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Went to a remote part of our province(New Brunswick) called Martin's Head by bike this past week end. Only accessible by ATV, Side by side quad, 4X4 truck or mountain goat. Oh, yeah, also a Triumph Tiger as well now.
It was a good test of rider and machine.
This was the "good part" of the trip in. About 12 kms of this road.
The road getting a bit worse. Still not bad.
Getting considerably rougher now.
Almost down to the beach.
On the Beach. 500+lbs of Tiger is a handful in the sand with 90/10 tires on. I got a few stares from the quad riders down there already.
The view from atop Martin's Head looking out over the Bay of Fundy, looking East. that's Nova Scotia(Rocky's province) in the distance.
Looking ENE towards South coast of New Brunswick side of Bay of Fundy
And for a little comic relief.....yup that's me mildly stuck in the sand. Better tires would have helped other than the stock Metzler Tourance the bike came with. A push by me and it came right out. Got onto the grassy areas and no problems.
As a wrap up I might add that my wife was on back with me until about the last 500 meters or so descending to the beach. The road was way too rough for her to be on back beyond that. Pictures weren't taken of the really bad stuff. Large rocks and deep ruts mixed with loose gravel. She went down with friends of ours that had a side by side quad and had met us earlier to guide us down there. The way up she went back with them for a good distance, for safety reasons. I had a hard time getting back up the first 500 meters. The Tiger did quite well for this trip but I had no idea the road was so bad at the end. Stalled out once going up as the Tiger is geared a bit to tall for this slow technical stuff. Was straddling a deep rut when this happened, feet couldn't touch ground until she was too far over to stop, so managed to lay her down slowly and gently with only a small scratch on the left pannier(sorry no pics). Better tires would have helped, but I think I tested her to the limits and beyond what I bought it for. If I venture off the pavement again, it will have better tires and the roads will be in a lot better shape, something like in the first few pics is acceptable methinks.
It was a good test of rider and machine.
This was the "good part" of the trip in. About 12 kms of this road.
The road getting a bit worse. Still not bad.
Getting considerably rougher now.
Almost down to the beach.
On the Beach. 500+lbs of Tiger is a handful in the sand with 90/10 tires on. I got a few stares from the quad riders down there already.
The view from atop Martin's Head looking out over the Bay of Fundy, looking East. that's Nova Scotia(Rocky's province) in the distance.
Looking ENE towards South coast of New Brunswick side of Bay of Fundy
And for a little comic relief.....yup that's me mildly stuck in the sand. Better tires would have helped other than the stock Metzler Tourance the bike came with. A push by me and it came right out. Got onto the grassy areas and no problems.
As a wrap up I might add that my wife was on back with me until about the last 500 meters or so descending to the beach. The road was way too rough for her to be on back beyond that. Pictures weren't taken of the really bad stuff. Large rocks and deep ruts mixed with loose gravel. She went down with friends of ours that had a side by side quad and had met us earlier to guide us down there. The way up she went back with them for a good distance, for safety reasons. I had a hard time getting back up the first 500 meters. The Tiger did quite well for this trip but I had no idea the road was so bad at the end. Stalled out once going up as the Tiger is geared a bit to tall for this slow technical stuff. Was straddling a deep rut when this happened, feet couldn't touch ground until she was too far over to stop, so managed to lay her down slowly and gently with only a small scratch on the left pannier(sorry no pics). Better tires would have helped, but I think I tested her to the limits and beyond what I bought it for. If I venture off the pavement again, it will have better tires and the roads will be in a lot better shape, something like in the first few pics is acceptable methinks.
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