Riding on gravel roads

[clint640]

Anyone that takes a foot off the peg in a corner is asking for trobel.

Trobel? I'll have some of ya trobel mate, how much is it? can ya do a bulk deal?

What does that Josh Coppins guy know about riding motorbikes on a loose surface anyway?

Although I will admit that 'anyone' asking for tips on riding their roadbike on gravel is probably better off keeping their feet on the pegs

Clint

[zxcvbnm]

Keep your eyes up. Don't get caught out staring at the road only a few meters beyond your front.

Number one tip: ALWAYS look where you want to go. You want to stay in the wheel tracks, so that is where to look.

If you look at the side of the road.... that's where you will head. Look where you want to go!!!

Do these 2 things and your most of the way there.

I find even after years of dritbikes I still fixate on dangerous stuff when on gravel with my NSR. You just have to teach yourself to look away from it once you've see it to an escape route.

[NordieBoy]

Anyone that takes a foot off the peg in a corner is asking for trobel.

I agree. Look where it got Josh C and Katherine P, not to mention Ben T.

[McDuck]

I agree. Look where it got Josh C and Katherine P, not to mention Ben T.

Yes on a motard with knoblie tyres on it not a sports bike with fucking road tyres on it. Once a sports tyre lets go on gravel it takes a fuck load of skill to bring it back, a lot more than i have (or anybody that needs to ask) but with gravel tyres you can get away with it.

[Taz]

Yes on a motard with knoblie tyres on it not a sports bike with fucking road tyres on it. Once a sports tyre lets go on gravel it takes a fuck load of skill to bring it back, a lot more than i have (or anybody that needs to ask) but with gravel tyres you can get away with it.

Bullshit.... You just need practise and less fear.

[McDuck]

Bullshit.... You just need practise and less fear.

That may well be but i am guessing that the thread starter will be at a simmiler level?

[xwhatsit]

Yes on a motard with knoblie tyres on it not a sports bike with fucking road tyres on it. Once a sports tyre lets go on gravel it takes a fuck load of skill to bring it back, a lot more than i have (or anybody that needs to ask) but with gravel tyres you can get away with it.

Dunno, I saved my arse by blind luck a couple of times in Kawhia by sticking my foot out. Normally kept it on the peg though, my boots are road boots and not sure running them through gravel is good for them.

[Mikkel]

Gravel makes Mr. Fairing cry!

[Ripperjon]

I ride on a gravel road for the last little bit every morning / afternoon to and from work. I started out riding super-slow up and down it and i was stiff as a board, shitting bricks.
After a little while you get used to it and i feel confident on it now.
I think the fear of it makes you stiffen up and get wobbly but when you relax it's fine.
Like the others have said and like with anything you just go super-slow 'til you get confident. (And maybe don't change down too low or you might be firing rocks all over the shop)

[Choco]

I learnt all those lessons the hard way when we rode through the gravel roads from hell on the way back from cape reinga. It's all true, look where you wanna go, the bike will move fuckloads, go with the flow and don't do what I did and slow down too much, cos then it all goes to poo.

You were the man on that trip!

For me it's simple: relax, accelerate and look where you want to go.
Saying that I commuted everyday for a month on a gravel road and got used to it