Christopher: Does everyone know Murphy and his law? I’m very close pals with him. He made the law just for me. And Karma? She was my babysitter growing up. Now she just visits every so often to remind me of funny things I used to do.
Okay, I don’t really know about the validity of Murphy’s [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Flat Tire Time
Posted in Maintenance/Repair on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mt. Hamilton/Calveras Road 210 mi round trip
Posted in USA, tagged Calveras Road, Livermore motorcycle, Mt. Hamilton, San Jose motorcycling, Santa Cruz motorcycling on June 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mount Hamilton / Sunday, June 8, 2008
Sarah: We began by taking Hwy 9 from Santa Cruz to Saratoga (we avoid the 17 at all costs… as of yet, we haven’t ridden the motorcycles on it – Why would you when there are so many beautiful roads through the mountains?) We stopped in Saratoga for some [...]
Luzerne, Switzerland 490 mi rt
Posted in Europe, tagged Lucerne, Luzerne, motorcycle europe, motorcycle Switzerland, motorcycle tours, Switzerland on June 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sarah: Chris, our friend Dan, and I took a motorcycle trip from Kaiserslautern in an attempt to show off some excellent roads to Dan through the Black Forest. Dan was visiting from Bamberg and we were excited to have him along on a long trip. The map shows an approximation of our route… An approximation [...]
Bitche, France 92.0 mi rt
Posted in Europe, tagged Bitche, France, motorcycle europe, motorcycle trips on June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sarah: Bitche, France is another place we motorcycled to frequently while living in Germany. Bitche is a very small town with tons of history. This map shows one of the routes we took to Bitche.
Christopher: This was an easy day trip for us (many times). It was really neat to cross the border and see [...]
Baden-Baden, Germany 147 mi rt
Posted in Europe, tagged Baden-Baden, Germany, motorcycle Germany, motorcycling, motorcycling in Europe on June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sarah: Chris and I took several trips to and through Baden-Baden, Germany, but this was the only one we actually stayed and spent a day at the baths (and actually took pictures which we usually forget to do!). This map is one way we took to Baden-Baden and a few pics.
Christopher: Riding to and through [...]
Germany to Corsica 1555 mi rt
Posted in Europe, tagged Corsica, family motorcyling, female motorcyclist, girl motorcyclist, girl riders, motorcycle couples, motorcycle europe, Motorcycle travel, motorcycle trips, touring on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sarah: This trip took several weeks to plan. I booked hotels, ferries, planned routes, and stops while living in Germany while Chris was deployed to Afghanistan. The trip was during his 6 month R&R in late summer 2005 and we took a week and a half for the entire trip. We used “Motorcycle Journeys Through [...]
Bamberg, Germany 381 mi rt
Posted in Europe, tagged Bamberg, motorcycle europe, motorcycle Germany, motorcycle tours, motorcycle trips on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sarah: Chris and I drove to Bamberg to see a friend of ours who was living there while we were in Kaiserslautern. This map shows our route (no autobahn!).
Mileage: 614 km/381 mi rount trip – about 10 hours 48 mins: 2005
Christopher: No autobahn is right. In Germany it is possible to move about the entire [...]
Frequent Trips around Kaiserslautern, Germany
Posted in Europe, tagged drives in Germany, Germany, JohannisKreuz, motorcycle, motorcycle europe, motorcycle Germany, Rheinland Pfalz on June 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sarah: Here is a map that shows frequent trips Christopher and I would take around Kaiserslautern. This is not, by any means, all of the routes we’ve taken! But it’s enough to show you all the great roads near us!
Christopher: Even if you’re in a big city in Germany, you ride for less than five [...]
Motorcycle Gear Checklist
Posted in Gear, tagged camping, motorcycle gear, motorcycle trips, travel, travel gear on June 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sarah: Below is a moto gear checklist I used to prepare for our trip from Germany to Corsica. I got bits from a web site (sorry I can’t remember the original URL, but thank you to the original creator) but I edited it to suit our needs for this particular trip. Bold items seemed extremely [...]
