DOING IT YOURSELF

If you want to have a go at off-roading on your own adventure machine, the first consideration is preparing your bike and your head. Here are the basics…

GET YOUR HEAD SORTED

Accept off-roading is a very different and more demanding discipline. Even if you’ve ridden competently on roads for decades, it’s such a new and exacting type of motorcycling requiring new techniques and attitude, your previous experience won’t serve you anywhere near as much as you’d expect. There’s a hell of a lot to take in and learn, and the education takes time, so you have to be patient and philosophical. You’ll struggle with the