Without any preparation and spontaneously a motorcycle ride with limited fuel and water supply may be adventurous, but possibly stupid. Thus, we have been dealing for some time now with the various possibilities of route planning without risking the spontaneity of off-road travel. You can read a lot on the forums about Tracks 4 Africa , we ordered the paper map and the map for the GPS. After the first sighting comes the disillusionment. The maps are good and informative but not as up-to-date as online services and the internet.
Category Archives: Trip planning
DHL Freight Service
A German is well organized and plans his trips quite extensively. Not for nothing there are companies like GLOBETROTTER which have a nice turnover with “the first German Black Forest Expedition”. Well, we also belong to this species and plan and think about how our trip is well organized. One of the considerations was not to ship the bikes’ keys with the bikes. We wanted to prevent people from thinking silly and preventing the loss.
It’s all about pictures
What do you keep in mind about your travels? Some do remember odours – especially people traveling to India. Some remember people they met. Some remember food they faced in other cultures.
400 Screws and four special luggage bags
Saturday was the time. The bikes have to be prepared and packed in the wooden boxes. Thanks to our partner Georg Schrepfer Verpackungen, we are prepared, have the right kind of wood and a construction guide what to do.
Alea iacta est
We have to match the “to-do” List with the timeline of the travel schedule- therefore we decided not to wait for the 2019 Version of the bikes and find a dealer with four 2018′ in stock. (2019 only new grafics at all). Continue reading
Org chart and definition of priorities
As all of us run their own business or departments, I would assume we are all (more or less) alpha man. As you might know this species very well you can imagine that planning a trip like that could be fun. Continue reading