Our first ride was a real eye opener. When you watch guys who are competent Trials riders it looks easy right? Like the dude in this video... piece of cake. Here comes the news flash, it isn't! I have been riding Off-Road motorcycles for nearly 25 years, I have even done some road racing. my point is, I'm comfortable on a motorcycle. But this is my first time on a Trials Bike and I suck!. Popping wheelies and doing stoppies looks quite easy when you watch pros do it. It took EDM test riders Tom Kraft and Paul Aschmann a good 30 minutes of messing about before they were comfortable. Even then none of us was doing anything close to what the GAS GAS was capable of. I was beginning to get the feeling this was going to be a very long term process, which is good because that is the whole idea behind the story. To create fun cross training on a bike that doesn’t require much space to use but provides challenges that work on skills which can be applied to MX or Enduro riding. Look for our follow up in the next issue of EDM to find out if we made any progress.