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Some nice insights! I learned motorcycling on sand (and through rivers!) while crossing Mongolia, west-to-east. Key takeaways: - recon on foot if uncertain (th

Some nice insights! I learned motorcycling on sand (and through rivers!) while crossing Mongolia, west-to-east. Key takeaways: - recon on foot if uncertain (this is also in the article) - always keep a positive torque on the rear wheel and let the front wheel find its way - don't get scared, the front wheel is supposed to skid a little and the rear wheel is supposed to slip a little

karolist 6y ago
Adding a few points from my own experience: - Keep the front wheel as light as possible, that means pushing your body far back whilst standing on the pegs. - If things start to get twitchy give it some gas - throttle heals most such situations, though is counter-intuitive and scary. Sand needs skinny and big (radius) front wheel, that's why most offroad motorcycles have 21" front wheel. The counter point to this is harder turning in the twisties on tarmac due to increased gyroscopic effect of bigger radius wheel. Sportsbikes have 17" for this reason, tourist and soft-enduro bikes try to strike a balance with 19" wheel and hard enduros are all 21". Bigger wheel climbs up, smaller wheel digs itself in.
- mellavora 6y ago
  >> - If things start to get twitchy give it some gas I think the exact phrase is: "when in doubt, gas it out"
  - throwaway0a5e 6y ago
    >"when in doubt, gas it out" Worked great for Jeremy Felts... (but yeah, it's good advice most of the time)
    - bagels 6y ago
      Who is Jeremy Felts?
      - throwaway0a5e 6y ago
        Google him. He ran over some lady at a major Jeep event a couple years ago because he throttled out when he shouldn't have (among other bad decisions that were prerequisites of that outcome) and it was all caught on video. This would have been fine, shit happens, it's a dangerous sport. But he then tried to blame everyone but himself for it which got him a substantial amount of ridicule.

karolist 6y ago

Adding a few points from my own experience: - Keep the front wheel as light as possible, that means pushing your body far back whilst standing on the pegs. - If things start to get twitchy give it some gas - throttle heals most such situations, though is counter-intuitive and scary. Sand needs skinny and big (radius) front wheel, that's why most offroad motorcycles have 21" front wheel. The counter point to this is harder turning in the twisties on tarmac due to increased gyroscopic effect of bigger radius wheel. Sportsbikes have 17" for this reason, tourist and soft-enduro bikes try to strike a balance with 19" wheel and hard enduros are all 21". Bigger wheel climbs up, smaller wheel digs itself in.

mellavora 6y ago
>> - If things start to get twitchy give it some gas I think the exact phrase is: "when in doubt, gas it out"
- throwaway0a5e 6y ago
  >"when in doubt, gas it out" Worked great for Jeremy Felts... (but yeah, it's good advice most of the time)
  - bagels 6y ago
    Who is Jeremy Felts?
    - throwaway0a5e 6y ago
      Google him. He ran over some lady at a major Jeep event a couple years ago because he throttled out when he shouldn't have (among other bad decisions that were prerequisites of that outcome) and it was all caught on video. This would have been fine, shit happens, it's a dangerous sport. But he then tried to blame everyone but himself for it which got him a substantial amount of ridicule.