Off Road riding... YouTube

[onesea]

Having bought a Himalayan, I ought to have dinner idea before I play on none tarred surface.

Any YouTube channels / vids you recommend...

 

 

[Mickly]

You have years worth of YouTube stuff on off roading to enjoy.

Depends upon what you want .. 

Riding Techniques

Stuff to take

Stuff not to take

How to fix stuff trail side

Where to go

Where not to go

Tyres ( a bloody nightmare )

Accessories 

Legalities

PR when meeting people on trail

Etc etc

My advice … do your own thing & enjoy the ride

 

[onesea]

55 minutes ago, Mickly said:

You have years worth of YouTube stuff on off roading to enjoy.

Depends upon what you want .. 

Riding Techniques

Stuff to take

Stuff not to take

How to fix stuff trail side

Where to go

Where not to go

Tyres ( a bloody nightmare )

Accessories 

Legalities

PR when meeting people on trail

Etc etc

My advice … do your own thing & enjoy the ride

 

Riding techniques is probably where I am looking.  The rest will happen, if I get into it and probably subjective.

[Simon Davey]

Any good?

 

https://youtu.be/OSwCfNUW9mk?si=zfanJIYziYSoLpEW

[RideWithStyles]

Zip ties and tape, tubes, spoones (tyre changing bars), puncture repair kit both tube and none tube (bacon strips type), small pump, few extra bolts and random nicknaks, thread locked and basic toolkit, extra padding or armour .

[Old-codger]

Look up your local TRF group ( Trail Riders Fellowship) and join in. You dont need a full blown enduro bike and you can start off with a group on easy trails and progress from there. I havnt done it for years but it was a great laugh with a great group of people.

 Trail Riders Fellowship – TRF

[AstronautNinja]

6 minutes ago, Old-codger said:

Look up your local TRF group ( Trail Riders Fellowship) and join in. You dont need a full blown enduro bike and you can start off with a group on easy trails and progress from there. I havnt done it for years but it was a great laugh with a great group of people.

 Trail Riders Fellowship – TRF

What an awesome idea that group is, just having a read now

[Old-codger]

If  you want to ride legal off road on the green lanes of britain you cant go wrong by joining TRF. There are very knowledgeable members that fight for the right to keep these lanes and tracks open. 

[manxie49]

I did two days with Ady Smith in North Wales some time back.  Money well spent, excellent tuition and the team are a wealth of knowledge that goes a long way to keeping you shiny side up.  You can use your own bike or use one of their KTM's. https://www.adysmith.co.uk

[AstronautNinja]

13 minutes ago, manxie49 said:

I did two days with Ady Smith in North Wales some time back.  Money well spent, excellent tuition and the team are a wealth of knowledge that goes a long way to keeping you shiny side up.  You can use your own bike or use one of their KTM's. https://www.adysmith.co.uk

Looks a good doo

[onesea]

9 hours ago, manxie49 said:

I did two days with Ady Smith in North Wales some time back.  Money well spent, excellent tuition and the team are a wealth of knowledge that goes a long way to keeping you shiny side up.  You can use your own bike or use one of their KTM's. https://www.adysmith.co.uk

I have pondered one of these but I think first I need to practice standing, balance, clutch control. 
 

Might as well get the basics in the bag before spending money.

[Mickly]

8 hours ago, onesea said:

I have pondered one of these but I think first I need to practice standing, balance, clutch control. 
 

Might as well get the basics in the bag before spending money.

I’ve done a couple of the Ady Smith Schools as a complete off road novice., they cater for all sorts of abilities. The first thing they get you doing is standing figure of 8’s on a nice flat grassy area, explaining throttle / clutch control, riding position & weighting the foot pegs, everyone has to do this to demonstrate basic bike control, if you already have the skill you’re left on your own going round and round more and more slowly until you grind to a halt and have to take a dab (although I have seen a couple of very skilled people stand stationary on the bike  ), if you need help there are spotters who will come to your aid with som 1:1 advice.

Once you’ve mastered this it’s onto tackling up and down steep hills, ruts, river crossing, spinning the back wheel etc.

It’s a brilliant day, can’t recommend it highly enough.

[manxie49]

10 hours ago, onesea said:

I have pondered one of these but I think first I need to practice standing, balance, clutch control. 
 

Might as well get the basics in the bag before spending money.

As @Mickly said, they cater for all ability levels.  There were a couple of blokes on the course I was on that had never even ridden an off roader before.  The training is all about doing things at your own pace, and more importantly having a bit of fun.  I was definitely no expert when I went (and still aren't) but it improved my confidence no end.  Good luck with the new bike by the way, be good to hear about how you get on. 

[manxie49]

20 hours ago, AstronautNinja said:

Looks a good doo

It was great fun and well worth the money.  The team are all really friendly, and experts to boot ....... I hadn't laughed so much in years, even when I was falling off