2012 GS Trophy Challenge

HalfPlate · 09-27-2012, 11:34 AM

Okay boys and girls we have the results from the 2012 GS Trophy East Coast Qualifier!!!! Dan Farson came in first!! What a rider, leagues ahead of everyone else. Carlo Boffi grabbed 2nd!! After spending an entire year two up to Patagonia on that same F800. I (Andrew Lacy) was blessed with an unexpected finish of 3rd overall.

As a 3rd place finalist I am now in the running for the finals in South America, but the competition isn't over yet. We need everyone to go to the BMW Motard US Facebook page and vote for the finalist you like the most to go on. There are 6 riders in the running for the USA and this voting will narrow it down to the 3 that go to the Trophy Challenge and represent the USA. I really cannot believe I finished this well and would be honored to represent the USA, the ADV community, and BMW in South America.

Be on the look out for a thread with pictures and videos!!

Thanks to everyone for voting,
Andrew Lacy
Halfplate

A few pics for your entertainment:

Eddy and I studying for our navigation test.

Ready to go! by Tamela Rich, on Flickr

Our official BMW market shots, I call this Action Jackson

Eating up challenge #3 on one the BMW's own F800 GS

Get out and VOTE ANDREW LACY!!!
Click here to vote: : https://www.facebook.com/BMWMotorrad...64801563554262

HalfPlate · 09-27-2012, 01:33 PM

The hill of wonders on day #3, semifinalist took red option only.

HalfPlate · 09-28-2012, 10:24 AM

Bill Conger showing the way. It was a real honor to have a Dakar participant judging us. Just something about racing Dakar that seems to earn you some street cred around here, not sure why.

One heck of a nice guy if you ever get to meet him. He is also an instructor at the BMW Performance Center in Greer, SC, go there and learn from some of the best.

HalfPlate · 09-28-2012, 02:02 PM

Three little GS's all in a row. Purdy aren't they.

OUtback UFO · 09-29-2012, 08:21 PM

Let's not forget the Western Qualifier last week out in Moab...

1st Ryan Frazier from Pheonix, AZ.... former highly decorated US Marine... a guy who does a lot for the GS community in AZ.
2nd Chad Yoshitomi from Anchorage, AK... never rode a F800GS until the Day 2 of the qualifer and only had 6 dabs through the entire skills course and then went back afterwards and did it on his 1150GS
3rd Jason Houle and Mike Drew... both very skilled riders..

first set of picts is from the day before the Day 1 of competition... there was a "warm up" ride out in Kane Creek Canyon...

OUtback UFO · 09-29-2012, 08:24 PM

Day 1

OUtback UFO · 09-29-2012, 08:27 PM

day 2

HalfPlate · 10-01-2012, 11:08 AM

Seems like everyone had a hill climb or two. Watching these videos makes me wanna go find another one to play on..... Hey maybe there will be one in Argentina

Stagehand · 10-02-2012, 08:30 AM

Great shots as usual, Mike!

I'll go ahead and hit the like button on this one.

HalfPlate · 10-02-2012, 11:16 AM

For your viewing pleasure: GS Trophy Hill Descent

This beauty was reserved for the final 12 and boy was it fun.

If you listen carefully on this one you can hear me stall and restart the engine on the go

couldn't believe I pulled that off on a bike I had all of 10 min of experience on and had never started. (listen for an engine start at 0:09, that's me restarting, the other engines you hear are more contestants headed up the trail.

~wsrock~ · 10-02-2012, 06:43 PM

East: Forest. Dirt. More like the movie "Deliverance" (Now you listen, Ed. Damn it, we can get out of this thing, without any questions asked. )

West: Rocks. Sand. More like "Outlaw Josey Wales" (Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean.)

~wsrock~ · 10-02-2012, 06:48 PM

(pardon the cel phone camera quality!)

~wsrock~ · 10-02-2012, 07:09 PM

Insert Banjo music here...

(this was on the "extra credit" trail)

~wsrock~ · 10-02-2012, 07:30 PM

An example of our accommodations.

~wsrock~ · 10-02-2012, 07:42 PM

and how we got there

that was an interesting 2 hr ride. I decided to hit every checkpoint just to be sure

09-27-2012, 11:34 AM	#1
HalfPlate ^OP What? Where? Joined: Aug 2007 Location: Eastern VA Oddometer: 717	2012 GS Trophy Challenge Okay boys and girls we have the results from the 2012 GS Trophy East Coast Qualifier!!!! Dan Farson came in first!! What a rider, leagues ahead of everyone else. Carlo Boffi grabbed 2nd!! After spending an entire year two up to Patagonia on that same F800. I (Andrew Lacy) was blessed with an unexpected finish of 3rd overall. As a 3rd place finalist I am now in the running for the finals in South America, but the competition isn't over yet. We need everyone to go to the BMW Motard US Facebook page and vote for the finalist you like the most to go on. There are 6 riders in the running for the USA and this voting will narrow it down to the 3 that go to the Trophy Challenge and represent the USA. I really cannot believe I finished this well and would be honored to represent the USA, the ADV community, and BMW in South America. Be on the look out for a thread with pictures and videos!! Thanks to everyone for voting, Andrew Lacy Halfplate A few pics for your entertainment: Eddy and I studying for our navigation test. Ready to go! by Tamela Rich, on Flickr Our official BMW market shots, I call this Action Jackson Eating up challenge #3 on one the BMW's own F800 GS Get out and VOTE ANDREW LACY!!! Click here to vote: : https://www.facebook.com/BMWMotorrad...64801563554262 __________________ -07 R1200GS -03 525EXC IBA# 34681 (SS1000) "luck played a fundamental role" Carlo Boffi

09-27-2012, 01:33 PM	#2
HalfPlate ^OP What? Where? Joined: Aug 2007 Location: Eastern VA Oddometer: 717	The hill of wonders on day #3, semifinalist took red option only. __________________ -07 R1200GS -03 525EXC IBA# 34681 (SS1000) "luck played a fundamental role" Carlo Boffi

09-28-2012, 02:02 PM	#4
HalfPlate ^OP What? Where? Joined: Aug 2007 Location: Eastern VA Oddometer: 717	Three little GS's all in a row. Purdy aren't they. __________________ -07 R1200GS -03 525EXC IBA# 34681 (SS1000) "luck played a fundamental role" Carlo Boffi

09-29-2012, 08:21 PM	#5
OUtback UFO GLOW IN DARK SPACEINVADER Joined: Feb 2002 Location: NOT HERE Oddometer: 2,495	Let's not forget the Western Qualifier last week out in Moab... 1st Ryan Frazier from Pheonix, AZ.... former highly decorated US Marine... a guy who does a lot for the GS community in AZ. 2nd Chad Yoshitomi from Anchorage, AK... never rode a F800GS until the Day 2 of the qualifer and only had 6 dabs through the entire skills course and then went back afterwards and did it on his 1150GS 3rd Jason Houle and Mike Drew... both very skilled riders.. first set of picts is from the day before the Day 1 of competition... there was a "warm up" ride out in Kane Creek Canyon... __________________ From out of a dream I rode to beyond the Horizon. Got Adventure? *The Zen Gear* One Meteior Crater surrounded by a lot of roos, emus, Yowies, drop bears and one major flood in the driest desert on Earth... There still was a bottle of red with dinner. IBA#13157 BB1500 SS2000 Die Hohen Berghunde Agent X My Motorcycling fine art Books are avalible at Blurb.com, click below. 159059 ss ed. 159059 sl ed. and Motorcycling to Aesthetics:Australia OUtback UFO screwed with this post 09-29-2012 at 08:30 PM

09-29-2012, 08:24 PM	#6
OUtback UFO GLOW IN DARK SPACEINVADER Joined: Feb 2002 Location: NOT HERE Oddometer: 2,495	Day 1 __________________ From out of a dream I rode to beyond the Horizon. Got Adventure? *The Zen Gear* One Meteior Crater surrounded by a lot of roos, emus, Yowies, drop bears and one major flood in the driest desert on Earth... There still was a bottle of red with dinner. IBA#13157 BB1500 SS2000 Die Hohen Berghunde Agent X My Motorcycling fine art Books are avalible at Blurb.com, click below. 159059 ss ed. 159059 sl ed. and Motorcycling to Aesthetics:Australia

09-28-2012, 10:24 AM	#3
HalfPlate ^OP What? Where? Joined: Aug 2007 Location: Eastern VA Oddometer: 717	Bill Conger showing the way. It was a real honor to have a Dakar participant judging us. Just something about racing Dakar that seems to earn you some street cred around here, not sure why. One heck of a nice guy if you ever get to meet him. He is also an instructor at the BMW Performance Center in Greer, SC, go there and learn from some of the best. __________________ -07 R1200GS -03 525EXC IBA# 34681 (SS1000) "luck played a fundamental role" Carlo Boffi

09-29-2012, 08:27 PM	#7
OUtback UFO GLOW IN DARK SPACEINVADER Joined: Feb 2002 Location: NOT HERE Oddometer: 2,495	day 2 __________________ From out of a dream I rode to beyond the Horizon. Got Adventure? *The Zen Gear* One Meteior Crater surrounded by a lot of roos, emus, Yowies, drop bears and one major flood in the driest desert on Earth... There still was a bottle of red with dinner. IBA#13157 BB1500 SS2000 Die Hohen Berghunde Agent X My Motorcycling fine art Books are avalible at Blurb.com, click below. 159059 ss ed. 159059 sl ed. and Motorcycling to Aesthetics:Australia OUtback UFO screwed with this post 09-29-2012 at 08:37 PM

10-01-2012, 11:08 AM	#8
HalfPlate ^OP What? Where? Joined: Aug 2007 Location: Eastern VA Oddometer: 717	Seems like everyone had a hill climb or two. Watching these videos makes me wanna go find another one to play on..... Hey maybe there will be one in Argentina __________________ -07 R1200GS -03 525EXC IBA# 34681 (SS1000) "luck played a fundamental role" Carlo Boffi

10-02-2012, 08:30 AM	#9
Stagehand +/- V TDSPP Joined: Oct 2004 Location: "Poughkeepsie?!?!" Oddometer: 19,941	Great shots as usual, Mike! I'll go ahead and hit the like button on this one. __________________ What to do... What to do...

10-02-2012, 11:16 AM	#10
HalfPlate ^OP What? Where? Joined: Aug 2007 Location: Eastern VA Oddometer: 717	For your viewing pleasure: GS Trophy Hill Descent This beauty was reserved for the final 12 and boy was it fun. If you listen carefully on this one you can hear me stall and restart the engine on the go couldn't believe I pulled that off on a bike I had all of 10 min of experience on and had never started. (listen for an engine start at 0:09, that's me restarting, the other engines you hear are more contestants headed up the trail. __________________ -07 R1200GS -03 525EXC IBA# 34681 (SS1000) "luck played a fundamental role" Carlo Boffi

10-02-2012, 06:43 PM	#11
~wsrock~ Adventurer Joined: Oct 2008 Location: Maine Oddometer: 24	East & West East: Forest. Dirt. More like the movie "Deliverance" (Now you listen, Ed. Damn it, we can get out of this thing, without any questions asked. ) West: Rocks. Sand. More like "Outlaw Josey Wales" (Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean.)

10-02-2012, 06:48 PM	#12
~wsrock~ Adventurer Joined: Oct 2008 Location: Maine Oddometer: 24	East pics (pardon the cel phone camera quality!)

10-02-2012, 07:09 PM	#13
~wsrock~ Adventurer Joined: Oct 2008 Location: Maine Oddometer: 24	East pics Insert Banjo music here... (this was on the "extra credit" trail)

10-02-2012, 07:30 PM	#14
~wsrock~ Adventurer Joined: Oct 2008 Location: Maine Oddometer: 24	East pics An example of our accommodations.

10-02-2012, 07:42 PM	#15
~wsrock~ Adventurer Joined: Oct 2008 Location: Maine Oddometer: 24	East pics and how we got there that was an interesting 2 hr ride. I decided to hit every checkpoint just to be sure

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