will live on these bikes for one month in foreign lands traveling between 400 to 800 kilometers per day it will be no holiday it will test our skill as writers and character as people but it can be an opportunity we can cherish forever and one that only exists because we are creating it yep so what do you think of my mate she is a weapon yeah it's really good my suspensions perfect box handling good power is awesome of the 500 it's just sitting like an exe should despite the fact we've got all this weight on it now yeah especially the bags and the back I was a bit worried about how they're going to handle with all the weight but mate it's pretty good Hey obviously obviously has bit more way yeah yeah for that yeah but you hit you can hit the J outs you can hit creeks you can we leave here things it doesn't bother ya it just takes it takes it yeah doesn't probe the behind around it sort of sits pretty nice and stable well balanced have you even noticed that the screens in front of you now don't even tell is that they even landing leading over the front you don't even know three mates three bikes and the great outdoors it's a simple recipe for fun [Music] [Music] the last part of the shakedown is to test our camping gear the spirit of moto no matters that we live only with what we can carry carry only what is necessary and be grateful for whatever hospitality the landscape will provide us rain hail or shine we're as ready as we'll ever be bring on South America [Laughter] [Music]

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Published: Thu Aug 24 2017