off road

[Whealie]

OK, who wants to go off road at the National. The local TRF have volunteered to lead us on a couple of rides.

At least one will be suitable for absolute beginners. There may also be bits where those on nice little single cylinder machines can disappear off into the mud while the rest ride round to meet them.

The TRF really know the local lanes and know which you can get down on a GS and which you can't, so it should make for a great ride.

If you are itnerested, let me know the bike you'll be on, how knobbley your tyres are and whether you are a novice, have a little experience or are a mud god (my wife was once in a band called the Mud Gods).

[Slimie]

Yes, please Chris!!

TKC's on me KTM Adventure and a little experience.

Judging by the weather here now it's going to be a quagmire, mud to your axles, seriously slimy. And that's just the campground!!

Thanks for sorting this out

-Simon

[btbloke]

i'm there,brand new tkc on the rear,not a mud god mearly a mushroom slowly growing in the shadows of he who is named mudwiz..........


























that translates to just about average in the thick stuff not bad on the normal stuff and gives it some in the gravelly stuff.

[Whealie]

Thanks for sorting this out

-Simon

Big thanks to Seawolf, who is not allowed to come to the National unless we arrange to kidnap him from a wedding he has to attend. Seawolf put me in touch with the local TRF and, rather than just give me details of routes have said they will lead.

We can have upto a dozen of us. They may split us into two groups but we'll see. I spoke to a really nice bloke who is sorting it for us.

The local council were remarkably helpful too. Here's their response to a couple of emails:

Thank you for your email. I have asked Dartmoor National Park to
respond
to you direct . Regarding the interactive map - byways open to all
traffic are shown in a red line .
The best map to use is the OS Explorer Map which shows unsurfaced
county
roads in a green notation - these are legally available for wheeled
vehicles but are usually un surfaced and we recommend that voluntary
restraint is used in extreme weather.
regards
Rosalind Mills
Public Rights of Way - Environment, Economy and Culture Directorate

Thanks - please note green dots on explorer maps for unsurfaced county
roads - red lines on our interactive map
for byways open to all traffic. The Trail riders fellowship also have
some good routes already mapped into circuits and you may like to
contact them http://www.trfdevon.org.uk/

[Slimie]

I'd better try to find my TRF '08 sticker before I get there!

Solidarity, brothers

-Simon

[Sharribee]

OK, who wants to go off road at the National. The local TRF have volunteered to lead us on a couple of rides.

At least one will be suitable for absolute beginners. There may also be bits where those on nice little single cylinder machines can disappear off into the mud while the rest ride round to meet them.

The TRF really know the local lanes and know which you can get down on a GS and which you can't, so it should make for a great ride.

If you are itnerested, let me know the bike you'll be on, how knobbley your tyres are and whether you are a novice, have a little experience or are a mud god (my wife was once in a band called the Mud Gods).

I think I'd better get my on road skills a bit better first

[Annette]

Yes please. I'll be on an R1150GS. Brand, spanking new TKC80's front and back. Done a little offroad but only on gravelly fire trails.

[Mudwiz]

Hopefully me too!

Bike - XR650R, but on road tyres (Metz. Lasertecs). Unless, of course, you folks tempt me into the worn out Metz 6 Days front and pretty goos Mich AC10 rear. I've also got new AC10s for front and back, if we're hooning, but that might need a trailer down, and I'm not into that.

Rider - low grade "Sportsman", but keen and willing to push/drag/lift.

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[Paul-S]

I'm up for this - running TKCs on the AT

Little experience - OK but not quick

[btbloke]

Hopefully me too!

Bike - XR650R, but on road tyres (Metz. Lasertecs). Unless, of course, you folks tempt me into the worn out Metz 6 Days front and pretty goos Mich AC10 rear. I've also got new AC10s for front and back, if we're hooning, but that might need a trailer down, and I'm not into that.

Rider - low grade "Sportsman", but keen and willing to push/drag/lift.

.

chris if you want i'll take the tyres down on the back of mine you can swap them over






















or are you going to be a good boy,do what the doc says(operation imminent) and TAKE IT EASY!,just giving you the option