I posted these in the TE630 thread on ADV but thought should post it here as well. I rode my first dirt this weekend. Saturday's ride was more 2 track/dirt roads with some exploring. Sunday's ride was single track. I found my skills to be a bit rusty as it's been 10-11 months since riding dirt. The videos are a bit long and at times comical. Especially the first 10 seconds of the single track video. Saturday's ride parts 1 and 2 Sunday single track
Here is Part 2 of the Sunday single track ride. There was some faster flowing trails. But we also hit a lot of whoops in this trail section and the 630 was a bit of a handful in them.
South Jersey! My 610 loves it down there. The bigger bikes with lots of power go really well in the more open sandy stuff like in your vids.
Nice one Trav, hope you don't lose that side cover too often. How was the suspension - did you do much to the stock set-up before offroading?
Was that first 10 seconds with a mt21 front tire in mud? If so, that is exactly how the one I had reacted in either mud or wet brush.
The only thing I've done is set the sag. I didn't find the suspension to be to bad. But I do think a revalve will be in the future as well as possibly stiffer fork springs. But I was happy for the most part in how the bike handled everything. Yeah, it just washed right out in that bit of mud and caught me off guard. It's definitely not the best tire for the terrain I ride. But like everything else with this bike it's a compromise. I was real happy with it on the street and it did OK in the dirt. The rear 606 was awesome on both.
