Crazy idea?

[musicman]

So in September the car club I'm in is meeting up in southern Oregon near some sand dunes, and I had some idea pop in my head about putting some kind of cheap dual sport tires on the 550, ride it down, and just putt around in the sand for a while and check things out. Thoughts? I see tires available in the stock size, but I've never ridden in the sand and don't have a clue what to expect, or what type of tire would be good. Its a 256 mile ride one way, and the tires will probably only be used this one time if I do it. I do have a good rk o ring chain, seems like it would hold up to the sand ok.

Just thinking here, might be off my rocker a bit, lol

[7981GS]

Sand and a 500 pound bike don't mix.
Waste of your time and effort.

Eric

[chef1366]

Bring an 86 CR500!
I love the smell of two strokes in the morning.

[musicman]

Is the 550 500lbs? Wow, didn't know this things was that heavy, guess that's good enough logic there.

[pete]

Dan (Salty Monk) did it with his 1000 for a Baja trip, called it "Bajazuki"

I can't find his original thread but it's mentioned in this one and there's a photo:

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?p=1588533&highlight=bajazuki#post1588533

He was somewhat successful with it...