Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

The BMW GS Trophy

This year marked the seventh time I have worked at the BMW GS Trophy in South Wales, the annual open-to-all weekend of camping, trials and tests that you can complete as much, or as little of, as you choose. The on-road elements are done on your own bike, with the off-road challenges done on one of Off Road Skills’ fleet of BMW GSs. I say it is open to all, which it is, but to win the biannual prize of an all-expenses-paid trip to the World Final then you do need to be a BMW GS

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