No, only rich or mad folk use a 13k bike off road.
He hasn’t paid anywhere near that for his
No, only rich or mad folk use a 13k bike off road.
He hasn’t paid anywhere near that for his
Although ......
On an extreme decent of slime covered rocks when it may not be possible to keep a right foot up, it could be to your advantage to kill the engine in 1st gear and use the clutch as a rear brake.....something else you cant do with a DCT
Just thinking about it again
I lock my Hilux Auto in 1st and 2nd off-road on steep descents - with the shift lock button
Can you do similar on the Honda DCT ??
Yeah, select Manual Mode. It locks it in 1st Gear
On a steep and rocky descent - the last thing I would do is pull the clutch in ......on a normal bike
I would modulate my speed with front (more) and rear brake (less)
If it was really gnarly I would be in 1st or less gnarly in 2nd
Pulling the clutch in, leaves you out of control and at the mercy of gravity with just brakes to retard the bike, which always ends up out of control imho
As Wreford says - the control is in your legs and feet with your bum as far back as you can get it (on rear brake light) on a descent
Only time I would pull the clutch in on a descent is when stopping to take a photograph
Lock a DCT bike in 1st at the top of the descent if you can and don't ride down without assessing it - maybe walk it first ?
Agree with both Johnny,JJ65 and others, but I reckon it would be worth while going on Dave Thorpe Honda Adventure school down in Devon, do the two day course and learn the true capabilities of the DCT.
rode the DCT bike on the second day. It was so much easier off-road than the manual.Gobsmackingly good.
No criticism of Warlord but I do think part of the problem here JB and Wreford is that Warlord was a victim of being swept along with a group of more experienced riders and suddenly found himself on a trail past the point of no return well outside of his comfort zone.
Don't know about you but I'm open to the idea that a parallel twin mated to a DCT box would create more run on downhill than would be experienced by either a single or boxer twin which will tend to the hold the bike back as you know.
If possible Warlord I'd like to have a go of the DCT on a downhill to see what it is like and what your up against.
Did you cover braking on a slippy down hill though and stopping the bike on incline under control?
Yup.
Seem to recall we basically locked the rear brake on and just steered with the front . I rode up and down slopes that were too steep to walk, and I have zero talent off-road .
They also taught how to turn bike around on a crazy steep slope -came in handy when I found myself up the Andes in Chile with nowhere to go .
Seem to recall we basically locked the rear brake on and just steered with the front .