The pictures you just saw are his first ever descent into darkness. "Don't touch the front brake." "Keep it in first." "Ride down with the clutch out." "Cover your rear brake." "Keep your eyes up off the ground." were a few of the more helpful things we mentioned, along with "Let me get down there with the camera first!"
He made it in one piece, now it was time to take him over to the track on the other side of the road and see if he was up to crossing the ditch, riding through the dual track mud holes and on to the track itself.
Whoops! Dan has the first wee get off.
He's displaying his dirty paws.
I don't think he thought we were in earnest until he got tired of picking up his bike.
That KLR is big and heavy. Look at her feet.
Whoops! Right where I dropped it too! A rut the depth of your axle, almost to your footpegs.
I turns out the guy pictured here was my neighbour from around the block in Newmarket.
Dee was taking up a collection.