Having lived there for the majority of the past 2 decades I have gotten used to their ways and means.
I truly feel like a fish-out-of-water here in Australia
I need to get out and ride Europe
I need to get out and ride Europe
My Trans-Australis ride was just a warm up.
I'm planning on something more...something bigger
To give you a bit of background: in 2010, I rode out of the Middle-east, into Europe and kept riding for approximately 16 months. What a trip!
In 2015, I once again had the opportunity to take an extended trip around Europe (3 months this time) and I managed to travel to Iceland.
What an amazing place to ride.
I just wish I could do that again
oops...and that's where it all begins
But how do you plan a riding adventure for a country on the other side of the world?
To tell you the truth, I'm never sure how I do much of anything.
But, I eventually get there and get it done.
As luck would have it, In 2010 I was lucky enough to be mooching around a caravan park, near Patras in Greece, taking photos of the Harleys of Europe that had turned out for the annual meet. When I happened across the president of Samhain MC, in N. Germany. Finished taking photos of their bikes (I was about to move onto the Dutch and their crazy "easy-rider-choppers") Michi offered me a beer. He wanted to know how an Australian came to speak German and be staying at the same campground not far from Olympus, Greece. So our friendship began. The binding power of poor language skills and german beer.
So Naturally, when it came to planning a trip back to Europe, Michi was my man.
I really wanted an F800GS. but it was a bit out of my price range
So after a barrage of emails back and forth, we settled on an R1150GS.
Two, in fact. 2001 and 2002.
I just wish I could do that again
oops...and that's where it all begins
But how do you plan a riding adventure for a country on the other side of the world?
To tell you the truth, I'm never sure how I do much of anything.
But, I eventually get there and get it done.
As luck would have it, In 2010 I was lucky enough to be mooching around a caravan park, near Patras in Greece, taking photos of the Harleys of Europe that had turned out for the annual meet. When I happened across the president of Samhain MC, in N. Germany. Finished taking photos of their bikes (I was about to move onto the Dutch and their crazy "easy-rider-choppers") Michi offered me a beer. He wanted to know how an Australian came to speak German and be staying at the same campground not far from Olympus, Greece. So our friendship began. The binding power of poor language skills and german beer.
So Naturally, when it came to planning a trip back to Europe, Michi was my man.
I really wanted an F800GS. but it was a bit out of my price range
So after a barrage of emails back and forth, we settled on an R1150GS.
Two, in fact. 2001 and 2002.
