w00hds SB Moto 2024-02-27 | 55f in Febterday in the Midwest. You don't ask questions. You just ride. Trails are a bit sloppy still. Played with Mapping\TC settings on the bike. Fell more than I shooda.Anyone wanna pressure wash the bike for me?
WOTA Baraboo 7/18/26 SB Moto 2026-07-19 | WOTA Trials at Baraboo, WI7/18/2026First trials event in quite awhile, and felt great to be out there. Had quite a few bobbles, but hey, all good fun. Section 7 got me good twice. So it goes. Looking forward to getting back out there.
FDXCR Race Oconto Falls, WI 2026 40+ SB Moto 2026-06-29 | Gave another race venue a go this past weekend. FDXCR had an XC\Harescramble race in Oconto Falls, WI. Local enough to see how things went. Fast moving course with a mix of gravels, loamy dirt, WFO fields and some flowy 2 track.Video cut out after an hour or so. Pretty happy with my ride, though it took me awhile to get into a decent groove. So it goes1st 40+8th OA.
EWB Logs in Bogs Harescramble October 2025 30+ SB Moto 2025-10-06 | October 2025 Logs in Bogs Harescramble put on by EWB Offroad. Fantastic flowing trails with a healthy dash of sugar sands and some log\rock obstacles to battle. Dipping into some woods saw some much needed moisture in the dirt, which gave a nice variety for riding n racing.I was quite happy to be on my 350 for this event vs my 150 earlier in the year. The added sands, the 350 made easy work if and when I'd second guess myself and needed some quick power. Downside for the race was my hands were absolutely ripped to shreds by the 2nd to last lap. Last lap saw me making a handful of mistakes causing a few silly crashes. But so it goes.Happy with my result in the 30+ class (1st) and overall (9th). Also quite thankful for it being more of a dry heat. Who could have guessed it would be 85°+ in October in the Midwest! Great times.Race results:livelaps.com/livelaps/eventScores/23244
Loose Moose Enduro 2025 30+ SB Moto 2025-09-15 | I decided to suck it up and go for another drive back to the UP. This time to race the Loose Moose Enduro. Sprint format enduro, with us doing 4 laps (A\AA folks pulling 5). Slower\tighter course in an area of this (larger) area I'd never ridden before. Made some mistakes on lap 1 and 4. Lap 2 the dirt felt the best, but lap 3 I was riding smoother, despite more of the roots being a pain and had my best lap. Lap 4 I managed a swan dive near the end of the loop when I caught the side of a trail.This trip I was riding my 2019 350exc instead of my 150xcw. I was anticipating (hoping) getting into some of the deeper sands and more flowy stuff where the 4T really shines, but they had other plans in store. The 350 was still a great choice, but I think the lighter 150 woulda helped me push a bit harder\quicker through some of the tighter stuff and been a little easier on my body. So it goes. All in all, great trails, great event, great weather. Next year I'll have to get up in time to take a stab at the club race they put on on Saturday evening. Thanks to the UP Sandstormers for all the hard work they do for these events.
two KTMs enter an forest SB Moto 2025-09-12 | Another little trip down memory lane. First afternoon ride on a favorite trail. Weather wasn't working for us, bit of rain, but last I checked I don't melt in the water and dirtbikes.....well they're dirtbikes. Gear up and get to rippin'.
KTM 150 blastin crown vic singletrack SB Moto 2025-09-11 | Just blasting some singletrack on the KTM 150We love da moose.
150xcw michigan flow ride SB Moto 2025-08-31 | Flow riding some pristine singletrack. Keep it on the pipe, or fall flat on your face. Such good times.
a UPhill battle SB Moto 2025-08-31 | Battling out an uphill trail on a KTM 150XCWBrapppppppindeterminate location.
Moto Guzzi V7 Tail of the Dragon Run SB Moto 2025-06-30 | Running up n down the Tail of the Dragon. Never ridden there before, and on a newish bike for me. Thanks to @SlowInFastOut1776 for the tour. Pardon the poor view primarily taken up by a sweet Holy Freedom jacket. My non-existent filmer didn't show up for some reason to setup 5 cameras. The editor also didn't like the pay for this video, so. #dealwithit Bike: 2022 Moto Guzzi V7 Special
Racing my KTM 150xcw D16 Logs in Bogs 4.0 SB Moto 2025-05-19 | EWB/D16 Logs in Bogs 4.0 May 17th 2025 HarescrambleI have a thing for rocking the wrong tool for the job. With all my seat time on my 150 recently and less on my 350, and having raced this event twice on my 350, I thought lets race it on the 150. So here we has it. First (only?) race on the 2024 KTM 150XCW.
and another one 150 vs 350 rd 2 SB Moto 2025-03-29 | Hadn't ridden the 350 in awhile, so curuious to see how I would stack up riding em back to back. Thanks to a recent workout and new boots......my body was all out of sorts. but hey, here we has it.Video is 2 laps of the 150 folllowed by 2 laps of the 350. At the end, its an overlay of the 150\350. Braptastic.
More 150xcw roostin SB Moto 2025-03-24 | I shoulda been doing some work around the house, but sometimes yah gotta know when to fold em.....and fire up the dirtbike. So that's what I did. Normally, I do some stretches and go hit my trails. This time I figured it'd be smart to do some drills, so I did some simple turn drills, focusing on body position while accelerating and while braking. I then spent time on my abbreviated turn track (one portion is a bit under water\squishy), keeping up on my feet on the pegs. Worked both directions and spent about 30 minutes in total doing drills.Once I started turning laps around the track, I was much faster and much more confident. Good feeling on the bike.
race day ditchin, riding at home SB Moto 2025-03-16 | Mid 60's with snow and 30's in forecast for what was supposed to be the first race of the season. Yah, I opted to ditch racing and ride at home. Did an ~75 minute "race" of my own. This KTM 150xcw is NOT the choice if you wanna go fast easily. 🤣🤣 Been a few months since I blistered my hands like this. Good times.Crashes\misc:7:5217:0928:50
ktm 350 hot lap SB Moto 2025-03-12 | Forgot to upload this one. Made hotlap with the 150 with deetz, but well....not doing that here. Just added 350 video for reference.Good to use for own riding comparisons of 150 v 350 🤘🤘🤘
march mudder was an mudder? SB Moto 2025-03-11 | Its march in the midwest, so yeah ground melting on top of partially frozen mud. More time cleaning than riding. So's it goes.and first real re-ride on the 350 after fixing its top endz. Ran into a wiring snafu the week before, and now we're back riding. Ain't even mad.
50° Midwestern January.......Lets Brapp SB Moto 2025-01-31 | When God gives us a beautiful day in January in the Midwest, we listen..............and bust out the dirtbike. Grounds were icy\frozen\slippy, but there's not denying the call to go have some fun. The 350 with studded tires probably woulda been the smarter choice, but the 150 needed to get dirty.
a full loop connection SB Moto 2024-11-25 | Home trails where I connected as much as I could without crossing over too much. I've got 2 sections I still need to tie in. One needs to be cleaned up and the other, well I gotta figure out how to tie it in best. We got time.Dirt was slippy, that is true.
FCR Dean Hagemann Memorial Dual Sport 11/24 SB Moto 2024-11-19 | First main portion of the Forest City Riders Dean Hagemann Memorial Dual Sport over in Leaf River, IL a couple weeks ago. Great trails setup by a really great group of riders. Sadly my camera died with a bit more trail to go, so it goes.
moss lake in september (a portion) SB Moto 2024-11-08 | Last time I rode Moss Lake was back in 2012 and that was just a portion aboard a YZ250F. I never went back until a couple months ago. I shouldn't have ridden this as the first thing on my trip, especially with getting up at 3am and it also having rained prior to me arriving and being solo. But so's it goes. here's a portion after having been riding for ~45 minutes or so. I had already bonked on energy. 🤣
ktm150 top hot lap SB Moto 2024-11-05 | The 150's hot lap against the 350. Pardon the mismatch in timers. Both end up at the same time, but where my GPS lap timer starts is a smidge off from where I keyed in on the video editor. Did my best to sync up the GPS speed data. Really wish RaceChrono would do something here to tweak this stuff on a desktop vs phone. So it goes.....combined video link:youtu.be/_1GRupT5pnk
4T vs 2T Battle / KTM 350 vs 150 SB Moto 2024-11-04 | My current fast lap. 4T vs 2T Battle. Join in to see who wins.
KTM 150 missing it by that much SB Moto 2024-11-04 | Squeeeeakin past the tree. Better lucky than good.
2024 KTM 150XCW First Ride / Impressions / and more SB Moto 2024-11-01 | 2024 KTM 150XCW First Ride, Impressions....and more.These are first thoughts\braps on the new 150. What can I say other than this bike's chassis is a big improvement over the 2019 350. Most notable is the xact closed chamber fork. What a dreamy fork. I've since looked into what the suspension was set at stock (standard settings) and am beyond impressed. This to me is the single biggest improvement over the older bikes. Suspension is what controls the rubber meeting the road. This handles it so well. Further riding will backup this claim. For science!!!Being off of 2T bikes for nearly 10 years (GPX TSE250R stint aside), I'm quite pleased with this machine. Any questions, please ask.TimeStamps:First Drop: 00:38Short Track loop: 04:26Slow speed section: 06:28Log crossings: 08:13Jibba Jabba Talk: 08:55Bonus Hot Lap: 11:25
2024 KTM 150XCW UnBoxing SB Moto 2024-10-31 | Unboxing of my new 2024 KTM 150XCW.Yup, I've been a longtime anti-2T person. Well, not anti-2T, but shirley the fanatacism over them has been out of control. The fast folks know ya gotta be on the 4T.....but I digress. Seeing KTM had this 150 in the new Throttle Body Fuel Injection with Xact Closed Chamber Forks, and oil injection....SIGN ME UP. Thanks Munn Racing for reminding me that buying a new bike can actually be easy! First ride coming soon.....
FIRST RIDE!!! 10 minutes into ride on new box stock 2024 KTM 150xcw SB Moto 2024-10-30 | Had to put this up. 10 minutes into my first riding of a 100% box stock 2024 KTM 150XCW. Just tossed it together, filled with gas and set tire pressures. I've no clue what the suspension is set at. No idea what the sag is. I HAD to get on the thing and see what it was like. Been on a 350 4T for basically the past 10 years.Watch the video and see.....its impressive what this new chassis can do. For reference, my current fast lap time on my 350 is 2:55. A few more rides and I should have that beat.
a t7 in the woods SB Moto 2024-10-28 | A friend takes his T7 through my trails. Parts may have been broken. He's wishing for my old Suspension101 Suspension off my T7. The best. Can't be beat.
My loop full attack lap SB Moto 2024-10-28 | This a full lap of my home loop. Best time I've hit of 2.55.2, which according to RaceChrono, I SHOULD be able to hit 2.52 if I can put all the sections together properly. If only. Keeping consistent sub 3.00 is painful enough.
new trail day SB Moto 2024-10-07 | Time for new trail day. Cut in a new section and had to give it an whirl. New section: 3:10Crashes\bails in beginning for ya'll
sunday funday? SB Moto 2024-10-01 | Quick roost n braps. crashing. stalling. pitbikes and letting some folks get test rides in hopes that they get the bug to buy a real dirtbike.......we can hope eh?
just some easy trails SB Moto 2024-09-30 | just brappin some skiddly zattin trails.scat jazz is the wurst.
drop the bass...........lake SB Moto 2024-09-28 | Another loop around the bass lake. Cold and wet morning. Cold and wet body made for a slower loop than I was hoping for. So it goes.
a warmup section SB Moto 2024-09-27 | Prior to launching to the moon, I took a nice ride on this warmup section. This is a re-up of a lower quality version previously uploaded. I've since figured out my davinci resolve render settings. my bad.
a fixed 350 trip to the moon SB Moto 2024-09-25 | re-upload of the first version of this. I botched rendering. Nasa didn't go to the moon, but my KTM 350 did. No Van Allen belts messing me up. Just fun riding. Full loop was cut short due to lack rapidly approaching the dark side of the moon.
T7 Suspension101 Gobbler Review SB Moto 2024-07-08 | A more in depth review of the Suspension101 Gobbler suspension for the Tenere 700. I give my run down of the Suspension101 Pro build with Gobblers for the T7. It is THE best setup for the bike without going to a full KYB fork\shock swap. Even then, its still debatable. TLDR\W - BUY THE SUSPENSION!!!!
Hot Lap - Sturgeon Bay 6-5-24 SB Moto 2024-06-05 | My fast lap from the past weekends race. Lap 8 ~1 hour in. I run RaceChrono on a phone to log GPS\OBD2 data from my bike. It's pretty neat to review and compare lap times\braking zones\speeds\etc. This is really useful when I'm riding at home. The app lets you overlay the data onto the video, so this was my first go at trying that out.
WIXC Sturgeon Bay 6-2-24 SB Moto 2024-06-05 | TLDR:WIXC Sturgeon Bay 6-2-24. +30 First, and 1st overall in the event. Couple crashes at:02:3014:05Video cuts out ~1:25 in. Working on improving that. At least its in max HD'z now. So there's that.What a day. The past two years at this event has been one of huffing dust. The Saturday prior, the heavens opened and dropped a decent amount of rain, which resulted in some hero dirt for the bulk of the course. Though as I'd learn (and crash on), it meant the rocks in the ground would turn to ice. I'll gladly deal with that over the dust.Beautiful weather had me 2nd at the start in the +30 class. The lead rider on the YZ250X was burning a hot pace, which had us catching some B riders pretty quickly. In an attempt for us to both pass the first B rider, I managed to dump it pretty quickly on the aforementioned rocks. Stupid move on my part, but it did put a good frame of mind in my head for the race. I hunkered down and kept what I felt was a confident pace for myself. By the second lap, I was caught back up to the YZ250X rider and was pushing to find a place to pass him. Unfortunately I clipped the side of a trail and managed to whiskey throttle into a smaller tree. I'm quite thankful it wasn't any worse than it was. The crash cost me a headlight, radiator shroud, bent clutch lever, and about 60 seconds of race time. I was frustrated, but I didn't let it get to me as I was amazed I was relatively unhurt (my arms are heavily bruised today).I got up from this crash and figured if I caught the YZ250X now, I could possibly do it again. Which happened to be the case. There was a section in the course where I saw I was getting closer to him based on where he was in a Up and Back sectino of the course. About an hour in, he was ~10-15 seconds or so in front of me, which cut down to ~0 seconds when he stopped to refuel. This put me right on his tail where he decided to take off at a blistering pace. Normally I'd end up trying to push too hard, but I figured I was catching him, let him make a mistake. He either did, or was gassin' out as he ended up pulling over a little later in the lap. I thought maybe he was letting me push and make the mistake in the front (I'm good at doing that), but I ended up not seeing him again.Much to my surprise I ended up catching the lone A rider on his CR 2T near the end of the race. This not only got me the +30 first place, but also the Overall for the event. I wasn't expecting it, but pleasantly surprised.Also to note, I changed my 350's gearing to 14\52 back from the 13\52 I had been running the first few races. This kept 3rd gear smoother for me and my riding, and in the tighter stuff, 2nd was the right feel. I gotta make some more improvements in my riding, but yeah quite happy all things considered.
350 outa timing view 2 SB Moto 2024-06-04 | A wild 350 destroys an wrrrrrr which may or may not have been at an stand still.
350 getting on the gas SB Moto 2024-06-04 | Quick section after WIXC Sturgeon Bay timing section. Good spot to work on your flat trackin'
EWB Logs in the Bogs Harescramble 5-18-24 SB Moto 2024-05-21 | Raw footy from the EWB Logs in the bogs harescramble. Unfortunately my gopro is old and now seems to shut off after an hour.30+ class on my KTM 350 EXC-FRode pretty poorly for this event. My start was decent, but I kept trying to override the bike, which slowed me down. Time for some different grips as well (or toughen my hands up?) as the palm protectors didn't help resulting in blisters in blisters in blisters. 🤣 Rough.I can't complain too hard though, took 3rd in class. We'll be ready for the next one. 🤘🤘
EWB Logs in the Bogs HS Highlights SB Moto 2024-05-20 | Just the highlights (lowlights?) from the EWB Logs in the bogs Harescramble
highlights of denmark race wixc SB Moto 2024-05-07 | I know most won't want to watch through over an hour of footy, and really I shoulda put this in the vloggy type thing, but I don't know. I'm no computer mathematician. Plus, if we have more videos, the better right?So this is the highlights of the Denmark WIXC race. Well, for me at least. Crashes, passes, and the start. Attempted to go short n sweet.
Classic JD Mistake on dirtbike SB Moto 2024-05-07 | Classic JD Mistake. Where was the opera man to help me out?Sometimes even if you give a line full commitment, it doesn't go your way and you piledrive into the dirt. So's it goes.
wixc - denmark 5-5-24 Full (well partial) afternoon race SB Moto 2024-05-07 | Afternoon race of the 2024 WIXC season opener at Denmark. Great event that's very MX oriented with some fun and fast woods sprinkled in.Video cuts out around 1:20, but for those that wanna know...Crashes: 02:5553:38
WIXC - Denmark - 5-5-24 vloglap1 SB Moto 2024-05-06 | So this is lap one of WIXC Denmark 5-5-24 and some sort of an vlog? I dont know, I'm not good at cameras. Racing +30 class on my KTM 350exc-f. This course was very heavy on the MX, which is quite foreign to me. Which you'll see in the video. I had a crash on the first lap that was just a silly error, and then somewhere later on maybe lap 10 or 12 or something when I attempted to pass someone on the right in the boggy area near the end of the course. I pile drived myself pretty good. Overall had a good recovery from that and got an unexpected OA for the day. So happy with my performance. It helps that I can actually walk today, so the exercise has been doing something.race starts at: 01:40post race jibber jabber: 09:50I'll post the unedited race footy that I have, but my gopro failed ~1:20 in. So its all I got.Thanks to the WIXC crew for putting on another great event.
New pitbike track laps SB Moto 2024-04-22 | I was asked over to help build some trails and do some riding this past weekend. While everyone else used real machines, I kept to loppers to keep the woods as easy to ride. But I digress....despite my bike spitting its chain, and brakes getting locked up, much fun was had trying to keep up with the KLX's.
Jazz Hands Tree50 SB Moto 2024-04-15 | Despite my nimble hands and fingers pre-ride.....I failed to pre-walk the trail.1:34 for the mid trail excursion prompting the in ride trail cleanup.Couple fun laps afterwards.
KTM 350 vs Yamaha T7 SB Moto 2024-04-15 | Same DaySame TrailsSame RiderOne lap. Bike vs Bike. Here we go.I was curious how the T7 stacked up against the 350 in the woods. If the T7 had some more decent knobbies, it'd have been a bit closer match. Well not really. Either way, the T7 showed once again it punches well above its weight, or however you'd say that in this case.One lap. Bike vs Bike. Here we go.
T7 Gobbler Dirt Test SB Moto 2024-04-15 | Primo weather meant for some seat time. Finally able to get the T7 into the woods to test the Suspension101 Gobbler full works suspension. I'm a believer.I opted to keep the suspension clicker settings as arrived for this first test. George noted to me that its "soft", which generally gives a confident feeling. The big question though is how it handles with hard hits. You'll see in the first few seconds it has no problem falling from the sky. Yah, these aren't major jumps. It's a friends pitbike track and the T7 feels like a battleship on it. But the way you can hit stuff now and tackle thing, its great. After the little track, I head back to my home trails and see how the T7 handles when being pushed a bit in the woods. I'd previously been riding the loop on my 350, so I had a good feeling of how things were going to shape up. If this T7 had proper knobbies on it instead of the D-sports, it would be an absolute weapon. You can just hammer into things and ride it like a dirtbike and not feel like you're being jarred all over the place. What a bike.0:00 Landing on flat0:10 Rhythm section0:51 mini track laps2:14 Caleb quickly rides2:49 Following a stock T7 (with way too loud a muffler)3:17 Into some woodsGo contact George at www.suspension101.com and get your bike setup.
T7 Falls in the woods SB Moto 2024-04-01 | Just like a tree, if no one were around, would we know the T7 falling made a sound? Joking aside, first run up on this, I clipped a root I thought I was gonna get over. I lost momentum (which is key on these big bikes) and over I went. Despite what it looks like, it was more graceful than I expected. I accepted defeat and took the "you are soft, you lack discipline" ride around.video - jamoLocation - lost in the woods
