News & Reviews

MCN & Devitt Insurance Choose Extra Mile 30th June 2010 MCN & Devitt are running a competition to uncover the UK's best biking destinations and have chosen Extra Mile Bike Tours as the company they prefer to provide the prize.They want to build a map of the UK's top bike spots: the twistiest roads, friendliest dealers, best value bed and breakfasts, and the most entertaining biker pubs. Entering is simple, all you need to do is visit http://www.keepbritainbiking.com, go to the Biking Intel page and mark all your favourite top biking spots before 30 July.
By helping to create the UK¹s most comprehensive biking atlas you could also be in with a chance of winning an amazing UK touring holiday for two people, organised by Extra Mile Bike Tours, worth £2500! For full terms and conditions go to www.greatcompetitions.co.uk

National BikeSafe Motorcycle Show 2010.: 16th June 2010 Extra Mile Bike Tours attended the show last weekend and declared it a great success. Once again the crowd was drawn (excuse the pun) by the the chance to win a Free Tour of their choice by entering the Free Draw, by choosing the top three destinations that they would like to tour. The day saw most interest in the Balkans tour departing on 20th Aug 2010 for 15 days. Tony Carr, Tour Director said" The demand for this tour is as we would have expected. We have chosen some fantastic routes, great locations and have priced it very very competitively".

Polo shirts for all tour participants: 2nd June 2010 Extra Mile Bike Tours are now giving away one of their coveted polo shirts to every tour participant that books a tour departing after July 1st 2010. Polo shirts will be sent three weeks prior to tour departure. Additional polo shirts can be purchased from us at £19.95 each.

National BikeSafe Motorcycle Show 2010.: 21st April 2010 Extra Mile Bike Tours have today confirmed they will be attending the National BikeSafe Show at the Sheffield Arena on 12th and 13th June 2010. This promises to be a great day with over 100 exhibitors and some 17000 visitors attending last years show, this year even more are expected. Already confirmed for this year's show are world record holding stunt rider Dave Coates, the sensational Extreme Globe Riders, International Trials Champion Steve Colley, Ady Smith's KTM Off road experience and one for the youngsters, Honda - My First License. Honda, Yamaha, BMW, Kawasaki and Triumph have also confirmed that they will be exhibiting. Extra Mile Bike Tours will be there too.

Ready to Ride Weekend a Great Successs: 18th April 2010 Extra Mile Bike Tours attended the Ready to Ride Show held at Haslemere Fire Station which was deemed to be a great success. The weather was perfect, with glorious sunshine and hundreds of bikers entered the Extra Mile Free Draw. The greatest amount of interest was definitely the 9 day Italy Tour with enquires and bookings for both this year and next. There were plenty of other activities and stands to entertain and educate the crowds from safety lectures and CPR demonstrations, to advice on motorbike maintainance. All in all a great day which will be repeated again in September. We'll be there!

New deal with Motorbike Rentals: 2nd April 2010 Extra Mile Bike Tours have today confirmed that they are in talks with a UK based, motorbike Rental Company which will allow them to increase their offering of UK Guided Tours to customers flying in to UK from countries such as USA & Australia. Full details to be released shortly.

Increased demand for France, Spain & Italy: 13th March 2010:Since the merger between Extra Mile and RPT Moto, we have seen a huge increase in demand for our 14 night guided motorbike tour of France & Spain. This is partly due to many bookings coming from earlier clients of RPTMoto who originally enjoyed their tours to the WW1 & WW2 battlefileds, and are now going further afield. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that we have had such a miserable Winter here in UK and with the great British weather being so unpredictable, many want to "guarantee" themselves some sunshine and good riding weather.

Whilst the 14 night / 15 days tours of France & Spain has seen a massive increase in demand, the most popular tour is still the 9 nights / 8 days tour to Italy. This has become known as our Eurotour as we ride through France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Switzerland & Italy..... and then back again. Great German roads, picture postcard scenery of Austria and Switzerland, and of course the infamous twists and turns of the 48 hairpin bends which make up one side of the Stelvio Pass.

Tony Carr, European Tour Director said "Demand and early bookings are enabling us to negotiate better rates from hotels and B & B's, which we can then pass on to our clients.Tours for 2010 are filling quickly, but it is always best to contact us before booking on line, just in case there are any bargains to be had"

New Operations Centre for Extra Mile Bike Tours: 15th November 2009:Due to the increased demand for our Guided Motorbike Tours, Extra Mile Bike Tours Ltd have now moved our base from Dorset and have established an office in Banbury, Oxfordshire and are about to open a brand new Operations Centre in Stockton on Tees, Cleveland.

The two new offices, one North and one South, now ensure greater support and co-ordination of the growing number of tours and courses on offer. Following an extensive, recent recruitment and training programme, we have increased the number of tour leaders within the team, so that we are able to offer more guided motorcycle tours and survival courses throughout the year and this means more flexibility for the customer.

The Banbury operation has moved into an existing base, previously used by RPTMoto which was merged with Extra Mile earlier this year, whilst the Stockton on Tees location will be a new, purpose built, operations centre with state of the art computer and communications technology. All the tours and routes will be mapped and tracked from here with 24/7 cover and support during the touring season.

No VAT to pay on ANY Tours booked before New Years Eve: 13th October 2009: Yet again we are going the Extra Mile and offering an amazing deal. We will pay the VAT on any tour booked and secured with a deposit before 31st December 2009 Choose your tour and dates fill in the booking form today!.

diverse team but mainly from military backgrounds, we all have a passion for motorbikes and for travel. Professional CBT & DAS motorbike trainers, survival instructors, first aid instructors, bike fanatics and businessmen make up an energetic, organised team with the key ingredient that brings it all together.....a sense of humour.

Between us we have lived in, and travelled across, every continent across the globe on all sorts of mode of transport both during our time in the military and afterwards.

We understand the needs of both the individual and the group when it comes to traveling through unfamiliar areas and even foreign countries and maybe for some, for the first time as a group. Working as a team, from the back office staff making bookings, to the tour guides looking after you throughout the trip, we will ensure that each and every day, of every tour is as fulfilling as it possibly can be with everything organised and running smoothly.

We work hard, we go that EXtra Mile to make sure you enjoy the rides, the scenery, the sights, the culture and the instruction on offer. ve any questions or queries.

We go that EXTRA MILE to ensure your enjoyment, mile after mile.........