padu 312 Posted September 2, 2021 I had my second 1-1 session with Sedlak Offroad School yesterday, which by the way, I highly recommend to anybody that wants to sharpen their skills. In my case, it's not even sharpening, it's building, since the first time I rode off-road on any bike was 2 months ago. Anyways, we went to Otay Mesa - that place is like Disneyland. I hope it never closes. I had a blast and learned a few new tricks. Not without a cost though... we were riding a steep sandy hill (more like talc - very fine dust) and I let my negative vision guide me. Instead of looking at the best path and thinking "I'm going there", I looked at the rut and kept thinking "I can't go there...". You know what happens next - the bike goes there and my street tires had no chance. Down it went and broke my rearview mirror. Ordered another one and it arrives in 2 weeks. Part of the game. But that's the thing between theory and practice. In theory, I know you have to "view positive". Forget where you can't go and focus on where you want to go, preferentially way ahead of your path. But it takes practice of ACTIVELY self policing and training path visualization. Here's the consequence: I also got a new 360 camera. I made a short test video from the session yesterday if you are interested. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pokey151 238 Posted September 2, 2021 very cool. I need to take a few lessons for my adv bike. its totally different than the 450's Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bub_Hannah 174 Posted September 3, 2021 Nice! We all go down sooner or later. As long as noone gets hurt...it's all good. Where on a map is that location with all those trails? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
padu 312 Posted September 3, 2021 2 hours ago, Bub_Hannah said: Nice! We all go down sooner or later. As long as noone gets hurt...it's all good. Where on a map is that location with all those trails? I'll tell you if you promise not to tell too many people Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bub_Hannah 174 Posted September 3, 2021 Ha ha....your secret is safe with me. Never been to that area before. I've been to these two areas (yellow)...and of course Otay Truck Trail which is a nice ride. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zubb 1058 Posted September 4, 2021 On 9/2/2021 at 10:11 AM, padu said: I had my second 1-1 session with Sedlak Offroad School yesterday, which by the way, I highly recommend to anybody that wants to sharpen their skills. In my case, it's not even sharpening, it's building, since the first time I rode off-road on any bike was 2 months ago. Anyways, we went to Otay Mesa - that place is like Disneyland. I hope it never closes. I had a blast and learned a few new tricks. Not without a cost though... we were riding a steep sandy hill (more like talc - very fine dust) and I let my negative vision guide me. Instead of looking at the best path and thinking "I'm going there", I looked at the rut and kept thinking "I can't go there...". You know what happens next - the bike goes there and my street tires had no chance. Down it went and broke my rearview mirror. Ordered another one and it arrives in 2 weeks. Part of the game. But that's the thing between theory and practice. In theory, I know you have to "view positive". Forget where you can't go and focus on where you want to go, preferentially way ahead of your path. But it takes practice of ACTIVELY self policing and training path visualization. Here's the consequence: I also got a new 360 camera. I made a short test video from the session yesterday if you are interested. @padu thanks for sharing this with us. Cool video. since you are determined to continue riding your bike off road (hooray) I recommend the Doubletake mirrors. They are bombproof and highly adjustable. They are 100X better than the OEM on my BMW both on and off road. also I applaud you for spending a couple bucks on a coach. Regardless of ones passion, be it golf, tennis, surfing, motocross, Adventure bikes, anything….. YouTube is a great entertainer but people rarely progress much until a coach is standing there watching, communicating and addressing exactly what you are doing. Which is never what we think we are doing. It’s an awesome feeling when you ride away from a few lessons fundamentally changed in how you ride and think. The big bikes are quite different than the 3, 4 and 500cc rippers and personally I find it sad that so many ‘save’ their nice liter ADV bikes for only the tamest of dirt roads. Ride on brother! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bub_Hannah 174 Posted September 7, 2021 I 2nd the recommendation of the Doubletake mirrors. I ditched my stockers ASAP...no matter how tight I made them, they always came loose at the worst possible time off road. The double-takes solved that issue. I like that they come off really quick too. Drop the bike...they just shift on impact. Kelly...I still want to do W38m training one of these days.... I missed out on this year.. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
padu 312 Posted September 7, 2021 On 9/4/2021 at 6:34 AM, Zubb said: @padu thanks for sharing this with us. Cool video. since you are determined to continue riding your bike off road (hooray) I recommend the Doubletake mirrors. They are bombproof and highly adjustable. They are 100X better than the OEM on my BMW both on and off road. also I applaud you for spending a couple bucks on a coach. Regardless of ones passion, be it golf, tennis, surfing, motocross, Adventure bikes, anything….. YouTube is a great entertainer but people rarely progress much until a coach is standing there watching, communicating and addressing exactly what you are doing. Which is never what we think we are doing. It’s an awesome feeling when you ride away from a few lessons fundamentally changed in how you ride and think. The big bikes are quite different than the 3, 4 and 500cc rippers and personally I find it sad that so many ‘save’ their nice liter ADV bikes for only the tamest of dirt roads. Ride on brother! I love the "color" or your GS! Too bad you lose it when you wash it. But that's only more motivation to get that color again. I thought about those rearview mirrors before, but since I use my bike for the road too, I love the blind spot detection feature, which uses some bright LEDs on the rearview mirrors. Or maybe I could make a custom LED indicator for BSD... Anyways, thanks for the hint. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
padu 312 Posted September 7, 2021 11 hours ago, Bub_Hannah said: I 2nd the recommendation of the Doubletake mirrors. I ditched my stockers ASAP...no matter how tight I made them, they always came loose at the worst possible time off road. The double-takes solved that issue. I like that they come off really quick too. Drop the bike...they just shift on impact. Kelly...I still want to do W38m training one of these days.... I missed out on this year.. I signed up for October 30-31 in the desert (Anza-Borrego?) with Dusty. I'm seriously considering the 4 day Baja tour if there are any spots left. Have you ever done that tour? Worthwhile? I'm hoping for 80%+ or dirt and some challenging parts. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zubb 1058 Posted September 9, 2021 Awesome! Looking forward to seeing you in Borrego. The Baja tour is a GREAT track. I don’t know how close to full it is, I recommend deciding quickly though. We are pretty firm about limiting class and tour sizes. You’ll endure plenty of easy to challenging miles along the way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
padu 312 Posted September 9, 2021 Thanks Zubb, You da man! 😁 Can't wait to get my big red muddy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSM8 358 Posted September 14, 2021 On 9/9/2021 at 7:54 AM, padu said: Thanks Zubb, You da man! 😁 Can't wait to get my big red muddy if you install bark busters Rotweiler performance has a very NICE set of mirrors that would be perfect for what you want. Check them out. They are the swivel away ones. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites