OVERLANDER ENDURO SKILLS 2: Lessons from riding dunes and sand
Channel: FAR&FURTHER
Date: 2020-06-17

What we learned riding the Taboga sand dunes and in Morocco?

Second episode from Overlander Enduro Skills series about enduro / off-road skills I train and use while traveling on my Yamaha Ténéré 700 around the world.

Series playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzF-Jtv6ZHwasgqAcH7ccq9TgiciGaWq3

Heather - https://instagram.com/improbablyadventuring
found the dunes on the satellite and we decided to head down there and test our sand riding skills on an overnight trip.

It has been both struggle in the sand as we got bogged down, fell and crashed, after all Yamaha Ténéré 700 is heavy adventure bike and Suzuki DRZ400 is not the most powerful one, not to mention we had luggage as we were camping.

But it was great opportunity to learn and improve our skills on soft sand, hard packed dunes, rocky sections and soon we were having about 50/50 fun to struggle ratio or more :)

We are grateful for any feedback, comment or suggestion and please let us know topics for new episodes.

Links & Resources:
Rider Skills: How Handlebar Position Affects Control - Bike Set Up - Chris Birch
https://adventureriderradio.com/adventure-rider-radio-episodes/2020/5/28/rider-skills-how-handlebar-position-affects-control-bike-set-up

Adventure Rrider Radio: Stuck in the sand BMW GS
https://youtu.be/um4zQbGMMfk

Adventure Rrider Radio: Deep sand riding BMW GS
https://youtu.be/UgFdwApthls

MOTOTREK: How to Ride in Deep Sand on Adventure Bikes
https://youtu.be/Fo75lHpLBOM

Yamaha Ténéré 700 information & resources
https://www.tenere700.net

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:29 Bike setup & tire pressure
01:24 Air filters
02:07 Bike setup on Adventure Rider Radio with Chris Birch
02:27 Riding sand - body position
03:55 Riding sand - power & speed
05:20 Riding sand - staring from 0 km/h
06:17 Riding sand - recapitulation
06:46 Terrain in desert & route spotting/planning
08:17 What we struggle with?
09:28 How we get unstuck?
10:29 Summary 
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