OFF ROAD

The GKMA promotes cross-country events in the form of Off-Rod racing, Ride days, and work bees to perform trail maintenance. If all trail users were to set aside one hour to do trail maintenance then we would have awesome trails and the respect of the general public. Check the Events page for all updates of when and where events will be held. Off road races are sanctioned by Pacific Northwest Motorcycle Association (PNWMA) and as such a license is required and can be purchased on site.

The GKMA would like to ask for there to be absolutely no pre-riding of any Kamloops off-road event due to course degregation and safety for trail workers as well as riders safety. The course will always be available to any PNWMA director who wishes to inspect our course.

Class Structure

Long/ Short course refers to the difficulty of the race. Some races put in a more difficult section for long course riders. Other races make the course the same for all riders but long course rider juts have to ride for a long time period. Some classes may change race length at the consensus of the riders involved.

Long course riders:

• Masters
• Experts (Over/Under)
• Intermediates (Over/Under)
• 30-39 Veteran Experts

Short Course riders:

• 30-39 Veteran Amateurs
• 40+ Senior Experts
• 40+ Senior Amateurs
• 50+ Super Seniors
• Juniors (Over/Under)
• Women's

Over/Under depends upon the cubic centimeters (cc's) of your engine. 200 cc's and under = under class. 201 cc's and over = over class

What's a Hare Scramble?

No it doesn't involve rabbits and blenders. It's a type of race usually done on short loops (12 to 15 km) through the woods. Basically it is the person who completes the most laps in the shortest amount of time is the winner. You usually get a preset time from the start (1 1/2 to 2 hrs for the juniors and Vet B's to 2 1/2 to 3 hrs for everybody else) You ride as much laps as you can until the time expires. As soon as you cross the finish after the time is up, your race is over. If you cross the line before the time is up; they punch your card and send you out for another lap. The scoring is simple. The scorekeeper counts the amount of punches you have. Then he or she sorts the ones with the similar amount of punches by the time that they finished in. The ones that finished the soonest, win.

What's a Cross Country?

It's basically one long loop of the countryside. (70 to 80 km) There are checkpoints in the woods. The organizers do provide a gas check for most bikes