With none of us ever traveling in the South of Africa on motorcycles, little experience on the new bikes and tires, choosing the right “footwear” is difficult. The usual sources of information are as meaningful as so many forums. According to post and forum, tires between 1500km and 8000 miles are durable, have no or perfect side guidance and adhere perfectly or not at all depending on the driver and the ground. Continue reading
The Flights are booked. The way to transport the bikes to South Africa is becoming more and more transparent.We finally decided on tires and tubes for our travel (Michelin Desert Race / Michelin Ultra Heavy Tubes). Continue reading
Eine erste Zusammenstellung von Werkzeugen zur Diskussion und Ergänzung. Speziell die Demontage des Fußbremshebels ist uns mit dem OEM Werkzeugsatz nicht gelungen. Deshalb wurde ein wenig ergänzt.
Here is a first Version of our Tool bag. We share the tools between the different bikes. The original OEM Toolkit resticts the scope of repairs to a minimum, so we decided to extend the tool kit as we share it between four bikes.
{Heute mal auf DEUTSCH}
Der Plan war die Motorräder in Spanien einzufahren ohne Frostbeulen zu bekommen. Wie es immer so ist fängt man mit einfachen Pisten an und testet was geht. Am Tag Zwei wird man schon Experimenteller. Die Pisten schmäler, steiler und anspruchsvoller. Relativ schnell stellt man fest die Grenzen setzt nicht die Maschine sondern das können des Fahrers und sein Skrupel wie man mit einem neuen Bike umgeht.
Two of us drove towards Spain to escape from the cold and test the motorcycles. Yesterday it was time, with sunny 20 ° C.
“I’m hopping mad!” sound out of my mobile phone. Two of us already registered the bikes. One had no issues, the other had to show the vecicle identification number to the registration officer and one was refused to register as he needs customs clearance documents and has to show the vehicle. I guess that is a good training to be patient all the time…
It seems to be unreal or even weird. We are driving through the night. The beauty of the Austrian Mühlviertel is hardly perceptible because everything is covered with snow.
Are we really going to pick up our new adventure bikes?
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
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
“You are positively mad!” was the conclusion of one of our fellows as we told him what we had in mind. We started with the idea of an off-road trip to Spain and Romania in 2019, came up with some plans for Morocco and finally agreed that our bikes would not be suitable for a offroad adventure tour. (This is a part of the story other individuals – not riding a motorcycle – cannot transfer). So we had to investigate what would be suitable for trips like that. KTM350: to small tank. R1200GS ADV: to heavy. Wait for the KTM790 Adventure: Expected light – but after presentation at the Eicma: even to heavy.
100% clear: WE NEED NEW LIGHTWEIGHT BIKES WITH MORE THAN 600km RANGE!!!
Explore the journey to our new bikes, the conversion and the upcoming adventure in the southern hemisphere – without the standard adventure bike ;- )
Verrückt im positiven Sinn 