My friend Dave just picked up a new-to-him Husqvarna TE630 and was wanting to take it out in the dirt and blow some of the rust off of his dormant-for-25-years dirt skills. Figuring it would be a nice day of putting around on dirt roads, David and I agreed to ride out to Carnegie with him. David rode his Super Tenere and I rode my Terra with semi-bald rear streety tire. What could possibly go wrong? We rode out there from Oakland in thick fog and drizzle, only to be greeted by nice sunshine at the gate at 8am. Great day for a ride. Should we start at the MX track? Dave's beautiful TE630 had 100 miles on it when he bought it... Did I say dirt roads? David led us up some blue trails. ABS disabling. ABS in the dirt on the 575lb Super Tenere is no good... Even more not a dirt bike than my 650... Dave photobombing the sky... How we getting outta here, David? This tire doesn't even work on the street anymore, much less the dirt... Husky love ... Going...down? Dave's looking good... Carnegie is greening up nicely... My thoughts? "I have a 610 wearing brand new knobbies parked in my garage. Good thing I rode my commuter here today." Still brown in the hills... Sinister Dave makes the 630 look tiny... More in a few... WoodsChick
Down one trail and up another... Someone's having fun... Dave got hung up on the trail ahead so David turned the mighty Tenere around, easy as you please... Dave's digging the 630... One of these is not like the other... Street bikes and Aerostiches at Carnegie... It's downright small compared to his own bike. He'll be riding it next weekend so this was a shakedown run for him... He still prefers the massive twin, though... Oof... Wow...Skip's has changed a lot over the years. MotoMart still has ice cream bars and levers, though. Lots and lots of levers Fun day at the local dirt park. I only hit the ground twice, a moral victory considering the bike I was riding and the tires I was rolling on And look! Proof that I was really there! Glad I didn't forget to ask someone to take our photo... Oh yeah, I could have used these. They were on my porch the next day... WoodsChick
Interesting here ... Were you trying to rail that outside line in that choppy stuff like RV2 and topped out the forks and ended up like that?
Heh. Yeah. that's it. I was railing that corner! Uh, no. I was trying to tippy-toe down the steeper-than-it-looks scritchy hill so that I could make the tight left-hander switchback at the bottom. It didn't exactly go as planned
Ok... I'll go back and review the film ... But you could rail that outside line, right? Yep, pics and vids always made me look slow and the terrain easy ...
Yeah, the knobbies are Dunlop 606's for the Terra next weekend. The other tire is a Scorpion MT90 for the rear of the Terra after it's done playing in the dirt. It's a good commuter/rain/easy dirt tire. Uh, yeah, I could rail that outside line...on my 610 or my 165
