Articles - Featured Riders

This month, we are excited to feature Joey Pons, who is based in Louisiana and is the proud owner of a 2020 Suzuki DR650 and a 2021 Yamaha FJR1300. While the FJR is undoubtedly a cool ride, the one we’re really interested in his DR, so let’s dive in!

Visually, the most obvious upgrades to the DR are the 4.9 gallon IMS fuel tank in natural, a Seat Concepts seat, a ProCycle skid plate, a rear top rack, Wolfman saddlebags, and a ProCycle tool tube. Joey also upgraded the suspension, both front and rear, with a Cogent shock and Cogent Dynamic Drop-in Cartridges (DDCs).

This month, we are featuring John Rice, who has been riding for 60 years! Through his travels, he has managed to ride in 49 states (all except Hawaii) and 16 foreign countries (above and below the equator and in the eastern and western hemispheres). Over his riding career, John has been an Observed Trials rider, had a brief stint in motocross, and has spent a lot of time wandering around in the woods on various old bikes.

This month's Featured Rider is John Fairrington, who is based in Southern Oregon. John runs a company called I Ride Rogue, which organizes backcountry excursion (BXR) events for dual sport riders.

This past April, one of our faithful XR650L customers made a solo adventure riding from Elko, Nevada all the way to Lake Havasu, Arizona. Paul's 750-mile journey consisted of 600+ miles of dirt tracks  and took him 4 days to complete.