Is Tour Route Planning As Good As The Real Thing?

So the motorbikes are put away, and many of us are sitting here in the depths of winter.  In some places it is cold outside and in others it is very wet.  People from more southerly areas are still able to ride, but for most, winter is a time for staying off the bike.So, what to do?  If...

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Motorcycle Tour to the Harley-Davidson Rally in St Tropez

One of my favourite Harley-Davidson rallies is the European Festival, held in St Tropez and Grimaud each year. Getting some early season riding on great roads riding across Europe is a terrific way to kick-start the years longer rides. Tour1 are running a one-way tour from the UK to the rally and the...

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The magnitude of the WW1 Battlefields stir emotions

I just returned from a visit to the WW1 Western Front, where I saw the battlefields, memorials and cemeteries. I went to look and to discover.Having never studied WW1 at school, I had a lot to learn and so I bought a few books about WW1 and the conflict on the Western Front. From 1914 – 1918, World...

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Tour1 - Motorcycle tours to European Harley-Davidson rallies.

Check out the new video for my motorcycle touring business. Filmed on one of the 2014 tours, this shows the sorts of roads and places we travel to when touring.For more information, see www.tour1.co...

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Harley-Davidson's go to St Tropez with Tour1

The first Tour1 road trip of the year is complete.Our trip to get to St Tropez covered about 1,400 miles over six days of riding in France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and we rode some fabulous roads set amongst glorious scenery. It was a spectacular journey to get to the French Riviera.The three...

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My new motorcycle touring business.

A few weeks ago, I hinted that I would be making an announcement about something motorcycle related. It sparked quite a lot of guesses about what it might be about.Well, the waiting is over, as today I launch my new motorcycle touring business.Called Tour1, the main points of what we are doing are…..We...

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