Off Road photos in the Snowy Yorkshire Dales over Easter

[ian505050]

I decided to buy a WR400 so my brother could join me on my little off road excursions. The bike passed a daylight MOT on Friday just in time for the Easter break.

We decided to drive up in a Van to Skipton and pop a full tank of fuel in the bikes and explore.

We found that many small roads were blocked with 5-6 foot of snow so had to turn round and find an alternative route. We did manage to attempt some routes that were blocked by 2 feet of snow but the bikes bottomed out and lost traction on some occasions.

As this was the first ride of the WR400 we decided to test in in a field and realized it had loads of power but was a bit heavy at the back end for soft snow.

It has massive amounts of power that just eats up the ground under it.

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As it was my brothers first ride on a proper off road bike sometimes the riding did not go to plan.

https://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii302/ian505050/ian505050%202/DSC01077_zps8e503bda.jpg

We also found some piles of snow 8-9 foot high

https://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii302/ian505050/ian505050%202/DSC01100_zpsbbde7836.jpg

We even found roads that Land Rover drivers decided were too extreme

https://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii302/ian505050/ian505050%202/DSC01106_zps3eeb3496.jpg

Land Rover driver trying an 18 point turn

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The snow was as high as the walls at some points and sheep could walk from field to field using the snow drifts.

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We also found a woman at the bottom of a hill, she had to be pulled out by the Land Rover and i believe she may have burnt her clutch out.

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That is a road to the left

https://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii302/ian505050/ian505050%202/DSC01118_zpsf6590579.jpg

We also found some areas not covered in snow

https://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii302/ian505050/ian505050%202/DSC01181_zps5dfe843a.jpg

Just another road blocked

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Thats the view from on top of the road block

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250 on the left and 400 on the right

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This gives you a better idea of some of the snow we came up against.

https://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii302/ian505050/ian505050%202/DSC01231_zps2df6bdae.jpg

Then we found some snow drifts that we attempted to get over

https://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii302/ian505050/ian505050%202/DSC01197edited_zps65965f4e.jpg

As you can see the snow was often a little too soft for the weight of the bike.

https://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii302/ian505050/ian505050%202/DSC01209edited_zps54e03768.jpg

And very steep at some points

https://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii302/ian505050/ian505050%202/DSC01195_zps955f2489.jpg

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[ian505050]

Some Forrest tracks we found

https://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii302/ian505050/ian505050%202/IMAG2957_zps292865b2.jpg

Bikes look pretty similar and ended up getting on the wrong one a few times. I even decided to lower my tyre pressures than realized i was letting them down on the wrong bike.

https://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii302/ian505050/ian505050%202/IMAG2959_zpse16c75dd.jpg

Was pretty rutty at some points

https://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii302/ian505050/ian505050%202/IMAG2961_zpsf2bfad7a.jpg

Yup, very rutty

https://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii302/ian505050/ian505050%202/IMAG2966_zpse63f5882.jpg

Road blocked again

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Then we decided to pop the signal post up on a farmers mail box and leave him a nice surprise. Can of Shandy and a bag of Wotsits. This was miles from anywhere.:roflmao:

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[ian505050]

Some of the thickest stuff we managed to get through

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYVxseN8k7c&list=UUbQ9gAFoMks7rdcewrozo5Q

My brother driving along normal...............

https://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii302/ian505050/ian505050%202/IMAG2935_zpse4738780.jpg

Just before applying his front brake on cow pat :console: :roflmao:

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New Hand guards and lever please

https://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii302/ian505050/ian505050%202/IMAG2934_zps4bc29ed1.jpg

[Copycat73]

I`ve rated your post "cool" .. it should be Foookin Freeezin but that will have to do

PS..if your up there again let me know when the snow is gone so I can go to Hawes ... ...
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[bridgedino]

Great photos of your adventure. Thanks for sharing

[ian505050]

[lewis87]

Good stuff

[Copycat73]

[ian505050]

Thats a shame, my brother and i are still young and have functioning joints so we should have many years riding, fingers crossed.

[thx1138]

You need to give me some lessons, I can't ride in snow, I've tried, it all went wrong.

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

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[Nick__C]

Great stuff, nice job
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