Aprilia Tuareg 660 | Breaking my skid plate on extreme terrain | Motoz Tractionator tires offroad

I took my Aprilia Tuareg 660 out to a pretty extreme trail to see what it could do. My bike doesn't have all of the protection I'd like it to have, and some of the protection that I do have on it ended up breaking on today's ride. My Outback Motortek skid plate snapped off at one of its mounting brackets. This is my fault and it's due to riding negligently and not an indication of the skid plate not being great. I'm very happy with the outback motortek protection that I have on the Tuareg (skid plate and crash bars) and if the bars or plate were ever completely destroyed, I'd likely buy another set from them
Chapters:
0:00 Ride Preview
0:08 Intro and riding discussion
2:38 Dropping the bike before I even start
2:46 Riding starts
3:20 Extreme terrain appears
3:59 Up the gatekeeper!!
5:28 Changing course
5:56 Not gonna happen
6:04 (failing) Diversion attempts
6:42 Time to assess
7:00 I can recover this
7:42 Back in action
9:00 Stripping
9:12 Intermission chat
12:32 Back in action v2
13:45 Traffic jam (Lexus party)
14:18 Absolute bonk
14:42 Back in action v3
16:00 Awesome rough stuff
16:35 Breaking skid plate :(
17:35 Checking skid plate after big impact
17:55 :(
18:00 Back in action v4
19:05 Good place to stop?
19:07 Nope
19:20 Added commentary to begin
21:05 Final moments of recording
21:20 Corruption begins
21:33 RIP footage :(

[@americandirtrider7662]

This place is absolutely beautiful. It must be awesome to be so close to a trail system like this. And that was some excellent riding. Not many people would intentionally take the lines you took. Thanks for sharing this video, and putting in the effort to break down the sections.

[@DadCanFixAnything]

Wyoming Family Adventures channel has the toughest skid plate I've seen for the Tuareg.

[@erickmontero6222]

I laughed when you stopped before the first obstacle and looked around bc I do the same thing on my Tuareg. That hesitation and internal dialogue of “nope” but you went for it! Next time I will too.

[@chrisphillips0000]

When alone always take the easier route. Save the hard stuff when with friends.

[@konstantintroitskiy6749]

Any adventure bike rejects unnecessary parts with time :) Great terrain, nice ride!

[@sepposuominen9266]

Nice bike, just keep it moving. Stopping just before the harder part is almost the worst one can do, be focused and keep the bike moving as getting the momentum back after stop is very difficult. Nice place for the ride you have there.

[@giggleviking]

nice video wish i had trails like this where i live XD

[@iSlanderEST]

Same bracket was about to break on mine too when I just got it. Dealer saw that it was about to break and they welded it.

[@jonwoodworker]

Nice trails and great looking bike. You do a lot of clutch/throttle modulation, goosing the gas way too much. The Toureg and 800DE have enough torque to climb without the extra effort. I can hold the 800DE in 2nd gear damn near a crawl the goose it up over objects. I've never riden a Toureg, so maybe the clutch is needed more than i thought.

[@AdventureTomek]

That trail has been getting worse and worse over the years with no maintenance being done. Checkout Pole Hill near EP😉

[@rp6122]

is this down near salida?