Been riding bikes over half my life and just now got into ADV riding. I was following my roommate through our terraced pasture the other day. He was on a dirt bike. I accidentally broke traction once and after that I was doing it on purpose and loving it. You have to just let go and not worry about dropping the bike. If it happens, it happens.
Good vid. I struggled for ages on my Africa Twin to do this, but what made it click was an instructor telling me to abandon my road riding cornering technique. Instead of leaning with the bike, I kept my body upright and leaned the bike. Felt so much more confident when I wasn't relying on rear wheel grip to stay balanced. After that I didn't mind breaking traction with the throttle.
Yes that is what I do is lean the bike and keep the body upright when riding on the dirt, interestingly though after a few days of dirt road riding we apply the same technique on twisty mountain paved roads, and I think , should I not be leaning with there bike?
@@robpinter5431 onroad, with exception of manouvering you should lean in, never out. The more you lean, the less you have to lean bike, and faster you can take corner. Cheers;
is it important to lower the tyre pressure ?. On my CRF1100 the rear wheel pressure is usually 2.5 bar. What pressure can you advice for this kind of riding ?
Hi i would like to learn this kind of things but i got only my 310gs and its abs is always on how to make it switchable and will it override the warranty >?
Good stuff, Dusty is a worthy successor, I think the "vibe" of Mototrek has been continued. But I think long time viewers would appreciate a little info on why there were personnel changes and what happened to Bret.
@@MOTOTREK Please remain a motorcycle learning channel that does not hit you across the head with hard/high energy rock music. I love listening to Matt's drums. Sorry to see Bret go, but Dusty continues the value of MOTOTREK's channel in an equally satisfying way.
Hello, I hope you are doing well today. I'm Patti from Long Beach California, just looking for a new friend and i saw your pic here. Merry Christmas to you.
Hi Dusty, great videos upon slide, skids, fast cornering. Not common on the net in this way. I do live in Burkina Faso. All over the place hot hard gravel sudden Sand. Its realy so much fun to ride all the time like thid. And not only fun, it is a lot more secure if you go fast, there is allways something in your way, trees, washouts, holes, termitiers ... Most curves you will not make if you dont drive this way. Esspecially if you have a Suzuki 650 xt which is heavy and not at all made for this... But still i go along with all other Enduros or dual sports very fast. But there is a danger! Getting so used to that, must be very careful on black top! Probably i am much faster and more secure on loose stuff than on road... On the other hand, saved me once in traffic. Despite ABS on road, you could still skip in emergency downshifting by habbit.... Was hot though!
Wow, i've been watching you guys from the beginning and the video's have gotten ridiculously good. Great camera work, good tips and tricks. I'm just impressed. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for your instruction👍👍. We heavy Adv. bike owners can be intimidated with the BULK of the machinery (Yamaha S10) in my case. This helped immensely. 😉👌 Is Bret coming back eventually?🤷♂️
Top quality production! Dusty is such a great fit for this channel, and please never leave Matt’s drum tracks out the production!! Hope to cross paths with you on the trails in my home of AZ (or anywhere). Really looking forward to next refresher video, or whatever Mototrek puts out.
I think I prefer Dusty's teaching style to Brett's. Maybe it's just because he reminds me of the brilliantly hilarious Kyle Kinane. As always, great content and quality!
2:16 gs1200 is not motorcycle, its a fucking ship XD ; its so big it has it has own gravity; on scale it sees owners phone number; once I saw goldwing offroad... when came closer it turned out to be something bigger....... gs1200!; ... I wish I had one ;
I have a question for Dusty or anyone else that wants to answer. First, I grew up riding in the eastern part of South Dakota and most of the roads were gravel, so I learned about the power slide and the skid turn through a lot of practice, with wipe outs spaced out all through the learning. I used to do donuts on the gravel without putting my feet down and I used to start with the skid turn and finish with the power slide to make a u-turn on gravel roads. Now that a little of my history is out of the way, on to the question part. I just got a 2013 Yamaha Super Tenere in January and it has a permanent "on" ABS. Is there any way at all to do a skid turn with anti lock brakes? I am sure the answer is no, but I am definitely not an expert on this.
Very interesting video. But it’s still too much questions. What is the body position while sliding the rear wheel and how it can be done on the bike with abs? Third time forget to ask where is Bret?
powerslide is great way to do 90 or 180 degree turns from standing or very slow speed, that way you can turn around your beast with almost no effort, its great feeling ;
Dusty and Bret are both excellent instructors, I was also quite pleased to see Taco Mike make an appearance! Maybe he’s been on the channel before and I just missed it. Great content guys!
Awesome video. This is your new subscriber amd certainly will watch regularly. This will teach me real stuff. Great job guys for putting such an amazing learning video.
Hi Roni! Haha yeah, THIS episode. It’s funny, when the road is wider and the maneuvers involve more speed, the bike tends to stay upright more often. As soon as the terrain gets tighter and I have to turn around a lot, there have been bike naps involved 😂😎
If I'd book a mc training and dusty step down of the machine and would greet me, I'd would immediately know this will be a baller session. Keep it up man! :)
Ok now I have to go out and practice. Great lesson, you have a very good teaching style and examples. I just have one question. What happened to Brett? You stated that you teach, cool where at? Is there a wed address?
Great video, good control. One point I would add is to firstly disengage traction control before attempting this manouevre. Otherwise it intervenes and breaks the slide.
@@west38moto53 I like to keep the ABS on when off-roading as it intervenes (usefully) in circumstances where you've unintentionally lost traction, like locking the brakes up when descending a loose hill trail.
Just went out and had the balls to try this for the first time. Great instructive video. Fun to hang out the rear of my Tenere 700... in a safe and controlled way, of course.
@@johnburgess5534 On the newest model (BS6) it can be, I've got the BS5.. on the plus side the BS5 has a whole 0.5 more horses (claimed) over the BS6 due to the more restrictive exhaust of the newer model.
I really appreciate this content. This is exactly the stuff I’m looking for. Also, I ordered this Ricochet head covers for my 1250, show them this because you should get some kickback for my purchase!!! Peace & via con Dios
Thanks a ton for such a wonderful detailed explanation ! Just one question as l'm a noob rider. As a beginner, I should be riding on my first gear, body in the middle, upright and applying pressure on the inner foot peg and inner handle bar simultaneously through the skid turn right while applying the rear brake ???and how much should be the appropriate speed as a new bee ? Might be a very stupid question to ask but l'm just a new rider wanting to learn this technique with no professional training. Video timings 4: 46 Waiting for your response please ! Can l try this on stock tyres ? as l don't have knobby tyres as of now. I own Xpulse 200 4 V. ( lndian bike ) Thanks once again !
Hey RideWyomig, thanks for the comment. We have classes in Colorado every month this summer. I also do private training. You can check out our website west38moto.com/ Also feel free to send me an email to dusty.wessels@west38moto.com
BUUUUUT : you like those POWER-SLIDES VERY MUCH . . . . . so if YOU ARE DOIN VERY OFTEN THE SLIDE . . . . .I THINK YOUR TYRE WILL BE " SHAVED DOWN " IN A FEW WEEKS . . . . . . .am I right ??? . . . . . .
But is this also possible with for example KTM Offroad-Mode on or do i really have to turn off MTC and ABS? I never really knew what the KTM Offroad mode offers me but i dont want to do all this settings when i restart my bike or i get back to street turning everything on again
Very good video but I have some questions like what are you doing with the clutch if anything is the clutch to be fully disengaged or are you playing the friction Zone thank you very much for your reply
Great video and Dusty rocks! I do have a couple questions...are you disengaging the clutch to locked brake turn? Also...Dusty mentioned keeping pressure on the brake until fully stopped to avoid high siding. So how do you avoid a high side when locking up the brake when turning?
@@MOTOTREK Ok great. Hey Dusty. I live in England and ride a 12 DL650 with cast wheels. I know spoked wheels are better for off roading, but is there any changes i can make to my riding technique/equipment to compensate for the cast wheels? or should i try to get spoked wheels?
Good question, Casper. Dusty will be back from a ride later today I think. For what it's worth, I ride a Versys 650 with 17" cast wheels just about everywhere we have filmed MOTOTREK and, although I wish I had spoked wheels, it hasn't been an serious issue so far. More than spokes I wish I had a larger front wheel which would track better off-road and roll over obstacles better.
Good question Casper, I don’t know that I have done this on a bike with cast wheels. My initial thoughts are it would work just fine. Anyone else out there have experience with cast wheels?
West38Moto, I ride a Vstrom 650 with cast wheels. They are much stronger than people think they are. I’ve done 35000 km on it across East Australia, about 25% dirt and no issues. I do power slides all the time and have hit big holes bottoming out front forks. Suspension will probably break before these tough cast wheels.
hello everyone, interesting videos, but you are much too serious, the fantasy of your former colleague was appreciable. looking at you, I feel like I'm at work. The adventure bike must remain a universe where one feels relaxed. put a smile on your videos. See you soon
I'm new to off-road. I have a BMW G 310 GS with road biased tyres. At speed on a sandy track today I was fishtailing with both front end and back end braking loose in a "snaking" action while I was going straight. What to do in this situation? Not get into that situation I suppose.
I have ABS so I can't use rear braking, not that it would be appropriate in this situation I presume. I realised it was probably a speed induced oscillation, that is to say the high speed was not appropriate for the depth of sand and the front tyre was ploughing. I panic-clutched in then realised that I needed to probably keep my momentum up, revved it up then dropped the clutch ha ha ha. A total shit show in terms of technique I'm sure but eventually the oscillation between front and back lessened and things straightened up again.
