Archive of BMW Motorrad Club Cape (2006 - 2019)

In 2010, myself, Wayne Sheppard, Clayton Laue and James Redelinghuis tried out for it, at an adventure camp in Magaliesberg.  It was a blast - the competition was not just riding skills, but obstacle courses, rope work, GPS navigation, bike maintenance, leadership and a fitness test.  This was over 3 days.  The riding skills test we did on our own bikes, with handicaps depending on your bike model (e.g. GSAs got an advantage, and 800s a penalty).

The trip report is here.

It is worth doing - even for the experience.  The one-day qualifier looks like it will be more specific to bike skills, like a foot-up trial on adventure bikes.  There will be some standard techniques tested, like cones, tight turns, possibly a see-saw, a bunny-hop, the 'garage', the 'gate', slow riding, an elephant turn, emergency braking with a sliding turn,  pick-up and put-down of something like a glass of water, etc.

I would do it again this year since it is so much more affordable than last time, but I am not yet allowed to ride.