anyone been off road on an sv?

went out today and did 70ish miles, got quite lost? and whilst reading a road sign misjudged a corner and ended up grass tracking to be honest i was lucky to keep the the sv rubber side down, cuz who was following me said he felt quite sick

[fizzwheel]

Yep I've done that to. Went to fast into a corner and knew that I wasnt going to get round it, I saw that there was an open gateway into a farmers field that looked flat and was grassy so I picked the bike up and ran straight on into the field, got myself stoppped, turned around and then carried on my way again.

I did a similar thing on a different road where there was a grass / muddy verge on the edge of a corner, which I rode around like a berm on a motorcross track as I ran out of tarmac. That got caused by a bump on the previous corner that I went over a bit to fast for the SV's suspension to cope with and it unsettled the bike and I went off line and I didnt have enough time to get my line right for the next corner.

Both times 5 minutes later I had to stop and sit down and contemplate the world for a few minutes as I scared the cr*p out of myself.

I had a moment earlier today, lost the front wheel, just took a sharp corner on a motorway too fast on new tyres, hit some gravel on the side just next to the central barrier, luckily I got out of it took the next exit and had a little walk after to calm down before getting back on the motorway.

i drive mine on grass fairly often. Even with no throttle the wheel spins! its a nightmare! might photoshop an sv with dirt tyres later if i can be arsed, unless someone else can beat me too it!

Oh my god... Kwak - you didn't...

... you didn't get...

... you didn't get some mud on the bike did you?!

Originally Posted by K

Oh my god... Kwak - you didn't...

... you didn't get...

... you didn't get some mud on the bike did you?!

Dam, no wonder cuz felt sick m8!

Just go for a rideout with the good Doctor Rich and you'll do a spot of off road riding. OK, they might be classed as roads but only just. On the gixer it gets very interesting

narr bikes still clean it was abit like fizz said like a motorcross'r the bank on the lane was like a motorcross corner only i was on the top of it with the bike pointing in 2 different directions. that'll teach me to read the road.

Yep the same happend to me I was following a mate who new the roads we where on and I didn't came to a tight right hander but I didn't realise it nipped up! I ran out of road and ended up on the grass verge. I hit 3 dug outs before I could bring the bike to a stop I composed myself and set off riding again only to have my other mate who was following to flash and honk his horn untill I stopped. I had collected a good amount of follage in my belly pan He then said how the hell did you keep it upright I replied **** knows! To this day I still don't know how I didn't do any serious dammage to myself or my bike!

Don't worry, I'm sure Kwak wiped it all off straight away.