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Sorry if you've already seen this on another site. As embarrassing as it was, I'm still proud of it..LOL
I did about 20 miles of dirt roads yesterday going to see my parents in SE Oklahoma.
17 miles was pretty much hard packed dirt, gravel and sections of sand or bigger rocks.
The 1st 1/2 mile of the last 3 was a bit tougher.
Sorry for the video quality, it was mounted to the fairing and it's rubber mounted so it bounced around a lot, next time I'll mount to the crash bars or helmet.
The video doesn't show the rocks all that well, that section was solid rocks, no dirt or grass and the smallest of rocks was in the softball-sized range. Most were smooth and at first it looked like I could just roll right over them.. Well, maybe a more experienced rider could but this was my 1st real try at seeking these types of adventures... next time, I'll turn around. The bike was just eating up the previous miles like it was nothing so I was feeling a bit more confident.
As for damage, the skid plate has a couple good dents in it, the crash bars have scratches and the kickstand has a little part that you're supposed to use your foot on to deploy it, the ST has that too, that was bent upwards and snapped off when I tried to bend it back. Just as well as on the Tenere that part was always in an awkward place and I just used the foot of the kickstand.
Enjoy the video.
[video=youtube;Rwk-E-4hNRY]
I did about 20 miles of dirt roads yesterday going to see my parents in SE Oklahoma.
17 miles was pretty much hard packed dirt, gravel and sections of sand or bigger rocks.
The 1st 1/2 mile of the last 3 was a bit tougher.
Sorry for the video quality, it was mounted to the fairing and it's rubber mounted so it bounced around a lot, next time I'll mount to the crash bars or helmet.
The video doesn't show the rocks all that well, that section was solid rocks, no dirt or grass and the smallest of rocks was in the softball-sized range. Most were smooth and at first it looked like I could just roll right over them.. Well, maybe a more experienced rider could but this was my 1st real try at seeking these types of adventures... next time, I'll turn around. The bike was just eating up the previous miles like it was nothing so I was feeling a bit more confident.
As for damage, the skid plate has a couple good dents in it, the crash bars have scratches and the kickstand has a little part that you're supposed to use your foot on to deploy it, the ST has that too, that was bent upwards and snapped off when I tried to bend it back. Just as well as on the Tenere that part was always in an awkward place and I just used the foot of the kickstand.
Enjoy the video.
[video=youtube;Rwk-E-4hNRY]
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