Retro scramblers in the Rockies, ADVs at Laguna Seca, Groms in the office… Zack and Ari love taking motorcycles out of their intended environment. And in this episode of OTW, the guys haul a Yamaha Zuma and Honda Ruckus into the Sierra Nevada to compete in the Adventure Rally (www.advrally.com)—an organized offroad event for bigass adventure bikes. Can the scooters hold their own, or will they stall out as soon as the trail gets steep? Watch the episode to find out!



How do you measure the quality of your adventure? At organized events like the ADV Rally it’s easy—the success of your day is determined by waypoints visited and points accrued. But while most riders at this year’s Rally in the Sierra Nevada were on fullsize ADVs like KTM’s 1090 Adventure R and Honda’s Africa Twin, the On Two Wheels duo opted to saddle up on something a little smaller, cheaper, and significantly less powerful.

More specifically, they entered the competition on 49cc scooters from Honda and Yamaha. Yup, Zack and Ari were the guys who showed up to a gunfight with butter knives. But after riding retro scramblers through the Rockies and ripping ADVs around Laguna Seca, the boys have learned that it's usually a lot of fun to take a motorcycle out of its element. Plus, they wanted to prove that adventure is in the throttle hand of the beholder, and that you don't need a $20,000 bike to roam off road.

And as it turns out, the scooters killed it. Sure they were slow (so slow!) and their lowslung frame rails touched down regularly, but the scooters' maneuverability, balance, and low weight meant the guys took them everywhere anyone on a “real” ADV went. And even farther, actually, thanks to the fact that Zack and Ari were able to hoist their rides over a downed tree that would have been a definite roadblock for a 600pound bike.

Does offroad scootering have a future? If this episode of On Two Wheels is any indicator, it certainly does. And Honda seems to think the concept has legs as well, given the fact that it saw fit to mate longtravel suspension and spoke wheels to a CVT transmission and stepthrough chassis to make the XADV adventure scooter.

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