Yeah, sand can be a bitch. I rode a dirt bike for so long, I thought nothing of it, but when I got on a street bike, I learned real quick to stay away from it. I live out it redneckville with a lot of dirt roads, so you patches on the street fairly often. Then again, they've paved almost every road now, so I don't have much to worry about.
I read your reviews and reminisce about my motocross days. You make me want to buy a dirt bike again so bad rather than a street bike, but seeing as I don't have a truck to carry it around anymore, I'm going with a street.