Off roading

[Jamo]

sounds like a good day a little bit off subject i apologise but does anyone do 4x4 off roading here me and a mate have just bought a 3.5 v8 range rover jacked up big wheels great fun.

It's great fun, been with a few of my mates with 4x4's

Unfortunately haven't been in a while as when my mate was hooking up his winch his dog knocked the landie into drive and crashed it

[S2central.net]

There was me thinking the thread title was about land rovers and such... I'd just kill meself on a motorbike of any kind... By some coincidence I am doing a lil bit of land rover driving next week on a works do for the day - my 1st time. Also a run in some sort of armoured personnel carrier and a hovercraft amongst other things - followed up by a top turkey nosh with all the trimmings and lashings of Guinness

Its pissed down all day so its gonna be mudd-dee as alright. Any tips for a virgin landie drive ?

Paul

[newsh]

I used to have a couple of mates in the All Wheel Drive Club and I've been in a V6 rover powered Landie and a V8 Daimler powered Willies jeep. This was racing though and these guys are nutters, I got more bruising being inside one of these than you can get falling off a bike and the impact to your body is ridiculous. We got muddy too, they used to take all the glass out and replace it with weldmesh

I think the best tip I ever got was "momentum" Same as driving a quattro out of a muddy field but muddier.

Er and yes, I ache today

[r1alex]

newish, glad you had fun great way to keep on 2 wheels over the winter and improves your balence and confidence loads.I have owned a few crossers and enduros over the years, upto and encluding a cr 500, you have to own on once in your life, and by far the best a ktm 125 exc, a whole winter,without laying a spanner on it, great fun with the missus riding a tw 125 yam , she went from falling off ever 10 yards to a crusty demon of dirt in a few weeks. more fun than a gym too.

[Matt_D]

sounds like a good day a little bit off subject i apologise but does anyone do 4x4 off roading here me and a mate have just bought a 3.5 v8 range rover jacked up big wheels great fun.

Yep i do!
Love it, can't get enough of getting dirty!



Paul - You will be amazed at what a standard land rover can do.
One tip i would say is make sure you know what lies ahead on the route your taking and read the road ahead so you can prepare yourself and the land rover.

Not sure what sort of off roading yuor doing but heres a few tips.

If your going up steep inclines try using difflock and 2nd or 3rd in lo range, you would think 1st but doing that can cause wheelspin, 2nd or 3rd spreads the torque.

Going downhill again you want to be in lo range and 1st, let the engine do all the work and only touch the brakes when needed never free wheel down as it will drop like a stone!
I've been down 45 degree slope in mine, f'ing scary but all under control.

When tackling side slopes keep the wheel straight if you start sliding downhill steer every so slightly downhill do not steer uphill as you can roll it, again nice and slow in lo range.

If your in deep ruts you will find the land rover will want to follow them, if you try and steer you'll still be going forwards but you are at risk of bursting the sidewall of the tyre or suddenly jumping out of them and veering off into something/someone.
Lightly grab the wheel and follow the ruts make sure your thumbs are on top of the wheel, if they are not and you suddenly hit a rock or tree root and the steering wheel veers off suddenly you could end up breaking your thumbs, ouch!

Finally, enjoy it

[S2central.net]

Some good tips there - cheers

Dunno how intense its going to be - its a team event with some talk of blindfold and inverse steering sections - as much luck required as skill. Heheh

Paul

[Mike Jones]

Didn't expect to see any off-roading posts on here!
Here's me last weekend (sorry about the pic, it was dark)

[4WheelDrifter]

Didn't expect to see any off-roading posts on here!
Here's me last weekend (sorry about the pic, it was dark)

I did a lot of driving like that at the weekend. These Audi A3s are great for going places where people aren't brave enough to take their Discos.

[S2central.net]

Well the off-roading in the landie was indeed darn good fun, but nothing like as much fun as the 20-ton tank-tracked APC. It was a monster - straight six Rolls Royce multi-fuel 2-stroke engine. Fantastic noise and supremely easy to drive. If I ever make enough money to buy a large patch of land I'll have to put a tank in there for entertainment value... Probably the most fun you could have with your clothes on

Paul

[newsh]

Had another go today, what a difference with the sun out

[newsh]

Only fell off once

[RustyNut]

What bike you got NEWSH? Looks like a CRF450x? Nothing better than a bit of green laning. Going to be entering a few hare and hound events next year, can't wait!
(Just read the first page.. Doh!) KtM, Nice.

[terrybullwon]

My first car was a 90, great fun, even if i did jam the winch one day and spend a night in a forest

[newsh]

What bike you got NEWSH? Looks like a CRF450x? Nothing better than a bit of green laning. Going to be entering a few hare and hound events next year, can't wait!

Its a KTM 450 EXC

[Jay]

Newish I thought you said you went off roading, those photos are on well metalled roads lol!:mischeif: Get in the mud and ruts, banks and trees and find yourself a moto-cross course to to have a right hoon

Jay

P.s glad your having fun, some people never go near one again after the first time