Whats that smell in Brecon?
Brecon Discovery, World of BMW – an account of an off-road weekend in July 09. I was introduced to my ride – a BWM XChallenge – and instantly realised it has been named for a reason. My first challenge was to get my leg over. We set off at around 9.30am on Saturday morning in bright sunshine. The pace was ‘tasty’ right from the start. Which whilst good for blowing the cobwebs away, showed me also that the bike wasn’t going to yield easily and ‘breaking in’ my spritely little steed for the weekend was going to take more than a couple of ‘I’m in charge’ blasts on the throttle. The 650 XChallenge (from here on in known as No.15) is a talkative little bike and likes to have her head. I realised that fighting for control was futile once I’d calculated how many Hail Marys I’d offered up within an hour, so I succumbed to the notion that the bike would be the boss for the weekend. This was never more noticeable than when we – No.15 and I – came to stop. I have a 31″ inside leg measurement, and
