Off road R1

[Monsterlover]

found over at ADV



Yamaha R1 offroad

Yamaha R1  offroad

[prudolph]

thats gotta be insanly heavy for a dirtbike.

[Mash]

It looks difficult to ride in the woods, probably because of the weight and the torque.  Would be fun on a flat track though 

[Bick]

I only have one question...

WHY?!!!

Too heavy.

Too much power and torque to be useful in the dirt.

For 1/3 to 1/2 the money you could get either a WR or YZ.

[Speeddog]

Well, it's likely lighter than my Gran Canyon. 

That's got to be very hard to ride.
My GC probably pumps out 65 HP or so from it's W-headed 900 mill.
Given moderate traction, it can spin the rear TKC-80 at will up to about 60mph or so.
From what I can tell, he's got the same tire.

[Duck-Stew]

I'd hit it.

[Goat_Herder]

That's a workout and a half

[Holden]

Now just put some supermoto tires slicks on it.

[hcomp]

I only have one question...

WHY?!!!

Too heavy.

Too much power and torque to be useful in the dirt.

For 1/3 to 1/2 the money you could get either a WR or YZ.

I think someone would do it just to do it... Interesting though I would agree it would be better suited as a supermotard.

[superjohn]

Would be fun on a flat track though 

+1 

I'd like to see what Ben Spies could do on a flat track with a similarly prepared version of his race R1 

[Porsche Monkey]

So they take off the plastics, put a dirtbike fender on it and some knobbies and its a dirt bike?

[the_Journeyman]

All the comments about weight:  Have you seen how much a BMW GS1200 Adventure weighs? 

JM

[corndog67]

A GS BMW is not a dirt bike. 

The guy riding that R-1 rides it fairly well.  Kind of fun to watch. 

[the_Journeyman]

A GS BMW is not a dirt bike. 

Neither is an R1 with knobbies.

JM

[Scottish]

Anybody ever done ay mountainous, windy dirt road riding? I can think of a couple dirt passes that would be wicked fun on. Think Pikes Peak Race to the Clouds.