Adventure Bike Rider

well after finally taking a break from house renovation i managed to edit my video from the K2 rally... brilliant fast gravel tracks and horrible snotty bits that i struggled on with my old worn tyres.... and of course being a lap of mine at a rally, it has a little mishap in it... enjoy

( I know you were ok so I can laugh )

Was it you who helped get my 630 out of the field at the end of day one? I was racing paul, got ahead, got into the corner way way too hot and ended up bouncing through the field

at your 2:30 through the logs on lap two i was flat out through there in 5th and i had the BIGGEST moment. back end all over the place, ring piece puckering up like you wouldn't believe

Great video

Great , it's not a proper off roader without a rest

Nice one Chris

Great vid, how did you find the XChallenge?

Looked like it performs ok !!

Mike54 wrote:


don't think it was me mike... don't remember helping a 630 out....

got caught out on my first lap at the logs, hit it at speed to and found myself heading into a pile of timber. luckily as i went out of the mud onto the verge my tyres caught i got out. with my worn mt21's on i had quite a few moments on the muddy grassy sections, suddenly finding myself and my bike going sideways down the tril at speed.. managed to get pointed in the right direction on most of them...

johnnyboxer wrote:


it's a great bike and if the rider was more competent would have kept up with the 690s! after the sprint at sweet lamb i switched for a wilbers suspension as i was getting kicked in the ass a lot by the air bag and it made a world of difference... have got hyperpro springs to put in the front when ig et a chance too... one thing is it stalls a bit easier than i would like which i struggled with at the sprint, but was much better at K2 as you just have to use a bit of clutch if you lock up the back wheel... but a great bike and i do feel a bit bad for abusing it so much...

unfortunately (for you guys) i missed filming my off on the special stage where i ended up hugging a fir tree with the bike down the side of the hill

Nice one Chris..you must be a "Angle" with the amount of flying you do you fall off nearly as often as me all be it faster...I do like a fast Forest trail..

did you see the guy on an 1150gs (think it was anyway) and he had battlewings on (or similar)? i saw him on sat morning before the start and i thought bloody hell. I know he came in early but definitely went out on sunday.

the other bit i didnt like at speed was the section near the end, it was sandy, muddy etc, really really slippery.

next year there's going to be a fire road special which should be a bit better and more fun

Ow yes..fire roads..now I'm gonning to have to get my suspension sorted and get on this..

Great stuff. Really enjoyed the rally. Just gutted I cant make the next 2. Roll on Hafren!

believe me russ these were fast fire roads.... we got up to some impressive speeds on 'em...

Tramp wrote:


get entering! great fun, great atmosphere, everyone is friendly. brilliant. as chris says, you can get to some great speeds. 90 on a fire road is excellent fun. one of the guys on a 690 got it to 105 indicated on one of the faster sections.

I think you were doing really well mate, when's the next event and where?

I think we should have a ABR meet at one of these so we can all help each other