Pune Off Road Expedition 2017

This year's Pune Off Road Expedition was tougher than last year. Last year the route was much longer, but was largely flat with a few climbs and descends since we were essentially going around the Panshet lake. This year the route was from the lake right up to a temple on top of a hill. There was slush everywhere, at some places, knee deep. For terrain like this, its very important to use the right tool for the job. By that I mean a light motorcycle with knobby tyres. Dual sport tyres are pointless as the mud cakes in the narrow grooves and you end up with bald tyres. It also helps to have a high front fender to prevent the mud from caking between the tyre and the fender and locking up the front wheel. If you want to do something like this with your motorcycle I strongly recommend you pay attention to the part of the video starting at 14:18. Check out the group of riders reving the tits out of their motorcycles and not getting anywhere. It was a flat surface. Their motorcycles were light and had all the power that was needed. But all went to waste because of the wrong choice of tyres.