Anywhere to trail ride (motorbike) around Canberra?

DSMRA is your friend

http://communitiesonline.org.au/group.php?id=1371

Not only are they road riders there are also lots of off road riders as well. They seem to know the best places.

Zan said :

Join Canberra Riders http://canberrariders.org.au/index.php they know it all.

Canberra Riders seems to be mainly a road riders forum. Try DirtBikeWorld (DBW), for more dirt trails stuff.

What side of town do you live on? Plenty of trails out Brindabella way as well, and there’s even a few around the Cotter area. The Kowen Ride is coming up in a few months too. Good opportunity to ride close trails that aren’t normally open.

Pork Hunt said :

IP, he should carry a Personal Locator Beacon (PLB). EPIRBS are for maritime use and ELT’s for aviation use.
Source: Wikipedia.
🙂

fair enough. I am not omniscient. Just almost.

Hey guys thanks for the info! Much appreciated!
Will let you know how I get on!

Join Canberra Riders http://canberrariders.org.au/index.php they know it all.

IP, he should carry a Personal Locator Beacon (PLB). EPIRBS are for maritime use and ELT’s for aviation use.
Source: Wikipedia.
🙂

As your bike is registered, the world should be your oyster. You can ride lots of places that people can’t (or shouldn’t) on unregistered bikes.

Might be too far for you, but Tallaganda State Forest between Captains Flat and Braidwood, though you enter it rhough Hoskinstown to Rossi or Forbes Creek. Plenty of dirt roads, fire trails and even less developed trails.There is also a trailbike riding business there – Forest Gate on Wild Cattle Flat Road – where you can do a bit more hooning.

Also South towards Cooma. Near Jerangle is a road called Good Good Road that takes you over a mountain range into an undiscovered paradise of mountainous trails, grassland, rivers, former gold mine sites. And very very quiet. Bugger all chance of meeting oncoming traffic. Mobile reception with Telstra from hilltops, but if riding alone you might want an EPIRB! There are other ways in and out of this area, so you don’t have to backtrack.

Have fun.

IP