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Europe - Motorcycle - Travels
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Copyright Bernd Tesch. Expert for Motorcycle-WORLD-Travels. It is free for you to read this and learn out of it. It is not allowed to take off or to publish any information of this without written permission of Bernd Tesch. This all is a part of the book in work "Motorrad-Europa-Reisen" = "Europe Motorcycle-Travels". ISBN  3-9800099-8-x.
GLOBETROTT-ZENTRALE Bernd TESCH. Grünentalstr. 31. 52152 Simmerath-HAMMER. Germany. Tel 0049 (0)2473-938686. email: berndtesch(ad)gmail.com
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02.1998: A part of this you find under NEWS already published since >http://www.berndtesch.de > news  28.05.2000: Start of this collection in Internet >http://www.berndtesch.de > Engl. or German version > countries >Europe: I would be grateful if you could help to keep this update ! So far you find many language and grammar mistakes inside because of lack of time. Pardon. Will be corrected and updated with more Europe-Travellers in future.

Bernd Tesch has been working in this field since 1970. In this times I had to write letters and to phone or to visit the European-Travellers to get contact / informations. Later Fax helped. In 1991 I visited the most famous motorcycle-travellers in Denmark, in 1993 in Britain, in 1994 in USA and in between many in Europe (France, Germany, Netherland, Switzerland). Many of  European Motorcycle Travellers have been at my yearly Motorcycle-Meeting for World-Travellers in april: More than 10.000. I own the largest archive of World-Travellers in all continents.

To find all this and all my activities was a "life-long job" and cost me a lot of money. All books about "European-Motorcycle-Travellers" from 1910 until 1994 are published in my in German written, but very international understandable book called "Motorrad-Abenteuer-Touren" = Motorcycle-Adventure-Tours (432 pp, 500 pictures / drawings. About 264 Motorcyle World-Tours. ISBN 3-9800099-55-5. DM 38.90). I own all this books in all languages.

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>> http://www.berndtesch.de >> German or English version >> Bestelliste or order. If you find this book there you can order it. I offer about 200 international available "Motorcycle-TRAVEL-Books" for sale via my catalogue "Motorrad-REISE-Bücher". English books are reviewed in English in the catalogue.

If you are have travelled Europe by Motorcycle extensively or plan to do this or "on the road" already or know anyone who is not listed here, please send my any details, addresses, publications, homepages and most important: best pictures. I would be very grateful if you can offer me especially informations of "Historical European Motorcycle-Travels".

Please give me at first a complete view like this EXAMPLE in the SAME STYLE written in English:
01.10.2010 - 27.10.2015 (exact dates !)
Sven Müller (German, born ??.??.19??)  Your Homepage:  http://www....??
Solo Europe with BMW R 100 GS. 50.000 kms. He rode together with Susan Smith (British) who rode a HONDA 500 XL.
Purpose: To see more than just the village I was born..
Route: Europe 12.000 kms (Germany - Austria - Switzerland - Italy - Greek - Turkey ....) - Asia 15.000 kms (Iran - Pakistan - India - Nepal. Bike solo by plane to Singapure. I flew to Singapure. Malaysia - Thailand - back to Singapure). - Australia 16.000 kms (I flew together with bike to Darwin. Around  Australia 16.000 kms. Or offer names like: Darwin - Adelaide - Melbourne - Sydney ...) - North-America (I flew with bike to Los Angeles. LA - New York) - Africa - Europe (Bike by ship to Netherlands / Amsterdam - Germany / Cologne).
The best: I wanted to find myself. Freedom. Sun. Friendship of  Turkey people. invitation by Pakistani. Climbing the Himalayas........)
The worst: I got Malaria in Nairobi. Attack of soldiers with weapons in Iran.....)...
Important useful informations for others:...
Book or publication (about your tour):...

I am very grateful to all the individuals who informed me since 1970 worldwide by meeting me, phoning, sending letters, later faxes and emails since 1994 about Motorcycle-World-Travellers including Europe. This internet-list had to be done in many days but too quick, because I did not have enough time. So please give me your "pardon" that there are mistakes inside of the informations and a lot in my language.

If you would have read this above you will be disappointed that there is nothing listed so far. The reason is very easy:
I am a one-man-business and have preferred so far to take my time to update the other continents. If you would look under >countries > world you will see what I have done already !

Bye Bernd Tesch

This collection just have started. Will be continued. Please give me your view of YOUR Motorcycle-Tour !

Europe - Motorcycle - Travels = Europa - Motorrad - Reisen

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10-20 billion (= Millarden) years ago
The universe started to exist somehow.

4.5 billion years ago
The Sun and Earth were created. The earth is one of nine big planets of the sun. Possibly out of change of gravity in the universe it was caused that dust attracted each other at first to smaller parts which are getting bigger and bigger. Finally becoming big rocks which attracted each other to big planets. Most of them were attracted by the biggest part which is the sun. The nine planets could escape somehow the gravity of the sun and started to circle around the sun. All of the men / women who have been in satelits speak about the "blue planet earth" because about 70 % of the earth is water.

1 billion years ago
First signs of life on the earth.

25.000 years ago
The "homo sapiens" exists.

1885
Erstes Motorrad von Gottlieb Daimler
Um 1883/84 bemüht sich Gottlieb Daimler, Erfinder des Verbrennungsmotors, darum die menschliche Kraft durch die Kraft der Verbrennung  - "Explosion"  zu ersetzen. Gottlieb war ein Schüler des Erfinders Otto, der den schwerfälligen und gewichtigen Otto - Gasmotor gebaut hatte. Dieser Motor stand fest am Boden, um Arbeitskraft zu erzeugen. Gottlieb suchte ein leichteres Aggregat, das Bewegungskraft erzeugen sollte. Eines nachts wagen sich Gottlieb und sein Sohn Paul auf die menschenleeren Straßen zur ersten Fahrt mit diesem "teuflischen Gefährt", einem Holz - Motor - Rad mit eisenbeschlagenen Rädern. Am 29.08.1885 wird dieses Gefährt vom Kaiserlichen Patentamt in Berlin als erstes Motor - Rad der Welt gesetzlich geschützt. Am 10.11.1885 legt Sohn Paul Daimler in aller Öffentlichkeit drei Kilometer von Bad Canstatt (Baden Würtemberg) nach Untertürkheim zurück. Das erste Motor - Rad mit Holzrahmen hat einen Verbrennungsmotor mit gesteuerten Auslaßventilen und automatischem Einlaß. Wilhelm Maybach fährt erstmalig damit. 1 - Zyl. Viertakt - Motor. 264 ccm. 0,5 PS (0,37 kw). Max 12 km/Std. - Daimler wird nie Motorräder bauen, sondern hat nur mit dem Motor in Motorrädern und Booten experimentiert. Mit Carl Benz wendet er sich dem Vierrad zu und baut 1901 den ersten Daimler Benz. In Untertürkeim wächst die heutige Daimler - Benz AG.

1887
Stevens, Thomas. Around the world on a bicyle. Solo-Weltumrundung auf einem Hochrad von Stevens.

1894
Heinrich und Wilhelm Hildebrand und Alois Wolfmüller gründen in München die erste Motorrad - Fabrik.
Bis 1896 bauen sie mehr als 1000 Maschinen: Wassergekühlter 2 - Zyl. Viertakt - Motor. 1488 ccm. 2,5 PS (1,85 kw). Ca. 40 km/h. Glührohrzündanlage.

1900
NSU. Im ersten Produktionsjahr von Motorrädern der 1892 neu bezeichneten Firma NSU (NeckarSUlm) wurden 100 Motorräder und 7000 Fahrräder hergestellt. NSU erfand die gefederte Vorradgabel und baute riesige Stückzahlen von NSU - Motorrädern. 1890 gewinnt er Hochrad-Rennen.



li: Herstellung der Motorräder Neander.
Re: Ernst Neumann-Neander vermutlich auf Europa-Tour.
Fotos au dem Nachlass von Ernst Neumann. Hier abgedruckt mit Genehmigung vom Stadt-Museum Euskirchen, Frau Dr. Rünger.



Ernst Neumann-Neander vermutlich auf Deutschland-Tour.

1903-1908
Ernst Neumann-Neander (Geb. 03.09.1871 in Kassel. Gest. 04.11.1954)
+ Europa-Tour . Ernst Neumann-Neander macht auf einem Griffon-Zedel-Motorrad (500 ccm, 50 kg) eine Europa-Tour; besonders wohl in Frankreich. Nähere Infos sind leider nicht bekannt.
Ernst Neumann-Neander ist ein vielseitiger Mensch: Zeichner. Maler. Illustrator. Lehrt Lithographie und Farbholzschnitt. Künstler.
Der experimentierfreudige Ernst Neumann-Neander baut 1887 eine Dampfmaschine in ein Dreirad ein. 1899-1900 baut er ein Dreirad mit selbstgebautem Motor. Entwerfer von Auto-Karosserien und Motorjachten. 1914-18 Marine-Leutnant. 1919-21 Baut ein einfaches Motorrad zur Selbstmontage. 1923 Konstruktion des TX-Bekamo-Motorrades für Brühn. 1924 Produktion von Motorrädern mit Villiers- und Jap-Motoren. 1925-1928 Versuche mit Duraluminium-Rahmen ("Dural" aus Düren). Motorradproduktion in eigener Fabrik in Düren-Rölsdorf. Neander-Serienrahmen aus Stahlprofilen für JAP-, MAG- und Küchen-Motoren. Motorrad-Rahmen-Lizens an Opel. 1928 fährt die ADAC-Winter-Deutschlandfahrt auf seinem Neander-Motorrad (150 ccm Villiers-Motor. Gebaut bei Allright in Köln). 1931 Verlust der Stimme. 1931-1939 Motorrad mit Triebsatzschwinge. 1939-45 Dreirad-Hecklenker. 1946-1953 Versuchsbauten von einfachen Motorräder mit Zentralfederung, "Motorkatzen". Kurvenneiger - Dreiräder. Letzte Erprobungsfahrt des 79-jährigen Neumann-Neander mit 125 ccm JLO-Motor..
2001 Ausstellung im Stadtmuseum Euskirchen im "Dicken Turm", oberste Etage der vier Neander-Motorräder eines Schornsteinfegers aus Euskirchen, der diese Motorräder gesammelt, gepflegt und gefahren hat. Nach seinem Tod wurden sie als Dauerleihgabe dem Stadtmuseum überlassen.
Literatur dazu: Ernst Neumann-Neander. Leben und Werk. Von Reinhold Kraft und Dr. Gabriele Rünger.
Katalog zur Ausstellung im Stadtmuseum Euskirchen vom 11.02. - 01.04.2001. Erhältlich gegen Voreinsendung von € 5,00 plus Porto im Stadtmuseum Euskirchen. Alle oberen Angaben stammen aus diesem Katalog des Stadtmuseums. Angaben hier abgedruckt mit Genehmigung von Frau Dr. Rünger.
2009 Die Leitung des Stadtmuseums bat B.T. als VIP-Pate für diese Motorräder zur Verfügung zu stehen.
04.05.2010 Am 7. Hochzeitstag von B.T. besuchte er erstmals mit Patricia das Stadtmuseum. Frau Dr. Rünger gab uns eine sehr freundliche und persönliche Führung. Die Neander-Motorräder sind wirklich ein EIFELSCHATZ.
Adresse zur Besichtigung der Neander-Motorräder: Stadtmuseum Euskirchen. Kirchstr. 12. Im Dicken Turm. Oberste Etage. 52156 Euskirchen. Tel. 02251-970386.

Wie kam es zu dem Namen Neander ? Neander beduetet im Griechischen "Neuer Mann". Dieser Name wurde als Künstlername gewählt.
06.05.2010 Noch Fragen: Hat er auch Seitenwagen-Prototypen gebaut ? Antwort Frau Dr. Rünger: Ja
Gibt es keine Aufzeichnungen über die Europa-Touren hinsichtlich Strecke ?


1911
Sexé, Robert
Habe einige Motorradzeitungen von 1961 erstanden. Dort beschreibt Sexe wie er mit der Rudge von 1911 von London nach Venedig faehrt, ohne Kupplung und Getriebe ueber die Bergpässe. Das war noch richtig abenteuerlich.
19.04.2008 1st info by Christoph Rumpf .
19.04.2008 Asked for a fotocopy of the article
05.04.2011 Asked under the name tintabiologic again.
06.04.2011 Christoph answered and will send the motorcycle numbers.

1912
Dr. Stöcker
England - Italy. Moutaineering by Motorcycle. A motorcycle tour by a doctor from GB to Italy on a New HUDSON, Bj. 1912, 300 ccm. 12 pages.
09.06.1998 Info über einen Artikel by Thorsten Schulze.


Fotos siehe oben !

17.02.-04.03.1924
Deutschlandfahrt Februar 1924
In 17 Tagesetappen über 3000 Kilometer mit drei Neandermaschinen. Fahrleiter: Ober-Ing. Paul Jockel (von dem wahrscheinlich der Artikel ist).

Vielen Menschen kommt das Leben sehr schwer vor. Mir auch. Drei Wochen vor dem Start zur Deutschlandfahrt erhielt ich den Auftrag, für ein großes Kölner Werk drei Maschinen meines Systems für die Deutschlandfahrt zu bauen und zum Start bereitzustellen. Die eine sollte ich selbst fahren. Das freute mich, das betrübte mich. Welcher Mensch ist imstande, in einem ganz fremden Werk innerhalb so kurzer Zeit drei Kampffahrzeuge rennfertig an den Start zu schicken? Ich sollte dieser Mensch sein. Material mußte ich aus meinen eigenen Vorräten mitbringen. Zwei Pakete passend geschnittener Stahlrohre mit 1 Millimeter Wandstärke. Nach drei Tagen lud ich meinen Werkstattassistenten, Motoren und die Bündel Stahlrohre in den Kölner Expreß.
Ich bin der Schrecken der Fabrik, denn ich habe keine Stunde zu verlieren. Nach einer Woche scheint noch nichts vorwärtsgegangen zu sein. Rohrstücke, ausgeschnittene Einsatzbleche, aller möglicher kleiner Fassonkram. Zweite Woche. Die Bruchstücke formen sich zu Gebilden, Nabenteile und Speichen zu Rädern. Dritte Woche. Skelette stehen auf den Werkbänken. In drei ununterbrochenen Tagen und Nachtschichten entstehen nacheinander drei niedere, rote Maschinenwesen, Herzen, Nieren und Leber, ein internationales Konglomerat. Helf’ Gott!

Ein barmherziger Freund des Konstrukteurs, der Tag und Nacht nicht vom Platze weichen dürfte, sendet ihm und seinem Arbeitsstab in das kalte Weiß-Grau der nächtlichen Werkstatt ein Stückchen Paradies. Zwei Körbe mit Eß- und Trinkwaren, ein richtiges Tischtuch und Sekt, begleitet von einer holden weiblichen Fee, welche den müden Menschen alles im Nu lieblich serviert, inmitten von Schmutz, Abfällen und Arbeitsstaub. Der letzte Tag schimmert durch die Oberlichter der trüben Fabrikscheiben, der Nachtwächter des Werks steht mit einem großen Schlüsselbund am glühend-
roten Werkstattofen und raucht eine dicke Geschenkzigarre.
Acht Uhr morgens knattern die Motoren, neun Uhr geht es vor die Tür zur Probefahrt, zehn Uhr zur Polizei zur Abnahme, zwei Uhr nachmittags zur Maschinenabnahme des Fahrkomitees. Bei Eintritt der Dunkelheit beginnen die Fahrer ihre Ausrüstung zusammenzubauen. Um Mitternacht sind Fahrer und Maschinen zu Bett gebracht. Um fünf Uhr heraus zum Start. Nun ist alles egal. Endlich sinkt die Startflagge, zwischen Mauern von Menschen setzen sich 125 Maschinen lärmend und qualmend in Bewegung. Das Bewußtsein scheint ausgelöst. Fahren, fahren! Wohin? Immer den anderen und den bunten Wegzeichen nach. Freunde rufen unsere Namen aus Mauern von Menschen heraus, wer war es? Niemand weiß es. Dann folgen ungeheure Quälereien in verschneiten und vereisten Bergstraßen. Der Leidensweg beginnt.

Alle Gemeinsamkeiten hören auf jeder ist mit seinem Fahrzeug allein auf der Welt, allein auf Gedeih und Verderben.

Meine Maschine verliert jede Kraft, sie scheint wie erfroren. Der Luftdruck hat gewechselt. Die Vergasereinstellung ist falsch. Luft und Kraftstoff harmonieren nicht mehr. Ich halte, baue am Vergaser, fahre weiter halte, baue, fahre, halte, baue. An langen steilen Abhängen kleben im weißen dichten Schnee schwarze Punkte. Alles schiebt, die Bevölkerung hilft.
Da kommen Ortschaften, Kontrollen, vereiste Waldwege, stille Gegenden, laute Städte. Meine Maschine wird immer müder, selbst geringe Steigungen muß ich schieben, ich bin allein und unter Nachzügler geraten, unter die Wracks, unter die gestürzten und Lahmen.

Ich lache grimmig und baue mit erfrorenen Händen und vor Anstrengung keuchender Brust. Im Schnee bergauf schieben ist eine lähmende Qual. Ich rette mich in den Windschutz eines Bauernhauses, was es für ein Haus es war, sah ich kaum, es stand einsam, es muß wohl ein Bauernhaus gewesen sein. Von Zeit zu Zeit knatterte ein anderer Verdammter vorüber. Ich sitze auf der Erde und denke nach. Dann durchforsche ich Organ für Organ. Resultat: Getriebe zeigt zu große Widerstände, ebenso die Räder. Ich baue die Räder aus. Kein Fett in den Lagern. Von den durchgearbeiteten Nächten apathisch, tue ich das, was übrig bleibt. Fahre weiter!

Es wird dunkel. Ruhe einige Stunden in einem von Franzosen besetzten Nest.  Dann - die Poilus helfen mir eine schrecklich schlüpfrige vereiste Gebirgsserpentine hinauf.  Es ist Mitternacht, die Etappe noch nicht zu Ende.  Laterne eingefroren.  Es wird Tag, endlich Frankfurt.  Hinein in eine befreundete Karosseriefabrik.  Räder raus, Getriebe raus, Vergaser raus.  Am Nachmittag als Traumwandler zum Bahnhof, um zum anderen Morgen das Feld wieder zu erreichen.  Das war der erste von 17 Tagen.  Ein schlimmer Anfang, wie es schien.  Trotzdem weiß der Erfahrene, daß die Maschine im Widerstand zu streiken im selben Verhältnis erlahmt, je hartnäckiger man sich ihr gegenüber erweist.  Man weiß, sie wird eines Tages gefügig, und dann wird sie laufen wie ein Wiesel.

Noch drei Tage schlage ich mich mit allerhand Tücken des Objekts.  Ich kratze mit dem Schraubenschlüssel jedesmal einen Kratzer in den Sattel, wenn ich den Vergaser ausbaue.  Es sind so viele Kratzer, daß ich sie nicht zählen kann.  Ewig Wasser im Vergaser, ewig Kristalle in der Leitung.  Zum Verzweifeln!  München kommt und geht, Erfurt, Leipzig.  Ich sehe stürzende, montierende, schiebende Motorradfahrer, und immer alles in Eis und Schnee.  Ich schlafe, tanke, fahre und montiere. Endlich finde ich Gelegenheit, einen regulierbaren Vergaser einzubauen.  Nun beginnt sich das Weltbild zu ändern.  Es schiebt sich nicht mehr alles blind und toll durcheinander.  Ich fange an, Gegenden, Eigenarten, Typen, Maschinen und Fahrer zu unterscheiden.  Die bösen Geister gebändigt, aber ich lahm, elend, erfroren, bis auf den Willen, vorwärts zu streben, stumpfsinnig und von allem unberührt.

Die Maschine läuft.

Ich gehöre nicht mehr zu den Nachzüglern, zu jenen, die mit letzter Energie abends die Etappen erreichen. ich fühle aber auch, daß man von den kleinen Maschinen und ihren Fahrern sinnlos Unmögliches verlangt, daß hier Schuld vorliegt, nicht meine, sondern Schuld des Generalstabs des Unternehmens.  Die kleinen Riemenmaschinen starten bei Tagesgrauen und sollen bei Dunkelheit in die Etappe unter dem Damoklesschwert der Strafpunkte einfahren.  Die Großen starten eine Stunde später und sind zeitig am Ende ihrer Tagesleistung.  Wer keine Werkstatthilfe im Begleitwagen, keine Fabrikmonteure am Ende oder Anfang der Etappe zur Verfügung hat, der muß ein eisenstarkes Herz haben, um der Verzagnis zu entgehen, die an jeder einsamen schnee-verwehten Waldecke über ihn kommt.  Es war oft so kalt, daß die Vergaser-Zuleitung einfror, Füße und Hände waren jedem längst zu stumpfen gefühllosen Eisklumpen geworden.  Wer hinten blieb, um den kümmerte sich niemand mehr.  Das Komitee, die Presse, Auserwählte jagten im 70-PS-Wagen voran.  Hurra, die Deutschlandfahrt, das Ausland sieht mit Stolz auf euch (wie es in den abendlichen Reden und Trinksprüchen so oft - so passend gesagt wurde).  Aber die, die um den Anschluß hinten kämpften, die Tapferen, mit denen die bösen Mächte ihr Spiel trieben, fuhren ohne Wegweiser, ohne Licht, ohne Mitmenschen, im Bewußtsein, daß niemand eine sorgende Hand über sie hält, ihren nächtlichen Weg.

Kein Schlußwagen, kein Sammelwagen für Verunglückte oder havarierte Maschinen und Fahrer.  Napoleons Flucht aus Rußland.  Ein frivoles Spiel mit Sport und Menschen.  Niemals vorher wußte ich, wie einsam ein Deutscher im deutschen Reiche sein kann.

Jeden Morgen bei Tagesgrauen dasselbe wilde Bild vor dem Start, der Kampf um Kraftstoff/Ölmischung für die zahlreichen Zweitakter.  Keine Mischgefäße, Unorganisation, oberflächliche Hast, Ungenauigkeit im Zumaß.  "Hier, Sie müssen auf Ihre Benzinbons noch sechs Pfennig pro Liter draufzahlen." Oel gab es nur in Kannen zu kaufen.  Man stieß, schrie und drängte sich inmitten des Gebrülls eines Schocks von Motoren in fürchterlicher Enge im Halbdunkel.  Das war die einzige Gelegenheit während jeder Etappe zur Instandsetzung.

Der Abend - die kleinen Maschinen mußten zehn Stunden auf der Landstraße verweilen - bei und nach Dunkelheit kam man an. Quartierzettel? Alles besetzt. In Grünberg / Schlesien wurde mein Team bei einem Arbeiter einquartiert. zwischen Wickelkindern und Schlafburschen. Andere Male nächtigte ich in ungeheizten Zimmern, in dem das Wasser im Waschbecken dick gefroren war. Aus vereisten Kleidern in eisige Betten. Vorher noch Reden über Reden, ein Kampf um warmes Essen in diesem Empfangstaumel. Fahrer schliefen sitzend am Tisch.
Am nächsten Morgen zog Jockels wilde Jagd weiter. Wir mit. Hoch die ADAC-, hoch die Deutschlandfahrt. Das Wetter verschlechtert sich von Tag zu Tag. Schneestürme empfangen uns in Norddeutschland. Die Straßen werden unkenntlich, Weg und Steg weiß eingedeckt.
Weiter, nichts wie weiter. Meine Maschine kommt immer besser in Gang. Morgens am Start mache ich mich mit den ersten weg. Stettin - Kiel (230 Kilometer) werde ich nicht vergessen. Lange Menschenhäuser, lose Einsamkeiten im Schnee begraben. Zeitlos kämpft sich die Spitzengruppe durch die Dämme der Schneewehen, überholt, wird überholt, viele Stürze. Eine Aura von wilder Energie scheint um jede kämpfende Maschine zu strahlen. Kontrolle, Hurras, Menschen, Polizei, Automobile, Schnaps, Einschreiben, „wieviel Kilometer nach Kiel?“. Weiter. Sturm von der Nordsee, Schneesturm. Im Schnee festgefahrene Oberleitung- und Begleitwagen. Die Spitzengruppe, die Kanonen und die kleine Neandermaschine mahlen sich seitwärts durch knietiefen Schnee, wo der Motor nicht reicht, helfen Beine des Fahrers. Endlich, endlich, Nachmittag Kiel. Bis Eintritt der Dunkelheit war nur ein kleiner Teil der am Morgen Gestarteten ein getroffen. Etwas Bänglichkeit beschlich die gesamte Organisation und lagerte lähmend über dem Sammelplatz. Immer noch, in tiefer Nacht, trafen einzelne Fahrer ein. Ein Lastzug wurde hinausgeschickt, er blieb bald im Schneesturm elend stecken. Wo sind sie alle geblieben? Hoch der ADAC, hoch Jockels wilde verwegene Jagd!

Kiel blieb rückwärts, Hamburg Bremen kam, nach Süden zu, nach Hannover. Ja, Süden – jetzt blies der Schneesturm aus Süden.

Meine kleine Maschine läuft wie ein wilder Satan, sie will alles gutmachen. Ich tanke, gieße eine halbe Kanne Oel verschwenderisch über die Antriebskette des Motors. wechsle Riemen auf Riemen, von welchen ich mir in Berlin eine ganze Kollektion verschafft habe, und fahre mit höchster Geschwindigkeit in die Schneewehen auf gut Glück hinein, denn ich habe herausgefunden, daß man, wenn kein Sturz erfolgt, nur so vorwärts kommt. Ich kämpfe jetzt ganz allein an der Spitze, denn der Feind ist der Schnee, welcher sich überall türmt und in alle Fugen sich zwängt. Meine Brille, meine Brust, meine Beine sind mit Schneebergen gepanzert. Man sieht gar nichts mehr. Ich spritze den Schnee mit der Petroleumkanne von Zeit zu Zeit von der Brille, und etwas Tageslicht schimmert wieder durch. Ich versuche auch ohne Brille zu fahren. Unmöglich, ich habe sofort die Augen voll Eisnadeln. Füße und Hände sind längst vereiste Klumpen und  ohne jedes Gefühl. Die Situation belebt sich. Schneeschmelze tritt ein, Hannover scheint uns Wärme und Nässe entgegenzustrahlen. Begeisterte Autos kommen mir entgegen. Hüte- und Mützenschwenken, Hurras vertönen in der Einsamkeit der Landstraße. Ich werde von starken Wagen überholt, welche haarscharf an mir meine vorüberjagen, wie, um mir zu zeigen, daß sie schneller sind, überwerfen mich mit Schneewasserschlamm und Kot, daß ich nicht aus den Augen sehen kann. Menschenmauern, Ziel, Halt, Absteigen, Sammeln, hinauf in die Halle zum Empfang durch den Oberpräsidenten und die Spitzen und die Damen und - ich weigere mich, ich will nicht! Ich bin nach allen diesen harten Kampftagen kein dressierter Affe, der staunenden Menge vorgezeigt werden soll. Nein! ich will in die Fahrzeuggarage, ich bin naß am ganzen Leib - Platz frei, adieu, auf Wiedersehen heute abend, wenn ich wieder ein Mensch bin und Ehren genießen kann. Noch zwei Tage. Am andern Tage gab‘s Tauwetter mit etwas Regen. Der Schnee ballte sich vor den Rädern, die Berge waren mit glasigem, nassem Eis bedeckt, kein Fußgänger kam sie hinauf. Ein Varietekunstfahren begann. In den Ortschaften brauner Schneeschlamm, durch den die Fußgänger bis an die Waden hindurchturnten.
Die Spitzengruppe braust durch diesen Kot, englische Maschinen, eine Megola, durch Vorderantrieb im Vorteil, ist mit der kleinsten mittendrin. In Elberfeld liege ich an dritter Stelle, nun jetzt mag es weitergehen, bis der Ozean uns aufhält, uns ist alles so egal geworden, uns kann nichts mehr schrecken als die Panne. Ununterbrochene Menschenmauern öffnen sich knapp vor den Fahrern, schließen sich, öffnen sich wieder, atmen wie eine lebende Schlange. und ein Sausen von kilometerlangen Hurras braust so schnell mit uns, wie wir fahren können. Vor Dortmund nimmt die Ovation gigantische Dimensionen an. Fabrik reiht sich an Fabrik und Menschenwohnungen, ein Riesenwerk ans andere, und alle Menschheit. welche bislang die weite hungrige Welt mit zahllosen Industrieproduktion speiste, hat sich zum Spalier auf gestellt, um die Deutschlandfahrer mit sengenden heißen Hurras zu empfangen. Es war der gigantischste Menscheneindruck, den ich bisher irgendwo in der Welt empfangen habe.
Ein Gedanke, ein Wunsch, ein Wille von Hunderttausenden. Wenn das mal national lebendig werden würde! Das war deutsches Volk, wie ich es bisher nur geträumt habe. Betäubt, erdrückt erreichte ich Garage und Hotel.
Der letzte Tag der Fahrt. Menschen, Hurras. Hüte-, Tücherschwenken, Ekstase der Begeisterung. Schlamm, Schneekot, tiefe Löcher der Straße. Fünfzig Kilometer zwischen Menschenmauern. Köln, die heilige Stadt, fliegt heran. Es ist kaum zum Durchkommen vor Menschen, Kraftwagen, Krafträdern, Radfahrern. Blumen und Lärm. Die Deutschlandfahrer sind kaum mehr weiterzubringen. Überall in den Vororten Empfänge, Reden, Hurras. Weine vom Rhein, Mosel, fließen in Strömen.

Bloß weiter. Wer kennt so was in Berlin? Es ist ein Tollhaus der Begeisterung, was uns umgibt. Treffe am Ziel ein, allein zunächst, es ist zuviel, wir sind das nicht gewöhnt. Sind wir noch Motorradfahrer, welche 17 Tage gegen alle, alles gekämpft haben? Wir sind nichts mehr, wir sind nur Mittel, nicht Zweck, Mittel zur Entfesselung von Temperamentsausbrüchen der Volksmassen, gebändigt durch jahrelangen Hochdruck politischer Pressung. Die rettende Absperrung des Zielhauses hinter Gartengittern nimmt mich auf. Frauen, Männer mit Armen voll gelben Mimosen, schließen mich ein. Photographen, Kinographen, Offizielle. Hinten heraus flüchte ich mich, hinter den Mauern von Menschen, dem Rheinufer entlang, dem Dom entgegen, in die menschenleere Stadt Köln hinein, hinein ins stille Hotelzimmer und ins warme Bad. Es ist überstanden! Wie? Ich weiß es nicht mehr. Ein einzelner allein aus eigener Willenskraft hätte das nie leisten können. Es war, als ob wir die Willensempfänger einer ganzen Nation gewesen wären. Des Willens zu befreiender, männlicher Tat.
2010 Abschrift aus dem Buch des Kölner Motorradclubs, erste ADAC-Deutschlandfahrt durch Dr. Gabriele Rünger in Euskirchen.
29.05.2010 Erhalten von Dr. Gabriele Rünger in Euskirchen.

08.07.1924 - 09.1924 Reise-Bericht. Europa. Asien. .
Clare Sheridan und Bruder Oswald Frewen
Across Europe With Satanella.  Die Autorin und ihr Leut.-Commander Bruder Oswald Frewen machten eine Tour auf einem Gespann A.J.S. (7,5 PS, Zweizylinder, 799 ccm). Das Motorrad nannten sie "Satanella", den Seitenwagen "Plus one". Sie starteten in Sussex (Großbritannien) und verließen Odessa im September. Eine sehr zivilisierte, unterhaltsame und humoristische Geschichte hauptsächlich von der jungen sowjetischen Nation. Da sie an vielen Plätzen offiziell empfangen wurden, hatten sie Abendkleidung, Opernhut und Schönheitscreme mit.
Buch: Across Europe With Satanella. 33 Kapitel. 216 S. 45 SW-Fotos. Keine Karten. 22,5 cm x 14,5.
Route: Großbritannien - Holland - Deutschland - Tschechoslowakei (Prag) - Polen (Warschau) - UdSSR (Kiev  per Boot nach Ekatarinoslav) - Alexandrovsk, Azov, Jalta, Odessa.
B.T.: Dieses Buch ist mit sehr viel Seele für die Menschen, denen sie begegnet sind, und für das Motorrad geschrieben. Satanella war das erste britische Motorrad in der Sowjetunion.


< 1926
Rag Strucci, Giuseppe (Italian)
Una Passeggiata di 1600 chilometri in sidecar Indian Super chief.
Route: Livorno - Trieste - Gorizia - Montello - Feltre - Trento - Brescia - Milano - Livorno.
Published: Motocillismo in Italy 15.03.1926.
02.01.2001 1st information by Constantino Frontanili


20.06.1928 - ca.18.07.1928
Giuseppe Guzzi (Italian)
The enigineer Giuseppe rode solo 6.000 kms in 28 days with the first motorcycle "Moto Guzzi Grand Tourisme" to the Artic Circle in  Norwegian.
Route: Italy - Swiss - Austria - Germany - Denmark - Sweden - Norwegian (Otta) and back.
B.T.: He and his brother Carlo are the producer of  "Moto Guzzi".
1999 1st information by Frontalini


1930
Sophia Skorphil (German, Schwäbin). "Mit der BMW nach Dalmatien".
In 6 days Sophia and her sister rode 2013 km with her own BMR 63 with a Royal-Sport-Sidecar. That means a high average per day in those times. Both were married and their husbands normally would not allow o travel on a motorcycle without them. On the way they had to pay several times Maut.
Within four hours Sophia got he route and the Triptique´s (douane-documents) for SHS and Italy from the TOURING-Club.
Her final summary: There is nothing nicer than with "Lust und LIebe mit Ziel oder ohen Ziel die shcöne Welt zu schauen".
Purpose: from today to tomorrow with the sister.
Route: First day: Wien Laibach 417 km. Second day: Karlovac (Karlstadt) - Plittwitzer Lakes (called "Jugoslawien Swiss"). Third day: Knin visiting friends. Sebenico. Fourth day: Zara. In a storm "Bora" the front-tire broke. So now Sophia noticed her mistake to ride without a tire in reserve. In the rain and on the rim of the front wheel they rode 36 kms to Tijesno. The rim did not have any mistake then. Fifths day: They had to wait because the new tire had to be ordered in Spallato. He was delivered by motorcycle. Sixth´s day: To Sebenicio passing donkeys and cows on the "main road".
22.11.2006 1 st information by Sasha Disko in NY
22.11.2006 Asked for a foto-copy or scan
29.05.2010 Next request for update
2011 1st information by Sasha Disco in NY. A report from BMW-Blätter 1930 Nr. 04.
06.01.2011 1st summary.


< 1933
Egon Gustav Schleinitz (geb. 20.05.1912)
With 16 years Karl-Heinz  won a motorcyle "Wachsmuth-Kleinkraftrad" Modell W 100 mit Ilo-Motor, 98 ccm, Verbrauch 2,5 Liter/100 km. His mother allowed him to travel in the scool-holdidays to Sweden. He visited world-around-traveller Palle Huld and Sven Hedin and  Dichterin Selma Lagerlöf and  Dichter Knut Hamsun.
Route: Dresden - Berlin (Deutschland) - Oranienburg - Neubrandenburg - Greifswald - Insel Rügen - Sasnitz - per Schiff nach Malmö (Schweden) - per Schiff nach Kopenhagen (Dänemark) - per Schiff zurück nach Malmö (Schweden) - Göteborg - Jonköping - Gränna  Nottköping - Stockholm - Upsala - Falun - Lekssand - Mora  Vänersee - Sunne - Oslo  (Norwegen) - per Schiff nach Newcastle - (England) - York - Doncaster - London - per Schiff nach Calais (Frankreich) und auf der Straße nach Paris - (Flugzeug nach Paris Frankreich (??) - Châlons - St. Menehould - Verdun - Luxemburg (Luxemburg) - Köln (Deutschland) - Dresden.
Book:  Die abenteuerliche Fahrt des Karl-Heinz Strobel (= Egon Schleintz). Ein Tatsachenbericht für "richtige" Jungen. Many different editions. 1938-1954.
1987  1st contact
12.07.1993 Bernd Tesch visited Egon G. Schleinitz in München in an home for seniors. He was 80 years. He wrote 30 books (28 published).
Egon wrote this book as a novel to make more tension. He was himself the one who travelled in 1993 with 22 years smoe months to Sweden. The Wachsmuth-Motorcycle was in reality a Wanderer-Motorrad. He started first travels in 1931 by bicycle and in 1933 with motorcycles.  He rode a DKW and Ardie with sidecar (with a girlfriend from Paris) before the war. With a Glas-scooter after the war to the Riviera. On travelled at this time without stoplight. Wonderful feelings with open shirts.

07.05.1988 - 28.05.1988
Marcus Wischemann (German, 11.03.1967) , www.dr600s.de.vu Photos von dieser Tour-> www.dr600s.de.vu->Motorräder -> Vespa
+ Germany - Southern Europe . Marcus traveled on a Vespa 150 Sprint (Date 1968/~45.000km old with twoSchool Pals (also on Vespa, but "new" PX200) about. 5000km in 3 weeks through Germany, Switzerland (Alps), France, Italy Yugoslavia, Austria (Dolomites) and back up to north Germany.
Purpose of your travel: .Just left school, wanted to get out and see the world like it is, without the travel-agency-view.
Route : Europe:.about 5000km in 3 weeks through Germany, Switzerland (Alps), France, Italy, Yuguslavia, Austria (Dolomites) and back up to north Germany
Highlights: Meeting all those open minded people along the streets and visiting people either of us had met before in live. We were just riding where it looked beautiful, asking people to let us camp on their ground (even in front of a castelet at the lake Geneva), had only one problem with that - we belled on a house in Bibione were ! german! tourists lived for if we could stay besides the house on the grass in the big garden for a night with our tent and were chased away with some not very nice words.
In all other cases (we sometimes used camp grounds or youth hostels in bigger cities) we were - especially in Italy and Yugoslavia - welcomed and sometimes even got offered something to eat for the exchange of telling our travelling stories (none of us really speaks italian..) the smaller the village, the more interested the people. In Genova the Police "guarded" us with their Vespas through the city to an address of a girl one of us met in France a year ago. We just came along for a short "Hello" - and a friend of her organized a whole appartment for us just within 20 min and we had no chance but to stay and having three perfect days of genovian family and "Party-Life".
In Pisa we met two american soldiers on vacation, stuffing us with a hell of army food and whisky along their campfire while exchanging stories.
From Fierence to Bologna and to the Adriatic Coast . In the Po Delta a group of italian youngsters saw us driving by, one grabbed his Vespa and came after us to stop us an have a talk with the group. He was so keen on showing the power of his Vespa that he nearly rode into a sidechannel while driving on the back weel and presenting other stunts.
When we came to Yugoslavia a man came to us while resting beside the street an invited us for bread and coffee. He had lived in Germany for a couple of years and again it was an exchange of storys for a couple of hours - and transporting a washing machine- eight hands are better than two!
Near Porec we visited friends from school on a campground - and had a discussion with the local police about driving on one Vespa with three people- it cost a fee of about two DM on that time. Unfortunately I recocnized that campground a couple of years later on TV as a refugee camp in the civil war.
Back direction Austria we got a free place to camp offered by the mayor of a (very) small village, had a bath in the - i don´t yet know how the water could flow with this low temperature - river and got warned about the snakes on our nighting place - on the next morning..
On the border between Austria and Germany the first of us rode through the customers with about 80 km/h, not recognizing the abandoned checkpoint. Just seconds later the customers stepped out from watching a football game an held the rest of us for checking absolutely every paper and luggage. After that hour we had a nice restplace for the night ON the river isar (in words: just our sleeping bags on a small brigde, just a meter above the water). Es hört sich vielleicht alles recht belanglos gegenüber einer around-the-world-Tour an, war aber durch die Fahrzeugauswahl und die no-budget Finanzierung spannender als so manche spätere Tour.
The worst: "lost" the clutchpackage in Savona (a screw went loose and I had to take out the motor and shake it above my head to get the parts out of the oily gearbox)- and met a traveler from Newseeland on a BMW while repairing it on the street
Book or publication (about your tour): Website
My useful informations and TIPS for others: .... keep away from the crowded touristic places, even 5 km back off there are much more open minded & familiar people.. a "smaller" or older motorcycle that "fits" to the country helps to find acceptence. Ex. Given: most of the Italian people were absolutely enthusiasted by us driving "their italian" Vespa through southern Europe. I´m not sure about leaving open luggage on a big new expensive BMW parked just in the middle of Bologna ...
My earlier experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours:... sorry, just the standard: two weeks time, grab the bike and a friend, have a look on TV weather report, decide to go to the north or to the south and off it rolles. Cannada / USA offered the Greyhound, Australia provided us with a nearly new Toyota Landcruiser (just about driven-in 4.2 L &Cyl with only 300.000km on the Speedo - never drove such a reliable car ) for the Adelaide-Birdsville- Alice-Cairns tour.
Planned Tours: you might laugh: been in Norway , Sweden, England, often in France, Spain, Portugal, worked on LaPalma Island on a Vulcano, went surfing on CaboVerde, drove thru Australia, had a small lock to Can/US - but- never have been in the wild German East like Mecklenburg-Vorpommern direction Poland...
19.04.2008 1 st summary
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20.07.1988 - 14.08.1988
Ralf Duempel (German, born 04.04 . 1961) and Mike Hönemann und Stefan Lersch
+ Germany - Hungary. Ralf ( Kawasaki LTD 440) rode with 2 friends to Hungary / Balatonfüred.
Purpose of your travel: Fun. Relaxing, see other places , meet new people , spending time with friends
Route: Eisenach/Austria to Balatonfüred/Hungary
The best: Nature, cheapest trip ever, nice people
The worst: too many radar traps
Other experiences: In 2006 trip to Italy / Lago Maggiore with the same goals as mentioned above but also combined with my wife and children. Get some alpine experience. Bike Kawasaki GPX750R.
Plans: Depending on time and possibilities perhaps in summer 2008 a trip to Greece and Turkey and back over Italy and Austria to Germany . Bike Yamaha FZS1000 Fazer.
20.04.2008 1 st summary
22.04.2008 Last summary

01.07. - 01.10.1990
Gabriela Göhring (German, 29.10.1966) and Martin Muziol (German, 27.03.1967)
Gabriela and Martin rode with one Kawasaki GT 550 to Turkey. We wanted to ride to Syria, but the Gulf-war was coming and it was very dangerous to cross the border of Syria. Soldiers all over.
Route: Germany - Italy - Turkey - Greece - Italy - Germany.
Purpose to travel: to learn more about the people an the beauty and rougfness of the country.
The best: ???
The worst: Martin got a envenomation of food.


1992 - 1996
Thorvaldur Stefansson (Icelander, born 20.08.1955) www.simnet.is/tf3mm
Thorvaldur was with the UN in former Yugoslavia. Rode a BMW R1100RS in Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland, Germany and around Italy.
26.06.2002 1st contact


1993 -
Aaron Winchester (American)  http://www. in work
Europe 7 times.  Aaron from California showed up here in Zweifall in july 1998 a third time with his old BMW riding to search the oldest pubs of Ireland just before we wanted to leave. He likes to relax here for days. Because he is a motorcycle-mechanic he kindly repaired three days my BMW, which has standing for a too long time because of work. The worst for a mc is to stand still. But he forget to tie up the screws of the brake. Never forget: Just you are yourself responsible for your life ! Aaron is an unnormal Americian. At the BMW-shop in San Francisco he gets normally a 2-weeks holiday a year. But he wanted four weeks to travel in Europe. Because he is good mechanic they wanted him back again. Because he liked Europe and left his bike here he asked his boss the next year for 6 weeks holiday. They wanted him back another time. The third year back he wanted to ride his BMW for two months. So they quitt him. Now he is repairing bikes by himself.
1984 being 20 years with HONDA CX 500 riding 3 months 27.000 miles in Oakland 46 States (not Delaware).
1990 Sturgis (South Dakota) one month 10.000 miles.
1991 Daytona Beach (Florida) one month 10.000 miles.
1992 Sturgis (South Dakota) one month more than 10.000 miles.
Route 1993: USA (by BMW R 60/2 from San Francisco - New York about 3 months) - by air (Lufthansa) with the bike to Europe (riding two weeks in Holland (Schipol) - Belgium (Antwerpen)).
Route 06.1994: USA (by plane from San Francisco to Belgium) - riding Europe a month with BMW R 60/2 Belgium - England - here he met Glynn Roberts and got the information of Bernd Tesch.
Route 05.1995: USA (by plane from San Francisco to London - riding Europe three months with BMW R 60/2  England (Isle of Man) - Ireland - Wales - England - Holland - Belgium - Germany - Belgium. Aaron shipped his bike back to SF.
Route 1997: USA (by plane from San Francisco to Brussels) - borrowed a BMW R 100 RT riding Europe 6 weeks Belgium - France - Andorra - Spain (Catalonia) - France - Italy - Switzerland - Germany - Belgium. In Germany Aaron picked up his own mc BMW R 80 and rode to Denmark - Germany - Polen - Germany.
Route 1998: USA (by plane from San Francisco to Brussels) - with BMW R 80 riding Europe 3 months. Belgium - Germany - England - Ireland - England - Belgium - Holland - Belgium.
Route 1999: USA (by plane from San Francisco to Paris, by train to Antwerpen) - with BMW R 80 riding Europe 3 months. Belgium - England - Ireland - England - Belgium - Holland.
Route 2000: USA (by plane from San Francisco to Brussels) - with BMW R 80 riding Europe 3 months. Belgium - Holland - England (Wales) - Ireland - England - Belgium - Germany - Belgium.
1998 Third visit . 01.09.2000 Fourth visit in Zweifall.
Purpose travelling in Europe: Just having fun !!!
The best: Looking for the oldest pub in Ireland for three last years.
The Worst: Being stuck up to my axles in an Irish bog.
Book: Plans a book about searching the oldest pub in Ireland by motorcycle.



1993. Motorrad von Ralf Gollnow mit einer selbst umgebautem YAMAHA XS 650 und einem russischen Polizist an der Grenze.
B.T.: Wie so manche Motorrad-Menschen liebt Ralf wohl gerade dieses sein Motorrad, welches einen schmalen Sattel hat und auch sonst nicht gerade optimiert ist für lange Reisen. Aber er zeigt, dass man quasi mit jedem Fahrzeug im Sommer um die Ostsee reisen kann und seine Klamotten irgendwo dran befestigen kann. Besser so reisen als überhaupt nicht !

08.07.1993- 04.08.1993 +17.07.1996 - 11.08.1996
Ralf Gollnow (German, born 06.11.1964)  homepage http://ralf.gollnow.de
+ Ostseeumrundung. Ralf fuhr solo um die Ostsee mit einer YAMAHA XS650, ca. 5000 km.
Purpose of your travel: Land und Leute kennenlernen, das "ferne, unbekannte Russland" sehen
Route: Deutschland - Dänemark - Schweden - Finnland - Russland (St. Petersburg) - Estland - Lettland - Litauen - Russland (Kaliningrad) - Polen - Deutschland
Highlights: Ich habe "erfahren", dass "ich es kann" und dass auch meine XS den Strapatzen gewachsen ist.
Die Gastfreundschaft und Hilfsbereitschaft, vor allem im Osten; St.Petersburg erleben; ...
The worst: Mehrere Stürze, die ich im Nachhinein aber nicht missen möchte, weil ich dadurch mit den Menschen dort erst richtig in Kontakt kam.
Book or publication (about your tour): FERNWEH. Solo rund um die Ostsee 1993 mit einer YAMAHA XS650. DIN A5. 42 S. 12 Abbildungen, 1 Karte., € 5,00. Büchlein bislang nur im privaten Kreis verteilt.
Useful informations and TIPS for others: Traut Euch! Der Osten ist gar nicht so gefährlich, wie immer behauptet wird!
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: Nur kleinere u.a. bis nach Schweden


1994 - 2000
Rene Willekes (Dutch,born 01.01.1977) http://www.motormaniacs.nl
So far I have only time for a short list: 1994: Belgium, France and Spain on a Honda C70 moped; 1995: France, Spain, Andorra on a Moto Guzzi V65; 1996: France, Spain, Switserland on a Moto Guzzi V1000; 1997: France, Italy, Austria and Germany on a Guzzi V1000; 1998: France, Italy and Corsica on a BMW K1100; 2000: France, Corsica, Sardegna, Italy, Greece, Turkey on a BMW R1150 GS


1996
Thorvaldur Stefansson (Icelander, born 20.08.1955) www.simnet.is/tf3mm
1996 - rode BMW R1100RS from Croatia to Israel through Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece. by ship from Athens to Haifa.
26.06.2002 1st contact


May 1998 - June 1998
Miroslav Blanarik (Slovak, 11.08.1974)
+ Spain - Sweden in a tiny car. Miro went from Gibraltar to the Polar Circle and back to Austria (Graz) in a tiny Mazda 121 with a Finnish friend;
Route: Gibraltar (GBR) - Cordoba (E) - Sevilla - Jerez de la Frontera - Merida - Toledo - Madrid - Santander - Bilbao - San Sebastian - Biarritz (F) - Lourdes - Toulouse - Lyon - Geneva (CH) - Lausanne - Bern - Basel - Freiburg (D) - Heidelberg - Frankfurt - Kassel - Hannover - Hamburg - Kiel - Rodby (DK) - Copenhagen - Helsingor - Helsingborg (S) - Götteborg - Vadstena - Stockholm - Aland island (FIN) - Turku - Helsinki - Savonlinna - Kajaani - Kuhmo - Oulu - Kemi - Rovaniemi - Kemi - Lulea (S) - Umea - Stockholm - Götteborg - Helsingborg - Coppenhagen (DK) - Kiel (D) - Hamburg - Kassel - Nürnberg - Munich - Salzburg (A) - Graz;
Purpose of travel: bringing back home an Finnish exchange student and visiting Santa in Rovaniemi
The best: bringing a green house plant from Spain to Finland in a very good shape :-)
The worst: as a student - to have almost no money
Book or publication: private diary
Useful information and tips: After the journey back home I can only say - please do not drive from Rovaniemi to Austria in 2 days!
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Ca. 01.03.- 07.07.1999
Mike Coan, Heat-Controler and Travelling (American)
Europe. Coan has developed a special heat-controler which you can use in cold days rding a bike. He combines Motorcycle-Travelling with his business: Travelling and promoting/selling his heat-controller. I wrote him: "If everybody would combine his passion with business alyways a maximum would come out for everyone".
So far Mike travelled: Austria. GB. France. Greece. Hungary. Mexico. Morocco. Romania. Spain. USA. Wales. Plans: In 2000 heading to Philippiens.
07.07.99: Mike is now 4 months on the road with German Sue. Planning to visit Bernd Tesch in august.
10.99 He did not come. Lost...
27.06.01 Requested upaadte by eamil !


17.05. - 05.06.1999
Johan Isacson (Sweden, born 31.03.1949)
+ Sweden - Italy - Sweden. The medicine doctor Johan rode solo 6.680 km with SUZUKI Freewind XF650
Route: Sweden (Stockholm) - Germany (Rostock - Bayerischer Wald) - Italy (Sexten - Urbino - Aquila - Scanno - San Gimigniano - Lago Di Maggiore - Sexten) - Germany (Kassel - Puttgarden) - Sweden (Rödby - Helsingborg - Stockholm)
He had no society or met each day another society. He slept in a tend or in simple hotels.
Purpose of travel: A little bt of freedom. To loose the daily routine for some weeks. To know Europe a bit better. To learn Italian language. The feeling to have an always working motor as a pushing hammer below. To ride to the horizont.
The best: The Italian mountains. The old towns.
The worst: Mist and snow in the Alps.
Useful tips for others: To change the feather behind because the original is too week. If you do not want to have big efforts Europe is good for motorcycling. Nearly all good roads. Friendly people. Easy to find a lodge. Good food. Exotic places you find e.g. in Italian Abruzzen and the Tundra and mountains of Norwegian and in the north of Sweden. Or a circle in St. Petersburg in Russia. I plan to ride again to Italy in summer 2002 because I could not see all in one week.
B.T.: 15.11.1998 Sometimes I get very touching letters. The Swedish medicin doctor Johan wrote me that his interest in motorcycles was in waves. In his youth he rode with a "Huskvarna Silverpil (125 ccm)". The next 25 years he did not take care of motorcycles because of his profession and raising up a family with 3 children. But when his oldest son bought a mofa in 1993 his interest came back. Nowadays Johan has a SUZUKI Freewind XF 650 and is searching always for little offroad tracks in Sweden, where he can ride a whole day without seeing any other vehicel. His wife is not interested in motorcycling but very tolerant. So he can travel by motorcycel in Sweden and Norwegian by himself. In 1999 Johan will be 50 years and his great wish is to ride in 3 weeks through Skandinavia or to cross or circumnavigate Island. We will see... Johan bought a lot of Motorcycle-Travel-Books. The best he could do to motivate himself.
09.99 Johan rode Sweden-Italy and forgot to visit Bernd Tesch...


04.07.1999 - 01.08.1999
Anne-Bärbel Engelhart (German, birthday 03.02.1962) www.reisepunsch.de and daughter Lotti Ehret (German, birthday 23.06.1991)
+ Germany > Sweden > Germany . Anne-Bärbel rode with her daughter Lotti 4 weeks in Sweden and Denmark with one Honda CB 450 S ca. 4500 kms.
Purpose of your travel: Riding on the bike, holidays an looking for stories about the vikings and Astrid Lindgren
Route : Germany (Frankfurt - Hannover - Flensburg ) - Denmark (Billund - Trelleborg - Frederikshavn) - Sweden (Frederiksborg - Vimmerby - Bullerbü - Karlsstad - Göteborg - Landskrona - Trelleborg) - Germany (Rostok - home (near Frankfurt).
Highlights : We wanted to visit Legoland, all Outdoor-Museums from historie of vikings in Denmark (and Haithabu in Germany and Trelleborg in Sweden ) and look for the highlights from the books of Astrid Lindgren on the original places in Sweden . We although where paddling and trekking and riding on a bicycle.
The worst: Thunderstorm in a little canoe on lake lelong .
Book or publication: Story in German magazin "MOTORRAD" in July 2000 
Useful informations and TIPS for others:   Motorbike travelling with kids take more time than only with adults. The whole journey should be a game, in witch the children have the biggest part.
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: - nothing! 
04.08.1999 In many points an extra-ordernary women: She has alsways dreams and is planning. She has been in Australia, most by car/backpacking by herself, but with a motorcycle as well. Since then she wants to go back. And she will do it ! She took part in my course Travel-Survival-Training and wrote a nice report of it. She has visited the Mc-Meeting for World-Travellers sometimes. In 1998 she came with the whole family on bikes, her small daughter Lotti on the back and driving with her through a deep river. In 1999 she arrived in south of Germany in cold march of a family vacation on saturday morning and jumped directly on her packed bike coming straight to th Mc-Meeting for World-Travellers. Today I got a postcard that she rode solo with her small daughter Lotti to Sweden.
19.11.2005 last summary


01.08.2000 - 25.09.2000
Marco Meier (Swiss, born 01.09.73) and Rudolf Berli (Swiss, born 08.11.69)
Switzerland - Turkey - CH. Rode from Switzerland to Turkey with BMW R 1100 and R 1150 GS, 7000 Km
Route: Switzerland - Italy - Greek - Ionic Ilands - Pelepones - Samos - Turkey - Taurus Mountains - Adana - Kapadokia - Georgia Border - Trabzon - Black Sea - Coast - Istanbul - Greek - Italy - CH
Purpose of travel: Challenge to find a region with not so much tourism / travel trough the Kurdish region.
The best: Turkish People !! We found a Region with NO tourism!
Book or publication: Motor Sport Schweiz, Magazin 20/21 2001
Useful informations and TIPS for others: ...
Earlier Experiences of (big) Motorcycle-Tours: Northern Africa. Skandinavia. Europe


29.06.-21.07.2001
Matthias Reusch (German)
+ Scandinavia. Mathias plans to ride around Scandinavia with BMW R 10 GS PD.
Route: Germany bei ferry to Finnland (Helsinki - by bike tup all the way to) Norwegen (Noth Cape. Down all the way though Norway to Oslo) - Sweden (Göteborg - Malmö) by ferry back to Germany.


16.08.-14.09.2001
Patricia Govers (Durch) and Bernd Tesch (German, born 20.08.1941)
+ Just motorcycle-holiday in Europe. Patricia Govers and Bernd Tesch made a small motorcycle-tour through Europe. With Tesch-BMW R 80 G/S (1981) with new motor and gearbox (1st shorter, last longer than original, all made from BMW-specialist Dirk Erker) we covered 5.400 kms through 10 different countries:
Route: Germany - exDDR - Tschechei - Austria - Slowakei - Hungary - Kroatie - Slowenia - Italy - Switzerland - Germany - France - Germany.
Patricia wanted to see Toscana in Italy and Schwarzwald-forest in Germany. We crossed beautiful Toscana-mountains from north to south and to Ascona at the beach in the east. We had wunderful views, saw all this similar European trees and the curves were as well the same. I just learned the Italian name for a 180 degrees-curve new: Tornante. We tested a lot of this famous red Italian wine. The sheapest bottle were those besides the open daily fires in front of our tent in the nowhere places of all this forests. Italian pastas you can get as thin spaghettis or big hoses you can look through or even square ones filled with greens. The difference was the price. The same was that after ten minutes they are all in the stomache. So I ate mostly cheap ones while Patricia prefers to eat a little more with luxury. On this trip I was just the riding guide for Patricias tour.
But the bike-route showed her much more. In east Europe we had a long time 30-35°C, which causes more stops to drink coffee. When we crossed the Alps to the north via pass San Gottardo we had snow there on the road. And all this snow covered huge mountains besides the road looked dangerous and asked us to respect them. How have the first peolpe crossed these high rock-chains WHEN ? I assume that the name "Schwarzwald" (= black forest) comes from the darkness of all this trees. The bike-route showed Patricia the "Grauwald" (= grey forest) as well. While crossing all the Schwarzwald-Hochstrasse 1036 m high (= high steet) south-north the mist was so strong that I could hardly see all this trees though all this grey. I had to ride very slowly and careful in this misty-rainy season. May be all this grey was the reason we missed to see all the crocodiles and elephants there... Patricia and I had mostly a great time together seeing so much: Each second while riding. Makes at least 30 days x 14 hours alive/day x 60 minutes / hour x 60 sec / minute >>> 1.5 mio impressions. I do not know if "to work out this amount of impessions" is one reason that we had a few arguments "on the road". Or is it that she loves more luxury and doushes than I (I can sleep for months happily in a tend just with an open fire and a peace of bread/cheese and hot/sweet tea) ? I know it is hard to ride with such a wild man! Or is it just that she loves to visit towns / shops and art gallerys / museums much more (I hate the traffic of big cities and always watch my motorcycle to be sure not to find two of the same after an hour being away) ?
My intension was to ride two different ways to Italy and back and to see the development of the east Europen countries again. I have been there in the 1970ties already. At least I did not see the soldiers at the borders with machine guns anymore. The faces of the people had more smiling, more houses had colour instead of the old grey and the living standard had increased. Sometimes we just had to show only the passport or even could pass without as motorcycle-travellers. And I organised a small "1st Italian motorcycle meeting for WORLD-travellers" in the Alps. And we visted the "Largest Sidecar Museum of Europe: Museo Internationale Del Sidecar" in Cingoli near Ascona. GREAT ! Patricia and I visited our travellers-friends Damiano (21) and Vania (21) in the Dolomits whom we met in Australia in 1999-2000. This was a human higlhlight for Patricia and me. There is much more to write. I wrote my diary in detail. I do not know now when I will finish this report with pictures "from the road". When I came home I had 50 cm of letters, 15 more calls on the answering machine and it took 34 minutes to get my 173 emails from last time. GMX closed my box fo emails: TOO much bites!
In this moment I do NOT know what is most important to do next.To answer all ?? How can I manage this all in time ? May be it is more important to have other thoughts: What were the reasons that those terror-people made this desaster in the USA ? Are WE in the civilised (?) western world are right with all what we mean / thing / feel ? Is it most important to get most money / best car / best TV / biggest house ? Must everything function like a timetable? Do Americans really need 400 liter of water per person each day (Germans need 120) while other people die of lack of water each moment?? AIs it not more important to start to learn from other human beings in other countries ? Is it not more important to help others and to be more modest here? We really have to find those reasons that other people attack us AND to change. There is NO reason to force other people to think / feel like we do and to tell / show them that we are the strongest / best !!! In some cases their life is much better ! The majority of Americans have to notice that there are other people in the world than just they are. There is more need to travel abroad and to learn from others. There are more ways of life than just ours ! Let other people live like they want to live ! If we would avoid to transfer "our way of life" to others so strongly at least this would cause less reasons to attack us. We have to punish this terror-people. But there is no reason and way today just to bomb other places, people and even countries at once. It is better to analyse very carefully and trying to find solutions without war. If WE do not find the reasons of our mistakes at first and make a change... This will cause more terror. Do YOUHHH agree?
My very personal thoughts: The world is govered by the laws of nature. The atom, the mircro-cosmos and the makro-cosmos like stars function in the same way: Plus and minus and reactions between those. The human being and his brain is just a little part - a high complicated one - of this great nature. So there are unlimited possibilities of reactions between those plus-minus. Sometimes comes good things out of it like love or sometimes worst. We have to live with this. Mostly it is great! Well, I have a lot of time to think about this. In Tschechei at a lake in the forest with an open fire I just turned sixty ! I still feel like 20 traveling with my bike.


??.09.- ??.10.2001
Louis-Dieter Hempelmann (German) and a small group
Louis-Dieter and some friends rode with several scooters 7.500 km in 4 weeks.
Route: Germany - Austria - Italy - Greek - Turkey - Nort - Greek - Germany.
The best: No accident. Little reparations.
The worst: 7 tires to change.
Plans: in 2003 Louis-Dieter plans a tour with scooters to east Europa to Wolwograd and Krim.


20.08.2001 - 06.09.2001
Joachim Burkard (German, birthday 22.09.1957)
+ Alps in France. Italy. Swiss. Austria. Germany. Joachim fuhr solo in 18 Tagen mit Gepäck über Asphaltstrassen durch die Französichen, Italienischen, Schweizer,    Österreichischen und Deutschen Alpen . 4375  km und 39 Pässe auf einer BMW R 1100 GS. Durchschnitt 243 km / Tag.
Der Grund der Reise: pure Lust am Motorradfahren.
Route: Germany ( Aschaffenburg  - Darmstadt) Swiss ( Bern - Fribourg - Vevey - Genfer See). France ( Thonon-les-Bains - Cluses - Albertville - St.-Jean-de-Maurienne - Cap - Barcelonnette - Castellane - Grand Canyon du Verdon - St-Raphael - Cannes - Nizza - Monaco - Menton - Sospel - St-Martin Vesubie - Barcelonnette - Briancon - Modane - Val d'Isere - Bourg St.Maurice) - Italy ( Aosta Tal) - Swiss (Martigny - Gstaad - Thuner See - Interlaken - Brienz - Andermatt - Brig - Locarno - Bellinzona - Splügen) - Italy (Chiavenna ) - Swiss (St. Moritz) - Italy (Bormio - Meran) - Austria (Sölden -  Oetz - Innsbruck) - Germany (Garmisch-Partenkirchen -  Landsberg -  Aschaffenburg).
Pässe in der gefahrenen Reihenfolge (Höhe in Klammern):
Col. des Gets (1163), C. de Chatillon (738), C. des Saisies (1633), C. de la Madelaine    (1993), C. de la Croix de Fer (2067), C. d' Ornon (1371), C. Bayard (1248), C. d'Allos  (2240), La Colle St. Michael (1431), C. de Toutes Aures (1124), C. du Bel Homme (915), C. de  Castillon (707), C. de Turini (1607), C. de la Couillole (1678), C. de la  Cayolle (2327), C.  de Vars (2111), C. d'Izoard (2360), C. du Lautaret (2058), C. du Calibier (2646), C. du  Telegraphe (1566), C. de Iseran (2770), Kleiner St. Bernhard-Pass (2188), Großer St.  Bernhard-Pass (2469), Col de la Croix (1778), Col du Pillon (1546), Susten-Pass (2224),  Furkapass (2431), Grimsel-Paß (2165), Simplon-Paß (2005), San Bernadino Paß (2065),  Splügenpaß (2113), Maloja Paß (1815), Bernina Paß (2328), Fla.di Livigno (2315), Pso. d' Eira  (2208), Pso. di Foscagno (2291), Stilfser Joch (2758), Timmelsjoch (2474), Kühtaisattel  (2017).
Earlier experiences: Eine Soloreise mit Hitze (36 Grad) an der Cote d' Azur, Schnee und Minustemperaturen am Furkapass, Sonne, Regen und Begegnungen mit anderen Motorradfahrern.
Höhepunkte: Grandiose Landschaften. Wandern am Grand Canyon du Verdon. Baden im Mittelmeer. Schweinebraten in Deutschland.
Informationen: Sind alle über den ADAC oder über Joachim (via Bernd Tesch-Weiterleitung) zu bekommen.
Schotter war bei der ganzen Tour nicht dabei. Ich wollte viele Kilometer in den 18 Tagen fahren und (da solo) mit dem schweren Teil nicht riskieren zu stürzen. Es war ja auch, trotz der vielen Pässe, keine reine Alpentour. In Frankreich waren der Grand Canyon du Verdon und das Esterel Massif ware Leckerbissen. Auch die Cote d'Azur hat völlig andere Eindrücke hinterlassen.
Die GS hat sich, vielleicht weil ich keinen Schotter unter die Reifen genommen habe, super bewährt. Ich würde also wieder mit einer GS fahren (fahre in 2006 eine R 1150 GS Adventure). Mit diesem Elefantenmotorrad lassen sich große Strecken mit viel Gepäck relativ locker fahren. Schotterstraßen sind damit natürlich auch kein Problem, und ein Könner (zähle mich allerdings nicht dazu) kanns mit der schweren GS auch im Gelände richtig krachen lassen.
B.T.: Pässefahren ist ein alter Traum von vielen Motorrad-Reisenden. Ich kenne bisher niemnad, der 39 Pässe hintereinander gefahren ist... Zumindest nicht so schnell. UNd auch nicht mit einer BMW R 1100 GS . Wäre da - nach der Tour betrachtet - nicht eine leichtere Maschine von Vorteil gewesen ?? INterssant zu wissen wäre auch wieviel Prozent
ca. Asphalt-Strecke und Piste waren.
25.03.2006 Last update.


08.10.2001
Cemal Cangal and 20 others
+ Turkey. A big family was stopped in Turkey (Südostanatolien) by police. They travelled with 21 persons on three motorcycles. The big family of Cemal Cangal had already done the biggest part of their 200 kms travel. The family wanted to travel form Osmaniye to Nevsehir to gether potatoes in the fields. Before Cemal had a lorry but had to sell this because of financial reasons. Cemal and the other riders had to pay fees to the police. To reach Nevsehir the organised a bus.
06.10.2001 1st information by Dr. Dunja Brodowski in Switzerland


01.03.2002 - 18.03.2002
Thomas Weller (German, born 29.11.1973)
+ Germany-Norway. Thomas rode solo across Lappland to Nordkap with a solo BMW R 80 GS. 5.900 KM.
Purpose of your travel: Fun in snow and ice.
Route: Travemünde - Helsinki by ship, Rovaniemi(Fin) - Kautokeino (N) - Karasjok - Nordkap - back on E6 to Oslo.
The best: Great weather with sun, blue sky in Lyngen after cloudy days somtimes with fog, and lot of snow and wind. To meet surpriced people in Norway and Finnland ("YOU ARE A EARLY BIRD; YOU KNOW? or "DO YOU KNOW THAT IS WINTER IN NORWAY?")
The worst: Empty battery at morning (-25°C) near of Karasjok. A snowscooter pull me on. Wind. Climbing out of sleepingbag(brrrr)
Book or publication or website: no.
Useful informations and TIPS for others: Finnish roads are boring, not many snow but a lot of trucks. North finnish/norwegian roads are nearly without traffic, fine ice - good to ride on it except wind blows snow on the road . Snowplough min. 2 times a day on all open roads, mostly more, some roads closed at night (20.00-08.00 or so). Temp. at night/morning -30°C, at day max.+2°C at the coast. I use several fleece layers, trecking jacket, thermo overall, and kamik boots, BMW use 0W30, Metzeler Unicross Front and Karoo with spikes no.....
>>>Hier gibt es doch viel zu erzählen zu den Temperaturen auf der Reise (WELCHE wraen da??) und wie Du das gelöst hast ohne zu frieren!
Earlier experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: some trips to south and middle norway in winter
02/1996 (cold) Bergen, Hardangervidda, Fillefjell, Dovrefjell, Österdalen
02/1998 (2 solo bikes with Markus R100GS) Hardanger, Ringebu-fjell


18.03.2002 - 10.04.2002
Nicole Hauffe (German, 17.02.1974)and Miroslav Blanarik (Slovak, 11.08.1974)
+ France - Spain - Portugal. Miro and Nicole went 10.000km on a Kawasaki Zephyr 1100 through southern France, northern Spain and Portugal.
Route: Narbonne (F) - Andorra (AND) - Lourdes (F) - Biarritz - San Sebastian (E) - Bilbao - Santander - Picos de Europa - Capo Finistera - Braga (POR) - Porto - Vila Real - Coimbra - Lisboa - Badajoz (E) - Madrid - Barcelona - Narbonne (F). Munich - Narbonne - Munich via train.
Purpose of travel: for Miro - getting back to places where I used to study and work. for Nicole - getting to know the less known parts of Spain
The best: Picos de Europa in Spain, rock engravements in Vale do Coa (POR)
The worst: the bitter cold at night in the tent in the Pyreneen and Picos in March
Book or publication: private diary
Useful information and tips: Bring a warm sleeping bag and cloth with you when travelling in spring in this area! At lunch time, make sure you take a "menu del dia" and plan for a rest afterwards as wine is usually included :-)


22.06.2002 - 17.07.2002
Peter Brohammer (Sweden, born 1962)
+ Around Iceland. Peter rode solo around Iceland with 2001 KTM 640 LC4 Adventure. 4.500 kms,
Purpose of your travel: Experince the wild nature of Iceland.
Route: Sweden- Norway (Bergen)- Ferry to Seydisfjördur- Thorshöfn- Myvattn- Latrabjarg- Branslaekur- Ferry to Stykkisholmur- Hellisandur- Reykavik-Grindavik- Vikamyrdal- Stödvarfjödur- Eskifjördur- Seydisfjördur- Faroe islands (3 day stop over)- Norway (Bergen) and back to Sweden
The best: The Puffins at Latrabjarg. The lovely gravel roads here and there. Scenery here and there.
The worst: The in all 4 boring days on the Smyril line ferry. The rainy south coast.
Book or publication: -
Useful informations and TIPS for others: Bring good books for the ferry!!!
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: See Australia 22.03.1991 - 01.08.1991
April 2004: 1st information. Last update.


06.08.2002 - 27.08.2002
Dominik Retz (German, 11th March 1969) no website
+ Ireland. Dominik rode solo to Ireland with his YAMAHA XT 600 E.
Purpose of your travel: Hadn´t been there before, but met lots of nice Irish people who described their lovely country in such warm words that I had to just check it out.
Route : Germany- Belgium- France- England- Wales- Ireland and back
Highlights: Believe it or not: Lots of sunshine! Great hospitality, the Ring of Kerry was really breath-taking, magic atmosphere when cycling on B-roads through Wales, lovely English countryside in the south-west and -east
The worst: in the Irish Sea the ferry had an engine fire which prolonged the trip for another day ;-)
Book or publication : no
My useful informations and TIPS for others: The more Guinness you drink, the better it tastes.
My earlier experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: n.a.
20.03.2009 1st summary

2003
03.2003 - 04.2003
Jim Gould (born 1955, British) and Tish Reid (born 1963, British)
England - Egypt. Plans in two parts: Plan to travel overland to South Sinai (Egypt) from UK using 2 x Africa Twins
1st leg: UK to Bilbao (ferry) - then travel around coastal region North West Spain, down west coast Portugal, around southern tip and up eastern coastal region of Spain. Follow coast through south of France, down west coast Italy, around Sicily, up east coast Italy, ferry trip across to Greece, again mainly coastal route through to Athens - to take boat crossing to Alexandria (Egypt) - last part will be from Alexandria to South Sinai.
We will be planning to stay in Egypt to work as diving instructors for perhaps 12-18 months - at least that is the intention! While in Egypt we would be hoping to do trips around the Sinai, up the east coast to Dahab, and also up the west coast and across to Cairo, then down the Nile some way. We would anticipate that these excursions would probably last between 1 and 2 weeks.
We have not completely decided about our return journey, whether we will be shipping the bikes back, or whether we might be able to undertake another bike trip back - perhaps this time through Northern Africa to Morocco then Spain, France UK- this is still open.


15.04.2003
25 presidents of now 25 European countries with 454 billion people signed a contract to be the European community starting 01.01.2004.


21. April - 11. Mai 2002
Martin Franitza und Henning Stein www.motorrad-gespanne.de
+ Germany - Morocco - Sweden -Germany. Beide fuhren 11.000 Kilometer in 21 Tagen die historische Route von Marrakesch zum Polarkreis mit einem MZ-Scorpion-Gespann auf den Spuren von Oskar Weller und Julius Krohn, die bereits 1930 ein Zündapp-S 500-Gespann auf dieser Strecke auf Zuverlässigkeit getestet hatten.
Route: Weinböhla - Mittenwald - Innsbruck - Genua - Marseille - Sete - Fähre nach Marocko (Tanger - Meknes - Marrakesch - Casablanca - Tanger) - Spanien (Algeciras - Cadiz - Sevilla - Cordoba - Madrid - Burgos) - Frankreich (Bordeaux - Paris) - Deutschland (Saarbrücken - Erfurt - Berlin - Sassnitz - Schweden (Trelleborg - Stockholm - Umea - Kokkmokk - und zurück nach Deutschland (Weinböhla).
The best: Die Erkenntnis, dass die unsere Vorgänger noch wahre Helden waren. Aus heutiger Sicht beinahe unglaublich, wie die alten Recken das 1930 in 17 Tagen geschafft haben. Das waren eben noch Helden!
The worst: 14 Stunden im Beiwagen eingeengt zu sitzen.
Useful informations and TIPS for others: www.motorrad-gespanne.de
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: Tunsesien, Marokko mehrmals und immer wieder Europa.
B.T.: Martin is the chiefredacteur from motorcycle-magazine "Motorrad-Gespanne". I got this summary from him 10.06.02


22.04.2003 - 16.05.2003
Nicole Hauffe (German, 17.02.1974)and Miroslav Blanarik (Slovak, 11.08.1974)
+ Greece. Miro and Nicole went on a Kawasaki Zephyr 1100 through continental Greece and the Peloppones; all together 7.000km
Route: Igoumenitsa (GR) - Ioaninna - Zagoria - Meteora monasteries - Delphi - Patras - Kalavryta - (to/back via train) Diakofto - Olympia - Mystras/Sparta - Kalamata - Areopolo/Mani - Monemvasia - Nafplio - Epidauros - Mycenae - Korynth - Athens - Marathon - Euboa - Volos - Mt. Olympus - Thessaloniki - Athos - Prespa Lakes - Igoumenitsa. Ancona - Igoumenitsa - Ancona via ferry, Munich - Ancona - Munich via through northern Italy (Lake Como), Switzerland (Maloya pass, Pass dal Fuorn) and Austria (Reschenpass)
Purpose of travel: making sure that Greece is not only package tourist beaches
The best: neat Zagohoria villages, beautifull views and ruines in Delphi, great wild camping in Mani, being with gods at the Mt. Olympus, taking part in a flowting orthodox Easter ceremony at Athos, being alone with nature at the Prespa lakes
The worst: the heat in the leather cloths (even in April it was horrible)
Book or publication: private diary
Useful information and tips: (Foto -> 013_NC.jpg)


09.05.2003 - ??.??.2003
Helmut Dr. Brammer (German, born ???)
- Helmut and ?? plan to ride...
Route : Germany (by bike to München) - by train to Italy (Rimini - with ferry from Ancona to) - Greece (Igoumenitsa - by bike to Thessaloniki - border Greece - Turkey (Ipsala - here we meet 5 Harley-Rider from Turkey who escorte us to Istanbul - Samsun - ...)
Liebe Freunde und Kinder !
Nun geht`s los!
Nach 1 Jahr Vorbereitung und Überwindung mancherlei Hindernissen werden wir morgen um 06.30 Uhr nach München starten, um von dort mit dem Zug nach Rimini zu fahren. Von Ancona bringt uns die Fähre nach Igoumenitsa in Griechenland, wo wir unsere Reise auf Achse beginnen.
An der 1. Ampel vor Thessaloniki erwartet uns Vassos Konstantinos, um uns in das Hotel"Telioni" zu geleiten, und am nächsten Tag treffen an der griechisch/türkischen Grenze in Ipsala 5 türkische Harley-Fahrer, die uns in das Hotel "Greenpark" Istanbul führen werden - alles bestens organsiert von Müge Toker von HD-Istanbul.
Die nächste Nacht verbringen wir im Hotel "Büyük-Samsun" in Samsun, an der südlichen Schwarzmeerküste, um dann weiter nach Hopa zu fahren, wo uns an der türkisch/georgischen Grenze der deutsch-sprechende Georgier, Herr Georgie, erwartet, um uns durch die Grenzformalitäten zu schleusen und nach Kutaisi zu geleiten. Am nächsten Abend werden wir dann von Herrn Kaufmann im Hotel "Kartli" in Tblissi erwartet, der schon einen Ausflug in den großen Kaukasus vorbereitet hat.
Von Poti bringt uns die Fähre am 19.05.nach Novorossijsk, von wo wir 160 km durch Russland fahren, um an der Meeresenge vom Schwazen Meer zum Asowschen Meer, in der ukrainischen Grenzstadt Kerc, unseren armenischen Bikerfreund Ashot Akopian auf seiner Goldwing zu treffen, der uns durch die ganze Ukraine begleiten wird. Ashot ist der Präsident des "Crimean Moto-Clubs" und wurde tatkräftig unterstützt von seiner tüchtigen und netten englisch-sprechenden Sekretärin, Yulia.Sie haben sich auch um die Unterbringungen gekümmert, so daß ich im Vertrauen auf unsere Freunde keine Hotels auf der Krim, in Kanev und Kiev buchen mußte.
In Odessa treffen wir auf Goblin, den Präsidenten des "Gold Wing Clubs Ukraine", der uns in einem Aquapark-"Chabanka"-untergebracht und zusammen mit Sascha, dem ersten und einzigen HD-Dealer in der Ukraine, eine Promotion-Tour in Odessa organisiert hat.Vielleicht begleitet er uns auch nach Kanev, wo Bikerfreunde mit uns eine große Party am Dnjepr feiern wollen.
Der nächste Tag sollte einer besinnlichen Stadtbesichtigung der schönen Stadt Kiev gewidmet sein, bevor wir dann in die ukrainische Grenzstadt L`viv (Lemberg) aufbrechen, wo wir im Hotel "Anton" übernachten.
Organisatorisch endet hier unsere Tour, aber vermutlich werden wir über Krakau, Breslau, Dresden nach hause fahren, wobei ich allerdings in Krakau schon in die Tschechei abbiegen werde, um mich von Ruzena noch etwas verwöhnen zu lassen.
Eine sicher ungewöhnliche "Urlaubsreise" mit 15 Individualisten und ausgesprochenem Expeditionscharackter.
Wir werde viele Erfahrungen über die Welt und uns selbst mit nach hause bringen und uns freuen, wenn wir darüber berichten dürfen.
Mit Biker-Gruß ! Helmut
Report for Willy G.DavidsonSchwarzmeer-Rally 2003
HD-Anniversary-Ride from Istanbul to Tblissi and from the Caucasus across the Ukraine.15 well motivated men on an average age of already 60 years
on 15 big bikes.
We wanted to proof, that a good motivation is more important than the date of birth.
We wanted to struggle for the international friendship of bikers
and support the Central Children Hospital in Tblisi and
we wanted to proof again that Harley-Davidson after 100 years
development is able to go under extreme conditions.
In the heat of Chot el Djerid, Tunesia, I got the idea to sur-round the Black Sea with my 96-E-Glide standard 120.000 km.
I organized the rally with the help of biker-friends basing on meetings in Athen, Izmir, Istanbul, Warzawa, Odessa and Crimea. The travel agency just ordered the tickets for train and ship.
9th of may we get together - list included - to start our Anniversary - Rally round the Black Sea from Germany, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Chzech. Republik to Italy at first by train and to Igoumenitsa, Greece, by ferry-boat.
The exact start was 11th of may 7 o`clock in the harbour of Igoumenitsa with 15 Harleys and one service car.
In Greece the road conditions are quite o.k. but hundreds of hairpin bends up to Larissa was not the hobby of everyone in our group. Nevertheless exhausted but happy we ended that first rally-day in Thessaloniki with a good meal in a typical Greece restaurant.
Next day 5 Turkish biker friends from HOG Istanbul kept us at the Turkish/Greece border. These guys already came up 300 km from Istanbul and stewed hours in the heat only to embrace us as very best friends . Together we reached Istanbul at rush-hour but nevertheless our guides let us directly to a marble aqua-park.
Bikes in front of blue water, music, welcome buffet and TV.
We got a splendid friendship-platelet and handsome presents for everybody from the past president of 500-member HOG Istanbul, Varol Candar, who personally led us next morning 7 o`clock across the Atatürk-Bridge to the asian part of Turkey.
That day we did about 900 km from Istanbul via Ankara to Samsun in front of the Black Sea. The highway now is following the coastline - snowy hills at one and blue water on the other side, but with extreme changing pavement - from brandnew over very bad to not existing , where trucks, cars and motor-cycles struggle for their life.
In Hopa we got our Georgian guide, Georgi, best organized from the German tourism-manager, Rainer Kaufmann, and his team from Tblisi Travel Center. The customs asked us for 60,-$ and need 3 hrs., what made us rather angry not knowing that this was ridiculous in addition to the future border-crossings!
But at first we got to know the Georgian-food! Within 15 minutes our border-guide organized a generous buffet with salad, tomatoes, cucumber, radish, onions, soup, joghurt, little meat balls, eggs and bred, orange juice, coke, tea for 50,-$.
Well, this refreshments were really necessary to survive the terrible road track from Batumi to Kutaisi besides rotten houses, destroyed industries and deserted landscape with oil-water - the difficult heritage of the USSR - sheep, cows , pigs, horses, ducks and goose on the road. Every 3 km stood 2 old police-men in very old uniforms, but nobody stopped us. In fact, they did not get their sold from the state but had to look for their pension on the road.
At every tank-stop within minutes we were surrounded by black dressed men, who tried to pinch, what was possible, so we got a bit afraid of this "Black Thieves of Georgia ".
The capital Tblissi was not as rotten as the country and some buildings are already restored; one third of the population of only 5 mio lives abroad, one third in the capital and one third in the country, 30% of the export is scrape, the state nearly does not get any tax and nobody will pay money for social systems.
Additional to our wish to relief the Central Children Hospital of Georgia in Tblisi we became acquainted with Mr Irakli Sasania,MD.General Director M.Iashuili Children`s Central Hospital from Georgia, the manager of the hospital, a very engaged neurologist, who left his job for being educated as a manager in England and the States to help the ill children in his country. His special problem was not the lack of medicaments or instruments, but the fact that he has 200 MD`s for 360 patients, because the old system guaranteed a job, but not the pay nor the training for the young colleagues. So - besides the medicaments, we brought to the hospital - we promised to help him to solve this problem- not yet knowing in what way.
In 8 hours we shaked to the Great Caucasus, Kazbek 5.055 m, across an exciting high mountain region near the Russian border - nearly impossible for big bikes.
The last night we spent in an incredible hotel in reduced circum -stances near the in former times beautiful but nowadays total neglected seaside with ants in beds and dog-carcasses at the beach. So nobody was sad to leave the harbour of Poti with an rusted old Bulgarian ferry, I have tried to organize since ½ a year and had become the o.k. 2 days before leaving Germany.
After 17 hours we didn`t know, that the harbour we reached in Novorossijsk, Russia, was one with a criminal structure, owning to the minister of transportation, who blackmailed everybody. The so called customers did nothing , but imprisoned us in the heat of 30°C without any reason for 27 hours. After paying the ransom from 850,-$ they allowed us to go - but only for 2 hours biking across the beautiful countryside. Police stopped us
and - not accepting German or US driver-license from one member and roar at me for 30 minutes - he asked for 200,-$ - naturally without any receipt, like the bandits before him. This facts Putin should know, when he asked to trade without visa across Europe!
3 hours later we escaped after 30 hours waiting and 1.000,-$ pay for 3 hours biking. Russia never again!!
Next ferry, next border-stop of 10 hours in Kerc, Ukraine, between Black Sea and Asowschen Mare and next corrupt policeman, who sold his conscious for 100,-$.
The Highways in Ukraine are quite o.k., but gasoline was horrible - 98 octan as bad as 95 , but our bikes did not give up!
For heavens sake in Simferopol we met Ashot Akopian, the friendly and extreme helpful Armenian president of the Crimean Moto Club on his brandnew Goldwing, who lived on the road for already 2 days to meet us permanent struggling against the police, because he had no license plate. After a luxurious dinner for Ashot and his friends, who all want to join the HD-Anni-versary Party in Hamburg, Germany, wonderful atmospheric
served by a butler "Sir James" of the " Dinner for One " next day we raced to Odessa - and promptly had to pay another 100,-$.The Ukraine is a large country with roads like highways leading into the eternity, but it is cheaper to go not faster than 90 km/hrs.
But besides this bullshit-police it is a beautiful country, the one-time granary of the USSR and we always met people and biker-friends with golden hearts, who helped us in any case wherever they could do. In Odessa Goblin, the president of the Ukrainian Goldwing Club and Alexander Deidiker, the first and single HD-dealer from the Ukraine, waited for more than two days to pilot us across the old city and next morning to the Harley-shop. I think this was a memorable event, when Goblin with his Goldwing commanded a parade with 15 dusty and exhausted, but happy Harley biker across down town of Odessa to historic places for radio- and TV-interviews.
The HD-dealer Sascha was very generous not only in Odessa, but also in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine and we were passed from one biker to the other ( There are nearly no Harleys in Ukraine) - so that we never got lost. In L`vov Oleg, the single Goldwing-biker in the city - picked us up from a gas-station to bring us to our hotel near the polish border.
Our rally-organisation ended in L`vov and the last 1.000 km I did together with two other 61 and 64 years old members within 16 hrs. without penalty!
For me as the organizer and road-captain this rally was a big experience, so that I became willing to organize next year the
"Caucasus-Rally 2004 " from the Caspic to the Black Sea - Baku - Jerivan - Tblissi - to combine the three countries Azerbeid-schan, Armenia and Georgia for a tourism route.
In the international meeting-point in Tblissi, Hotel "Kartli" from Rainer Kaufmann, we probably met our sponsor, the general manager of a big French mineral water company, who already had sponsored other extreme tours.
Except the corrupt police and the "Black thieves from Georgia" we have met only friendly people and became acquainted with numerous biker-friends especially in Turkey and Ukraine.
Single technical problem : Broken ball bearing , because the HD-dealer did not change this part; a ripped throttle lever and broken carriers on several bikes.
The total distance of the Anniversary Black Sea Rally was 7.500 km in 17 days with 15 "old men" on 15 big Harleys.
No accident - No severe break-down.
Thank God and three Cheers to Harley Davidson !!!
Helmut Brammer
09.05.2003 1st request for update
04.05.2003 2nd request for update.


23.08.2003 bis 06.09.2003
Jürgen Ulomek (German, 1959)
+Estland, Lettland, Litauen.  Jürgen rode to Estland, Lettland, Litauen with BMW R 1100 GS. In total 4500 kms (3150 kms in Baltikum).
Route: Gevelsberg, Rostock, Ferry to Liepaja, Klaipeda, Nida, Silute, near the River Memel, Jurbakas, Kaunas, Alytus, Vilnius, Zarasi, Birzai, Riga, Jurmala, Kolka, Talsi, Jurmala, Jekabpils, Alüksne, Polva, Tartu, Mustvee, Jöhvi, Narva, Aseri, Loksa, Tallinn, ferry to Rostock, Gieboldehausen (MRT Meeting), Gevelsberg.
14.02.2004 2nd request
03.02.2009 3. Anfrage um Updarte.


08.2003
Dr. Dunja Dobrowski (German) and Bruno Blum (Swiss)
Toured together on two bikes in Baltikum. Dunja unfortunatrly had two push downs.
17.01.2004 st request for update


27.05.2004 - 13.06.2004
Corinna Ziebarth (German, 10.08.1977) and Michael Paetsch (German, 15.01.1967) and Lothar Bertels (German, 08.12.1966)
Michael's website tells the story completely and shows some pictures: www.paetschman.de
+"East Europe Tour". Corinna (BMW R1100GS), Michael (Yamaha XTZ850 Super Ténéré) and Lothar (KTM LC4) travelled about 6000km from Germany through Austria, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania and Slovakian, Czech. Republik and back to Germany.
Purpose of your travel: Holiday. Enlagement of the European Union on 01.05.2004. Advantage of Travelling by Motorcycle: Meet interesting people, landscape and languages.
Route: Germany (NRW - Hechlingen - Isny) - Italy (Schlanders) - Austria (Lienz (1.AWTET auf Camping Amlacher Hof)) - Slovenia (Bled - Ljubliana - Maribor - Ptuj) - Hungary (Baja) - Romania (Sibiu - Bukarest - Sinestre - Mamaia -Constanta - Valenii di Munte - Dirste bei Brasov - Bran) - Hungary (Baia de Cris - Kismaros) - Austria (Höburg/ Herzogenburg) - Czech. Rep. (Vimperk - Hracholusky) - Germany (Pockau - NRW: Duesseldorf/Wuppertal)
The best: Friendship of Romanian people, Landscape of Carpati, Cycling at the beach of Black Sea, Creation of our own Tour T-Shirt and Logo! This was my first trip to Romania and I was fascinated by friendly people, nature and landscape, and will travel to RO another time, because I like much woods and travel routes of Carpatii. But I don't like nonstop-rain as we had! We reached the coast of Black Sea hoping for sunshine and spending some days at the beach (and drying our baggage and tents), but the rain followed us. Unfortunately, we cancelled most of our trips cross country and cycling offroad due to bad wether.
The worst: Flat tyre of Lothar's KTM near to Wiesbaden on 1st day. Defective thermostat of KTM LC4 in Maribor. Bad Weather every day (windy, cold, rain non-stop), bad roads in Romania. The motor chain of Michael's Yamaha teared, and 10 kilometers away from German boarder on last day of trip - Help by ADAC four hours later: Organising the Transport back to Wuppertal of Michael's Motorbike, because the chain damaged "Hinterradschwinge" also. He took a car from Chemnitz "sponsored" by ADACplus.
Book or publication: none
Useful informations and TIPS for others: Avoid the main transit routes (radar/ control) and you will get much experience of people and culture. Tell us your questions at Bernd's Motorcycle Meeting in Malmedy or via E-Mail
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: Slovenia & Croatia (12.09.-21.09.2003), Scandinavia (12.07.-02.08.2003), Italy from North to South & Sicilia, Suisse (31.08.-14.10.2001), Portugal, Spain, Andorra & France (23.07.-11.08.2000), BeNeLux (1998+99)
25.07.2004 1st summary from Corinna who has been at the Tesch-Mc-Meeting for Worldtravellers in 2004, 2003, 2002
27.07.2004 1st last update


07.06.-04.07.2004
Thomas Risse (German, born ??)
- Plan Ostseeumrundung mt SUZUKI DR 800.
Search for partner to travel with
25.11.2003 1st information
06.12.2003 1st request for update
16.04.2003 2nd time 2003 + 2004 participant of TTTreffen


July/August 2004
Nicole Hauffe (German, 17.02.1974)and Miroslav Blanarik (Slovak, 11.08.1974)
Miro and Nicole plan to go on a FJ 1200 Side-Bike sidecar through Norway;
Route: to be planned
Purpose of travel: going further north this time
The best: we will see
The worst: we will see
Book or publication: private diary will be available
05.02.2004 1st information


17.08.2004 - 11.09.2004
Klaus Blank (German, 1974) and Markus Habdank (German, 1974)
- Along the "Black Sea". We are planning to travel from south-Germany to a tour along the the black sea.
Purpose of your travel: Driving offroad in Romania and Turkey, to experience the (almost) untouched beautiful nature there and the very friendly people and there (poor) way of living to get aware of our West-Europe affluence, to see what Chauchesco "created", to broaden our horizon and last but not least to join sun and fun at the beaches of the black sea.
Route: Germany - Austria - Hungary - Romania - Bulgaria - Turkey (little Asia) - (first planed to go with ferry to Russia & Ukraine, but got Passport-problems for Visa) so with boat/ferry back to Constanta/Romania - Hungary - Slovakia, Czechia, HOME
The best: We will see...
The worst: We will see... (I guess the summer-heat around the black sea)
Book or publication (about your tour): .......
Useful informations and TIPS for others: visit http://www.bikeromania.de/ for more links and information about Romania
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: Also Romania - Bulgaria - Yugoslavia.... now I'm "infected" of the eastern countries...


27.12.2004 to 09.01.2005
Thomas Weller (1973, German)
+ Euope > Russia > Europe. Polar-Night tour to Murmansk (Russia). Thomas rode solo with a ??? xyz kms ??
Purpose: Riding long time on ice-tracks.
Route: Germany (Kausen - Travemünde) by ferry to Finnland (Helsinki - Heinola - Kuusamo - Ivalo - Inar i- Kirkenes) - Ruissia (Murmansk - Moncegorsk - Louhi - Kostomuksa - Kuhmo - Helsinki) by ferry back to Germany (Travemünde - Kausen).
The Tour : Kausen-Travemünde, enter the "finntrader" ?? ( was ist das ??) to Helsinki, the first 100km in Finland were full of wet snow, then it became colder and the road conditions became better and better, which meant "dry ice" on the road. Snow fall most of the time during my tour. Sun goes down in south Finnland around 14.30 o´clock..... Passed the polar circle north of Kuusamo, rode to Ivalo/Inari where the clouds allowed a look to the black heaven with thousands of stars. The green polar-light began to glow : showtime ! Found a place for my tent, but it began to snow......". Your motocycle is the first cross of the Russian border in Kirkenes in this time of the year", the custom collector said. "Are you sure?".... No problems at the custom or any checkpoint in Russia at all! Rode to Murmansk, stayed there for two days. There was no sunrise at all, it´s polar night. Rode to south, near to Petrosavodsk I turn to the karelian forest, using small wood-cutter roads. Back to Finland.Back to Germany.
The best: I met very friendly Russian people.
The worst: I got bitten by a dog (not really hard...)
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: many km´s in Skandinavia summer and wintertime, Europe , Iceland. Could you please ride about this earlier tours here a bit more detailed: How long , solo ?, with which motorcycle ?
20.02.2005 1st summary.
20.02.2005 1st request for update.


03.05.2005 - 11.09.2005
Prof. Dr. Constantin Turcanu (Romanian, born 23.02.1940)
+ Rounds in Europe. Constantin rode 21.000 kms in 2005 on two tours in Europe with two motorcycles.
Purpose: Constantin plans solo a tour through Europe with HONDA Deauville 650 beause the occasion of his 40th anniversary of his Motorbike Driving Licence. Motto of the trip: A rational life and a motorbike spirit allow ridding by motorbike around Europe through many countries even at 65 years old.
The Aim of the Trip: To be an example for the young people; considering the possibility of motorbike travelling so many years; they will learn to organise much better their lives. This trip is also a good example for the seniors with regards the way to feel young for many years
Planned route: Phase 1. May 03-15, 2005, 7000km, Romania, Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, probably Norway, Sweden and return to Romania
Phase 2. June 06-26, 2005, 11000km, Romania, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France, Spain, Portugal, (probably Morocco,Algeria), Italy and return to Romania.
Phase 3: August 05-10, 2005, 1600km, Bucharest-Iasi (Romania), Chisinau- Moldova and return to Bucharest.
Phase 4: September 08-11, 2005, 700km, Special trip Bucharest-Danube Delta-Bucharest combined with motorboats travel
Done route: 30.000 km
The first stage 29.04. - 15.05.2005: Romania ( Bucharest) - Hungary ( Budapest) - Austria ( Vienna) - Germany ( Munich, Hannover, Luneburg, Hamburg) - Denmark ( Flensburg, Kolding, Arhus, Kobenhavn) - Sweden ( Malmo) and back - about 9.000 km using Honda 650 Deauville.
The second stage 07.06. - 23.06.2005: Romania ( Bucharest) - Hungary ( Budapest) - Austria ( Vienna) - Germany ( Munich, Kempten, Freiburg) - Schwitzerland ( Basel, Lausanne) - Italy ( Torino, Savona) - France ( Nice,Marseille,Perpignan) - Spain ( Barcelona, Tarragona, Valencia, Alicante, Cartagena, Almeria, Malaga, Algeciras) and back - about 12.000 km using Yamaha FJR 1300.
The third stage: Tour of Romania (Meetings in Donau Delta, Iasi, Cluj, Sibiu, Brasov, Ploiesti, Timisoara) - about 9.000 km, during the 2005 year.
The best: The proper organisation of traffic in Europe.
The worst: The heat of south of Spain.
Earlier experience: Travel from Danube Delta to INTERMOT 2004 Munich: Romania, Hungary, Austria, Germany and return
Publications, films: 2 movies and many pictures.
Useful tips for others: Protection clothes for rain and cold in the north of Europe.
14.02.2005 I wrote to Constantin that I would recommend him to start at the 27th.Tesch-Meeting. But for sure NOT to travel so many kms in such a short time !
28.11.2005 last request for update
21.-23.03.2006 Constantin plans to participate the 28th Mc-Meeting for World-Travellers.


29.05.2005 - 26.06.2005
Hans Oostendorp (Dutch, born 11.06.1976)
+ Scandinavia. Hans rode solo Scandinavia with YAMAHA XT 600 E (with Tesch-Travel-Träger and Tesch-Travel-Taschen). In 29 day's, 12.784Km, 1300 pictures, everything went perfect..
Purpose: A test to see if I can make true, a long kept dream of making motorcycle travels. To see if I am able to do solo tours. This was a test holiday to test equipment and spirit. Perhaps the first tour of many?
The Aim of the Trip: To make dreams come true. Anything is possible, never give up. To live every day completely different then a normal office day and enjoy the world around us.
Route: 29.05.2005 - 30.05.2005 : Netherlands, Germany, Denmark. 31.05.2005 - 03.06.2005 : Sweden 04.06.2005 - 06.06.2005 : Finland 06.06.2005 - 07.06.2005 : Norway (passed 5000Km on 07.06) 07.06.2005 - 09.06.2005 : Northcape 09.06.2005 - 13.06.2005 : Norway 13.06.2005 - 15.06.2005 : Lofoten Norway 16.06.2005 : Sweden (again) 17.06.2005 - 23.06.2005 : Norway (Trondheim, Bergen, Oslo) 24.06.2005 - 26.06.2005 : Denmark, Germany, Netherland
The best: Difficult to say. The bautifull Lapland in Finland, Nortcape, Lofoten, Oslo. Small roads near Russia, muddy roads near Pokka. Empty camp sites. A warm sleeping bag after a cold raining day!
The worst: Day's I couldn't find a place to sleep, with rain pouring all day long with cold temperatures. Earlier experience: Driving by motorcycle for three weeks through snow and cold in december 1999 - december 2000 from Netherlands to Spain (also kept hand written diary). My very first motor cycle holiday in 1997: 5000Km's through europe (Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Germany, Tshechie, Austria, Switserland, France, Luxemburg, Netherlands.) Publications: Not yet, busy writing book about Nortcape 2005.
Useful tips for others: Bring a good tent with a very good sleaping bag. Even when you are wet and cold after al long day, your are warm and dry in your tent. A good sleep is very improtant! Also eat very well. If you don't eat and drink enough, you can't think well. If you can't think well you wont' enjoy your tour as much as you could. And even worse, perhaps make stupid mistakes.
Plans for the future: Iceland! after that: England, Greece
I still think about my holiday al lot. It was a perfect tour. I still use the panniers every single day, for shopping, moving computers etc. Where would I be without them? I realy don't need a car.
31.07.2005: Thanks again for all your help, it made all that possible. The first travel of many. Can't wait for the next one. The panniers are perfect.
30.11.2005 Last update.


07.06.2005 - 01.07.2005
Franz Roentgen (German, born 07.05.1950) your www.dom-garten.de
- Franz plans to ride rode solo Around the Eastsea (Ostsee) with YAMAHA XJ900 S. 8700 kms.
Route: Germany (Cologne - Hamburg- Lübeck - Rostock) - Polen (Szczechin - Reda - Gdansk -Elbag) - Russia (Kaliningrad) - Lithuania (Taurage - Joniskis) - Latvia (Riga) - Estonia (Tallin) - Russia (Sankt Petersburg - Vyborg) - Finland (Helsinki - Turu - Vaasa - Viltsaari - Vartius) - Russia (Kostomuksa - Louchi - Murmansk - Raja - Jooseppi) - Finland (Ivalo - Rovaniemi - Tornio) - Sweden (Kalix - Umea - Stockholm - Malmö) - Danmark (Kobenhavn - Lolland) - Germany (Putgarden - Lübeck - Hamburg - Cologne).
Purpose of travel: Fun. Meeting the best girls / boys worldwide???
The best: Freedom. Sun. Friendship of Russia people.
The Worst: ??
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours:...???
Useful tips for others: ??
12.2002 1st contact


01.-20.05.2005 -
Benito Lotz (German. geb. ??) und ??
9.000 km in ca. 3 Wochen in Osteuropa.
03.06.2006 1st request for update
07.03.2006 Contrinues through Africa with a new woman "Tania" which he found in Russia.


17.05.2003 (Iserlohn, Germany) - 21.06.2003 (back home)
Hannelore Wirtz (German, born 10.03.1969) and Bernd Schartau (German, born 07.07.1964)
+ Germany - Baltics countries. Bernd (Yamaha XTZ 750 Super Tenere) and girlfriend Hanne (Yamaha XTZ 660, who even prefers more to travel by mc ) rode 5.000 kms in 5 weeks.
Purpose of travel : Polen hatte uns im Vorjahr gut gefallen. Wir wollten wissen, was dahinter kommt.
Route: von Iserlohn über Belzig (Deutschland) an die Masurische Seenplatte (Polen) -  von da aus nach Kaliningrad (Russland) - Kurische Nehrung (Litauen) - Klaipeda - Palanga - Kaunas - Trakai - Lietuva - Bauska (Lettland) - Riga - Ventspils - Kuldiga - Tukums - Riga -Pärnu (Estland) - Kuressaaare auf der Insel Saaremaa - Tallinn - Valkla Rand - Narva - St. Petersburg (Russland) - zurück nach Tallinn (Estland) - von dort mit der Fähre nach Rostock (Deutschland) - Hamburg - Iserlohn - insgesamt rund 5.000 kms
Highlights: St. Petersburg zur 300-Jahr-Feier. Kurische Nehrung. Burg Trakai in Litauen. Ventspils und Riga in Lettland. Insel Saaremaa in Estland, östlich von Tallinn in der Kolga Beach gibt es einen phantastischen Campingplatz direkt am Meer: Valkla Rand. Insgesamt fast überall sehr nette Leute. Nette Preise.
The worst: Kaliningrad lohnte sich nicht wirklich (in 2003). Korrupte Polizisten in Russland. Lange Wartezeiten (> 3 Stunden) von Polen kommend an der Grenze nach Kaliningrad (Russland) sowie in Narva (Grenze Estland-Russland).
Useful tips for others: Reisezeit Mai-Juni sehr empfehlenswert
Earlier experiences of Motorcycle-travels only in Europe: Schottland, Dolomiten, Norwegen, Kroatien, Polen (Hohe Tatra), Tschechien, Ungarn
04.05.2006 last update


15.08.2004 - 05.09.2004
Violetta Janzen (German, born 26.11.1973) und Jörg Walter (German, born 8.3.1974), und Benjamin Hargarten (German, born 10.05.1974)
+ Germany - Turkey. Violetta (BMW F650 GS Bj. 2002) and Jörg (BMF F650 GS Dakar Bj. 2004) and Benjamin (KTM 950 Bj. 2003) rode from Hanover to Istanbul and back in 20 days  6.000 kms (Macht 300 km / Tag ohne freien Tag).
Route: Germany, Austria, Slowenia, Croatia, Serbia, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Austria, Germany. We avoided  big cities except for Istanbul and took where possible a rather direct connection. At the first half to Turkey we first crossed the Alps. After Slowenia we came to Croatia. From there we drove until Albania along the mediterranean coast. Albania enforced us to drove more in interior regions. After then crossing Greece we reached Turkey and had two nice recreational days in this huge city. Backwards we headed the route complete in the interior of Europe and startet in Romania.
The best: Each country and huge differences in culture, languange and nature all within europe
The worst: Destroyed cities in war areas ( Croatia + Serbia ) and the poorly developed and poor country Albania in the middle of rich Europe
Important useful information to others: A lot! But at the end just do it! If you've particular questions please contact us.
21.04.2006 Participant of the 28th Mc-Meeting for World-Travellers.
21.05.2006 Last update


12.08. - 22.08.2005
Corinna Ziebarth (German, 10.08.1977) and Jochen Stather ("JoeDakar", German, 25.02.1971)
+ "Crossing Europe in 8 days". The trip including the complete story is presented on : www.CoWrinna.de , www.joedakar.com and www.Wunderlich.de Corinna ( BMW R1200RT modified by Wunderlich GmbH, Sinzig/Germany) and Jochen (BMW K1200R modified by Wunderlich GmbH, Sinzig/Germany) travelled round about 10.000km through Europe within 9 days (8 days were planned)
Starting from Sinzig/Germany through Poland, Lithuania, Lativa, Estonia, Finland, Norway (Northcape), Sweden, Danmark, Germany, Luxembourg, France and Spain to Europe Point at Gibraltar (GB). Flight back from Jerez de la Frontera/Spain to Frankfurt-Hahn/Germany by Ryanair. The motorbikes were driven back to Sinzig/Germany by Erich Wunderlich and Frank Tholey.
Purpose of your travel: Testing the brandnew BMW Motorbikes and Accessoires produced by Wunderlich and testing ourself. Reaching the best time in long distance riding on a motorbike and crossing Europe. Gaining a worldrecord in motorcycling from the Northcape/Norway to The Europe Point/ Gibraltar.
Route: Germany (Sinzig - Zwickau - Dresden) - Poland (Breslau - Piotrkow - Warschau - Suvalki) - Lithuania (Kaunas) - Lativa (Riga) - Estonia (Kabli - Tallin) - Finland (Helsinki - Lahti - Oulu - Kemi) - Norway (Kautokeino - Alta - Olderfjord - Northcape - Olderfjord) - Finland (Pello - Tornio) - Sweden (Haparanda - Lulea - Umea - Stockholm - Helsingborg) - Denmark (Helsingor - Kopenhagen - Rodbyhavn) - Germany (Puttgarden - Hamburg - Hannover - Köln - Sinzig - Trier ) - Luxemburg - France (Metz - Dijon - Lyon - Montpellier - Perpignan) - Spain (Girona - Barcelona - Valencia - Almeria - Granada - Malaga - La Linea) - Gibraltar/Great Britain.
Info:This trip was quite different to our normal way and intention to travel. We like more to ride slower, having time to relaxe, to rest on nice campsites and places. We like to talk to native people and other traveller we meet. We only wanted to know, if it is possible to do a trip like this. Now we know it works! And that is enough! Both, we prefere traveling more intensive without a counter of time and kilometers.
The best: No technical problems!!! We never break traffic regulations (e.g. speed limitations etc.)!!!!!! On tour together with Jochen. Interest of people alongside the roads, different landscape of European Continent.
The worst: The third day! Pain everywhere.... Many changes of weather, it was raining every day a few times! +0,5°C at Northcape, Less time to see interesting places during the trip.
Book or publication: in several newspapers and motorcycle journals, Websites ( www.wunderlich.de , www.joedakar.com , www.cowrinna.de)
Useful informations and TIPS for others: Always travel that you have time to watch the flowers (Quote). Easy crossing of country borders, because of enlargement of the European Union.
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours of CORINNA: Marocco (21.10.-12.11.2005), Middle & Eastern Europe (05.2005), Andorra & Spain (09.-10.2004), Romania (2004), Slovenia & Croatia (12.09.-21.09.2003), Scandinavia (12.07.-02.08.2003), Italy from North to South & Sicilia, Suisse (31.08.-14.10.2001), Portugal , Spain , Andorra & France (23.07.-11.08.2000), BeNeLux (1998+99) Corinna has been at the Tesch-Mc-Meeting for Worldtravellers in 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours of JOCHEN: Eurasientour (2003), Siberia (2004), Syria (Winter 2005). Jochen has been at the Tesch-Mc-Meeting for Worldtravellers in 2005.
17.11.2005 1st summary. At once o.k.


11.09.2005 - 30.09.2005
Violetta Janzen (German, born 26.11.1973) und Jörg Walter (German, born 8.3.1974), und Benjamin Hargarten (German, born 10.05.1974)
+ North-East-Europe. Violetta (BMW F650 GS Bj. 2002) and Jörg (BMF F650 GS Dakar Bj. 2004) and Benjamin(KTM 950 Bj. 2003)  rode from Hanover around the baltic sea
Route: Germany , Poland , Lithuania , Latvia , Estonia , Finland , Sweden , Germany (5000 km round trip) in 19 days.
The best: Good weather conditions (with luck) even in Finland. Natives told us that usually the floor is covered with snow this time. Interestingly the baltic countries are each different in culture and landscape. As not insider of these regions we had expected more differences.
The worst: Carcass ("Überreste") of soviet culture in the baltic countries. Sometimes cultural clashes ...
Important useful information to others: Not that much surprises due to most countries are within the Western European Union.
21.04.2006 Participant of the 28th Mc-Meeting for World-Travellers.
21.05.2006 Last update


14.10.2005 - 27.10.2005
Klaus Blank (German, born 24.01.1974)
+ Germany - Israel. Klaus rode solo overland 5688Km in 13 days wih a BMW 1150. Includig two adventures in Syria.
Purpose of your travel:  To experience the Moslem- and Arabic countries and their hospitality. The Turkish landscape. The Syrian desert. Finally to arrive in a nice, civilized country.
Route : Laupheim (south Germany), Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Israel. (5588Km)
Highlights: Beeing fully independent and free, landscape in Turkey, invitations/presents from Turkish people, hospitality of the Syrian people, invitation for dinner from a poor Syrian man, who didn't speak english at all, driving through the Syrian desert - hitting military-camps..., the great feeling to be after all in a civilized, modern, clean country with friendly, educated people.
The worst: Holded and interviewed for app. 13hours from Syrian "security"
Book or publication: No
Useful informations and TIPS for others: contact me.
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours:   Driving along the Black Sea
11.11.2005 ist summary

01.04.2006 - 30.08.2006
Gine Willrich (Germany, geb. 09.03.1959)
+ Europe. Gine rode solo 25.000 kms crossing through Europe with a Suzuki GN 250 (1987).
Purpose of your travel: Looking for adventue and to see a part of the world.
Route : Europe 25.000 kms (Germany - Poland - Slowakia - Hungary - Romania - Hungary - Austria - Germany - Denmark - Sveden - Norway - Finnland - Estonian - Latavia - Lithuania - Poland - Germany.
Highlights: It was a very geat time and an absolutely experience to ride all allone and to sleep only outdoor !
The worst: I had an bad accident in Oreada (Romaina). There are very bad roads with big holes, broken rocks, gravel, tracks, sand and much other not very funny things. Crossing the road, my frontwheel was caugt up in a track and we (my bike und me) took a purler. My knee and my rips were badly hurted. So I had to travel about 3000 kms with a bad woundet knee and rips...But my bike was all well! And a short time further an attack. 50 kms further, out of the city, I needed a break, a little bit out of a village. There I had an attack: A very poor womem with a little gilrl by her side wanted to get money from me. I didn't give her, she tried to get it with violence, but I cood chase her. I had much luck, that she was alone.
Book or publication : You can read my report in "Megaphon", the newspaper of MC Kuhle Wampe, Germany, Nr. 1, 2 and 3 in 2007 (www.kuhle-wampe.de). A book is in work
My useful informations and TIPS for others: ... Ask for me by writing to Bernd Tesch..
cI never offer an email in my website because of prtotecd datas Give me an email: journalism.willrich@web.de...
My next experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: We (who ???) want to ride to Russia, Ural-Montains in 2009
09.04.2008 1st summary
15.04.2008 Last summary
25.04.2008 Participant of the 50th. Tesch-Globetrotter-Meeting
Book or publication : You can read my report in "Megaphon", the newspaper of MC Kuhle Wampe, Germany, Nr. 1, 2 and 3 in 2007 ( www.kuhle-wampe.de ). A book is in work.
My useful informations and TIPS for others: ... Ask for me by writing to Bernd Tesch.
My next experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: My husband an I want to ride to Russia, Ural-Montains in 2009


08.06.2006 - 08.07.2006
Hannes Rochau (German, birthday 26.06.1984)
- Plan: Solo with a BMW F 650 GS from Germany (Stuttgart) to the Norwegen (North Cape) and back about 7.500 kms .
Purpose of your travel: to see a bit of the world
Route: Europe (Germany - Poland - Lithuania - Latvia - Estonia - (perhaps Russia) - Finland - Norway - Sweden - Germany)
Highlights: we will see
The worst: hope nothing
Book or publication : non
Useful informations and TIPS for others: non so far
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: non
08.03.2006 last summary
12.07.2006 1st request for update


11.06.2006 - 07.07.2006
Emanuel Karlsson ( Sweden , born 14.09.1979)
+ A round in Europe. In less than a month Emanuel rode solo 4000 km with a scooter Piaggio NRG MC3 50cc scooter through 12 countries.
Purpose of travel: To see how far you can get on a scooter
Route: Sweden - Germany - Czech Republic - Austria - Slovenia - Croatia - Italy - France - Italy - Switzerland - Austria - Germany - here the motor blew up. because it would take a week to get the spareparts Emanuel went home without scooter. This one will be trabsported to Sweden by insurance company.
The best: Great wheater, slow and quiet, great scenery. Taking only the small roads through every country really makes you experience it.
The worst: Beeing passed by all faster vehicles which made me really scaring. Info: A scooter is not made to go this far. The exaust-system broke after 12 hours. The engine broke down after only 16 hours, and then again after three weeks. Don't go this far with a scooter, you might get yourself killed. Website: http://www.mobilblogg.nu/emanuel
10.07.2006 1 st info and summary by Emanuel.
17.07.2006 1 st request for update
17.007.2006 Emanuel plans to travel farther with a stronger bike..


17.07.2006 -28.08.2006
Egon Milbrod (German, born 1954)  http://www.milbrod.eu
+ Kaukasus. Egon fuhr solo mit BMW R 1100 RT ca. 10.000 km zum Kaukasus.
Route : Auf, in den Kaukasus! Deutschland - Polen - südliches Weissrussland (Region Golmel) - Ukraine (Kiew, Tschernobyl, Wolhynien, Lemberg, Odessa, Krim) - russischer Kaukasus (Naltschik, Elbrus, Beslan, Wladikawkas) - Rückfahrt über Ukraine (Donezk-Gebiet) - Rumänien - Ungarn (Budapest und Balaton) - Österreich (Großglockner) - Deutschland.
The best: Die verhältnismäßig guten Zustände in Weissrussland, die vielen einfachen, herzlichen und freundlichen Menschen in den bereisten Ländern sowie die Gastfreundschaft unterwegs. Die herzliche und uneigennützige Werkstatt-Hilfe im Kaukasus und der Zusammenhalt unter den "Bikern" ohne Ansehen der Person oder des Motorrades! Z.B. Odessa: An einem Biker-Treff wurde die Frage nach einer günstigen Übernachtung dahingehend beantwortet, dass ich bei einem der Biker schlafen durfte. In Wladikawkas wurde meine Frage nach einem Nachtlager und einer Werkstatt dahingehend beantwortet, dass ich mir keine Sorgen machen solle und mich zu erholen hätte. Der Rest wurde von den Leuten vor Ort geregelt (und nicht schlecht!). In Wolhynien konnte ich nach einigem Zögern bei Altgläubigen (Mormonen?) schlafen. Überall war die Bewirtung landestypisch, nicht bombastisch aber ausreichend und uneigennützig!
The worst: Die korrupten Beamten des Ukrainischen Staates, die jeder Mafia konkurrenzlos überlegen sind! Da wird man einfach wegen Überfahren der Sperrlinie beim Überholen angehalten und soll 1000 Euro Schmiergeld zahlen, um nicht ins Gefängnis zu wandern. Man wird mit 90 m/h in einer Ortschaft geblitzt obwohl der Tacho 60 zeigte und das gleiche Spiel. Da wird man gezwungen 50 Euro Ökosteuer auf das Motorrad zu entrichten, trotz nagelneuem TÜV. Da werden einem an der Grenze notwendige Formulare nicht ausgehändigt, weil man die angeblich bereits am Mann haben sollte. Gegen ein "Dankeschön" bekommt man die Papiere und für die Hilfe beim Ausfüllen darf man wieder "Danke" bezahlen. Und unser Auswärtiges Amt kann angeblich nichts machen und nimmt diese "armen" Beamten in Schutz! Das gibt es so in dieser Häufigkeit und Dreistheit weder bei den Weissrussen noch in Russland und schon garnicht im Kaukasus!
Dagegen war der Defekt am Kardan am Elbrus und die geschlossene Grenze zu Georgien eine Erholung!
Direkt in Naltschik tropfte Öl aus dem Simmerring, weil das Kugellager am Hinterrad defekt wurde. In Wladikwkas halfen mir dortige Biker in einer Motorenwerkstatt mit einem Simmerring von Toyota und einem Kugellager vom Panzer. Für die Reparatur und 5 Übernachtungen in der Gastfamilie wurde keine Gegenleistung verlangt, was nicht heißt, dass ich nichts gegeben habe!
Die Grenze zu Georgien war komplett geschlossen. Kurz vorher gab es Grenzstreitigkeiten, die mit Waffengewalt ausgetragen wurden. Also hatte ich nur die Option an das Schwarze Meer zu fahren und mit der wöchentlichen Fähre um Abchasien (für EU-Bürger gesperrt!) nach Georgien zu gelangen oder umzukehren. Ein wahrlich schwerer Entschluß!
Important useful informations for others: Kann nur jedermann empfehlen diese Tour zu machen. Leider ist die Grenze nach Georgien nur schwer passierbar und zeitweise völlig geschlossen.
Book or publication : Eventuell demnächst ein Reisebericht in einer Zeitschrift oder auch auf einem Treffen!
21.02.2007 1st summary.
21.02.2007 st request for update
21.02.2007 last summary


31.07.2006 - 05.09.2006  
Corinna Ziebarth (German, birthday 10.08.1977) www.cowrinna.de   and Jochen "JoeDakar" Stather (German, 25.02.1971) www.joedakar.com
+ Germany - Wolga - Russia - Germany. Die lange Reise ca. 13.000 km nach Trulala. A long trip to Trulala ca. 13.000 kms: After a novel of the german/russian writer Wladimir Kaminer)
Purpose of your travel: Fun, Testing new assesories for Wunderlich, meeting people, discovering new landscapes
Route : Germany (Sinzig - Berlin) - Poland (Masuren) - Russia (Kaliningrad) - Lituania - Latvia - Russia (Wolgowerchowe - N.Novgorod - Kazan - Volgograd - Astrachan) following the river Wolga from the spring to the delta into the caspian sea. Crossing the russian Kaukasus to Ukraine (Krim). Back via Ukraine and Poland. In total approx. 13.000km
Highlights : Russian friendship and their open hearts and unconditional help! We hope we can give them somewhere and somehow something back! The worst: Russian Police trying hard to get money from us - they failed!
Book or publication: Daily update on www.wunderlich.de, report about the first leg of the trip in ReiseMotorrad Oktober edition, Presenz on INTERMOT Cologne at Wunderlich and Tourenfahrer. Book will be writen after the tour. Extended reports on our webpages www.cowrinna.de & www.joedakar.com
Useful / important informations and TIPS for others: Make sure you stay into the rules! If the police takes you into the office ask for their personal number and name. They have to give this to you and you have something to deal for your papers! What ever they tell you, they can NOT take you into jail. Bring a lot of time and nerves.... talk in loud German to them!
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: Eurasien Tour (Düsseldorf - Vladivostok) 2003 (Joe), Sibirian Altai 2004 (Joe), Europe up and down (Corinna) East Europe (Corinna), X-Europe Recordtrip (Sinzig - Nordkapp - Sinzig Gibraltar in 9 days) Joe & Corinna, Marokko 2005 (Corinna), Moskau express (in 6 days) Joe......
05.09.2006 I got an overview before and short after the tour. Thanks, Jochen !


01.06. - 30.06.2007
John Ross (British, birthday 20.03.1966)
- Europe North- South. John plans to ride from the North Sea to Gibraltar over some 6,000km with YAMAHA XT600 Tenere 3AJ.
Purpose of your travel: We intend to maximise the off-road component and at present the route is 70% off road. We hope to raise money for the Charity Riders. Website ???
Route: Europe 6.000 kms (Netherlands - Belgium - France - Andorra - Spain - Portugal - Spain - Gibraltar)
Highlights: Camaraderie, new experiences
The worst: All will be part of the adventure
Book or publication : Hopefully a motorcycle magazine article or 2
Useful informations and TIPS for others: ....??
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: UK - Cyprus, South Africa - Zimbabwe - Malawi
06.03.2007 1st request.
13.03.2007 1st request for update


20.10.2006 - 22.10.2006
Torsten Merz (German, birthday 09.02.1977) no homepage
+ Germany - Romania. Torsten rode solo from Offenbach am Main to Bukarest with BMW R 1100 GS. 2.000 kms.
Purpose of your travel: start to work as a cook in Bukarest, to visit the east europe a bit.
Route : Europe 2.000 kms ( Germany (Offenbach, Würzburg, Nürnberg, Passau) - Austria (Wien, Nickelsdorf) - Hungaria (Györ, Budapest, Szeged) - Romania (Arad, Deva, Sibiu, Pitesti, Bukarest)
Highlights : no problems at all 3 borders, to cross a part of the carpats, no rain
The worst: the temperaturs in the evening
Book or publication: A long detailed story which you can ask via B.Tesch of him.
Useful / important informations and TIPS for others: take care about the dogs and the streets in Romania.
Other Experiences of Motorcycle-Tours: during my time there I had a short travel to Odessa, Ukraine and Varna, Bulgaria. As well there I never had any problems. I thing what you hear about those countries is too bad. If you stay a bit normal and do not show your money to everybody and if you do not visit some "dark-places" the countrys are nice to visit.
28.03.2008 1st summary.


Jens-Frederik Maug in ??. The water was very cold.

??.??.2008 Abfahrt - ??.??.20?? Ende der Tour
Jens-Frederik Maug  (German, born ??,??,1984) no homepage yet
+ Andorra . Jens (KTM 690 Enduro R) rode Germany-Andorra-Germany 1600km in 10 days.
Purpose of your travel: Jens is a beginner in traveling by motorbike since 2008. This was the first tour. Fun. Meeting the best girls / boys worldwide / see beautiful countrysides.
Route : Germany - ?? - ?? - Andorra - ?? - ??- ?? - Germany.
Highlights:  A very big Enduro area in south Andorra ( 2600m high ).
The worst:   ??
Book or publication  (about your tour): None.
My useful informations and TIPS for others:  .... ??
My earlier experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: No. My plan in 2011 is to ride to Sweden with two other bikers. This will be my first travel by bike with only a tent.
04.04.2011 First summary
04.04.2011 First request for update.
13.09.2011 Second request

03.01.08 -23.01.2008
Hans-Velten Reisch (German born 1965) mit
+ Germany - Northcape - Germany. Hans-Velten rode solo in wintertime to the northcape with HONDA CBX750 F km ?? in 20 days.
Route: Germany (Flens) - Danmark (Fredrikshavn) - Sweden (göteborg - E45) bis Finnland (mit Abstecher Kiruna-Kautokeino-Alta-Nordcap-E6) - Swedne (Göteborg mit Abstecher Hammerfest und Tromsö) - Danmerk (Fredrikshavn)- Germany (Flensburg?).
The best: Die freundlichen, hilfsbereiten, ehrlichen Menschen und die Natur sowieso. Man lernt mit der Natur zu leben und schürft seine Instinkte - keinen Streß mit der Polizei - Daß die Maschine wieder Flens erreichte.
The worst: Hinter Sweg Beinahcrash mit ner Rentierherde. Einige Stürze (ließ sich nicht vermeiden, da Vierzylinder und keine Spikes). E6 (ausgenommen Pässe) war wettermäßig unintressant. Immer noch keinen wilden Elch gesehen.
Information for others: Ehrlich gesagt, Spikes wären schon empfehlendswert
Publication: norwegische Tageszeitungen
05. 04.2008 1st summary. Fisrt request for update.

24.03.2008 - 26.03.2008
Torsten Merz (German, birthday 09.02.1977) no homepage
+ Romania - Germany.Torsten rode solo from Bukarest to Offenbach am Main with BMW R 1100 GS. 2.000 kms.
Purpose of your travel: Finishing my work as a cook after 17 months staying in Bukarest.
Route : Europe 2.000 kms (Rumania (Bukarest, Pitesti, Sibiu, Arad) -Hungaria (Szeget, Budapest, Györ) - Austria (Nickelsdorf, Wien) -Germany (Passau, Nürnberg, Würzburg, Offenbach).
Highlights : no problems at all 3 borders, to cross a part of the carpats
The worst: the temperaturs, the snow, the rain and the trafic at Würzburg 30kms stop and go
Book or publication: A long detailed story which you can ask via B.Tesch of him.
Useful / important informations and TIPS for others: take care about the dogs and the streets in Rumania. it was too early for this tour. A day before i rode in Austria they had a big crash on my way. 80 cars crashed together because of snow and ice on the street.
Other Experiences of Motorcycle-Tours: Offenbach am Main to Bukarest . I thing what you hear about those countrys is too bad. If you stay a bit normal and do not show your money to everybody and if you do not visit some "dark-Places" the countrys are nice to visit.
28.03.2008 1st summary.


23.05.2008 ca. plus 6 weeks
Günther Howecker  (Austria, birthday 21.10.1962)
- Europe - Turkey. Günther  plans to ride on his v-strom 650 ccm solo from Austria to the eastern part of Turkey.
Purpose of your travel: to see Kappadokien and most important: the experiences meeting other people and their culture
Route : 10.000 kms via slowenien, kroatien, bosnien, monte negro, albanien, mazedonien and greece to turkey - kappadokien. If there is enough time to the mountain ararat in Turkey. Back to Austria more to the north via bulgarien and serbien
Highlights : this I will tell you afterwards :-)
The worst: dito
Useful / important informations and TIPS for others: ??
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours:
2006: 4 weeks from austria via slowenien, kroatien and bosnien to dubrovnik, with the ship to bari (italy) and back (v-strom 650, 6.000 km)
2004: 6 weeks from austria via italy, france, spain to portugal (northern route) and back in the middle and the south. 2 people on a DR 650 incl. a tent.
2003: 4 weeks in india on a enfield from manali to leh and back (and over the highest pass in the world: 5.603 m to nubra valley - solo)
1997: 5 weeks from austria via switzerland to france (lac leman), via westalpen to provence and via italy back (cagiva elephant 900) and a lot of other small trips through europe (exept the northern part)
24.11.2007 1st summary



Motorrad-Russland. Motorrad-Novosibirsk.

01.07.2008 (8 weeks planed, after 4 weeks crashed and broke his shoulder) 
Konrad Amandi (German, born 1977 http://planlosost.blogspot.com /
+ "Around Lake Aral". Usbekistan and back. Konrad planned to ride solo 11.000 km to Lake ARAL and back on a BMW F 650 GS DAKAR.
Purpose: To fullfill his wish after he finsihed his study. His "wife and girlfriend Natalie" recommend him to do this !
Planned route: Europe (Deutschland - Tschechien - Slowakei - Ungarn - Rumänien - Moldawien - Ukraine) - Asia (Russland - Kasachstan - Usbekistan.
Zurück über Kasachstan - Russland) - Europe (Estland - Lettland - Litauen - Polen - Deutschland)
Real route: 5.600 km - Germany - Czech Republik - Slovakia - Hungary - Romaina - Moldova - Ukraine - Russia - Kazakhstan (and back to a german hospital by plane)
The best: Beautiful Romania
The worst: Accident in the desert near the usbekistan border. Broken shoulder and game over for this motorbike solo trip.
Best Tips: Visit Krim in the Ukraine - one of the most beautifull places I ever saw
Earlier experiences: few motorbike tours through western and north europe
25.04.2008: Participant of the 50th. Tesch-Travel-Treffen
May 2008. Tesch-Travel-Taschen
01.07.2008 1st summary by Bernd Tesch
01.07.2008 Asked Konrad for update
15.03.2011 Konrads update (sorry for the delay)

14.8.-25.8.2008
Egon Milbrod (German, born 1954)  http://www.milbrod.eu
+ Einmal um die Ostsee. Egon fuhr solo mit BMW F 800GS ca. 5.000 km um die Ostsee („Kurz weg“ - Tour)
Route: Bitte konsequent jeweils VOR den Angaben wie Z. B. Odessa ec. konsequent den Staat angeben, wo das liegt, damit das jeder versteht.
Route : Deutschland – Pommern - Preussen – Litauen – Lettland – Estland – Petersburg – Kishi – Karelien – Deutschland
The best: Eigentlich alles! Ich rate Jedem, der diese Länder bereisen möchte, es unbedingt zu tun. Einfache preiswerte Herbergen sind ebenso wenig ein Problem wie hochpreisige gute Hotels. Die Landschaft ist bezaubernd und die Infrastruktur gut. Es gibt viele Nationalparks, die touristisch gut erschlossen sind. Die Städte sauber und ordentlich und kutltiviert, wenn auch nicht immer ganz billig!
The worst: Die russische Polizei kann einen EU-Bürger jederzeit vorläufig festnehmen und 12 Stunden ohne Rechtsbeistand verwahren (russisches System!).
Important useful informations for others: Ein wenig Englisch genügt, wenn man dann noch Deutsch kann, ist alles paletti! Die jungen Leute im Baltikum sprechen mehrere Fremdsprachen! Russland ist nicht das Baltikum und Petersburg hat nichts mit Russland zu tun!
Book or publication: Eventuell demnächst ein Reisebericht in einer Zeitschrift oder auch auf einem Treffen!
16.05.2010 First summary.
17.05.2010 First request for update.

19.7.-13.8.2009
Egon Milbrod (German, born 1954)  http://www.milbrod.eu
+ Kaukasus, Wolgograd, Moskau. Egon fuhr solo mit BMW F 800GS ca. 10.000 km zum Kaukasus und über Wolgograd und Moskau zurück. („Bei Freunden“ - Tour)
Purpose: ???
Route: Bitte konsequent jeweils VOR den Angaben wie Z. B. Odessa ec. konsequent den Staat angeben, wo das liegt, damit das jeder versteht.
Deutschland - Schlesien - Slowakei - Ungarn- Rumänien (Bukowina) – Moldawien – Transnistrien - Odessa – Krim- Naltschik – Wladikawkas – Wolgograd – Moskau – Kursk – Wolhynien – Deutschland.
The best: Auf der Hin-Reise waren der Besuch von Ausschwitz und die Klosteranlagen in der Bukowina das besondere Highlight. Moldawien und Odessa enttäuschten etwas. Danach war es eine Tour „Bei Freunden“. Nahezu überall wurden Bekannte aus den vorherigen Reisen besucht bzw. neue Bekanntschaften geschlossen. Der Schwerhörenden-Kindergarten in Luzk und die Schwerhörenden-Schule in Wladimir-Wolhynsk gehörten ebenfalls zu den Höhepunkten.
The worst: Eigentlich gar nichts. Die Ukraine ist immer noch korrupt. Kein Polizist, der auch nur im entferntesten unserem Bild von einem Freund oder gar Helfer entspricht. Am Besten man kann kein Wort ausländisch!
Important useful informations for others: Bitte sich unbedingt in diesen Ländern nach den Sanktionsmöglichkeiten für EU-Bürger erkundigen. Immer die Botschaft kontaktieren, wenn man angehalten wird, auch bei Kleinigkeiten (die wollen das so!). Immer genau informieren was eine „kleine Träne“ ist, wenn man denn schon unbedingt zahlen will! Ansonsten viel Zeit haben!
Book or publication : Eventuell demnächst ein Reisebericht in einer Zeitschrift oder auch auf einem Treffen!
16.05.2010 First summary.
17.05.2010 First request for update.


15.06.2010-ca. 10.07.2010 
René Baukus  (German, birthday 30.08.1975)
- Plan Russland. Baikalsee. René aus Hinsdorf plant mit einer Honda Transalp XL 650V nach Russland zum Baikalsee zu fahren. Wenn jemand Interesse oder hilfreiche Informationen hat, würde ich freuen, wenn er Kontakt mit mir via Bernd Tesch aufnimmt ! Bei der Route bin ich für jeden Vorschlag offen, wichtig ist nur das mindestens 5 Tage Aufenthalt am Baikalsee eingeplant sind um Land und Leute kennen zu lernen! Die Insel Olchon würde ich auch noch gern besuchen!
Purpose of your travel: Spass! Nette Leute kennen lernen!!
Route : mein Plan bzw. Vorschlag: Polen, Ukraine (Odessa, Sevastopol) und dann auf dem besten und kürzesten Weg zum Baikalsee!
Highlights : Baikalsee!!!
The worst: hoffentlich nichts!!
Book or publication (about your tour): .......
Useful / important informations and TIPS for others: ....
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: ...
11.07.2009 1st summary


01.07.2010 - 20.07.2010
Helene Hoffmann ( German , 10.02.1951) and Ralf Voigt (German, 2 7 .0 7 .19 61 ) )   www.grenzerfahrung-2010.de
- Plan Around Germany . Ralf will ride together with Helene Hoffmann with one BMW K 100 RT .
Purpose of travel: Meeting nice people, getting new impressions from Germany.
Route : Germany 5000 kms ( along Germany 's borderline).
Highlights : Saving money for a charity organisation: German society for cancer. www.krebshilfe.de
The worst: I hope nothing.
Book or publication (about your tour): coming later
Useful / important informations and TIPS for others: none at the moment
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: It's not so nice to ride alone
23.03.2010 1 st contact and first summary
23.03.2010 Please send later the best foto of both of you with the bike “on the road”.
24.03.2010 Last summary. No foto





January 2010
Bruno Pillitteri (German, born 05.04.1967) www.aufspur.de
and his German friends Volker Hoppe, Guido Houy, Rainer Pesch, Elmar Stegen (all Germans)
+ Germany - Finland - Russia - Estonia - Lativia - Lithuania - Germany. Bruno lives in Duisburg, an industrielle town in Germany. He works in an big industrielle manufacturing und is still a normal father of a family. But when the winter is coming, he takes the bike and the adventure begins. Bruno rode many trips with his friends in the winter time. At first, the winter biker made several trips with sidecars. Suzuki GSX 1100G and EML-Sidecar. Later he changed the bike and rode a little KAWASAKI GPZ 305 Belt Drive.
Purpose of your travel: Winter Destinations get special, almost surreal perspectives. The Adventure of Nature, the constant battle with the cold and the overcoming of our own makes winter trips on the motorcycle so unique. 1998-2010: Bruno rode many trips with his friends in the winter time. At first, the winter biker made several trips with sidecars. Suzuki GSX 1100G and EML - Sidecar. Later he changed the bike and rode a little KAWASAKI GPZ 305 Belt Drive .
Route: January 2010 Bruno rode with his friends Rainer and Volker from Duisburg-Germany to Kiel, then they ship off to Helsinki-Finland. They rode with the solo bikes to Sankt Petersburg and Nowgorod in Russia and turned back through Estonia-Lativia-Lithuania. This trip is called Russia extreme. All this frozen winter trips are made in a period of 2 or 3 weeks and have a distance of 3.000 - 4.500 kilometers.
The Highlights : The friendship and the confidence to travel partners. The friendliness and helpfulness of the people "on route". Astonished faces of people to meet motorcyclists in the winter.
The worst: If the heating socks are defective.
Useful trips for others: Use a little motobike. The tyre TKC 80 and screw spikes are a good combination. Don't ride alone in winter ! Don't ride in the darkness !
Earlier travels: Europe in summer. We rode to the Dragon Rallye – Wales on 01.1998, Sweden-Vätternsee 01.1999 and 02.2000 to the Highlands of Scotland. Since 2001 they rode to the east. 01.2001 Riesengebirge – Czech Republic. January 2002 Bruno and his friends changed the bikes and rode with single motorbikes. Bruno rode a little Kawasaki GPZ 305 belt Drive. January 2003 Böhmerwald-Slovakia. In the following years they rode to several winterbiker meetings such as “Elefantentreffen or Schloß Augustusburg”. In the Year 2007 he wons the first “Motorradreiseförderpreis” for his winter adventure to the Home of “Dracula” in Transylvania Romania. It follows the Trip 01.2008 on old mail coach roads from Germany into the Tatra of Slovakia/Polen 02.2010 the trip “Eispassage” on the frozen Balticsea- Estonia-Lativia-Lithuania.
Book or publication: Eiskalt. Mit dem Motorrad in die Eiswüsten, von Bruno Pillitteri. Edition Motorrad Kastanienhof Verlag ISBN 978-3941760172, Preis 19,95 Euro. Erscheinungsdatum: November.2010.
Witzige und aufregende Abenteuer quer durch den Winter Europas in ?? Ländern. Jährliche Motorrad-Reisen mit kältebegeisterten Freunden in 2-3 Wochen bis 4.000 km ab 1998 bis heute. In diesem Buch erlebt der Leser die ungewöhnlichen Abenteuer vom „Team-aufSpur“ (richtig geschrieben ?? ): Ölleckage in Transylvanien. Eistanz in Estland. Gerissener Zahnriemen in den Masuren. Staatssicherheit bei der verweigerten Russlandausreise. Der Kampf mit dem Motorrad im Schneechaos. Die Schrauberei. Begegnungen am Straßenrand. Eindrücke mit vereisten Augenbrauen. Kuriositäten. Fremde Länder. Der ehemalige Ostblock.
Vier Freunde die ihre Motorradreisen grundsätzlich in den Winter verlegt haben und auch noch jede Menge Spaß dabei verspüren. Wieso ?? Diese Frage wird sich der Leser stellen und auch die Antwort finden? Eine besondere Spezies oder einfach nur Verrückte?
Mit einer guten Mischung aus Selbstironie und dem Blick für die ungewöhnlichen Dinge hat Bruno Pillitteri die großen und kleinen Trails in Worte gefasst. Tipps und Erfahrungen über Motorradumbauten, Länder und Reiseinformationen.
Das Buch ist nicht nur für die Fans des Winters bestens geeignet, sondern auch die Freunde des warmen Wohnzimmers.
Ab 15.11.2010 zu bestellen beim Verlag, in jeder Buchhandlung. Auch bei Bernd Tesch zu bestellen. Auf dem 53. Tesch-Travel-Treffen signiert durch Bruno.


2009

Dr. Friedemann Müller bei seinem Besuch bei Patricia und Bernd Tesch in Hammer "on tour"



Dr. Friedemann Müller während der großen Ostsee-Umrundung 2010

07.06.2010 - 30.06.2010
Dr. Friedemann Müller (German, birthday 1960) sorry, no homepage yet
+ Around Ostsee. Friedemann rode solo ca 10.500 km on a BMW 1150 GS a long tour around the Baltic Sea.
Purpose of my travel: Wanted to visit Sandra in Oslo (priority #1, very important!) but also wanted to experience the dramatic landscapes of the Norwegian fjords, highlands and glaciers, to follow sperm whales in the Lofoten, to ride my motobike at midnight sun from the North Cape to Murmansk via the absolute seclusion of the Arctic Sea route, to watch wild brown bears in the endless woods of Karelia and to get an impression of the Finnish Lakeland, the Baltic states including Kaliningrad on my way home. Also important for me was a stop at the big sand dunes and the Thomas Mann's summer cottage on the Courland spit in Nida.
Route: Germany (Berlin) - Denmark (Hirthals) - ferry to Norway (Kristiansand, South Cape (Lindesnes), hiking to Prekestolen, by ferry along the Lysefjord from Forsand to Lysebotn, hiking to Kjeragbolten, from Lyseboth to Oslo (48h rain), then north via Bygdin lake, Jostedalsbreen national park (hiking to the Nigardsbreen glacier), Soghefjell (rain but also some snowing), Trollstigen and the Atlantic route to Kristiansund, via Trondheim, Mo I Rama, nordic circle, Andenes (only rain and clowds, whale safari) in the Lofoten and Hammerfest to the North Cape (fog with some clear offs), from there via the Arctic Sea route (N98) to Kirkenes) - and to Russia (Murmansk, E105 to Kandalaksha (thunderbolt and volley), then via Alakurtti to - Finland (Salla, along the Russian border through Karelia to Oulangah national park and furher south via small roads (843 and 912) to Vartius (wild brown bears), Koli “mountains” (great view), Savonlinna (a real castle), the old road of Punkaharju parallel to E14, sick sack between Pihlajavesi and Saimaa lake on small roads via Kiviapaja, Sulkava, Imatra, Lappeenranta, Suomenniemi to Helsinki)) - ferry to Estonia (Tallin, Haapsalu, Pärnu) -to Latvia ( Riga, Kuldiga, Aizpute) - to Lithuania (Palanga, Nida (sand dunes of the Courland spit, Thomas Mann's summer cottage)) - to Russia (Kaliningrad (very hot and busy) - to  Poland (Malborg (Marienburg, biggest castle made of bricks, very impressive!)) back to - Germany (Berlin).
Highlights: the excitements and the views when standing on Prekestolen and Kjeragbolten (you really need good nerves) , whale watching in Andenes, the reclusion of the Arctic Sea route (no caravans!), bear watching trip in Karelia (I was pretty scared when I saw my first wild brown bear) and the sand dunes on the Courland spit.
The worst: invasion of the North Cape by thousands of tourist from very big cruise ships – I was really happy to escape from the North Cape hustle via the Arctic Sea route
Useful / important information and TIPS for others: Norway is very easy to travel, a tent is useful since you can stay wherever you want, but don't forget to ask if people are around. Huts are also very common and helpful since it can be quite cool and rainy. Often you can take the key when you arrive late at night and pay the next morning. Don't forget warm rain protection and winter cloves; also take some over garment for your shoes with you. That will help to keep you feet dry and warm. Don't be afraid of Russia, but don't forget to get a Visa in advance. On the border to Russia you have to fill in the engine number of your bike. So just make sure that you know where your engine number is to avoid trouble at the border. If you decide to ride off-road make sure your street tyres are in reasonable shape and don't panic with your gas grip otherwise you might kiss the bushes as it happened to me.
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: 2009 overland ride to Peking via Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia, the years before many trips within Central and Eastern Europe, very long time ago a trip through the Sahara desert with Peugeot 504 cars to Lome in Togo.
27.07.2010 Excellent first summary.


04.07.2010 - 25.07.2010
Jacqueline Blümel (German, born 27.04.1966) und Stefan Schumann (German, born 08.02.1967) website noch keine
Die Werbekauffrau Jacqueline (mit Motorrad "Knut" F650 GS, 50`000 km) und der Schlosser, gelernter Steinmetz und seit 11 Jahren selbstständiger Fahrradkurier Stefan (mit Motorrad "Helga" R 1100 GS, 247`000 km) reisen in 3 Wochen 5.600 km durch 14 Länder in Europa. Titel der Reise: "Im Osten geht die Sonne auf".
Purpose: Große Runde durch Osteuropas Nationalparks.
Unser Lebensmotto: "Das Leben wird nicht gemessen an der Zahl der Atemzüge, sondern an den Orten und Momenten, die uns den Atem rauben” (Original Autor unbekannt).
Route: Deutschland - Österreich - Kroatien - Montenegro - Albanien. In Albanien Fährschiff auf dem Stausee verpasst. Motorräder verladen auf einem Plechkan. (super verrückte Sache) - Rumänien - Kosovo (dort im Bordelübernachtet) - keine Ausreise nach Serbien bekommen, daher Umweg nach Mazedonien. In Rumänien angekommen sind wir mit der " Mukunitza" gefahren (die letzte Holzarbeiterbahn der Welt) - Ukraine (alles korrupt dort geworden) - Polen an die Weißrussische Grenze. Wir besichtigen dort den letzten Urwald Europas. Lettland (am Berg der Kreuze vorbei) - In Ventspilz auf die Fähre und nach Lübeck.
Highlights : Über den Komansee (Albanien) mit einem Seelenverkäufer.
The worst : Ausreiseverweigerung nach Serbien, Korruption in der Ukraine.
Useful / important information and TIPS for others: ??
Book or publication: DVD über Tesch-Travel-Treffen 2009 (5 min, 5 Euro). - DVD über Donaureise von der Quelle bis zur Mündung 2009 (34min. 12 Euro). - DVD "Im Osten geht die Sonne auf" 2010 (38min, 12 Euro). Plus Porto.
Ordern bei: bike-express(ad)t-online.de
Earlier experiences: Motorradreisen seit 26 Jahren
- 1990 mit der MZ in die Türkei. 7000 km 4 Wochen
- 1994 In 5 Wochen Kanada zu dritt auf einem Motorrad ( Sohn Florian saß vorn drauf mit 4 Jahren)
- Europa fast alle Länder bereist.
- 2007 , Russland mit 2 Person 2 Motorräder, Route Kiew, Moskau,an die Wolga, Sankt Petersburg , 6500 km
-2008 zum Nordkap über Russisch Karelien (Murmansk)
- 1988 - 2010 , 14 Rumänienreisen
- März 2007 einmal zu Fuß über Schottland gewandert von West nach Ost 320 km
- 1998- 2010 ca. 40`000 km Fahrradreisen
- im Dezember 2000, mit dem Fahrrad zum Polarkreis bei -32°
- 2006 Winterbergsteigen z.B. Jubiläumsgrad Albspitze- Zugspitze
- 1995 - 2010: 15 mal beim Tesch Travel Treffen
12.01.2011 1st request for update
13.01.2011 Last update.

2011. Sven Asbach solo in den Pyrenäen

30.07.2011 - 06.8.2011
Sven Asbach (born 11.04.1976) no homepage or pics from myself on this tours.
+ Pyrenäen. Sven rode solo 4000km on a BMW 1150 GS ADV.
Route: Germany ( Rottweil, Freiburg) – France (Pontarlier, Le Puy, Orange, Rivesaltes, Prades, Ceret) – Spain (Spanish side from the Pyrenäes with small jumps to the French side, Pamplona) – France (Bordeaux) – Germany (Rottweil). I rode only small streets, no highway.
Purpose: To be in the nature and see the world.
Highlights: Really friendly people everywhere, the mostly untouched nature in the back valleys.
The worst: Nothing worst on my motorbike travels. Problems with customs and medicine (Insulin) in Egypt, but this is 10 years ago.
Earlier Experiences (with and without Motobike): Venice, Maritime Alps, Dolomites, Turkey, Egypt, Mallorca (hiking), Tenerife (hiking), Romania, Austria
Planed Tours:  06.2012 Sardinia. 07.2012 Overland to Greece. (Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia, Macedonia, Greece, Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzogevina, Croatia and home) This should be about 9 or 10tkm, maybe someone is interested, at the moment i'll do the tour alone.

Foto (C) Gerold Hahn in Sardinien 2011.

26.12.2011 - 12.01.2012  
Nargiza Hahn (German, born 1978) und Gerold Hahn (German, born 1975)
+ Sardinia. Nargiza (YAMAHA XJ600) and Gero (BMW 1200 GS ADV) went to Sardinia to do some biking in the winter.
Travelling about 2500km on the Island they tried to see most of the regions of this beautiful place.
Purpose: To enjoy some warmer winter-days on the motorbike and perhaps a bit more sun than we have in Germany in january.
Route:  With our loved and reliable VW Golf3 and a trailer from Germany – Austria -Italy (Livorno) - Ferry – Biking on Sardinia – Ferry – Italy – Austria – Germany.
The best: Riding to the beach with the bike and have a beer in the sun after a nice tour on the Island – IN JANUARY IN EUROPE.
The worst: Biking in mistral with a wind speed and blasts with more than 100 km/h… Puhh, not funny sometimes in the mountains.
Important useful information for others: Sardinia in winter is definitely worth to try  – you will not regret it. Nice people, nice country!
29.002.2012 First summary.
20.04.-2012 PLn to come to te 54th. Tesch-Travel-Treffen.

27.06.2012 - 17.07.2012
Jürgen Schmitz  (German, born 28.11.63)
- Southern point of Europe. Jürgen plans to reach solo the most European southern point with KTM 990 SMT. Ca. 6000 kms.
Purpose: This is a trip for myself. I will see the most southern point of Europe, Tarifa Spain.
Route: Germany- France - Spain/Tarifa Gibraltar - Spanish coast - French coast - Alps - "Route des Grande Alps" – Switzerland (Geneve) - May be it is a distance of 680km and 17 passes: Col de Castillon (706 m). Col de Turini (1607 m). Col Saint-Martin (1500 m). Col de la Couillole (1678 m). Col de Valberg (1673 m). Col de la Cayolle (2326 m). Col de Vars (2109 m). Col d'Izoard (2360 m). Col du Lautaret (2058 m). Col du Galibier (2645 m). Col du Télégraphe (1566 m). Col de l'Iseran (2770 m). Cormet de Roselend (1967 m). Col des Saisies (1650 m). Col des Aravis (1487 m). Col de la Colombière (1613 m). Col des Gets (1163 m) - France (Masevaux) - Germany (Home Wuppertal).
Highlights: I want to find myself. Freedom. Sun. Curves. I will get.
The worst: what can be happend is an accident
Earlier experiences:  -Trip to jugoslawien with CX 500 in 1986 ca. 5500km. -Somtimes for holidays in europe; corse; sardegna, ven wirth wife  an two kids, the kids in my sidcar. (XJ900-EML CT2000). - a Trip with a Gold Wing in USA California, New Mexico, Utha
15.04.2012 First summary. .

??.??.20?? (genaues Abfahrdatum) - ??.??.20?? Genaues Ankunftsdatum dieser Reise
„Dr. No” (Norbert Matkowits. Austrian. Born 20.6.1959) www.dr-no.at
+ Norbert rode on a HONDA Varadero from Austria to Balkan-States to e.g. Kosovo and surrounding 4.000 kms.
Purpose of your travel: Exploring the actual real situation. Fun. Meeting the best girls / boys worldwide.
Route : Europe ( Austria – Croatia – Bosnia – Montenegro – Kosovo – Makedonia – Albania – Montenegro – Croatia - Austria ).
Highlights: Happy people in new state Kosovo, grand landscape and streets.
The worst: Streets in Albania.
Book or publication : New one: "Abenteuerreisen zwischen Jakobsweg und Seidenstraße / Dr. No, Novum Verlag. Österreich.
See more: http://www.berndtesch.de/Deutsch/News.html
My useful informations and TIPS for others: So dumm sind wir – die Leser - nicht, Norbert. Du müßtest hier schon konkreteres angeben. . Abenteuerreisen zwischen Jakobsweg und Seidenstraße.
My earlier experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: Europa von Albanien bis Zypern.
29.03.2011 First summary.
29.03.2011 1st request for update
04.04.2011 2nd request for update
13.09.2011 3rd request for update

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Bernd Tesch in Germany


Summary in progress:

Neale Bayly (American) http://www.motorcyclejournal.net/
"Four corner tour in Europe" (Nord Kap, Istanbul, Southern Spain, and Western Portugal, England, Scotland)
Florida to Alaska, Guatemala to Peru, Northern India on an Enfield and around the Southwestern United States, (video available for $19.95 through my web site). The joy I get from life keeps me happy. The thrill of motorcycling keeps me young and the anticipation of travel keeps me going. I have a wonderful wife and two young boys so I am truely blessed. I enjoyed your web site, and would love to come to one of your meetings and learn more about world travel from you and some of the incredible people who are out there following their dreams and seeing the world. Keep traveling. All the best. Neale.
11.2000 1st contact
17.01.2004 next request for update!
17.11.2005 3rd request for update
17.05.2010 4th request for update.

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