RawHyde Adventures Offroad Clinic

[derf]

Met at Bobs BMW at 8 am, and the lot was already pretty full.



Some neat equipment here, a beemer with a winch?






riding to the MX track. The group I went with took the back roads, and it was pretty fun, no other group commented that the ride down was fun



riding into the MX track where they did the clinic




bikes lined up ready to go. They split us up into 2 groups, group 1 and group A. This was actually more confusing than it sounds. This was one of the groups

[Trip]

I am probably going to do the BMW offroad class in South Carolina next year.

[derf]

They ran us through some basics, riding slow while standing up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Dx0O2YJatg

riding in tight turns, leaning away from the turn to make a smaller radius turn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asZwd-CxlH0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBj3RP52MYM


and it looks like I didnt take any video of the stop and go without putting feet down.

[derf]

After the riding clinic a few of us went on a quick trail ride. About 1/2 mile in the guy on the GS1200 realized that his bike (with 90/10 street tires) wasnt gonna make it. The trail was basically a single track goat trail, 1-2 foot deep water filled ruts, and a ton of loose sugar sand.




This is where the GS decided to turn around





And then there were the hills, this hill is a little worse than it looks, and by a little I mean I had a rough time walking the bike down it, sliding my back wheel the whole way, and breaking my left mirror off on the tree 1/2 way down it.








and the aftermath

[derf]

and now that I'm home and settled in showered and rested, its massive margarita time