http://crosstrainingenduro.com http://tractionerag.com Riding a dual sport or adventure bike on gravel roads? If you are a new rider, or an experienced road rider, then gravel roads are nerve wracking and potential very dangerous as the bike skates around and possibly heads for the woods. So here is how to ride a motorbike on gravel roads. The good news? These basic tips will build your confidence fast. And once you've mastered gravel roads you will be a much more competent rider on road as well. It is critical to start slow, work on your technique, then build up the speed riding an adventure bike on gravel roads. Things can go wrong very quickly with both wheels skating around on marbles. An oncoming car in the middle of the road mid-corner. An animal running out. An off camber bit washes your front wheel out. As so many riding coaches say, Want to learn to ride fast? First learn to ride slow when learning how to ride a motorbike on gravel roads. We always sit on motorbikes when first learning to ride. But start standing on the footpegs as soon as you feel comfortable doing this. Moving your body weight around can make active corrections for the bike slipping and sliding around riding a dual sport bike on gravel roads. When you are sitting on the bike, your body weight becomes a lump of dead meat that can actually get you into trouble faster. You can also see further down the road and spot potential trouble spots sooner riding an adventure bike on gravel roads. Relax. This is very hard to do as the wheels skate around over the gravel and it's counter intuitive. But you will actually have more control by letting the bike do its own thing to some extent. Consciously relax your fingers so you are only gripping the bars as much as you need to. The death grip gets very tiring and trying to overcontrol the bike will only result in bad technique. It's a key reason we start slow learning how to ride a motorbike on gravel roads. Practice on an isolated gravel road that has good visibility on corners and no traffic. It's much easier to develop your skills on a known section of road so you are ready for the unknown. Braking! We will do a braking vid later so these are just some basics riding a dual sport bike on gravel roads. When you are first learning, do all your braking while in a straight line before you enter the corner. Beginners tend to avoid using the front brake because it can lock up easily on gravel. But with practice it's quite safe to brake heavily as long as you are riding a straight line. Find a straight section of road and gradually brake harder and harder using mainly the front brake riding an adventure bike on gravel roads. Using only one finger on the lever is a good idea for extra control. With practice, you will quickly build up to partia ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL4i6SmQbxU

The poor DR650 is roosted by a KTM 990 Adventure, not once, twice but four bloody times! The nerve of these Kato riders, I dunno. But still a great adventure ride... Welcome to Cross Training Adventure, we are into all things dual sport and adventure on the east coast of Australia... with occasional detours to places like Vietnam, Cambodia, Romania and Canada. This is one of our three channels, there's also a Cross Training Trials channel, and a Cross Training Enduro channel. All three are equally dodgy. We are the 27th most watched dirt channel in Uzbekistan. So the Cross Training Adventure focus is just get out there and have fun on two wheels and a KTM 990 Adventure. Along the way there have been plenty of stacks and offs as we ride well beyond our very limited abilities. Jarvis once said going fast is the easy bit, it's the slow stuff that takes skill and we've grown to love the challenge of riding tough terrain with skill, instead of just roosting and sliding our way around easy tracks with a KTM 990 Adventure. We have won the polished turd award five years in a row. And we have a world record 25 class action lawsuits for inaccurate information. We think the whole motorbike scene is getting too commercial. So called dual sport riding reviews are just glossy ads nowdays. Everyone is trying to sell you stuff you don't need, convince you to buy the latest model with anodized coffee cup holders for your trips to the coffee shop on your KTM 990 Adventure. Of course if you are cashed up and into bling, go for it. All we are saying is there's also the budget option for adventure riding. And it won't hold you back. Why? We reckon it's 80% the rider and 20% the bike. We even got to ask his holiness on how to make our bikes do the crazy shit his bike does and learn how to ride a dirt bike properly. It can be inspiring, but also demoralising to see how well these guys ride. We figured if you can't beat them, join them. So past few years, a bunch of us in our 50s thought we would try to learn as much of this shit as possible, before dementia and arthritis slow us down. And along the way we've been pumping out free dodgy enduro training vids for everyone. And being free they come with a money back guarantee if they make you ride worse... and they probably will. And get into our Cross Training Adventure channel too. Instead of obsessing over the latest blinged out Beemer, which tyres to fit or spending a fortune on your suspension or billet alloy gas cap. So most of our adventure ridingvids will feature the much loved bush pig, the Suzuki DR650. What about our enduro channel? The rise of extreme enduro has seen a new breed of riders, pushing the boundaries of what is possible on a dirt bike... very different to dual sport or aventure riding! So get into ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy5BTzBqgPk