RUST magazine: BMW GS Trophy Special Edition 2016
Welcome to our latest RUST special, this time reviewing the 2016 BMW Motorrad GS Trophy. This great adventure-competition takes place every two years, pitching amateur adventure riders from around the world into a seven-day battle with each other and you could say with nature too, as they pilot a fleet of BMW R1200GSs through a wilderness location. This time it was Northern Thailand. And what a ride - too good to keep to ourselves. With RUST editor JB along for the ride - for the fourth time - we weren't just front row, we were centre stage! So it makes sense to share the experience. So here's 108 pages on all things GS Trophy. And if you like what you see and read, why not give it a go yourself? Details in the magazine...
Welcome to our latest RUST special, this time reviewing the 2016 BMW Motorrad GS Trophy. This great adventure-competition takes place every two years, pitching amateur adventure riders from around the world into a seven-day battle with each other and you could say with nature too, as they pilot a fleet of BMW R1200GSs through a wilderness location. This time it was Northern Thailand. And what a ride - too good to keep to ourselves. With RUST editor JB along for the ride - for the fourth time - we weren't just front row, we were centre stage! So it makes sense to share the experience. So here's 108 pages on all things GS Trophy. And if you like what you see and read, why not give it a go yourself? Details in the magazine...
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the day before<br />
Just 24 hours before the arrival of the competitors, the journalists – who would<br />
be embedded in the teams for the entire event – were given a last training run.<br />
Extreme-training is what it became after unexpected torrential rain saturated<br />
both the riders and the terrain. The clay base to the trails became ice-like,<br />
making the hills almost impossible. Here MCN’s Michael Guy is gingerly pulling<br />
at the front wheel, while local marshal Moo is pulling with full weight on<br />
Marshal Jolandie Rust’s <strong>GS</strong>A in a bid for more altitude. Dare I say it, your<br />
<strong>RUST</strong> correspondent (JB) snagged a place early in the group so made it over<br />
these climbs in decent form before the trail slicked-up too much…