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So there's a new adventure tire coming out from GoldenTyre that will replace their 723 series. Apparently it's mostly wider spacing of knobs but it will be from a different compound and harder carcass so more durable with better traction. I hear it will be here in Oct of this year (2019).

We made it to Bridge of The Gods. Grabbing a quick bite and gathering some last minute supplies. The Gorge is beautiful. Epic scenery on this route. Let’s ride!

Hearing that, I think I am going to give the RallZ a shot. Tread pattern up front is a good bit different, and from what I understand works way better than the original TA, or the TA MK2. Rear looks much more open and id suspect be better in mud etc. I was totally geeked about the 823. Ive had a couple sets of the 723 and really like them. I suspect you would like them as well. I doubt you would get the mileage out of them that I have (you are much more abusive to tires!), but for how aggressive they are, getting the mileage I have out of them is impressive. The 823 sounded like it might last a tad longer and perform the same or better. Ive been emailing back and forth with Dax since I first heard of the 823's in March. Originally it sounded like late spring early summer to hit the US, but now he is saying September. I REALLY wanted to try those out.

Day1 completed. Very windy day up the 5 then 97. Little parade around the town of Weed and had lunch at Black Bear Diner in Klamath falls. Pushed about 500 miles today and stayed just south of Bend Oregon. Very nice and scenic after Redding. ( thanks Jason!) A little heaven before we hit the dirt. Stayed at a Thousand Oaks resort where they allowed us to pitch up our tents. Was a brutal 37 degrees last night and I woke up at 3am. Oh well, getting the morning coffee on and gearing up. KSU at 8:30am.

@ktm.mike.585 Yeah I'm at about 6k now and they're still going but I have a fresh set to put on anytime I want. Probably will go a full 12 months and replace right before our High Sierra event Aug 29. The RallZ appeared to be the same as the Adventures but not sure if the compound is given the extra miles I've been seeing. They do give you 1 extra mm of tread so that might explain it. GoldenTyre is great from what I've heard but have never run them. Did not know they were replacing the 723. Good to know. I will call Dax and see what we can learn about those.

Ok, so I can’t sleep! It’s the day before we start our adventure north from the East Bay. Posting some picks of the food I’ll be carrying. I’m curious to see how much I’ll actually eat.

Show us your tool-bags and explain the what and why! Here, I'll start. This is for my G450X. OK... it's not really an XL bike :/ Gee! Here's how my pack looks like. This is the Wolfman Medium Rollie Bag with two Wolf Bottle Holsters. Let's start looking inside! Here's what fits in this baby: 1. Recovery bag 2. Flat tire bag 3. Misc items bag 4. Tools bag 5. Spare tubes for both front/rear 6. Zip ties (with several rubber bands) 7. Two MSR 30oz fuel bottles The recovery bag is just what I need for a z-pull/drag system. There are several sets out there but I wanted to make mine on my own. Did I mention I have mild OCD? It contains: 1. 52ft of accessory cord (6mm) 2. 2x oval non-locking carabiners 3. 2x Petzl pulleys 4. 2x Petzl Tibloc ascenders 5. The manual from the ascenders which will explain how to make a z-pull/drag system The flat tire bag, is a standard. However, here's what it has in detail: 1. Stop & go pump 2. Slime patch repair kit 3. 2x normal SHORT tire irons 4. Valve stem removal tool 5. Gloves The spare tubes, are in a ziplocl bag because try-to-put-them-in-the-bag-omg-they-wont-move-when-they-touch-the-wolfman-dry-material... Of course, a normal grocery bag would do as well. Just blame my OCD for the waste... My misc bag contains the following (I haven't included links for the obvious items): 1. Small mesh bag for the loose items (I got it from Michael's for like $1) 2. Eagle Creek bag (I'm mentioning it here since I'm using the same for everything) 3. Electrical tape 4. Electrical wire 5. Steel wire 6. Any kind of light 7. Quicksteel 8. Sandpaper 9. Emergency blanket (I remove the box after I took the pic) 10. Lighter 11. WD40 12. Camping tape I suggest this brand. This thing will hold anything! 13. Coffee filter (to pour water in the radiator) 14. Radiator Stop Leak 15. An extra sparkplug 16. Tweezers 17. Purifying water tablets Finally my tool bag. This took me the most time to gather. What I've been doing the last months, is using tools from my garage and every time I'm using something (for example a screwdriver or a 10mm hex socket), I'm taking a note and like that I assembled a list of all the tools I ever needed for my bike. In theory, I can bring the engine down with what I have in this bag. In theory. Of course, I don't know how... So for the G450X here's a list of the tools I used (no links of course) Hex sockets: 8mm, 10mm, 11mm, 17mm, 22mm, 30mm Hex bits: 3mm, 4mm, 8mm, 12mm Wrenches: 11mm, 12mm Tools: Leatherman, flat screwdriver, philips screwdriver, ratchet, extensions, adapters And ALL of these items with fuel included, under 20lbs (12.5kgs for our Metric friends)! In addition to all of these, when I'm on my dirt-bike, I always carry: Water Snacks My poop-bag (laugh all you want, I want to see you taking a sh!t and wiping with leaves) Phone / InReach Very small 1st aid kit Let us see yours!