Good advice on all above.
First i would definitely change the oem tyres, they are not good on dirt.
The stand up, and steer with your feet has already been drilled.
Always look where you want to go, if you see a rock, acknowledge it, look past it. You will always ride over what you look at. (try explaining to the rider in front of you that, dropped his sunglasses, why you drove over them)
Mud, this is another that can be overwhelming, and a big confidence killer. Varies by condition, slopes and direction you need to head. I have found best is to stand, and shift weight around, keep small power on back, avoid heavy breaking, as both wheels can lock up causing you to lose everything (back to the face brake system). Turn by lean, steering only works when really slow. tcs off or 2, 1 causes problems.
Ruts: try stay out of them, but don't concentrate on that, keep eyes looking at where you want to go. These can be nerve racking in early stages. If you slip into a deep rut, and not confident to power out, look at where it will take you and if there is not a shallow spot to escape with. If it ends on a cliff, stop and work a way out, you will just get more nervous till its too late. tcs, you are not going to slip a tyre with so much ground wrapped around it, but I use 2. Have had a situation where my back tyre slipped into a rut, and when i gassed it to get it out, tcs came in and it stayed in the rut, was in 2, so I looked ahead, saw rut had nice escape path so dropped the front in, only to find ground was higher than the foot peg and landed up standing on ground, pannier box hit leg, broke bone.
Experience is the key, the small off roader that was mentioned would be good school fees, and a damn fun school it will be.
My experience comes from my racing enduro days, still have my wr250 and still love it.
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