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Pic of the week game

Rich, the view from where you sat on your "T" in this week's pic is a familiar one. Not on my 850 though, but the DL1000. Two days after I bought it, we rode the '02 V-Strom with full luggage up and over the Sandia's from PLacitas to the Crest road. My wife had no idea how stressed I was about making it through that ride. I'm glad too, because she enjoyed it LOL. It's a beautiful area if you can take your eyes off the road for a second to see it, that is. The nice thing about riding two up on that bike was that I could actually get both feet on the ground when we stopped, haha.
 
I’ve found myself on roads like that too often on the GS. With the Shinko 705s, traction is fine, and that bike is low enough that I can flat foot. But it’s also so low that on that particular ride I did put a very large dent in my exhaust h-pipe. It ain’t no skid plate. I wouldn’t take a passenger on a trail like that. My wife rides with me very infrequently.
My Tiger, which is better built to handle these trails, is so tall, that I worry about falling over and getting in situation where I can’t recover by myself.
 
Rich82GS750TZ said:
I’ve found myself on roads like that too often on the GS. With the Shinko 705s, traction is fine, and that bike is low enough that I can flat foot. But it’s also so low that on that particular ride I did put a very large dent in my exhaust h-pipe. It ain’t no skid plate. I wouldn’t take a passenger on a trail like that. My wife rides with me very infrequently.
My Tiger, which is better built to handle these trails, is so tall, that I worry about falling over and getting in situation where I can’t recover by myself.
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Yup! I lowered my KLR to get my feet down. Taking away the ground clearance kinda defeats the whole purpose, lol. At least the KLR was manageable to lift. The DL, not so much...

You're a better rider than I am to handle those roads. It took owning four ADV bikes for me to realize I much prefer pavement, and I'm ok with that haha.
 
Not sure about "better rider". I ride alone 99% of the time. I have no-one to compare myself to. I'm not that brave, either. I like to ride off-road more than on. But the trail in my pic was a mistake. It was much steeper than the pic shows. I would have turned around if I thought I could do it safely. I didn't. I knew where it would end up, could see it on the map. But it soon turned into an absolute goat-path with very big rocks and ruts. I will not re-visit that trail.
 
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