Fast Guided Tours.

The guy in Switzerland who organises our annual MV Agusta tour (Peter
Spoerri) is now running other tours as a sideline. They're aimed purely
at solo sportsbike riders who want to ride fast on some of the best
roads in Europe, staying in good quality privately-owned hotels, with

Sounds like a recipe for a lawsuit.

exactly what I was thinking.

Quite. I hope he's insured. It's not really any different to any clowns who
decide say, to organise a track day for others.

all your luggage going in a van that meets you at the hotel every
evening. The cost includes absolutely everything apart from evening
drinks - you don't even have to pay for fuel.

I've done two of the MV tours, & they are utterly fantastic. Peter
leads on his tricked-out MV 1000, & is a very quick rider. A sweeper
follows at the rear to ensure nobody gets lost, so you can either try
to keep up with Peter, or sink back into the tail group if his pace is
a bit hot for you.

If you fancy doing a hassle-free blast around France/Italy etc (or even
South Africa), but don't like the idea of an organised tour, I'd urge
you to give Peter's outfit a try. It's very layed back & just like a
sunday blast with mates. Steer clear if you're not fairly quick though,
or like to stop & look at museums etc - these trips are just about the

I've never really broken down the price, but they don't seem that
expensive to me, given what's included. Quality hotels, all meals,
petrol, hire of luggage van & driver (who's hotel/food/fuel costs
obviously have to be paid, along with Peter's & the sweeper's) etc.

Plus Peter does the full route & stays in all the hotels at least once
in advance, to ensure they're all up to scratch & there aren't any road
closures/speed cameras etc.

It's obviously more than doing a budget trip by yourself, but it's not
trying to compete with that.

Again, not something I've really thought about as he's a mate who I've
known for years. I can see how that might put some people off though, &
I'll pass your comments on if that's ok with you. I'm sure he could
sort out credit card payments as the tours are done in association with
his employer (the Swiss MV Agusta importer).

There's been a few prangs on the MV tours, but no serious injuries so
far. The broken bikes are just chucked in the back of the luggage van &
sorted out later.

riding.