Get on those pegs!!
I agree with you 100%! Learning to ride off-road gives you a sense of how the bike handles when it gets squirmy, like in mud, sand and gravel. It gives you confidense when you have to jump your bike over the curb because you made the wrong turn, or have to enter the ditch because some psycho bus-driver forces you off the road, and especially, it teaches you to ride on the pegs. I spend a lot of time on the pegs, everytime i need to preform a tricky maneuver or if things get dicey, even at speed, i'm up on the pegs without a secong thought. I would sugest to anyone planning to travel overland to get some practice off-road to get a good feel for it....it pays off in the longrun, making your trip much more enjoyable and less limited.
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