...and now for something completely different

[Petrus]

- Monty Python. (vintage UK satirical; do look it up on youtube; not linking one as sómeone is sure to wiggle long toes under a politcally incorrect sómething)

Right so there is a bloke mud pathing the R18 shod on knobblies.
Also one in a bagger race.

Sofar no wheelie (front wheel in the air) nor jump (both in the air) .

Anyone??

 

[bdalameda]

Goldwings do it:

 

[Petrus]

Goldwings do it:

Hence the name

Impressive skills.

 

[Noelpolar]

I went down a rabbit hole a year or so ago watching this guy, the hill climbs with the Hayabusa looked fun.... though like most bike.... heavy and powerfull etc needs real talent and younger bodies.

I then went out and road a couple of my "scrambler" routes on my R18..... and it went well ( need to turn abs off somehow) .... and could so easily buy a cheap R18 and play in the dirt with it (dry dirt... and not deep sand though).

 

[Petrus]

I then went out and road a couple of my "scrambler" routes on my R18..... and it went well ( need to turn abs off somehow) .... and could so easily buy a cheap R18 and play in the dirt with it (dry dirt... and not deep sand though).

Over here we have a network of caminos; compacted ´zahorra´ (crushed red/pink granite). Generally very well maintained and off/all road enthusiast from the north of europe come over for organised ´adventure´ holiday packages. here are two flourishing businesses in the very valley here.
I pedal a lot of kms over these with my ATB and sometimes travel a stretch with my Vespa Primavera and evne the Nimbus. Have a video of crossing a ford even with the latter. Could do with the R18 too. The dirt tracks, not the fording
The bugbear is that during all of summer they are só dusty and crushed granite dust is not a nice coating. Ok for ATB and allroad bikes which are designed for such, but not for road bikes. A few days after none too heavy rain, it is ever so nice though.

Below some with the Vespas; will try with the R18.

 

[Noelpolar]

Much the same here roadwise...... I have this bike for those roads... 60% of Australian roads are "unsealed".



With the R18 I normally wait to I'm about to wash it and do a "unsealed road ride" before hand if the mood takes me.

Over here we have sealed roads, unsealed but maintained, unsealed unmaintained and tracks. Maintained mostly means graded a few times a year. On a big country ride I like to do 50% or so on dirt as the country is more peaceful.