Brad K - Spain

The tour itself was super smooth from the get-go. Sergi and David were our guides, and they are both amazing individuals, truly keys to the overall success of the entire tour. Sergi was on point, lead motorcycle, and David followed with the chase van. Once again, kudos to Cat and Nancy for tying into the local IMT program!

We were on BMW’s, all in great condition, thoroughly maintained and cared for.  The entire group did not experience one bike issue during the total tour!  The tour itself was a kaleidoscope of experiences; great accommodations, incredible roads, amazing scenery, intriguing people, and endless “WOW” factor.  Every day, every hour, every lunch, every stop, a new adventure!  We rode the Pyrenees, with Sergi and David’s local knowledge coming into play.  Pass after pass, and always with a measure of good verbal background on the area, the roads, the local economy and other tidbits from the IMT crew.  We even dipped in and out of France twice, catching a festival on a lunch stop there, totally unexpected and another great memory!  Incredible curves, mountaintop passes, canyons, and rivers.  Endless “eye candy” with epic riding…. Heaven on two wheels!

My favorite stays were the two Paradors, with the incredible fortress of Cardona Castle being my tops.  This is where we stayed, while we did our 2 tracks days at Aragon, so 3 nights in a medieval castle, pure magic!  All of the accommodations were outstanding, Nancy and Cat have this down.  Food?  Too many incredible meals to pick one as my favorite, the fare was just flat out amazing, from start to finish.  I will mention that the best “pot pie”, true British commonwealth style, that I have ever had, was at a “pub”, just outside of Alcaniz, where the Aragon track is, go figure, in the middle of Spain!

The track days with BMW Race Academy and Troy Corser were an incredible fun and educational experience, stand alone.  If one just went there for that, your cup would be full!  Motorland Aragon is a great racetrack, “Fast, Blind, and Big”, as Troy described it…..really fun to ride and learn, easy to improve one’s lap times, and the supplied 1000RR BMWs were perfect bikes for this application.  The coaching was spot on, complete with video and low “student” to coach ratio, no more than 3 riders to a coach.   It should be recognized that the program is tailored to riders familiar with a motorcycle, but one does not have to be an “A” track rider to go on these tours and attend these track days!  One of my highlights was securing a two-up ride with Troy Corser, at Aragon, the track where just a week previous, I had watched Marc and Dovi duel.  It was the thrill of a lifetime to be on that bike, with the speed that Troy carried, me on the back, passing nearly everybody on the track…..the ultimate roller coaster…..there is no amusement park on this earth that can top that experience!

This tour rated as high as the previous two, in my book, and this is a testament to the experience that Leod Escapes provides, on all of their tours!  The research is properly performed, the knowledge and experience are present, leaving the individual or couple to simply “enjoy the ride”.  I have been riding international motorcycle tours for over 20 years now.  The organization that goes into an endeavor like this is significant, and nobody does it better than Cat and Nancy.  The fact that they have combined Track with Tour, is not only unique, it is super special, exciting, and enjoyable!  I am very much looking forward to the Alps tour I will be doing with them this year, and riding yet another amazing track, Sachsenring in Germany!  It should be noted that this year’s Spain tour, 2019, not only has the three days at Aragon, but one also has the option of 3 days at Catalunya, all with the aforementioned BMW Race Academy……If I could make this one again, I would do so! 

Why should you do this tour?  Because there is nothing else like it.  If you like to travel, with good people and good motorcycles, throwing in a track experience at a world class race track, then this is the pinnacle.  Sign up, you will not be sorry!