We’d like to thank Eva and Sebastian for their German language testimonial.

They came a long way to see us and were kind enough to record this video telling of their experiences motorcycling in Tasmania.

Rent a BMW for the BMW TS Safari March 2010.

Cradoc in southern Tasmania

The BMW TS Safari is a 6 day adventure tour across Tasmania exclusively for BMW riders, it kicks off in Devonport on the 1st of March 2010.

BMW enthusiasts will come to Tasmania for the 6 days of riding, adventure and celebration. Find out more at this site http://www.bmwsafari.com/

For many, this may mean a long ride from their home town to Melbourne in order to catch the ferry to Tasmania.
Avoid the hassle of crating and shipping, or very long rides and high ferry costs!

MotoAdventure can offer an easier and very cost effective option:
Hire your BMW motorcycle for the TS Safari.  Several participants have already decided that this is the way to go!

Just call or send an enquiry through the website to book your bike, pick it up in Hobart in time for the Safari,
Take advantage of the cheap air fares offered by airlines to Hobart and start riding Tasmania sooner!

We still have a few BMW’s available for the dates of the BMW TS Safari

* BMW R1200GS ‘09
* BMW R1200R ‘09
* BMW F650GS ‘09

Give us a call and book your pick of our BMW’s in time to join the Safari!

The Survey

The newsletter survey had a terrific response.  We are still digesting the feedback we received.

We have already responded to some of the great suggestions you made:

• We have purchased half a dozen pairs of Draggin Classic Jeans for our female customers
• We now have more waterproof overpants and suits available
• We have an even wider range of bikes available for 2009/10 the latest additions being a new BMWG650GS and a new VTR250 Honda

The Prize

We promised a very nice DVD set of Charlie and Ewan’s excellent adventures.

These engaging fellows have done a wonderful job of publicising the many virtues of the BMW R1200GS. They have helped the big GS become BMW’s biggest selling motorcycle.

Moto Adventure would like to thank the handsome chaps who have also contributed to us to now running a fleet of 4 R1200GS’s to keep up with the demand.

The Prize Draw

The prize was drawn recently at Moto Adventure Central by a very special guest.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Happy Christmas to all our motorcycling friends

We hope to see a few of you down here in Tassie soon, but be safe and enjoy yourself wherever you go.

Cheers Ian and Mrs Stig.

Moto Adventure’s BMW R1200R

LJK Setright,

was my favourite motorcycle journalist, who wrote for ‘Bike’ Magazine in the early 70’s. Setright often described long distance rides at ‘press on’ rates. He particularly loved long rapid rides on BMW’s, which he often described as a “Gentlemen’s express”.

I had a ride like that last weekend. Hobart to Scamander. Then back the next day.

The Road

The East Coast Highway should be on the world heritage list for great motorcycling roads of the world.

• Fast sweeping smooth bends,
• occasional tighter section, and
• stupendous coastal vistas over many crests and around many corners.

Glanced Out Of The Speed Induced Vision Tunnel

Every now and then I glanced out of the speed induced vision tunnel to notice the great beauty around me.

After the wettest winter on record, Tasmania’s east coast is the loveliest I have seen it in many years with full waterways, and green, green fields.

A Ride Like This, On A Bike Like This, Is Close To Heaven

I chose to take the R1200R for this trip – this bike shares the R1200GS mechanicals and suspension, but with a less unwieldy bodywork.

My short legs can comfortably reach the ground, and you don’t need the wide GS bars for a bitumen only trip.

A ride like this, on a warm calm day is close to heaven. I was not quite ‘at one’ with the bike on the way north, but on the return trip, I somehow got in the groove.

My braking points were just right, corner speed fine, and powering out of corners just worked.

A Magic Carpet Motorcycle

The R1200R becomes a magic carpet motorcycle in these circumstances.

The anti dive front suspension gives the impression of ‘slowing’ under the hardest braking.

The bike does not dive, or wriggle, the suspension still deals with the bumps, the bike just slows down.

The suspension still works for you as you flow around the corner, and the 1200cc twin just eases you back up to travel speed, without the need for gear changing, or hanging on to the handlebars for grim death.

I was very pleased that I had chosen this bike for that road on that particular day.

Regards

Ian

One of the great things about Moto Adventure is the terrific people I get to meet.

One chap who came down earlier in the year (from the Gold Coast) was David Summers. David and his mates hired 6 bikes and went off for 10 or so days around the island.

David at Pipers Brook, Northern Tasmania

Here’s the email I’ve just received:

“We all arrived home safely after a great adventure in Tasmania. Judging from the emails floating around all of us would rather be heading back to Tassie on the next flight, to do it all again!”

David tells me him and his mates have caught the bug after their trip and are planning their next motorcycle adventure.

Cheers

Ian