ADV Rider Training powered by Dirt Bike Safety Training clinic Thursday and Friday at the Giant Loop Ride
Get the most out of your rally experience with expert rider instruction from one of our rider training instructors! Whether you're riding a big ADV bike or a dual-sport, join one of our instructors for a first-time-ever training opportunity at the Giant Loop Rally!
ADV Rider Training’s renowned “V-of-Traction” techniques blend body position biomechanics and motorcycle ergonomics, helping you unlock peak performance from both rider and machine.
Class times:Thursday at 11am and Friday at 9:30am
Advanced Training with Hard Adventure Rider, Greg Gordinne
Greg Gordinne's Heavy Enduro Moves is for advanced riders only. Expect to drop your bike more than once, while practicing the Heavy Enduro Moves. This training will give you techniques for overcoming some of the more difficult obstacles, like clutch/brake and throttle control for slow technical riding, picking up a wheelie, hitting log crossings and rocky steps. You will even have a chance to learn the challenging pivot turn.
If you're serious about taking your riding to the next level and getting the absolute most out of your rally experience, don’t miss this opportunity!
Class times: Friday at 3pm and Saturday at 9:30am
2025 Dakar Finisher, Willem Avenant "Decoding Dakar"
--Thursday night--
Learn how to Follow a Rally Roadbook -
--Friday Night--
Thursday Night, Willem Avenant will starting off our ride with a presentation detailing his journey to Dakar in 2025.
Friday night, For those interested in learning and practicing roadbook navigation at the GL ride, Willem and NW Roadbooks will be offering a free education seminar and will have roadbooks to follow on our GPS Tracks.
All you need is a GPS enabled smart phone or tablet along with the TerraPirata Rally Roadbooks app and you are set.
Rodney Smith with the Ricky Johnson Adventure Academy.
Rodney Smith will be giving a free 1 hour session on Friday morning at 9:00am to go over 10 basic ADV fundamentals like bike setup and body position.
Even if you have been riding for most of your life or you are just beginning, I guarantee you will want to listen to what these 2 guys have to say. Is your bike set up properly? Is your body position correct? Etc. They will have 10 basic questions that they will go over that will help make everyone of all levels better riders……..especially on these large adventure bikes.