Desert Rose at ABR 23

Wow, what a weekend. The ABR Festival has grown over the years into one of the best motorcycle events in the UK and probably Europe. With some 12,500 people attending for the weekend, which actually starts on Thursday afternoon we are always kept busy. This year we were invited to host Trail Briefings each morning on the Tenere Stage, giving riders some basic hints and tips about the trails and importantly the riding techniques that would keep them safe. We ran numerous taster sessions of our Stage 1 training courses to give festival goers an idea of how we go about delivering our training courses. Hearing people telling us later in the weekend that they used our training to properly enjoy the trails gives us a real buzz.

We were also able to talk to festival goers about the various rallies that we attend and support each year, from non competitive raids, through to full on competitive road book rallies through the Sahara and on to Dakar. It is always great meeting up with both old friends and new riders, all keen to talk about their off road adventures. We will definitely be back there for 2024, get the dates in your diary now and check out the ABR website as tickets are already on sale here

Paul King
30th June, 2023

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Desert Rose at 2026 ABR Festival

Late June and we are heading to Warwickshire for the ABR Festival. Europe’s biggest motorcycle festival with nearly 20,000 attendees. We get to meet up with old friends and customers, make new friends and give taster sessions of our off road training courses, lead the early morning Trail Briefings to help riders understand the importance of riding techniques that will help them negotiate the amazing trails and loops set up across the Ragley Hall Estate. We also had the chance to showcase our brand new Zero X Line fleet, these really did get people talking, adventure bikes come in all shape and sizes and with the Zero X Line you can also chat to your fellow riders as you silently ride the trails.