No Finn. Sorry to disappoint but I was thinking of buying a 50-125 Rev and rip and doing it for just to enjoy the route. Big bikes just make the scenery go bye too quickly.. Have you ridden the south side of loch ness. The B road from Inverness?
not in a long while. done it on my rd80 with a bunch of mates up from paisley when we where teenagers. good idea. charity?
No. Just because it sounded like a good idea at the time. Plus a small capacity bike will make me enjoy and see more on the journey.
I did a day at Moto Scotland on Sunday during the amber weather warning. I set off on the morning and was worried about the rest and be thankful. The water there (and elsewhere) cascaded down the hillside onto the road. Moto Scotland takes place on the Argyll estate. It poured down. The chap running it said he'd never seen the rain as bad. Made for some interesting sights right enough.
Yep that's the one. I enjoyed it tremendously I have to say but then again, I'm a complete novice with no means to have a bash off road anywhere and no equipment so for me it fitted the bill perfectly. All the internet blurb shows them using GS800's but in fact they've changed to AJP off trials/enduro cross bikes. Wheezy things but fit the bill I guess. Because the bikes are so light / flighty it was quite a challenge. You can use one of the GS800's if you're fussed. I suppose the course begins to become really interesting when you get to what they term their level 2 or the 2nd day you attend. For the 2nd day there's no familiarisation / walk round the bikes etc which does take a bit of time on the one-dayer. You just head straight out I believe. I wouldn't have thought it worthwhile for any experienced off roaders particularly, unless there's a need for proper tuition, although they will run a day riding the Estate trails if the participant has enough experience. It's run very professionally. There are a couple of instructors. I rode with Clive, the owner. Great bloke. For most of these types of things I've always felt fleeced at the end of the day. I didn't here as for me I'd no other way of even trying to go off road. I'm heading back there as soon as I can free up a day.
As someone who owned a KTM300EXC and did a tiny bit of greenlaning, If I ever had another go at offroading I'd choose a 125cc bike. Smaller, lighter, easier to control and not out to kill me at every opportunity.
a fella i know took up enduro a few years back, started and remained on a crf250 perfect .bike for off road.
depends a bit on your own physic. I liked the 125 / 175 as it was light enough to pick up / pull out of ditches / bogs etc
