Everywhere Virtually

I spent a very pleasant few days in Linz seeing friends and making new ones. Linz is the 2009 capital of culture and has made noticeable strides since I was last there in April and August of 2008. It has an energy and vibrancy which is tempered by the fact it is also a provincial [...]

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As the day warmed up to a pleasant but not uncomfortable temperature I soon made it to Germany. En route I chuckled to myself that I was nearing Helmond in the Netherlands… I thought this trip is so hardcore I’m going through Helmond. (referring to Helmand Province in Afghanistan) I made good progress and arrived [...]

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I am discovering that making promises to set off on epic journeys after work is a bad, bad idea. I managed to get the tyres sorted out which was nothing short of miraculous. In some ways that took the heat off and so I got home and realised I had to pack everything, pay bills, [...]

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I’m happy to watch this guy do his stuff on the F800GS as I would surely end up with bent metal and lots of broken plastic, minimum, if I did half of what he can do. Great control. TeachTrix.com BMW F800gs from Bud Mastrangelo on Vimeo.

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I have been rather remiss of late in updating this blog. I’ve been annoyed at myself because there has been a lot going on. A lot of good stuff going on… a lot of adventure motorcycling goodness I recently attended the Horizons Unlimited UK summer meeting at Ripley in Derbyshire. This is an event that [...]

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I have finally started to get around to processing the video from the Touratech Travel Event in March. by a complete stroke of serendipity I happened to find one of the funniest clips. Austin Vince regails the audience with Viz style hilarity as he talks about his travels through Russia.

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The guys at Horizons Unlimited are the real deal. They are just regular people who share their knowledge and expertise with other motorcycle travelers. I will be attending the lumb farm meet organised by HU in June this year and I also had the pleasure of staying with the head of HU Belgium this year. [...]

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Last year on two separate occasions I had to cross a ford in the road. One in Derbyshire and one in Warwickshire. I quickly realised it was a lot of fun and was keen to find more… But how do you find small fords and river crossings? I was distracted by the planning for Sibirsky [...]

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I’ve been back just over a week now and It’s been tough getting back into a routine. Knowing that the Sibirsky Extreme Project trundles on makes it all the harder. It is hard to drive a desk having covered over 5000 miles and 23 countries in just over two weeks in the saddle. It changes [...]

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Lake Garda to Ancona We started off the day by being fleeced by an Italian grandmother. The previous night she wooed us with a €30 per person per night rate. Come the morning it had jumped to €34 euro. Not much you say but we are on a tight budget and 8 euros is 8 [...]

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