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19 Oct 2007
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Learning gravel-offroad-enduro driving techniques
I'm interested in learning motorcycle gravel-offroad-enduro driving techniques. Any favorite books of instructional videos about the subject?
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20 Oct 2007
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Gravel road riding
There probably are riding schools out there but my method is to ride as much as possible on the worst conditions. Every day go find that loose off camber road/trail and ride it till you know how your bike responds. Also ride your bike with a load on it similar to what you will be traveling with.
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Yes, that is what I basically do, but it is easy to learn wrong techniques and not optimal/safe techniques so later it is difficult to re-learn. I have already noticed that for example when crashing off the track to bush I tend not to brake at all etc. What I need to are some pointers about what is right and what is wrong, then this knowledge can be polished by practicing.
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IMHO the best to learn to ride offroad is to buy a cheap trail/enduro bike & actually ride it. You can read as much as you want but nothing beats saddle time. Start on a small bike & work up to a larger bike once you've mastered the basics. Starting on a large bike will make things harder. I know a lot of guys in the UK who ride various BMW's offroad also have smaller dirt bikes for practicing/competing on (KTM 400EXC & BMW R1150GS in my case)
Try & meet up with other dirt riders willing to take the time to help you out. Start out on a cheap bike, this will lessen the pain & expense of crashing (when, not if).
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Or you could drive a heavy BMW f650gs with the HO pack at one of the meets, just a little green laning they said easy stuff they said, and we ended up rubber side up didnt we Ben?
But saying that I learnt alot more then I did, plus I got to fix up my bike after as well.
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