Yamaha Off Road Experience in Llanidloes, Wales

thx1138 · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Karma :

Anyone been?

My local bike club is organising an event there, with 12 places.

What's it like, anyone know?

I've put my name down anyway.

Fizzer Thou · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Aug 2011 Karma :

It is held where we race the Hafren.Lots of fun terrain Thumbs Up

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thx1138 · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Karma :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb2Si1UxU7Q

It was pretty good fun. Thumbs Up

G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

thx1138 · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Karma :

G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

What bikes did you get?

I was absolutely loving 'blasting' (well, relative to me) down the moderately technical bits, but I was on a KTM144SX converted XC spec - basically a motocross bike with lights, with a listed weight under 100kg. Felt not far off a mountain bike compared to something like a DRZ!

I was pretty much maxing the 144 out in a couple of places, but not where it mattered on the bendy bits Sad

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thx1138 · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Karma :

mostly we had WR250's a couple of people had WR450's and there were some swaps made at lunchtime, and a few short arses had something else, a 230cc thing?

I liked this school, as they didn't patronise or make you feel stupid if you were too far out of your comfort zone, the instructor just doubled back and took me a different route a couple of times.

I never fell off though, everyone else did, multiple times. Laughing

learned that I was standing wrong, bending my legs too much, trying to compensate for being so tall by standing in the wrong position or something.

G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

thx1138 · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Karma :

they were F's I believe.

Yeah, I might need bar risers on my Honda, don't know yet, but I will probably try and fit "inteli-levers" or whatever they are called, those meccano looking, snap back into place type things control levers.

probably wait until I bin my new Honda and snap the levers first Laughing

Fizzer Thou · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Aug 2011 Karma :

This was on the sighting lap at the Hafren a few years ago

https://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv23/WiNot_Rhencullen/Honda%20750/My%20bikes/Hafren08128.jpg

Once you had got used to the bike again you could start to use more power and I had my 450 maxed while chasing my brother over certain sections over the fire tracks,with the rear fish tailing a bit at 85 Twisted Evil

For cheap bar risers I used some handlebar clamps under the bars and longer bolts

https://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv23/WiNot_Rhencullen/Workshop/Picture033.jpg
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R1stu · Shrek! Joined: 12 Mar 2003 Karma :

Barry and co are great laugh! Ive done two days now, and will be doing more later in the year. I was scared of the jumps, but I was giving it beans trying to clear the table tops! Laughing

Well worth a go.
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