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Travelling by motorcycle, for many people, is one of life’s pleasures, and the stuff of many dreams. Rolling off – or on – a ferry knowing that you have everything that you need for a trip packed on the back of the bike is hugely satisfying. In the last 10 years or so the motorcycle media and manufacturers have caught up and promoted adventure motorcycling – usually long distance trips across continents and including off-road riding, sometimes solo (as in Ted Simon) or sometimes in groups (Globebusters). Commercial exploitation of this pastime includes special bikes, of course, but also special clothes and accessories. But despite this, the relatively short travels that most of us can take that are maybe nearly all done on tarmac are not short of delights and challenges. Here are the routes and links to accounts of the trips I’ve taken since I started riding.
On Triumph Sprint ST
2008 First tour: Germany
A week in Denmark April 2009 (see https://www.flickr.com/photos/obliquepanic/albums/72157617129415229/with/3467761557/)
Czech Republic and Slovakia 2009
2009 Czech republic and Slovakia
On BMW R1200GS
From Spain to the Netherlands via France and Switzerland 2010
2010 Spain, France, Switzerland, Germany, The Netherlands
2011 Germany, Denmark and Norway
2012 Denmark and Sweden in September and October
On BMW R1200GS LC
Helsinki and the Baltic States, 2017
2019 Northern Spain and Bardenas Reales
On KTM 790 Adventure
Yorkshire and Derbyshire 2021
Portugal and Spain 2022 Here’s the route of the Portugal ACT that I intend to follow. I have no idea how hard core it is
Norway 2023
Motowhere routes from 2009 onwards at https://www.motowhere.com/profile/u/obliquepanic and AllTrails is: https://www.alltrails.com/members/michael-traynor