I subject my dominar to worst. Haha.



Needed to be extracted by a 4x4 after slipping off the "road"

The s123s were completely useless on mud and dirt... Hahahaha... Not that it was meant to be anyway. Crashed on the way down, crashed on the way up. Need my 30/70s back...

But fun.

No rear traction on the rear, no forward momentum to plow through....... Heavy bike + camping gear... Whatever happened was inevitable.

This post has been edited by jaycee1: May 18 2023, 01:14 PM

One more for the album.

It's not just the ride. It's also for the destination.

Yeah. Rained the previous day and the morning. Hard clay with a layer of soft clay on top. You really need knobbies for that sort of environment. Even my old 30/70s would pack up with clay and turn to slicks. My front corsa cross X were completely useless too.

Slid for 20m going downhill before I decided to dump the bike as I was heading for the trees. Minor damage on the shifter and crash bar but that's the benefit of the dominar. Tough bike and cheap spare parts. You won't want to do this with a 1250gs or any big, heavy and expensive bike.

Going up was the repeat just with lower velocity.

Important is you don't get injured. Full gear helps.

The other one is indeed genting. But it's off limits now after the batang Kali incident. You can probably picnic there for a short time but no more camping allowed. Left right side on the road, 200m from that petron mini roundabout to Amber court.

Right. If I were to replace the shifter and crash bar, the damage bill will be 70 and change.

And smaller , lighter bikes will be easier to handle off road.

You don't need a big expensive bike to have an adventure. In many cases you might just have even more fun and adventure on a kapchai. Light, reliable, cheap to run, go anywhere capability.

If you are an avid cyclist, I can probably assume your bicycle is more expensive than my Dominar 400....and many other bikes for that matter.

Something like this will have better go-anywhere-capability than a big adventure bike for estimated 6.5k. coming in later this year.

Aveta Max 125

This post has been edited by jaycee1: May 20 2023, 01:03 PM

Bump

First maiden camping trip on the NK. Had to pack light and compact.

Probably just the lighting of the day. Nothing in front of the headlamp. Bike had some dew/ condensation over the night.

This post has been edited by jaycee1: Mar 18 2024, 11:18 AM

Nice. I used to stealth camp around the corner.