Side hill OTE (off trail excursion)

HellSickle · 09-24-2012, 09:42 AM

Don't do this. The rider must have hit his bars on a tree and launched off the side of the trail into a pile of rose bushes & dead timber. He landed below the bike, and miraculously escaped injury. If riding solo, it would have been impossible to get his bike back on the trail. We tied a tow strap to the front wheel and hoisted the bike out of the bushes.

swann · 10-02-2012, 08:46 AM

Wow! Amazing there were no serious injuries! Ya know, four wheelers can get winches installed...wonder if some two wheelers should too.

Seth S · 10-02-2012, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by swann

Wow! Amazing there were no serious injuries! Ya know, four wheelers can get winches installed...wonder if some two wheelers should too.

I sometimes carry a long medium duty ratchet strap for such occaisions. It doesn't take up to much space and might be the difference of walking out for help.. etc.

rgoers · 10-02-2012, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Seth S

I sometimes carry a long medium duty ratchet strap for such occaisions. It doesn't take up to much space and might be the difference of walking out for help.. etc.

I do the same... it takes a LONG time to move something that way, but it does get it moved. :-) In a lot of situations, after getting some tension on the strap, pulling on the center of the strap will get things to move a lot more distance, more quickly than just relying on the ratchet take-up.

XR650L_Dave · 10-05-2012, 02:15 PM

Damn orange bikes, always getting distracted and checking things out off the side of the trail...

Crenshaw · 10-06-2012, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by XR650L_Dave

Damn orange bikes, always getting distracted and checking things out off the side of the trail...

Rainbow trail? I feel like I recognize that spot.

Good job getting it out, I always think about that type of situation when riding alone.

swann · 10-02-2012, 10:25 AM

Good thinking

dr. vammen · 10-06-2012, 07:56 AM

Had a similar off trail experience slippery log got me... Ropes pulleys or ratchet straps good thing to bring along..

Nacho911 · 10-06-2012, 08:07 PM

Are covert kit. 50 feet of 6 mm climbing rope and pulleys, binders, and some code. Also some prussik chord to make a 3-1 or 5-1 system. In a pinch if another rider has this kit go with a 9-1 rescue system. We used it for a Triumph 800xc that went about 15-20 feet over bank into trees. Took a lot of work to get it up still. A hand saw is also good to carry.

B1 · 10-07-2012, 02:38 PM

each to their own, but the idea of dirt riding solo ain't for me. glad this guy wasn't injured.

+1 on the rope, i've got a light weight one that takes up little space but gets used all the time for pulling bikes out of trouble, and could tow a bike back to camp if needed.

09-24-2012, 09:42 AM	#1
HellSickle ^OP Scone Rider Joined: Sep 2005 Location: Fort Collins Oddometer: 6,721	Side hill OTE (off trail excursion) Don't do this. The rider must have hit his bars on a tree and launched off the side of the trail into a pile of rose bushes & dead timber. He landed below the bike, and miraculously escaped injury. If riding solo, it would have been impossible to get his bike back on the trail. We tied a tow strap to the front wheel and hoisted the bike out of the bushes. __________________ We don't stop riding because we get old, we get old because we stop riding.

10-02-2012, 08:46 AM	#2
swann Just practicing... Joined: Jul 2012 Location: "The noobie" Otsego, MN Oddometer: 242	Wow! Amazing there were no serious injuries! Ya know, four wheelers can get winches installed...wonder if some two wheelers should too. __________________ Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment. ~ various Believe you can and you're halfway there. ~ Theodore Roosevelt

10-05-2012, 02:15 PM	#5
XR650L_Dave Beastly Adventurer Joined: Apr 2006 Location: Near Cortland NY Oddometer: 3,095	Damn orange bikes, always getting distracted and checking things out off the side of the trail... __________________ ---->>Thanks for the rotor, guys!<<----

10-02-2012, 10:25 AM	#7
swann Just practicing... Joined: Jul 2012 Location: "The noobie" Otsego, MN Oddometer: 242	Good thinking __________________ Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment. ~ various Believe you can and you're halfway there. ~ Theodore Roosevelt

10-06-2012, 07:56 AM	#8
dr. vammen n00b Joined: May 2012 Location: Seattle Oddometer: 4	did that before! Had a similar off trail experience slippery log got me... Ropes pulleys or ratchet straps good thing to bring along.. __________________ Did someone say motorcycle ride!!

10-06-2012, 08:07 PM	#9
Nacho911 Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2009 Location: Alberta Rocky Mountains Canada Oddometer: 364	Are covert kit. 50 feet of 6 mm climbing rope and pulleys, binders, and some code. Also some prussik chord to make a 3-1 or 5-1 system. In a pinch if another rider has this kit go with a 9-1 rescue system. We used it for a Triumph 800xc that went about 15-20 feet over bank into trees. Took a lot of work to get it up still. A hand saw is also good to carry. __________________ Nacho911

10-07-2012, 02:38 PM	#10
B1 Carbon-based bipedal Joined: Jun 2009 Location: Arse-trailer Oddometer: 2,034	each to their own, but the idea of dirt riding solo ain't for me. glad this guy wasn't injured. +1 on the rope, i've got a light weight one that takes up little space but gets used all the time for pulling bikes out of trouble, and could tow a bike back to camp if needed. __________________ WHY WE RIDE!

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