Along the border – Sisaket to Nam Yuen
Since a couple of years a ride along the Thailand border of Cambodia and Laos was in my plan.This ride is mostly along the Mekong river. On the 13th of…
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Royal Enfield Meteor 350
After a couple of years as a pillion, my wife finally decided to try to ride a motorbike by herself. Ok, I pushed her a bit in the right direction…lol…
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One month in Thailand
After one month in Thailand not a big trip – yet!? Busy with the house, busy organising many things and a trip to Rayong by car with the little one.But…
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Royal Enfield Thailand is a bad joke
On the 20th of March 2023 I bought a new Royal Enfield Meteor 350 with some add ons like crash bars, fog lights, windshield etc in Khon Kaen at Royal…
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Cruising along the alpine foothills
Weyarn, Irschenberg, Rosenheim, Samerberg Stay home ! No not because a pandemic but because at home it’s great as well. This trip along the alpine foothills is great. You have…
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Day trip to the Allgäu
Really lucky that I got an appointment for the first service within 3 days – even that it is high season and the workshops are normally fully booked. One more…
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The first 1.000 km on the GSA
When I picked up the GSA from the dealer I was really surprised that there is no sticker on the fuel tank. Sticker about wear-in period. The mechanic mentioned, that…
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Triumph Tiger 1200 —> BMW 1250 GS
One of the best decisions I have made in this year was to swap this Triumph Tiger 1200 Rally Explorer to this black beast, a BMW 1250 GS Adventure. Why…
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A little bit of off-road riding…
Germany is not Scandinavia or the Balkan countries.Unfortunately off-road riding with a motorbike is very restricted here. Sometimes I have the feeling that this sign.… …is one of the most…
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The last trip with the Triumph Tiger
After owning the Tiger for 3 month and riding her for 12.000 km included a great trip to France, Spain and Portugal, this trip in Germany is the last one.…
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1.114 km in 15 hrs
The receptionist was right on the day before – great weather now. Sunny and around 20 degrees in the morning already. Hurry with the breakfast to get on the road…
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Rushing in Spain – will it be better in France?
New day, new luck?! Nope guy’s, unfortunately not really. Weather still not good so I decided to go back on the road and make it to France over the Pyrenees…
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I was being followed and couldn’t escape!
After a quiet night accompanied by the sound of the rain and a delicious breakfast I checked the weather forecast. Still raining for the next couple of days all along…
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Portugal to Northern Spain
After a quiet and relaxed night the view in the morning was not really inviting to leave the bed. 14 degrees and fog in the morning is definetely not normal…
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Tiger – smooth like silk now
Success!!! Picked up the Tiger on Saturday morning at Triumph Centro, Pombal. The air in the hydraulic system of the clutch was removed, the fluid changed, quick shift changed and…
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Stranded in Pombal, Portugal
Since the very first beginning the Triumph Tiger had some issues with the clutch. First, the clutch slipped. When passing the dealer ( 140 km on the clock) where I…
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Gibraltar to Munich – day 2
The day started well. Sunshine, warm, nice breakfast and a great ride for around 50 km in the Algarve mountains on small and twisty roads.Arriving back into „civilisation“ it seemed…
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Gibraltar to Munich – day 1
418 km from La Línea (E) to Sao Bras de Alportal (P) Crossing the Parque Natural Los Aicomocales was really great. Small and twisty roads with no traffic. Calimoto acted…
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Visiting Gibraltar – day 29
There are two really cool things when you visit Gibraltar. First, you can easily walk from another country to the UK. No ferry, not swimming, just walk.Second, right after the…
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Cologne to Gibraltar – day 28
The last 100 km of this trip to Gibraltar. Ronda to La Línea de la Concepion.It’s done after 28 days and 5.100 km in total. Unfortunately it was raining and…
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