Let's see your GS offroad! - Page 3

bourkeco · 08-26-2008, 05:51 PM

Sorry there not dirty yet we Eatpasta and I had just started the trip...

Now a few from Death Valley

CBejbl · 08-26-2008, 05:57 PM

Death Valley, CA.

2 KLR riders admiring the mighty GS in western Mass.

Gringacho · 08-26-2008, 05:57 PM

Alright Inmates.. always one wanting to add fuel to the fire

.......... I was over in Orange Crush spying the other day and some smartass thought it would be funny to post this picture.

Someone post something cool like a GS jumping a train or a tractor already so we can top those bastards!

Sorry, I'm a complete poser and I can only contribute to this thread with pictures of me and my bike outside of Starbucks.

Clayton Bigsby · 08-26-2008, 07:07 PM

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I was over in Orange Crush spying

I want this thread to be something GSpot can be proud of. Don't crap it up with the KTM pictures. The big KTM's are nice, but this isn't the KTM forum!

JKL · 08-26-2008, 07:15 PM

Funny how in most of the pictures the bikes are laying down.

Something to consider when taking the big GS offroad, maybe a KTM would be more appropiate?

K1DUDE · 08-26-2008, 07:15 PM

KTM640Dakar · 08-26-2008, 07:16 PM

Up in Michigan's Upper Penn

JimVonBaden · 08-26-2008, 07:20 PM

Not much, but fun:

Jim

PacWestGS · 08-26-2008, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by JKL

Funny how in most of the pictures the bikes are laying down.

Something to consider when taking the big GS offroad, maybe a KTM would be more appropiate?

Nonsense I tell ya' pure nonsense!!!

BigJohnBundy · 08-26-2008, 08:20 PM

But at least it's off road.....

JustKip · 08-26-2008, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by PacWestGS

So far, way too many of the bikes in these pics have been in places I would drive my Corolla. The above pic is a great off road pic. The next one below is a great off road pic. I've ridden my bike like that a few times, but it makes me nervous to do it alone.

But most passenger cars could be driven here

Or here

Beautiful scenery, but road touring none the less.
Gonna be pretty hard to convince folks that a GS is NOT the same as a Vstrom!
I don't have anything constructive to add to this thread. I nearly always ride alone and don't photograph myself or bike. Most of my "off road" riding has been more like the roads in the last two pics which, as I said, I would drive my '03 Corolla on.

QUICKDRAW · 08-26-2008, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by PacWestGS

This one isn't going to be a pretty landing!!

-Shawn

QUICKDRAW · 08-26-2008, 08:48 PM

Here's a video of a fairly steep hill on a 1200GS. Sorry I couldn't insert it into this post.

Linky

-Shawn

PacWestGS · 08-26-2008, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by QUICKDRAW

This one isn't going to be a pretty landing!!

-Shawn

It wasn't bad - far as I could tell it didn't even bottom out.

OK so the road (trail) ended, I kept going...

(just all alone)

All these pictures and more are in the RR's in Sig line...

Grad · 08-26-2008, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by flowupstream

So far, way too many of the bikes in these pics have been in places I would drive my Corolla. The above pic is a great off road pic. The next one below is a great off road pic. I've ridden my bike like that a few times, but it makes me nervous to do it alone.

But most passenger cars could be driven here

Or here

Beautiful scenery, but road touring none the less.
Gonna be pretty hard to convince folks that a GS is NOT the same as a Vstrom!
I don't have anything constructive to add to this thread. I nearly always ride alone and don't photograph myself or bike. Most of my "off road" riding has been more like the roads in the last two pics which, as I said, I would drive my '03 Corolla on.

Just because the GS CAN go offroad and do water crossings and the like, doesn't mean everybody wants to do those things. The key is the versatility, not that every one of us go out and do monstrous hillclimbs or traverse boulder-strewn goat paths every weekend.

And I think you would beat the crap out of the bottom of your Corolla on most of these roads. Remember, the photo isn't always symbolic of that entire road...there are likely places with gullies or large rocks that would tear up a passenger car.

08-26-2008, 05:51 PM	#31
bourkeco Studly Adventurer Joined: Oct 2006 Location: Pasadena Ca. Oddometer: 631	Love this thing!!!! Sorry there not dirty yet we Eatpasta and I had just started the trip... Now a few from Death Valley __________________ "Motor racing, mountain climbing and bull fighting are the only true sports. All the rest are children's games played by adults." - Ernest Hemingway I realized after 29 years of riding/racing that as much as I love motorcycles I had only tolerated ridding the bikes that I have owned. , untill I bought my GS now I have a hard time getting off the ramp to go to work. - Me!

08-26-2008, 05:57 PM	#33
Gringacho Una Aventura Loca Joined: Sep 2006 Location: Who the hell knows anymore? Oddometer: 739	Alright Inmates.. always one wanting to add fuel to the fire .......... I was over in Orange Crush spying the other day and some smartass thought it would be funny to post this picture. Someone post something cool like a GS jumping a train or a tractor already so we can top those bastards! Sorry, I'm a complete poser and I can only contribute to this thread with pictures of me and my bike outside of Starbucks. Attached Images Gringacho screwed with this post 08-26-2008 at 07:06 PM

08-26-2008, 07:15 PM	#36
K1DUDE GS Crash Test Dummy Joined: Feb 2006 Location: Pikes Peak, CO Oddometer: 440	__________________ Jeff

08-26-2008, 07:16 PM	#37
KTM640Dakar Motorsick Joined: Nov 2004 Location: Oxbow Lake Oddometer: 1,703	Up in Michigan's Upper Penn __________________ A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. It is not the destination, it's the journey.

08-26-2008, 07:20 PM	#38
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08-26-2008, 05:57 PM	#32
CBejbl KTM Joined: Sep 2005 Location: RI Oddometer: 778	Death Valley, CA. 2 KLR riders admiring the mighty GS in western Mass.

08-26-2008, 07:15 PM	#35
JKL Rider Joined: Feb 2005 Location: Vancouver Island Oddometer: 736	Funny how in most of the pictures the bikes are laying down. Something to consider when taking the big GS offroad, maybe a KTM would be more appropiate?

08-26-2008, 08:20 PM	#40
BigJohnBundy Hav-A-Tampa Joined: Jul 2007 Location: West US... Oddometer: 720	It may not be a GS...... But at least it's off road..... Attached Images __________________ It's not the load that breaks you down,....... It's the way you carry it.

08-26-2008, 08:48 PM	#43
QUICKDRAW Bug Murderer Joined: Oct 2005 Location: Lewis Center, OH Oddometer: 1,151	Here's a video of a fairly steep hill on a 1200GS. Sorry I couldn't insert it into this post. Linky -Shawn

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