Riding the SE on a narrow country road, the asphalt ended and I had to turn around, and abandon my trip, or ride through a maybe twenty-five yards of gravel on hard dirt, before the pavement resumed. The SE's not a dirt bike. but we got past that unharmed, with maybe a little bit of lateral movement from the rear tire. Arriving at our destination, the driveway partly paved, with fifty or a hundred feet of uneven and eroded dirt and gravel surface. After thinking about it for a moment, I parked on the asphalt entrance and hiked the hundred yards or so to the top. I've seen photos of off-road racers on rigid-framed Harleys and Indians, so I thought it could be done, but not by me. Maybe on a DP or a lighter, lower road bike, even a mountain bike, but not on my Trophy. any comments?