Off Road Skills in Canada
Off Road Skills made its first appearance in Canada last weekend.
Simon and Linley were invited to Vancouver Island by Don and Natalie Hatton to be guest speaker at their newly acquired motorcyle dealership Duncan Motorsports.
Simon explained “Don and I first met at the UAE Desert Challenge in Dubai and then again in the 2009 Dakar. Don recently bought Duncan Motorsport, the shop he had undetaken his apprenticeship at more than 30 years ago. He phoned me and aasked if we would come over and do a show for his customers. Three days later Linley and I were on our way.”
On Saturday eve Don and Simon put on a great show swapping Dakar stories and playing video clips of them both racing and training to an appreciative audience. Don had his rally bike and support truck on display and both riders happily signed posters after the show.
The following morning was the first of two mini Off Road Skills courses where Simon and Linley taught a compressed version of their course to give the Canadians a small taste of the special style of Off Road Training for which their company has become famous for.
Simon said ” I was amazed by the ecclectic array of bikes that turned out and the passion with which Duncan’s customers wanted to learn. As well as the usual selection of BMW GS, we had everything from a Ural outfit to an XT 250, trials bikes enduro bikes trail bikes even one road bike. Half of the people were on road tyres and we had a great mix of men and women. Everyone was so keen it I can’t wait to go back and give them the full course!”
For a quick look at the 2 days check out the video below.
