Offroading Schools.

bmw let you crash there 650GS's i might go with my mates next time they go so i can see how much damage i can do to it.

yes its very physically tiring if your doing it for a few hours in a day for fun, next try the 6 hour endurance races(i was too young for the 12 hour races), thats tiring!

I miss motocrossing, org day out motocrossing sometime, i bet i spend the most time on the floor!

Cheers for the replies all.

The BMW courses in Wales are looking like the best option as you get 2 days of riding and I haven't been to Wales in ages! Quite expensive, but the reviews on various websites do rate it quite highly!

[Red Herring]

With so many off road centres operating it would be daft not to take advantage of one of them to get a feel for it and see if you enjoy it. If you do and decide to commit the best way to develop your experience is to get a road legal trail bike and go and explore the green lanes, plus you can do "track days" at you local motor cross venue for around £25. A trail bike worth having is going to cost you upwards of £1000 plus don't forget you need to get some boots, an offroad helmet and goggles/gloves, Oh and a jet wash! The next step is to buy something more competition oriented but just remember that usually equals more expensive and more frequent maintenance plus you will need to consider how you get it about, so a van/trailer/rack becomes another expense.

I spent a day with these guys:
http://www.tracksense.co.uk/offroad.htm

Their centre is based at Heathrow and it was a really good fun day, with some cool stuff like jumps as well

red herring would you be interesting in doing the dakar then?
I lack the skill and money and im still a bit young to die trying to win

I fancy having a go at this too

[Mej]

Originally Posted by TazDaz

Has anyone ever taken part in an offroading school, and in particular in the South of England?

I've never riden offroad (other than a PW80 when I was a kid) and I'm interested in having a crack at it sometime.

Any reviews, advice, links are much appreciated.

Cheers

been looking for a one of these for me and my bro, did some reaserch the other week i will post up some links.

Edit: Links

Yamaha Schools: Off-Road Experience

Motorcycle Racing and Bike Riding Experience Days Motocross Experience, Off Road Biking, Motor Cycling

Hare and Hounds and Enduro Tryout Days: Race Experience ENDURO | Mick Extance Offroad Experience

Enduro motorcycle riding in Spain. Andalucian Trail Tours TrailWorld. Off Road Experience Holidays. Trail riding in Spain. Challenging adventure riding in Spain.

Redtread - Professionally Guided Offroad Motorcycle Tours

Welcome to Ady Smith - KTM Off-Road and Supermoto Schools

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mmm, I'm fancying the readtread short week...

[Red Herring]

Originally Posted by sunshine

red herring would you be interesting in doing the dakar then?
I lack the skill and money and im still a bit young to die trying to win

No chance... Patsy Quick came down a did a talk at a club I'm a member of a week before she was due to go and take part in the Dakar. She even bought her bike along and let us have a go around the car park (how trusting was that). Awesome event and well out of my league...
Have a mate who had a go at an Optic 2000 event over three or four days in the desert, which might be more attainable, otherwise I just fancy a riding holiday in Tunisia.....

well if i can ever afford the £100K needed to do it, im going to do it, it was out of Charlie Boorman's league but he still tried!

Didn't it take Patsy Quick 2 attempts to finish?