Groß-Dölln 2017

Monday August 7th, 2017 Leave a comment

What a Weekend!

The guys at the “Rappodetalsperre” did some good stuff to turn the Harz into an attractive area. The Megazipline, a giant suspension bridge, and with 70m the certainly Germany largest swing as well as Wall-Running creating a really nice leisure park. On our way to Groß-Dölln we decided to stop there and try the Megazipline which will take over the lake. Connected to a steel wire and flying with 90km/h down to the valley does not get close to the feeling when you hit turns fast with the motorbike, but it was a nice experience.

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Back on Track!

Sunday July 16th, 2017 Leave a comment
After 5 long weeks my Hornet is back on track! Big Hands for Rocco and @Luca Daverio who arranged the return shipment from Italy. Other than that special thanks to @Thomas Knaul who offered me the necessary parts. And special thanks to @Coors-Zweiradtechnik. Even if vacation time was knocking on the door, Cathi did Overtime on a Saturday just to get this finished and allow me to go to the Track next week. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU!

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Ouch!

Wednesday June 7th, 2017 2 Comments
This tour is over - at least for my lovely Hornet. I crashed the bike with no reason and still don't know why. The good news is: I am ok - thanks to the good protection. Bad news: i might have to kiss my bike good bye. I will know more by tomorrow morning...

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Something is missing

Friday May 26th, 2017 Leave a comment

This is our train to Verona – what is missing?

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Yepp: OUR MOTORBIKES!

When we came to Hamburg we first had some trouble to find the Train station, due to heavy roadworks in this area. After this there was a big delay to load the vehicles. Finally we got the information, that the person in charge to load the train is not showing up due to an accident). As a result of that: The Motorbikes are not allowed to get on the train! Because of that we will not go to Italy tonight! Tomorrow we will decide how to …

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Preparations for Italy 2017

Wednesday May 17th, 2017 Leave a comment

This morning summer startet with 78°F and now the preparations for our tour can start. Parts are ready – this morning i tested my camera on the RAM-Mount and must admit: I like it!

First i was convinced that the mounting is too big, however now i can say that the RAM mount is just stable and very mature. Wih the mounting the camera can be adjusted easily and now the lens is where i like to have it: on top of the dashboard!

Tonight i will get some new tires from Cathi and after this my Hornet is ready …

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Gran Canaria – Escape from Winter

Tuesday February 28th, 2017 2 Comments

Terrible Touristic Airlines

After this short week i remeber why i do not like the touristic airplanes:

Somehow everything is more hectic, noisy and stressful compared to the regular flights. There are significantly more children on these airlines and we had the blessing of one strong smelling specimen sitting in front of us, which had to use all the available throw-up bags.

The Pilot as did the best job in finding every single pothole and he landed the plane not straight, but very hard on the runway. But anyway, we arrived and that all that matters.

Accomodation in Maspalomas

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New Toy

Wednesday February 8th, 2017 Leave a comment

The preparation for the Tour is ongoing: I got my TomTom and Silke a Tripy for navigation.

I tried forever to connect the Tripy to the iPad with all possible and impossible Apps – without success. The reason is, that we can plan and change our tour with the Tripy. Finally i found this little USB Stick. Simply to be connected to the iPad / iPhone and now we can easily exchange data between the i-World and regular PCs, but more important the Tripy!

Money well spent…

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