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2025 BMW GS Adventure Training with Touratech (Adventure L1) - Sat, 8 Feb 2025 9.30am

  • 08 Feb 2025
  • 09:30
  • Carboor Town Hall, opposite Touratech, 1933 Carboor Everton Road, https://www.touratech.com.au/

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Calling all GS and adventure riders to join us for GS training with Robin Box and the Touratech team. Club and non-club members and all brands of motorcycles are welcome. Our aim is to offer new riders to GS a safe space to learn the basics and also challenge experienced riders. All levels of GS riders are welcome.

2025 will be our 3rdyear to partner with Touratech to offer GS / adventure rider training. Guests and friends are welcome. The event needs a minimum of 10, with a maximum of 20riders. Training will be held at the Carboor Reserve (refer address on right). Riders can stay at the Carboor Reserve town hall or camp. The facilities are great and include fully outfitted kitchen (cutlery, fridge. microwave, boiling water), porcelain toilet and shower. There are two halls for accommodation and a covered area for BBQ and bikes. For those that don’t want to stay in the Carboor hall or camp, there is accommodation in nearby towns: Wangaratta, Milawa, Oxley, Beechworth, Myrtleford, Moyhu and Bright.

The training will be held on a Saturday and the cost of training is $100pp  (including lunch).  For those that will camp at the Carboor Hall, the camping costs is an extra $60 for a total costs of $160pp (inclusive of training, lunch and hall hire).

All fees are to be paid on booking via the club’s Wild Apricot site (for BMW club members). If you are not a BMW club member, please use the following reference LAST NAME_GS event<date> and deposit funds into the club’s bank account, BMW MCC Vic, BSB 063000, account 00804344. Email or text the organizer with proof of payment. If you wish to confirm the club’s bank account, please contract Winfried Hessling (treasurer@bmwmccvic.org.au, 040 330 2230).

There are three-levels of training for 2025:

1.Adventure:Cover the basics and ride after training in the forest.

2.Explore: Warm-up and then progress to basic / intermediate hill ascends, descends and recovery, and time permitting progress to steeper ascends and descends. Ride after training in the forest / fire track.

3.Extreme: Warm up and then progress to emergency braking, sand riding, mud riding, river crossing, or whatever is in the training program. Ride after training in the forest.

Event dates for 2025:

The following dates are available for 2025 (book via the club’s website (www.bmwmotorcycleclubofvictoria.wildapricot.org) or by contacting the event organiser. Touratech have asked for a one-week cut off to arrange catering.

1.Adventure: 8 February 2025 (book and pay by Friday, 31 January 2025)

2.Explore: 5 April 2025 (book and pay by Friday, 28 March 2025)

3.Extreme: 21  June 2025 (book and pay by Friday, 13 June 2025)

4.Adventure: 9 August 2025 (book and pay by Friday, 1 August 2025)

5.Explore: 1 November 2025 (book and pay by Friday, 24 October 2025)

6.Extreme: 6 December 2025 (book and pay by Friday, 28November 2025)

Please contact Jacques Van Niekerk (bmwmccvic@gmail.com; president@bmwmccvic.org.au; clubdelegate@bmwmccvic.org.auor send text to

 04 0109 1277) if you have any questions.