Rider 614 was the lucky winner of Moto Liberty's drawing today. Congrats Jerome! He won a $1,000 spending spree at Moto Liberty. Moto Liberty has a great selection of motorcycle gear. I'm sure Jerome will have a great time shopping for motorcycle Gear from Moto Liberty.

To see the Facebook Live video of their announcement, click this link.

Thank you Moto Liberty for being such a great supporter of the tour!

Mark your calendars. Plans for a Sept 11th weekend event in Kerrville are being developed. This event will benefit Veterans Assistance Dogs of Texas.

Events being considered are:

Stay tuned for info...

The initial block of rooms at the Y.O. Ranch Hotel sold-out! They agreed to set-aside 20 more rooms at the special rate for the riders on the Motorcycle Grand Tour of Texas. Of that block of 20, only 10 are left. The discount rate is good for nights of September 10th and 11th. The last 10 are likely to sell-out soon.

Register now, at the discounted rate, before they book-up the remaining rooms established at the special rate room.

Use the button below to book a reservation and get the discounted rate for the tour riders.

Rider 1 at MotorcycleGear.com

If you are a 2021 Tour Rider, please a minute to take a very short survey that will help me determine how folks find-out about the tour.

One of the survey takers will be randomly selected to win a free registration for the 2022 tour. The survey will be open until the end of May 2021.

Rider 89 at Kerrville National Cemetery. Please remember, this cemetery is the replacement stop for Stop 40.

Visit the Tour Shop and checkout the great tour gear we have to offer.

In order to make it easier for tour riders to check the latest recording of their tour stops, the 2021 Tour Riders page has been updated.

Instead of just scrolling down the screen to find your flag number, you can now enter your flag number in a search box.

You can also search by name. However, there are multiple tour riders with the same name.

With the updated listing, you can now scroll to the right to see which specific stops have been credited to your record (as of the last review date indicated).

If you need to contact me about the stops recorded, please use the Contact Tour Director button, do not send a reply to this newsletter.

Please do not reply to this newsletter email. Instead, use the "Contact Tour Director" button, if you have a question. Thank you.

Lone Star Rider (Rex Covington) is in the process of buying a new motorcycle and plans to have it and his trailer at the fundraiser at South Main Iron on May 29th (Saturday) in Paris, TX.

Since there are already three tour stops in Paris, you can pick-up credit for four stops there on that date!

Come on out and support Lone Star Rider's cause. It looks like it will be a fun event. There will be music and food and beverages available.

Until he gets a trailer hitch on the bike and gets it attached to his trailer, folks can take a picture of Rex with their tour flag to get credit for Tour Stop no. 44.

You can find Lone Star Rider's current location by his GPS tracker at this link.

To make a donation to the American Diabetes Association via his Riding for a Cure page, use this link.

Lone Star Rider's will be at the following events:

If you want an opportunity to win a prize, submit receipts (up to 3 per specified sponsor) during the tour.

In accordance with the rules for participation, receipts from specified tour sponsors earn additional points. The receipts must have been issued on or after March 15, 2021.

Be sure that the name of the sponsor or non-profit, date of purchase, and amount of purchase/donation is visible on the pictures of receipts that you submit. Be sure to write your flag number on receipts you submit. If a receipt is to be split by a couple (hotel, food), write both of your flag numbers on the receipt. The split receipt will need to be uploaded twice (once for each participant).

BONUS POINTS – For five (5) bonus points, take one picture of your bike at a tour stop with your tour flag and a copy of Ride Texas magazine. You pick the tour stop location, but only submit one picture. Submitting multiple pictures with the magazine in the picture will not increase the bonus points – just send one. The Ride Texas bonus points selection is right after stop 50 on the drop-down selector in the picture portal. For a list of where you can get an issue of Ride Texas magazine, see this link.

American Diabetes Association (Lone Star Rider's Mission)

To make donations to Lone Star Rider's Fund Raising page for the American Diabetes Association (ADA), submit a picture of the receipt you receive via email from the ADA. When you fill-out the on-line donation form, put your name in the "name recognition box" and in the personal note box, enter a note to state that you are participating in the Motorcycle Grand Tour of Texas.

Riders who make 25 or more of the stops are considered tour finishers and receive a patch identifying them as Tour Finishers.

However, there are always some riders who make it to all 50 tour stops! Those riders are recognized here and will receive a patch indicating that they are 50 Stop Tour Finishers. If you have made 50 tour stops and I have not yet updated your record, please contact me so I can review your pictures out of sequence.

Here is the list of those who have made all 50 tour stops (as of May 15, 2021):