Off-road

[Trip]

I've just come back from the BMW course in wales, which I can't recommend highly enough.

By the time I booked there were no 650s left so I got the 1200. I thought it would be less capable off-road than the lighter bike but it's the bike I ride every day and I'm used to it so I wasn't too worried.

In fact the 1200GS is absolutely astonishing. I'm not suggesting it's as capable as a proper dirt bike but it's far, far more confidence inspiring for an off-road virgin than I expected it to be. By the end of the course I was confidently doing powerslides from a standing start and leaping across terrain I would have hesitated to tackle on foot.

I came off twice in two days on the 12. I swapped for a 650 for 30 minutes so somebody else could try the 12 and came off seven times before being able to wrestle the 12 keys off the other guy. Falling off hurts a lot less than picking the damn bike up afterwards.

Incidentally the instructors for our group were Simon Pavey and Charlie Boorman.

Trip

 

[Dahoum]

Nice one Trip. It was one of the best bile training sessions I'd ever done too.

Any pics?

 

[Andy Davies]

I enjoyed it so much, I'm going to go back for another go next year!

Perhaps the weather will be better then!

Andy

 

[marcus]

I enjoyed it so much, I'm going to go back for another go next year!

Perhaps the weather will be better then!

Andy

equally, had an absolute hoot so going to do it again.

only 1 bloke got the free heli ride to hospital on my course!

 

[SpyInTheCamp]

Interesting.

I did it 3 months ago and was very pleased not to be on a 1200 given the exploits of some others (one of whom manged to crash into me).

However, I have been toying with the idea of going back again to do level 1 on the 1200 next year.

Kai

ps Since when is Charley Boorman an off road instructor??