Ride gravel?

[Rick]

Just wondering if you guys mostly stick to bitumen or what. I like to occasionally ride a twisty gravel public road, but its proven to be a bit dodgy. There's always lines of really loose stuff where car's tyres havnt swept the road, and I've even come a bit close to a farmer's ute after a blind corner. Anyway its been a while since Ive been speedwaying and Im enjoying not having to wash my bike every ride.

[Flash]

Hey Rick
I try to ride gravel once a week on my motard doesn't always work out that way though. My other bike ia a YZ125 so I get out on a moto track when I can.
Where you from and which roads do you ride?

[Wobbly]

I'm quite happy to admit to being a complete dirt noob, but a trip down a dirt/gravel road once in a while isn't too overwhelming, although ash dissapears from sight within 12.31 meters :D

Mind you, I did think things were going to get interesting last time when I had the back locked up and pointing the opposite direction to that in which the corner went :lol:

[Rick]

Im in Adelaide- probably the best thing about this place is the hills roads- so close to the city too. I live near the notorious Gorge road,- a favorite with petrol heads two and four wheeled alike, but daylight is usually claimed by sportbike riders and they come in numbers.- but I reckon Ive found alot better roads for motards. I find they love 35km corners or sharper. Ive worked out a sick loop which is quite scenic too. Theres no keeping up with a motard here. Over 40kms of real twisty stuff, and on a weekday (with school and work back) you'll probably see less than ten other cars. Whats Vic like?

[Muzzard]

Rick I live real close to the Alpine Area and some of the worlds best motarding both on and off road! :D

[Wobbly]

Aha, I used to live in Adelaide up until a while ago (left at the end of 95, back for a year in 99, then over in melb since then). Roads in Adelaide are good, roads in vic are probably even better and more varied, but you have to ride longer to get out there...

[Trubritbiker]

As good as Australia is it can't touch the twisty country lanes of Yorkshire and Lancashire (UK).

[Flash]

I have to agree with John I went to visit My Sister in the UK and the lanes are F*&#ing ace!! If I'd known that they were as good as that I would have taken my race helmet and hired an escort cosworth. As it happened I was almost intergrated with a tractor at about 90 mph closing speed.
I didn't have the heart to tell my sister, I wasn't suposed to be driving her VW golf estate!! (we do the best we can with what we've got)

[Wobbly]

You can keep the diesel spills and abundance of local cockies though :lol:

[Trubritbiker]

that is the biggest drawback about roads in the uk, it's farmer Giles on his tractor doing 15mph in the middle of the road with his shit spreader behind him :x :x