Congratulations to Claudia Rogers - Winner of our 2nd Free Guided Tour prize at BMWMoA Rally 09

We've just finished delivering our final seminar and the 2009 BMWMoA Rally at the Appalachian Fairgrounds in Gray, Tennessee. Claudia's name was the 2nd drawn out of the box (the first name wasn't present).

Claudia and husband Richard are over the moon at their win, and are now making plans to join us soon. Congratulations guys!

Thanks to all those people who visited us at our booth, attended our seminars, and to our many friends who just dropped in to say Hi. .

Special thanks to Jill Martin, Gray and Alison Buckley, Roy Blakney, Peter Williams, Brian Rathjen and Shira Kamil (my shout next dinner guys!)

And of course to the BMWMoA Rally organisers and volunteers who made the event possible.

Thanks all. A great event.

Safe riding

John

Save big $$$$'s on your NZ vacation - The NZ$ takes a big dive against the US$

If you're touring New Zealand with us this year, or if you're thinking of touring New Zealand with us this year, pay attention! There's a silver lining to every cloud...

The ructions going on in the financial markets have caused the NZ$ to drop dramatically against the US$. In early October 2008, the NZ$ was worth US$0.67... (or to put it the other way around, US$1.00 bought NZ$1.49. Today, on Oct 8th, US$1.00 buys NZ$1.69. That's a change of 14% in the favour of the US$.

If you are thinking of booking a vacation in New Zealand, or you are booked to come and tour with us and have paid a deposit, it really would be worth considering paying the full amount now and taking advantage of the drop in the value of the NZ Dollar. By way of example, if you and your partner are booked on one of our 14 days Best of The Best Guided Tours, the saving is equivalent to the cost of a free return international flight from the US to NZ for one person.

Get that mouse clicking... :-)

Cheers for now. Safe riding..

John

Now you can tour New Zealand with GoTourNZ.com on BMW's new 800GS twin

For the upcoming 2008-09 touring season we've added BMW's new capable middleweight twins, the 800cc 2008 F650GS and F800GS models. The F800 has received great reviews by the motorcycling press, and we were impressed with them when we saw them at the 2008 BMWMOA Rally in Gillette, Wyoming. We were particularly impressed with the low seat height on the low frame F650GS model(remember this is still an 800cc model). Even if you have Duck's Disease like me (I'm only 5'6") you'll be able to get both feet down easily. Demand is strong for these new models so be quick and book if you want to tour on one. Get your skates on..

See you DownUnder...

John