This November, BMW sponsored a motorcycling event called the Motorrad GS Trophy. The event brought 30 riders in ten teams to southern Africa for seven days of racing on factory-prepared F800 GS bikes.
The route of the race took riders through parts of South Africa, Swaziland Mozambique. After 2000 km (about 1200 miles) of rally-style time and distance racing and special stages, the British team emerged victorious.
BMW says that 50 F800 GS models were brought to the event, and none suffered a mechanical failure. (I bet there were plenty of flat tires!)
Videos of each day's action here
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfn3ek_bmw-motorrad-gs-trophy-africa-2010-y-jour-1_auto
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfn5no_bmw-motorrad-gs-trophy-africa-2010-day-2_auto
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfnlyq_bmw-motorrad-gs-trophy-africa-2010-y-jour-3_auto
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfnyvr_bmw-motorrad-gs-trophy-africa-2010-y-jour-4_auto
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfoeq2_bmw-motorrad-gs-trophy-africa-2010-jour-5_auto
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfpxji_bmw-motorrad-gs-trophy-2010-day-6_auto
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfpvyk_bmw-motorrad-gs-trophy-2010-day-7_auto
The route of the race took riders through parts of South Africa, Swaziland Mozambique. After 2000 km (about 1200 miles) of rally-style time and distance racing and special stages, the British team emerged victorious.
BMW says that 50 F800 GS models were brought to the event, and none suffered a mechanical failure. (I bet there were plenty of flat tires!)
Videos of each day's action here
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfn3ek_bmw-motorrad-gs-trophy-africa-2010-y-jour-1_auto
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfn5no_bmw-motorrad-gs-trophy-africa-2010-day-2_auto
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfnlyq_bmw-motorrad-gs-trophy-africa-2010-y-jour-3_auto
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfnyvr_bmw-motorrad-gs-trophy-africa-2010-y-jour-4_auto
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfoeq2_bmw-motorrad-gs-trophy-africa-2010-jour-5_auto
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfpxji_bmw-motorrad-gs-trophy-2010-day-6_auto
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfpvyk_bmw-motorrad-gs-trophy-2010-day-7_auto