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G'day guys, went for a ride over at Natimuck... these guys can bloody ride! Big thank you to Grumpy & Jodie for the awesome accommodation & Food! Hope you enjoy :-) Cheers... Mark
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[@ToriMoto]

Hey Mark, nice edit! Bloody sand hey? I reckon you will be back for more sometime soon. It is a masochistic experience, but eventually you learn to love it. Catch ya in Bendigo for a ride in the near future 👍👍🏍💯😎

[@nathan7880drz]

G'day mark, recently subscribed to your channel without a doubt best channel on you tube mate im slowly getting through all your vids and absolutely loving the content recently purchased a awesome drz 400 im over in Western Australia your content gives alot of motivation awesome stuff mark your a bloody ledgend 🤙👍👌

[@robjones2852]

Great that you're so honest Mark. Your experience on this ride is what so many of us go through and seeing you go through it gives us an opportunity to think through our own way of tackling it: more suitable bike? different technique/better skills/better adjusted bike? when is it wise to throw in the towel? Re. question 3, I would say you made the right decision on this ride. Thanks for an entertaining and instructive video.

[@RekimNZ]

"This must be the sand.. Sh!t, Arggh Fu#k, Fu@k, Oh gebus, turns and shit, coz it's Fuk1n hard work" Best commentary for the first 30 seconds in the sand. I hate the sand too !

[@tassiemotoadv]

The steering damper makes it heaps easier in the sand ay

[@arnohag1]

Hey Mark, I feel for ya. Hate taking my f800gs in sand. It's do-able but I prefer a smaller bike for that.

[@rogerdepretto440]

Mark in Sand use the throttle and jelly arms seems your stiffening your arms to much, use the throttle to get the bike up out of the sand, if in doubt throttle out. Best advice can give you about the sand, cheers Mark.

[@bugman5337]

Dare I say it, Welcome to Getting Older 🤣🤣I I joined the club about 10yrs ago, that's when i woke up and realized I'm FLOCKING Mad not Fucking STUPID 😉😂 Ridesafe 🏍

[@seanmack4552]

You gotta full send that shit lol grew up riding over that way was great fun👌 probably wrong tyres wouldn’t help either.

[@tonybedingfield9085]

More power mark. Another bike.🙏

[@davidcauchi2837]

Hello Mark; WOW! That was some amazing riding ....I am not a fan of the sandy tracks...LOL...Kudos for giving it a go! David....Adelaide/Kilburn...Tiger 900GT & Scrambler....

[@peterdawson7775]

Great video. Any news on the new Royal Enfield 452 ?

[@BikerBits]

No not yet.

[@AfricaTwin-Stuff]

Yep. Easy to be an armchair expert. But I can identify with your sand riding “this isn’t fun”. And if it’s not fun it’s not worth doing.

[@garywinkworth3380]

you do i great job on that heavy bike .

[@BikerBits]

Thanks... I try! 👍

[@garywinkworth3380]

i reckon if you got a ktm youd be scareing some of your mates that thrash past you. i recently bought a ktm 300 exc tpi its incredible how light it is. anyway my opinion. ride safe

[@nosherz]

Just ignore all these comments about tyre pressures & altering suspension geometry, Mark. Momentum is key & that’s best solved with a nitrous oxide kit 😊😊😊

[@munter10]

Mark your lack of riding fitness is due to the fact that you smoke ciggies and it shortens your oxygen intake, give up the smokes and you’ll be amazed at the difference in fitness! Also, why would you even want to ride sand like that?? It just absolutely wrecks motorcycles, chains and sprockets, wheel bearings, suspension linkage bearings etc etc. So yeah, just a little constructive advice on how to make trail riding more fun!

[@garywinkworth3380]

stop swearing

[@mindfulmunchkin1215]

Ride in shitty had core sand and see if you don't swear a little.....

[@johnclowes3502]

I feel for you Mark. Sand is one of the hardest to overcome. Especially if the bike is not setup for it. There is a better way. Find a SMALL sand loop somewhere close to where you live. Cut a loop, a small loop in standard setting. When you have had enough of being pounded to death and about to give up.. stop take breath and adjust your bike with these settings. Let your sir pressure down to the lowest it will go without getting a flat. Next info your triple clamps and slide the fork tubes down until they are flush with the top surface. You will notice that the rear sag will feel different. That's normal. Make sure all bolts are tight. Now go straight out and cut more laps but this time look far forward and stay on the gas so the nine drives. If I'm correct I am guessing you will have a lot more fun than you did before. It's all about drive and geometry also if you have a damper crank it up to the max. Use your foot pegs to steer.. I know you may have probably heard it all before but it will work in favour if your riding style . Yor bike is pounding you because it's steer too fast for your technique. Start small and learn to be aggressive.. IT WILL WORK.. PROMISE

[@benjohnson7170]

I need to do some learning myself on my bushpig. I'm sure it can be done,you just need some faith.....

[@deanjudd4185]

I'm no expert at all but to me it looks like they enjoying more coz of the bikes they are on

[@Sum4Seb]

Sand sucks no matter how you do it, no fun in it unless you have a full paddle tire. Good try but i would also avoid it like the plague.

[@TheGravelBadger]

Sometimes it’s best to just turn around when you’re knackered (like I did at the last ORR day 2!). Personally I wouldn’t go near that shit unless I have a lightweight bike, and I spent most of my early riding life in Saudi Arabia buggering around in the dunes. So good on ya mate 👍

[@4x4junkie86]

they all on lighter bikes, that would make a huge difference for sand riding im guessing. im not bike fit but that's why i got back into riding, challenge my fitness. be a struggle but it would also be a great work out. who needs a gym.. just take a DR650 in the sand lol..

[@benjohnson7170]

50 years old Bushpig rider here. Only ride dirt a couple of times a year. Sand gives me the jitters like a scary clown.

[@johnclowes3502]

Ok everyone lets ask the big question.. why cant i ride sand. You dont enjoy it because you cant do it.. why cant you do it.. its either the bike or the rider.. thats all. You have already been defeated because of mental attitude. Right or wrong if you are all ready to fail you will. Watch the video and you will see. Mark struggles from the beginning. Mind had already made up its mind for the outcome.. I totally derstand mark's thoughts. I was the same.. totaly against sand because i couldn't ride it.. so i started listening to some experts about the bike and the technique now i can ride sand...maybe not the fastest but at least i can enjoy doing it.. We can all just say fuck it until one day youll say fuck it about riding... Mark maybe we can do a test day in some sand to help each other thru the worst parts of riding sand..

[@ricmoffet6843]

I opt out too Mark, can't handle the crap, not at my age 64 any more, couldn't really do it when I was younger, so avoid it all the time.

[@frankbremer5224]

Thanks Mark needed a giggle U aren't Robinson Curso

[@stevemason7790]

Feel your pain Mark,good decision to know your limits.

[@scottminshall6420]

100% agree with you Marl F the sand! I'm to old for that stuff as well.

[@leepolson5921]

fuck that Mark lol looks like hard work to me mate!!! i think you did the right thing!!

[@billcotton1551]

I've never ridden in deep sand like that. I think I would have a hard time too, Mark.

[@TheJeff4X4]

Good call to call it and turn around. I'd have done the same thing!

[@CHUNKYNUGGET666]

I’m with Mark, fk that!😂

[@BlakesPipes]

I am with you Mark, I would have done the same thing. As seen, not fun and not worth breaking something.

[@kevinhildum9186]

Mark I agree with you completely f*** this s***. Sand for the DR650 is absolutely no fun whatsoever. I have a 2018 DR650 and I've been in the sand many times and I have used all the words that you have used and probably more.

[@garywinkworth3380]

love the drone work

[@BikerBits]

Yeah that was done by Tori of ToriMoto! 👍

[@mickbrown4855]

Yeah, you can talk about technique and bike set up until the cows come home but at the end of the day if it’s not your thing and you’re not enjoying yourself, what’s the point? I’m with you Mark, sand just isn’t my thing either. I would’ve turned around too. Life’s too short to spend your time off doing crap you don’t enjoy. Spend the time on tracks you can enjoy. That’s why we ride.

[@williamgulyas9199]

Well that looks like fun Mark. Great effort. You definitely need a liter bike for this stuff KTM 350 would suit you well I think, very lite and not too overpowered for you. Any way thanks again for the fun video.

[@rp2385]

It’s a lot easier riding on wet sand than it is on dry but I learnt so many sand skills in the wet and then just added more throttle in the dry, above all balance and momentum are key, when I’m riding at pace in a wheel track and there’s a right hand corner I’ll lay the bike over to the right and let the tyre’s grip on the left hand side of the rut ( using it like a berm ) plus a health fist of throttle that’ll put a smile on your dial, wet clay is far harder to ride than dry sand and dry sand is far more forgiving on the body than hard pack if you come off. Keep riding the sand brother you’ll get better at it

[@JimmyCall]

Time to offload the bikes and start fresh, that includes a lightweight enduro/dual-sports bike?

[@mindfulmunchkin1215]

Good on ya Mark, Gotta know when to throw in the towel before an injury, Sometimes sand is just shit house and not worth the struggle .

[@1962clarky]

I don't mind a little sand, but that deep sand you're riding in is shit... I'm like you, I hate the shit..

[@farracuda]

Maybe you need a DR-Z 400 for the soft stuff or a dreaded *!#& orange thing 😂

[@wobblysauce]

Ah, the tractor…

[@raptorthumper12]

Mark you need to open the throttle and sit back. You can't go that slow. Just ride aggressive and hold the throttle on hard.