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<blockquote data-quote="Goodman4" data-source="post: 1434043" data-attributes="member: 28933"><p>I just got an MT-10 and I've been trying to get a feel whether this bike is more manageable on occasional gravel / fire roads than the FJR or worse due to it's tweaky torque. I grew up riding on gravel and in fields but that was on little bikes. Still I got the basic understanding of accelerating in the spin instead of braking and how to feather the back brake when needed. I've been on several gravel roads on the FJR and my Wing, even though I don't enjoy them. It's not for the handling in the gravel (unless it's thick fresh gravel as discussed in another thread recently), but it's the weight of my bikes with me having to stop in a bad place or have to turn around and drop it. I dropped the FJR in the Ozarks a few years ago trying to turn around. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, the MT-10 isn't a super light bike but it feels like a toy compared to the FJR. I don't have any fear of dropping it when I'm turning around. I haven't found anywhere that people talk about riding these naked bikes on gravel and they seem to avoid it like the plague. Is that because of the torque, the danger of throwing a rock into the radiator, the tires, something else, or is it really not that taboo? It would be nice to hit some fire trails with my nephew on his Tenere once in a while if it wasn't stupid.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goodman4, post: 1434043, member: 28933"] I just got an MT-10 and I've been trying to get a feel whether this bike is more manageable on occasional gravel / fire roads than the FJR or worse due to it's tweaky torque. I grew up riding on gravel and in fields but that was on little bikes. Still I got the basic understanding of accelerating in the spin instead of braking and how to feather the back brake when needed. I've been on several gravel roads on the FJR and my Wing, even though I don't enjoy them. It's not for the handling in the gravel (unless it's thick fresh gravel as discussed in another thread recently), but it's the weight of my bikes with me having to stop in a bad place or have to turn around and drop it. I dropped the FJR in the Ozarks a few years ago trying to turn around. Anyway, the MT-10 isn't a super light bike but it feels like a toy compared to the FJR. I don't have any fear of dropping it when I'm turning around. I haven't found anywhere that people talk about riding these naked bikes on gravel and they seem to avoid it like the plague. Is that because of the torque, the danger of throwing a rock into the radiator, the tires, something else, or is it really not that taboo? It would be nice to hit some fire trails with my nephew on his Tenere once in a while if it wasn't stupid. [/QUOTE]
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