ktm_man
04-08-10, 06:29 PM
Wasnt sure what to do for my 30th birthday - fancied hiring a fast car or something but was scared by the 3k deposit you had to fork out ! So after remembering the KTM offroad days ive seen advertised I did some googling & came across the Yamaha offroad experience (ktm one wasnt avail till the following weekend and we didnt want to wait). This is ran in mid Wales by a bunch of chaps who are experienced enduro guru's and thought it'd be apt to get on and do one of these courses as I'm really keen to get into the whole hare & hound / enduro type events, not only that but my little brothers keen to get an exc 250f !
So I booked it up for my mate and Will, it was £210 each for the day which includes all gear hire, bike - choice of wr250 or wr450 bikes plus a couple of more road orientated trail bikes in 250 and 450 guises, lunch and tuition and a full days action packed riding around the mountains / forests and farm land.
We started off learning how to corner, stand up, manauver our weight around the bike for optimum grip / balance. Id already ridden mx bikes years ago so knew what to do, but was first to fall off trying to hold a drift on the grass Smile.
Once the instructor was happy with our ability we went off and rode some terrain that became more difficult the further we went. Up some steep climbs, back down, through some marshy area and through a rock strewn stream then up a rutted wooded climb then back down into the fields via some pretty hairy hairpins with worn out lines that a few of us had a tendancy to overshoot and fly off down the hill !
As the day progressed the intructor was getting us to do some pretty crazy stuff, stuff id never imagine myself to have the minerals to do, i certainly wouldnt have attempted doing them out on my own. So all in all we were pretty chuffed with our progress and our ever increasing confidence and ability that this course gave us. We all had a good laugh at each others spills & were thoroughly worn out at the end of the day, so much so im aching so bad today i booked an additional days hoilday !
Well worth the money and would deffo recommend !
http://www.yamaha-offroad-experience.co.uk/
So I booked it up for my mate and Will, it was £210 each for the day which includes all gear hire, bike - choice of wr250 or wr450 bikes plus a couple of more road orientated trail bikes in 250 and 450 guises, lunch and tuition and a full days action packed riding around the mountains / forests and farm land.
We started off learning how to corner, stand up, manauver our weight around the bike for optimum grip / balance. Id already ridden mx bikes years ago so knew what to do, but was first to fall off trying to hold a drift on the grass Smile.
Once the instructor was happy with our ability we went off and rode some terrain that became more difficult the further we went. Up some steep climbs, back down, through some marshy area and through a rock strewn stream then up a rutted wooded climb then back down into the fields via some pretty hairy hairpins with worn out lines that a few of us had a tendancy to overshoot and fly off down the hill !
As the day progressed the intructor was getting us to do some pretty crazy stuff, stuff id never imagine myself to have the minerals to do, i certainly wouldnt have attempted doing them out on my own. So all in all we were pretty chuffed with our progress and our ever increasing confidence and ability that this course gave us. We all had a good laugh at each others spills & were thoroughly worn out at the end of the day, so much so im aching so bad today i booked an additional days hoilday !
Well worth the money and would deffo recommend !
http://www.yamaha-offroad-experience.co.uk/