So, a pro freestyle motocross rider and a pro enduro racer walk into a bar…

But a full-size adventure bike?  Now that’s a rare event. 

Make that an 1100cc, 550-pound Africa Twin bagged up like it’s headed out on tour and you have some real shenanigans afoot.

While this feat has been performed with a big adventure bike at least once before Kirian says the idea got stuck in his head when he was talking with Seb one day and the freestyler told him it would “be easy” to backflip the big Honda. Now Kirian has already proven he likes to do crazy things with his Africa Twin when he’s not racing his appointed CRF250RX. What comes to mind is a recent video where he loads the AT in his van for a 33 hour trip to Sweden, where he slaps on some ice tires and proceeds to wheelie, roost, jump and slide his way through a winter wonderland. 

So it’s no real surprise when the newest video on Kirian’s YouTube channel has him loading up the Honda and traveling to La Clua, a motocross training park in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region, to meet up with Seb and learn how to backflip. Seb gives him some tips that sound simple: “It’s mainly just give the throttle a rev, lean back with your neck…in the maximum position, try to keep the weight back and then pull up easy [on the bar].” 

He then hilariously asks Kirian if he can do wheelies (duh), and instructs him to just “over wheelie.” 

As Kirian is gearing up for the stunt he admits he’s already “dead of fear.” And though everyone keeps telling him it’s easy, he knows how powerful the Africa Twin is and how easy it will be to get in trouble. 

And then boom! He’s on the ramp, in the air, over once, and lands the Africa Twin squarely in the pit of  foam on his first try. Or does he? 

Turns out the punchline is that Kirian is way too smart to even try the stunt. “I’m obviously not crazy enough to kill myself on my first backflip attempt. With a 250 kg motorcycle in a pool of foam, which can catch fire.” Seb’s not crazy either, he just happens to be practiced enough to flip an Africa Twin, which he does, wearing matching gear as Kirian’s stunt double. 

When the video cuts to Kirian on the bike in the pit taking off his helmet post jump he’s like, look, I’m not even sweating. 

It’s pretty funny. But what’s really remarkable is what we’re learning these production adventure bikes are capable of when under the bum of the right rider. Whether it’s Sebastian Westberg backflipping an Africa Twin, Pol Tarres defying gravity on a Yamaha Tenere 700 or Ivan Cervantes winning the Bassella Enduro Race on a Tiger 900 Rally, one thing is clear: Building skill is the only path to becoming a true master of size.  

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