BSA Motorcycle Owners Club - International BSA Rally 2026

The International BSA rally for 2026 is being hosted by New Zealand. The rally will be held over the 13th to 20th February and will be based in Silverstream, which is around 30 minutes ride north of Wellington.

Click here for the contact details for the rally organizers (on the rally advertising poster)

The venue for the rally can be found at https://www.silverstreamretreat.co.nz/

Note: The more upmarket rooms and units that can be viewed on the Silverstream Retreat web site are fully booked as at 4th September 2025. Rally attendees have booked this accommodation directly with the Retreat. The NZBSAMOC has details of local Hotels and Motels in the local area that can be booked directly by rally goers if preferred to the shared accommodation that can be booked using the Online Booking process.

Indicative costs for the rally are as follows (more detail is available when you use the Online Booking process). All costs quoted are per person attending, in New Zealand dollars. Note only the basic accommodation can be booked using the Online booking process (see the Silverstream Retreat "Group Options" page for details of the shared accommodation).

Registration will CLOSE 30th January 2026. Don't miss out!

Rally Registration $315 (per person and includes packed lunches on all the rally ride days)
Accommodation in Stonewall Lower Block $455 (per person for the full week, this is basic shared facilities accommodation to be booked by couples ONLY, linen not included), alternatively:
Accommodation in Rimu Court Block $420 (for the full week, this is basic shared facilities accommodation, shared bunk rooms, linen not included)
Linen supply $120 (for the full week, for those not bringing their own sleeping bag etc).
Meals per day $55 * (per person, includes both a breakfast and dinner, up to 7 days meals can be booked, the dinner on the 13th and breakfast on 20th count as one day).

*Those people who have select less than 7 meal days per person will all be contacted by the NZBSAMOC just before the 30th Jan 2026 to confirm on which rally days the meals booked are required. Extra meals can be booked right up to 30th Jan 2026.

An indicative itinerary (as at July 2025) is as follows:

Friday 13th Feb (day 1) - 1400hrs onwards check in, obtain rally packs, 1800hrs dinner/bar.
Saturday - 0800hrs breakfast, official rally opening at local Marae, 39km ride, 1800hrs dinner/speaker
Sunday - 0800hrs breakfast, ride circa 200km, visits to car museum/tram ride, 1800hrs dinner/speaker
Monday - 0800hrs breakfast, ride circa 275km, visits to vintage plane propeller factory, mill, bike museum, 1800hrs dinner/speaker
Tuesday - 0800hrs breakfast, free day (to visit Wellington etc), 1800hrs dinner/speaker
Wednesday - 0800hrs breakfast, ride 160km, 1800hrs dinner/speaker, gift presentations and dance
Thursday - 0800hrs breakfast, choice of two rides, 1800hrs dinner, 1930hrs delegates meeting
Friday 20th Feb (day 8, half day) - 0800hrs breakfast, vacate rooms by 1000hrs, morning tea. Farewells.

Click here to see a short video where the 1996 BSA International Rally in NZ was in the news (it requires a mp4 reader on your device). There was also a BSA International Rally held in 2010 (see our "Photos" page).

Update 10th June 2025 (accommodation booking, loan bikes, post rally 12 day tour)

A number of people have already booked their accommodation at Silverstream Retreat. If you are looking for ‘up market’ accommodation there are still vacancies. Standard accommodation can be booked on the registration form. We plan to have the online registration live by August.

We have a list of members willing to loan bikes to overseas visitors but as we have a relatively small number of members we cannot guarantee everyone requesting a loan bike will get one. We are certainly doing our best.

A twelve-day tour of the South Island will follow the Rally. Booking and deposit facilities will be on the registration form.

We are still working on the Rally programme. Already locked in is a formal Māori pōwhiri (welcome ceremony) on a marae, a visit to a large collection of motorcycles from 1904 to the present day, a workshop where WW1 propellers are made, with some vintage motorcycles as well, and scenic spots around Wellington.