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Media Information The three GS-owning riders who will be representing the UK International BMW Motorrad GS Trophy 2010 are Alastair Allan, Kevin Hammond and Mark Kinnard.
They came first, second and third in trials at the 4000 acre BMW Off Road Skills centre at Walter’s Arena in Wales.
Kevin Hammond
Kevin Hammond, Alastair Allan, Mark Kinnard
The competitors were put through five varied stages testing a range of off-road and machine control skills. By the end of the first day the 20 top-scoring riders moved on to the next round – and every stage was extended and made a little more challenging.
Sunday saw the 20 reduced to five – who then faced a final round. The instructors decided that the two vying for first place should ride the final stage again – backwards.
Simon Pavey
Simon Pavey, chief instructor at BMW Off Road Skills said: “Overall the event was a great success. We had 90 GS owners with a wide range of skills ranging from people who have completed the Level One Off Road Skills course through to life-long off-road riders.
“They all competed on a challenging course but they entered into the spirit of the event and it was great fun for everyone involved. The standard of riding was excellent, especially among the finalists.”
International competition
The international round of the GS Trophy takes place from 13 – 21 November across South Africa, Swaziland and Mozambique and involves teams of riders from around the world competing in off-road challenges and competitions.
Other nations entering include the USA, Canada, Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan, Scandinavia (Denmark Sweden Norway Finland), South Africa and Switzerland (including Austria).
Free luggage on new bikes
As part of BMW Motorrad’s celebration of 30 years of the iconic GS (Gelande Strasse) boxer twin range of adventure tour motorcycles, all new R1200GS bikes registered between 01 June and 30 September 2010 will get a free set of panniers.
BMW Motorrad is offering a set of Vario Panniers worth £506.57 to anyone buying the R 1200 GS, and a pair of Aluminium Panniers worth £665.45 to new GS Adventure owners.
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