To boldly go...

where no Tiger has gone before. I had my Tiger for 2.5 years and never really had the confidence to take it where I've been taking my new KTM 950. I know that there are some Tiger maniacs out there, and good for you guys.

Man does that 950 rock!!!

Here's today's ride shots!

Easy start

More easy riding

Great views

Ready to get serious

Time to cross "The Gorge"

I sure hope that my mirrors make it through too

Bridges? We don't need no stinking bridges!

OK, maybe bridges aren't so bad

Oh boy! I made it to the other side of "The Gorge"!

Only 6 more miles of pole line back to the road and then 60 minutes to home.

So when do you get to the part where the Tigers won't go?

That would be #7. My Tiger with the Tourances sucked ass in the loose stuff. I didn't expect the Scorpions to be great, and they weren't great, but I would have been doing a lot of picking my Tiger up off the ground down that trail.

Some of the pics look familiar. What trailheads/ roads were you on? Give us some details.

Yeah Details - I used to live in Collegeville and mountain biked all over place up there -

Forgot it is not spring back east just yet.

The first shots are from the Weiser State forest in Port Clinton, PA. I had taken my Tiger up the access road to the fire tower and wanted to compare the KTM vs the Tiger on that road. I had also demo'd a F650GSD up that road. The Tiger was scary, even with keeping the speeds down. The GSD was pretty awesome, but there was excessive shaking of the cockpit/gauges. The KTM was awesome, stable on the loose stuff, and the cockpit didn't feel like it was going to break off.

That pole line I was on runs from St Clair to Tamaqua, PA. I jumped on around Brockton and off near New Philadelphia. When I had my dirt bike I did a lot of riding up there. Lots of tight single track, none of which was seen by the 950, yet. Most of the single track is very rocky, and I am concerned about denting up the, known to be soft, KTM rims. Also, I'm not too sure how the KTM will preform on tough, steep, grades. I think that I'll keep the KTM on the easier stuff and get another dirt bike for the enduro trails.

So far, I'm really pleased with the KTM's on road/off road compromise of performance.

Thanks

We did a ride up there this past November with dgrs2. He was a great tourguide and was very patient. Looking forward to riding up there this year.

Novembers ride:
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28598

Hey, I was there! I was on a loaner Triumph Sprint ST, wishing I was heading out with you guys. That was the day I decided on the KTM instead of the Sprint. While the Sprint was an absolutely great street bike, I really wanted to be out with you guys. Dirt is always way better! I'm sure we'll be riding together soon enough!

Looks like a good time, think my rt would make it? Nice pics man, now get back to work.

I was there too, I knew that pole line looked familiar. The bridge did also. I've ridden a bunch of single track up there also.

Nick

I think mine would.

James.