DarkLeftArm
New Member
So I am a relative rookie to riding motorcycles in general. almost 3 years and about 25000 miles total on big heavy street bikes. I bought my S10 on Thursday, Rode it almost 900 miles on Friday, Took it on a group ride on pavement to show it off to my friends on Sunday. This morning, I went out alone, in search of some dirt roads. This being the desert southwest, My search was short. I headed up a powerline trail, and within half a mile, it dropped down into a dry river bed. Deep, dry sand. In my pickup, or a sand rail, or even an old ATC, the rule of thumb is "more throttle!" Keep on top of the sand. Well I probably don't have to tell anybody here what happened. Seems like the more throttle, the faster I tipped the damn thing over! 2 times in about 15 minutes. Of course, soft sand is a good thing to fall into. Not a scratch on anything but my ego, of course. Got outta there, and not to be whipped, found some hard bottom faster dirt roads and had a blast, bruised ego and all.
So what's the secret to deep sand? I know somebody here has an answer. I have seen motorcycles in the sand before. Just not ones with me on them!
Thanks for reading my rant.
Bert
So what's the secret to deep sand? I know somebody here has an answer. I have seen motorcycles in the sand before. Just not ones with me on them!
Thanks for reading my rant.
Bert