Well I think I was the last person in Australia to pick up a Terra, so I'm behind the eight ball in getting it setup. finally have everything other than crash bars (on backorder) loaded her up not overly heavy and hit some dirt lanes on the weekend. I'm used to lighter dirt bikes e.g. ktm 450, I hit first bit of sand on the terra and handlebars locked up instantly. this happened repeatedly as I hit sandy sections. now the lane wasn't overly long so I didn't take air out of the tyres and I'm still running the originals. would taking air out help in the sand? being a heavier bike (I'm 60 kilos) and the track being almost single trail I didn't hammer through the sand but tried to keep constant throttle. Any suggestions, Ive never had this happen on dirt bikes.
Welcome to the club. I'm running 18 & 24 psi front and back and used both Mitas EO7 & EO9 in sand no issues. I'm relatively new to adventure riding but haven't tipped it yet in sand. There are couple of threads on how crappy the stock tyres are so see their advice on what to change too. Happy riding and hope to see you on the road.
Standing, weight back toward the rear, steer with your weight on the pegs, air down, throttle like hell! At least that's the theory.
