Your brand sucks! The weird world of brand loyalty︱Cross Training Adventure

Are you a sucker for brand loyalty? Why do so many riders get fixed ideas that their brand is the best and all the other suck? Or they are deeply hurt is someone mentions their motorbike has a known issue? We discussed this quite a few years ago and there were some really interesting responses from viewers. When we find a serious issue we sometimes do a video to create more awareness of the problem. And if needed, we put pressure on the manufacturer to start supporting their customers. Typical examples? The main bearing failures in Beta two-strokes. KTM's TPI issues. Fox's appalling drop in quality. KTM 790 and 890 camshaft issues. Welcome to Cross Training Adventure, we are into all things dual sport and adventure on the east coast of Australia. Rusting brackets in certain helmet brands. Quality control in Sidi Crossfire boots. Fake knee braces from EVS. The worst jerseys and pants. The worst boots. Keen on adventure riding in Australia? Check out our vids. It's surprising how often riders try to deny there are problems, or try to minimise the issues and claim we are unfairly attacking the brand. If you like dual sport riding in Australia then you might like our adventure riding vids. Ditto for our motorbike reviews. We always explore potential known issues with each model and so many owners had hurt feelings we had to provide a support service. Have your feelings been hurt by one of our videos? Of course this loyalty can extend way past just a particular brand. European bikes are unreliable pieces of crap, get a Japanese bike if you want your bike to last. Check out our reviews of various adventure bikes and dual sport bikes. Or the european crowd will say Japanese bikes might be more reliable but they are bland, boring, and don't inspire passion when you ride them. And there's always the old two-stroke versus four-stroke debate in the dirt riding community. Does brand loyalty make sense? If it's based on hard data? Probably. For many of us I suspect it's the opposite. We have occasional detours to places like Vietnam, Cambodia, Romania and Canada. This is one of our three channels, there's also a Cross Training Trials channel, and a Cross Training Enduro channel. All three are equally dodgy. We are the 27th most watched dirt channel in Uzbekistan. We have won the polished turd award five years in a row. And we have a world record 25 class action lawsuits for inaccurate information. We think the whole motorbike scene is getting too commercial. So called dual sport riding reviews are just glossy ads nowdays. Everyone is trying to sell you stuff you don't need, convince you to buy the latest model with anodized coffee cup holders for your trips to the coffee shop. Of course if you are cashed up and into bling, go for it. All we are saying is there's also the budget option for adventure riding. And it won't hold you back. Why? We reckon it's 80% the rider and 20% the bike. So the Cross Training Adventure focus is just get out there and have fun on two wheels. Instead of obsessing over the latest blinged out Beemer, which tyres to fit or spending a fortune on your suspension or billet alloy gas cap. So most of our adventure riding vids will feature the much loved bush pig, the Suzuki DR650. And we've done a 10 part series on how to unleash the mighty beast that lurks within. What else? Cross Training Adventure actively avoids sponsorship. We like doing seriously critical reviews. Manufacturers make some really bad mistakes. and there is a lot of dodgy crap being sold out there. Instead of glowing dual sport reviews for kickbacks or free product, we will try to keep the buggers honest. So subscribe. Or don't subscribe to our Cross Training Adventure riding channel. The main thing is get out and ride while you can with dual sport riding or Adventure riding in Australia, Canada, Vietnam, Romania and beyond! So check out Cross Training Adventure.

Our website: https://sites.google.com/view/crosstrainingenduro
Our enduro channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/CrossTrainingEnduroSkills
Our trials channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/MOTOTRIALSTRAININGTECHNIQUES

INDEX
0:00 Intro
1:13 We hurt your feelings?
1:47 Over-the-top loyalty!
2:25 Emotions v logic
3:24 Which bike to buy?
3:52 80% the rider!

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