Off road again, and this time it's serious, on a Triumph Tiger 800 XRx
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- I was browsing Google Maps and found an interesting track (Harling Drove) that ran for about 15 km or 9 miles. The track was pretty easy for a start but there were some very challenging areas further on. Thank goodness it was dry! See how I fared!
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Bike Triumph Tiger 800 XRx
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A dogging spot 🐕🐕😂😂 I had to chuckle to myself when you said that.
Bit of air out of the tyres would do wonder's, (a little electric pump run off the battery to see you back on to the black stuff).
Good work!!
Andrew South if I get the enthusiasm up to have another go, I might try that trick. What kind of pressures do you suggest?
OldManTony
Having never done any off roading before, just a Snetterton track day (I dropped pressures to 15psi due to the track heating the tyres up quicker).
Usually with off roading I am assuming you need to widen the footprint of the tyre so it spreads out more on the soft stuff? Bit of googling would probably come in handy 😉
It was a small adventure just to watch. Slow and easy but you made it in one piece. With different tyres you'd do better I'm sure. Just bought myself a 2014 model with Karoo 3 on. Will soon try something similar. Tyres, speed and positioning on the bike is key when riding such roads. Ride safe! Cheers mate. 🍻😀
Jon71 Lerum thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. I have the standard Pirelli Scorpions on at the moment, I'd have liked to reduce the tyre pressures but I have no idea what I should reduce them to and I didn't have anything with me to pump them up again. I am definitely a work in progress!
Well done there Tony, bravo! That looked exhausting. Sand is probably the worst. Hats off to you for braving it.
Phil480 Thanks Phil, that road was far worse than I expected, I was expecting a bit of gravel, not the huge dips and sand. I'd set myself the objective, how could I bale out halfway through! I did enjoy it especially because I made it through unscathed!
For any dirt bike, I'm sure it would have been a doddle. But to accomplish it as a novice on a big heavy Tiger with road tyres on is quite an achievement :)
You're braver than I am! Perfect music to go with this. I thought you did great! And no cars to deal with. Ooo...deep sand...yikes! Beautiful with all those trees, though.
WheelsNotHeels Thank you, I might not have another go anytime soon. Proper roads for me in the future, however ..........
Well done! Next time just pick a route with less sand, I hate sand.
Yrrek105 Sand is my nemesis hahahah!
And that is what adventure bikes are for Tony!
Well done bud!
Rsmf
WEGGY zx12r I think I may have got that out of my system, and thinking adventure bikes are just long distance comfy and for posing next to, to make you look like a rough tough adventurer ha ha!
OldManTony The uks own oll man Kranky
WEGGY zx12r 😂😂😂😂
Nicely done, mate! You'll get the hang of it if you keep going. For what you covered, that is all I care to try with my Tiger. I rode dirt bikes when I was much younger, those bikes are so light and tourqy, quite a bit easier to handle. These big Tigers are meant for what you just did.
BTW: one of the reasons dirt riding keeps you in shape, is the picking up of the bike over and over ;-)
Arizona RE Luckily I didn't have to pick the bike up this time, just! I'm off the bike just at the moment because of a table saw accident, nothing too serious, I just can't quite get a glove on and pull in the clutch. Give it a couple of weeks and we'll see about another go.
Love the off roads. If I had he money I would get me a dual sport bike. Take care my friend .
faith biker I loved the idea of a do anything bike, but I think I'll stick mainly to proper roads, that was hard work ha ha!
Go faster Tony, go faster !!
Volgnit wasn't I going fast? I'm sure I saw 15mph on the speedo once 😉😊
Hang on while I convert that to real money.
Crikey. You were doing over 24 km/hr.
Slow down Tony, you might injure that lovely bike of yours.
Volgnit 😂😂👍
Well done , nice off road !
Cheers mate
Almeida.s _ thanks, it was hard work for an old man ha ha ha!
Hello!
Nice ride!
Offroad rides are fun.
12: 20 The tires in the sand ...
I was excited.
You have done a good exercise. lol.
horse riding!
Thank you (^ ^) /
Skywave400LTDABS thank you for watching and commenting in English, I really appreciate it!
Nice one buddy, yep the old sand certainly drags the energy out of you, I try to avoid riding in sand for long periods of time now, well done mate another thing ticked off what you hadn't previously tried, RSM8.
Skeggy Cruiser exactly, now I can get back to roads! Well I can when my hand recovers, I've just had a circular saw finger interface issue, nothing drastic but I won't be able to get my gloves on for a while!
Bloody hell mate, hope things are going to be ok, take it easy for a bit, feet up time, lol.
Skeggy Cruiser yes, nothing became detached, a few stitches and wrapping etc and all is OK. The bandage looks like a bloody sock puppet and I have to keep it on for a couple of weeks, we'll see after that, but the plastic surgeon said 6-8 weeks recovery.
YESSSS!!! Love it! Have fun getting off the road again?
HighVisSquid I'm not sure I'd call it fun ha ha ha, but it was certainly an experience. I needed a lie down afterwards!
1st one was bad enough. Then the sand. Hard to keep it upright on the sand sometimes. Good workout Tony. Satisfied now? LOL!
POPUP I think so, I haven’t been back since hahahah!
That looks fun. Is that the traction control kicking in on the speedo? You get much grip on your road tyres?
It was, but knackering. When you put it in off road mode the TC light and the ABS light flash slowly as a reminder. I think the TC is off and the ABS is off on the front wheel. The grip is ok except for on the loose sand.
That was great mate - quite a testing track you found, in many variations. I thought the sand was gonna have you a couple of times, no wonder you were tired!
So - enough to satisfy OR the beginning of a desire that will grow beyond your common sense and bodily ability? (I'm asking from experience, lol).
CaptainCranky I'm in two minds at the moment, I have satisfied my curiosity, but now I think I want to go back and try to do better. I'll see how I feel when my fingers heal and I can get a glove on and get back on the bike. Note to self though, don't have a go at 8pm on a Sunday, on my own, when I don't know if there is a mobile phone signal. The wife didn't really know where I had gone.
I still think you ought to try motocross, you'd love it,especially if you have started training for the Dakar or Weston super mare.
I think I might give the tracks a rest for now, particularly on the Tiger! Thanks for watching.
I always found on sand, good set of knobblies, keep the power on and the front end light.
Rob 64 I think you're right, knobblies would have helped, and the other stuff. I was trying to stand up and get my weight back, but couldn't get going before the front was digging in, so it was feet back on the floor. I think I said in the video, more practice needed, ha ha!
I'm just glad that you did not come off your bike and i fort you was going to end up in that mud and hope you had fun? :)
Black Dragonrider it was good fun, but I might give it a rest for a while!
Love it. I take my H-D on Goat Trails with the wife, but they would both be pissed if I did this one.
Aeolus Rides I’m not sure if I’ll do it again, it was the sand that nearly finished me off!
This is nice.. I am like 3/4th through watching. Wish it was a soft train rather than the jarring one lol... but can't have everything still well done!
Phantom Rides I think I am getting too old to be trying things like that ha ha. Maybe I should get a smaller bike for this. I have had sore muscles for a few days afterwards too.
did your tiger have knobbly tyres on?
TremourSphere No just the Pirelli Scorpions it came with. Have you tried it with your ADV (BMW GS ?????) yet
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OldManTony i did on a wet day on mud and got nowhere haha! On a dry day ill take it down some tracks!
Nice riding for someone who has not done this kind of thing a lot before, Nice vlog cheers Tony
norfolk and good I was blumen knackered by the time I got to the end, and my muscles have been sore a day or two after!