I bought a copy of this DVD - its actually two disks - from Touratech.
If you have never changed brake pads, a tyre, oil or adjusted your chain, then it might be worth buying as these are the only topics covered in any detail. Mostly it’s a sales pitch for everything Touratech - or Boreatech by the time you have watched a few minutes. You get to see just about everything in their catalogue for the bike in excruciating detail and then get to hear a bunch of owners describe them consistently in glowing terms as Helge Pedersen interviews them about what they have done to their 800s. Unsurprisingly most folk have added the same sort of stuff to their bikes (with a bit of variation in pannier choice) and these interviews are also pretty boring which is a shame as they take up most of the second disk.
There are some good clips of bikes on the move in various places but again this is basically advertising - in this case, Globeriders tours.
Pedersen is obviously very experienced but as an ex-Touratech employee and no doubt current beneficiary of part of their marketing budget, he is too biased to make a reliable guide to what's really good bling and what's not. This is a shame as he probably has a better insight and more experience than most folk. (BMW can do no wrong either, so their lousy bashplate (made by TT of course..) gets great praise at least 6 times.
What I missed in the DVD was any real advice on more detailed technical aspects of the bike from the view point of fixing stuff in the wild. How to de-water it would have been nice for example, or dealing with a broken chain. Jury rigging get-you-home things etc.
Video quality is good and you can see stuff he is showing very well.
Overall, I rate this a 5/10 effort.
If you have never changed brake pads, a tyre, oil or adjusted your chain, then it might be worth buying as these are the only topics covered in any detail. Mostly it’s a sales pitch for everything Touratech - or Boreatech by the time you have watched a few minutes. You get to see just about everything in their catalogue for the bike in excruciating detail and then get to hear a bunch of owners describe them consistently in glowing terms as Helge Pedersen interviews them about what they have done to their 800s. Unsurprisingly most folk have added the same sort of stuff to their bikes (with a bit of variation in pannier choice) and these interviews are also pretty boring which is a shame as they take up most of the second disk.
There are some good clips of bikes on the move in various places but again this is basically advertising - in this case, Globeriders tours.
Pedersen is obviously very experienced but as an ex-Touratech employee and no doubt current beneficiary of part of their marketing budget, he is too biased to make a reliable guide to what's really good bling and what's not. This is a shame as he probably has a better insight and more experience than most folk. (BMW can do no wrong either, so their lousy bashplate (made by TT of course..) gets great praise at least 6 times.
What I missed in the DVD was any real advice on more detailed technical aspects of the bike from the view point of fixing stuff in the wild. How to de-water it would have been nice for example, or dealing with a broken chain. Jury rigging get-you-home things etc.
Video quality is good and you can see stuff he is showing very well.
Overall, I rate this a 5/10 effort.
