Adventure begins...
    Where the pavement ends!

Adventure Riding: that is what exists beyond the end of the tarmac. Over 95% of the world's roads are unpaved, so if you don't like to (or can't) ride in the dirt, you'll find yourself confined to a mere 5% of the planet.

RawHyde Adventures has something fun and exhilarating for any Adventure Rider, whether you are new to the sport or a seasoned veteran, our programs truly provide the definition of adventure.

Some Words
to the Wise...

If you are the owner of a BMW GS or you are thinking about buying one, there are a couple of things you should know.

#1: If you owned a dirt bike as a kid, forget everything you think you know. Riding a “big bike” is a completely different experience. Weighing-in around 600-lbs with fuel and luggage, it takes some very special skills to manage such a bike.

#2: As noted, most of the world’s roads are unpaved, and in many places the infra-structure is little more than a Jeep trail or a well-used footpath. To take a heavyweight bike like the GS someplace like that may be daunting, unless you know what to do.



The GS Academy is located in Southern California and is one of only 8 places in the world where you can learn to ride the BMW GS the way it was meant to be ridden. The Academy is tucked in the foothills above Los Angeles on 500 acres dedicated to training BMW GS riders.

For five years RawHyde Adventures has been operating a rider training program known as "Adventure Camp" and via a formal arrangement with BMW of North America we are pleased to offer an "official" BMW training program known as the BMW Off-road Academy.

The GS family of motorcycles are fairly "heavy" for machines that are meant to go "off-road" and it takes some specialized skills to "get the most" from your investment. We operate the academy following a curriculum designed by BMW to enable you to develop those specific talents. The skills you will learn were forged from the lessons learned in the grueling Paris Dakar rally and years of training experiences at BMW's own school in Hechtlingen Germany.

Our slogan is "the adventure begins where the pavement ends!", and that's really true because more than 95% of the worlds roads are unpaved. Think about that…

BMW would like you to be able to enjoy your machine to its fullest and so would we. Learn how at the GS Off-road Academy, offered by RawHyde Adventures—your official BMW school.