Be sure to mark your calendar for this year’s Rally on the River, coming up September 25-27 at Green’s Canoe Rental and Campground in Steelville, Missouri. Every year this fun, laid-back event is hosted by Interstate Motorcycles (an excellent Royal Enfield dealer in Rolla, MO) and draws a great group of people from both Royal Enfield and Moto Guzzi circles. Enjoy beautiful riding country in the shallow foothills edging the Ozarks, good food all weekend long and, of course, a great group of people. This rally is truly an event not to be missed!

There’s no rally fee for the event – just bring a little cash for food, drinks and camping at the rally (there are also hotel rooms available nearby).

To find out more, download a copy of the event flyer from Interstate Motorcycles or give them a call at 1-888-265-6294.

We hope to see you there!

Sun Valley Reunion

Each year, the Sun Valley Service Center hosts a great rally for riders and enthusiasts on the west coast. There’s always a great group of people that turn out for the event and, of course, great riding in the gorgeous wine country of northern California!

Here’s the latest on this year’s rally from Guy:

Labor Day weekend is just around the corner. It is time to reserve your room in Plymouth, Calif.

We are staying at the Shenandoah Inn 1-800-542-4549 for reservations.  For the people in the Reno area, we will be leaving Saturday AM and riding over Hwy 88 to Plymouth,  Calif. and west coast people will meet up at the Shenandoah Inn. We will ride to some wineries Saturday afternoon, and then plan a 125 to 150 mile loop throught the gold and wine country on Sunday.

We found a great RV campground just a few miles North of the Inn, on HWY 49.

No entry fees this year, hope to see as many as possible attend.

Call 775-673-9611 for more information and be sure to mark your calendar!

One of our  REunion attendees “PorkChop” from the community forum, put together a wonderful video of the event.

Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNgGhTiFInE

“PorkChop” (Dan) does this for a living and can be found here: http://www.raleighproductions.com/

We’ve set the dates for our annual Minnesota Get-Together. Join us at the Eagle Cliff Campground in Lanesboro MN on the weekend of June 19-20. Lanesboro is in a particularly scenic part of Southeastern Minnesota.     

Besides great riding it is in the heart of Amish country. We had a great time last year at this laid back event. Give Jane a call at 1-800-201-7472 for more information or to make a reservation.

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Ghost Stories

Entire Family rode from Chicago in this Royal Enfield Sidecar Rig

Bob and Ron

S-K Service, our dealer in Hatley Wisconsin is pleased to announce the 22nd Annual Motorcycle Swap Meet – an event centered on Japanese, European and British motorcycles. The event is all day Friday May 1st and Saturday May 2nd at S-K Service in downtown Hatley. The event is free to the public.

Be sure to mark your calendar and download the printable Swap Meet PDF Flyer.

Dateline – Cycle Icons – Bordentown N.J.

A team of two engineers and the director of service for Royal Enfield arrived in Bordentown fresh from India on Monday. Mr. Sarvesh is an engine designer, Mr. Hari is an Electronic Fuel Injection engineer and Mr. Vikram is in charge of service for Royal Enfield.This two day event is the first of three such events on the east coast, Midwest and west coast to be held  over the next 10 days. It is the precursor to the introduction of the new engines which well be reaching our shores soon.

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Our thanks to everyone who visited the Royal Enfield display this weekend at the International Motorcycle Show in New York City. There was a great turn out again this year and lots of enthusiastic interest in the bikes. There was a lot of positive response to the new UCE models and (quite predictably) the Cozy Sidecar rig was a veritable photo magnet.

Special thanks also to our participating local dealers: Leon Stanley of Cycle Icons and Mike Depalo of UK Motorports.

I attended the annual importers meeting at the Intermot show in Cologne, Germany. As always, it was a lot of fun. The Intermot show occupies more than 11 huge convention center buildings. I spent 3 days looking around and still didn’t cover everything!

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