Dirt and gravel roads can be challenging and scary to even the most experienced paved road motorcycle rider. Here’s some valuable instruction to ride offroad confidently and safely. Practice these skills and concepts and you’ll become a better rider and live longer.
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31 Comments
Very good advice thanks!!!!!
I second this – no need to prove anything or go too fast.
Last season, I was tearing up a National Forest road (which doubled as a logging road) in Laird Park, Idaho. I came around a turn and nearly had a head on collision with a logging truck. My speed was way above necessary, and I nearly paid for it in a big way. The logging truck and I missed each other by inches.
Keeping a cool head in an emergency situation is worthwhile. Limiting the possibility of an emergency is better.
Just want to add you dont always put your body to the outside on dirt adventure riding. Checkout miles davis.
Thanks for the tips
What kind of jacket is that I love it
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Helo from México! Thanks for the tips! Aré Great!
What is he wearing like backpack for the neck. Like the ones in Indy cars to protect the neck?
Maybe too basic a question, but…For a left hand corner where I lean the bike to the left and move my body to the outside, which peg is weighted.
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If I win Lotto I'm going to arrange a race between you FT9 and Chris Birch so I can decide who to listen to.
Great advice.
I just dumped my bike. I'm a advanced rider so it really surprised me. It was pavement and gravel. A car around a curve and a man and his children, so I completely lost my sight line. Keep your head up.
What about a steep long uneven gravel driveway? As suggestions?
Awesome video
Appreciate the video. Awesome tips.
Please tell me why you prefer GS 1200 . I want one of this as well
Honestly.. if you can ride a bike cycle on gravel roads then you ride a motorcycle on gravel roads. Just keep it slow and for the love god don’t make any unnecessary sharp turns on loose gravel. Be careful during turns. I grew up on a farm and so we have gravel roads. I can assure you.. we do indeed use the entire road. It’s not stay on the left or the right. It’s drive slow in the middle of the road and slow down and move to the right when another vehicle comes to pass you. That’s how we do it in the country on the gravel roads.
Most of this is just basic common sense. Counter steering is the only "tip" other than common sense.
Your content is very concise, accurate and informative
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Best tip I can give is knock the bike back a gear or 2 & get the rear to break traction & start steering it on the rear & then once the steering locks just keep feeding it gas
Make sure to get you inside leg up& out near the front axle but bit higher
This will help you balance & turn & if the rear does slide out from under you you’ll land softly on your add& not break your leg ankle or knee. The bike should slide away from you aswell limiting more injuries from the bike hitting or landing on you
As always, great. I could some education on the physics though, regarding moving the body to the curve outside. During higher than parking lot speeds, I lean to the inside of the curve, giving more of the traction pie back to the bike by having the bike more upright. You are going above parking lot speeds, and significantly placing your bike over by due to your outside body position, using up traction to accomplish this — vastly more than what I would do on the street. Question: what is the dirt road advantage of your technique that seems to un-necessarily side load?
I think you should lean in and make the bike perpendicular to the ground on gravels so that it will keep a good grip.
id advise everyone struggling with relaxing on a motorcycle to go take a discovery flight at your local flight school… you'll always be relaxed on a motorcycle after landing an airplane for the first time lol.
Greetings from a new subscriber. I am enjoying learning from you. One question I have is about your jacket; what is the thing that looks a little thick padded collar or something. Is that part of the jacket or some sort of added protection?
Thank you so much for this!
Good tips. I’m experienced having been riding off road all my life but these five tips are SPOT ON and ESSENTIAL to master riding a motorcycle off-road. It’s quite different to road riding – take note oh and BTW really well explained!
How does counter steering come into play while riding off road