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Originally Posted by
spyke007
Hi Chaps,
Just done my first off road trip on the Tenere, only a couple of miles on green lane in my county.
I got from one end to the other without falling off but I cant say it was easy.
I seem to find that the steering input ie how heavy the steering is and how much sort of kick back you get higher than I thought, and also the front and rear seem very twitchy.
Most of the ride was loose chalk and gravel with some muddy craters but with also some really deep 4wd ruts.
My only previous off road has been on trials bikes.
Tyres new tkc80s.
Any advice?
Cheers Spyke
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I'd say practice is key here. I went a full weekend off road with tourance metzelers while there has been heavy rain for 2 weeks. Everyone was driving enduro and adventure bikes with TKC 80 or off road tyres and I managed myself slowly and hard until the end ! I dropped the bike like 6 times and got some minor scratches on it but hey its an adventure bike and if you are afraid of dropping it you shouldn't be riding an adventure bike offroad :P. practice until successful !