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Where did you ride today ???
- Thread starter Major
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Hmmm:
Just because people stopped at the forks for a coffee (and perhaps posed with all the other posers?) doesn't mean that bikes are never ridden offroad.
..Tom
RichinOville
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+1,000
RichinOville
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I know what you mean. I didn't have water crossing in my off-road adventures. But getting through the road(s) without dying was my first concern. That and I didn't bring a photographer with me.
There was a great video running around last year (?) of a Sport bike on ice. I'm not sure which bike is was but perhaps a CBR600 RR or similar. With studded tires he was doing wheelies..not just little catwalks but full-out wheelies. I thought it was pretty impressive!
..Tom
knucklesound
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Hmmm:
Just because people stopped at the forks for a coffee (and perhaps posed with all the other posers?) doesn't mean that bikes are never ridden offroad.
..Tom
THis reminds me of this awesome thread. (Apologies if this is a re-post)
http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=603979
Kinda old- but VERY interesting read....
Guy rides his Harley RK to the ends of the earth....
That's pretty cool! There was another thread there where an inmate posted pictures of his father and his father's friends out on their Harley's doing some amazing riding. (I think it was from the 50's) Their riding was much more extreme than the little bit I posted earlier.
..Tom
Sabex
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTqcAoLuTnc
this?
Studded tires are almost a must for offroading... but I somehow managed to do some light trails with normal street tires on!
Yeah, more worried about the constant fish tailing than taking picturesI know what you mean. I didn't have water crossing in my off-road adventures. But getting through the road(s) without dying was my first concern. That and I didn't bring a photographer with me.
Current bike I'm looking at buying is in mint condition, not a single scratch on it. Might not want to take it offroad
I can't check the video right now but if it shows a sport bike doing mutliple runs on the ice with wheelies then I'm sure that's it! Thanks!
As far as tires and offroad goes: When I was (much!) younger I had a Norton 750 Commando. I lived near Rice Lake and used to take my Norton on the fire roads in Northumberland Forest all the time. I also rode on lots of cowtrails as well. The tires were Dunlop K70 pure street tires (Iirc). Other than some real deep sand I never had issues. (The forest would have a lot of sand dunes if the trees were removed again.)
..Tom
Sabex
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I only had problems on soft, deep, or very loose terrain (riding on very loose gravel is like riding on ball bearing...) But other than that, I had no problem apart from the GS' ****** suspension bottoming out a lot.
Also it's heavier than a dual-sport, so it's harder to pickup but it's still pretty light (400lbs wet I think.)
And the video I linked is the bike racing a car hitting speeds of ~260km/hr on an ice track.
SeaBreez
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Today I rode down Southwood Road in the Muskokas....Awesome day for a ride!
For more pics see post # 361 on the following link.
http://www.gtamotorcycle.com/vbforu...e-Wednesday-Scarborough&p=1912533#post1912533
For more pics see post # 361 on the following link.
http://www.gtamotorcycle.com/vbforu...e-Wednesday-Scarborough&p=1912533#post1912533
LGdrama
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RichinOville
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Had to work yesterday, so I was limited to a quick ride up to Creemore for dinner.
Although, I ride everyday that it isn't raining in the morning, when I leave for work.
Although, I ride everyday that it isn't raining in the morning, when I leave for work.
That wasn't the particular video I was thinking of but it really pretty cool! (I think the one I was thinking of was on Lake Scugog.)
I think the key on loose gravel is to relax and let the bike move around a bit last night on my ride home I was riding down some gravel roads and one was pretty freshly graded.. prob was graded an hour or two earlier. It wasn't super deep but on that section (and the parts that were wet mud) the bike was moving around a lot. The natural instinct is to tighten up but it is best to relax.
My most challenging loose Gravel ride was coming back from a work event in Hershey Pennsylvania. I came back on backroads as much as possible. At one point I came up onto a Grader that was spreading fresh gravel on the road. For the mile or two before I got up to the grader I was riding in freshly dumped gravel that was 6 inches or so deep; and when I had to go around the grader there was a "drift" of a couple of feet high that I had to plow though. Not fun!
..Tom
I ride pretty much everyday to work that there isn't snow on my roads and not likely to be snow. My commute is about 60 km each way, although last night it took me about 150 km to get home.
I have only not ridden in to work once since I got this bike March 12 and that was a few Saturdays ago I was heading to Germany after work so leaving the bike at the airport didn't make sense to me. I might for the second time not ride tomorrow.. not because of the crappy weather but because of some things i need to do with my GF this weekend.
..Tom
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jonnymedia
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9 hour destination less loop, starting in the early morning fog. Lake Simcoe, Canal Street/road, Hockley, Forks, etc.
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