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It was good fun, although I had quite aggressive tyres on my Tiger (Mitas XT+) which help with confidence. I'm not really a fan of off-camber grass, but thankfully it was dry.

Sorry, I was just tagging along. If you look at a few of the Facebook groups, you can normally find a ride to tag along to (e.g. Big Bike Off Road).

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What exhaust do you have on? Sounds good 👍

@@Knobblytyressoggysocks the Yoshimura rs-4

I think ABR encourages people that havent been off-road before in a safe environment, so for first timers I'm sure it was intense.

@@rainbow-walker I was quite challenging for people new to off road on big heavy bikes.. The bog (which this guy skipped, probably wisely!) was very hard, and I actually changed the sign just before to to indicate it was "V Hard" on Saturday, as so many bikes were getting stuck. Was fine-ish on Thursday but became a muddy (fun) hell hole by Friday lunch time. It took some skills to get through most of the bog on bikes that are not enduro bikes, and often with hybrid tyres. The exit of the water splash (after the downhill past the "bog of doom") on this video where RainbowWalker went right took out a lot of the bigger bikes, was slippery as ice. Fair play to everyone that did the TRF course. It's supposed to be more challenging than the main loop so that the Enduro riders have somewhere to play away from the big trail, and also offers a more robust challenge to the ADV riders. The video does not capture the steepness of some of the climbs, nor the near vertical drops.

I enjoyed both trails, did the TRF trail Saturday, got through the boggy bit just about but didnt do it the second time (too chicken), fair play to some of the big bike riders they can handle them, at my level I can make any trail difficult by upping my speed.... even managed to get around the corner where Chris Birch binned his KTM... he might have been going a little bit faster.. and that big dip/climb on the Bridgestone trail was totally different on Saturday... massive rut in it, nearly pooped myself.. I hate ruts 😅

This was Friday

No, using an Android Samsung tab 3 and all worked perfectly 👍.

The HD version hasn't finished uploading yet, so you may have seen a low definition version. Thanks for the morning, nice route. 👍

It should be 4K now.

@@rainbow-walker Great vid! I've just switched from Karoo Street to Anakee Wilds on my 1200 Stelvio NTX.. I fancied the Karoo 4's but nobody had stocks of the 19 inch front yet. Is there a noob friendly group round these parts? Would the TRF be a valid place to start with a larger bike?

@@CavalierNTX ​ Anakee wilds are on my list to try ! I found my local TRF werent really a big bike group but have heard different from other areas. I found a few adventure bike groups and trusted people on facebook that advertise ride outs on forums like the Africa Twin UK forum, also there is quite an active Peak district forum. If your relatively local let me know, and I'll message you when Im next out !

@@rainbow-walker No! I thought it was very funny! Also, theres some bits where my riding looks OK (ish) so don't pull!😃

Thanks, will try that, only just got the GoPro so all advice helpful.

@@rainbow-walker yea you’ll see. Do lots of tests. I used to shoot lower res but now I shoot 4k and quality is great even after RUclips mocks it. Then I just delete all the footage but keep the final films backed up. It’s not too bad space-wise like that.

@@JRidesRally Thanks for the tip, have tried shooting & editing in 4K and the end result is much better ! Appreciate it. (recent example ruclips.net/video/5YCKa46cIkw/видео.html )

@@rainbow-walker oh yes! Just watched it. Much better indeed. Glad I could be of help. Hope you’re enjoying the Tiger. I absolutely love mine. I’m very jealous of the lanes. That route is an adv heaven. Great riding btw!

Thanks Tom, yes Doubletake Mirrors, Barkbusters and the engine protection bars make me worry a bit less about the inevitable drops.