RawHyde Adventures Offroad Clinic

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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.

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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

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