Some might think that training for offroad riding on big adventure bikes should be done on big adventure bikes - or if small , light bikes are going to be part of the syllabus they should be used at the beginning of the training . I disagree . There is not doubt that my off road skills on the dirt tracks of
Peru on board my Tenere will be better now having trained on the 250 . I subscribe to what could be called ‘ non-linear ’ training . A football team , for example , doesn ’ t train to win games simply by repeatedly playing 90 minutes over and over again : they break it down , practicing various set pieces , passing drills etc . After building my skills on a heavy bike , the 250 allowed me to refine techniques such as cornering with much more confidence afforded by a lightweight machine . Dropping a 250 in a loose corner is no big deal , but doing so on your heavily-loaded mount in the middle of the Andes could be a trip-ender .
Paul loves Teneres ... forever :)