I know this is a late reply to your August 06 posting…I recently completed the "ex-BMW South Island Safari" in NZ, now sponsored by Yamaha.  Still a great safari but with the change of sponsor it is now targeted at scramble bikes, and the bigger bikes generally struggled, with some exceptions of course.The talk around the tables at night, from the owners of bigger bikes, was that they were unlikely to attend this Safari again given its new focus, but that there was still a need for a safari along the lines that ran until BMW ceased its sponsorship after the 2005 event.I can only recommend and support any move to run a safari for bigger bikes in NZ. Go for it... 😎