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Mucky Morning

What was supposed to be a nice and easy morning ride in the rain through sleepy Goan villages turned out to be a bloody mess in the muck.

However, the Pirelli MT60 tyres were practically useless in the slush. These are 60/40 tyres. Means 60% tarmac and 40% dirt. When conditions get wet the ratio gets skewed even more. Muck and slush needs proper 10/90 type knobby tyres. But those are highly unsafe to ride on tarmac, which is why people trailer bikes with those tyres to the trail they want to ride.

I didn’t get very far. I had to use the side stand as a pivot to turn the bike around. That wasn’t easy because the stand kept spearing itself into the soft soil. Once I had the bike pointing in the right direction I shoved and pulled at it while twisting the throttle at the right time in order to rock the bike out of the holes I had dug it into.

It’s always a good idea not to do this kind of shit alone. But then good ideas aren’t that much fun, now are they?



















Not a bad way to start a week day, don’t you think?

Oh! And by the way, Happy Motorcycle Day! :-)
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Some say a 4WD simply gets you further before you become stuck.

Same with full knobby tyres.. they become slicks in wet clay ... and in wet clay the clay simply builds up around the tyre, in all directions, to the extent that you have to apply the throttle to go down hill ... untill the front wheel stops turning because the clay has built up to such an extent that is has jammed against the forks (the mud guard came off some time ago).

Performance... 90% rider .. 10% bike/tyres... Meaning a great rider with full slicks will probably out perform me with full knobbies in wet clay ... The more you practice the better you might get.

Oh... by the way ..if you take off the front mud guard ..some mud will end up in your radiator ... leading to overheating. An air cooled motor is much easier to clean out with a stick... for a radiator water is required, lots of it.
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Couldn't you find a bar instead?
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