READY FOR A REAL CHALLENGE
Our final challenge for the evening was a
longer course, something I was a bit more
used to – a Moto Gymkhana course. James
led the way walking the course, explaining
the coloured road cones as we went.
A red band means pass on the left, blue
means pass on the right and yellow indicates
you do a complete loop around the cone.
I won’t bore you with a full run down of the
course here, but I will say it took a while to
work out exactly where we were meant to
go. Having a good Memory is definitely an
advantage if you want to be competitive at
Moto Gymkhana.
After the second run, I was leading the
pack on times, though it turns out I wasn’t
the only person with a competitive streak.
Emmanuella stepped up to the plate, with her
150cc Suzuki, and laid down a blistering time,
that In the end, I could only match. Much
more practice required, that’s for sure.
34 KIWI RIDER
I rounded the night off for our little friendly
competition in third place, but even better,
I had a grin from ear to ear. I’d got a bit of
exercise, improved my bike handling skills,
met some new mates, and had a boat load of
fun.
Clearly, It doesn’t matter what you ride, a
Harley, a Honda Grom, an SV1000, or like me,
an MT-07LA, Moto GymKhana is brilliant fun,
and great for improving your skills.
I highly recommend searching out your local
group, or if you don’t have one, check out
some YouTube videos and start making up
your own courses. For more info and some
inspiration head to www.facebook.com/
groups/coneheadsgymkhana/ to see what
they get up to.