marmaladedad

Yeah it is! I've seen videos (I think they were posted by #9) of 'tards on that highway. Looks like tons of fun. One day, I'd like to try it out, even if I have to take my bicycle.

nuhawk

The last motorcycle I rode before I scattered my left ankle was a Yamaha 450cc single cylinder four-stroke dirt bike. It would flat out 70-80 mph on a gravel country road and go straight up if you asked it too. In the rough stuff you stuffed your knee pads in the gas tank and stood on the pegs. On the faster dirt and gravel you would ride like the guys in supermoto - steadying in the turns with your boot out. (excellent way to break a leg btw) Your army boots and shin guards were your friend. PJay was writing the other nite about learning how to turn a sport bike by learning in the gravel. That's exactly what this bike was a specialist at. If you had the ***** to turn the bars and dial it up that thing would dig it's way out of even the most radical rear-end drift. Power and torque solve a miriad of problems.

Thumper

Yep, sound about like my adventure down deals gap on a Honda CRF450 motard. It was a point and twist deal. I followed a couple of guys that were really setting a pace down thur 129 on some bad *** sportbikes., They were dragging there knees and all and i was right behind them just twist it up in the up right position.

These things only weight in arounf 250 lbs with about 60 hp and grippy race rubber. Yeababy that was a blast. This particular CRF450 was geared to run 90 mph in top gear.

Sgt Rock