Ride and Turn in All Types of Sand / Lesson and Techniques for ADV - Dual Sport Motorcycles
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- čas přidán 23. 04. 2021
- Is there any low-traction terrain that strikes fear into the hearts of adventure motorcyclists more than deep sand? Professional motorcycle instructor Dusty Wessels teaches you how to ride and safely control your heavy adventure bike through all depths of loose sand on road and off-road.
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when riding in the #sand you want to stand up so you can move your body around and be an active rider and influence the pegs to help direct the bike you want your body position as neutral as possible only put your weight back to get traction to the rear wheel or help lighten up the front don't have too much body weight forward on the motorcycle because the front wheel is going to dig deeper into the sand this might cause your front wheel to wobble and you could start to lose control if you're new to riding sand and or you're apprehensive about riding sand and you come across some deep sand a human reaction for us or what we go back to is sitting down now i wouldn't suggest you sit down for a lot of reasons the biggest reason is it's just going to make you more tired and you're going to be worn out faster so if you're going to sit down on the bike in the sand and paddle put your feet on the ground here's how you do it stick your foot as far forward on the ground as you can and pick it up when it gets to your foot peg do not stick your foot far forward and go all the way back you risk injury to your ankle or your lower leg if it catches underneath your pannier also when you're sitting go slower don't go too fast as soon as the sand gets to a depth that you feel you can go faster pick your feet up put them on the pegs stand up and right away you're going to have much more control on a 500 plus pound motorcycle standing than you would if you were sitting
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I started riding enduros back in the early 70s, mostly in the Jersey Pine Barrons- lots of sand, tight single track trails and cranberry bogs! The Lafferty boys and the locals were the acknowledged “A” champions. We had a 2 Day National there in 1972 where all the Penton boys showed up. Nobody rode anything larger than a 360, in my case a Husky 360 8sp. I’m not sure I ever mastered sand but I did learn a lot.
Hey, are you guys OK? I miss this channel. It is top level content. Any updates from your side? I would love to see more from you. Cheers!
looks like there's a new channel called brettkacs idk what happened to this one tho.
I once had to ride a fully loaded 1200GS a mile and a half down a beach to go scuba diving off the coast of South Africa... the sand was more terrifying than the dive.... wish I had seen this video back then. :-) Thank you.
I rode the Turkana desert a couple months ago. Lots of that 12 inch deep hell! I came away from the ride bruised, battered, and with a hugely diminished confidence level. I’m still having night terrors about that ride! 😬
The front floaty feeling in sand at like 70 is amazing.
I hate sand so much I dumped the chair I was on just watching this.
LOL
😂
This would have been helpful earlier today 😂 but I survived.
I have ridden motorcycles for 48 yrs the last 20 on adventure bikes (currently Yamaha Super Tenere 1200) I was going to do a video on my channel on this very topic but now won’t bother Dusty has done an excellent job with this video. If you follow this example you will certainly become a confident competent sand rider, the only thing I can add to this video is be very very careful of panniers. If you sit or drop a foot in the sand it doesn’t slide it digs in (usually) and of course those panniers will belt your calf muscle (ouch ) . By preference I run my soft bags if I know I’ll be doing sand work. Excellent video Dusty.
It is not an adventure bike. It is just heavy boned. :p
7:35 to 8:09 I would have fell almost 3-4 times for sure. Your skills man are off the charts.. Need to practice a lot.
Scary scary scary!
That bit on the soft sand track...I could feel my pulse and adrenaline increasing from the memory of being in similar, less successful situations.
Thanks a lot this will help, I am always scared riding on sand
Welcome to the club :)
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I learned how to ride sand in a trial by fire. It's scary as hell at first but a study throttle, good body position (stand up, damn you!) and a loose grip on the bars allowing the bike to find it's way through the substrate will always get you home. At times it can even be downright fun (course after 5 miles of deep wash sand in the Mojave Preserve on a Himalayan, I was ready to call it quits - thanks Rob Dabney & co. for not letting me become vulture poop!)
I've still got a long way to go with learning how to restart in deep 10-12" sand pits - once I'm stopped, getting started again is damn near impossible for me. Appreciate the advice and instruction, Dusty!
That was some great instruction that I'll watch again and put into action soon enough.
Great video. I think it’s also important to comment on bike electronics. Turn off traction control. When I was starting out this caught me out so many times.
Thanks for the great advise and instruction.
Regular practice probably helps, as well.
Happy Trails
Brilliant video, thanks for sharing.
Methodical, concise and absolutely clear explanation, this is a great video!
Nice lesson Dusty! Thanks!
To the sand, I go! Thanks for the help!!!
The first time I rode on gravel I hated it! I hated the way the bike wandered around, and I would tense up into a giant knot. I did, in fact, drop the bike. After my friend told his dad what happened, he told me that I needed to loosen up and relax. Let the back wheel do what it was going to do. Next time I was on that same road, I implemented his advice, and stayed loose. The results were dramatic, and immediate. There was zero drama. I actually learned to love that sensation!
I have been away from riding for about 20 years now, but intend to get back in soon. I have still not ridden in sand. I see some motorcycle CZcamsrs that ride big bikes, and have a terrible time in any loose terrain. Like me, they really need to watch the Mototrek videos here. I really look forward to getting out there and practicing some of these techniques. If I can't get past something, I may even take a class.
Great story, Scott. Thanks!
Some.beaitiful desert tracks with great instructions.
A bit of throttle and Let it shake its head.
✊🙂
Best sand instruction I have seen.
Thanks for telling us the secrets of deep sand riding. We don't have this terrainin Bavaria, but last year I rode deep sand in the forests south of Berlin on my Beta Alp 200. What an adventure.
Very different, more like a dance, as you said. Forget about precision. Relax, momentum, slow speed, lots of throttle, correcting with foot pegs and VISION. I liked it. It doesn't feel like you're in control. Some like it, some hate it. Hope to find some deep sand again.
Thumbs up from Nürnberg/Germany, Günter
Wow, lovin your coaching here. I love sand in the 4by and buying my first Adv. bike this week (GSA). Never riden one so youtubing everything. Thx for the vid.
Thanks Dusty. Just watched this again after having a few offs in deep sand. Travelling to fast and leaning to far forward. Need to get back in it and fight thos gremlins
I hit multiple patches of soft red sand on my K1600 GT after maps took me on the "shortcut" through the Utah badlands to Lake Powell...All of these tips kept me from dumping my 750+lb beast. 12-15mph was the sweet spot to keep it moving.
Agreed. Almost feels like you are floating.
I need to say that you are an excellent instructor, everything is easier to understand when you explain. I'm watching the whole series. Please don't stop making videos, you are the best instructor. Thank you very much
I really appreciate this video. I’m very uncomfortable riding in sand or loose gravel so I’ll put these tips to the test on my KLR 650
Your tips are very good. I've already taken a tumble in the sand. Here in Brazil There are many different types of terrain on the same road (it is difficult to ride sometimes) but I am improving and looking to learn more. I currently have a Kawasaki Versys 300 and I'm really enjoying the bike and riding the OFF Road. Thanks for the tips I'll try to put into practice.
Very Helpful! Thanks!!! Great video.
I took my Dr650 to an area with sand whoops for dirt bikes and it was absolutely terrible. Going to go back and try some of these tips.
Thanks MotoTrek
I definitely wanna be like you when I grow up. I am a relatively new rider and just purchased a new 1250 GS adventure and I cannot wait to get good enough to try this
Always love watching your vids! Thanks:)
Glad you like them!
Thanks a ton for sharing these important riding tips with us !!👍
Thanks for the video!
Today just got my first drop on deep gravel road. I know now my two mistakes - going too fast (it was around 40 km/h, where speed limit officially is 80km/h) and I was sitting.
Tomorrow will try a little bit slower, but standing up and try to direct bike with my feet!
I want to get the mindset when gravel roads are not the scariest and tiring roads, but my favorite ones :)
*_Thanks for the much-needed tips._*
I still can't beliieve thats his name, it's awesome.
WHAT is his Name PLEASE ??? (I do not know)
Cool video! Teaching riding sand it’s like teaching to ride bicycle:) you can’t learn it unless you do it. If you’re comfortable falling you’ll be comfortable riding it.
🤙awesome advice.. funny, I was taught differently but learned better by experience. Upshift to keep the torque down, shifting weight back to keep front from knifing in are 2 things people advised against.. your methods are correct for me!
Great video. Please, enable the subtitles
Done!
You need more than 100M subscribers for your kindness and passion!!. Thank you for everything!
I'm learning a lot from this 👍🏻👌🏻
Thank you , i appreciate it 🙏🏻
Sand kicks my butt. These tips totally helped, however! 2007 Suzuki DL650 with Shinko 804/805 combo. Thanks, Dusty!
Best sand instruction I have ever watched, heard, or read. Excellent.
Thanks!
Dude, me and sand are not friends, I have never done well here. Watching you motor thru that super deep sand was truly inspiring, I actually didn't think it was possible.
Most likely the best video on this subject. Will need to practise though. Thanks
Thank you for this more in-depth video on how to ride on sand. I watched other videos but they couldn't articulate exactly how to go about it.
Glad it was helpful, Dennis.
Thanks mate, great advise.
Very interesting and very well explainened. Thanks from France.
Thank you for your guidance. I was injured and fell due to sand. On my first ride on my new KTM 890 R bike last night, I was surprised by a sandy road. I did not realize that raiding in the sand would be so different. I am used to racing bikes, and this is my first experience of ADV bikes.
Yeah one time I took my new 890R down a sandy wash that was sixth gear ripping on my 300XC. Pure terror on the ADV. I did end up discovering that I didn’t have enough sag, and maybe that contributed to burying the front, but holy crap, I am not sure there’s any time I’ll fee comfortable in the sand on a big bike.
Another superb video 🤙
Thank you. Great info!
Great vids. Please keep producing.
Thanks, 👏👏👏👏👏👏 you are the best 👏 👏 👏
Great vid, I’ll always look at sand differently, nice job bringing Fortnine in!
Really well done video! Thank you for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is the video I’ve been needing
These vods make it so easy to just learn........ Applying still is the tricky part
Sand has always been my greatest fear / most difficulty surface. I need more practice and thanks for teaching me the how-to!
Happy to help!
Hi I’m Darryl. The problem I have with sand is everything you just discussed. Seriously, I live in San Antonio, Texas and this whole area is Limestone I don’t get to practice riding in sand on my Triumph Tiger 1200. I would have go 100 miles away to try to practice your technique. Speaking that, I’ve also been told of the dragging the rear brake and adding a little throttle. Seems to work but it’s got to be only a short distance thing. If I got confident in sand then loose gravel would fall in line as well. Great video and thank you.
Great segment...saved my bacon about a dozen times on yesterdays ride, mucho thanks!!
Glad it helped!
Excellent instructions
Thanks a lot for posting such a wonderful video! Now l don't have to go searching asking riders how to ride on sand. Thanks once again !
Thanks, good tips.
Brilliant thank you.
Thank you!
Man I should've watched this about a week ago. I wanted to test my XT600 in very deep sand. I used to ride a bit in sand about +20 years ago with 125 KMX. I had absolutely forgotten how to ride. First I sat down couple paths and almost turned back as I knew I had about 10km's of quite deep sand in front of me. I was really exhausted after like two km's. Luckily there were some cleaner patches here and there. Then at some point I tried standing up and it already began to feel better, but hard. Then I stopped at one point to take breath and thought riding bit and figured to loosen the grip in bars like less than half and then it began to feel bareable. I know wish I would've tried to control more feet as suggested here. It was quite gnarly trail as it was really deep, but trees very close and occasionally roots pushed to front wheel very quickly. Thanks for the tips. I definitely try to remember that steering with pegs next time 👍
Thank you for the beautiful topics in motorcycle driving. I hope that the Arabic translation will be more and more fun, and thank you again.
Just got back from a 400+ mile ride from Palm Deseert, CA to Parker AZ, there was a lot of deep sand washes on this ride. While I did drop the bike a few times, this video saved me and kept the bike up more times than I can count. Thanks for the tips.
dayum. How long does that trip take?
thank you sir
Such a nice tutorial for the beginner like me, thanks for this high quality content!
You're very welcome!
Nice video Dusty!
Hi Dusty,
Thanks for a great and informative series, much appreciated!
Your name is pronounced Vessels...not Wessels...:)) at least here in Africa it is!
Kidding aside...I own and ride an R1150GS and am getting better and better in sand, but still mistakes are made and sometimes I pay the price:) Generally, it's in a corner or some really thick stuff where some turning is required when I start to feel out of my depth and slow right down to negotiate it safely. It seems balance and peg-work is the key and it will take more practice.
With my 1150, staying up on the pegs, keeping the speed up, and having enough left over to periodically still lift the front wheel with the throttle from time to time, works great and I'm used to that to get through most sand successfully now.
However, I usually ride laden with adventure gear (we mainly sleep out under the stars and self-cater), perhaps 30-40kg, and I can't help but feel that this might be a distinct disadvantage when negotiating sand. I hardly ride anywhere, except on tar, unladen, and so I don't really know, or remember a difference thats massive enough for me to notice.
In your opinion / experience, how much of a difference would it be riding laden with gear (panniers and a bag strapped behind rider) into sand vs. pretty much unladen? Is it huge, or is it minor?
All the best!
Steve (South Africa)
I just experienced riding on sand a few weeks back ona beach in Costa Rica. Very exciting lots a fun and not to mention beautiful. I was very nervous and hesitant at first. The trickiest parts were getting from the gravel road on to and off the beach. Loose and deep sand. The humid areas were firm and fun at a higher speed. But the other areas was great to practice that consistancy on the gas and a few throttle jerks to get through the deeper stuff without too much since a few freinds ended up either diving into the sand and tipping over or mainly digging into the sand with the rear end and getting stuck. Great experience, looking forward to trying it again and applying the texhniques taught in the video. Greetings from CR🇨🇷
Sounds like quite the adventure, Bernard!
I learned a lot of good techniques. Good subscription.
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i've always like sports bike but now i want an adventure bike.. it looks so much funner riding in nature
Found myself in sand last weekend... Should've watched this before, lol. Great Setup and video.
Clear and to detail explanation 👍👍
It's a rough/tough job, but someone has to do it. Lucky dog! 👍
Super Video- just to the point 👍👍🙋♂️
Thanks a lot !
I am soon to trade my road bike for an adventure bike and hit the outback of Australia. Thank you so much for this video, I am way less nervous about tackling sand. Your channel is such a treasure trove of awesome advice. 👍
Glad it was helpful!
Você é o cara
Parabéns!
Your deep sand steering on the pegs is an excellent idea and changed my world in sand, @ 63 I am very grateful. Cheers
Amazing tips thank you
Good stuff coach!
Thank you for all the info 🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅
You bet!
Super Video just to the point 👍👍👍
Very good information about bike ride on Sand 😊
Wait, weren’t you teaching me this today? 😀🤘😂 great video!
THANKS !!!!
Soo good, thank you for sharing.
Our pleasure!
Just returned from an off-road bash...hit a heap of soft sand on a corner on a F800GSA. Rather than lose the front wheel and stack it I saw a safe runoff and went straight onto the track shoulder whilst slowing. Wouldn’t recommend that all the time but it worked this time! I hate sand on corners...😩
This helps a lot...thanks... another scary surface to ride (for me at least) is snow and black ice...add to that I don't ride any adv bike, but a humble 250cc sports bike.
@Johnny Blue Thanks ...I shall do that before next Winter...
I should see this video before go to Baja to Mikes Sky Ranch ...I'm the ex goldwinger ....cheers Dusty ...and thank you for let me use your air compressor in to the ranch ....
Sand terrifies me!
Thanks for all the advice.
Any time, Faith!
Super!
You're amazing in the sand.
Your almost correct with steering with your feet. You say to push down on left to go left when it should be to go light on right to go left (which is really what you are doing) and makes more sense as you are really standing weighted on both feet - balanced as it were.
Very very usefull tips. Thanks a lot
You are most welcome