The All-Star Motorcycle Circus & Expedition

Route:

14 km R/T from KnopfTours to Heidelberg Cathedral and back

Money:

- Germany: Euros €1 = $1.2527 USD or $1 USD = €0.7996

Weather:

– Sun: Sprinkled through lunch, and since I’m are not really riding, it’s a beautiful day!

- Mon: Sunny blue sky, white cloud day.

Ride Stats

Total European [...]

Route:
Fri: No riding today!  Clean, wash, repack, what to take, what to leave
Sat: Ride to KnopfTours

Money:
- Germany: Euros €1 = $1.2527 USD or $1 USD = €0.7996

Weather:
Since we are not riding, it’s a beautiful day!

As we all know, good things do come to an end.  My first European ride-about is [...]

Route:

Bamberg, Germany-E48 to Prague, Czech Republic, E50 into Slovakia

Money:

-Germany & Slovakia: Euros €1 = $1.2527 USD or $1 USD = €0.7996

-Poland: Zloty 1 = $0.289 USD or $1 USD = Zloty 3.46

Fuel:

-Germany: €1.64/L

-Poland: Zloty 36.70/L

-Slovakia:  €1.55/L

Weather:

Mon: Mostly a lightly overcast day cloudy, and 3-4 brief [...]

Route and Miles: Approx 280 km (150 miles) from Bamberg to Gasthaus „Zur Schneeburg“
69509 Ober-Liebersbach
 (30 min. north of Heidelberg)

Money: Euros €1 = $1.2527 USD or $1 USD = €0.7996

Fuel: €1.649/L = €6.242/US Gal = $7.81 USD/US Gal

Weather: Mostly a dreary overcast day cloudy, and brief patches [...]

On a putt around Europe do I really need to maintain the bike?????????

Route and Miles: Approx 75km around area for service & stuff

Money: Euros €1 = $1.2527 USD

Fuel: No fill-up today

Weather: Mostly a dreary overcast day cloudy, and brief patches sprinkles.  Glorious sunshine in the late afternoon

Mileages so far!

These are [...]

Nothing casual about our route back to Germany. We visited Nordkapp and now need to get back to home base.  It was a mini “sit here, twist that” 10-hours a day.  Nothing Iron Butt style but made for long days in bad weather.  We want to attend the June 7-10 Horizons Unlimited-Germany gathering at Gasthaus [...]

Wed, May 30, 2012

Route: Route E6 from Narvik to Mosjoen

Mileage: 676 km (420 miles)

Money: Norway’s Kroner 1kr = $0.17 USD or $1 USD = kr 6.02

Fuel: 14.93 kr/L = $2.48 USD/L = $9.39/gal

Weather: Light snow, rain, and brief patches of blue sky

Lodging: Hotel Milano, ‪Vollanvegen 41, Mosjoen, Norway

Sunrise & Sunset: 24-hour of [...]

Tue-June 29, 2012

Route: Hammerfest to Skaidi then N6 to Narvik

Mileage: 683 km (424 miles)

Money: Norway’s Kroner 1kr = $0.17 USD or $1 USD = kr 6.02

Fuel: 15.68 kr/L

Weather: Overcast, light snow, hard blowing North Sea winds!

Sunrise & Sunset: 24-hour of sunshine!!!

It’s snow sprinkling when we wake up in Hammersfest.  Still snowing when we depart [...]

Mon-June 28, 2012
Snow – Nordkapp – Snow – Nordkapp

Route: Hammerfest to Nordkapp and back to Hammerfest

Mileage: 431 km (268 miles) RT

Money: Norway’s Kroner 1kr = $0.17 USD or $1 USD = kr 6.02

Fuel: 15.68 kr/L

Weather: Entire day — light snow, rain, hail, and hard blowing North Sea winds

Sunrise & Sunset: 24-hour of sunshine!!!

Martin is in good [...]

Today is Tue, May 29, 2012.

I’m way behind on the daily stuff so this is a digest version.  Some of you may notice our last few days have centered around Hammerfest, Norway.  Like all rides major events change goals and directions.

Long story short, on Sunday, May 27, ~5:00 [...]