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you're probably better going a bit faster on gravel. 80 k feels about right on my GS, but, being an older bike its got far narrower tyres (130/90 on the back) than most bikes now, so it (in theory) cuts through the loose stuff to the hard base whereas the wide tyres sort of float on top of the rollies. Also helps to have a loose grip on the bars and let it find its own way.
it's not a bad thing till you throw a KLR into the mix.
those cheap ass bitches can do anything with ductape.
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Seated in heavenly places
..good call pete, but this road was twisty and narrow, and I passed about 3 cars going the opposite way which didn't give me much room- twas a scary moment. If it is at all possible I try to avoid gravel roads on the bike!Originally Posted by pete376403
Zed
Practising the art of zen
I must say that gravel can be a hell of a lot of fun on the right bike - and super sports aint the right bikes for it. On all the bikes that i have owned i have enjoyed gravel just as much as road riding... there is a different riding style you adopt and some bikes will follow it, whereas others just feel totally lost. The only thing i watch out for is the downhill left handers... they tend to dip dramatically as the corner tightens which can be a little unnerving
As you say there are two distinct ways of riding on gravel, and there isnt much of an inbetween point where it feels safe - either reasonably quick or very very slow.
~milky
I'd rather be thinking
Wow! And a foot fetishist to boot!
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last weekend I got pretty lost out ruatangata, pipiwai area. Funny how all those gravel forestry roads all look the same. A fair bit of doubling back when I hit dead ends, and was a little worried as I'd done 150kms on that tank of gas already. Ended up 5 kms south of Kaikohe and on reserve when I got out. Whangarei to Kaikohe on gravel. I found all the old abandoned and derilict farms quite interesting.
OK, so who's next?
sportbikes work fine on the gravel,if they got a bit of weight.....I've been 200+ two up on the ZX12 and done the same on my old FZR1000(one up) and the Turbo(and it's bloody great fun going from one corner to the next sideways.....But the Gixx doesn't like it,too light and just slides on top
Seated in heavenly places
Are your bikes in good nic or what?sportbikes work fine on the gravel,if they got a bit of weight.....I've been 200+ two up on the ZX12 and done the same on my old FZR1000(one up) and the Turbo(and it's bloody great fun going from one corner to the next sideways
I try to keep off the gravel not only because it's unpredictable to control a roadbike on, but because it chips the paintwork!...& one day I will want to onsell for a good price.
Zed
BAD DOG!!
Hear hear Zed, I'm the guy at roadworks who gets off and carries his bike across the new seal!
on the up
Discovered at 5.15 last night while lane splitting home at 70km/h that they had just ripped up a section of Lower Hutt motorway leaving those ugly score lines and gravel
I've also just just rebuilt my steering head bearings with the help of Pete round the corner and I reckon I tightened it a little more than I should have - feels like I've got a steering damper on - a VERY interesting moment particularly with the bike steering quite slow.
Anyway, adjusted the T-stem nut last night and its back to its twitchy self again - yippee!
And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.
- James Dickey, Cherrylog Road.
Moped rider
You're lucky you've got a 150, those of us with "real" bikes can't lift 'em
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But the more you ride on gravel, the more predictable it becomes. Mines in pretty good nick. I ride gravel every day.
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Real bikes lol???????? My 150 can leave all but 3 models of harley's in my 2 stroke smoke hehehe, and people think those a real bikes??????? But yes compareing your bike and many others on ths website, 150's are a bit small....You're lucky you've got a 150, those of us with "real" bikes can't lift 'em
Moped rider
Hence the scare quotes
BAD DOG!!
OK, so i don't carry it. But I am always the slowest, and give the roadworkers evil looks (through my miror visor).
Nana
I am not sure of the stance taken by the Oil cartell, opps sorry oil co, maybe BIG DOG can advise ?
Firefight.
Officially it aint the 0.5amp running your phone its static electricity that builds up from such close activity to a transmitter and speakers. This can discharge using you as and earth when you touch buttons or when it suddenly gets a better earth ie when you touch something that unlike you is not wearing rubber soled boots. In the event thet this is too close to the purge of gas comming back up your the pipe as your tank fills
Try using your phone while on a rubber mat then almost touch something that has a good earth.
there was a case in the islands where a Samoan man was filling his van while talking to his wife (in the shop by mobile, deserved it then eh). apparrently the side window being slightly open just above the tank had drawn enough gas that the poor bastard had to watch two of his children burn to death and a third be severely injured.
Do you sit on your bike when you refuel?
Ever thought what would happen if it overflowed?
Would you wear it?
Would it ignite when it contacted the hotter parts of the engine?
Will it happen? who knows.
Could it happen? Yes.
Do you want to find out?
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