I liked those pictures!
Fair play to you though, joking aside.
I took the Rallye off-road a few weeks ago, and agree with JB that a heavy bike and wet muddy tracks are probably not the best combination! Road tyres didn’t help me either!
Pics or it never happened
Hang on a minute.....
Those pics are both on Tarmac. Thats not off-road
Hmmmm, ok then if you say so.
Next time, try to fall off more. It'll give you time to take some pics.
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The trainers there are great, take lots of pictures and videos which they will send onto you via email when you finish. The first day was torrential rain and mud it was a total ball of fun.Those pics look good
Stay on the bike,,,,,,,,
No, basically keep up an even speed and try to drive through the mud with a steady increase in throttle rather than letting the speed off which causes a transfer of weight to the front suspension digging the tyre in and thus loses stability possibly tipping the bike and rider. Its getting used to the bike squirrelling around underneath you that takes getting used to, a sort of balancing act with both ends moving around independently very unnerving for a good while .I hope that makes sense to you?
By day two some of the lads were just roosting every chance they got
Ha good advice.
I only dropped the bike twice.
Once trying to get past a 4x4 and horse trailer blocking the road reversing into a field. It was wet grass and deep mud, back end just spun around me.
Second time was being bounced around left and right through a ditch.. Front end gave out and over it went.
Both low speed stuff.
The really tricky bits for me were deep ruts. So deep your footpegs were hitting the sides.
Or you could ride through a shallow rut down the middle of the two deep ruts. But you need skill and nerve, and to have planned that route way back. You cant change your mind mid way. Once you're in, you're in. If you fuck it up, your leg drops straight into a deep rut either side and NO CHANCE of saving the bike.
So the middle rut is basically a balancing act, moving forward at all times through mud, both wheels squirrelling around underneath you, the rut trying to throw you out into the abyss below. .... oh and DON'T LOOK DOWN.
It takes some bottle that does. I lost my nerve at one point ahead of the pack. I stopped for 2 minutes just gathering back my determination to press on. Bike was all over the place just trying to get moving again.
Have you done a lot of off-road riding before ?
Speed is your friend
Stand & lean as far back as you can
Pick your middle route
Keep up momentum
If in doubt go faster
Speed is your friend
If in doubt go faster
