It was nice and fun and relatively difficult before this, but then...
Posted Aug 25, 2012, 1:09 AM UTC
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Ha nice! Did you have anyone with you to help pull you out?
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Yeah, how the hell do you get out of a situation like that?
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I was riding with my girlfriend on a WR250R, a mate on a DR650 and another mate on a KLR650. Only my mate on the kwaka chose to continue with me down what ended up being a creek that was impassable about a kilometre up the track that we couldn't see.
I got a bit cocky and chose that deeper rut to try and challenge myself, which was a bit silly since I only have a metzeler Karoo traveller rear tyre that was almost shot. My mate on the KLR made it through and then gave me a hand. I almost got it out though... Involves a lot of using the pannier rails and pulling backwards and rocking it to try and move it backwards out of the slush.
I would've made it except I lost all my momentum when the mud either side of the bike was so high, it clicked the bike into neutral and I just lurched to a stop. Ah well!
If I could go back to that point in time I'd do it again. I live this riding and I love this bike so much!
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They are sometimes called dirtbikes, but they are never called mudbikes! LOL, been there before, but with a little Yamaha 250. Let me say it was the worse 2 hours of my life, and when I was done I was freaking exhausted beyond what I have ever been. I bet that wasnt much fun either. How much farther did you need to go to get out of that puddle?
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Had to head up that trail about another 2 kilometers - hoping that it would get better or come to an intersection. It eventually ended alright... but because of a fallen tree that we couldnt get past. We had to turn around and go back... through all of the same slop again. That was hard work!
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Theres a guy in GB that tried taking his GIXR1000 "green lane-ing". video link below. hilarious, love that guy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqgEl53x7CM&feature=g-user-u
Couldn't stop watching. You should slap that on the front page.
It's been there.
Um, has it? I'm putting the link into the search (and also the original link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqgEl53x7CM), and no returns. Also nothing for "gsxr off roading." Anyway, if flourish isn't going to do it, I'm going to.
Yes, it has. I'm not just saying it to be a douche.
http://www.reddit.com/r/motorcycles/comments/vshbh/splendidly_stupid_brit_decides_to_go_greenlaning/