Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

Applying yourself

We get about a hundred applications a year to be a Tour Leader with Motorrad Tours. We interview about 20, invite four or five to our annual training and assessment centre, send one or two on a training tour and, on average, over the last decade, we’ve recruited one new tour leader each year.

A lot of the initial applicants fall at the first hurdle when they realise we are not here to provide them with a free holiday. When asked for their CV, a riding history, current first aid and RoSPA certificates and a brief answer as to

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