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GS can do!
- Thread starter woodsguy
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Couple of stills to get you interested!. Guys got guts, that's for sure.
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Capable bike in the right hands. Wish my hands were that capable.
Pretty sure I smelled vaporized clutch material a couple times.
Pretty sure I smelled vaporized clutch material a couple times.
I may have the skills to try it, maybe not make it, but I don't have the pocketbook for a bike that costs that much to toss it away. But sure appreciate his attempts.
Mine has a few Big Bend battle scars that I put on it 10 years ago just after I got it. Never was too concerned about beating it up but my problem now is age is gaining on me so a lot of those places look like owee spots to me.
Falling down hurts when you get old.
Falling down hurts when you get old.
WOW, I give up my Bad ***** Hombre Title from the time I tried to keep up with Zander and Steve. And took the GS down and the up and into the tree on that ride to Ozona..
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVUo0qXClw4"]Dirtbike Falls Off Edge Of Cliff - YouTube[/ame]Some people are roadrunners. I'd be the coyote going over the cliff.
Looks like it would be a lot of fun an a KTM 350. Power to weight ratio is important... how much power does a body have to pick up the weight a bike on it's side?
Looks like a nice ride no matter what bike you got. I could understand the motivation to try it even on a Harley.
I wouldn't, but I could understand.
Watched 2 guys on sparkling new BMW GS's ride into Hidden Falls on my way out one weekend and wishing I had turned back around to watch them explore. It would have been a lot of fun to see how far their adventure was going to take them and hope for lots of pleasant surprises.
I wouldn't, but I could understand.
Watched 2 guys on sparkling new BMW GS's ride into Hidden Falls on my way out one weekend and wishing I had turned back around to watch them explore. It would have been a lot of fun to see how far their adventure was going to take them and hope for lots of pleasant surprises.
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Can't imagine. My X is 365 wet an loaded for a long desert run. I always seem to crash on something steep or slick or steep and slick. My only hope with a GS would be to slide it down the hill on its side to a flat spot.This took 2.86 kilowatts...
Looks like 1190 country to me. Go for it! 
Fun!
That's why my bikes are all small. I'm old, broken, weak, and often fall in places I shouldn't be.
That's why my bikes are all small. I'm old, broken, weak, and often fall in places I shouldn't be.
I was very happy to see those guys did not make it up that last hill on the GSs. It would have been very embarrassing and a big blow to my ego! We rode that trail last month and it took an hour for two of us to get to the top on a XR650L and a XC W 450!
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Well now... who's got the fishing rope?
Yep, love my GS but it ain't no dirtbike.
or can they
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Yep, that's some gnarly stuff right there.
Read where they rode up the canyon next day 2-up, bike cranked and he rode it out.Well now... who's got the fishing rope?
Yep, love my GS but it ain't no dirtbike.
jfink
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Here's another GS napping. Maybe someone will own up?
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Looks really nasty
... wait... ??? ... 
Well... it did have kind of a pooh smell...
I get it now, didn't notice original poster at first. oops
dirtryder
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Hey thats me on my red GSA. The ktm"s didnt make it that far.
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They make great photos too! Courtesy Ryan Sharp in Ark.
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makes a good commercial for selling skid plates!
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Nope, just smarter! lol
Some folks really ride the beasts!
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Picking that line says a lot about that "adventurer". Hmmm.Here's another GS napping. Maybe someone will own up?
dirtryder
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I think thats a KTM on the ground it just looks red that thing is Orange. They dont make those GSA's in Orange.
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jfink
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Maybe a sheep in wolfs clothing??? ... in this picture, rider is ensconced in the safety zone between the two yellow lines.
jfink
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A New Mexican standoff ... 
I wouldn't say I really "picked" that line...
I would have preferred to be down in one of those deep ruts with perhaps a bit more something solid under me, but what you don't see in the pic is the cattle guard hump just before (and obscuring) the mud. I usually cross cattle guards between the tracks because there are usually nasty potholes right at the guard in the tracks. I crested this one at maybe 15 mph. As soon as I saw the mud I knew I was screwed because I was in the middle and would never make it to one of those ruts or completely out into the weeds... I was trying to gently coax the bike over into the left rut when the back end just shot out from under me. It was so slick though, I don't think it would have mattered where I hit it
Just trying to keep our feet under us while trying to pick up the bike was a real challenge. Joe and Roger went out into the weeds off the road after see what happened to me. This was just one of MANY really nasty spots along almost 18 miles of mud and ruts. We were VERY glad to be out of there when it was all over.Yep, understood. My point is that the higher with any vegetation is always a better choice than mud. Always! Forty + years of wet enduros has made a very firm imprint on my brain. Even better is where any spectators are standing. 
JQ1.0
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Spectators do make for some really good traction. Learning to pick the older ones that can't move fast enough to get out of the way is the real skill that takes years of practice.Yep, understood. My point is that the higher with any vegetation is always a better choice than mud. Always! Forty + years of wet enduros has made a very firm imprint on my brain. Even better is where any spectators are standing.
jfink
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We got lucky! A local, at breakfast the next day, said we were lucky not to have driven over bushes with thorns that would have punctured our tires. Had that comment been ringing in our ears, we would have probably ridden through the mud to avoid the possibility of flats in the middle of no place.Yep, understood. My point is that the higher with any vegetation is always a better choice than mud. Always! Forty + years of wet enduros has made a very firm imprint on my brain. Even better is where any spectators are standing.
That's a problem when getting off to the side, plus barb wire.
Several episodes with barb wire. Ugly whether on the ground or still functional.
Yes GS can do!
Can do doubles, enjoy!
http://youtu.be/UQZPr3am-iU
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Can do doubles, enjoy!
http://youtu.be/UQZPr3am-iU
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Crazy
They don't always make it!
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dirtryder
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Woodsguy said he is going to buy one if he can just sell that Koolaid.
Let's see, in 71 Bruce Brown called it a "$500.00 Signal Fire" I think.
And that looks like the modern equivalent of a $20,000.00 signal fire! Ouch.
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And that looks like the modern equivalent of a $20,000.00 signal fire! Ouch.
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dirtryder
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Good one but a GS never has to lay down for a KTM thats BROKE down.
Thank you!
Multisurface Rider
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KTMs are coming.
Bored the BMWs until they decided to all take a nap knowing they had plenty of time until the KTMs could catch up.
This is all in good fun, because I like BMWs too, but as an owner of a 950 Adventure I sure love this picture. Posted many times and many places, but never gets old.
