Dragon Moto and the Versys 1000

Dragon Moto - Back Story: We’d heard about DragonMoto and their “conversion” from GS to Versys a couple of months ago.

Geraint is such a straight forward guy we thought this new blog would be a great way for people to discover more about organised touring – which is really starting to grow in popularity – and also the Versys 1000. Like its 650cc sibling, the litre bike is more of a “ride and be convinced” machine rather than a showroom Queen…. So lets sit back and see what Geraint and partner, Jan have to say over the next few months – who knows we may even have a Q/A session with them one day soon so start thinking of those questions….

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Geraint and Jan Hughes run DragonMotoTours and they organise and run motorcycle tours in UK and Europe. 

Emphasis is simple - for the tours to succeed people need to feel relaxed, have a great social interaction with other like-minded people, visit exciting destinations using a variety of great roads and overall have a positive motorcycling experience.

The length of tours can vary from short weekend breaks up to 10 or 12 days.  Hotel accommodation is sorted, travel arrangements, routes to and from hotel locations and also ride out routes if the tour is staying in a location for more than one night. 

The French roads lay ahead

In addition to the tours the guys run day ride outs in the UK and Geraint also runs a Motorcycle riding assessment programme.

Over the years Dragon Moto have toured with motorcycles extensively in the UK, Western Europe and in America.  Geraint also has significant motorcycling experience as he is a former police motorcyclist and BikeSafe presenter and currently works as an IAM motorcycle examiner.  Having ridden pillion for many years Jan (his partner) passed her test in March 2008.

Hanging houses Pont en Royans

Touring two up for many years was on a VFR 800 VTec to which they added handlebar risers over time to gain a better riding position.  On tours in America they have used BMW GS’ and one of the first bikes Jan had was a Versys 650 before moving to a Tiger 1050.  The riding position and feel of the 650 Versys was excellent and Geraint always said he would buy a 1000cc version if one came on the market. 

Perfect Versys territory

Before making the final decision to purchase the Versys 1000 in August, they tested similar bikes such as the BMW GS, MotoGuzzi  Stelvio and Triumph Explorer, but the Versys won out on many factors such as comfort, fuel consumption, styling and luggage capacity.  In two months the bike has done over 5,000 miles and has exceeded all expectations. …. Now relax and look for more entries on the blog about adventure touring and the Versys 1000 in particular.

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