deserteagle56
Adventurer
Seth, I suppose the spirit of overland expedition is as varied as the number of persons on this forum. To each his own. I would venture to say that the majority of us do haul our dirt bikes to the area we want to ride - that can be a long way from home. Here's why - we can establish a comfortable base camp much easier than hauling everything on the bike. Then we use the bike to get around - it is much more frugal on gas and what's more, it's much more agile when the going gets rough. As you may know, we have a lot of very remote wilderness here in Nevada that is accessible only by very rough dirt roads. Now, I can drive my van all the way to the end of the road, creeping along in low range and beating it to death, getting about 5 mpg. Or, I park the van at the end of the good road and ride the dirt bike over the rough road until I get to the wilderness area boundary, park it, and start hiking. A road that would take several hours in the van can be done in fraction of the time with a dirt bike - they are that much more agile - and in the case of my little Yamaha, get 75 mpg doing it.
I think that's the main reason some of us pack dirt bikes - something to get around on once base camp is established, so we're not depending on the big behemoths we used to get there. And a very important side benefit - if that big rig breaks down, you don't have to walk out! At least, that's the way I have been doing it for the last 40 years. I know that some people do travel off a dirt bike only. If you read the forums here you'll see that those bike are usually pretty good size - they have to be to haul all the gear. Consequently, you'll rarely see them in really remote rough country. They are too much of a handful, especially loaded with gear, to ride any rough roads. Been there, done that.
But you're absolutely correct - this is off topic and there is no need to have an ATV - or even dirt bike - forum here as there are any number of them available elsewhere.
But explain to an old desert rat - what is wakeboarding?? That's a new one on me!
I think that's the main reason some of us pack dirt bikes - something to get around on once base camp is established, so we're not depending on the big behemoths we used to get there. And a very important side benefit - if that big rig breaks down, you don't have to walk out! At least, that's the way I have been doing it for the last 40 years. I know that some people do travel off a dirt bike only. If you read the forums here you'll see that those bike are usually pretty good size - they have to be to haul all the gear. Consequently, you'll rarely see them in really remote rough country. They are too much of a handful, especially loaded with gear, to ride any rough roads. Been there, done that.
But you're absolutely correct - this is off topic and there is no need to have an ATV - or even dirt bike - forum here as there are any number of them available elsewhere.
But explain to an old desert rat - what is wakeboarding?? That's a new one on me!
