Ive heard of a few people thinking about the conversion but heard little else from there. Mildlifecrisis did do a far bit of touring/off roading on his XTX with diz's tyres on but if you havent been off roading before im not too sure how it would feel.

Speed is the answer to most off roading, go slowly and for 99% of the time most bikes could do what most people term as off roading, ie non tarmac roads. For the rest of the time its lightness and skills

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Plough on