BOOKING FOR THIS TOUR IS NOW CLOSED. THIS IS THE FIRST RUN AND WE'RE TESTING IT TO MAKE IT PERFECT. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO JOIN US NEXT YEAR.. The Julian Alps Tripinar iS a week long trip to grow your riding and travel skills in the Austrian and Slovenian Alps. Break into small groups of 3 to 4 riders according to desired speed. FREEDOM OF PACE. No being frustrated by following some slow tour guide or being pushed beyond your limits trying to keep up. Every rider gets a radio com unit and a GPS with an array a great local routes. Trip package includes access to Yamaha Champions Riding School Champ U online course to help you prepare. YCRS certified coaches join the trips to give you live feedback on the road. Your skills grow exponentially here as you take on challenges no parking lot drill can offer and no race track can replicate. You'll learn but more important...it's so f@cking fun!

You'll learning routing, navigation and secrets to picking a good hotel in Europe. You'll pick up cultural tricks, how to deal with the language barrier and how EU roads are different. The point of the Tripinar is to give you the skills to be able to ride Europe on your own. You are a motorcycle rider, international travel should not intimidate you.

Your arrival and departure city is Vienna, the most beautiful city in Europe. You lost Paris! Vienna is an international hub of vibrant culture from an old empire to a modern country. We encourage you to come a few days early or stay late for a few days after and explore this gorgeous city. An array of low mileage, well maintained BMW motorcycles are waiting for you across from our hotel south of the city center. Reserve the model best for you early. Need some fresh riding gear? Vienna is a good place to go shopping for quality protective gear at a fair price. European standards paired with a good exchange rate mean good value for you and gear with a story. Vienna's subway and street car system is substantial. You'll learn to use it like the locals do. Vienna's selection of cuisine is wide and we encourage you to look for foreign flavors and get local Austrian favorites once you get on the road.

Leod Escapes has partnered with our friends and Yamaha Champions Riding School and our friends at the Motorcycles and Misfits Podcast to give you a trip that is more than a vacation, at a price you can afford, in a time frame that's easier for working schedules. You learn how to travel by motorcycle. You grow your riding skills. You get to feel the road at a pace you enjoy. You will get faster and safer with experience. Leod doesn't cheat you either by charging an exorbitant price if you want to bring a passenger. You get to ride, eat and experience Europe like a European on vacation not some ignorant tourist. So join us and "Ride the Dream".

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Your tour hotel is south of the city center and across the street from your rental bike. If you want to come in early to enjoy Vienna we suggest staying in the old center. We will be there so please join us and see how we "do" Vienna. We have several hotels to recommend for early arrival or staying after. We will get together for a riders briefing and probably all head to a local pub for dinner. Get to sleep early, we've got a great but rather long day ahead.

Leave you big cases at the hotel or in the rental garage. It's time to pack light and mount up. No waiting for everyone. As soon as the riders in your Squadron are ready to go, you head out. Today it's about quickly heading south and settling into your home base hotel. Get their early maybe you'll want to take one of our quick afternoon routes.

You and your squadron have lots to choose from. Maybe it's time to get this adventure started. You've come to train up on the challenging roads of the Julian Alps. Well there's a route that will give you a real work out. The roads are narrow but the pavement is good. Do it smooth and careful with your Squadron. There's not much traffic out here but that also means you are a long way from help. So keep the shiny side up. Enjoy some REAL Italian food at a local Trattoria before you head North again back into Slovenia. It's a full day, tell us all about it when you make it back. If several squadrons decide to do this route then chances are you'll get some time with a YCRS coach to get some real time feedback on your riding.

Yes you read that right. You and your Squadron are in for something special here. There's a special train that will take you under the mountain to the old resort of Badgastein. Grab a snack in the old town and then head north to the valley road to return south over the famed road of Großglockner. You should probably get a sticker near the top to make your friends back home envious. There's a long route through some lonely mountain twisties to get you back or you can cut it short to head straight back to the hotel. Either way you're going to be riding in Alps paradise for at least 6 hours. This is what you came to do. Practice using that rear brake on the second half of those hairpin turns.

Head north with your squadron through the mountains over Tauernpass. Search for lunch in Schladming before you use your freshly honed skills on Solkpass. You've got time today, be sure to grab some photos or swap out the batteries on your video cameras to grab afternoon footage. Leod instructors have run these roads before but we'll be most interested where you ended up for lunch. Be sure to spend some time with a coach today if you can. We'll want to see how far you've come with your riding.

We've got time to take the long way back to Vienna today. So take in the countryside and the mountains. The life of everyday modern Austrians. No tourist buses go here. Be sure to have a Döner Kebab today and a Lieberkäse sandwich the preferred fast food of Austrians and Bavarians. You've got a photo op today if you are a MotoGP fan. You'll be going past the entrance of the fastest circuit on the MotoGP calendar, Redbullring! It's on your waypoints list. Just follwow the GPS to the spot and post a picture to drive your friends insane with envy.  Your big suit cases are ready and waiting for you back at the bike rental location. Pack up your gear and check into our hotel across the street. We've reserved a big table at one of our favorite spots downtown, come join everyone for a celebratory dinner.

Hopefully you can arrange an afternoon flight as you'll probably want to sleep in. More important than all the fun you had is you've learned the lesson that riding in Europe isn't that hard and you can do it yourself... it's just more fun with friends.