19?? Ein deutsches Flugzeug von Hugo Junkers, W 33, flog als ertses Flugzeug von West nach Ost.
Geplant war Deutschland -New York. Aufgrund des unberechnebaren Gegenwindes driftete das Flugzeug aber nach Norden ab und landete nach 36 Stunden mit dem letzten Tropfen Flugbenzin in Neufundland mit einer Notlandung. Der erste West-Ost-Flug war daher vor dem Mitbewerber "Claude Dornier" geschafft. Allerdings war das Flugzeug durch die Landung so zerstört, dass es nicht nach New York weiterfliegen konnte.

1927 Bessie B. Stringfield http://promotor-motortrotters.blogspot.com/
Heel anders is het verhaal van Bessie B. Stringfield, een Jamaicaanse die als wees opgroeit in Boston. In 1927 stapt deze struise lady voor het eerst op een motorfiets en is daarna meteen verknocht. Behalve zes echtgenoten verslijt ze in haar leven ook 27 Harleys, waarmee ze acht keer door de hele VS doorkruist. Onderweg verdient ze geld met optredens in heuvelklims en in stuntshows. In die dagen is het ongebruikelijk dat een vrouw op een motor zit en zeker als je zwart bent. Hierdoor moet Bessie vaak bij benzinestations op haar machine overnachten; de jekker over het stuur diende dan als kussen, terwijl de voeten op het achterspatbord rustten. Vooral in het Diepe Zuiden was het voor haar gevaarlijk om te toeren. Een keer werd ze zelfs van de weg afgeduwd door zo'n kleingeestige redneck in een pick-uptruck. Reden genoeg om dappere Bessie enkele jaren geleden in de USA Motorcycle Hall of Fame op te nemen.


1931-1940

1938
Marjorie....
In the website http://untamedspirit.net / of RTW traveller-woman Canadian Doris Maron I found the information: "I was fortunate enough to meet Marjorie, an honorary member of WITW, who was a pioneer for women in motorcycling. Against her fathers wishes she ventured across the United States by motorcycle in 1938."
22.05.2008 Asked Doris Maron for more information.


14.05.1939 -early december 1939 arrived in Seattle
Logan and Williams finally made it to Seattle and Blizzard ?
youtube-link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmJAWLzJBRk&feature=player_embedded#

In 1937, John Logan took a 2-week vacation to Alaska, and was smitten with the Great Land. Later, he was intrigued by an article by Donald MacDonald proposing a road to Asia via Alaska. Logan, with help from a cousin, contacted former territorial governor Tom Riggs, who had led the US survey team that established the Alaska-Canada boundary. Riggs recommended that Logan meet a man called "Slim" Williams who was planning to journey by motorcycle from Alaska to the Lower 48. "I said, 'He's going to do WHAT?'" recalled Logan.

Logan arranged to meet with then 57-year-old Williams, and after explaining his interest in promoting a road-link with Alaska, Slim asked Logan to be his partner on the proposed motor­ cycle trip. At first Logan hedged. "I'd never ridden a motorcycle, but I realized that I'd never be able to live with myself if I passed up the opportunity." It turned out Williams hadn't, either. "We'll figure it out," Williams assured him.

Once agreed, both Williams and Logan began preparing for the unparalleled trip. Logan put money he had saved into the purchase of two carefully researched and modified British-made motorcycles. "We chose small, single engine machines because we knew we would be pushing, pulling and rafting with them. We had plates welded on the bottom and hand brakes added so we would be able to have some control when walking the machines with the engines running. Of course, there were even fewer gas stations then, so we had racks with two gas cans each in the back." They began their trip on May 14, 1939.

Read much more at http://www.johnsalaska.com/2011/08/first-people-to-ride-motorcycle-on.html

Can't remember where I got it, probably Whitehorse Press. Don't see it on Amazon. It's a 1993 copyright by KAKM Video in Anchorage, Alaska. They still have a website, but I don't see "Slim & John's Great Adventure" there either. It is great story. I have the 28 minute long video tape. However, there was no ALCAN in 1939. That wasn't in existence until 1942, built by the US Army Corp of Engineers in agreement with Canada

C redits:
Alaska Digital Archive
BLM Alaska Frontiers, Issue 76 February/March 2000
Music:
Fig Leaf Rag, Circus Waltz FX, Friendly Day, Evil Plan, Amazing Plan, Breaktime, Bad Ideas Distressed, Doe De Oh, Water Droplets on the River, The Bandit, Olde Timey, Barroom Ballet, Gold Rush, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons "Attribution 3.0" http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/".
09.11.2011 This youtube link with the information was send to me kindly by Dal Smile from USA. - Dal was the president of BMW Ownersclub and is now retired. He owns probably the largest collection of "in english written motorcyle-travel-books". Especially the very first series of fiction books starting in 1910.



1941-1950

Ca. 1946 + 2,5 years
Theresa Wallach   (born 30.04.1909 - 30.04.1999) and Miss Blenkiron (both British)
After the WW.2  Theresa rode in North-America for 2,5 years and 32.000 miles with a Norton, having had 18 different jobs like riding horses with cowboys and trecking west with Indians Routee 66 to pay her mc-trip.
Earlier experiences: 1934 / 1936
Wallach, Theresa  (born 30.04.1909 - 30.04.1999) and Miss Blenkiron (both British)
2x Transafrica London - Capetown and back    See more Africa as well.
1934 Theesa rode with Miss Blenkiron  London - Capetown: 14.000 miles in 8 months on a side-car with a trailer behind. Because "Blenk" got Malaria in Johannesburg Theresa went back solo.
1997 fand ich Theresa Wallach und hatte mir ihr brieflichen Kontakt. Sie arbeitete bis 1999 an dem 1. Buch über ihre legendäre Transafrika-Tour. In 1999 starb sie mit 90.
1997 I found Theresa Wallach being 88.
08.10.98 A next letter to Theresa Wallach. She just published the second edition of "Easy Motorcycle Riding"!  Since 20 years I know that the British Theresa Wallach is one of the real women travel pioneers.1997 I found Theresa in USA and I was really happy to recieve her first letter in July 1998 with the folowing informations: After the WW.2  Theresa rode in North-America for 2,5 years and 32.000 miles with a Norton, having had 18 different jobs like riding horses with cowboys and trecking west with Indians Routee 66 to pay her mc-trip. After she stopped importing British motorcycles in USA she founded  a "Motorcycle Research Riding School". In 1972 she published a book "EASY MOTORCYCLE RIDING" of which she sold 200.000 copies. 1998 she just finished writing two new books: "Motorcycling for Business and Leisure" (TRUE-and-TRIED" informations) and "THE RUGGED ROAD of AFRICA". The last will be the first book about her famous mc-tour 1934 Transafrica.
In 11.1998 I got the second edition of  "Easy Motorcycle Riding", the ABC for riders not so much for long distance travellers. ! 17.05.1999: I got a letter from Wesley Warren Brown, that Theresa died of liver cancer on her 90th birthday. Tears were coming to my eyes that this woman-pioneer of motorcycling and especially motorcycle travelling died before she finished her book about her great TRANSAFRICA-TOUR.
21.10.01 I got the information form USA that her book "THE RUGGED ROAD of AFRICA" is published in GB. Panther Publishing, 10 Lime Avenue, High Wycombe, Bucks HP11 1DP.
15.11.01 I tried by many, many letters to different persons to get the information, what happened with Theresas manuscript, the fotos and old articles of her mc-travels.Finally I got the information that all is stored in Arizona State University Foundation. The boos - Mr. Rodney L. Houts - has been very unfriendly and not helpul from the start until his last email. In this he forbit me to contact him again.


1951-1960

Ca. 1952
Brenda Collins (England)
North-America. The journalist Brenda rode a 16.000 kms long tour through North-America with a BSA-Bantam.
Route: GB - USA - Canada - Mexico.
25th.04.2001 1st information by Hugo Wilson´s book: Das Lexikon vom Motorrad, page 37.
24.05.2008 Greg Williams in Canada owns a brochure about Brenda Collins tour. Published by BSA ca. 1952.
Give me some time to dig that one out, and I'll scan and send you images.
24.05.2008 1 st request for more information about the brochure : pp ?, how many pictures, size??) and the trip itself. Are there any relations still living ?


1971-1980

1976
Olouf Zierl (German)
20.-21.04.1991 Tesch´s Motorrad- und Auto-Treffen: ab 14.00 Uhr     Oluf Fritz Zierl : "USA. 4 Mal von coast zu coast" . Oluf, Pseudonym "Kraut" in Amerika, Jahrgang 1932 mit "biblischem Aussehen eines begeisterten Bikers", hat seit 1976 jährlich individuelle Motorrad- Touren durch USA durchgeführt. Insgesamt mehr als 120 000 km Reisen. Er fuhr 4 x von "coast zu coast", war 14 Mal auf der "Daytona Bike Week" und 2 x auf dem Motorrad- Treffen "Sturgis" in South Dakota. Er schrieb mehrere Bücher wie "Highway Melodie", "Die schönsten Motorrad- Touren durch die USA", "Verdammt, verfolgt, verraten. Packende und wahre Biker- Reportagen aus den Süd- Staaten der USA". Er produzierte ein "Video: Unter weitem Himmel" und eine "Schallplatte (auch als CD zu haben) von J.Boss: The Wind in your face". Oluf ist 1981 nach Amerika ausgewandert und hat 8 Jahre in der Biker- Scene der Süd- Staaten gelebt. Er ist Schriftsteller und freier Journalist für MO und BIKERS NEWS. Sein Kennzeichen: Nichts vertuschen!
Oluf ZIERL ist Schriftsteller und signiert auf Wunsch alle seine Bücher.


??.04.1977-??.11.1977
Helmut Münch (German, born 20.09.1959) mit Erwin Schmidtfall (German) und Martin Schmidtfall (German)
+ Canada. USA. Mexico. With two BMW R 90/6 they ride 27.000 km in 6 months.
Purpose: Adventure. To see N-America.
Route: Wit a ship from "Polish Ocean Lines" from Europe (NL) - to N-America (Canada (Quebec City) - Winnipeg - crossing Canada to Vancouver / Island. With a ferry to USA (Seattle) - touring around the country. Mexico (2000 km) - Texas. There they sold 1 BMW. Schwager war nach 3 Wochen wieder zuhause.
Highlights: Human contacts. Sightseeings as Nat. Parks. Handling the motorcycle. Different landscapes.
The Worst: Seling the BMW too cheap.
2009 Helmut is now the neighbour of B.T. First summary.


1981-1990

??.03.1981 + 9 Monate
Christa und Manfred Wasserlos (Germans)
In 9 Monaten ab März 1981 mit einem VW- Bus 30.000 km in Mittel- und Nord- Amerika.
Route: Montreal- Kalifornien- Mexiko- Guatemala- Honduras- zurück zur Ostküste- Canada bis Montreal. Beide haben bereits über 100.000 km "Fern-Reise-km" zusammen durchgestanden.
Dia-Vortrag ab 16.00 Uhr  13.Auto-Fernreise- Treffen vom 13.-14.10.90

1984
Bärbel Harig
North-America. 15 Wochen 1984 durch Nord-Amerika mit BMW R 75/6.
20.-21.04.1985   Dia-Vortrag auf dem 7. MOTO - FERNREISE - TREFFEN. 170 Teilnehmer

1984 - 2000
Aaron Winchester (American)  http://www. in work
NAmerica many times.
1984 being 20 years with HONDA CX 500 riding 3 months 27.000 miles in Oakland 46 States (not Delaware).
1990 Sturgis (South Dakota) one month 10.000 miles.
1991 Daytona Beach (Florida) one month 10.000 miles.
1992 Sturgis (South Dakota) one month more than 10.000 miles.
Aaron from California showed up here in Zweifall / Germany four times with his old BMW. After he knew NAmerica he wanted to travel in Europe what he did 7times already seraching for the oldest pubs in Irleland.
Route 1993: USA (by BMW R 60/2 from San Francisco - New York about 3 months) - by air (Lufthansa) with the bike to Europe (riding two weeks in Holland (Schipol) - Belgium (Antwerpen)).
Book: Plans a book about searching the oldest pub in Ireland by motorcycle. See EUROPE for his Europeab trips.

1985
Erika John (German, geb. 10.02.1947)
+ USA. Erika reist 11.00 km solo in USA und schreibt darüber ein Buch: Motorrad-Amazone . Straßen bis zum Horizont Reise-Bericht. (Nord-Amerika). USA.
11.000 km in 6 Wochen aus dem Sattel einer Amazone.
Erika fliegt als 34-jährige Lehrerin im Juni 1981 nach Los Angeles (USA) und kauft sich dort eine Honda CM 400 T Softchopper. Auf der Suche nach einem individuellen weiblichen Weg steigt sie aufs Motorrad, auch, um den vielen Ampeln und Verbotsschildern in Deutschland zu entfliehen, hinein in unerschöpfliche Landschaften. Sie entwickelt eine „freundschaftliche Beziehung“ zu ihrem Motorrad, schläft mit größter Angst in ihrem kleinen Minizelt, trifft viele Motorrad-Fahrer, sucht Treffpunkte für Frauen, genießt die unterschiedlichen Landschaften, besonders die Nationalparks mit Wüsten, Wäldern, Bergen und Seen und ist überwältigt von der nie gekannten amerikanischen Gastfreundschaft. Ihre Ängste zeigen sich als unberechtigt: Sie wird weder vergewaltigt noch beraubt.
Strecke : Kalifornien - Oregon - Washington State - Idaho - Montana - Wyoming - Utah (Salt Lake City) - Arizona - Colorado (Denver). 78 S. halbseitig beschrieben. 8 SW-Fotos. 3 Streckenskizzen.
Verlag: Erijott-Verlag. Regenbogen-Vertrieb. Berlin. 1985. Keine ISBN Nr.
Bezug: Erika John. Gneisenaustr. 7 a. D-1000 Berlin 61. Deutschland. DM 12,80 (1992)
1991 Macht sehr lieben und sympathischen Eindruck am Telefon.
Noch 500-600 Bücher vorhanden. "Ist klar: Fahre noch immer". Lehrerin.
10.09.91 Sportliche Ebene Suche ich. Besonders vorsichtig. Irrationale Ängste. Intensive Phantasie. Ziemliche Feministin. Gegen Unterdrückung. Vorher 6 Wochen. 34-35 Jahre. Als Lehrerin gefahren.
Earlier expereinces befoer 1991:
Dozentin in der Lehrerfortbildung. Sie war mit dem Motorrad in Spanien und Jugoslawien und fährt eine BMW R 65. Als ich sie fragte, ob sie heute noch Motorrad fahre, meinte Erika: „Klar doch, fahre noch immer".
09.09.2009 Fahre noch die 650ger BMW und fahre immer mal wieder. Wie wäre es für mich mit Namibia ??? Vielleicht dort eine Maschine leihen ?
Mache Kunst (www.erika-john.de) oder erika-john.com

23.05.1987 - 24.06.1987
Ursula Lettmann (German, born 1953) and Rolf Lettmann (German, born 1952 )
+ Canada and USA. Ursula and Rolf rode on a Moto Guzzi with sidecar Squire about 6.000 km in Canada and in the USA
Purpose of travel: Fun. Meeting the people and seeing the country.
Route : The motorbike was transported from Germany (Frankfurt/M) to Canada ( Vancouver ) and back from Canada ( Calgary ) to Germany (Frankfurt/M) via Wardair airplane. Vancouver/CAN - Yakima - Sacramento - Death Valley - Las Vegas - Moab - Mesa Verde - Monument Valley - Flagstaff - Tombstone - Tucson - Tijuana/MEX - San Diego - Los Angeles - Las Vegas - Salt Lake City - Yellowstone National Park - Virginia City/Montana - Great Falls - Calgary/CAN.
Highlights : Meeting people from all over the world at the International Rally of Moto Guzzi National Owners at Yakima (we had made a pre-registration, they awaited us already). Seeing the impressive nature and landscape for the first time. Meeting nice poeple in every place we stayed especially during our three days stay at Virginia City/Montana. The friendlyness of the M exican people.
The worst: Nothing.
Book or publication: No
My useful informations and TIPS for others :
After the experiences of our first North America tour we omitted any camping gear on our next North America tours - no need for it.
14.04.2007 First summary.
18.04.2007 "informatiker" Rolf has been in 2007 already 16 times on the Tesch-Meeting for World-Travellers.
See his other N-Amerca tours below

1988
Nord- Amerika per Motorrad   von Robert Reitberger.  DM 19,80
Ein Erfahrungsbericht einer Reise quer durch Nord- Amerika mit einer BMW R 100 GS. In 6 Monaten "ritt" er 1988  40.000 km. Tagebuch mit Routenbeschreibung. 174 S. 18 Karten. 11 Abb.

1991-2000


Foto: Michaela Schmid Arizona 1991

26.06.1991 - 24.08.1991
Michaela Schmid (German, September 29 th , 1962) and Gotthard Schmid (German, born on January 18 th , 1959)
+ USA . Gotthard and his wife Michaela rode together on a Harley Davidson FLTC Tour Glide Classic (1982) 25.500 km around the USA .
Purpose of your travel: Adventure. Seeing the country. Meeting people of the country, off the touristy places
Route : And how did you come to USA ??
We flew with airline ?? from ?? to N.y. ?? for US $ ???
Surrounding the continental USA (except Alaska ), riding 25.500 km.
They started from York / Maine on the east coast and went westward through the Midwest till Denver / Colorado . T hen north to Mount Rushmore in South Dakota and crossed the Continental Divide over the Glacier National Park close to the Canadian border. They visited Portland / Oregon and surrounded the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State (from start till here approx. 9500 km). Followed by the path south through San Francisco and Los Angels they reached San Diego / California (additional approx. 4000 km). From here on the trip westward brought them to Phoenix / Arizona , Mesa Verde National Monument , Santa Fe / New Mexico and Memphis / Tennessee (add. approx. 4000 km). They then continued south to New Orleans and finally to Key West / Florida (add. approx. 3500 km). The trip north lead them along the east coast through Savannah / Georgia to Charleston / South Carolina and then inland and further north on the Blue Ridge Parkway to York / Pennsylvania where the Harley Davidson factory and museum is located. Through New York City and Boston / Massachusetts they reached there starting point in York / Maine (add. approx. 4500 km) again after fabulous and exciting two months.
We flew back with airline ?? from N.Y. to ???? for US $ ???
Highlights: Adventure. Fun. Sun. Friendship of  American people. Crossing the country and seeing the west coast. Touching the four corners of the continental USA (except Alaska )
The worst: The Harley all of a sudden drained all the motor oil in the middle of a parking lot in Little Rock / Arkansas . Thanks to the local Harley dealership and its friendly and skilled mechanic we got the gaskets replaced and could hit the road again.
20.04.2008 1 st summary
20.04.20081 st request for update.

1992 - 1993
Andreas Kieling (German)
The German hunter Andreas wanted to make a huge motorcycle-tour. But he changed his plan and made a huge canoe-tour: 2 years and 2000 miles: The Yukon from the start to the end. Andreas kindly gave a slide-show at the 16th MCar-Meeting for World-Travellers 20.-21.1993. ab 16.30 Uhr : 2000 Meilen Freiheit. Mit dem Kanu durch Alaska. Andreas, den ich als potentiellen Motorrad-Weitreisenden kennenlernte, fuhr mit Birgit 6 Monate, Mai bis Nov 92, auf dem Yukon von den Quellen bis zur Beringsee. Sie lebten mit Indianern, Eskimos und Goldgräbern zusammen und schliefen ausschließlich in Zelten. Auf der gesamten Strecke von 3400 km brach 700 km vor dem Ende der Winter ein. Das Kanu wurde vom Eis eingeschlossen. Seine Reise ist auf dem Titelblatt des vauDe-Kataloges und der Eingangsstory und im Fernsehen zu bewundern: Am 23.03.92 in Nord 3, 20.15 Uhr. Am 24.03.92, 21.45 in West
3. Am 26.03.92, 20.15 Uhr in 1 Plus.
1991 1st contact
07.02.2002 1st email.
22.04.2008 Habe neuere Filme von Andreas gesehen. Ihn aber leider nie wieder getroffen, obwohl er hier in der Nähe in der Eifel wohnt.

1993
Giorgio Macaluso (Swiss)
+ Canada - Alaska - Mexiko - Canada. Girgio rode solo 37.000 km in four months with BMW R100 GS. With several motorcycles Giorgio rode in total 320.500 km.
Purpose of travel: Der Gwunder trieb mich in die Welt
The best: Alle Kontakte mit den Leuten in den Länder und das Entdecken, daß wir - so verschieden wir sind - doch immer Gleich sind.
The worst: In Israel wurde ich in der Nähe von Gaza bestohlen: Motorradjacke und 50% des Werkzeugs. En riesieger Verlust, wenn die Reise noch 2 Monate gehen soll.
Useful informations and TIPS for others: .Gutes Material der Ausrüstung, das zuhause eingehend vorher im Winter und unter der Dusche getestet werde sollte. Gute Unterlagen. Realistische bewegliche Reise-Routen.
Other experiences:
1986 2 Wochen. Europa: .Schweiz - Deutschland - Frankreich with Suzuki RV 125 3000 km.
1986 5 Wochen. Europa: Schweiz - Östereich – Tschechien - Ungarn – Schweiz mit Honda 125 .5.000 km
1987 3 Monate. Europa + N-Afrika. Schweiz - Italien - Griechenland - Israel - Sinai - Ägypten - Italien - Schweiz mit Jamaha XT 600. 8000 km.
1988 6 Wochen. Europa. Schweiz - Italien - Griechenland - Türkei - Rodos - Italien Schweiz mit MW GS 80 ca. 7500 km.
1989 3 Monate Europa + N-Afrika. Schweiz - Frankreich - Andorra - Spanien - Marokko - Algerien - Tunesien - Frankreich - Schweiz mit 11.000 km.
1990 1 Monate: Europa. Schweiz - Italien - Sizilien - Malta - Italien - Schweiz BMW GS 80 5500
1992 1 Monat: Asien. Indonesien - Bali mit Suzuki 3500 km.
1993 4 Monate: Nord-Amerika. Canada - Alaska (Prudoe Bay) - Mexiko - Canada mit BMW R100 GS. 37.000 km
1995 1 Monat: Europa. Schweiz - Deutschland - Belgien - Dänemark - Färörer Island - Dänemark - Deutschland - Schweiz miz BMW R100 GS 3000 km.
1996 1 Monat: Europa. Schweiz - Deutschalnd - Dänemark - Schweden - Finland - Schweden - Deutschland - Schweiz mit BMW R100 GS 7000 km.
1997 2 Wochen Europa. Schweiz - Frankreich - England - Frankreich - Schweiz mit BMW R100 GS 4000 km.
2000 1 Monat Europa: Schweiz - Deutschalnd - Dänemark - Schweden - Finland - Schweden - Deutschland - Schweiz mit BMW R100 GS 8000 km.
Dazwischen X Reisen in Italien Frankreich Deutschland
Auch habe ich 5 USA Reisen mit Camper Auto und Ruchsack gemacht. Auch Seltene Gebiete Neufundland....Grönland , griechische Inseln, Norwegen, Holland, Tunesien, Malaisia, und weitere europäische Länder aber nicht mit dem Motorrad
Also neben den Motorradreisen habe ich traditionell per Flugzeug eine Tour rund um die Welt Gemacht: Schweiz - Island - USA - Hawaii Neuseland - Australien - Singapore - Malasia - Indonesien - Schweiz
Die Gesamten Killometer von ca 330.500 km zählen sich aus den km-Zählstände der Motorräder:
Kilometer mit eigenen Motorrädern: Susuki 23.000 km. Honda 32.000 km. Jamaha XT 65.000 km .BMW R 80 GS 92.000 km. BMW R100 GS 115,000 km. Mit gemietetem Motorrad Jamaha 3.500 km.
25.02.1996 First contact.
27.03.2002 1st answer: Infiziert binn ich schon seit Langem und werde diese Krankheit auch nich Heilen können und wollen. Der "Virus Motorrad Reisen" ist auch so Speziel das ich Ihn auch nicht vermissen möchte.


17.01.1993 – 21.02.1993
Klaus Förderer (German, 26.02.1969) www.derklaus.de
+ USA - Mexico. Klaus rode solo 6500km five weeks through México with his Honda CB 550 four which he bought in L.A.
Purpose of your travel: You need a reason for travel??? Viva México!!
Route: Los Angeles (California) – Entering Mexico in Tijuana, all the way down the Baja California – Creel/Copper Canyon (by train) – Zacatecas – Mexico D.F. – San Cristobal – Palenque – Chichen Itza – Tulum – Belize (Bike sold at the border to someone who came along) – Back to Germany from Cancun.
The best: First big bike tour, knowing that motorbike is one of the best forms of travelling.
The worst: Accident in Baja California, pain for three weeks.
17.10.1993 - 04.11.1996 Alaska-Feuerland
Sbampato, Thomas and Petra (Ketelsen, heute Sbampato. Schweizer) http://www.sbampato.ch
Drei Jahre lang erforschten der freischaffende Fotograf  Thomy und die Lehrerin und Schriftstellerin Petra mit einer BMW R 100 GS den amerikanischen Kontinent. Alaska - Feuerland: 120.000 km. Hielten Dia-Vorträge. Vermutlich längste Alaska-Feuerland-Tour.
Sbampato, Thomas and Björn Würmli
??.05. - ??.09.1982 4 Monate Europa mit Yamaha 125 DT. 20.000 km.
Sbampato, Thomas und Petra Ketelsen:
17.10.1989 - 11.10.1990 1 Jahr Nord und Central Amerika mit einer Kawasaki KLR 650. 50.000 km.
Route: Florida - Kalifornien - Panama - Florida mit einigen Abstechern in verschiedene Nationalparks wie Arches, Grand Canyon, Bryce usw.
Our The best: Dass wir am Ende der Reise uns so gut verstanden, daß wir beschlossen zusammenzubleiben und heirateten.
The worst: Wir gerieten in Nicaragua zwischen die Fronten der Contras und den Sandinisten. Schüsse, Schreie, Tote, Kampfhelikopter. Das wir aus der Situation lebend herauskamen war absoluter Zufall.
Petra und Thomas Sbampato
17.10.1993 - 04.11.96 Feuerland - Alaska mit einer BMW R 100 GS. 120.000 kms.
Route: Alle Länder Amerikas bis auf die drei Guayanas.
The best: Die Leute am Wegesrand, die uns  in scheinbar ausweglosen Situationen immer wieder neuen Mut gaben und weiterhalfen.
The worst: Es gab einige schlimme Situationen, aber der Überfall nachts in unserem Zimmer in Mexiko, wo ich beinahe mein rechtes Auge verlor, gehörte bestimmt zu den schlimmsten Erlebnissen. Mein Schneidezahn wackelt heute noch davon.
Book or Publikation: Magazine wie das Globetrotter-Magazin Schweiz. Motorradmagazin Schweiz. Gegen hundert Tageszeitungen in der Schweiz und Süddeutschland. In der zweiten Jahreshälfte 2000 erscheint die Reportage im Motorrad - Magazin Deutschland.
Info: Zwei CD´s und eine CD - ROM  Feuerland - Alaska. Die CD-ROM ist mit Wort, Bild und Musik.  Buch von Petra geplant. Bestellbar bei Thomas Sbampato oder Bernd Tesch.
02.2000 1st Info by MOTORRAD 4/2000
31.05.2000 1st contact


1994
Bernd Tesch
visited the most famous motorcycle-travellers in USA in 4 weeks:
Tabitha Estabrook and Jim Rogers, Ted Simon, Susan and Clement Salvadori, Robert Fulton, Judy and Dan Kennedy (WHITE HORSE PRESS), Norman McElroy, Jim Wilson, Karen Oftshus...
"Transamerika": Bernd Tesch besucht die berühmtesten amerikanischen Motorrad-Reisenden zwischen New York und San Francisco (1994, 4 Wochen): Norman McElroy (64, 2 Weltumrundungen), Robert FULTON (85, fuhr 1932 um die Welt), Karen Oftshus (ca. 30, Freundin, die Teilstücke mit Helge Pedersen, 10 Jahre um die Welt, fuhr), Tabitha ESTABROCK (28) und Jim ROGERS (52, Weltumrundung 2 Jahre ca. 1990-92), Clement Salvadori (55, Weltumrundung in 2 Touren 1973-1976), Ted SIMON (62, 1974-79 Weltumrundung), James WILSON (94, fuhr als erster 1927/28 Afrika West-Ost. Jim starb 02/95!)!


1995 - 1998
Renate Greulach (German, born 26.02.1951) and Gino Grimbacher (German/USA, born 08.05.1956) www.gg-restless.de
+ America. In 1995 we (Renate: and I) decided to start travelling on a motorcycle in New York/USA. To safe money (the bike was cheaper in the USA then in Germany and we did not have spend money for the transportation over the Atlantic. We bought our Bike (BMW R100 GS/PD) at a BMW dealer outside of New York. We were able to arrange everything by internet in USA and two days after arriving the bike was ready and we could leave New York.
Renate (responsible for employee-accounts in a large company) prefers to sit on the back of my (Gino) bike (seaman, driving instructor). We knew each other only 2 months and till then Renate had no experiences in camping and travelling on a motorcycle – would it work? Along the east coast I had family and friends living, so we gave it a try, having in mind, that in case it would not work we could always stop. It worked perfect and we had a great time. While travelling, we already decided that this will not be our last trip in the USA , because of 2 reasons. First: we loved the big cities and the beautiful country side of the USA and second: we both loved travelling on a motorcycle. After storing our bike at a friends house in Chicago and leaving the USA , we already made plans where to go, coming back the following years. As soon as we had been back in Germany we contacted Bernd Tesch, knowing him from the Tesch-Travell-Treffen, which I joined already 9 times and ordered his great Tesch-Travel-Boxes including the special designed frame. A really good decision, which we did not regret till today (2007). We are still using them and after all the boxes went through, they are still in good condition and even protected our legs perfectly after an accident in Chile. We would never travel without them.

Routes:

1995: New York - Washington D.C. – Shenandoah Parkway – Nashville – Memphis – Atlanta – Miami – Key West – New Orleans – St. Louis – Chicago (4,5 weeks and 6 560km)

1996: Chicago – Des Moines – Grand Teton NP. – Yellowstone NP. – Deadwood – Cody – Sturgis – Badlands – Mitchell – Chicago (5 weeks and 5 920km).

1997: Chicago – St.Louis – Amarillo – El Paso – Big Bend N.P. – Amarillo - Houston – New Orleans – Lynchburg - Nashville – Chicago (6 weeks and 7 360km)

1998: Chicago – Edmonton – Dawson Creek – Watson Lake – Dawson City – Fairbanks – Anchorage – through the Inside Passage to St. Rupert – Calgary – Vancouver (7 weeks and 12 640km)
Purpose of Travel: After having gone twice around the world on freighters (ships) I (Gino) want to travel overland with Renate.
The best : To know other nations, other people, different cultures and living and dealing with " Mother Nature ".
The worst: NONE, because whenever it looked like a problem is coming up, there was always someone who gave us help and/or hospitality, so that the problem turned into a good and great experience.
Useful Information: Going to the yearly "Bernd-Tesch-Meeting" in Germany and take the chance to use "Bernd's Individual Consulting" which safes you lots of money during your trip.
Earlier experiences: Gino Grimbacher started 1974 with little motorcycle trips around Germany (20 000km) on a DKW 200.

1980 - 1994 he toured in several trips around Europe (60 000km) between North Cape - Marocco and between Ireland - Czechoslovakia on a BMW R80/7.
Dreaming off: going to Central- and South America, S.Africa , Australia , New Zeeland and Asia ( Russia )

17.06.1995 - 24.09.1995  100 days
Dee Gagnon (American)  http://www.deegagnon.com
USA. The woman Dee  (35) rode solo over the backroads of  U.S.A. for 100 days, on her 1986 Honda Interceptor 500, covering more than 17,000 miles.
Route: Dee explored, ate and slept (usually camping) in 38 States, with no planned agenda. The adventures she encountered, obstacles overcome, and fine people she met along the way inspired her to share her story with others, by writing a book, published July 2000.
The best: Ten of the same questions were asked everywhere she went.  Number One question was "Aren't you afraid?"  Others were, "All by yourself ? What if you break down? What do you for work, that you can just take off this way?" and the dumbest "You rode it all the way here?"
The worst part: Crashing.
Book: "Dee Tours". Publisher. Pegasus Publishing. USA. Ssoftbound, 6 x 9 inches, 464 hefty pages with color and b/w photos, jam packed full of adventures. Takes the reader on a journey of road and spirit.  Unique observations about life, the world around us, and the strength of a woman, who thinks of herself as just the girl next door. The book is only available from Dee.
21.08.2000 First information by Dal Smile.


22.07.1995 - 18.08.1995
Ursula Lettmann (German, born 1953) and Rolf Lettmann (German, born 1952 ) with children Axel (German, born 1988) and Iris ( born 1989)
+ USA. Ursula and Rolf rode with two children on a Honda Goldwing 500 with sidecar Hechard Squale about 3.500 km in the USA .
Purpose of travel: Fun. Meeting the people and seeing the country..
Route : The motorbike was transported from Germany ( Frankfurt/M ain) to USA ( Dallas/Texas ) and back from USA ( Los Angeles to Frankfurt/M ) via Lufthansa airplane approx. 3.500 km Dallas - Amarillo - Santa Fe - Durango - Silverton - Ouray - Colorado Springs - Moab - Monument Valley - Flagstaff - Las Vegas - San Diego - Los Angeles.
Highlights : Meeting people from all over the world at the International Rally of BMW MOA (BMW Motorcycle Owners) at Durango . Meeting nice poeple in every place we stayed (e.g. a motel owner at Ouray remembered us exactly five years later, when we cam e back to that place by car). A Royal Flush at a poker maschine in Las Vegas (payed for a lot :-) ). A ride on the old train between Durango and Silverton with the kids.
The worst: It took us three days to get the Motorcycle out of customs at Dallas (closed during the weekend and we arrived on friday late in the afternoon.
Book or publication: No.

More North America tours with the kids, but without motorbikes:
2000 Denver - Ouray - Durango - Phoenix - San Diego - LA - San Francisco
2002 Detroit - Niagara Falls - New York - Boston -Portland/Maine - Detroit
2003 Boston - Montreal/CAN - Quebec City/CAN - Portland/Maine - Boston
2004 Florida
2004 San Diego - Tombstone - Flagstaff - Las Vegas - LA - San Diego
2005 Boston -> Seattle - Vancouver/CAN - Kamloops/CAN - Vancouver -> Boston
( "->" means: by airplane)

My earlier experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours:
1978 Corsica
1980 Turkey and Greece
1981 Spain and Portugal
1983 Iceland
1984 Behind the Iron Curtain (Hungaria, Romania, Bulgaria), Turkey and Greece
14.04.2007 First summary.
18.04.2007 "informatiker" Rolf has been in 2007 already 16 times on the Tesch-Meeting for World-Travellers.
See hist other N-Amerca tours above


01.07.1997 - 25.02.1998
Werner Ph.D. Bausenhart  DM 38,90   www.??
"8 Around the Americas on a Motorcycle."  English. 240 pp. 23 b +w fotos, 1 map. 47,543 miles (=76.069km)
The German Werner (living in Canada) rode around North and South America after he retired. He wrote a book with a day-to-day account of a trip by BMW R 100 GSPD from Ontario, Canada, to Prudhoe Bay (Alaska) to Ushuaia
(Tierra del Fuego, Argentina), and back to Canada. It gives an insight into matters specific to motorcycle adventure
travel: the documents required, the maintenance of the bike, road and riding conditions as they affect the motorcyclist, border crossings, transporting the bike by air freight, and accommodation and security for bike and rider. An appendix lists exact distances, and the names of secure campgrounds and hotels. The travelogue includes conversations with many of the fellow travellers Bausenhart met along the route. The book also touches on more personal questions. How does the family-oriented traveller obtain a leave of absence from a significant other who hates motorcycles? How does one overcome one's own fear of the unknown? The writer demonstrates that anyone with a strong desire to do so can indulge in motorcycle adventure travel. All that is required is a reliable
motorcycle, a bit of money, and a lot of time. Appendix: Route with kms, camping places and hotels.
Tour North America:  01.07.1997 - 21.08.97 28,864 Miles. Canada - U.S.A (Alaska) - Canada - U.S.A (Oregon - California) - Mexico - U.S.A (Texas - Florida - New York) - Canada.
Tour: South America: 20.10.1997-02.02.1998. 37,038 miles. Canada - U.S.A - Mexico - Guatemala - El Salvador -
Honduras - Nicaragua- Costa Rica - Panama - Colombia - Venezuela - Brazil - Paraguay - Argentina - Chile - Argentina - Chile - Bolivia - Peru - Bolivia - Peru - Ecuador - Colombia.
Tour: Central America and Mexico: 03.02.98 - 25.02.98. 47,543-37,090 =10.453 miles Panama - Costa Rica -
Nicaragua - Honduras - Guatemala - Belize - Mexico - U.S.A - Canada.
Book: His private published book in English is available from Bernd Tesch after 25th of May 2000: "8 Around Americas".


11.1998 - 02.1999
Günther Bruns
+ North-America. The German Günther is 60 and noticed while travelling in India cheaply and easy by backpacking that he wanted to see more by touring. So he wants to ride to Westafrica to visit his daughter Inken first would be a good challenge on his one year trip. He intends to continue to southern and possibly eastern Africa. The teacher Günther asked at school for a one year unpayed leave because he feels quite fit now and he knows that elder colleagues wanted to travel after having been retired but never did so. He started riding a bike with 19 and wants to travel via Marocco - Mauretania - Senegal - to Ghana and Westafrica. He still thinks that to MOVE by travelling with a bike is something natural we human beings need. We start MOVING already in our mothers uterus. 20./21.08.98 Günther has visited Bernd Tesch for a recommendation of all subjects concerning a Transafrica Tour. In Aachen he made the decision to ride a BMW R 80 GS Basic instead of  YAMAHA XT 600. - After he left Aachen he got a cheap opportunity to go first to USA / California, where he rode in 11.1998 with his old YAMAHA Tenere!
25.02.99 I got a postcard from him from Ghana: "Your words helped me in many respects. It is not nessecary to make your own faults". Will be back in 02.1999.
04.11.2005 Another request for update

18.02.1999 + 140 days in 1999
Jan Johannes (German)  no www.
USA. Canada. Mexico. The medicine student Jan (30) rode first time solo out of Europe:  140 days with a BMW 100 GS/PD in NAmerika. 43.000 kms with four sets of tires.
Route: Germany - flew to USA (N.Y.) with bike. Planned original to circle around N.Y. and then to ride to Canada. Because Jan never was very organised concerning weather he changed his plan and rode 3 days in snow south to warmer Florida - New Orleans - Houston - San Diego - Baja California/Mexico. Because of problems with gearbox Jan returned to
BMW-dealer in San Diego. From San Franzisco he made a 14 days tour by a wohnmobil with his parents through the region of  Grand Canyon. Because he liked this area so much he started again with his BMW via Parks Sequoria and Yosemiti.
But the snow wanted HIM to wait there... Continueing to Death Valley to Grand Canyon it rained or snowed the next 14 days all the time. In Lake Tahoe he only wanted to relax two days but the snow came again. So he skied 1st of may there. In the Redwoods (Westcost) his battery did not work any longer - Salt Lake City - Yellowstone-NP. The street through the
South of the Park was just opend again because of snow. So he followed it. Because the snow came back again he only could safed by others. Further to the north until the border of Canada and return to Vancouver where he wanted to meet his girlfriend for 14 days. But she decided not to meet him and flew to Alaska. So Jan decided to ride to Vancouver-Island - Whistler - Dawson-Creek to Alaska. On the Alaska-Highway he rode one day 1.500 kms in 15 hours to Whitehorse.  He
tried to leave the Yukon via the top-of-the-world-highway. But in Dawson-City his rear tire broke and a new one had to be flown it. When he reached finally Alaska he had two weeks holiday with his girl-friend Angela. Again with continueally rain: By ferry from Skagway to Prince Ruppert. From here he had only 14 days to ride back 10.000 kms via Toronto (here he had one of the hottest days of the last centuries) N.Y. Back by plane to Germany.
Best: The most streets are really bouring, but the many, many Nationalparks were really big The best. I have been in 90% of the US-NParks. The infrastructure in USA and Canada is perfekt. You can get the feeling of being alone somewhere in the wilderness too. Mexico I liked very much because of their lifestyle.
The worst: Heaving problems with gearbox in Baja California. The BMW-rack crashed in Death Valley "riding off road". My batterie did not work any more in Redwoods. My carburator was leaking 10.000 kms back through Canada. Had to pay 140 Canadian dollars because of watching the landscape and not my speedometer...
Infos: In North America are very big distances. So for me it was  normal to ride beween 400-1200 kms in one day. But I rode this distances only once or twice a week. After I reached a new nice place then I rode only a few kilometers a days. Very relaxing without all the package. Another problem for me was the speedlimits on those big distances. But I was
lucky because I was stopped only 5 times and had to pay only ones. I did not have to pay my parking tickest because the police-officers do not know from which country the numberplate is. Most expensive have been the rough roads in USA, because you need a lot of tires: My first two pairs of tires have been run down after 3.000 kms already an after 5.000 kms they were like slices. In Germany the same tire is good for 12.000 kms (Metzeler Enduro 3). Later I used US-MILAGE-ENDURO-TIRES (Avon).  They worked until they broke in the Youkon.The best tires were the same new METZLER-ENDURO-MILAGE-TIRES (25.000 kms). But these tires are very hard and are not allowed in Germany. These tires are not really good for off road. But I only rode about ca. 5000 kms off road in Mexico, Alaska and in some US-National-Parks.

21.03. - 02.12.1999
Verena Kleiner (Baden Baden, Germany, born 19.09.1978) and Cyril Gaehler (Zurich, Switzerland, born 06.05.1978)
North America. USA (NY) - Canada - Alaska - USA (NY). Verena and Cyril rode 14.000 miles in 9 months in north America. One funny thing is how we met : Verena tried to find a female travel partner to travel the panamericana with a scooter ! She did everything but no one responded. She then record a radio interview. Cyril just came back from a trip from the southern pacific. While fixing the car he did listen to the radio and called up right away. They have met only 7 times before they left together….
Cyril's was looking for the bike HONDA Africa Twina but there was no way to get one in the USA. So he bought a Honda Transalp XLV600 in NY which was finally a wonderful bike. Verena bought a Kawasaki KLX 650 in Los Angeles ( Cyril cannot recommend that bike for such a trip).
Route: By plane from Switzerland (Basel) to USA (New York. We had the order to drive two Caravans to Los Angeles and back until end of April - then by bikes along the shore Connecticut - Rhode Island - Boston MA - through Maine direction Canada - New Brunswick - Halifax in Nova Scotia. Friends came to Halifax and so wie drove two weeks in a rented car. Then by bikes: New Foundland - Prince Edward Island - Quebec - Montreal - Toronto - Ottawa in Ontario - Manitoba - Winniepeg in Saskatchewan. The streets always go straight and we were happy to see a tiny curve. Off the civilisation to La Ronge in the northern part, back down to Saskatoon and towards Calgary into the Rockies - Banff - Jasper. Wonderful road but too many tourists. End of august we headed up north (made a loop to Steward and Hyder in Alaska) - direction Watson Lake YT (there we met Dutch RTW-Traveller Peter Theuwissen). Whitehorse - Dawson City 777 km gravel road one way to Inuvik in the North West Territories and back to Dawson.
We crossed all states of Canada from east to west and then made it to Alaska, entering via the Top of the World Hwy to Chicken and Tok.
This has been at 2nd of october and nobody dared to ride to Alaska. But we went on to already closed Denali NP - Anchorage. Three days ferry from Skagway to Birmingham just next Seattle. By bike to Vancouver. Here we worked until we had an order to drive two van to New York. Unfortunately our trip and our relationship ended after a wonderful experience in Dec 99 in New York, the place were everything started.
Purpose of travel: We originally planed to go to Alaska then the Panamericana down to Chile. Unfourtenately we run out of cash ever we have been working on our way.
The best: lifestyle / Indian Summer / The Dempster Highway (from Dawson City YT to Inuvik NWT.). Alaska without tourists (everybody is supposed to be out of Alaska by the end of september, we arrived in October). The east cost mentality in Nova Scotia. The Maine lobsters. Price Edward Island.
The worst: Get stuck in snow and mud after a 12 hour horror day (110 miles), fighting with the bike in the freezing cold of the arctic fall.
Book or publication: none
Useful informations and TIPS for others: ....contact or visit me - you are always welcome
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours:... No big ones.
10.06.2002 1st contact.

10.08.1999 - 16.03.2000
Dorith Mannes und Helmut Zitzlaff   no www.
Canada. USA. Mexico. Dorith (BMW F 650 ST) and Helmut (BMW R 80) rode 30.000 kms in 3 different countries.
Route: USA (N.Y.) - Canada (Montreal - Quebec - Prince Edward Island - New Foundland - Nova Scotia - USA - Niagara Falls - Toronto) - USA (Chigaco - Route 66 to Santa Monica - Death Valley - St. Diego) - Mexico (Baja California -
Mazantas - Playa Azul - Mexico City) - Cuba (5 weeks without motorcycle) - Mexico (Mexico City - Oaxaca - San Christobal de las Casas - Tapachula - Yukatan - Villahermosa) - USA (Texas - Miami) - by plane back to Germany.
The best: : Daytona Beach "Bike Week" with 500.000 bikers. Chiapas. Route 66.
The Worst: Topez in Mexico (road bumps). A theft at night out of the hotel room.
Earlier experiences: Before I (Dorith) got my own motorcycle-license I road with Helmut Zitlaff as a pillion rider a always six weeks in: Europe  Northafrica (Tunesia, Algeria, Morokko), Australia, Alaska, Canada, USA.  Our plan to ride with two motorcycles for one year in North America ended up  after 6 months.

31.04. - 15.07.2000
Enrico Freitag (German)   www. under construction
USA. Enrico (28) rode solo in 2,5 months in USA from East to West, from South to North with Kawasaki VN 800 Classic, 20.000 kms.
Motorcycle by ship from Germany to Orlando / Florida in January.  I flew in april and picked it up. This was organized from "Knopf-Motorradreisen", Heidelberg/Germany ( No problems for a good price: 2.500,-DM for moto-transport Germany - Orlando per ship and L.A. - Germany per airplane, incl. tax and customs). I flew back from L.A. without bike. Bike came 1 week later via aircraft.
Route: Florida - rode West on the coast to Jackson/Mississippi along the "Natches Trace Pkwy" - across the "Chattahooche
Nat. Forest" and "Great Smoky Mountains" along the "Blue Ridge Pkwy" to "Shenandoah Nat.Park"  Washington D.C - "Niagara Falls" - Canada (above the "Great Lakes") - back in USA to Milwaukee - 1.600 km straigth ahead to west - "Badlands Nat. Park" - "Black Hills" - south to Chimney Rock - Nebraska - Denver/Colorado - across the "Rocky´s" to "Arches Nat.Park" - "Canyonlands" - "Monument Valley" - "Bryce" and "Zion" in Utah - Arizona ("Grand Canyon") on the Road "66" - California - "Joshua Tree Park" - San Diego (Mexican border and Pacific Ocean) - Las Vegas/ Nevada - Death Valley (realy dry) - "Sequoia Nat. Park" - "Kings Canyon" - "Yosemite Valley" - "Ghosttown" Bodie (20 mls north on "Mono Lake") - Bridgeport  and "Biker-Meeting" - San Francisco - Pacific-Hwy. No.1 - L.A.
The best: Too much for a short report, but take this... freedom, wind, dust, stars, fire, natural arches, friendly people and new friends, (and last but not least) inexpensive gas.
The Worst: Cold weather in Canada (5- 8°C). A plenty of sweet food.
23.06.2000 1st contact with Tina (Harley-Girl from Germany on tour in USA, she lives and drives there 9 month)
1998 Partcipant of the Motorcycle-Meeting for World-Travellers.

20.05.2000 - ?
Tini Spittel und Lars (Germans)
Plan Alaska - Tierra del Fuego. Both riding on one HONDA Africa Twin.
Route: USA - Canada - Alaska - all the way to Panama

25.06.2000 - 27.08.2000 + 28.06.2001 - 25.08.2001
Jacqueline Jesser (American, born 03.11.70, Intermediate Science Instructor) and Curran, Daniel. E.H. (Canadian, born 25.08.75 Biology/Philosophy Instructor) rode 20,053 kms on a 1990 BMW R100GS on their first tour and 18,400 kms on the second tour. So the total Canada/US tour over the last two years has been about 38,500 kms.
Purpose of Travel: To see the land, live under the stars, explore new cultures/people. The road is our home..
1st.Route: 25.06.2000 - 27.08.2000 Canada (Toronto) - USA (Missouri - Arkansas - New Mexico - Colorado - Wyoming (Yellowstone/Grand Teton/Glacier Nat. Parks) - Canada (Montana - Alberta - British Columbia) - USA (Washington - Oregon - California (to LA) - Nevada - Utah (canyon country) - Colorado - Kansas - Missouri - Illinois - Michigan) - Canada (Toronto) - USA .
2 nd Route: 26.06.2001 - 25.08.2001 .Continuing US/Canada tour after the tour 06.28.01 - 08.25.01 with Tesch TTT-4 boxes/rack. Same 1990 R100GS.
Canada (Toronto) - USA (New York - Vermont - Massachussets - Conneticut - Mass. - New Hampshire - Maine - Nova Scotia - Prince Edward Island - Newfoundland - Quebec - Vermont - West Virginia - Virginia - Tennessee - Kentucky - Arkansas - Missouri - Illinois - Ohio - Canada (Toronto).
Planned Route: Semi Around-The-World. We are planning./ preparing for a semi around-the-world ride from Alaska --> Tierra del Fuego --> S. Africa --> East Africa --> Egypt --> Middle East --> Turkey --> Southern Mediterranean --> France --> England --> home. Hopefully this will take place in a couple of years (2004?). Until then, summers only! Next summer will be a Mexico tour.


2001-2005

31.05.2001 - 01.08.2001 USA Tour (Route 66+Higway1+PCH) www.utzmann.de (under construction, ready mid 2002)
Steffen Utzmann (German, 08.12.1971) and Alexander Köhne (German, 02.03.1976)
Steffen rode a '91 Yamaha XT600, Alex rode a 2000 BMW F650, the trip was planned as a solo tour. About 13.000kms 95% on Highways.
Route: Main Route was Chicago - Los Angeles (Route 66), Los Angeles - Seattle Highway 1 and Pacific Coast Highway (101) Several excursion for example Mesa Verde, Monument Valley, Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Loughlin, NV, Crater Lake, Victoria BC, Mt. Rainier and Mt. St. Helen's.
Purpose of travel: Fun, Route 66 75th anniversary, my upcoming 30th birthday, meeting people, see the US
The best: Highway 1 North of San Francisco till it ends. Sundown/Sunset at Monument Valley. Riding hours on Route 66 in the Great Plains without a curve. Never a day without people asking: "where you come from" (German Number Plates helps!). Grand Canyon North Rim. Riding hours without meeting more than a couple of people. Meeting lots of very helpful and friendly Americans. The differences in the landscape, people, climate etc. in the states visited. Pismo Beach, CA and Oregon Dunes NP -> riding Pacific Coast Beaches;-) Loneliness in the Mojave Desert.
The worst: On the 2nd day of the trip we took a wrong turn in Chicago. This brought us for about 45min in a very bad neighbourhood, I was frightened to death.
Tip: Never follow the original Route 66 too long on Adams Street.
Book or publication: www.utzmann.de
Useful informations and TIPS for others: Books on Route 66: Tom Snyders book with the original old 66 maps. I used them to ride the 66!
Camping: KOA campgrounds www.koa.com are a little bit more expensive 18-30$, but very good equipped. E.B there is always a small store, clean showers, a pool, washing machines and sometimes even free data-ports for Modems. Wild camping' in a National forest is sometimes for free (e.g. Kaibab National Forest at Grand Canyon North Rim). But usually there is no restrooms, water, etc. But there is also Campgrounds in National Forest and National Recreation Areas URL: http://www.reserveusa.com/ 49.500 campsites
Most National Parks have campgrounds. Prices vary depending how popular the NP is (staring around 8$) URL: http://www.nps.gov
State Parks are also very nice and sometimes pretty inexpensive (starting around 8$). Minimum equipped with some sort of restroom. I always collected information about State Parks in the Welcome Centers of the States when crossing the state line. The Welcome Centers are usually after the state border on the Interstate.
Insurance in the US:
50.000$ base coverage is required by law . We never has to proof that, but I don't know what happens if you have an accident. The insurance is usually valid for USA and Canada.
Agencies in Germany:
AIU - American International Underwriters, 06122/15646. Tour Insurance, 040/251721-50 In the US: Dairyland Insurance Berglund Enterprises Inc.5625 E. Indian School Road, Studio B, Phoenix Arizona 85018. Fax: 001 6029940321, Phone. 001 6029491034
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: none, just short tours in Germany surrounding European countries.


28.01.2002 - + 350 days
Katja Jäger (born 1975) and Thorsten Wald (born 1972) both German
USA. Mexico. We want to fullfill our dream and ride for a year in USA with one year HONDA Africa Twin XRV 750, RD 07
Planned Route: Germany - by air to USA (Miami) - Kraut-Meeting in Daytona( 07.03.) - Bike Week in Myrtle Beach ( 11.-19.05..) - Kansas/ St. Joseph. - Mexico - ? - Maybe back to Germany!
Earlier experiences: Thorsten has already done some vacatios by motorcycle with friends. Katja do not have a driving license but rode as a pillion rider for 2.000 kms. It will be a new adneture for her."Our first paln was to ride for 3 months in USA. After the terror in USA 11.09.2001 we wanted to ride in other countries but finally decided to ride in USA".
11.2001 1st contact

16.05.2003 + 38 Tage
Uschi Eller (German, born 24.08.1949 and Wolfgang Eller (German, 29.04.1945) http://www.reiseautoren-bikerfreaks.de
+ USA. Uschi (Harley Davidson Heritage Softail) and husband Wolfgang (Harley Davidson E-Glide) rode 6280 Kilometer in 33 days through 6 States of the USA.
Wir waren gespannt auf die grandiose Landschaft, die Natur und die Ursprünge des "Wilden Westens", den wir nur von Filmen kannten. Wir wollten Kontakt zu den Native Americans, die vielgepriesene Freiheit des Bikens in USA und den way of life Amerikas kennen lernen. Ich hatte die Tour selbst geplant und alles von zu Hause aus organisiert.
Route: Flug mir Airlines Lufthansa für 698,00€ von Germany nach USA (California, *L.A*). Übernahmen am 17. Mai die Mietmotorräder von Eagleriders - *Palm Springs*- *Arizona*, ein Stück der legendären *Route 66*- *Grand Canyon - Lake Powell* - *Navajo Country* - *Monument Valley*- route 191 durch die rote Felsenlandschaft nach *New Mexico*, the Land of Entchantment, zu den *Pueblos* der *Acoma *und *Zuni* - 3 Tage *Santa Fe* - *Rancho Taos* - *Taos Pueblo* - *Rio Grande*- *Colorado*. Die Fahrt nach *Silverton*, eine original restaurierte Wildwesttown, über *Ouray* durch die Bergwelt der südlichen *Rocky* *Mountains* beeindruckte uns gewaltig - *Utah* - zum *Arches N.P. - Canyonlands* - auf der 24 durchs glühend heiße *San Raphael Desert* - *Escalante Highway* - *Capitol Reef N.P* - zauberhafte *Bryce* - *Zion Canyon*- *Nevada* - *Las Vegas* - auf der 95 North durchs verdammt heiße *Amargosa Valley* - Desert Richtung - *California* - *Tiogapass* - * Yosemite N.P* - *Mariposa Grove* mit den riesigen Sequoias - *Goldcountry, Napavalley* - *Bodega Bay* am tosend Pacific* - *bekannt aus dem Hitchkockfilm "Die Vögel"* - *Highway 1* - *San Francisco, Monterey - St. Barbara* - *L.A *.
Highlights: Wir trafen Indianer, lernten einen Teil ihrer Tradition kennen und lernten viele hilfsbereite, nette Menschen in 6 Staaten kennen. In der Landschaft des Navajo Countrys überfiel mich ein nie gekanntes Gefühl, als hätte ich alles schon einmal gesehen, als wäre ich nach Hause gekommen. (Anm.der Autorin: Ich stehe den Lehren des Buddhismus nahe) Ich fand in den einsamen Weiten des Südwestens eine neue, innere Freiheit. Uns beeindruckten die unvorstellbare Größe des Grand Canyon, die gewaltigen Rockys und die bizzaren Felsen des Bryce Canyons. Die Sierra Nevada ist wirklich ein herrliches "Gebirge des Lichts", wie John Muir es nannte. In New Mexico könnte ich sofort leben, die Schönheit dieses ursprünglichen Landes berührte mich tief.
The worst: Mich berührte die Ausgrenzung der indianischen Bevölkerung, den Ureinwohner dieses Kontinents. L.A. ist ein gefräßiger Moloch und für Las Vegas waren 3 Tage absolut ausreichend. Dies waren die einzigen negativen Erfahrungen.
Publications: Berichte über mein Buch erschienen in der Bildzeitung. Bikernews. Motorrad-Reisen-Sport. Harley Davidson Magazin. Fiereks Harley Davidsaon Magazin. Aral Bikerclub. Motorrad.
Kleine Reisetipps: Motorradmiete lohnt sich bis ca. 4 -5 Wochen Reisedauer in USA, darüber hinaus wäre Motorradtransport empfehlenswert. Hotels oder Motels gibt es günstig überall, am besten Travellerguide - kleine Heftchen in allen Tankstellen - mit Gutscheinen für diverse Motels, Restaurants - erheblicher Preisnachlass! Wenn nur eine begrenzte Zeit zur Verfügung steht, die Route zu Hause vorplanen.
Nächstes geplantes Buch: Himmlisches Blau - Motorradtour durch Schweiz, Frankreich, Italien mit unserem sechsjährigen Enkel auf dem Sozius!_ Interessant für Leute die mit Kindern auf dem Bike reisen möchten. 2005 waren wir mit der Harley Softail de Luxe und der BMW 1200 CL in Ungarn, Rumänien (sehr abenteuerlich) Kroatien und Slowenien, 4200 Kilometer in 24 Tagen, unterwegs. Buch erscheint Ende 2006 Tipps + Infos unter *www.reiseautoren - bikerfreaks.de*
04.11.2005 Last summary



2006-2010

07.2006-september 2006 and may 2007 - june 2007
Klaus Dr. Seidenstücker (German, born in 1945; BMW R 1100R, Bj 1996 )
- Around USA / Canada. Klaus plans to circle in USA / Canada solo and with friends in two steps.
Purpose: Route is oriented towards things I would like to see as well as towards friends I wish to visit. These friends plan to ride along for substantail parts of the itinerary. Nevertheless further company on own motorcycles is welcome. Further details to be established by opersonal contact.
Route: 1st Part (July-Septemebr 2006): USA (Boston, Niagara, Chicago, Cedar Rapids, Blackhills, Buffalo, Cody, Yellowstone, Lake Mc Donald) - Canada (Waterton NP, Pincher Creek, Crow's Nest Pass,  Osoyoos Indian Res., Vancouver); USA (Seattle, Olympic Island, Rt 101/1 to SF, LA.
2nd part (May/June 2007): USA (LA, Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Mesa Verde, Santa Fe über Dallas/Ft. Worth bis Baton Rouge, New Orleans, rund Florida, Savannah, Charleston, Hatteras, Norfolk/VA Beach, Chesapeake Bay, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, NY, Cape Cod, Boston.)
Earlier experiences: Yearly motorcycle tours through USA (western states) and Canada 1996-2001 together with american friends (overall mileage ~15.000). Apart from that professional stays in the US for a total of two years. Consequently there is some experience with regard to US and Canada.
20.03.2006 Last update.
21.-23.04.2006 Participant of the 28th. Motorcycle-Meeting for WORLD-Travellers.
25.-27.04.2008 Participant of the 30th. Motorcycle-Meeting for WORLD-Travellers.




Foto: Ida Tin in the USA 2008

23.08.2007 - 21.05.2008  
Ida Tin (Danish, birthday 28.05.1979) www.moto-mundo.com
+ USA, South-West. Ida (Aprilia, Pegaso 660cc) rode solo in the South West of the USA, a desert trip mainly. 24.000 kms.
Purpose of your travel: An experiment into a mobile office. To see if I could travel and work at the same time. Also an adventure trip alone. On the way I guided three Moto Mundo tours, one of them a women only tour in Arizona!
Route : I started out in San Francisco where I had my bike shipped to from Denmark. My journey took me through the states of California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Washington.
Highlights : Riding in the desert and camping out in the huge landscapes. Meeting new interesting people all the time. The riding it self!
The worst:  I wasn't prepared for the winter to be so cold with snow, dust storms, rain, frost and strong winds.
Book or publication: The Danish magazines/news papers Tourning Nyt, Bike (planned) and Den Blå Avis, Berligske and I am writing a book.  
Useful informations and TIPS for others: Dont ship over a bike to the USA, its too much hassel (especially getting it out of the US), rather buy and sell a bike here.
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: With my parents and brother: South America, Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, former Soviet Union and Africa from Cape Town to Cairo. On my own, Mexico and Chile. With my travel agency, Mongolia, Vietnam and Cuba.
B.T: I met Hjalte (Tin) and his wife Nina (Rasmussen) and their kids Emil and Ida first time in 1990. Then I was visiting the most famous danish mc-travellers as Palle Huld and Joergensen and some more. At this time Nina and Hjalte were building their individual house as a mongolian "Jurte" themselves. All were living in two "Bauwagen". When I arrived in darkness already the parents invited me to join them. We were sitting around a round-wooden table with a central light. We were talking mostly in English. I was so happy to meet the kids as well: they stayed the whole evening with us and listened the stories out of the world. They have seen so much already.
In 19?? Hjalte, Emil and Ida Tin visited a "Tesch-Mc-Meeting for world-travellers" already.
2006 Patricia and Bernd T. met Ida in Copenhavn in Denmark. She was a lovely women already. I wish her ALL the best !
25.04.2008 Hjalte Tin, famous father of famous daughter visited the 50th. Tesch-Travel-Treffen 25.-27.04.2008. He told me that his daughter is riding since some months solo in USA.
29.04.2008 1st request to Ida
12.05.2008 1st good summary of lovely Ida.
B.T.: For sure Ida has many records already on her tours with her parents. Now she is trying to make a living out of her hobby being one part of her firm www.moto-mundo.com


Info: Motorrad-Transport von Deutschland nach USA
Eine der häufigsten Fragestellungen !
Die Antwort ist nicht ´mal eben in einer Preissumme zu nennen, den es spielen eine ganz Menge Gründe mit.
Flugtransport ?? (Schneller und einfacher, aber teurer. Es fliegen vile mehr Flugzeueg an verschiedene Orte als Schiffe in verschiedene Häfen. Viermaleige An- und Abfahrt nach Bremerhaven von der eigenen Wohnung)
Schiffstransport ?? (Preiswerter, aber umständlicher. Längere Transportzeit. Keine gesicherte Ankunftszeit. Das Motorrad aus Containern zu holen kann in Amerika 2-(4) Wochen dauern.
Momentane Preissituation für Flugzeugbenzin.
Gewünschter Abfahrtstermin
Gewünschter Ankunftstermin
Gewünschter Abfahrtsort
Gewünschter Ankunftsort
Art des gewünschten Transportes: Einfach hinfahren und mit Gurten auf eienr Palette montieren. Oder bike diebstahlsicherer in Kiste verpacken ?
Volumen des Motorrades: Größe Länge x Breite x Höhe des Originales, eventuell des Motorrades mit ausgebautem Vorderrad, Kubkimetermass
Gewicht des Motorrades (mit Gepäck ?)

Mit Flugzeug HIN:
15.07.2006 Hamburg
Boston

Zurück Nördl Ostküste:
01.07.2007 Zurück
BMW 1100 R

Spezialisiert auf den Motorrad-Transport nach N-Amerika haben sich:
Knopf-Reisen
GS-Sportreisen
Fly & Bike

Spezialisiert auf den Wohnmobil - / Campmobil und Geländewagen-Transport nach N-Amerika hat sich:
seit 10 Jahren: Detlef Heinemann. 0211-2108083. www.sea-bridge.de
Er könnte Motorrad-Gruppen ab Minimum sechs Motorräder auch preiswert nach N-Amerika transporieren. Wenn man genügend Zeit hat gibt es aber noch ganz andere, preiswertere Wege ein Motorrad in alle Kontinente de Erde zu transportieren. Wie das geht, erfährst du bei Bernd Tesch in einer Beratung (gegen Honorar € 25,00 / Stunde vorab per Umschlag).


I hope you liked reeding this. I am just waiting for YOUR email helping me to update: A LIFELONG job with passion.

Bernd Tesch in Germany



Summaries in progress:

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17.02.2002 1st information by Oliver Lance http://www.amadirectlink.com/magazine/2002/story1feb.htm I found your story about NASA astronaut Duane Carey and Motorcyclist for two years in USA.February 2002 The Ride of a Lifetime
Motorcycling astronaut to carry AMA banner into space by Lance Oliver It was 1975, and Duane Carey, fresh out of high school in St. Paul, Minnesota, as throwing a leg over his Suzuki GT750 Water Buffalo for a two-year journey with no fixed destination. At the time, it was the ride of his life. Now it’s 2002, and Carey is a 24-year AMA member and a NASA astronaut. On February 14, if the schedule holds, he will strap himself into a 2,250-ton, $1.7-billion
rocket ship, blaze into space for 11 days, then coast back to Earth. Once again, it will be the ride of his life. It’s hard for most of us even to imagine the experience of piloting one of NASA’s space shuttles in orbit, but in one major way, Duane Carey is just like the rest of us. Here’s an Air Force test pilot who has flown some of the fastest, most exotic, most demanding aircraft ever created, yet he still says he enjoys riding motorcycles more. That’s not just talk. In fact, when NASA allocated him room to carry one personal item into space with him, Carey chose to take a flag carrying the AMA logo, which he plans to donate afterwards for display at AMA headquarters. In other words, when the space shuttle Columbia lifts off in a few weeks, its seven-member crew will include one guy who’s very much one of us. The mission that will take 44-year-old Lt. Col. Duane Carey into space is designated STS-109. Its purpose is to conduct routine maintenance on the Hubble Space Telescope, which orbits the Earth and gives astronomers a view into the farthest reaches of the universe. The crew aboard Columbia will use a robot arm to pull the telescope into the shuttle’s work bay to give Hubble a tuneup. There are two types of astronauts aboard shuttle flights. The mission specialists are the scientists or other experts who are on board to conduct experiments or complete specific tasks, such as servicing the telescope. Also on board are a commander and a pilot, the highly experienced fliers who actually control
the ship. The commander, Scott Altman, will have primary responsibility for handling the shuttle. But over 11 days, Carey will have his hands on the
controls quite a bit as well. “The way I look at it, it’s the job of the commander and the pilot to get those folks up there to do their jobs and to get them back,” says Carey. It’s an assignment unlike any other a pilot can be given, especially when it comes to bringing the shuttle back from orbit. “We’re about a 220,000-pound glider coming in,” says Carey. “We actually enter the Earth’s atmosphere over the Indian Ocean and we have enough speed to glide halfway around the world and land in Florida.” Along the way, there’s a complex series of maneuvers that Carey compares to a motorcycle racer hitting his braking markers. For the shuttle, the markers are “gates,” or designated positions in the atmosphere, that must be hit in order to stay on the right trajectory for the landing. And talk about coming in hot! In orbit, the shuttle is moving at more than 17,000 mph. By the time it lands, it has to scrub off nearly all that velocity, touching down on the runway at a mere 225 mph. “The space shuttle is unlike any other flying machine,” says Kenneth Cameron, an AMA member and retired astronaut who flew three shuttle missions (see“Frequent Flier,” below).“It’s huge. It’s a bus. It’s like flying a large building.” In comparison, riding a motorcycle sounds like a breeze.“I enjoy riding more than I do flying,” Carey says.“But I’m a better pilot than a rider.” Carey was introduced to motorcycles by his stepfather, Claire Pastorius, who owned a BSA 650. When Carey was 13, Pastorius bought two Honda CT70 trail bikes for Duane and his brother, and the motorcycling hook was firmly set. The first motorcycle Carey owned himself was a Can-Am 175 he used for everything from off-road racing to commuting to high school. “I truly believe that’s what kept the boys out of trouble,” says Carey’s mother, Penny Pastorius. Between riding and working part-time jobs to make money to pay for motorcycling, the brothers kept busy. In fact, years later, Mrs. Pastorius was surprised that Duane ended up as a pilot. “He wasn’t the one who was always drawing pictures of airplanes,” she recalls. “That was my other son. Duane was drawing motorcycles.” After graduating from high school, Carey became what he calls a “motorcycle bum.” He bought a candy-orange Suzuki GT750 and went off to explore North America and decide the direction of his life. “I had $200 in my pocket when I left,” he remembers.
“I’d travel until all my money was gone, then I’d get a job for a while. I worked as a typewriter repairman, a bartender, anything I could get.” When his desire for the road was satisfied, at least temporarily, he returned home and made two big changes in his life. One was marrying hometown sweetheart Cheryl Ann Tobritzhofer. They’ve been together ever since, and now have two teenage children, Zack and Erin. The other big change was enrolling at the University of Minnesota, where he joined the Air Force ROTC. And Carey says all those miles on motorcycles came in handy when he
applied for pilot school. “I believe my motorcycle experience helped me do well on a lot of the aptitude tests the Air Force gave me,” he says. Tasks such as glancing at a display and instantly gathering information were nothing new to a rider with thousands of miles under his tires. Eventually, Carey was stationed in Louisiana and then Korea, where, after overcoming extensive red tape, he shipped his Honda Gold Wing. In a place where there
were few motorcycles larger than 125cc, excursions on the big tourer sometimes drew crowds of gawkers so thick Carey was literally unable to move the bike. A key turn in Carey’s career came when he was selected for the Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Test pilots fly a wide variety of aircraft, and Carey further honed his skills at the controls of experimental fighters. On his own time, he also broadened his motorcycling
resume. A group of officers got permission to build a motocross track at Edwards, and Carey took up the sport aboard a Yamaha YZ250. “At first I thought, ‘Why would anyone want to do this? It’s hard work!’ ” he says. “But I found out it’s a great way to stay in shape. “There’s something very elemental about motocross,” he adds. “It made me a better street rider.” In 1996, Carey was selected as an astronaut candidate and transferred to the Johnson Space Center in Houston. After two years of training, he qualified for his first flight and was assigned to STS-109. Motocross riding has taken a vacation since Carey was selected for the shuttle mission. Even a minor injury could prevent him from participating in the mission, and that could mean other crew members would miss their chance as well. “I just crank up the YZ every week or two, warm it up and then put it away again,” Carey says. Though he’s missed motorcycling during the intense training required of shuttle crew members, he notes that it’s a small price to pay for one of the
world’s hardest-earned thrill rides. Carey believes in the old adage that luck is when opportunity and preparation meet. Competition is so fierce for spots in the astronaut program, he says, that a little luck is essential. But so is the preparation. “If you’re aiming for high goals, you need to set
yourself up for opportunities that might come up,” he notes. “You don’t know if they’ll come up, but you have to be ready.” Even as he’s about to embark on his space adventure, Carey loves to talk about his motorcycling memories, from trail rides as a boy to tours through spectacular scenery in Korea. One of his favorite stories is about the time he took his son, Zack, with him on the Gold Wing for a trip from California to his hometown in Minnesota, all on back roads. “We had a kind of ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance’ trip,” he says. “That’s something we’ll always have between us. It took us about six days, just putting along. “Motorcycling is full of special moments, especially when you make it a family thing,” he adds. That faithful Gold Wing has since been sold with 125,000 miles on the odometer and replaced with a new Honda ST1100. Zack, who was recently accepted for admission
to the Air Force Academy, now rides a motorcycle of his own. For his part, Carey is about to put his years of training to use, embarking on an adventure of the rarest kind. Once the shuttle lifts off, he’ll accelerate from 0 to 17,500 mph in about eight minutes, then circle the Earth more than 150 times. In
the process, he’ll join the ranks of the few humans who have traveled beyond this planet’s last wisps of air. One more ride of a lifetime in a lifetime of riding. Check in regularly for updates and more information on shuttle mission STS-109 as we follow AMA member Duane Carey’s journey into space.
Click here to see real time tracking of STS-109, and the International Space Station. Here is NASA's biographical data on Duane G. "Digger" Carey.
For more information on STS-109, click here. © 2002 by the American Motorcyclist Association 2000 five months

Ida Rasmussen (Danish)
Daughter Ida of famous family Nina Rasmussen and Hjalte Tin with son Emil rode with her boyfriend on motorcycles, small 125 taiwanese mc, five months all over Mexico in 2000 - in her own old route as a baby!
30.01.02 1st request to Ida.
20.03.2006 2nd request


11.2002 - 01.2003
Wolfgang Surmund (German, born 1959)
Plan Central-America. The tax-man Wofgang plans to ride solo for three months with KTM Adventure.
Route: Mexico to Panama.
Purpose of travel: "There is something other than to work only in life."
24.02.2002 Wolfgang was here for recommendation.


Oluf Zierl (German, 05.10.1932-15.09.2002). http://www.reisemotorrad.de > forum ride on !
< Oluf Zierl and his Harley Davidson and B.T. in 1992 at the mc-fair IFMA

  <Oluf Zierl at the German Harley-Davidson Meeting in 1994 showing Bernd Teschs book

The mc-travel-journalist and book-author Oluf has been riding a lot in USA, Europe and Australia.
Books and videos: His Harley-Davidson compendium is out in 6 languages.
ZIERL, Oluf: Highway Melodie. 20.000 km quer durch USA mit Harleys. Sehr beliebter RB. DM 19,80. ZIERL, Oluf: Die schönsten Motorrad-Touren durch die USA. Großartiger Text-Bildband. RF. DM 59,90. ZIERL, Oluf und Jürgen Boss: Biker-songs als hardrock-Musik, die zu dem Video hergestellt wurden. CD. DM 29,90. ZIERL, Oluf: Unter weitem Himmel. 10.000 Meilen quer durch USA. Video DM 49,90 ZIERL, Oluf: Nordlichter. Skandinavien. Travemünde-Polarkreis-Nordkap.! 4000 km. 65 Min. Video DM 44,90.
16.11.2001 Tel. with Oluf: He just to wants to have fun in live: Riding his motorcycle.
B.T.: Oluf and I know each other since a long time. We call each other mc-friends. Oluf has been several times on my "Mc-Meeting for World-Travellers". Since years he has the wish to travel with me through Siberia.
15.09.2002 When I heard about his death becaus of cancer I was very sad. And will be this forever.
Oluf was burned and finally burried in München
30.10.02. His grave is on the "Waldfriedhof". The new part. His archive will "go on" deposited at Lixi Laufer from Reise-Motorrad. Sascha owns his oldest Harley.
13.08.2006 Even after 4 years I - Bernd Tesch - are still sad about the lost of Oluf Zierl.

 
Copyright Bernd Tesch. Motorcycle-WORLD-Travel-Expert.   It is free for you to read this and learn out of it. It is not allowed to take off or to publish any information of this without written permission of Bernd Tesch. This all is a part of the books in work "Süd-Amerika Motorrad-Reisen" = South-America Motorcycle-Travels. ISBN  3-9800099-4-7 and "Nord-Amerika Motorrad-Reisen" = North-America Motorcycle-Travels. ISBN  3-9800099-4-9
GLOBETROTT-ZENTRALE Bernd TESCH. Grünentalstr. 31, 52152 Simmerath-Hammer, Germany. Tel 0049(0)2473-938686. website:http://www.berndtesch.de

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