Think I have seen this state line as well in 2001, looked much more different than thisone. Bike and border...
Last weekend in Germany, after a days riding, we tried to do a cool village passing way back to the campsite. Loads of people on the main street... Bas saw a couple of young girls in uniform and did something we still don't know what. His front break blocked and his bike ended up on the tarmac. Not only the bike got damaged but also his ego.
Yesterday evening on the news, I found out that David Carradine died at 72 in a hotel room in Bangkok... The actor that played the monk in the series Kung Fu and who played '5 steps' Bill in Kill Bill.
This month it's 65 years ago we had situations like this, when the rest of the world came to liberate Europe from Nazi Germany. Thanx to everyone who helped out to get rid of the crazy Jerries!
It's is time to get my hands dirty with grease and oil again... Last riding weekend I found out some parts of my sickle need TLC (Tender love & Care)... Suspension needs attatention, still bottoming out. The speedo cable broke on the way home, minor detail... The transmission is loosing more oil every day, mmm... prob the main axle bearing behind the primairy... The rearbrake lost oil on my back wheel, needs some attention as well! Anyway, time to play again!
Finally after 3 other campsites we found one with room for four tents and 5 bikes. Near a small village called Dendeborn in Nationalpark Eifel in Germany. We had a very good riding weekend, only sun and no rain.
Johnny Depp in style on this vintage sidecar bike... Did he pick up the director of photography for work?
Here is cool add I found on the world wide web. We have two options here; or the guy is letting his sister ride up front or he is gay... He has his hands way to low, as anyone can see the wind is making them cold so he should keep his hands on them to keep them warm... sucker !!
Thisone is taken over 5 years ago. My wife was already pregnant (without both of us knowing!!) with our daughter. With her work she had a 300 km tour through The Netherlands on motorcycles. She wanted to ride our Cinderella, the one with the heavy working clutch... That's why she looks exhausted...
Sunday we had a family cleaning session of my sickle... My 5 year old daughter and 2.5 year old son had to help me cleaning the bike. The three of us had a sponge and washed all the dust from it. Later after she had dryed in the sun I gave her some good rubbing and polishing... (after three years... oops!)
Next weekend, May 30th & 31st and June 1st, we'll be going on a three day riding and camping fun weekend. Just a couple of guys on their motorcycles dry clothes and some tents, loads of humor and some beers. This year we'll be going from the middle of The Netherlands to Germany and this year I will be able to join again !!! Yeah, nomore Pneumonia cases, nomore Dizzzzynessss just riding and having fun...! This is how my sickle will look next weekend...
Here is my friend Sik's cool chopper. On the B-movie/mexican booth he made for the Rogues Chopper Show this year. The booth was filled with various other cool bikes and an Airstreamer caravan.
We ran into this beauty when we were in France some time back. It's called a Duex chaveau, two horses... But it's a nice little convertable with no luxary at all !! Like the shapes of the design!
Here is one of cool (?) trend from Paris, if you're into three wheelers, can't find the (side) stand of the motorcycle, have the urge to fall over at traffic lights... They ride it like normal bikes... like the devil is on their tail, like manicas...
Here a cool rear fender on a Parisian rent a bike... with magneto lock on bike stands...
(The bikes seem to be Dutch design...cool!)
Here is a cool pica I took on a mountain hike in Swiss in 2006. A very nice trail right on the edge and some stages even only on wooden boards appr. 40 cm wide with a load of nothing under it. Vew hundred meters down, ground... not a place for someone who's afraid of hights ha ha ha...
On, I think, every railway station or busy point in the city... nower days ya have motorcycle taxies. All the motorcyclists around Paris rie like the devil is on their tail, like manics. Can I squeeze my bike and my self with 80 km's an hour through rush hour through the traffic jams...? Uuuh, I would almost shit my pants... So the Mrs said: Shall we take a taxi to the Institute Arab Monde...? Yeah, right... I wanna see the kids again, I replied... Call me a sissy but hell these guys are crazy!!
