Sand don't like big ADV bikes.

[W0QNX]

I watch this channel and today the end clip "hit home". @Ashley be careful where you ride that new Honda around our Florida sands. She's a big girl.

In the video I parked the ST last summer right there on hard pavement just off the 70 mph bypass where they stop at 14:55. The Africa Twin made it about 45 yards by the look of things.

 

[Josh_ST]

I watch this channel and today the end clip "hit home". @Ashley be careful where you ride that new Honda around our Florida sands. She's a big girl.

In the video I parked the ST last summer right there on hard pavement just off the 70 mph bypass where they stop at 14:55. The Africa Twin made it about 45 yards by the look of things.

Matt's Off-road Recovery ftw! Great channel!

 

[Sadlsor]

Riding in the sand is like nothing else, and requires more speed and momentum than most so-so adventure riders are comfortable with.
Bret Tcaks and especially Chris Birch have the best how-to videos for riding in sand.

 

[Mellow]

Riding in the sand is like nothing else, and requires more speed and momentum than most so-so adventure riders are comfortable with.
Bret Tcaks and especially Chris Birch have the best how-to videos for riding in sand.

I followed a friend of mine once on my Super Ten and he was on a GSA... he kept telling me to speed up to get on top of the sand.... my pavement-mind just could not accept that ... I caught up with him and we got back on pavement... I know my limitations and brittle bones.

 

[bdalameda]

Riding in the sand is like nothing else, and requires more speed and momentum than most so-so adventure riders are comfortable with.
Bret Tcaks and especially Chris Birch have the best how-to videos for riding in sand.

It's all about keeping momentum and your weight off the front wheel. Heavy ADV bikes will push and plow the front wheel easily on sand. Lowering tire pressure can help a lot on sand. I've ridden my Africa twin on sand a bit but at my age digging out can be difficult.

In my past I have ridden a lot in the desert and at Oceano Dunes on larger dirt bikes so I have developed some skills riding in sand. You have to get used to letting your front end float a bit and feel mushy and keep moving faster than you will at first feel comfortable with. After a while the soft disconnected feel of the front end on sand goes away as you get used to it.

 

[Igofar]

I've rescued GS's and Yamaha S10's with my TW200 with its fat knobbie tires
Stand up, go fast, and relax....
Never sit down, or grip the bars too tight.

 

[Igofar]

 

[dduelin]

Not too many places on Earth have sugar sand like northwest Florida does. I’m glad I learned to ride in it a long time before I was riding on the street..

 

[Larry Fine]

Back 50 years ago when I had my first bike, a '72 CL450, I fell over in some sand. On the inside of my left leg was a red circle with ADNOH in it from the hot alternator cover.

 

[Sadlsor]

Nice!
Instant tattoo, and no needles!

 

[ST Gui]

Instant tattoo, and no needles!

AKA a brand.