My first day riding offroad was Jan 2011! Did the half TAT in June 2011, and since then two New Zealand trips, several training courses, and a bunch of smaller trips, so yes, still a noob!
did a few days on the 630 . great riding . put a little ride report up on adv rider. http://advrider.com/forums/showpost.php?p=26331869&postcount=2001
Easter run on Sailsbury Plain, England. The unexploded debris sign is in the village of Imber which was closed in WW2 for the US army to practice house to house fighting before D-Day. The residents were given 47 days notice to leave. The village is open a few days a year and a friend organises a charity ride over the plain with lunch in the village. Was a bit warmer than the Christmas ride where it was around 22 F when we set off - you don't want to drop it in the water that day.
Hi, A buddy and I just completed 1500km on gravel roads on Northern Vancouver Island. It was the North Island BC section of the TCAT (Trans Canada Adventure Trail)http://graveltravel.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=83:tcat-the-island&catid=1 . I did some mods on the bike over the winter to give me more fuel range (Safari tank ) and built a tool tube for where the former exhaust can resided. I was trying to move some of the weight forward and down. Our original plan was to do the entire Vancouver Island ride but the first day and night were going to be a soaker farther south so we headed North and once North decided we could come back and complete the southern portion, so we did some extra side trips in the North up to Cape Scott and Tahsis. Just a couple of glamour shots of the bike. The Hepco Becker cans were used to get the weight low, if I had used my Wolfman bags the load would have been higher. I camped off the bike for 11 days with a refuel and food about every 3 days. Meeting the loaded logging trucks were interesting but the unloaded were scarier because of the speed they travel. My buddy with the KLR was envious of the light weight and compact load. The bike was perfect and it never needed a nap either!
Did you do something to get the TCI windshield to work with the Safari or just living with limited lock? .
I had to cut off part of the lower mount and bend and weld up some flat stock to fit the narrow space between the tank and fork. Took me a few bends to get it right. Glad I went to the effort to keep the windshield. I had also previously made up brackets to raise the windshield (6'4") and be able to remove the windshield without disturbing the fork bolts.
Sweet! Three days on one tank - so about 100 miles a day, or did you have extra reserves? Any trip report coming? I'm curious how the KLR held up compared to the 630?
Hi, this is my first post to Cafehusky. I bought my self Husky couple of months ago and it has been just fun to ride . I have had only street bikes before, but man I like this machine! Regards, Pete from Finland.
3 days riding the 2015 Moose Run in Colorado. First time I take the 630 off-road. It did surprisingly well. As expected, a bit heavy on single tracks, and the suspension could use more compression damping when you turn the speed up. But a very capable bike. Best part was flying by the gazillions of KTMs on the road back to camp. 92mph
