01.02.1931 - 31.10.1931
Hanni Koehler (Köhler) (German, daughter of Otto Köhler and Caroline Riedl, born 01.07.1907 in Berlin. She married Freiherr Ottokar von Skal und Gross-Ellguth (Born 26.01.1905 in Triebach (now CZ) on 06.01.1933 in Jeltsch of NSchlesien. Death of both unknown)  und Max Rischka (Geb. wann ?? in ?? gestorben kurz nach der Indienfahrt)
+ Germany - India - Germany. Hanni und ihr Begleiter, der Presse-Fotograf Max Rischka, unternahmen eine weite Reise
Route: Deutschland (Nürnbeg) - Balkan - Türkei - Syrien - Persien - Belutschistan - Indien - Ceylon. Von Ceylon über Indien, Afghanistan, Belutschistan über Arabien nach Berlin: Neun Monate mit 20.000 km auf zwei 500 ccm Ardie-Maschinen (18 PS) mit Jap-Motor. "Die Reise war schön, aber eine einzige Strapaze". Hanni Koehler wird überall als eine hübsche Frau mit viel Weiblichkeit beschrieben. Sie war ihre eigene Schriftstellerin, Managerin und Buchhalterin und besaß in Berlin ein Motorradgeschäft mit 21 Beschäftigten. Hanni besaß ein Buch mit sauber geordneten Fotos von ihrer Indienfahrt. Max Ryschka hat Tagebuch geführt.
26.03.1931 Short publication with a picture as an announcement in THE MOTORCYCLE: Fräulein Hanni planned to ride in India and return via Persia - Asia Minor and the Balkans.
27.03.2003 Next info by Evald B.: In a swedish monthly from 1931 I can read about a German lady, Hanni Köhler, who rode from Ceylon to Germany together with a photographer by name Ryschka. Do you know if she has written a book?
I got an e-mail from Bernd T. about Hanni Köhler. Looking through an old periodical "Svensk Motorsport" nr 11 from 1931 , on page 368 found a noting. In a rough translation it says: Hanni Köhler happily home from a remarkable longdistance journey. In the international Six Days 1929 --Austria-Italy-France -Switzer-land competition--- the nice german Hanni Köhter played a certain part as she proved to drive quite as good as the best male competi-tors. We think to remember that she got an award. Hanni, who is immensly popular in Germany has resently completed a very attentioned longdistance journey. She started from Ceylon, drove through India, Beluschistan, Persia, Irak, Syria and the Balkans back to Berlin and the Avus-track, where she was welcomed by a lot of people. Her partner was the photographer Ryschka, who experienced 20.000 km in the sidecar while Hanni was driving.
18.07.2004 The Ardie-expert Frank Grüneboom www.ardie.de (Rubrik > Bilder > Bereich "alte Bücher" > weitere Ardie Silberpfeilbilder aus einer Zeitung der 30er Jahre) offers pictures on his website and writes:
Zur Indienreise von Hanni Köhler ist mir kein Reisebericht in Buchform bekannt. Ich denke es ist bei der exclusiven Berichterstattung für die Zeitschrift "Das Motorrad" geblieben. Hier finden sich über diverse Ausgaben der frühen 30 er Jahre zeitnahe Dokumentationen und Berichterstattungen der Reise. Auch diese Reise erfolgte auf einem Gespann der Marke "Ardie", diesmal auf dem Modell Silberpfeil mit - man beachte! - Alluminiumrahmen. Neben dieser Berichtserie ist mir auch noch eine deutschsprachiger Artikel in der Zeitschrift "Dunlop" der frühen 30er Jahre bekannt, der stark bebildert ist. Auch diese Bilder habe ich auf meiner Homepage zur Verfüng gestellt. Von den oben beschriebenen Artikeln aus "Das Motorrad" stehen mir leider nur einige zur Verfügung.: I do not know a book about this tour to India.
19.07.2004 Next request: Who knows the exact dates of this publications in "Das Motorrad" and owns this magazines ??
25.07.2004 First copies of DAS MOTORRAD and from DUNLOP by grünen Behälter
10.10.04 Unterlagen in Frauen-Motorrad-Reisen. Frank Grüneboom nach Kontakt mit Sohn fragen. Frank Grüneboom informiert mich leider nicht über Name / Adresse / email des Sohnes.
29.10.2004 Der Sohn Michael Skal schreibt mich in deutscher Sprache an, da er meine Informationen über Google.com gefunden hat.
29.10.2004 Bernd Tesch antwortet aus Australien zu Michael mit der Bitte alle seine Bekanten zu fragen und"das beschriebene Album" seiner Mutter zu finden.
03.04.2005 Bernd Tesch bittet Michael darum, zusammen einen "Lebenslauf von Hanni Köhler" zu erarbeiten.
Günther Rau von der Universität Konstanz hat in 1991 vom "Verein für Geschichte des Bodenseees und seiner Umgebung" ein Buch vorgestellt, indem ein Fotograf Rischka erwähnt wird.
http://www.ub.uni-konstanz.de/v13/volltexte/2000/378//pdf/378_1.pdf
rischka ua Bregenz: Umweltinstitut des Landes Vorarlberg 1997. 33 S. ... Photograph in Wilhelmsdorf, 1909-1910. Bemerkungen zur Betrachtung
03.04.2005 Mit google.de findet man nichts über Rischka mit Max oder Indienfahrt pder Presse oder Pressefotograf...
04.12.2005 B.T. bittet Evald Bengsston in Stockholm zu checken, welche Ausgaben von MOTORRAD dort im Archiv sind.
22.11.2006 Sasha Disko is writing a dissertation in NY in USA about Motorcycling in Weimarer Republik 1919-1933. He kindly infomed me about Hannis birthday ! After WWII, Hanni and Ottokar moved to Alaska.  I do not know the dates of their deaths, however Ottokar Skal published at least one book after arriving in the US: "Jagdparadies Alaska" (1982)
11.01.2008 Hallo Bernd, Steffen Ottinger aus Germany: mein außerordentliches Interesse gilt der Vorkriegsgeschichte des Deutschen Motorradsports.
Im Zusammenhang mit Hanni Köhler bin ich auf Ihren Namen gestoßen. Sie ist ja nach dem zweiten Weltkrieg zusammen mit ihrem Ehemann Ottokar Skal nach Alaska / USA gegangen. Haben Sie zufällig in Erfahrung bringen können, wann und wo genau Hanni verstorben ist? Wenn nicht, vielleicht könnten Sie mir dann bitte die E-Mail-Adresse von ihrem Sohn Michael mitteilen.
04.12.2005: B.T. First Woman riding overland Asia - Europe at all. First Motorcycle riding Asia - Europe with a sidecar.


16.03.1931 - 22.01.1932
Justine Tibésar (Belgium)
+ Asia - Europe. The 22-years Belgium Justine rode solo 22.000 kms with a FN M 70 (350 ccm) from Vietnam (Saigon ) to France (Paris) - Belgium (Arlon). Arriving there she told that she had no idea of the mechanic of the motorcycle. She just trusted it.
Route: Exactly unknown so far. For sure via Burma - India.
04.12.2005: B.T. First Woman riding solo overland Asia - Europe at all. First Motorcycle riding Asia - Europe with a solo bike.
21.07.2000 I do NOT know more many details. WHO knows more, may be addresses of her relations and the original publication?
20.10.2001 Siehe Tesch-Buch-Entwurf: "Frauen-Motorrad-Reisen".
04.12.2005 Frank Grüneboom ist sich ziemlich sicher, dass er diesen Namen noch nicht gehört hat. The Ardie-expert Frank Grüneboom www.ardie.de does not know anything about her so far.


< 1933
Tonn, Walter  (German)
Max Reisch and Herbert Tichy discovered on their mc-tour the grave of the motorcycle-traveller Walter Tonn (Hannover) who tried before them to reach India by motorcycle.
B. T. He had possibly tried as the first to ride Europe across the deserts of Iran to India by motorcycle.


27.07.1933 - 01.1934
Reisch, Max and Herbert Tichy (Austrians) www.maxreisch.com
Austria - India. The students Max and Herbert  rode with a Puch (250 ccm, 6 PS, 26 liter fuel-tank, in total 41 liters)  13.000 kms to India and back.
Route: Österreich (Wien) - Ungarn - Jugoslawien - Türkei - Syrien - Irak - Persien - Belutschistan - Britisch - Indien (Bombay).
Book: "Indien - lockende Ferne". Travel-Report about Europe - Asia (since 1949).
01.03.1980 Bernd Teschs first contact with Max Reisch by exchanging letters.
05.06.2002 Max Reisch Museum. Rennweg 39 (im Panorama). Innsbruckk. Austria. www.maxreisch.com. Here you find the motorcycle and cars of his expeditions. Only open april-october.
B.T.: They were the pioneers who managed first this overland tour by a solo-motorcycle Europe - India. But Hanni Köhler and Max Rischka and and Belgian Justine Tibésar were the first motorcycle-travellers Asia - Europe via India - Persia - Europe in 1931 already !!


08.1937 - 03.1938
Reise-Bericht. Europa. Asien. 1939
Larigaudie, Guy de und Rogier Drapier  (French)
+ France - India - Saigon. Mit ihrem PKW, einem Ford C.V. Kabriolet, genannt "Jeanette", bewältigen Guy und Rogier overland die 12.000 km.
Route: Frankreich (Le Havre - Paris) - Schweiz (Berne) - Österreich (Vienne) - Ungarn (Budapest) - Jugoslawien (Belgrade) - Bulgarien (Sofia) - Türkei (Istambul - Ankara - Alexandrette) - Palästina (Jerusalem) - Syrien (Damaskus) - Irak (Bagdad) - Iran (Teheran) - Afghanistan (Herat - Kandahar - Kaboul) - Indien - Lahore - Agra - Benares - Calcutta - Rangoun - Indochina (Hanoi - Saigon).
Book: La Route aux Aventures. Paris-Saigon en automobile. 1 Übersichtskarte. 241 S. 32 SW-Fotos. 1 Übersichtskartenskizze. 14 Detail-Karten-Skizzen. Französisch. Softcover. 19,5 cm H x 14 B. Verlag: Librairie Plaon. Paris. Frankreich. 1939.


22.07. - 05.12.1949
Bertranet, Gallon et Demay (French)
+ France - India. With two motorcycles Gnome - Rhone, type R 3, 1949, 1-Zyl., 125 ccm both rode from Paris to Delhi.
Route: Paris - Tanger - Tripoli - Cairo (by ship) - Beirut - Jerusalem - Bagdad - Teheran - Kabul - New Delhi.


1951
Clerc, Michel le
+ France - Tibet. Michel rode with three friends on a Lambretta to Tibet.
10.07.02 1st request to Andree Bois


1951
PFIRRMANN, Gustav
"Feuerschlucker in Afghanistan".  € 15,90
Deutschland - Indien - Australien. Student verzaubernd reisend die Welt. Die abenteurliche Motorrad-Reise vom Rhein zum Ganges und weiter nach Australien zur Schwester. Hardcover. 1951 mit einem NSU-Gespann ohne Geld und Paß von Deutschland nach Indien. Eine abenteuerliche Fahrt in der Nachkriegszeit über 10.000 Meilen mit einem vorläufigen Reisepaß. Das Reisegeld verdienten sich Oss Kröher und Dr. Gustav Pfirrmann unterwegs als Zauberer und Sänger. 87 SW-Fotos, 200 S. Strecke: Deutschland - Österreich - Italien (Brindisi) - Griechenland - Türkei - Syrien - Indien - Australien (Brisbaine).
Anmerkung von B.T.: Dr. Gustav Pfirrmann ist Journalist und ein echter Globetrotter. Ich lernte ihn 2001 auf einem DZG-Treffen. Sein Reisekamerad Oss hat über diese Reise bis Indien das Buch "Das Morgenalnd ist weit" (siehe Asien) geschrieben.


KRÖHER, Oss (Deutscher)
"Das Morgenland ist weit"
Deutschland-Indien. € 14,00 als Taschenbuch. € 25,90 als Hardcocer. Die erste Motorrad-Reise vom Rhein zum Ganges RB. Hardcover. 1951 mit einem NSU-Gespann ohne Geld und Paß von Deutschland nach Indien. Eine abenteuerliche Fahrt in der Nachkriegszeit über 10.000 Meilen mit einem vorläufigen Reisepaß. Das Reisegeld verdienten sich Oss Kröher und Dr. Gustav Pfirrmann unterwegs als Zauberer und Sänger. Sehr viel Hintergrundwissen über die Länder und Sehenswürdigkeiten. 1996 geschrieben aufgrund von Tagebüchern. 550 S. Ca. 80 Fotos. Strecke: Deutschland - Österreich - Italien (Brindisi) - Griechenland - Türkei - Syrien - Indien.
Anmerkung von B.T.: Der Lehrer Oss Kröher wollte nicht zum Tesch-Travel-Treffen kommen, weil ich ihm keine Zeit für eine längere Lesung anbot. Dr. Gustav Pfirrmann, den ich auf einem DZG-Treffen kennenlernte, stellte Oss Kröher kostenfrei alle Fotos zur Verfügung.


07.03.1952 - ca. 27.03.1952 (another info: 18.03.- ca. 13.05.1952)
Delliére, Pierre (French, born ca. 1930)
+ Vietnam - France. The sergeant Pierre rode solo with a Vespa 125 ccm from Vietnam (Saigon) - to France (Paris) in 45 days with 14.000 km and through 14 countries. Before he has been working for two years in French Indochina. in 1997 Pierre is the owner of a car and bike museum on the french riviera.
Route: Vietnam (Saigon) - Cambodia - Thailand (Bangkok) - he flew with Vespa to India (Calkutta - New Delhi) Afghanistan - Iran - Irak (from Bagdad to Jordan (Amman) were 800 kms ofr road with much sand - Turkey (Istanbul) - Greece - Yugoslavia - Italy - France .Paris.
The French Vespa Magazin rode an articel about him.
20.06.2002 This is mentioned in the book of Elisabeth Thrane (1953). It is written that they met him in Adana / Turkey already.
20.06.2002 Angaben in Ulrich Kubischs Buch: "Vespa mi amore". 1993. Schrader Verlag GmbH. Germany. ISBN 3-922617-99-9.
11.07.2002 users.skynet.be/scooter/history.htm Dort steht mehr, aber den Server kann man heute nicht finden.
29.11.2002 1st request to Kees Portanje for contact to Pierre


> 1952
Audouin, Philippe
The student Philippe wanted to do what Pierre Delliére had done but the opposite way: Paros - Saigon. Befroe he made a long journey through Scandianvia with a Lambretta. In Syria desert the ignition stopped and he had to wait 25 hours without water befor a truck came.:
After 5 months he arrived in Saigon and passed Burma.

1953 / 4
Thrane, Elisabeth and her Brother Erik (Danish)
+ Denmark - India. Both rode on two Vespa Elite from Denmark to India (Bombay). The route was not easy for them.
Elisabeth wrote a book about this tour in Danish: "Pa scooter til Indien". 32 Kapitel. 176 Seiten. 25 SW-Fotos. 1 Karte.
Strecke: Rosenornsalle in Kobenhavn (????) - Zentraleuropa - Jugoslawien - Türkei (Istanbul - Ankara) - Syrien (Damaskus) - Irak (Bagdad) - Iran - Pakistan - Indien. Dänisch.
Verlag: H. Hirschsprungs Forlag. Kobenhavn. Dänemark. 1954.
- O. Te. 06.06.2002


Hinfahrt: 12.04.1956 - 30.04.1956
Rückfahrt: 07.07.1956 - 29.07.1956
Winter, Hans (geb. 12.07.1934) und der Iraner Kourosch Eghbal (geb. 11.06.1936)
+ Germany - Iran - Germany. Die beiden Studenten Hans und Kourosch fuhren auf einer BMW R 25/2 (12 PS. 250 ccm) von Deutschland nach Teheran (Iran) 6.200 km in 18 Tagen hin. Kosten pro Person DM 160,00. Da uns die Rückreise mit 2 Personen nach den Erfahrungen der Hinfahrt zu anstrengend erschien und Kourosch sein Studium im August fortsetzen wollte, beschlossen wir, dass Kourosch mit dem Flugzeug zurück nach Deutschland fliegen sollte, während Hans mit seiner BMW alleine zurück fuhr. Zu den genannten Gründen kommt noch hinzu, dass Hans einen original "Persischen Teppich" mitnehmen wollte und mitnahm. Da war nun wirklich kein Platz mehr für eine 2. Person....
Die gesamte Reise inklusive der Busfahrt von Teheran nach Meschede betrug 15.464 km.
Purpose of your travel: Kourosch lud mich nach dem Studium zu einem Besuch in sein Heimatland den Iran ein. Da ich in der damaligen Zeit kein Geld für den Flug zur Verfügung hatte, machte ich den Vorschlag, mit meiner BMW die Reise zu unternehmen. Eine verrückte Idee zweier Studenten.
Route: Hin: Deutschland - Österreich - Jugoslavien - Griechenland - Türkei - Syrien - Irak - Iran (Teheran - per Omnibus weiter bis kurz vor die Grenze von Afghanistan, nach Mesched / Ostiran).
Zurück: Iran (Teheran - Tabriz - Khoi - Maku) - Türkei (Dogbayazit - Erzurum - Erzincan - Sivas - Kayseri - Ankara - Istanbul - Tekirdag) - Griechenland (Alexandripolis - mit Frachtschiff und Motorrad durch die Ägäis nach Athen) - Italien (per Schiff nach Süd-Italien - Brindisi - Neapel - Capri - Rom - Pisa - Genua) - Monaco - Frankreich (Grenoble - Dijon - Nancy) - Deutschland (Saarbrücken - Homburg/Saar).
Info: Sie hatten nur eine Straßenkarte bis zur Türkei und hofften unterwegs eine Anschlußkarte für Syrien, Irak und Persien zu bekommen. Dies war nicht möglich und so mußten sie den Weg ohne Straßenkarte finden. Die Reise war ursprünglich von der Türkei direkt nach Persien vorgesehen. Eine militärische Sperre in der Osttürkei zwang uns den Weg über Syrien und den Irak zu nehmen. Mit vielen unvergeßlichen Erlebnissen und Schwierigkeiten schafften wir unser Ziel, Teheran und Meschede /Ostiran.
Der Iraner Prof. Dr. Kourosch Eghbal ist 2001 im Ruhestand und war vorher Professor an der Universität Hohenheim bei Stuttgart. Dipl. Ingenieur Hans Winter ist 1992 ebenfalls im Ruhestand und war im beruflichen Leben zuletzt als Fachtechnischer Berater in der Tierzucht bei der Landwirtschaftskammer Rheinland in Bonn tätig.
Unterwegs trafen sie mehrere Touristen von denen sie aber nie wieder etwas mehr gehört haben: Zwei Engländerinnen Phil Worrallu ud Fay Kelaher (auf der Rückreise Mitte Juli 1956 und zwar zwischen der türkischen Grenze und Alexandripolis in Nordgriechenlandte) die mit zwei Motorrollern unterwegs zur Opympiade von Grossbritannien nach Australien waren. Hans half einen Blattfuß zu beheben. Drei Touristen (2 Engländer und ein Deutscher) kurz vor Ankara, die mit Fahrrädern unterwegs nach Australien waren und auch diesen halfen wir, Schwierigkeiten an einem Fahrrad zu beheben. Dann lernten wir in Mazedonien noch einen Tourist aus Burma kennen, der mit einem Motorrad von seinem Heimatland nach Westeuropa mit dem Ziel Schweden unterwegs war.
The best: Herzliche Gastfreundschaft der islamischen Bevölkerung.
The worst: Kardangummi in Istanbul defek. Dierses war die kritischste Situation, die fast Abbruch unserer Reise führte.... Gepäckträger mehrfach kaputt. Strassenüberschwemmung vor Bagdad.
Publication: Es gibt einen 12-seitigen Tagebuch-Bericht. Allerdings hat Hans einige Vorträge an Volkshochschulen und bei sonstigen Veranstaltungen gehalten. Bericht in einer Motorrad-Zeitschrift gab es nicht. In 07.2003 gab es eine BMW-Broschüre.
Earlier motorcyle travel experiences: Keine früheren oder späteren Motorrad-REISE-Erfahrungen.
23.05.2005 1st information by Fred Jacobs von BMW-Motorrad
28.05.2005 Last update


< 1956
Battaglini, Cesare, Dr. (Italian, born ca. 1930)
+ Europe > Asia > Europe overland. Winner of the over 10.000 km by "Lambretta competition" organised by Innocenti of MIlan. 26 years old Cesare of Bologna is seen here after his 20.000 mile journey from Barcelona to Colombo and back to Italy. He won a million lire.
28th april.1955 Picture and a bit info
Book: Ceylon. India. Oriente Misterioso ed Africa esplorati col mio scooter. 160.000 km. 1959. Around-The-World on a Lambretta.
16.11.2005 First information to B.T. by Evald Bengtsson


04.1956 - ??
Worrall, Phil (GB) and Fay Kelaher (GB)
Plan: Great Britain - Asia - Australia. Zwei Engländerinnen mit zwei Motorrollern unterwegs zur Opympiade von Grossbritannien nach Australien. Hans Winter halfen ihnen in Griechenland bei einer Reifenpanne.
Route: Great Britain - ?? - Griechenland - ?? - Australien.
27.05.2005: 1st info by Hans Winter. This were their addresses in 1956: PHIL WORRALL in HABLEDON RD., QUAKERS HILL, SYDNEY N.S.W. AUSTRALIA
and FAY KELAHER. 234 ARDEN ST.. COOGEE. SYDNEY. N. S. W. AUSTRALIA.
27.05.2005 Does anyone have more information if they arrived? And where they are now ?


16.04.1956 - ??
Man from Burma
Plan: Burma - Great Britain. Burmanese mit seiner Frau (musste sie aber von Südjugoslawien mit dem Zug weiter fahren lassen, da sein Motorrad eine Panne hatte. Ich gehe davon aus, dass sein Gepäck bzw. Sozius in die Brüche gegangen ist) auf dem Weg mit Motorrad von Burma zunächst in die Schweiz - Frankreich - Deutschland mit dem Ziel Schweden. Hans traf ihn in Jugoslawien - etwa 400 Km südlich von Belgrad.
27.05.2005: 1st info by Hans Winter. Hans does not have a name or address but a picture.
27.05.2005 Does anyone have more nformation if he arrived? And where is he now ?
27.05.2005 Acknowledge by B.T.: It is the first and nly time I hear that a person from Burma is riding a motorcycle from Burma to Europe.


26.04.1956 - ?.
Vasli, Michel and Serge Gracium (French)
Indochina - France. Michel and Serge worked in Indochina /Saigon and wanted to travel home by scooters. They started from Saigon heading for Paris on two Peugeot-scooters 10.580 miles.
Route: Indochina (Saigon) - Cambodia - Siam - India - Pakistan - Iran - Turkey - Yugoslawia - France (Paris).
12.2000 The Cassic Motorcycle.
30.06.2002 1st information by Evald Bengtsson
01.07.2002 1st request for update.


1958
Reise-Bericht. Europa - Asien. 1958.
Slessor, Tim (geb. 1934)
England - India - Burma - Singapore. "First Overland". Transasien. The story of the Oxford and Cambridge Far Eastern Expedition. Der Grund der Reise: "We went because we wanted to". Mit zwei Land-Rovern CR 88 und 6 Männern (Nigel Newbery, Q. M and Mechaniker; Henry Nott, Chefingenieur; Tim Slessor, Schreiber und Kameraassistent; Pat Murphy, Navigator und Chef, Adrain Cowell, Geschäftsmanager; "B.B." = Barrington Brown, Kameramann und Doktor) 32.000 miles in 12 Monaten durch 21 Länder von London nach Singapore und zurück nach London.
Es war nie der Plan hin und zurück zu fahren. Man wußte nicht, ob man wieder von Burma nach Indien kommt. Der Monsunregen hatte in Nord-Burma eingesetzt und die Zeit reichte nicht. 15 Kapitel.  271 S. 59 SW- Fotos. 3 Karten-Skizzen. Hardcover. 19 cm H x 12 B.
Hinroute : 6 Monate und 6 Tage. < 19.000 miles. England - Frankreich - Deutschland - Österreich - Jugoslawien - Griechenland - Türkei - Irak - Iran - Pakistan - Indien - Nepal - Burma - Thailand - Malaysia - Singapore.
Rückroute : Anfang April -21.08.1956 (?). Singapore - Malaysia - Burma - ? - Indien - Pakistan - Afghanistan - Iran - Türkei - Griechenland - Jugoslawien - Österreich - Italien - Schweiz - Monaco - Frankreich - England.
Book: "First Overland".
Verlag: George Harrap & Co. Ltd. London. 1957. Hardcover 287 S.
Verlag: Zusätzliche Ausgabe für: The Companion Book Club. London. England. 1958.


1958 - 1959
Friedrich, Walter
Europa-Palästina. Walter Friedrich aus Beuel unternahm Reise von 8000 km in 35 Tagen mit einer NSU-Quickly bis nach Palästina und zurück. Am Beginn der Reise hatte er als Neuling noch keine Zündkerze gewechselt.
Höhepunkte: Alpen. Sehr steile Gebirgsstraßen im Peloponnes. Zwei Gebirgszüge im Libanon. Große Höhenunterschiede von Jordanien bis Palästina. Starke Hitze in der Syrischen Wüste. In der Süd-Türkei viel Gebirge. Der Taurus. Salzwüste bis Ankara. Hochebene bis Istanbul. In Bulgarien schlechte Gebirgsstraßen bis Jugoslawien. Tagesdurchschnitt 200-300 km. Walter beabsichtigte mit derselben Maschine eine ähnliche Fahrt zu wiederholen. Die Fahrt müßte vor 02/1959 gewesen sein. - Information aus der Werbezeitschrift "Besser fahren" von NSU.
Route: Deutschland (Bonn) - Schweiz - Italien - Griechenland - Libanon - Syrien - Jordanien - Palästina - Türkei Istanbul) - Bulgarien  - Jugoslawien - Alpen - Deutschland.


< 1959 Schebara, Richard und Dieter Ring Richard Schebara und Dieter Ring (36.000 km): "Vom Rhein zum Ganges. Mit der Vespa nach Indien - 7 Monate unterwegs mit Audienz bei Nehru" Puplication: in Vespa Tip Nr. 26, 1959; als Fortsetzung von Heft Nr. 24 17.01.2006 1st information by Thomas Vongehr 19.01.2006 1st request for update like example "Müller"


< 1960
Sluyds, Mario "Vespa Club" 1960 (belgische Zeitschrift) "Un voyage en Inde seul sur une Vespa recit de Mario Sluyds" (Fortsetzung in Nummer 33) 17.01.2006 1st information by Thomas Vongehr
19.01.2006 1st request for update like example "Müller"


Ca. 1961
Mehra, Anji (born ?? Indian) webite ??
+ England - India. Anji rode solo with a Matchless.
Information: Anji and his son are riding. Both run a touring agency in Bomay / India for people who want to ride Enfields around India.
21.01.2006 1st information by British Linda Bick.
21.01.2006 1st request for update via son asheesh18@hotmail.com
31.01.2006 2nd request for update



06.11.2006 3rd information
Foto: Peter Dumlich in 1962

07.06.1962 - 04.10.1962
Dumlich, Hans-Peter (German, born 23.03.1941)
+ Germany - Nepal. Hans-Peter (at the age of 21 years) rode solo on a Vespa 125 from Germany (Berlin) to Nepal (Kathmandu). He had asked Vespa to partially sponsor his trip but never recieved an answer. The scooter journey began on June 7, 1962 and came to a grinding halt (broken rear axle) on October 4, 1962 The total cost for the trip: $US 525.- and 1000 Indian Rupees. The journey cost me $ US 525,- and 1000 rupies out of my finally sold scooter. The speedometer was broken half the way.
Purpose of travel: As a citizen of Berlin, cooped up in the city by the surrounding Soviet controlled DDR, and never really having had a chance to travel far, the desire to keep on rolling without the constraint of a nearby border, simply overwhelmed me. The thirst for adventure and the irrepressible drive to see what was outside "THE WALL" was enough motivation to take on any risk.
Route: Europe (Germany, Austria, Yugoslavia, Greece, Western Turkey) - Asia (Eastern Turkey, Persia, East Pakistan, Afghanistan, India and Nepal)
Highlights of the journey: Wherever I went, I was absolutely astonished by the unexpected hospitality of the (mostly poor) people. However, on the other side, when touring the coast of the Caspian Sea, a Persian millionaire invited me for 14 days to be his guest. As a motorcycle or scooter traveller one day one might sleep in the ditch beside the road, the next day one might sleep under silken covers.
Low of the journey: When the scooter broke down in Nepal. Hans- Peter had to sell the Vespa in Kathmandu. He did not have the time and money to wait for a new axle. The 1000 Indian Rupees for the scooter enabled Hans-Peter to hitchhike through India and to buy a student-passage with a P&O steamship from Cochin (Southern India) to Messina (Italy). By  thumb and train back to Germany.
Conclusion and advise: Travel while you are young and single and never refuse offered hospitality. By now I have forgotten the fleas I picked up this way, but I have not forgotten that I slept in a "bed" while the owner of this bed slept on the floor.
31.01.2006 First info by Peter and 1st request for update:
Considering, dass es in Persien (dem heutigen Iran) keine asphaltierten Strassen gab (Teheran war die Ausnahme) kann ich mit reinem Gewissen behaupten, dass auch ich einige Abenteuer im Sand erlebte. Auf alle Faelle stimme ich mit Dir ueberein: Motorrad Reisende tragen zur Weltverstaendigung bei. Die anderthalb Jahre auf dem Treck haben jedenfalls einen anderen Menschen aus mir gemacht!
06.11.2006 Last update mit foto
15.11.2006 Peter informed me that he finally found his diary and his slides again. He will send me a copy of the slides. Peter wrote to me: Was Du mit Text und Fotos von mir journalistisch machst, kannst Du entscheiden, Bernd: Fuer mich zaehlt nur eine Sache. Ich moechte, dass viele junge Leute, bevor sie sich ehelich festlegen und Kinder zeugen, erst die Welt ansehen und Botschafter fuer die Verstaendigung der verschiedenen Voelker und Religionen werden. Es ist nicht der reiche Tourist, sondern der minderbemittelte Student, der zur Voelkerverstaendigung beitraegt.
German Scooter Forum (http://www.germanscooterforum.de).


vor 1968
(Dr ?). August Jentsch (geb. 1926)
Weltreise. 1. Teil: Überland nach Asien mit einem Traktor. Buch im Selbstverlag herausgegeben. 1968. Hardcover. 224 S.
1993 Telefoniert mit August Jentsch wegen seiner drei Bücher über seine Motorrad-Weltreise mit Gespann 1953-56.


1972
Giffith, Kristina (Vietnam) and Bill Avery (England)
Overland to India and back.
2000 1st contact.


04.1972- ca. 25.07.1972
Carlsson, Tom (Swedish) mit two camerads Svante (HONDA CB 350 K3) and Bosse
+ Africa > Asia > Europe. Tom rode back "1000 mil" with a HONDA CB 350 KO 355 ccm and a 23 liter fuel tank.
Purpose of travel: After he finished his job in Kenya he wanted to go overland back to Sweden.
Route: By ship (old passengership MS State of Haryana with 10.000 tons and strict classes of passengers) from Africa (Kenya (Mombasa)) - Asia (India (Bombay). It took them two days before they got their motorcycles through the burocracy. Then by motorcycle to the border of Tibet - Pakistan - Peshawar Afghanistan (Kabul)- Iran (Mashad - Teheran) - Europe (Turkey (Ararat - Ankara - Istanbul) - Bulgaria (Sofia) - Jugoslawia -Austria - Germany - Denmark - Sweden (Gävle))
Tom got information out of a book "Asia on a dolllar a day" before he started.
15.10.2003 1st information by Evald Bengtsson. Article in Sewdish Mc.Magazione MC-Veteranen Nr. 4 / 2002


14.09. - 20.10.1973
Capito, Karl-Friedrich (German, gest. 02.01.2002) und Erich Schütz (German)
Germany - Indien - Germany. In 30 Tagen bis nach Indien mit zwei neuen BMW R 75/5.
Route: Germany (Neunkirchen - München) - Österreich (Salzburg) - Jugoslawia (Belgrad) - Bulgaria - Turkey - Asia: Turkey (Istanbul - Ankara) - Iran (Teheran - Esfahan - Kerman - Bam) - 150 km Niemansland bis Pakistan (Grenzort Nok Kundi - Dalbandin - Quetta - Lahore) - eine BMW hat Getriebeschaden, deshalb mit nur einer BMW nach Indien (Ziel ist das Interconti Hotel in Delhi). Plan ist es in 11 Tagen wieder in Deutschland zu sein.
Rückfahrt: Indien (Delhi - Amritsar) - Pakistan (Lahore - Rawalpindi - vorbei am Fuße des Karakorum-Highways - Peshawar - Khyberpaß - Afghanistan (Kabul - Kandahar -Herat. Hier treffen sie ein Pärchen, das mit einer BMW R 27 seit 8 Wochen aus Deutschland unterwegs ist) - Iran (Maschad - Elbrus - Teheran) - Türkei (Erzurum - Richtung - Trapzon - über Küstenstraße Schwarzes Meer  nach Samsun - Ankara. Auf dem Weg nach Istanbul kommt ihnen ein Amerikaner auf dem Weg nach Indien entgegen auf einer BMW R 75/5. Istanbul - Edirne) - im Konvoi 400 km durch Bulgarien über Sofia - Jugoslawien (Belgrad) - Österreich (Salzburg) - Deutschland.
Ca. 1980 1st contact. Karl-Friedrich kauft bei mir Sandbleche ein. Danach gab es noch viele Kontakte. In 19.. gewannen Capito und Capito (Vater und Sohn) die Rallye Paris-Dakar mit dem Unimog. Der Sohn hielt einen Dia-Vortrag bem, Tesch-Travel-Treffen darüber!
Buch: Bernd Tesch besitzt eine 62-seitige Dokumentation darüber.


1973
Klenker, Helmut (German, born ??)
Erbitte Übersicht wie Beispiel "Müller" von dieser frühen Indien-Motorradtour für meine website mit allen mir bekannten "Asien-Motorrad-Touren". Gibt es davon noch einen Bericht / Zeitungsreport / 1-2 Starfotos von Mann und Maschine ? Weißt Du noch von anderen Motorrad-Reisenden damals oder früher ? HDY 01722454856 1973 mit Motorrad nach Indien
05.07.2004 1st information by Brasilian woman in pub of Aachen
06.07.2004 1st tel. and email-request to hklenker@t-online.deCa. 1975, ca.  400 days


Salzmann, Erhard and Mrs.
Europe - Nepal. The couple Salzmann from Weingarten rode with their Caravan (Wohnwagen-Gespann) Eriba-Touring Triton in 400 days and 45.000 kms.
Route: Germany (Weingarten)  direction to Iran - Afghanistan - Pakistan - India - Nepal and back.
04.01.2001 1st information by Achim Klein: http://www.hymer.com >magazin >Durch die Wüste.
04.01.2001 Travel-Report. Name unknown.
04.01.2001 Who knows their present address??
B.T.: In the homepage of Hymer they say: First Caravan in Nepal.

??.07.1974-??.11.1974
Reier, Jochen (German, born 23.01.1945), homepage www.jochen-reier.com Books: www.lulu.com
Singapore - Germany. Jochen (Jo) flew together with his girlfriend Ingrid to Singapore , were he bought 1974 a Honda CB 500 Four (50 horsepower) duty free for the half market price of Germany. At this time it was the first japanese four cylinder-motorbike availlable (which was sold only two years later in the german market). In total he travelled 24.000 Km in four and half months.
Purpose: He was tired of beeing a busdriver, travelling many times (20 times as the driver of magic bus) overland from Europe to Nepal , always experiencing lots of trouble with one of his many passengers. “Only on a motorbike you realy travel alone, have contact with the overwhelming beauties of nature , also the people”.
Route: Together they travelled from Singapore to Malaysia and all over Thailand for 2 months (5.400 Km) on fantastic roads via Bangkok up to Chiang Mai and even into Burma (Myrmar) but were not permitted to travel to India overland by burmese road. So Jo (from now on alone) shipped his bike from Malaysia (Penang ) to India (Madras). Along the eastcost he rode his bike down south to Rameswaram and took a boatpassage to Sri Lanka . Passing a dangerous Tamil Tiger-warzone at night, he enjoyed a hot swedish traveller girl in Colombo. Back in India he describes a tragic traffic accident which almost cost his life by lynch-justice. Helpfull Railway-personal let him escape in a train-cargo-wagon.
So he seems to be a hardcore-traveller, from Goa on he rides his Sativa (name of his motorbike) with a plasterleg in which he integrates a kind of trestel on a ridersboot to be able to change the gears. The route goes on via Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran into Turkey. From Bombay on he is travelling together with an also experienced Motorbikerider, named Brami. From Istanbul they rode the so called Autoput through Yugoslavia, Austria back home to Munich in Germany.
Highlights : Everybody at this hippie-times wanted to find himself a freedom, different cultures and for sure not only sunny days but the sun, was enough motive to travel to Asia. The friendliness of the people enroute, hundreds of invitations were another great experience and the impression of Jo is, that bikies are admired by the people as the knights of all the adventurer and the explorer on the road.
The worst: Deffinetively the tragic traffic accident in Meysore ( India ) and having not enough time to stay over winter in Goa (South India), so the trip got unpleasant after Teheran ( Iran ) with harse weather, even snowed in pass-roads in Turkey.
Book-publication : www.lulu.com books: Sativa - Mein vibrierendes Glück.......
Useful informations and TIPS for others: watch out the traffic in India , and always smile werever you stop your bike, you will get back the smile which is most important for the travellers.
Later experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: Thailand , Laos and Cambodia on several occasions, 2003 to 07
Januar 2009: 1st summary and book
09.01.2009 1st request for update


1976
Siegfried Wolf
Ladakh - Germany. Siegfried Wolf aus Freimühlen, Kraftfahrzeugmeister, (GIROD bei Montabour) hat auf einer 2 jährigen Tour mit einer BMW 750 mit Beiwagen folgende Route bewältigt: Montabour - Kapstadt - Durban - Indien - Ladakh - D.


??.??.1977. - ??.??.20...
Herbert Roelandt (Belgium, born 05.11.1959) no webiste ???
Purpose of travel: Why motorcycles? He likes to ride the motorcycle. And it is a lot nicer than working.
The best: All the friends that I met.
The worst: none. "A bad day at the beach is still better than a good day at work"
Earlier experiences: Herbert rides motorcycles since 1977. He rode much more than 1 million km on several motorcycles. In 2003 he owns a BMW K100RT with 623.000 km and a BMW R1150GS.
Europe: Herbert went 8 times to Northcape, Norway, and toured a lot in Scandinavia. Toured all over Europe extensively, while working for 5 years for the motorcycle magazine "Motoren &Toerisme". Toured the Baltic states several times, as well as Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan etc
Africa: He did several tours to North Africa. Went ??
Asia: 11 times to Russia, went everywhere between Western Europe and Vladivostok. First trip in 1991, last trip so far in 2002 to Mongolia. .
Australia: Drove 31.500 km in Australia and Tasmania. (2001)
North America: Toured all countries in Northern America several times. All between Panama and Alaska.1998-2001 3 times visitor of Tesch-Motorcycle - Meeting for World-Travellers
24.05.2003 First request for update. Is flying 31.05.2003 to USA
11.11.2003 Third request for update
29.09.2004 Fourth request after 100.000 readers of my website
22.10.2005 Fifth request for update.


1979
Afghanistan. Until this time motorcycle-travellers could pass Afghanistan / Kanbul. Then the rebells of a new goverment stopped the kingdom. From now everybody coming from Europe - Iran had tp pass through Pakistan to reach India and Nepal.


1986
Krämer, Gerd (German)
Gerd rode solo in Vietnam. He rented a motorcycle there: "Very easy to travel there".


22.08.86- 01.09.1987
Lazzeri, Nino (Luxemburg)
+ Indonesia - Luxembourg. Solo in one year with a BMW.
23.-24.04.88  Dia-Vortrag auf dem 10. MOTO - FERNREISE - TREFFEN
20./21.04.1991: 13. Motorrad-Fernreise-Treffen und 14 .Auto-Fernreise-Treffen zugleich. Diavorträge ab 13.00 Uhr     Nino Lazzeri : "Luxemburg- Indonesien" . Nino hat 1985 auf dem 7. Tesch- Travel- Treffen einen Dia- Vortrag über seine Reise "Alaska- Feuerland, 1983, 7 Monate, 35.00 km" gehalten. Dieser Vortrag ist uns wegen Ninos Humors unvergessen. Einmal vom Motorrad- Reise- Bazillus angesteckt fuhr Nino wieder los: 22.08.86- 01.09.87 mit einer BMW  R 80 G/S, 38.000 km.
Route: Luxemburg- Deutschland- Österreich- Jugoslawien- Bulgarien- Türkei- Iran- Pakistan- Indien- Nepal- Indien-. Von Madras per Schiff nach Singapur- Malaysia- Thailand- Malaysia- Sumatra- Java- Bali- mit Schiff von Jakarta nach Hamburg.
10.12.2005 Nino ist unterwegs mit einem Schweizer Freund nach Brazil. Auf meine FRage, was er denn dort 2 MOnate oder länger nache, antwortete er: Ich kaufe mir dort ein kleines Motorrad: Einmal Motorradfahrer, immer Motorradfahrer !


1990, 1991 + 01.07. - 22.08.1992
Haws, Gail and Eric (Americans)   http://www.rio.com/~tynda
Russia and Transiberia.
Around-The-World. 1990 - 1998 First trip Around-The-World was East to West.  1998 - ?? on second trip Around-The-World North to South. More see >world.
Three Trips to Russia:
1990  5000 miles Western Russia and Baltics without Russian guides !
1991  Siberia by Russian moto 3300 miles.
1992  Across All of Russia 7916 miles to Finland Guinesses Certificate for this trip.
Russian-Route 1992: Magadan - BAM  (Baikal Amur Mainline) Rail road - Aldan River - Tynda - Lake Baikal - Bratsk - Moskau - Finland.
26.03.1998 Both are just retired in 1997 and came just for the "21th Meeting for World-Travellers" to Germany. They intend to ride and travel the next ten years.
14.04.1998: Eric and Gail Haws from USA visited us first time. 
1999 both visited us here another time travelling in Europe.
B.T.: Eric and Gail started 1990 riding motorcycles. The American lawer and Mc-Traveller Eric is carrying his wife on the back of his BMW, because - as he told me here in Zweifall at my home - she is the "boss". But in fact she is following him where ever he wants to go: "Magadan in Russia -Transsibiria - Finland:
They were the first riders I know travelling from Magadan along the BAM - railway through Siberia to Moscow and Finland (01.07. - 22.08.1992) without taking a train. As well they travelled on ONE  BMW R 100 GS: 8.273 Miles (13.239 km). They learned to love the Russian friendship and the mosquitos.


01.04.1987 - 30.08.1987
Rosendo, Bernardino (= Cosi, Spanish, born 06.01.1963)
Spain (Atlantic) - Japan (Pacific). Bernardino called "Cosi" rode solo from Cádiz (Spain) to Tokio (Japan) with a Honda CB125X; four stroke, road model prepared, 125 c.c.. 20.000 kms in total during one way trip of 5 months.
Route: Spain - France - Italy (Ferry boat Brindisi-Igoumenitsa) - Greece - Turkey - Iran (in war with Irak then) - Pakistan - India - Nepal - Tibet - China (ferry boat Shangai-Osaka) and Japan.
Porpose of the trip: Fun, enjoy motorcycle driving and join the Atlantic (Cádiz) with the Pacific (China/Japan).
On arriving in Japan I had a bad experience with HONDA JAPAN who didn't help me at all when I asked them if could they envited me to see their instalations, new models, circuits, etc. Not friendly people at all !!!
Comments: Just dreaming being awake!!! The most fantactic trip I ever did!!
Sponsored by Honda Spain (spare parts); AGFA-GEVAERT; Garibaldi (Spanish motorcycle clothes and equipment); Junta de Andalucia; Ayuntamiento de Cadiz; Serval; Palmera (Spanish tools company).
Published six chapter in Solo Moto (Spanish Motorcycle Magazine); 1 Report in The Adventurers (U.K.); Los Aventureros (Spain) and in most of the newspaper in Spanish speaking countries through the press agency EFE.
1998 first contact.
28.10.02 Got first summary. Asked for second update


12.05.1990- 02.06.1990
Kusche, Thomas and Dieter Siegers, Clemens Schelhaas and Reinhard Schmitz (Germans)
GUS. Thomas aus Kreuzau hat mit 3 Freunden und 3 Motorrädern (Yamaha TT 600, Yamaha XT 600 Tenere, BMW R 80 G/S) die UDSSR befahren. Sie haben ihre durch Russen begleitete Individual- Reise mit Motorrädern durch die UDSSR mit der Bergbesteigung des Elbrus (5633 m) verbunden.
Route: BRD - Österreich - Ungarn - UDSSR - Türkei - Griechenland - Jugoslawien - Österreich - BRD (9600 km). berichten.
1990 Slides-Show at the Tesch-Mc-Meeting
B.T.: Zu diesem Zeitpunkt waren Reisen mit Motorrädern in die UDSSR dorthin noch so gut wie unmöglich.


1990 + 1991
Migliorelli, George (Italian / USA)
China. The trip took place in 1990 and 1991. I was living in Hong Kong and we received permission to drive from Hong Kong to Gwelin only five days. The next year we got permission to do Hong Kong-Shanghai for two weeks. We were one of the first people let in by bike after 1949 (thats what they told us anyway). They advertised our trip and when we arrived in Fuzhou there were several thousand people waiting for us, including the governess of the province of Fujian as well as old communist officials. We were several bikes and we had a police car in front and one at the rear for the entire trip.
06.05.2002 I got this information while George is on a Aound-The-World-Tour.


30.07.1992 - ca. 02.1993
Bettinelli, Giorgio (Italian)
+ Italy > Saigon. Giorgio wrote a book about his Vespa trip from Rome to Saigon in 1992-1993 with 7,5 months. He also did Alaska - Tierra del Fuego in Vespa 1994-1995. He has done other trips all on a Vespa but I have no other specifics. Il Raid Mototuristico means The Mototurism Raid, I can not explain it. "In vespa - da Roma a Saigon" Feltrinelli £.12000
27.06.2002 1st information by George Migliorelli being "on the road" RTW
27.06.2002 1st request for upadte from Carlo Nuzzo and Carlo Muttoni.
19/07/2001] Giorgio Bettinelli ha concluso il raid intorno al mondo che lo ha portato a percorrere 144.000 km in 1000 giorni. Edizioni Feltrinelli Sarà presente l'autore. 1997. Milano Teatro Dal Verme


07.06. - 14.08.1992
Alfred Reetz and Bernd Tesch
+ Atlantik (Brest in France) - Pacific (Wladwostok in Russia). Both rode with two SUZUKI DR 650 Dakar 14.000 kms from Europe Atlantic - (France) via Russia - Transiberia  to Wladiwostok - Pacific. In total 21.000 kms. Back by plane to Moscow and by bikes back to Germany.
The best: "10.000 kms in Rußland in 45 days  through the same village (every house locked the same)" for only DM 200,00 (ca. 100 US $) all costs included. Unbelieveable friendship of Russian people. A journey in the European past. The SUZUKI DR 650 was my best enduro until this time: No puncture, no mechanical problems. 16.000 kms with ONE BRIDGESTONE tire in the back wheel.
The Worst: I prepared this tour 4 years since 1988 with hundreds of letters including those to German canceler Kohl and president Gorbatschow who answered "No"). But I did NOT give up. 1990-1 the Sowjetunion was spitted up in different countries. Finally I succeeded tricky to get visas.
Slides-Show at the the 15th Motorcycle-Meeting for World-Travellers: Atlantik (Frankreich)- Transrussland- Pazifik (Wladiwostok).
Book: Brochure "EurAsia - Motorrad - Tour 1992" (German, 1992). With motorcycle from the Atlantic to Pacific.
B.T.: Bernd Tesch (Alfred did not travel to the Atlantic) was the first human being who rode overland this way  "Atlantic - Pacific directly without Russian guides by motorcycle". The only one before was Robert Sexé in 1926 starting in Paris / France and then travelling via USA back to GB and the Paris".


04.08.1992 - 20.12.1992
Riedel, Christian und Stefan Kallert (Germans)
+"Transasien". Die Studenten Christian, bekannt als Othello, und Stefan haben mit einer Scheck-BMW R 80 G/S und einer BMW 75/6 eine komplette Runde bis zur chinesischen Grenze nach Asien und zurück gefahren. 5 Monate. 27.000 km. 11 Länder.
04.04.2005 Dia-Vortrag auf dem 17. MFTreffen 1995.


??.06.1994 - Ca. 30.07.1994
Kelz, Theodor (Austrian, born ??) and daughter Andrea Kelz (Austrian, born ??)
+ Austria - Kasachstan - China - Austria. Theo and his daughter Andrea rode on ONE BMR 100 GS from Austria (feldkirchen) to China (Pejing)
Mitgeschrieben bei Telefonat 12.11.96:
Andrea hatte eine Salmonellen/ und Amöbenruhr - Infektion und mußte deshalb 10 Tage in Kasachstan (Alma Mater?) im Krankenhaus liegen. Mangels Medikamente dort wurden diese aus Österreich eingeflogen. Unbedingt Medikamente dafür mitnehmen.
Die "normale" Einreise erfolgt über eine Einladung und der Aufforderung 55.000 $ US zu hinterlegen für eine begleitete Tour. Über den Militär - Attache, Herrn Kammerath, in Alma Mater, bekam Theo vom dortigen ansässigen chinesischen Militär - Attache ein Empfehlungsschreiben. Mit Visum und diesem Schreiben bekam er problemlos an der chinesischen Grenze (wichtig: Ort ? ) den Einreisestempel: 06.07.1994 an China - Grenze. Alles ausräumen, alles wird genau aufgeschrieben. An Peking 27.07.96. Ein "Carnet de Passage" wurde in China nicht verlangt! Der chinesische Führerschein wurde nicht verlangt. Einen internationalen Führerschein hatte Theo dabei. Idee: Diesen hier in chinesisch übersetzen lassen. Chinesischen Führerschein besorgen. Verkehrszeichen aus China besorgen lassen. Die Polizei - Kontrolle erfolgt nur an den Provinz - Grenzen. In der ersten Provinz - Hauptstadt in China mußte man sich einen Polizei - Stempel holen, was zwei Tage gedauert hat. Tanken und Nahrung in China war kein Problem. Alle 200 - 300 km Tankstelle. Mit $ US bezahlt. Das Preisniveau in China liegt eher unter dem russischen Niveau.
Rückflug mit Motorrad von Peking. Dauerte zwei Tage bis Abflug.
Das Klima in GUS und China war sehr warm: 40 - 45 ° C. Bis auf Schauer kein Regen.
Der österreichische Polizist Theodor Kelz und seine Tochter Andrea fuhren 1994 zusammen auf einer BMW R 100 GS von Österreich (Feldkirchen) über Taschkent nach Peking. Von dort flogen sie mit dem Motorrad zurück.
Einreise in China: 06.06.94 Ankunft in Peking: 27.07.94. Ankunft zurück in Feldkirchen:? Genauer Strecken - Verlauf: ?
14,12.2003 Next request. As well for his 2 months motorcycle-tour in SAmerica.
B.T.: Theos passion has always been motorcycle-travels. Once the policeman lost his hand completely. But he did not give up and so he rode with one hand and a prothese and his daughter on the pillion from Austria to China and entered it. In ca. 2001 I heard by TV at first that he got a hand from another (dead) person. And the doctors of medicine managed to adapt this hand to him successfully.
14.12.2003 Theo informed me that he came back from SAmerica.


10.07.1994 – 15.10.1994
Förderer, Klaus (German, 26.02.1969) www.derklaus.de
+ India - Turkey - Germany. Klaus travelled with his friend Claudia Liebe three months from Dehli to Istanbul. From India to Pakistan, Kaschmir, Kashgar and Kyrgyzstan by bus, then by russian sidecar bike URAL to Istanbul.
Purpose of your travel: Going overland to (or better from) India was a dream since he travelled with his parents to Iran when he was six years old. With "Hundred Days in Asia" his dream came true.
Route: Cologne – Delhi – Ladakh – Srinagar – Amritsar – Gilgit – Kashgar –Torugart – Bishkek (now by bike) Fergana valley – Tajikistan – Samarkand – Buchara – Turkmenistan – Caspian sea – Baku – Georgia – Trabzon – Cappadokia – Izmir – Istanbul – Cologne.
Alltogether: 5409 km by bus and 5648 km by URAL Bike: 11057 km
The best: This trip was full of highlights: Most of all the people and races along the trip and almost no other tourists and the landscape especially in Kashmir. Travelling in the CIS in 1994 was a special experience, before almost no information was available, thanks for your help Bernd!!!!
The worst: At the end we ran out of time, and URAL is of poor quality.

12.08.1994 – 16.11.1994
Löther, Ralf and Andre Ackfeld (Germans)  http://www.Die-Motorradnomaden.de
Germany -India. Ralf rode with a Yamaha XT 600 Ténéré (1VJ) and Andre with a Kawasaki KLX 650 .from Germany / Meerbusch to India / Bombay 14.000 km.
Countries: Germany - Austria - Italia - Turkey - Iran - Pakistan - India. We took a ferry from Venice (Italy) to Marmaris (Turkey). Back to Europe we took a plane for us and the motorcycles.
Purpose of Travel: I want to travel around the world, step by step, with my motorcycle.
The best: Most of the people were very friendly and hospitable, but unbeatable in Turkey !!! The „feeling" to be free
The worst: We got in prison, without a reason, for 1 day in Kurdistan (Turkey). I got Malaria in Pakistan. The terrible traffic in India.
Important useful informations for others: http://www.Die-Motorradnomaden.de
Book or publication (about your tour): http://www.Die-Motorradnomaden.de. 12.07.-10.10.1992 (in dem Bericht steht 12.06.)
Grieschat, Jürgen (= Juri) (German, born 25.11.1951) http://www.mototouren.de or http://www.weltimdia.de
Germany - Russia - Waldiwostok - Japan. Jürgen rode through Europe and Russia 28.000 kms to Japan with BMW R 100 GS PD.
Route: Europe 26.000 kms (Germany (Hamburg 12.07.92) - France - Italy - Austria - Tchechoslowakia - Germany - Poland - all Baltica - Russia including Kasachstan and Tuwa) - from Nachodka by ship on a log-carrier to Japan. Through Japan from Kobe to Shanghai, by plane via Hongkong back to Germany.
Purpose of travel: The idea was visiting the sister-cities of Hamburg ( Marseille - Prag - Dresden - St. Petersburg - Osaka - Shanghai ) Starting with four, but finishing solo. It was not the problem of that excellent bikes.
The best: After many tours to Siberia then by bike at that time and for many years longest tour in this region on own Wheels. Friendship with many good people. Visiting Republic of Tuwa by bike.
The worst: Stolen carburators in Moscow. And - because of heavy rains no chance to ride all Siberia on own wheels.
Book or publication: Still one of the best slideshows of this: transsiberia by bike. And others, as well as short stories, see appendix Useful informations and TIPS for others: Many on Eastern Europe and Russia.
Later experiences : Since then various times to Russia also by bike. This Summer 2001 again with some friends to Lake Baikal and Ulan-Ude by bike from July 18th to Aug. 28th.
04.03.1992 1st contact

1996 - 1997
Stefansson, Thorvaldur (Icelander, born 20.08.1955) www.simnet.is/tf3mm
1996 - rode BMW R1100RS from Croatia to Israel through Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece. by ship from Athens to Haifa.
1997 - rode BMW R1100RS all over Israel with a few trips to Jordan.

17.05.1996 - 16.06.1996
”Stiller”, Claudia" (german, 15.11.70) and Ulrich Stiller (german,06.08.63)
+ Germany - Israel.Claudia (Yamaha XV 250) and Uli (MZ ETZ 250) rode 5.000 km in Israel.
Purpose of travel: Holiday, challenge
Route: Germany (Ahrweiler – Munich ) – Italy (Venice) - via ferry from Venice (I) – Greece (Patras – Piraeus) – Israel (Haifa – by motorcyle to Nahariya – libanese border – Golan Heights - Lake of Tiberias – Westbank along river -Jordan – Jericho - En Gedi – Dead Sea – Eilat – along egyptian border – Mizpe Ramon – Jerusalem – Akko – Haifa) – back via ferry from Haifa – Piraeus and Patras – Venice
Highlights: Lake of Tiberias, golden Jerusalem (wonderful at sunset).
The worst: participation on traffic, behaviour of car drivers unpredictable, abrupt but silent: No horn-blowing like in Italy.
Book or publication: private slide show.
My useful informations and TIPS for others: Lead free fuel available. Avoid trouble with israelian police and follow instructions of israelian soldiers.
Ferry Piraeus – Haifa cancelled since 2003. Only Freight liners available (Monfalcone – Haifa) or via Syria, Jordania, Egypt (Carnet necessary)
Our earlier experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: Baltic states, St.
Petersburg
06.02.2009 1st summary.
11.02.2009 Second and last update.

??.05.1996 - ??.03.2000
Slíz, Toni   World-Traveller 
+ Asia. Siberia. Japan. Kambodscha. Vietnam. His mc-travel with YAMAHA Super Teneré XTZ 750:
München - Berlin - Warschau - Minsk - St.Petersburg (wonderful. Rear barrings defect) - Moskau (learned Russian language, end of june)- Kazan - Perm - Ekaterinburg - Tjumen - Omsk (+ 30°C, millions of mosquitos on the way) - Novosibirsk - Krasnojarsk - Irkutsk - Ulan Ude - Cita - Aginskoe - Nercinsk - Cernysevsk (from here normally everybody with each vehicle takes the train Transsib) - Mogoca (off road along the Transsib) - Erofei Pavlovic - Urusa - Skovorodino - Never - Solovevsk - Taldan - Magdagac i- Tygda - Simanovsk (here everybody gets normally off the train again) - Khabarovsk - Vladiwostok (About end of July)
Toni informed me that on his way along the Amur-River he found a grave between Tygda and Simanovs from a French (Jerôme from Paris), who had an accident and died there 27.08.1994. The inhabitans told him that he probably was the first western person coming from the west. The Russians plan to finish the road via Amur-river parralel to transsib in 2000.
August/september 1999 Japan: Toyama - Hokkaido - Tokyo - Iwata (Yamaha Japan) - Nagoya - Nara -Kyoto - Osaka - Hiroshima - Nagasaki - Shanghai.
October 1996 China:  Shanghai - Peking and back without motorcycle (the motorcycle was kept in customs at Shanghai. They wanted 5000 US $). By boat to Hong Kong. October/november there - By boat to Haiphong (Vietnam).
November 1996 Vietnam: No chance to ride in Vietnam, because of law: No bikes over 175 ccm. He had to pay fees 200 US $, problems with authorities there. By boat to Singapur.
Januar 1997: Malaysia, Thailand: Port Dickson - KL - Penang - Suratthani - Bangkok - Nakon Ratchasima - Ubon Ratchathani - Savannakhet - Khon Kaen -Vientiane - Muang Paxan - Pakxe.
February, march 1997: Kambodscha: Border Kambodscha - Stung Treng - Kampong - Cham - Phnom Penh -Angkor - Wat without motorcycle - Kampong Chnang - Battambang - Aranyaprathet - Bangkok - retour CH. September 1998  until Juni 1999:  Bangkok - KL  - Australien  (Cairns - Sydney - Alice Springs - Adelaide) - retour CH.
03.2000 Toni was in Australia where we missed to see each other. At present he rides in New Zealand.
13.10.19 99 Erwin Thoma gave me the address of the Swiss Toni.
B.T.: He was the first Swiss I know riding the 1000 kms along the Amur-river overland in 1996 and the first one I know at all. Toni was one of the very first I know who made it into Kambodscha with his own motorcycle.
Exchanging At once some letters with Toni I found out that he is a very experienced mc-world-traveller having lost a part of his diary and fotos in the Mekong-River (Kambodscha).

27.05.1996 - 01.10.1996
Goldfine, Andy (American) html://www.aerostich.com and Helge Pedersen (Norwegian)
North-America + Asia. About 17,000 riding miles and 4.5 months of time in USA - Canada - Siberia - Mongolia - China -Japan.
Both rode BMW's R 80 GS
Routes: Andy rode from Duluth, Minnesota, USA to Seattle, Washington, USA where the tour began. We rode to Hyder Alaska and Watson Lake Canada via the Cassier Highway and continued to Anchorage Alaska. We flew from Anchorage to Magadan, Siberia (with the bikes). By bike across eastern Siberia and around the west side of Lake Baikal to Ulan Ude. From Mongolia we entered Ulan Ude and spent about 3 weeks riding to some smaller cities and towns there. From Mongolia we entered northern China and rode to Beijing with a Chinese guide. And then went north along the east coast and re-entered Russia near Vladivostok. After crossing to Sachalinsk Island we rode around there until reaching the port of Holmsk. From Holmsk by ship to the island of Hokkaido, Japan.. .and from there passed on to the Japanese mainland. The bikes were shipped back to the United States from the port of Yokohama. Back in the USA, Helge rode from Los Angeles to Seattle and Andy returned to Minnesota.
Purpose of travel: Exploration, Photography, and avoiding office work and related responsibilities.
The best: Border crossing between Russia and Mongolia. Riding terrain across Siberia and Mongolia.
The Worst: The end of the tour
Book or publication: Ten Years on Two Wheels by Helge Pedersen
Useful information for others: Use full knobby tires. Pack as light as possible.
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle Tours: Helge Peterson, around the world. Andy Goldfine, USA, Mexico.
The story of Andys firm Aerostich:Andy started his Company Aerostich, a wear house with a huge catalogue for Motorcycle-Equipment in 1985 to make synthetic armored riding suited for riders who wanted to commute yet not have to change clothing. "Our first product was called the roadcrafter suit ....which we still manufacture.  It is a coverall type garment worn over street clothing for protection from crashing and bad weather when riding".  Andys personal riding has been across USA, Canada, and Mexico and also a single trip across with Helge Pedersen East Asia including Siberia, Mongolia, China and Japan.
Ca. 1995 1st contact.

01.10.1996 - 28.03.1997
Erker, Dirk (German)
Europe >Iran >India. The 2-wheels-master Dirk rode solo with Erker-BMW R 100 GS PD from Germany to Nepal. 25.000 kms.
Route: Germany (Duisburg) - Slowakei - Polen - Tschechische Rep. - Hungaria - Bulgaria - Jugoslawia - Turkey - Iran - Pakistan - India - Nepal - India (Cania Cumari) - Germany by plane.
The best: Pyre - funeral (Leichenverbrennung) in India (Varanasi/Benares). The Himalayas and Karakorum - Highway
The Worst: My friend Dietmar got ill on the Karakorum Highway and I thought he will really die. Bad experience..
Tesch-Tip: Contact Dirks firm "Do it" ! The master of  two-wheels Dirk (Trans-Africa in 1993/94 and Trans-Asia in 1996/7 and in 1999 10 years visitor of the Mc-Tesch-Meeting for World-Travellers) has specialist for repairs of enduros and especially the preparation of  HONDA- and BMW-enduros for motorcycle-overland-tours: Huge petrol-tanks and e.g. shortining the 1st gear and making the 5th gear longer of BMWs. Tuning. Wider rims. Used motorcycles.... You, the rider, can they besides the motorcycle when Dirk makes the total-check of your bike and you get personal explanations and become more fit for your travel. Very recommendable ! Dirk also takes care for the Tesch-BMW ! His one-man-garage is called "Do it !": Tel. /Fax in Duisburg/Germany: Tel / Fax: 0049 (0) 2065 701669. Mobil No. 0179 4155007. Email: dirk_erker@hotmail.com

06.11.1996 - 14.09.1997
Ellis, Heather (Austalian, born 08.04.19645) 
Europe - Asia - China - Vietnam - Australia. The Australian Heather (37) made a motorcycle-tour with YAMAHA TT 600 through Transafrica in 1993-1994 (>see Africa). Then she worked as a motorcycle-courier in London for twelve months and covered a distance of 40.000 kms as a motorcycle-courier. Then she started solo a very rare motorcycle-tour via ex-soviet union countries to the border of China. She crossed China by train and public busses.
Her bike was transported by Chinese lorries to Urumqui in China and then to the border China / Vietnam by train. The Chinese authorities allowed Heather to take her bike 10 km from the Vietnam boarder, and she then crossed by boarder (after much hassles by both the Chinese and Vietnamese boarder guards) and rode down to Hanoi. From London to Vietnam 15,000 (approx. speedo cable kaputt).
Route: London (6/11/96) (worked in St Johan in Austrian Tirol until March 97) - Turkey (26/4/97) - Black Sea coast - Asabadjan - Georgia - Russia - Across Caspian sea to Turkmenistan -  Samarkan/Usbekistan (May 1997) - Kirgistan/Biskek - Kasachstan (Almaty) - Met 3 French Bike-Travellers with HONDA XL 600 travelled with them for three weeks in May/June. They rode across Russia to Mongolia. Heather left Central Asia via China/Kazak boarder to continue the trip back to Australia. In Vietnam, became ill and was running low of funds. She put her bike in storage in Hanoi and flew back to Cairns, Qld Australia. Heather plans to continue her world motorcycle journey in the future.Mobil Oil is sponsor.
Purpose of travel: To explore the world and grow from the experience.
The best: Freedom.
The worst: Getting sick and feeling weak in China. And China generally.
Book or publication: Awaken to Africa. Published Xmas 2001. Would like to complete Vietnam Asia leg back to Australia before publication.
Useful informations and TIPS for others: Pack your bike, put on your helmet, turn the key and ride down the driveway.......and then you will live a thousand life times everyday.
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours:... None.
Purpose of travel: To explore the world and grow from the experience.
The best: Kirgistan mountain passes, living in yurts, horse riding. Freedom.
The worst: China. Having to deal with the Chinese customs officials in Urumqui. After a week of being sent between offices and ready to pull my hair out yelling and screaming at them, they offered my a permit costing $1000US to ride my bike through China. I would be reinbursed the money once I had the bike stamped out of China, but would have to fly back to Urumqui to collect it. I didn't have a spare $1000, besides the permit would probably only have applied to the Northern province as each region has their own rules.
Since 1997 she is studying English and Journalism in Australia anf got her defree as a bachlor if journalism in may 2001..
11.1999 B.T. tried to visit Heather in Cairns / Australia first time, but she had just moved to South Africa somehow.
05.2001 Heather is married with Matt Engelbrecht.
05.11.01 Heather and Matt will have a baby in 2002 - I suppose. They want to vist me when they are on their "RTW" when they are 60. They forgot that B.T. will be possibly dead then.
B.T.: She is the first person I know who managed this route AND entered Vietnam in 1997 by her own motorcycle coming from China.

06.12.1996 - 24.03.1997
Barr, Dave (American)  http://www.davebarr.com
Atlantic (Brest in France) - Pacific (Vladiwostok in Russia)
In another mc-tour Dave was the first who rode from the Atlantic (France) to the Pacific (Russia, Vladiwostok) in total including the Amur-River area. Dave got this idea visting Bernd Tesch in 1995 who travelled Atlantic (France) to the Pacific (Russia, Vladiwostok) with SUZUKI DR 650 Dakar. But Bernd and his friend Alfred took a train about 1.000 km to cross the swamps in the Amur-River area. Normally you cannot do this in summer because of too may rivers and swamps along the Amur River.
Purpose of tour: To get another Guiness-record for being the first riding ther whole tour Atlantic - Pacifik by bike without using a train in the Amur-river-area.
Route: France (Le Conque - Paris) - Germany (in Zweifall to Bernd Tesch) - Poland (Warsaw) - Belarussia (Minsk) - Russia (Moscow - Ufa - Chelibinsk - Irbet - Omsk - Novosibirsk - Irkusk - Ulan Ude - Chita - Schovorodino - Haberausk -Vladivostok).
Earlier experiences: Around The World: An 83.000 Mile (132.800 km) Adventure Around The World in 3,5 years solo on a 1972  1200cc Harley Davidson Wide Glide! See >world
Books: Riding The Edge (1995. In English). Riding The Ice (1998. In English)
13.12.2003 Request for update.
B.T.: 10.-12.12.1996 Dave has been three times a personal guest of Bernd Tesch in Zweifall. He wrote one of the best compliments I ever got in my guest-book: "You are the Intelligence-Center of Motorcycle-World-Travellers".

??.02.1997 - ??.10.1998 (Exact dates please)
Rijckevorsel, Maurits van (born 1964 in Luxembourg / Luxemburger)
Europa > Asia > Europe. In 8 months Maurits rode solo with a Honda XR 600 44.000 Km.
Purpose of tour: Never driven motorbike before, (Driving license 10.1996 – Bought motorbike second hand 1500 km in 08.1996)
Route: Europe (Luxembourg - France - Italy - Greece - Turkey - Georgia - Azerbaijan - Turkmenistan - Uzbekistan - Asia (China (Taklimakan - desert with a guide) - Pakistan (Karakorum highway) - India - Nepal. From Nepal by plane to Japan. Tour in Japan. By boat from Japan to Russia (Vladivodstok) - riding back through Russia to Europe) to Finland - by boat to Germany - by bike to Belgium - Luxembourg.
The best: I never new where I was going to be during the night, did not take a tent with me, always slept at peoples home, did not bring any spare parts, as I did not know what could brake. Travel light !
The Worst: Never the worst
Publications: Revue 1997
Earlier experiences:
1989 Raid Gauloises Costa Rica – Panama – Darien Gap into Colombia by foot (5 months)
1991 Colombia – Rio meta, Venezuela Rio Orinoco, Casiciare into Brazil Rio Negro, - Rio Madera into Bolivia Rio Madre de Dios to Peru with a Suzuki 30 PS out boat motor (Solo) – Peru Rio Urubamba – Ucayali with 2 Swiss and a French person built on rafts – out boat motor into Rio Napo Ecuador back to Colombia Rio Magdalena during 9 months.
The worst : Malaria – Worms – 6 weeks internship in tropical hospital.
Publications Revue but lots of Radio
August 2004 Tour European Countries by motorcycle ? boat?? by foot ?? : Luxembourg - Germany - Poland - Kaliningrad - Litauen - Letland - Estland - Russia - Finland
10.07.2004 1st information by Maurice n person in Luxembourg at Ellen /Manous marriage.
15.07.2004 1st request for update

21.07.1997 - 11.12.1997
Stambush, Connie (American, born 09.01.1960) http://edgeofindia.blogspot.com
India. A 1997 solo trip around the entire coast of India on a 1996 Enfield Bullet 350 cc. 11.061.9 kms in five months. My first motorcycle-tour.
Route: The Sub-Continent counter-clockwise: New Delhi - desert of Rajasthan - over to the boarder of Pakistan - across the Rann of Kachchh in Gujarat - around the knob of Gujarat - down the Maharashtra coast along the Arabian Sea -  Bollywood - continuing along the coast into Goa - Karnataka - Kerala - Lakshadweep Sea - until the bottom tip of India, where three waters come together  (Indian Ocean, Lakshadweep Sea, Bay of Bengal) - up the east coast - Rameswaram (the closest Indian land point to Sri Lanka) - Pondicherry - Madras in Tamil Nadu -  - Andra Pradesh - Orissa - West Bengal for Diwali and Kali Puja - Bihar's Bodh Gaya - across Uttar Pradesh - New Delhi.
The best: Everything between New Delhi 21.7.97 and New Delhi 11.12.97.
The people and their constant help and teaching. A better understanding of myself and others. Watching my motorcycle be put on a small, rickety boat by three wiry, little Indian men, then floated across the Ganges to safety on
the other side.
The worst: Losing my control, getting mad, and chasing a man down a dark alley. All the drivers in India. The oppressive heat and constant bugs early  in the morning at at dusk. Motorcycle accident running into a boy with a bicycle.
Book: Writing a book.
27.09.2005 Editing her book
27.09.2005 Asking for next update of this overview. And all journalist-details for a short review.
B.T. 21.08.2000 The only mc-travel along the entire coast made from a woman I know.

02.03. - 28.08.1998
Zuelch, Martin (German, born 1970)
All over India 11.000 km on Enfield Bullet 350
Route: Bombay - Goa - Karnataka - Kerala - Tamil Nadu - Andhra Pradesh - Orissa - West Bengal - Sikkim - Assam - Arunachal Pradesh.
The best: Hampi, Temple towns in Southern India (e.g. Madurai), spending a week in the house of a Dalit family, indigenous mountain people in Orissa, Rath Yatra festival in Puri, Sikkim, remote areas in the North East.
Worst times: Getting beaten up by an Indian policeman, Dengue Fever

17.03.1998 - 22.06.2000
Hartman, Jutta und Markus Körbel (Germans)
+ Europe - Asia - Cambodia - Laos. Jutta and Markus rode with two SUZUKI DR 650 SE with "Tesch-Travel-Träger" and "Tesch-Travel-Taschen" overland Europe to Asia.
Purpose of tour: ??
Route: D - CH - Italien - Griechenland - Türkei - Iran - Pakistan - 2 Wochen in China ohne Motorrad - Pakistan - Indien - Nepal - per Flugzeug nach Thailand (Bangkok) - Kambodscha (1 Woche) - Thailand - Laos (6 Wochen. 3.500 km).
The best of the tour: ??
The worst of the tour: ??
Earlier experiences: ??Book or publication: In March /april they had a great publication in German motorcycle-magazine Motorrad-Abenteuer about their whole trip in 30 pages.
B.T. 2000. Without the Swiss Toni Sliz I do not know anybody, who has been with his own bike in Cambodioa before. Nobody who has been for so long in Laos by bike before.
14.11.1996 Markus called me at first that he is planning a mc-tour overland to Australia with his girl-friend Jutta. They came here for recommendation and got two Tesch-Racks for their SUZUKI DR 650.
21.02.99 I got the first postcard from "Royaume de Cambodge", the first I got from mc-Travellers from there at all: He wrote: 16 km by bike through. Interview with the largest Motocross-Magazine of  Thailand. Inviting by the big boss of SUZUKIs from Thailand for dinner. Overland by bike from Thailand to Cambodscha (Anghor Wat).
15.04.1999 Both gave kindly a sildes-show at the Tesch-Treffen about Cambodia (8 days) and Laos (6 weeks, 3.500 kms).
16.03.2005 1st request for update

27.08.1998 - 26.03.1999
Petersen, Peter (Danish)   http://www.lorenzen.us
Europe - Pakistan.
Route: Denmark - Germany - Eastern Europe ??? - Turkey - trying  to reach Georgia - Iran - Pakistan - trying to enter India without carnet de passage. He did NOT succeed to enter Pakistan and India without Carnet.
The best: ??
The Worst: ?? Not to be allowed to enter Pakistan without Carnet de Passage. Steal of money in a Pakistan hotel. To be carried back trough Iran by lorry without Carnet.
1994 I met Peter in California. The always smiling / laughing Peter always travels like a vagabond without plan.
Participant of the Mc-Meeting for WORLD-Travellers 1995, 1998, 1999, 200005.09.
1998: Peter visit me: "No plans, no sponsors, not even a goal. May be nothing will happen, I will find a quiet place just south of here, sit down, drink coffee and read some books".
26.03.1999 = 21th meeting for mc-world-travellers. Peter got the first price for the longest way coming all the way form the Pakistan border in time: The "Allrad-Becher" (4-wheel-drive can). After some beers: "Are you talking about politics? Then I can speak about it, because I do not know anything about it." "Because a BMW is not natural it must be art".
11.05.2002 Peter married Deborah Lorenzen and changed his name to Peter Lorenzen.

24.05.1998 - 07.06.2000
Kaufhold, Gerd (DER GERD, German)
Europe - India - Singapore - Australia. The mechanical engineeer Gerd rode about two years solo Europe - Asia - Australia with YAMAHA SR 500. 60.000 kms.
Route: Germany - Tchec Rep. - Slowakia - Hungary - Romania - Bulgaria - Turkey - Iran - Pakistan - India (3 months) - from Delhi to Bangkok (Aeroflot) with mc by air-cargo (Air India) - Malaysia - Singapore - mc by ship to Australia, Gerd flew with Malaysia Airlines to Australia (Sydney - Cairns - Cape Tribulation - Darwin - Broom - Perth - Adelaide - Melbourne - Tasmania (3 months) - Sydney) - mc by ship to Antwerpen, Gerd flew to Amsterdam.
My The best: To be "on the road". To meet people allways if you are in case of emergency. 3 months sailing in the Pacific with friends. Flight over Vanuatu islands.
The worst: Singapore: The inhabitants only have $ signs in their eyes.
Gerd met Patricia Govers and Bernd Tesch by accident "on the way" from Australia to Tasmania.

08.12.1998 - 14 01 1999
Köhler, Martin  (German)
Europe - Nepal. 10.000 kms in 21 days with an HONDA Africa Twin 750. 1998: The vehicle-master Martin (32) met me first at the largest worldwide fair for homemobiles in Düsseldorf/Germany in 1998 where I was invited as a paid mc-TRVEL-VIP. He sold homemobiles as the junior of the firm Köhler-Caravans in a good suit with a wonderful tie. He took a lot of my time to answer all his questions free of charge concerning to travel overland from Germany to Nepal in four weeks in december 1998. I told him that some others have done this before but I cannot recommend this because of cold and danger of accident because of too high speed: Germany - Nepal in three weeks....
20.02.1998 A one page story came out in Newspaper Westerwald-Sieg: "Always direction to sunrise" Ice and desert.
18.08.1999 phoned me: Martin made it with an HONDA Africa Twin 750 starting with 400 kgs. He had no puncture with the motorbike on 10.000 kms from Germany to Nepal (Kathmandou) with one pair of tires.
Route: From Germany (left 08.12.98, - 8°C, snowfall on the way sometimes)  to Italy 1150 kms in one day - from Venedig to Igoumenitza by boat - in Turkey to Ankara about - 5 ° C via Kataras-Passes (1705 m, -10 °C)  - until east Turkey 0 ° C and snow. He sleept in hotels where the friendly Turkish people aloud him to park his motorcycle inside - he reached Turkey bordertown Dogubayazit passing sometimes ice on the road after six days riding 600-700 km each day - Iran border took some hours - then totally 2.600 kms Iran with a five days transit visa and only in Iran letters written signs - first crossing mountains and then through redbrown steppe to Teheran - from Teheran in Iran + 1 ° - then more east the temperature is going higher up to +38°C through 600 kms long desert Sud to Pakistan - from border Pakistan Juzzak off road 700 kms through Belutschitan only 200-300 kms possible - in Pakistan Martin had a mc-accident because of too high speed (as Bernd Tesch said before !) but could go on to India (21.12.1998, km 8.100 until Amritsar which he reached  after 14 days, first "holiday 3 days") -  2000 kms in India on better roads than in Pakistan but he thought that 950 Mio people there where "on the same road" in one time. A total traafic chaos with cars, lorrys and animals. Sometimes he could only avoid an accident by riding in the next field of rice - Nepal is a paradise comparing to India with green subtropic forest in southen Tarai - Martin arrived in Kathmandu 28.12.98 after 10.000 kms in 21 days. Martin relaxed 8 days in Kathmandou-Valley - back in Germany by plane.

03.1999
Zeyer, Uwe  (German)
Mongolia. The German Uwe is nearly living since three years in Mogolia and has covered more than 20.000 kms in Mongolia by enduro and knows nearly all edges of Mongolia by bike. He wanted to oganise a Motorcycle-tour in Mongolia in 1999 but did not succeed. In 2000 the tour will start. I asked him to add an article to my written recommendation "Mongolia-Motorcycle-Tours" which everybody who is interested in a Mongolia-Mc-Tour can ask for by sending DM 60,00 in advance.

05.03.1999
Becker, Peter    Europe - Asia - India
The German Peter is on the road from Germany to India with two friends. In Istanbul they are in  a good mood, although they have has a lot of problems with BMWs: Lightmachine. Push down, brakes, feathers.. .
1999: No email.

15.06. - 25.10.1999
Bausenhart, Werner Ph. D. (Canada, German born)
England - Russia - China - England.  The in German born and in Canada living Werner (62) rode solo 31.686 km with BMW R 100 GS PD.
Route: From Canada (Ottawa) to  England (London) by air with bike - France (Paris) - Germany (Berlin) - Poland (Warzaw) - White Russia (Minsk) - Russia (Moscow - Novosibirsk - Irkutsk - Chita - from Chernishevsk to Skovorodino by train (700 km) - Khabarovsk - Vladivostok - Pogranichny/Suifenhe Russ) - China border - China (the trip in China was by Chinese escort: Harbin - Beijing - Lanzhow - Kashgar - Khunjerab Pass - Pakistan (Rawalpindi - Islamabad - Iran - Turkey - Greece - Italy- Austria - Germany - France - England (London). By air to Canada with bike.
Highlights: Meeting the Russians. Chinese food. Riding in Baluchistan.
The worst: Broken driveshaft in China. 19-day wait in Islamabad for Iranian visa.
Book: "Into the Den of the Bear and the Lair of the Dragon on a Motorcycle" Appears. 2001.
28.09.2000 B.T.: A huge trip nobody had done before in this way solo or in a group.

03.08.1999 - ca. 10.09.1999
Schröder, Michael  and Rainer Würtele (German)
China. Michael and Rainer entered China by bike via Bischkek (Usbekistan) via Torugart to Tashgar (China) and could ride per transit to the Kunjerab/Pass. Michael is a redacteur of the German mc-magazine "Motorrad". Rainer has worked there before and works now at the outfitter Woick. The travel agency "active tours" sponsort both because they see this as a pilot-project for an organised  comercial-tour in the future. For both have been waiting at Torugartpass (China) a Chinese car with a guide, who really accompined them at each step. They even were not allowed to search for their own hotel or what they want to eat at night. They got permission only three days for transit China.
Publication: 1999 MOTORRAD
Michael gave a slide-show at the Tesch-Mc-Meeting.
28.08.1999 1st info about this tour by Norbert Lüdtke with Sonja on the road since some months by car: Germany - Usbekistan. There they sold there car and entered China with a visum by backpacking:
Acknowledgement: When Bernd Tesch and his son Min Tesch have been in China for four days in 1997 we already heard that some rich Dutch guys entered China with their Motorcycles some weeks before with a Chinese guy and car who was waiting for them on the Chinese site. They had to pay a lot of money for this Chinese guy from a travel agency. They wanted to travel through China to Pakistan. I have already prepared a written recommendation about CHINA-MC-TOURS. It is telling you all the stories how mc-travellers got into China since 1932 by themselves and the only ways you can ride in China with your own mc nowaday. I can send this by email. Costs DM 60,00 in advance.

09.1999
Branders, Carlo (Belgium, 42)
Europe - Trans-Asia . 19.08.1999 The lorry-Driver Carlo showed up in Zweifall to get two alu-boxes in the "last second". So far he had toured a lot in Europe and Morocco. He will solo start in 09.1999 overland Belgium - India (about 9.000 kms) for three months with BMW R 100 GS PD.
Route: Belgium - Germany - Austria - Italy - Greece - Turkey - Iran - Pakistan - India.
1999: No email:

23.11.1999 - 11.02.2000
Petersson, Tony   http://www.nolato.se
Sweden - Thailand - Sweden. Tony and Fredrik Andersson made 35.342 kms on 79 days 9 hours and  30 minutes from Sweden to Thailand and back with two Yamha TT600 R. Our complete bikes with gas and luggage were weighting 230 kg.
Route: Sweden - Germany - Austria - Hungary - Romania - Bulgaria - Turkey - Iran - Pakistan - India - Thailand - Kambodia - Thailand - India - Pakistan - Iran - Turkey - Greece - Italy - Austria - Germany - Sweden.
In 3 weeks they made 14.232 kms from Norwegian to the border of Burma. The Burmesian Army did not let them in because of the problem in Bangkok even though we had the proper visas and papers for the bikes and also got hotel in Mandalay incl. petrol. We had to get back to New Delhi for a plane to Bangkok - in Bangkok we got the bikes after 1 day of paper work - Phuket - Malaysia - Kambodja - Northern Thailand - here an attempt to get into Burma from Thai-territory with the bikes but then the Thai-army stopped us - by plane back to India (Delhi) and drive home to Norwegian.
The temperatures were from -23 C to + 48 C. And the longest oneday route was 1.243 km.
Highlights: We were on TV in Thailand, Kambodja, Iran, Turkey and Italy and of course the nature and people along the way.
The Worst: Was when we reached SIVAS,Turkey at night and starting to look for hotel when there were no one to ask and the temperature was -20 C. And to be stopped at the border to BURMA and drive back to Delhi, and we also had some stomach problems.

2000
Unkovich, David  http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/5354/ . The Golden Triangle Rider: http://www.GT-Rider.com
Author of several Motorcycle-Travel-Guides in English for South-East Asia.
2000 1st information by Swiss Danbiel Vetter
2000 1st contact
12.12.01 1st answer
13.12.02 3rd request for update.
http://www.gt-rider.com contains a chapter of motorcycle to rent !

04.2000 - ca. 2003
Graeml, Peter A. (Austrian, born 07.12.1955)
East Timor. Peter rode 1500 kms until June 2002 in East Timor with BMW R 100 GS. Welcome to East Timor – the first newborn state in the new millennium.
Purpose of travel: Work with the United Nations in East Timor since April 2000.
Peter shipped his bike BMW R100GS from Toronto via Singapore to Dili after East-Canada trip in 1999 (6500 kms from Toronto – Prince Edward Island – Halifax – return).
Highlights: Tropical island with lots of palm trees and bananas, coconuts and papayas. Unspoiled coral reef and lonely sandy beaches. Scuba diving with dolphins, mantas and sharks, whale watching. Excellent biking possible in mountainous terrain.
The worst: Poor infrastructure after civil war (poorest country in Asia). Malaria & Dengue Fever for everybody. Tuberculosis spread amongst local population. HIV / AIDS already introduced.
Timor is the largest of the Lesser Sunda Islands located at the eastern tip of the Indonesian archipelago approx. 650 km north of the Australian coast. It is a tropical island approx. 9 degrees south of the equator with a wet season from November to April. Temperatures range from 28 to 34 C throughout the year. During the wet season the humidity is up to 80 %. The island is divided approx. in the middle in a West Timor and an East Timor.
East Timor’s territory, 14,500 square kilometers in size, is about 265 kms from east to west and is dominated by a central mountainous spine reaching 3,000 meters at its highest point. Most roads throughout the Territory require four-wheel drive vehicles and are excellent to drive with Enduro-style motorcycles. There are about 800,000 inhabitants, 200,000 living in the capital Dili. Official currency is the US Dollar. Official languages are Portuguese and Tetum. About 60 % of the population also speaks Bahasa Indonesia. English is understood mainly in Dili, in the rural areas communication is difficult.
Infrastructure: After the people of East Timor voted for independence on 30 August 1999 approx. 70 % of the infrastructure was destroyed, burnt and looted by the Indonesian Army and militia groups. Up to now East Timor has not recovered yet. Accommodations in various categories are available in Dili only ranging from very primitive (USD 15/night to USD 160/night – on a floating 4-star hotel anchoring in the Dili harbor). Outside Dili accommodations are available only in Baucau, the second-largest town. As tourism is non-existent (yet) there are no camping facilities available. On the other hand wild-camping is not prohibited. Since its declaration of independence on 20 May 2002 East Timor is considered the poorest country in Asia.
Car/Bike rental: Car rental is available through Australian based company (Thriffty) starting with USD 50/day upwards depending on type of vehicle. (Small) bike/scooter rental available at various places. (Big) bikes not available – mine is the biggest one on the island!
What to do: Snorkeling on the coral reef, scuba diving with charted yacht (equipment available), lonely sandy beaches and lots of nature. Fri and Sat 2 discos operate in Dili only apart from numerous coffee-shops and Asian-style restaurants. Outside Dili there is pure nature, bush and millions of stars in the sky.
Medical Services: Public hospital in Dili with some international doctors, medical centers in rural areas providing limited services. Travel insurance including emergency evacuation service recommended.
Diseases: Malaria and Dengue Fever. Prophylaxes for short-term visitors recommended, otherwise common sense. Tuberculosis is spread amongst the local population. HIV/Aids already introduced.
Security: In general calm (8,000 peacekeepers and 1,000 UN Civilian Police still in country). Movements at night at the beach and remote areas recommended in groups only, common sense.
Getting there: With Merpati-Airlines daily from Denpasar/Bali to Dili for USD 360 return ticket. With Air North-Airlines daily from Darwin/Australia to Dili for USD 250 return ticket.
On the road: It’s like in the Wild West here. No traffic laws. No requirement for driving licenses. No insurances. No technical inspections. No compulsory registration of vehicles (although possible since April 2002 with a low standard technical check) and of course NO mandatory helmet requirement. No recovery facilities. No workshops outside Dili. In Dili itself ill equipped road-side mechanics. Fuel available from Indonesian based company and Australian imported fuel for 45 US cents per liter.
Useful information and TIPS for others: www.gov.east-timor.org (website currently under construction)
Earlier Experiences: In 1996 Cape-to-Cape-driver (50,000 kms through 30 countries from Capetown in South Africa to the Northern Cape in Norwegian on Cagiva W16, 600 ccm and BMW R100 GS). I am married to Josephine (Kenyan) since 1999.

Ca. 01.04.2000 - 13.05.2001
Kelsch, Peter (51, Austria) http://www.msb.co.at/go/biking
and Heinrich Wegenstein (42, tourguide), Horst Weinberger(41), Arun Kumar Madan (34), Gardua (born 1964), Nauidi (born 1965) and Durga (born 1965)
India - Asia - Austria. A group of Austrians rode overland with some 30 years old "Enfield India" bought in India. Thy made it with organisation Asia-BIke-Tours in 6 weeks and 9.000 kms from India (Delhi) to Austria (Wien).
18.03.01 1st information by Norbert Matkowitz

24.07.2000 - Ca. 15.05.2001
Minig, Gernot (born 13.05.1952, German)
Germany - Asia - Australia. Gernot rode solo with HONDA Africa Twin RD 04 from Germany to Australia.
Route: Deutschland - Frankreich - Schweiz - Italien - Griechenland - Tuerkei - Iran - Pakistan - Indien - Nepal - Thailand - Laos - Kambodscha - Malaysia - Singapur - Inonesien (Sumatra, Java, Bali) - Australien.
Earlier experiences: Africa + Australia.
Purpose of travel: Fun.
Highlights: Karakorum Highway, Sumatra
The worse: Traffic in Jakarta
Useful tips for others: Ein- und Ausreise Indonesien??
1998 1st contact
1998 + 2000 Visit of Motorcycle Meeting for World-Travellers

01.12.2000 - 30.03.2001
Seipp, Peter (German, Aachen) http://www. ???
Europe - India Nepal. The engineer Peter (30) rides solo overland to India and Nepal with HONDA Afrika Twin in three months.
Route: Europe 12.000 km (Germany - Austria - Swizerland - Italy - Greek - Turkey). Asia 15.000 km (Iran 4 weeks, Pakistan 3 days, India, Nepal). Bike and me back to Germany by plane (if i can afford).
Highlights: "Snowdriving" in east-Anatolia. Hospitallity of the Iran people..Sheap fuel prices in Iran.
The worst: Bordercrossing..
Recommendations: Stay as long as possible in Iran. with the extreme friendly people. Most seen Mc-travellers are from England, New Zealand, Soutj Africa
01.2001 1st contact.

09.01.2001 - 03.11.2001
Kerer, Lorenz (Austria, 10.01.1977) and Patrick Lueth (Austria, 4.06.1976) your http://www.transasia.at
Asia - Europe. Lorenz and Patrick rode from Indonesia back to Austria via Russia and Central Asia on two BMW R 100 GS/ PD: In 296 days 35.000 kms.
Route: Asia 11.000 kms (Indonesia (Jakarta) - Singapur - Malaysia - Thailand). Bikes solo by ship from Bangkok to Tokio. We flew to Tokio. Plans: GUS (Sachalin) - Mongolei - Kasachstan - Ukraine - Kirgestan - Usbekistan - Austria (Innsbruck).
Purpose of travel: Wunderlust, new challenges, photography, visiting SOS childrens villages:
Highlights: Riding through Indonesia, Meeting people, Having fun.
The worst: Costs of shipping.
Book or publication (about your tour): not yet. Homepage.
Useful informations and TIPS for others: Just do it and take a pepper spray for omelettes
Patrick and Lorenz finally made it back home. km on their bikes they will arrive on Saturday, November 3rd in Innsbruck, in front of the "Landestheater".

30.06.2001 - ??
Serrantoni, Marco and Fabio Negroni and Leonardo Florenzano (Italians) http://web.tiscalinet.it/asia2001/
Italy - Pakistan - China - Italy. The three Italian students rode with two Honda Dominator and a Yamaha TT600E. Plan to ride from Italy to Italy by motorcycle.
Route: Italy - Turkey - Iran - Pakistan - China (Kahgar) - return from Kirghizistan - Uzbekistan - Tagikistan - Kazakistan.
2000 1st contact
27.03.2001: We are preparing all the documents and this isn't easy: we have to take 6 visas and it costs a lot of money. Fortunately we have found a good travel agent for China that can prepare all documents for our travel (plates, licence, special permit ect.) so the bigger problem is resolve.
08.11.01 They made the trip as planned. asked for a better summary.

07.2001 - ?
Mundorf, Rolf (German) http://www.rolfmundorf.de
With his Bavarian friend Rolf from Berlin traveledl on the silkroute on two BMW R 100 GS until Beijing. They managed to enter China legally in july 2001 with the visa-help of Perestroika
1999, 2000, 2001 Visitor of the Motorcycle-Meeting for World-Travellers.
18.06.2002 2nd request for update

11.2001 + 6 months
Kelly, Sean (English, 1964) and Adrian Scott (English,1964)
Plan Europe-Asia-Australia.
Route: Start in UK - Hungary - Romania - Bulgaria - Turkey - Iran - Pakistan - India - Nepal - ship bikes to Thailand - Malaysia - Singapore - ship bikes to Darwin - Sydney and fly home. We will freight the bikes back to the UK. The bikes are two 94 paralever BMW R80GS, with HPN tanks, touratech aluminium panniers, white power shocks, modified front forks, PD single seat and rack, leaky pushrod seals, PD bash plates, driveshafts that make you paranoid and so on.
11.02.01 1st email

< 2002
Reise-Bericht. Asia. Europe. Africa.
FONG, Michael
"A tankful of time" Price ?
+ Asia - Europe - Africa. Das Buch berichtet über die Reise der Asiaten Sonya und Michael Fong von Singapore über Asien nach Europa bis hin nach Afrika: One motorcycle (BMW R 100 GS called "Baby Quek"). One Couple. 65.000 kms. 393 S. 36 colour-fotos. 1 map-drawing with route. 19 cm H x 13 B. Softcover. In English.
Route: Asia (Singapore) - Malaysia - Thailand - Nepal - Pakistan - Iran - Turkey) - Europe (Bulgaria - Greece - Italy - Switzerland - Germany - The Netherlands - Belgium - Luxumbourg - Germany - Liechtenstein - France - Spain - Morocco - Mauretania - Senegal - The Gambia).
Verlag: Raffles, an imprint of SNP Editions Pte Ltd., 162 Bukit Merah Central #06-3545 Singapore 150162. http://www.snp.com.sg. 2000. ISBN 981-4032-33-6.
02.10.2002. Order: This book can only be ordered from the author I think: dsafari99@yahoo.com
02.10.2002 Asked for another update.
03.06.2009 I newver got an answer altough I tried,


??.02.2002 -??.03.2002 (insgesamt ca 5 Wochen)
Ralf Flachsenberg (German, born 14.06.1957) und Michael (Indienspezialist)
+ Indien. Wir haben uns vor Ort zwei kleine Honda Heroe (150ccm) geliehen und sind mit kleinem Gepäck ab Goa / Vagator über Hampi bis runter nach Bangalore, Mysore gereist. Zurück an die Westküste und wieder hoch bis Panjim / Goa. Ca. 4500 km in 5 Wochen.
Purpose: Urlaub. Michael und seine Freundin waren mit dem Auto da (Deutschland, Schweiz, Italien, Griechenland, Türkei, Iran, Pakistan.
Indien, Nepal, wieder Indien, und alles mit VW-Jetta- Diesel). Wir haben uns in Goa getroffen. Danach haben die Mädels und ein paar Freunde Beachurlaub gemacht und Michael und ich sind mit den Motorrädern die Runde gefahren.
Highlights: Wir haben sehr nette Menschen erlebt, Inder und Touristen, haben Schlangen, Tiger, Elefanten, Affen und das und ische Riesenhörnchen in der freien Natur gesehen. Adler-Schwärme wie bei uns Krähenschwärme, Dschungel und Großstädte, Paläste und Lehmhütten.
The worst: Eine heftige Magen-Darm-Ggeschichte. Aber da muss man in Indien durch.
Useful tips for others: Tja, Tips sind nicht so leicht zu geben. In Indien muss man mit allem rechnen, also offen sein, freundlich mit den Menschen umgehen und man wird auch nett behandelt. Wer Probleme mit Dreck und Armut hat, sollte nach Mallorca fliegen. Alles an Impfungen rein, was geht. Je nach Längen und Breitengrad gibt es Malaria. Also lasst Euch beraten, was an Vorbeugung oder Reiseapotheke sinnvoll ist.
Vor allem darauf achten, was man an Nahrung aufnimmt. Cook it, peal it or leave it. Nur selbst gekaufte Wasserflaschen trinken und immer die Verschlüsse kontrollieren. Es gibt da so arme Leute, die füllen die Flaschen wieder auf und verschweissen die Deckel wieder. An den Grenzen zwischen den Bundesstaaten (wie hier zwischen NRW und RP) gibt es Grenzkontrollen. Das sind in der Regel korrupte Beamte, mit denen man handeln muss. Die wollen dann z.B. 500 Rupien, was sie sich selbst in die Tasche stecken. Man kann denen ruhig sagen, das man höchstens bereit ist, 100 zu zahlen und handeln. Ohne Bestechung kommt man in der Regel nicht drüber. Über solche Dinge mauss man lächeln, nicht ärgern.
Ca. 60 Rupien sind 1,- Euro, also übersichtliche Summen. Seht immer zu, dass die Fahrzeugpapiere in Ordnung sind, vor allem, wenn Ihr eine Karre leiht. Und Führerscheine sollten auch o.k. sein. Die haben wenig Humor und wenn man in einem indischen Knast sitzt, vergeht einem selbiger auch schnell.
Seht zu, dass Ihr Kreditkarten und EC-Karten mit habt. Inzwischen kann man in fast ganz Indien - zumindest im Süden - irgendwie Geld abholen.
Banken und Wechselshops sind - natürlich immer gegen Gebühr - bereit zu wechseln. Travelerschecks nehme ich nicht mehr mit. Zu unsicher und manche Banken kennen so was nicht.
Im Umgang mit den Menschen: Freundlichkeit hilft.
Kriminalität gibt es natürlich auch, aber eher in den Städten. Man sieht sterbende Menschen auf den Straßen, brennende Tote und so einige ekelige Dinge, die man eigentlich nicht sehen möchte. Aber wo ist das anders. Vor allem die Tischsitten. Aber Inder in Deutschland denken auch, wir essen wie die Schweine. Alkohol ist in ganz Indien eigentlich tabu, außer in Goa. Also wundert Euch nicht, wenn Ihr ein Bier bestellt und das in einer Teekanne mit einer Tasse serviert bekommt. Dann kann der Polizeibeamte von der Straße aus nicht sehen, dass Ihr was Verbotenes trinkt.
Als Mann sollte man wissen, dass es lebensrettend ist, die Finger und andere Körperteile von indischen Frauen fern zu halten. Indische Frauen sind oft unglaubliche Schönheiten. Aber für Nicht- Inder absolut tabu. Vor allem auf dem Land.
Wer Tempel und andere Heiligtümer besichtigt, sollte sich auch hier an die Sitten halten. Geht nicht in kurzen Hosen und halb nackt da hin, vor allem Frauen nicht. Man sollte immer ein Tuch mithaben, um sich zu bedecken. Und versucht nicht, über das Kastensystem oder die Stellung der Frau in der Gesellschaft zu diskutieren. Macht Urlaub da und seit nicht Missionare. Davon hat die Kirche schon genug geschickt und wir alle wissen, was oft daraus geworden ist. Die englische Sprache hilft eigentlich in ganz Indien. Wenn man Inder anspricht, immer auf die Kleidung achten. Männer in einem Tuch eingewickelt und mit schmutzigem Hemd oder T-Shirt oder auch oft nacktem Oberkörper, sprechen fast nie Englisch. Am besten, man sucht sich den Mann aus, der das Hemd in der Hose hat, eine Brille trägt und Socken in richtigen Schuhen anhat. Die sprechen fast immer Englisch. Klingt merkwürdig, kann aber tatsächlich helfen.
Wenn man was kauft - vor allem auf Märkten - erwarten die Händler, dass man gnadenlos handelt. Aber man sollte sich darüber im Klaren sein, dass es nicht in Ordnung ist, die Händler zu sehr runter zu handeln.
Das sind in der Regel sehr arme Menschen. Es macht keinen Sinn, um ein paar Cent zu sparen, da stundelange Verhandlungen zu führen. Handelt sie ein wenig runter und zahlt die paar Kröten. Es wird Eure Urlaubskasse nicht ruinieren.
16.04.2009 Last update.
17.04.2009 Ralf will participate the 51th. Tesch-Travel-Treffen

Spring 2002
Stöbesand, Ute and Ekkehard Fux (Germans)
Plan: Ekkerhard is working as a German helper in Nepal. They plan to ride wth two Enfield from Nepal overland to Germany.

23.02.2002 - ca. 01.05.2002
Messing, Bertil and Bert Öhman http://stm.space2u.com/indien
India - Sweden. Delhi - Sundsvall. 2 Schweden auf Enfield von Delhi nach Schweden.
Bertil born in Stockholm sedan ca 20 år, men kommer ursprungligen från Sundsvall. Han arbetar som dataansvarig hos Taxi-020 och bor vid Gärdet. Bert bor i Sundsvall och arbetar med PC support hos MetsoPaper. Vi har känt varandra i över 20 år. Vårat stora intresse under den tiden har varit fallskärmshoppning.Vintern 1997 reste vi runt i Inden under 5 veckor. I Goa hyrde vi varsin Enfield 350. Vi blev förälskade i dem direkt! Efter resan diskuterade vi att importera var sin Enfield 500. Men det visade sig att det blev ganska kostsamt med frakt, tull och moms, etc.
Vi skojade om att det skulle bli billigare att köpa en på plats och köra den hem. Efter en del löst prat började vi så smått att inse att projektet var klart möjligt att genomföra.Då började vi att undersöka saken lite mer seriöst.
Det var inte varit helt lätt att få alla bitar att falla på plats. Men nu har Bertil betalt handpenning på två Enfields 500. Han är i Indien sedan 22 februari, där han reser runt med sin flickvän Kerstin.
Bert flyger till Delhi den 23 Mars, sedan han har fixat dom sista papperen. När Bert kommer ner flyger Kerstin hem samtidigt som Bert och Bertil börjar motorcykelresan till Sverige. Resplanen är att köra mer eller mindre raka vägen hem. Beräknad restid är ca 6 veckor.
Rutten är mycket löst planerad. Vi kommer troligen att köra från Delhi i Indien via Pakistan, Iran, Turkiet, Rumänien Ungern Slovakien Tjeckien Polen Sverige. Vi räknar med att uppdatera dagboken mer eller mindre dagligen, med både text och bilder. Vi har med oss en liten bärbar dator med ett vanligt modem och ett GSM modem. Vi har även med oss en satellit telefon. Så om tekniken är med oss så bör det inte bli för långa uppehåll mellan uppdateringarna. Om det saknas bilder i dagboken kommer dom att publiceras så snart vi får tag på en tillräcklingt bra förbindelse.Du är mycket välkommen ett höra av dig till oss. Bertil & Bert enfield@telia.com
27.05.2002 1st request for update.

03.04.2002 - 04.07.2003
Thiel, Stefan (born 1972. German) http://www.heartofsteel.de
+ India - Germany. Flight Germany to India (Delhi). Solo back home to Germany overland with an Enfield. Total km km 13.275.
Purpose of travel: Living a dream. There are many reasons. May be the best is: I WILL DO IT AND NOTHING CAN STOP ME.
First planned route: India - Pakistan -Iran - Kuwait - Saudi Arabia - Jordania - Israel - Greece - Alabania - Bosnia - Croatia - Slowenia - Austria - Germany.
Second and finally route: India - Pakistan -Iran - Turkey - Greece -Italy - Austria - Germany.
Purpose of travel: To fullfill his dream
Highlights: Before the trip: So far only the travellers in the net that help me with advices and tips. Thank you all! After the trip: the whole trip... especially the people in Iran
The worst: Trouble getting a Carnet und the f***king custom on every border.
Useful tips for others: Check my website !
2001 1st contact by email long before the trip
06.09.2003 1st contact in person in Gieboldehausen.
11.10.2003 next request for final update.
07.09.2004 His website is raedy finally

05.05.2002 - 05.06.2002
Waldburg, Georg von (German) with David Broughton (British, 3.2.1972)
- Plan Germany - India - East Asia. The banker Georg will ride with a BMW GS 1150 from London to Singapore and East Asia with David (who planned originally to ride alone) kwho rides a Honda NX650Dominator.
Route: Europe 5.000 kms (England - France - Switzerland - Italy - Greece - Turkey ....) - Asia 5.000 kms (Iran - Pakistan - India. Plan to go on to Nepal solo then fly to Thailand onto Malaysia & Singapore. (Plan to ship from KL to the UK).
Georg: England - France - Germany - Austria - Italy (Ferry Venice to Igoumenitsa) - Greece - Turkey - Iran - Pakistan - India - Nepal (Fly bike and self from Kathmandu to Bangkok, Burmese refused visa) - Thailand - Cambodia - Thailand - Malaysia - Singapore.
Georg: Purpose of travel: antidote to the office
David: Purpose of travel: To see how far away India really is from England (I have flown many times)
David: Highlits: Friendship and hospitality people generally. Trip through Pakistan when India and Pakistan were about to breakout in war.
David: The worst: 3 accidents in 2 hours on Greek roads due to marble placed in the road surface. It rained!
David: Useful informations and TIPS for others: Get up early and get going!
David: Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: India by Enfield
Georg: The worst: so far, paying £140 for Iranian tourist visa (25 days).
12.04.02 1st information with Georg
07.07.2002 1st contact with David

06.2002 - ?
Pozcekaj, Fred (German, in 2001 64 years)
- Germany - Russia - Japan. Fred plans to ride to the World-Championchip in Japan in june/ july 2002 with a BMW R 1100.
Route: Germany - Poland - White Russia - Russia (Moscow - Wladiwostok) - Japan.
26.06.01 1st contact.
01.11.2003 2nd request for update. Cannot find his email anymore. Who knows him ?

Ca. 01.06.2002 - ??
Brunglinghaus, Andreas (German, born ???..)
+ Germany - India. Andreas (who worked 17 years in New York) rode overland to India with a BMW R 100 GS (With Tesch-Rack and Tesch-Boxes). Plan: 27 Juni - 20 Juli Italien. 20 Juli - 7 August Griechenland. 7 August - 29 August Turkei. 29 August - 29 September Iran. 29 September - 18 Oktober United Arab Emirates. 18 October - 1 November Oman. November - Januar Indien.
Purpose: ??
Highlights: ??
The Worst: ??
27.10.2003 Update: Betreff: Unerwartete Zwangsunterbrechung...
Lieber Bernd, tut mir leid. dass ich mich so lange nicht gemeldet habe aber viele schöne, aber auch schwierige Dinge sind in den letzten 15 Monaten nach meiner Abreise von Berlin passiert....
Vom Abbrechen meiner Reise also keine Rede... man kann eher von einer "Zwangsunterbrechung" reden. Wie beabsichtigt bin ich bis nach Süd Indien gefahren (details der genauen Route schicke ich dir in Kürze)... hab' dann in Rajasthan/Indien eine grossartige Frau kennengelernt (Französin Lorraine) und bin mit ihr fuer ein paar Wochen auf dem bike unterwegs gewesen. Leider ist sie in einer Dusche im Süden Indiens fast tötlich verunglügt (Strom im Wasser....) Musste danach schnellstens nach Delhi zur Untersuchung,da sie kein oder nur sehr wenig Gefühl in ihren Beinen hatte und starke Schmerzen auch beim langsamen Gehen auftraten. Ihre Eltern lebten zu dem Zeitpunkt in Delhi (Vater ist Botschafter) und so brachte ich sie im Zug nach Delhi.... Die Untersuchungsergebnisse dort waren sehr negativ (Venenverschluss zu 80%, Gefahr eines imminenten Gehirnschlags, Lungenembolie etc.) und so entschlossen wir uns schweren Herzens sie sofort nach Paris zu evakuieren... ich blieb in Indien zurück um abzuwarten was die entgültige Unteruchungsdiagnose ergeben wuerde... und um zu sehen ob eine Möglichkeit bestand unsere Reise zu einem spaeteren Zeitpunkt fortzusetzen... Leider war dies nicht moeglich und so entschloss ich mich, nach Bombay zu fahren um von dort mein bike nach Le Havre zu verschicken... letztendlich ergaben die
Ergebnisse der Ärzte in Paris, dass kein Venenverschluss vorlag sondern 'nur' unabsehbare Nervenschädugungen... die dann langsam, im laufe von drei Monaten mit der Zeit besser wurden...
So kam ich im Februar selbst in Paris an, blieb zwei Wochen, musste dann kurz für 2 -3 Wochen nach New York und kam danach wieder zurueck nach Paris...
Nach gut drei Monaten, im Juni waren wir beide dann wieder einsatzbereit. Das Motorrad war in Bestzustand und wir fingen mit unser in der Zwischenzeit geplanten 'Europa tour an'... unser Plan war einen grossen Kreis zu fahren um ans Schwarze Meer zu fahren und dann nach zwei Monaten wieder in Paris anzukommen.... bei strömendem Regen fuhren wir von Paris los und so blieb es auch für die nächsten zwei bis drei Tage... durchnässt gelangten wir über
die Auvergne nach Südfrankreich.. von dort an der Cote d'Azur entlang nach Nord-Italien und über Slovenien, Croatien, Bosnien-Herzegovina, Yugoslavien,
Serbien nach Bulgarien.... gerade in Sofia angekommen höhrte der Spass auf...
Auf einer dreispurigen Hauptstrasse im Zentrum von Sofia an einer roten Ampel wartend wurden wir von drei Besoffenen von hinten mit 50km gerammt und erlitten dabei ziemlich schwere Verletzungen.
Lorraine erlitt eine Haarfraktur des 12 und 13 Rückenwirbels, Serienrippenbrüche, Ellenbogen, Lungen, Becken etc. Prellungen und Schürfwunden (durch eine schwere Lederjacke durch)... und meinen Rippen erging es leider auch nicht viel besser (7 waren auf einer Seite gebrochen) und mein Sprungelenk rechts war mit mehreren Brüchen nicht mehrgehtauglich... nur, dass wir beide noch bei vollem Bewustsein waren, ermöglichte uns eine Operation (die Ärzte dort wollten mir das regelrecht aufzwingen) in einem fürchterlichem Krankenhaus zu vermeiden... und 36 Stunden später, die wie eine Ewigkeit erschienen, wurden wir von einem Deutschen Rettungsdienst ins Virchow-Unfall Klinikum von Berlin überführt, wo wir für einen Monat (während der Super heissen Hitzewelle) ausharren mussten... dort hat man meinen Knöchel in einer 5,5 stündigen Operation mit ziemlich viel Mühe und diversen Schrauben und Metalplatten einigermassen wieder hergerichtet...
Der Unfall ereignete sich am 18.07. um 19:00 Uhr abends und heute sind gute drei Monate vergangen... Lorraine geht es fast 100% besser und ich fange auch so langsam wieder an auf 'beiden Füssen zu stehen'... anbei drei neue Bilder von uns hier aus Paris...bleibt gesund...
Ich würde mich wirklich freuen wenn wir uns in naher Zukunft endlich einmal persöhnlich kennenlernen.
Mit den besten Grüssen an dich und deine Frau, Andreas & Lorraine.
11.10.2003 Next request for update
28.10.2003 Personal answer
10.05.2005 Next request.

??.06.2002 - ca. 01.01.2006
Berentz, Norbert (German, birthday 02.05.1947)
- Around Asia. Norbert started solo with his BMW R 80 GS Basic his tour around Asia on June 2002. Until october 2005 he has covered 74.000 kms. fHe had one heavy accident in Latvia 3 days after his start. His thigh break right and total damage of bike. The end of of his travel starts with an accident in India / Punjab (hip-break, right pelvis). Norbert still wants to finish his overland tour westwards and wants to be home to Europe next.
PURPOSE OF TRAVEL: Do something good for myself (after loosing job and family).
ROUTE: From Germany eastwards across Poland, Lithuania, Latvia to Russia; here to St. Peterburg, Karelia, Archangelsk, 1000 km railway to Vorkuta (polar circle, short before Ural), with railway across Ural to Labytnangi, then with ferry boat about 2.500 km on river Ob (no money!) via Surgut to Novosibirsk; here visiting bikers meeting in July (Akademgorodok) and Altai mountains; then the long trail eastwards across Krasnojarsk, Irkutsk, Baikal, Ulan Ude and along the Transsib-railway to Cita and Never (Skorovodino); then upwards north to Jakutsk and along the Kolyma Trasse (via Tomtor, so called "summer Trasse") to Magadan; here looking for a ship to Kamchatka: first Manili in North, then Petropavlovsk in South Kamchatka; from here by ship 2000 km southwards to Vladivostok (along the Kuriles) and with help of the "Iron Tigers" per truck crossing the chinese border near Mudaniang, then driving at minus 15 degrees to Harbin (January) and then very quick to the warm and subtropi!
cal South-China via Shenyang, Beijing (mostly expressway, quick and safe but in China not allowed for two wheelers, sorry, but no problem). In Southeast China Guangzhou / Kanton, Nanning and Guilin. Then try to come with my bike (!) into Vietnam, but no success at all 5 border crosspoints - but a wonderful road along the Vietnamese border.
Border crossing to Laos (visa at arrival), 2 weeks short way to Thailand, then Malaysia (Penang!) and Peninsular Malaysia (Johor Bahru / Singapur), back to Thailand, Laos and then Vietnam (!), from the Laos side (possible, when you don't wait too long for the custom formalities, just drive after visa stamp); back to my beloved China (passing the astonished and not at all pleased Vietnamese border officers!) and across Chengdu, Lanzhou and Quinghai province (with lake) from north to Tibet (very fine road, no mountains and suddenly you are on 4500 m level !); no control or asking fo special Tibet permit, only friendly policemen and soldiers (they even lent me money to come to Lhasa!); from Lhasa the main road to Nepal (under construction! better take southern side road) along Mt. Everest base camp. Then via Kathmandu, Pokhara, Chittawan / Lumbini to India - and in the next two months via Pakistan, Iran, Tuerkey home to Europe (but that's all too normal).
Until now, short before Pakistan I have 74.000 km behind me (since Berlin) and maybe 15.000 km before me.
HIGHLIGHTS: I wanted to find new countries, people, cultures and now in India (after Pune and Osho experience) found to myself, better started the journey to myself, to my true inner self !! So it can happen in India, when you are mentally open for new experiences. Another highlight is the friendlyness and helpfulness of the Chinese, especially the chinese police (friend and helper in every critical situation); they like all foreigners and enjoy their new freedoms (on their way to an open society and democracy!).
THE WORST: That two heavy accidents at start and ending of my travel, but also that lighter ones in between - that indeed is the biggest risk and danger for every biker, nothing else ! Tsunami and earthqake in Kashmir did not reach me just in time, I had passed this areas already. And last not least that fucking not ending repairs: for ex. 7 times (!) the crankshaft, 13 times because of no charging function for my battery (indian workshops are the worst workshops, they are learning by doing and try and error - in my BMW case mostly error!).
Norbert tried to enter Pakistan coming from India with valuable Carnet des Passage. They did NOT let him in at the "Mustergrenze" Wagah-Border". So he had to retutn by plane leaving the motorcycle in India.
BOOKS OR PUBLICATIONS are not planned - why should I ? Only problems to find a publisher because the "market" is full with that stuff and everybody experiences in a different way - I did it my way and that was good for me and for nobody else.
TIPS FOR OTHERS: Don't worry about coming into China, Vietnam or maybe other problems (custom, Carnet, etc.); just "drive and see" (my motto), be optimist and have another option in case of no success; things change every year and all time and most for the better. And in Russia and China it is very useful / helpful, to meet some journalists (they are keen on you), so that you have one good newspaper-article with your foto in your pocket (I had more than 10 different), because not everyone there in the province does speak english - but they like you, they invite you and thus they can know you a little (with full biography!).
No earlier big motocycle tours.
22.10.2005 1st summary from India.
22.10.2005 2nd request for update
02.01.2006 3rd request for update.


20.08.2002 - January 2003
Lebang, Knut (German, born 1961)
- Plan overland Germany - India.
Knut rides solo overland to India with a BMW R80 G/S (90.000 km).
Purpose to travel: to travel
Route: Germany - Hungaria - Romania - Bulgaria - Turkey - Syria - Libanon - Jordan - back to East-Turkey - Iran - Pakistan - India, ± 12.000 km.
Highlights: I will see
The worst: till now nothing
Earlier experiences: 1996 Argentina and Chile, 16000 km
23.02.2002 1st information. Asked for update. Knut is searching for a partner.
12.09.2002 Second update
10.10.2003 1st information by Stefan Thiel: Knut wurde im Iran von einem Truck erwischt und mit diversen Blessuren wieder nach Deutschland gebracht (gebrochene Hüfte, etc). Zwischenzeitlich ist aber aber wieder in Ordnung... hier mal seine eMailadresse: knutl@gmx.de
11.10.2003 Third request fro update.

2003
Hofmann, Georg
- Plan China. Silkroad. Georg has the private plan to ride solo the silkroad. Because he is working in China for a German firm, he prepares the tour from China being there sometimes.
29.10.2002 Georg wrote from Yinchuan/China.
1. ich habe 1-Jahresaufenthalts-Erlaubnis
2. Ich habe einen chines. Führerschein für PKW und Motorrad
3. ich habe eine chinesische Maschine, wenn auch von nur 150 cc und 13 PS(größeres ist ausser den BMW-Nachbauten nicht erhältlich), und heute auch nach nur 3 Tagen schon Zulassung und Nummernschild erhalten.
Am kommenden Wochenende werde ich damit die ersten Erkundungs- und Trainingstouren in der Umgebung hier unternehmen, so etwa über die Helan-Mountains und an den Rand der Tengger-Wüste (ca 70 km) oder in die innere Mongolei (100km).
Für das kommende Frühjahr habe ich mir erst mal einige längere Fahrten vorgenommen, so zum Qinghai-See und eventuell Urumtschi, wenn möglich auch eine Umrundung der Takla-Makan. Das dürften von hier aus etwa 4-5000 km werden. Dei Nordroute über Hami und Turfan sollte problemlos sein nach Aussage unserer Firmenfahrer, über die Südroute (Hotan und Golmud) weiss keiner was genaues. Also grad das richtige, ich denke allzu viele Motorradfahrer dürften noch nicht dort gewesen sein.
Damit wird sich auch erweisen, ob die ZongShen 150 für eine wirkliche längere Reise geeignet ist. Nach dem Kauf (7000 RMB) habe ich jedenfalls schon mal 3 Stunden gebastelt, um alle Schrauben und Speichen anzuziehen, die Kalbel richtig zu verlegen und den Vergaser funktionsfähig einzustellen.
09.01.2004 Next request for update

11.05.2003 - 24.11.2005
Schaller, Daniel (Swiss, born 29.11.1974) www.ichbinweg.ch

+ Switzerland - India - Australia - Japan -Russia - Europe. Daniel rode solo with motorcycle YAMAHA XT 600 from Switzerland to Australia. And then Daniel wanted to decide new what to do.... Finally he rode through Japan - Russia back to Europe. in 30 months he rode 98.000 kms. It has been all different during the trip. About 3000km in the air, close to 12000km on boats and, of course, 98000km on the road, the place to be. 927 days of travel.
Route: Europe (Switzerland - Liechtenstein - Austria - Italia - Slovenia - Croatia - Bosnia - Serbia - Kosovo - Albania - Macedonia - Bulgaria - Turkey - Asia (Syria - Lebanon - back to Syria - Jordan - Syria) - Europe (Turkey) - Asia (Iran - Pakistan - India - Nepal - back to India - flight from Bangladesch (Chittagong) to Thailand (Chiang Mai, april 2004) - Laos - Cambodia - Thailand - Malaysia - Singapore - Malaysia - motorcycle by freightrr to Indonesia / Sumatra and I by ferry to Indonesia - Sumatra > Java > Bali > Lombok > Flores > Timor > East Timor > mc by freighter from shippinglines Perkins to Australia (Darwin) - I flew with air north to Australia (Darwin) - 6 months by mc Broome > Perth - Nullabor - Adelaide - Melbourne - Sydney - mc by shipping lines ?? to NZ (Christchurch) - I flew with air NZ to NZ (Christchurch) - South and north Island 2 months - both by German shipping lines Oldendorff from NZ (Tauranga) to Japan (Osaka) - 2 months Japan - both by ferry from Japan (Fushiki) to Russia (Vladivostok) - by mc Transsiberia (MOscow - St. Petersburg) - Estonia - Latvia - Lithuania - Russia (Kaliningrad) - Poland - Germany - Netherlands - Germany - Switzerland.
03.01.2005 More detailed under >Australia

17.April 2003 - 19.May 2003
Plan next tour: 17.May 2005 - 21.June 2005
Stapsy, Anne (American, July 24/1939) and John Stapsy (American, Mar 9, 1946) Both organised tour: www.ridetour.com
+ China East -West in 2003 and 2004. Anne and John rode about 3.000 miles in 35 days on one BMW 1150GS (2000) from Shanghai to Urumuqi in April/May 2003 with three other bikes (two couples and one single rider, one 2000/1150GS and two 2003 1150GSAdventure).
We had a National Guide all the way through the trip (can not travel without one) and an additional local guide and driver for each province. Also a must have for any trip in China. We had five paying clients that went with us.
Purpose of travel: Fun, meeting people and seeing the vanishing culture of the western end of China.
Route: Asia (China: Shanghai>Nanjing 352KM (218.60 miles) National Road 312 -- Nanjing>Xuzhou 359KM (222.94 miles) NR104 -- Xuzhou >Zhengzhou 351KM (217.98 miles) NR310 -- Luoyang>Xian 446KM (276.97 miles) NR310 -- Xian>Pingliang 307KM (190.65 miles) NR 312 -- Pingliang>Lanzhou 380KM (235.98 miles) -- Lanzhou>Xining 240KM (149.04 miles) NR109 -- Xining>Zhangye 347KM (215.49 miles) NR227 -- Zhangye>Jiayuguan 243KM (150.91 miles) NR312 -- Jiayuguan>Dunhuang 383KM (237.85 miles) NR312+ 313 -- Dunhuang>Hami 437KM (271.38 miles) NR215 to Liuyuan and NR312 -- Hami >Turpan 410KM (254.61 miles) NR312 -- Turpan>Korla 377KM (234.12 miles) NR314 -- Korla>Urumqi 461KM (286.29 miles) NR314+312.
Bikes were shipped by boat from USA (Los Angeles California) to China (Shanghai) and back to Los Angeles after the trip. Group flew from LAX to Shanghai and back to Los Angeles from Beijing. We did not get into the city of Beijing due to SARS. Only what could be carried on the bikes was taken by each person. Made it interesting for the three of us ridding two up.
Highlights: Having China to ourselves as it was in the middle of the SARS outbreak. The country was closed to groups from outside of China and inter-province travel by the Chinese had been stopped. We got in under the wire. Multiple SARS checks a day and the fear at the end of the trip of not passing the temp test. Having all of the national cultural sites to ourselves.
Worst: One accident that resulted in cracked ribs, damaged bike (but after 24 hours with a Moto team in a small village) repairable enough to continue ride, two mild concussions and neck and back pain. Nothing like being layered in Kevlar and everyone should at visit a Chinese Military Hospital at least once in their lives. Chinese neck braces are quite unusual.
Useful information/TIPS: Don’t try to get into China without the proper paperwork. Not an easy job. Hook up with a group that is familiar with the Chinese Government and go with Government approval. Check out our web site. It took about two years of interaction with the Chinese authorities and two visits without bike to organize and get permission for the trip. Antibiotics and pain medication a must for any trip outside your own area.
We hear about people who have ridden in China, but in the last few years it has become almost impossible to get into the country without the proper paperwork. The risk of having your bike confiscated is big.
We got an invitation from the Chinese Government for our group, Chinese Plates and Driver License for each rider. These papers along with the standard passports were checked with regularity. There are even harsher laws with regard to motorcycles in China since our trip. These large bikes are not allowed on the main highways and they are not allowed in the bigger cities like Shanghai and Beijing. We had to use "truck/lorry roads for most of the trip. China does not want motorcycles in their country. The trip is long for most people as it takes them away from their jobs for too long and it is expensive due to the cost of shipping the bikes, the cost of the guides and if you have a much larger group the cost would be even higher as it would involve being escorted through each major city by a police escort. Although it is expensive, our clients felt that it was one of the best tours they had been on and these people have traveled with their bikes through most of the world. I think that it was also the country with some of the worst roads they had seen yet. Not a trip for week end bikers.
Publication: There was one article about the trip in BMW owners magazine, the August 2003 issue. Not very well written, but adequate.
Earlier Experience: John traveling in 2000 from Japan to Germany on same bike.
05.01.2004 1st information
04.03.2004 Got the information that the tour originally planned in 2004 will not happen in 2004 but in 2005

28.06.2003 - 15.09.2003
Stahlschmidt, Götz (German, 04.07.1960), no website
+ Germany - Russia- Germany. Götz rode solo in Europe and Asia some 26.500 km on Yamaha XJ 900.
Purpose of travel: Long and open roads really attract me. When I watched the slide show of Daphne and Rob de Jong at the 25th Tesch Travel Meeting I started weeping when I saw the pictures of Siberia. I talked to Daphne and Rob after the show. Their statements helped me a lot. My soul had to leave and my heart had to return.
Planned route at first: Karen and Götz planned to ride with one HONDA XJ 900 enduro. Route: Germany (Berlin) - Poland - Slovakia - Hungaria - Romania - Turkey - Georgia - Armenia - Aserbaijan and back.
Done route: Germany (Berlin) - Sweden - Norway - Russia - Ukraine - Poland - Germany (Berlin).
Itinerary: Stockholm - Kiruna - Lofotes - Northcape - Murmansk - Arkhangelsk - Vladimir - Nizhny Novgorod Kazan - Perm - Yekaterinburg - Omsk - Novosibirsk - Krasnoyarsk - Southern shore of Lake Baikal. Return. via Krasnoyarsk - Altai. The region, where China meets Russia meets Kasachstan meets Mongolia. Back to Novosibirsk - Omsk - Tshelyabinsk - Ufa - Samara - Orel. Lacking a visa for Belarus but having the Ukrainian I had to return via Kiev - Lviv - Krakow to Berlin.
Highlights: Listening to life music at night at a Russian military base in Siberia together with the commander of the base. The landsape of the Altai.
Riding XJ 900 in the mud with about 60 kg of luggage/fuel/water without hitting the ground.
The Worst: Partly corrupt cops in Ukraine (Welcome back to Europe, haha, no worries in Russia at all).
Medium sized Russian towns without culturel background. Worst town is Nikel. I cite Lonely Planet: "Even the slums of teeming Indian cities emit some sense of hope, while this particular suburb of hell seems to be past despising its own condition." Riding straight into the ditch on a straightforward tarmac road. (don´t you watch the birds too long!)
Books or publications: none
Usefull information and TIPS for others: General tips for beginners: read http://www.horizonsunlimited/tripplan/living/. Buy "Moto-Pack" from Bernd Tesch if you can read German. Any motorcycle is the right motorcycle. It will show you the right road.
Especially Russia: if you want to go there, learn as much Russian as you can. First of all learn to read cyrillic. I recommend Lonely Planet Russian phrase book plus a grammar in your mothers tongue for those who want to go deeper into the stuff. Take along spareparts going to Sibiria. East of Novosibirsk you won´t find anything until Vladivostok. Unless you ride a russian model.
How to open doors: I was often asked in Russian if I was riding alone. I replied yes. Next question you are not afraid? I answered why should I, I am in Russia. Works in many cases. Common sense makes you recognize the bad guys.
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours:
Well, where does big begin? We, my wife and I did a couple of trips 7-10.000 km within Europe. The most curious country we visited was Albania. If you´re lucky someone knows three word italian. Otherwise you gotta speak albanian. We didn´t.
04.2003 Visitor of the 25th Mc-Meeting for World-Travellers
02.11.2003 got the update finally

07.2003 + 1,5 years
Maeser, Michael (Austrian, born ??) www.8ung.at/mike-rtw
- Plan: Austria - India - Americas. Michael plans to ride solo with Yamaha XT 600 E (1999).
Route: Austria (Wien) - Easteurope - Turkey - Iran - Pakistan - India. from ther by plane to USA (Miami verschifft) - by bike through USA - Mexico.
Geplant: Mittel- und Suedamerika, eventuell noch Afrika.
07.12.2002 1st contact from USA.
12.12.2002 1st request for update.

01.07.2003 - ca. 01.01.2004
Molenaar, Mark (Dutch, born 04.06.1969)
- Netherland - Asia. Mark plans to travel solo overland to Asia with a SUZUKI DR 800.
Purpose of travel: Just for fun because I have time, a bike and money.
Route : Europe (NL - Germany - Austria - Hungary - Romania - Ukraine - Russia) - Asia (Kasachstan - Russia - Mongolia - ) .....
13.06.2003 1st contact
19.06.2003 1st visit

03.08.2003 - 13.09.2003
Tischler, Anneliese (Romanian/German, 29.09.76) and Dr. Claus Possberg, German, 27.07.1959) website: http://www.possi.de
+ Kasachstan - Usbekistan - Tadjikistan - Kirgistan - Kasachstan. "Possi" and Anneliese rode together on one BMW-HPN R80G/S, an original replica of the Paris Dakar winner: A round trip through Central Asia. total 9.000 km finally.
Route: Central Asia ca. 6000 Km: Kasachstan (Almaty - Zambyl- Symkent - Turkistan) - Usbekistan (Tashkent - Angren - Namangan - Fergana in Fergana Valley - Angren - Almalyk - Samarkand - Buchara - Chiva - Buchara) - Tadjikistan (Denau - Dushanbe - Turkistan mountains (if we can arrange a guide, as a very hot region) - Ordzonikidzeabad - Pamir Highway
(if we can obtain a permission in Dushanbe, otherwise forbidden because of the border with Afghanistan, in addition mined region): Chorog - Kyzil Art Pass) - Kirgistan (Os - Toktogul - Song Kel lake - Balyksy at Issyk Kul lake - Karaköl ?) - Kasachstan ( - Almaty).
Flight from Munich to Almaty and back (Fflight with British Airways via London to Almaty/ 04.08.2003 - 12.09.2003/ 13.09.2003 flight back from Almaty via London to Munich).
Purpose of travel: Beautiful scenery, unknown places, wilde mountains, ancient culture and the freedom on the road.
Highlights: Samarkand, Buchara, Chiwa (USbekistan), The Pamirs (Tajikistan) really great!!!, seven lakes (North in Tajikistan), Fegara Valley, Kirgistan
The worst: Central Asian Policemen...they are always drunk and very dangerous...
Book or publication (about your tour): In MOTORRAD 6/2005 war eine Farbreportage: http://www.possi.de/zentralasien/zentralasienartikel.jpg oder Annas Reisetagebuch http://www.possi.de/zentralasien/zentralasientext.html .
A little useful were the Trescher-Verlag books about Kirgestan and Usbekistan ! About Tajikistan no books so far!
Useful informations and TIPS for others: contact me. Driving in central asia - especially in the Pamirs - ist nothing for beginners....
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: Beginning 1984 with all the Canarian Islands, Tunis, South India, Thailand/Burma, USA, Kanada/Alaska, Kreta, Nepal, Algerien, Australien/Tasmanien, Marokko, Lybien, Süd-Italien, Rum?en, Schottland, Madeira, USA-South, Mexiko, Piemont/Provence, The Silkroad, Oman, Spain, Transafrika, Southafrika ,South-Amerika, Madagascar, Rajasthan, Ladakh, Congo
New Trips: South Amerika (Equador-Peru-Bolivia-Chile-Argentinia-Chile) on remote route through the Andes
Norway with my Norwegian Friend Leif
Madagascar (great Landscape!!) - Nepal - Ladakh - Rajasthan (fantastic Photos) - Uganda - Kongo - Ruanda - Tansania (work in progress)
22.07.2003 First summary
04.04.2006 Last update
01.09.2003 - 04.12.2003
Schwingel, Martin (German, born 31.12.1965)
- Overland to India. Martin plans to travel solo overland to India with a BMW R 100 GS.
In lack of to much time and the rather spontanious attempt at trying to realise an eternal personal dream, I do remember two central sayings in India. They seem to me like THE pips of the Asian fruit. They say: "Maybe shure", by shaking their head in many directions and "plans are changing. All the time".
Route: Europe (Germany - Les Alpes - Italy (ferry, no Balkan) - Greece - Turkey) - Asia (Iran 10.09.2003 - Pakistan 19.09.2003 - India 27.09.2003) : - by plane back to Germany.
Earlier eperiences: Experienced in travelling by bike, horse, foot and thumb since 1988. Europe, North Africa, Turkey and South East Asia. Motto: Do it, before you`ll miss it.
30.07.2003 1st contact
30.07.2003 1st request for update
14.12.2005 Austrian Willi Kummer is searching for him. His email does not work anymore ! Does anyone know him ?

03.-17.01.2004
Demel, Klaus (28.10.1960, German) www.einfach-losfahren.de
- Oman. Organisierte Tour für wenige Teilnehmer von dem Weltumrunder (19.12.1998 - 01.04.2000) und Buchautor Klaus Demel. Eine "Sorglos-Tour" durch ein Land / Sultanat mit einr "Mischung aus Tausendundeiner Nacht und der Infrastruktur von Europa". € 2590. 14 Tage später gibt es die Tour noch einmal bei immer noch sommerlicher Wärme. Dabei ?

24.06.2003 - 26.09.2003
Susi Boxberg (German, born 1961) and Achim Schmitt (German, born 1969) www.zweizeit.de.vu
+ Europa > Asia. Germany > Vladivostok. Susi (BMW F 650 GS) and Achim (Honda Africa Twin) rode 13.500 km from Germany (Cologne) to Russsia (Vladivostok) within 3 months.
Route: Germany - Poland - Latvia - Lithuania - Russia (Moscow - Kazan - Perm - Ekatarinenburg - Omsk - Novosibirsk - Krasnojarsk - Irkutsk - Ulan Ude - Tchita - Chabarowsk - Vladivostok). We flew back to Moscow and we shipped the bikes back to Moscow by train. From Moscow we drove back home (3.000 km).
Achim rode the full part from Tchita to Chabarowsk along the Amur River, Susi took the train !!
Purpose of travel: Curiosity. We both were infected by the travelling virus after our Africa Tour. And we hadn't anything special to do that summer in 2003. So we decided to go to Vladivostok and join the 1st Motorcycle Travellers Meeting "Facing the Ocean" in Nachodka near Vladivostok.
There have been in total ca. 550 out of the whole country including 7 Germans (including Mika Kuhn), one Polish man, one from Ukraine, one from Italy
Highlights: Staying three month in Russia and getting to know the life there. Meeting other travellers and russian biker. Lake Baikal.
The worst: Russian bureaucracy.
Book or publication (about your tour): A travel report will be published in a book of Bruckmann-Verlag "Die 10 größten Motorrad-Touren" in spring 2004.
Useful informations and TIPS for others: Please visit our homepage www.zweizeit.de.vu for many infos about the tour and the track (sorry, German only)
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: Transafrica incl. Middle East
09.01.2004 1st information.
13.01.2004 1st request for update
B.T.: Achim is one of the VERY few Motorcycle-travellers who rode the total distance in summer along the Amur-River in this times.
B.T.: Am 03.12.2005 erfuhr ich nachträglich von Jochen Stather, dass folgende Teilnehmer diese Reise zuerst zusammen begonnen haben:
Susi Boxberg. Benito Lotz. Achim Schmitt. Jochen Stahter. Alle fuhren zusammen bis Chabarovsk. Am 10.08.2003 fuhren Susi Boxberg und Achim Schmitt zusammen alleine weiter (Ankunft in Vald ca. 16.08). Und ebenfalls Benito Lotz und Jochen Stahter (Ankunft in Vlad 11.08.).
Beide Gruppen kamen in Vlad an.

??.06. - ??.09.2003
Stather, Jochen (Joe Dakar) (German, born ??)  http://www.joedakar.com
+ Germany - Russia - Vladivostok. Joe (BMW F 650 GS Dakar) and ??? crossed the Eurasien continent from Düsseldorf to Vladivostok 13.500km in ?? days.
Route : Germany (Düsseldorf - Berlin) - Poland - the Baltic states
>>which ones in which direction ?i
- Russia (Moskow- Novosibirsk - Irkutsk - Chita - Khabarovsk - Vladivostok). On the way back the bike went to Moskow by train. I took the plane and rode back home from Moskow in 2,5 days.
The best: Reaching Vladivostok just in time for the first bike meeting "Facing the ocean". The Russian people and landscape!
The worst: Moskitos and the mistake of travelling with more than one person...
Important useful informations for others: Don't listen to others - Russia is great! And the road from Chita to Khabarovsk is no problem anymore
Book or publication: Stories in various motorbike magazines
>>More detailed please. In which one and which edition when ??
and the book: "Eurasien Tour".
Earlier experiences of big motorcycle-tours: ??
19.11.2005 1st request for update.
03.12.2005 2nd request

09.12.2003 - ?
Vetter, Regina (German, 10.2.71) and Sacha Romier (Swiss, 25.5.71)
- Plan China > Switzerland. We plan to fly to Peking and buy two Chiang-Jang-Sidecars in order to travel back to Switzerland.
Route: Asia (China(Bejing – Northwest-China (south of the Gobi desert) - Ürümqui) – Kasachstan (Balkash Lake – Aral see) - Ural mountains) – Europe (Ukraine (Kharkiv – Odessa) - eventually Moldavia - Rumania – Ungarn - Austria – Switzerland).
Purpose of travel: Fun, Adventure, meet a lot of people
The best: Enjoing other countries and their culture.
The worst: Nothing up to now.
Book or publication (about your tour): May be later
Useful informations and TIPS for others: Not jet available
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: Scotland with my Dnepr (for a russian motorcycle this is a big tour, beliefe me)
09.12.2003 1st contact

11.12.2003 - 26.02.2004
Jong, Dafne de (Dutch, 03.09.1966) and Rob de Jong (Dutch, 30.09.1953) www.OverhetIJS.nl and www.ICEride.com
- Plan: Russia in wintertime. Rob and Dafne plan to ride over the ICE of the frozen Lena and the great Baikal lake in Siberia on one solo Yamaha XT600 and one XT600 Stern-sidecar. Initial routeplanning over maximum distance of 10.000 km, of which 5000 will be on ICE. Route will be subject to many changes due to weather, road and ICE conditions.
Purpose: The Challenge; Meeting the people; World on Childrens Drawings.
Route: Amsterdam - Muenchen - Prague - Warszow - Minsk - Moscow - Moscow to Irkutsk by train (estimated arrival December 16th). Possible route: Irkutsk - Ulan Ude - Chita - via the "swamps" to Skoverodino - Tynda - Jakutsk - 'Road of bones to Magadan - Jakusk - Lensk - on the Lena-river to Ust Kut - a long the train to Ceberobaikalsk - over lake Baikal to Irkutsk. Back to Moscow by train. Back to Holland by bike.
Highlights: Taking off to start with
The worst: Not important
Publication: Check out Motorrad in Germany, to start with.
Useful informations and TIS for others: If you are cold, think about us.
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: Ride-on World Tour, 5 years on the road, 2 times around the world, app. 225.000km on Yamaha XJ900 sidecar.
11.12.2003 Because of a cold the original start 03.12.2003 had to be transferred to the 11.12.2003l
11.12.2003 This email was send by Berdn Tesch to > 1.550 German reading Mc-travellers:
ab 11.12.2003, Russland-Wintertour mit Fünfrad-Motorrad: www.ICEride.com Dokumentation der Reise dort !
Die beiden niederländischen Gespann-Doppel-Weltumrunder Dafne (37) und Rob (50) de Jong reisen ab 11.12.2003 für 3 Monate im Winter mit einem STERNgespann (YAMAHA XT 660) und zusätzlich einem Solo-Motorrad YAMAHA XT 660 nach Russland. Interessant ist IHR neues Motorrad-Konzept: Wenn es rutschig / eisig wird, können sie das Solomotorrad an den Seitenwagen zusätzlich anschließen. Sie haben damit dann fünf Räder und Doppelantrieb. Konstruktion durch Gespannservice Helmut Herrmann http://www.gespannservice.de
Route: Grob von Amsterdam - München - Polen - Russland /Baikal-See - in Sibirien über die zugefrorenen "ca. 1000 km swamps" nördlich des Amur-Flusses an der russisch-chinesischen Grenze - noch viel, viel weiter nordöstlicher bis Magadan / Pazifik. Bei bis zu - 50°C ? Zurück über den zugefrorenen Fluß Lena und über den zugefrorenen Baikal-See nach Irkutsk....NL.
27.01.2004 Dear Bernd and Patti
Dafne has send you a letter did you received it? Anyway we are fine and yesterday we crossed Lake Baikal> The first ones this year and as I understood well I was the firts solo biker who did this ever. The ice is not thick but strong enough for us. We drank the last drop of your RUM (Thanks again) with a forrester in the hamlet of Dasha. Dasha is a very remote 30 houses villages at the shore of Lake Baikal and can only be reached by boat (in summer) or over the ice (NOT IN SUMMER). We took some mail with us from Dasha to be posted in Severobaikalsk. We spend the night on the ice in our tent. The lake was making a lot of noises during the night on to be honest I was not very sleepy that night.
We are fine and maybe we will pass on our way back to Holland in Februar
24.-25.02.2004 Dafne and Rob were another time our guests at home in Hammer and stayed the last day / night with us before they wenr home safely after their Siberia-mc-tour.
16.-18.04.2004 They offered me kindly to give a slide-show at the "26th. Motorcycle-Meeting for World-Travellers":
Jong, Dafne and Rob. "Siberia = Icefresh = Eisfrisch". www.OverhetIJS.nl and www.ICEride.com They rode 11.000 kms on roads, plus 1.000 kms on lake Baikal in Russia and another 1.000 kms on frozen rivers with temperatures down to - 38°C. Both were sponsored by YAMAHA Netherlands with two YAMAHA XT 600 E. Dafne and Rob had the idea to attach a sidecar to one XT and additionally to have the chance to fix the other XT to the sidecar. So they had "two-wheel-drive" on the ice. German Helmut Herrmann from STERN-Gespanne http://www.gespannservice.de sponsored them by realising this idea. Route: NL- Germany - Tchechei - Poland - Belarussia - Russia and back. One of the Highlights was to ride on ice on lake Baikal (650 long and max 70 kms wide) where nobody has been before.

Stübing, Horst (German)
Plan Berlin-Waldiwostok.
24.02.2004 1st information
24.02.2004 1st request

10.01.2004 - ca. 08.2004
Schröder, Martin (born 10.04.1966). website planned
- Australia > Asia > Europe. Martin plans to ride solo with a BMW GS 1150 Adventure Bj. 2003 through Australia (ca. 22.000 km) > New Zeland (ca. 10.000 km) > Asia (ca. 36.000 km)
Purpose of travel: ???
Planned Route: 10. 01. 2004 Moped per Schiff nach Australia, Flug nach Perth, Australia, dort Streczlecki-Track und durch die Tanami-Wüste nach Fitzroy Crossing, Derby, Broome, Darwin, über Kathrine durch Queensland nach Sydney, weiter Tasmania und Süd-Australien. Gesamt ca. 22.000 km 10. 04. 2004 Flug mit Moped nach New Zealand, Nord- und Südinsel, ca. 10.000 km 12. 05. 2004 Flug mit Moped nach Japan, ca. 12.000 km 10. 06. 2004 Mit Fähre nach Vladiwostok, Fahrt an der Nordmongolischen Grenze entlang durch Kazachstan, Usbekistan (Taschkent), zurück durch Kazachstan in die Ukraine, Krim, weiter durch Moldawien, (Karpaten), über Rumänien zurück nach Deutschland (Rückkehr geplant Juli / August 2004), gesamt Russland ca. 24.000 km.
Highlights: ??
The worst: ??
Book or publication:??? No so far??
Earlier experiences: 40.000 kms in 9 months in 1989/90 solo in Australia (see there)
2. Reise Januar 1992, vier Wochen mit Auto von Sydney nach Brisbane, entlang des sunshine-coast
3. Reise Juni-August 1994, drei Monate mit Auto und Motorrad Queensland, Süd-Australien, NSW
4. Reise Januar-April 1997, drei Monate mit umgebautem Crysler Valliant von Sydney nach Broome über den Tanami-desert-track, zurück über Derby, Darwin, Mt. Isa, Brisbane
5. Reise November - Januar 1997, 6 Wochen mit Motorrad NSW, SA und Tasmania
6. Reise Juli 2000, vier Wochen Sydney, Darwin, Kakadu-National-Park, Sydney mit Auto und Motorrad
Useful informations and TIPS for others: ??
29.09.2003 1st information
29.09.2003 1st request for update
11.10.2003 Visit for recommendation.

08.03.2004 - 27.01.2005
Wiemer, Nils (German, 08.09.1978)
+ Germany - India - Thailand - via train back to Germany vis China - Russia. Nils rode solo overland from Germany to India with Suzuki DR 650.
Purpose of your travel: Broaden my horizont, get in touch with this beautiful world.
Route: Europe 6.000 kms (Germany - Austria - Italy - Greek - Turkey ) - Asia 6.600kms (Iran - UAE - India). From Iran to Sharjah by ferry-boat, bike from Dubai to India by cargo-ship. I flew to Bombay via Karachi. Troubles to ship the bike from Kalkutta to Bangkok (steamer-company tried to rip me off...). Sent the bike back home (Kalkutta to Hamburg by ship). Bought a bycicle in Bangkok and started heading south. Got stuck on a tropical island in the Gulf of Thailand, worked for three month in a diving-school.
Travelled back home overland (busses and trains) via Saigon, Hanoi, Kunming, Chongqing, Beijing, Transsib to Moscow...
Highlights: Experiencing the Himalayas in Sikkim, People in Iran. China
The worst: Waiting for spare-parts in Bandar-Abbas, seeing people all over the route selling their pride, their culture, their bodies by playing their personal part in our capitalist world.
Book or publication (about your tour): ???.......
Useful informations and TIPS for others: Just contact me if you have any questions.
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours:...???
03.02.2005 1st summary. Asked for next update

11.03.2003-10.11.2003
" Tusche" (Ist das wirklich Dein Vorname ??, wenn nicht, bitte zusätzlich angeben) (German, 06.02.1961) and Suai Tuschewitzki (Thai, 12.03.1962)
+ "Tusche" rode with Suai ??? km overland from ?? to ?? in 8 months. The sidecar-motorcyle I got in thailand from my family. It was a thai-style -Ural. I have no idea what it really was. But it worked.
Purpose of your travel: See all the great things of the history of thailand. Visit the border to laos and cambodia.
Route : Europe (Germany (Alfter - Frankfurt) by plane to Asia (Tahiland (Bangkok - by motorcycle to Chang Mai - Chang Rai - NorthEast of Thailand - Bangkok - Suranthani - Bangkok) - by plane or motorcycle to Germany ???
Highlights: The whole trip, if you like the asian style of life!!
The worst: Nothing, but be carefull in malaria or dengue-fever. I got it after the trip in 2005, and I was near to death. Be carefull and use all the protection you can get against moscitos.
Book or publication no
My useful informations and TIPS for others: Never! Never!! rode a bike during nighttime. It is totally differnt to the the situation you know in europe.Be prepared to stop your bike immediatley in every situation. Thai kids and also thai dogs never think about a "crazy Farang who rides a fast motorbike"Don`t kill them!!
My earlier experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: no
10.03.2008 1st summary
10.03.2008 1st request to update the blog
10.03.2008 Copy the blog above and write in it your plan of ths Candain trip !

14.10.2005 - 27.10.2005
Blank , Klaus (German, born 24.01.1974)
+ Germany - Israel. Klaus rode solo overland 5.688Km in 13 days wih a BMW 1150. Includig two adventures in Syria.
Purpose of your travel: To experience the Moslem- and Arabic countries and their hospitality. The Turkish landscape. The Syrian desert . Finally to arrive in a nice, civilized country.
Route : Laupheim (south of Germany ), Austria , Slovenia , Croatia , Serbia , Bulgaria , Turkey , Syria , Jordan , Israel
Highlights: Beeing fully independent and free, landscape in Turkey, invitations/presents from Turkish people, hospitality of the Syrian people, invitation for dinner from a poor Syrian man, who didn't speak english at all, driving through the Syrian desert - hitting military-camps..., the great feeling to be after all in a civilized, modern, clean country with friendly, educated people.
The worst: Holded and interviewed for app. 13hours from Syrian "security" .
Book or publication: No
Useful informations and TIPS for others: contact me.
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: Driving along the Black Sea
11.11.2005 ist summary .

26.12.2005 - ??? + 42 days
Gerry Mayr (German, born ???)  www.gerry.as
- Asia overland: Singapore > Germany. Gerry plans a solo overland-tour of 18.000 kms from Singapore to Germany with a R 1200 GS form BMW-Wunderlich in 42 days.
Done 13.500 Kilometer mit einer Wunderlich BMW von Singapur nach Deutschland
Purpose of travel: One of the reason I do this extrem tour is to test the Wunderlich BMW and severall other stuff. Find out more about myself, other people, culture. Learn from the life and the things which happenend before. During  this journey I will do some sportiv things like: paragliding, diving, trekking and for sure riding a motorcycle. The temperatur on this tripp changes from minus 20 to plus 40 degree C. The altitude I have to manage is minus 30 to plus 5000 m. More on my webside: www.gerry.as /Abenteuer Asien.
Route: I fly to Singapore with a Wunderlich BMW R1200GS. By bike Malaysia > Thailand. Bye airplane with the motorcyle to and myself to Nepal (Kathmandu). By bike: to Pakistan > Iran > Turkey > Greece > Mazedonia > Serbia > Croatia > Slovenia > Austria > Switzerland > Germany.
The best: ??
The worst: ??
Earlier experiences:
24.000 km along the Panamericana with a pick up truck
18.000 km across Africa with a 750ccm dirtbike built by myself
14.000 lm around the east Mediterranian Sea by a truck.
13.500 km around the Mediterranian Sea with a 250ccm KYMCO Scooter.
10.000 km with 150ccm KYMCO Quad over Russia to the northpole in winter.
12.500 km around Australia with a 125 ccm DERBI
13.500 km around Europe in winter with 250 ccm KYMCO Quad
I hope that my experience from other tripps: help me to manage everything on this adventure.
Tipp: Do the things you like - we see us on the road.
15.11.2005 1st summary
15.11.2005 1st request for update
23.07.2006 2nd request for update

13.05.2006 - 23.06.2006
Tschirschwitz, Klaus (German, born 06.12.1939), Detlef Borchers (German, born 18.12.1960) and Marc Deisenhofer (German, born 12.02.1975) www.bike-klaus.de
- Plan Russia and Mongolia. With 3 bikes (1150 GS, K 100, Africa-Twin) to Mongolia.
Purpose of our travel: To ride long distances, to spend our nights in tents, to learn something about a very big state, to meet men and women of Russia and Mongolia, to see the Baikal and to have contact to teachers and students in schools of Ulaan Baatar, to cross Mongolia from east to west (beginning in U.B).
Route : Europe (Germany (Rostock (meeting of the group)) - ferry to Finland (Hanko, Helsinki) - Russia (St. Petersburg, Moskau, Ufa) - Asia ( Irkutsk, Baikal, Mongolia (Altanbulag (Mongolia: Selenge Aimag), Ulaan Baatar, Kharakhorim, Tsgaannur (BayanUlgii Aimag).
The plan of the returning to Germany will be completed in April 2006
Highlights : The nature of Russia and Mongolia (example: Baikal, Altai), to meet teachers and students in Mongolia (Example: the well known group "Steppenkinder")
Sponsoring by: Superfastferries (Cabines on the way from Rostock to Hanko), Shell (Oil), Globetrotter (reduction on all prices),  Dirk v. Zitzewitz - BMW (Logistik for all parts of BMW), Reisebüro Vostok (Visas for Russia, Mongolia).
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: We all travelled in the last years in a lot of countrys of Europe. Detlef visited 2 years ago Russia. For Marc and me are Russia and Mongolia a new experience.
08.08.2005 1st request
26.02.2006 Last summary
04.08.2006 2nd request for update.
29.09.2006 3rd request for update
06.03.2008 4th and last request.

27.06.2006 - 14.07.2006
Tin, Ida (Danish, birthday 28.05.1979)and father Hjalte Tin (Danish, birthday 08.09.1953)  and www.moto-mundo.com
+ Mongolia. Hjalte (KTM 640) and Ida (KTM 640) rode as tour-guides of their own offered and organised tout with ??? Danish motorcycle-guests 2.100 km in total.
Purpose of your travel: Tourguides on a unique motorcycle tour through Mongolia. Come join us next year!
Route : We flew with ?? form ?? to Ulanbaator ??. Rode from Ulanbaator - Gobi desert ?? some viallages with names plaese ???- Ulanbaator 2100 km off road. Across the plains and desert. No roads.
Highlights : Expieriencing the vast nature. Silence, meeting Mongolians, visiting nomads and being in the Gobi desert, seeing the Nadam Festival and celebration of the 800 year of Mongolia!
The worst:  Deep loose sand and too warm motorcycle clothes!
Book or publication See our website for photos and testimonials. http://www.moto-mundo.com/fotos.php?topic=gal_mongolia
Useful informations and TIPS for others: Don't try to cross Mongolia with no local guide! It is impossible to find your way. Go in the summer. In winter it gets amazingly cold.
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours:  World wide motorcycle touring :-)
02.08.2006 1st summary
02.08.2006 1st request for update.
18.10.2006 2nd request for update


Foto: Kirsten und Jörg Kallinna in Mongolia.

15.03.2007 - 10.09.2007
Kallinna, Kirsten (German, born 02.06.1973 ) and Jörg Kallinna (German, born 01.11.1971) www.richtung-horizont.de
+ Transasia. Kirsten ( XT 600 E (2002)) and Joerg (Honda Africa Twin called "Lopezito" (1999)) traveled in 6 months 31.000 km through Central Asia, Russia and Mongolia and Europe.
Purpose of your travel: because it´s fun!
Route: Greece, Turkey along the black sea coast, Ferry boat from Trabzon, Turkey to Sochi in Russia, Russia (Wolgograd, Astrachan), Kazakhstan (Atyrau, Aral, Shymkent), Uzbekistan (Tashkent, Samakand, Buchara, Chiva), Tajikistan (Dusahnbe, Khorog, along the Afghan border, Pamir Highway), Kirgistan (Osh, Bishkek, Issyk Kul, Tien Shan), back to Kazakhstan (Almaty, Semey), Russia (Barnaul, Altai Region), Mongolia (border crossing Tashanta, south route throug Gobi Altai to Ulan Bataar), back via Russia (Baikal, Krasnojarsk, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Chelabinsk, Moscow), Latvia, Lituvia, Poland, Germany.
Highlights: Silk road towns in Uzbekistan, Pamir region in Tajikistan, all of Mongolia
The worst: crossing the Anzob mountain in Tajikistan, because of unbelievable bad roads!
Book or publication : Not yet about this tour. Kirsten is writing..
Our book "SUERTE - 8 Monate durch Südamerika" in German language published in Reise-Know-How-Verlag is in the shops.
Useful informations and TIPS for others: Don´t waste your time with making plans about your trip, plans do not exist very long on the road, it´s always a surprise!
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: Nearly all Europe ( Greece , Norway , Scotland , France , the Alpes, Italy , Spain etc.). South America (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay).
25.09.2006 Both visited me for recommendation.
08.07.2007 Email from Barnaul in Sibirien. First plan to change the route and expand the journey.
27.08.2007 Kirsten wrote that they did NOT decide to sell the motorcycles and to come back to Germany via moscow arriving hopefully beginning of september in Gieboldehausen.
09.09.2007 Both visited Patti and Bernd on their lase evening before ending the route.
17.11.2007 Last summary

25.05.2007 - 30.10.2007
Shales, John (English, birthday 25.08.1948) and Mick Inceman (English, birthday 26.06.1965) website will be at www.bikerbytes.com in june 2006
- France - India. John and Mick plan plane to ride from France to India (Goa) and back with two BMW R 100 GS PD's.
Purpose of your travel: To see some more of this world and to meet our wives on the beach in Goa
Route: France - Germany - Austria - Czech Republic - Slovakia - Ukraine - Russia - Kazakhstan - China - Pakistan - India.
Return: Pakistan - Iran - Turkey - Bulgaria - Romainia - Hungary - Slovinia - Italy - France.
Highlights: Lots I hope!
The Worst: ?
Book or publication : website
Useful informations and TIPS for others:
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: Only small ones - 2 week trips.
22.05.2006 1st summary

??.??.2006 - ca. 19.08.2006
Greulach, Renate and Gino Grimbacher (Gino: German / USA, born 08.05.1956. Renate: German, born 26.02.1951)
15.06.1999 - 15.02.2000: Alaska - Tierra del Fuego
ca 100 000 in Europa
ca  40 000 in USA (kreuz u. quer und Alaska-Feuerland) ca  40 000 in S.Amerika
ca   6 000 in S.Afrika
ca  20 000 in Australien
ca  10 000 in Neu-Seeland
ca  16 000 Transibirien
die reise von stuttgart ueber tschechien, polen, litauen, lettland, estland dann ueber die grenze nach st.petersburg und moskau weiter zum baikal-see und bis nach vladivostok war ein voller erfolg.
allerdings bin ich ein weichei, festnetztelefonierer, frauenversteher etc ich bin naemlich nicht die strasse zwischen chita und chabarovsk gefahren. bin auf die transib. hauptsächlich aus zeitgruenden.
die strasse ist noch nicht fertig und teilweise noch ueble schotterpiste.
habe allerdings tolle leute unterwegs getroffen.
einer davon, 1 norweger (ist mit einem bmw-gespann unterwegs) wuerde gern mit dir kontakt aufnehmen und zum naechsten treffen kommen.
er ist die ganze strecke gefahren, incl. mongolei und ist im moment in alaska.
hier seine adresse: helge helgesen
19.08.2006 Info that they are both back from Wladiwostok.
19.08.2006 1st request for update

??.??.2007 - ??.??.2007
Kiefer, Micha (German, born ??) + Franz Fischermann + Martin schötz + Jörg Albg + Ralf Mätze + KLaus Gundrun
+ Germany > Russia (Wladiwostok). These 6 men rode overland to Wladiwostok. Micha filmed the whole distance of about 10.000 kms in 130 hours with a helmet-camera.
29.03.2008 First information that the tour happened.
02.04.2008 1st request for update.
25.04.2008 MIcha will be the sixth time on the Tesch-Mc-Meeting
B.T. Bernbd Tesch has filmed the tour Atlantic (France) > Pacific (Russia, Wladiwostok in 1992 with a HI 8 film)

01.05.2007 - 31.08.2007
Willer, Meike (German, 19.06.1979) and Markus Conrad (German), 18.02.1974)
- Around Asia . Markus and Meike plan a tour with a transporter Renault Trafic 4x4 and a motorbike Yamaha TDR 250 around Asia. Ca. 30.000 km. Purpose of your travel: Fun. Meeting the people in the world and see the great places of the world
Route: Germany - Rep. Tschech - Rep. Slowakia - Ukraine - Russia - Mongolia - Kasachstan - Kirgistan - Tadchikistan - Afghanistan - Pakistan - India - Nepal - Tibet - Nepal - India - Pakistan - Iran - Turkey - Bulgaria - Montenegro - Croatia - Austria - Germany.
Highligts: Friendship of people. Karakorum highway Pakistan. Dnepr Werk Kiev, Ural-Werk Irbit, Pamir-Highway Tadschikistan, Baikalsee, Crossing the Himalayas
The worst: Many problems with Visa and Carnet in Germany
Book or publication (about your tour): ....... ??
Useful informations and TIPS for others: .... ??
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours:... ??
23.03.2007 1 st summary
23.03.2007 1 st request for upadte

05.10.2007 - 15.11.2007
Govers-Tesch, Patricia (28.06.1956) www.patriciagovers.de and Bernd Tesch (20.08.1941) www.berntesch.de
+ EurAsia 2007 : Sozia Patricia und Fahrer Bernd Tesch reisten mit einer Tesch-BMW R 80 G/S in 41 Tagen 6.666 km durch 15 Staaten.  Zurück mit Motorrad per IranAir von Tehran . Es wird ueber diese anstrengende Reise zu zweit mit Wintergepaeck einen Kurzvortrag am 26.04.08 geben.
Route: ??
The best:Die Himmel waren unsere Outdoor-Naechte bei Minusgraden am Meer und in den Bergwuesten der Tuerkei + Irans. Und der Empfang im privaten Palast meines iranischen Studienfreundes Ebrahim und seiner Frau Nasifeh in Tehran.
The worst: Die Hoellen waren der Verkehr in Istanbul und in Tehran.

15.10.2007 - + ca. 1 year http://freenet-homepage.de/michael.narozny/Cairo2Cape.htm
Narozny , Michael ( American, living in Germany 31 years, birthday 18 . 10 .19 64 )  and Barbara Kaltz ( German , 04.04.1966 )  
- Michael (African Twin RD 07) and Barbara (HONDA DOMINATOR 650) plan to ride overland to Australia in 1 year. Barbara will be first five weeks "on the road" until Turkey Purpose of your travel: For health reasons because infected by travel virus !
Route : Europe (Germany - Austria - Slowenia - Croatia - Albania - Greek - Turkey) - A sia ( Syria -Jordan ) - Africa (Egypt - Sudan - Ehtiopia - Djibouti) - Asia (Jemen - Oman) - by boat to India - Sri Lanka - India -Nepal - by plane to Laos - Vietnam - Laos - Cambodia - Thailand - Malaysia - by boat to Indonesia - Timor - by boat to Australia - NZ.
Highlights : plan a foto with no hair and a monk cloth in front of a Buddah-tempel..
The worst: ?
Book or publication (about your tour): website or ??
Useful / important informations and TIPS for others: .... Small alu-boxes . Drink a lot of beer in bars "on route" to meet interesting people.
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: 02.02.2004 - 20.05.2005 in Africa with a HONDA AFRICA Twin RD 07
22.07.2007 1 st summary while a personal visit at Bernd Tesch
Request a similar blog for the African tour

09.12.2007 - 30.05.2008
Tomey, Betty Dat (Dutch, 12.12.1958) and Wil Tomey (Dutch, birthday 29.06.1957)     your homepage www.??? (not yet)
- Wil & Betty (Honda XRV750) plan to ride from India back to the Netherlands 15.000 kms in 4 months on one HONDA RD 07.
Purpose of your travel: Planned this trip before on a Enfield but then there was the 11 of september. So the trip is still on our wishlist.
Route : Bike solo to India (Chennay or Mumbay) by ship. We will fly from The Netherlands (Amsterdam) to Thailand (Bangkok) and stay 1 1/2 month in Thailand. After Thailand we fly to India. On the XRV750 our route will be India- Pakistan- Iran- Turkey- Greece- Italy- Swiss- France- Belgium- Netherland
Highlights: We let you know
The worst: We let you know
Book or publication (about your tour): ....... ??
Useful informations and TIPS for others: Our XRV750 is prepared by African Queens in the Netherlands (recommended)
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: 3 months Australia on a XT600, 1 month Cambodia on XLR250, 1 month Brasil on XLR250, 2 months India on Enfield, 1 month Kenia on XT500, 1 month Brasil on XL250
23.07.2007 1st summary. Betty and Wil will use two alubox wide TTTasche 6.

ca.15.06.2008- 12.07.2008
Michael Wiedemann (German, born in 11.10.1960)  and Dieter Lubenow ( Germany , born in ??.??.1956)
+ Mongolia. Russia. We both plan to fly to Mongolia with bikes. From there Michael ( BMW R 1200 GS) and Dieter (R 80 GS) want to ride back across Russia to Germany in 2008  in 3 weeks.
Purpose of your travel: having fun with our bikes in strange countries
Route : S tart a roundtrip for two weeks in mongolia in the south to the goby dessert and to the west to karakorum . T hen we le ave M ongolia in the nor th an d ride to Russia ( lake Baikal ) in sib e ria. F rom this point we would like to start our trip back to Germany .
Highlights : I want to cross the biggest country of the world and ride across Mongolia.
The worst: We don't wanna found it out
Earlier motorcycle-experiences: Two time to north kap, scotland , alaska , yukon ( canada )
Tips for others: live your dreams
Books and publication: Steppenreiter. Hghlights-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-933385-47-5. 2009.
06.08.2007 1 st summary
07.08.2007 1 st request for update
08.08.2008 Last Update
05.11.2009 Next request for update. plus best foto of both with motorcycles "on route".

11.07.2008 - 14.08.2008
Axel Friedrichs (geboren 08.11.1958). Noch keine eigene Website!
+ Germany - Russia - Germany. Axel reiste solo mit einer BMW R1150RT ca. 15.000 km durch folgende Länder:
Germany - Czech Republik - Germany - Poland - Belarus - Russia - Latvia - Lithuania - Poland - Germany
Purpose: Sonnenfinsternis in Surgut am Ob in Sibirien
Route:
1. Etappe: EUROPA [Germany (München)-A9-A93-(Regensburg)-A93-(Selb Nord)] - [Czech Republik (As)] - [Germany (Selb Nord)-A93-A72-A4-(Dresden)-A4-(Bautzen)-(Dauban)
2. Etappe: EUROPA [Germany (Dauban)-(Görlitz)] - [Poland (Jelena Gora)-(Szczawno Zdroj)-(Wroclaw)-A4-(Krakow)-(Wieliczka)]
3. Etappe: EUROPA [Poland (Wieliczka)-(Lubmin)-(Slawatycze)] - [Belarus (Domaczewo)-(Brest)-M1-(Minsk)] 4. Etappe: EUROPA [Belarus (Minsk)-M7-(Soligorsk)-M7-(Minsk)]
5. Etappe: EUROPA [Belarus (Minsk)-M1-(Orsa)] - [Russia (Krasnoje)-M1-(Moskva)] 6. Etappe: EUROPA [Russia (Moskva)-M7-(Nischni Nowgorod)] 7. Etappe: EUROPA [Russia (Nischni Nowgorod)-M7-(Kazan)-P242-(Malmyz)]
8. Etappe: EUROPA [Russia
(Malmyz)-(Perm)-(Kungur)-(Cosovoj)-(Kizel)-(Solikamsk)]
9. Etappe: EUROPA [Russia
(Solikamsk)-(Berezniki)-(Dobranka)-(Perm)-(Kungur)- ASIA [Russia (Jekaterinburg)] 10. Etappe: ASIA [Russia (Jekaterinburg)-(Irbit)-(Jekaterinburg)]
11. Etappe: ASIA [Russia (Jekaterinburg)-(Nischni Tagil)-(Katschkanar)-ASIA-EUROPA-ASIA-(Nischni Tagil)-(Jekaterinburg)] 12. Etappe: ASIA [Russia (Jekaterinburg)-(Tumen)-(Tobolsk)]
13. Etappe: ASIA [Russia (Tobolsk)-(Neftejugansk)-(Surgut)]
14. Etappe: ASIA [Russia (Surgut)-(Neftejugansk)-Tobolsk)]
15. Etappe: ASIA [Russia (Tobolsk)-(Tumen)-(Jekaterinburg)]
16. Etappe: ASIA [Russia (Jekaterinburg)-M5-(Celabinsk)-M5- EUROPA -M5-(Ufa)]
17. Etappe: EUROPA [Russia (Ufa)-(Sernitamak)-(Salavat)-(Kumertau)-(Orenburg)]
18. Etappe: EUROPA [Russia (Orenburg)- ASIA -(Sol Ilezk)- EUROPA -(Orenburg)]
19. Etappe: EUROPA [Russia (Orenburg)-(Samara)-M5-(Penza)]
20. Etappe: EUROPA [Russia (Penza)-M5-(Moskva)]
21. Etappe: EUROPA [Russia (Moskva)-M9-(Mogili)] - [Latvia (Zilupe)-A12-(Rezekne)]
22. Etappe: EUROPA [Latvia (Rezekne)-A13-(Daugavpils)-A13-(Vilkumesto)] - [Lithuania (Zarasai)-A6-(Kaunas)-A5-(Marijampole)-(Punsk)] - [Poland (Szypliszki)-(Suwalki)-(Gizycko)-(Olsztyn)-(Ostroda)-(Toren)-(Inowroclaw)]
23. Etappe: EUROPA [Poland (Inowroclaw)-(Poznan)-(Gorzyn)-(Drezdenko)-(Przynotecko)-(Gorzow
Wielkopolski)-(Mysliborz)-(Osinow)] - [Germany (Bad Freienwalde)-158-A10-A9-(Dessau)-(Aken)-(Calbe)]
24. Etappe: EUROPA [Germany
(Calbe)-(Bernburg)-(Wettin)-(Salzmünde)-A143-A38-A9-(Bayreuth)-A9-(München)]
Höhepunkte: Die spontane Teilnahme an einer Bikerhochzeit in Groß-Radisch {Germany}.
Ein Besuch des UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe, in der Salzmine im Schaubergwerk in Wielicka {Poland}.
Die Autobahnmautstelle nach Brest, wo ein Motorradfahrer nichts zahlen muss {Belarus}.
Die Fährfahrt über den Fluss Vatka {Russia}.
Ein Besuch im Ural-Museum von Jekaterinburg {Russia}.
Motorradinspektion bei BMW in Jekaterinburg {Russia}.
Ein Besuch im Ural-Motorrad-Museum in Irbit {Russia}.
Die Besichtigung der Fernsehturmruine in Jekaterinburg {Russia}.
Ein Tagesausflug zu den EUROPA-ASIA-Grenzmarkirungen im Ural-Gebirge {Russia}.
Die Sonnenfinsternis von Sibirien in Surgut am 1.August 2008 um 16.20 Uhr {Russia}.
Eine Besichtigung der Kremlanlage von Tobolsk {Russia}.
Baden im Salzsee von Sol-Ilezk, dort kann man nicht untergehen {Russia}.
Ein Treffen und gemeinsame Weiterfahrt mit dem Biker "Wolf", der von seinem Motorradtreffen am Baikalsee auf der Heimreise war {Russia}.
Die überaschende Werkstatt-Hilfe am Sonntag in Rezekne {Latvia}.
Eine voll funktionstüchtige alte handbetriebene Drehbrücke in Gizycko {Poland}.
Das Finden des Hauses meiner Großeltern im heutigen Polen {Poland}.
Der Besuch meiner Geburtsstadt Calbe, mit über tausendjähriger Geschichte {Germany}.
Tiefpunkte: Eine Autobahnmautstelle vor Krakow, wo ein Motorradfahrer genau so viel zahlen muss wie ein Autofahrer {Poland}.
Die erste Reifenpanne kurz vor Minsk {Belarus}. Eine lange Fahrt im unbefestigten Sandweg hinter dem Fluss Vatka {Russia}.
Das plötzlich auftauchende Schlagloch bei Kizel, mit dem Ergebnis einer verbogenen Felge {Russia}. Die Abzockermasche mit dem Ringverkauf eines Autofahrers auf der Straße-M5 im Ural-Gebirge {Russia}.
Mit den russischen Motorradfreunden in die Polizeikontrolle geraten und später der Unfall des einen russischen Motorradfreundes {Russia}.
Die zweite Reifenpanne kurz nach Moskva {Russia}.
Buch: Bernd Tesch besitzt eine 130-seitige Dokumentation in DIN A4 darüber. Mehr DEtails und Bezug siehe www.tukutuku.de
Den Reisebericht, in denen alle wichtigen GPS-Koordinaten z.B. Hotel`s, wichtige Wegpunkte und ...., kann ich für Interessierte in PDF auf einem USB-Stick für rund 20,- EUR abgeben. Anfragen bitte per E-Mail über Bernd Tesch
Frühere Reisen: 1997 die erste Motorrad-Russlandreise, mit 3 Motorradfreunden, zur 850-Jahrfeier nach Moskau und rund um die Ostsee.
1999 Motorradreise mit 2 Motorradfreunden nach Irland.
2001 Solo Motorradreise nach Island.
2002 Solo Motorradrundreise durch Frankreich, Andorra, Spanien, Gibraltar und Portugal.
2003 Motorradreise mit 3 Motorradfreunden durch die drei baltischen Länder, incl. Kaliningrad.
2004 Motorradreise mit einem Motorradfreund zum Kaukasus und um das Schwarze Meer.
2005 Solo Motorradreise durch Italien bis Malta, dann über Sizilien, Sardinien und Korsika zurück.
Wertfolle Tips für andere:???
17.03.2009 Manuskript mit Farbseiten für Bernd Tesch
05.04.2009 Erste Zusammenfassung
05.04.2009 Erste Anfrage mit der Bitte um Update ab Mai 2009 Neue Auflage (zur Zeit in Überarbeitung)



Volker Hoppe. 2008 on a rented Royal Enfield in Ladakh.

??.08.2008-??.09.2008
Sirpa Mastall (German ??, born 05.08.1968) and Volker Hoppe (German, born 07.11.1964), no website.
+ Ladakh. Sirpa and Volker rode on an Royal Enfield the highest route in Ladakh.
After 20 years travel experience since 1988 through a lot of countries on our beautyful earth, with donkey, oxcart, bicycle, moped, motorbike, car and several other means of transportation our last destination has been the deep north India , LADAKH.
Purpose of your travel: The fun of being on a journey was our main motivation and the proverbial wanderlust that on the end the alien is not weird anymore.
Route : Flight to Delhi, by bus to Manali, by bus Manali-Leh Highway and finally, renting a Royal Enfield Thunderbird in Leh and riding app. 2,500 km through the mountains of Ladakh. Costs of rent approx 8 US $ per day accept spareparts and fuel.  We rent it in Leh Ladakh but Royal Enfields and other kind of motorbikes are availeble all over India and Nepal.
Highlights: The crossing of the highest motorable pass in the world. Khardung La 18,392 ft. und Chang La Baba 17,454 ft.
The worst: Not a single bad moment.
Book or publication: no
Useful tips for others: There is just one good advice for others, just visit India and enjoy this incredible country.
04.2009 First summary.
11.04.2009 First request for update


15.08.2009 – 13.10.2009
Dafne de Jong (Dutch, 1966) and Rob de Jong (Dutch, 1953) Motorcycle Caravan Paris–Baikal-Beijing http://www.Ride-onMotorTours.com
+ France (Paris) - Russia (Baikal) - China (Beijing). Rob and Dafne (Yamaha XTZ750) guided a group of motorcyclists from Paris to Beijing. Three participants travelled back to Europe from lake Baikal in Siberia.
Participants : Ria van de Kerkhof (Dutch – BMW R1150GSA – till Baikal), Paul van de Bilt (Dutch – BMW R1200GS – till Baikal), Christof Köhler (German – BMW R1100GS – till Baikal), Joost Ponte (Dutch – BMW F800GS), Jan Mulder (Dutch – BMW R1200GSA), Friedemann Müller (German – BMW 1150GS), KeesJan Nieuwenhuis (Dutch - Triumph Tiger), Jaques Thijssen (Dutch – Yam XTZ660)
Purpose of your travel: To Live your Dream
Route: France (Paris) - Germany - Austria - Hungary - Ukraine (Carpathian Mountains) - Russia -, southbound thru the Ural mountains to Kazakhstan (Kostanay, Astana, Semey) - on to Siberia (Barnaul and Altaj) to Lake Baikal - Mongolia - China (app. Erlianhaote, Jiling, Datong, Pingyao, Xi'an, Kaifeng, Tai Shan, Cangzhou, Chengde, Jixian, Tianjin, Beijing)
Highlights: Ukrainian Carpathian Mountains, Ural Mountains, the scale of Kazakhstan, Lake Baikal, Mongolia !!!, Pingyao in China, the Great Wall near Jixian, the friendliness in China, Chinese food.
The worst: To say goodbye to Paul, Ria and Christof in Irkutsk.
Book or publication : Read our diary (in Dutch)
Website : http://www.Ride-onMotorTours.com
Useful informations and TIPS for others: 1. If you have little time don't waist it doing all the preparation and organisation yourself but join us on our next Motorcycle Caravan. 2. If you join a group treat the other participants as your colleagues. Do not try to become friends with everyone on day 1; it does not work. 3. Decide what you want to do and see on route yourself instead of letting the others decide for you and take enough time for yourself every day.
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours:
21.11.1996 5 years - Ride-on World Tour (private) two times around the world.
03.12.2003 3 months - IceRide Siberia (private) http://www.IceRide.com
19.05.2005 60 days – Motorcycle Caravan Overland to Japan (group tour)
08.09.2007 105 days – Motorcycle Caravan Around the World (group tour)
15.06.2008 49 days – Motorcycle Caravan St. Petersburg Vladivostok (group tour)
25.11.2009 Last update. PLease send te best foto as well
B.T.: What kind of great motorcycle-travel-friends we know with Dafne and Rob. Nobody DID aöö what they want !

2009
Anders, Dirk www.asiatournee.de
- Plan Rund um Asien mit zwei HONDA Transalp.
24.11.2008 Erstes Telefonat.
25.11.2008 Erstes Anschreiben.
25.11.2008 Erste Zusammenfassung erbeten.

03.06.2009 - ??.??.2009
Claudia Hülsmann (German. born 02.06.1961) und Andreas Hülsmann (Germann. Geb, ??)
- Plan: East- Europe and Asia. Claudia (BMW F 800 GS, Bj: 2008, Laufleistung ca. 6.000 Kilometer, Touratech Umbau (Tankvolumen 35 Liter) and Andreas (BMW F 650 Bj: 2000, Laufleistung 86.000 Kilometer Touratech Umbau (Tankvolumen 39 l) plan another big Asia-Route. Called " Reiseroute Kurs Ost 2.0". Ca: 11.000 bis 13.000 Kilometer, zusätzlich 5.500 Bahnkilometer mit der Transsib.
Route: Europe (Germany (Nordbögge – Kiel: 1 Tag Kiel) – Litauen (Klaipeda) - 1 Tag Fähre bis Asia (Russia (Klaipeda – ca. 3 Tage bis Moskau – Irkutsk: mit der Transsibirische Eisenbahn ca. 4 Tage plus einen Tag in Moskau für das Verfrachten der Motorräder mit einer Spedition. Eisenbahnkilometer ca. 5.500 km bis nach Irkutsk – Baikalsee - ca. 6 Tage Baikalsee) – Mongolei (Ulan Batar - ca. 4 Tage in Ulan Batar) - Altai-Gebirge ca. 15 Tage) - to Kasachstan ca. 6 Tage - to Kirgisien ca. 4 Tage - to Tadschikistan (Pamir Gebirge) ca. 14 Tage- in Pamir Gebirge (Pamir Highway hin und zurück) ca. 15 Tage - Kirgisien (Sary Tash – Bischkek) ca. 12 Tage. Rückweg ca. 18 Tage.: Asia (Kasachstan - Russland - Ukraine)- Europe (Slowakai - Tschechien - Deutschland)
The best: ??
The worst: ??
Useful tips for others: ??
Earlier experiences: ??
02.06.2009 B.T. called Claudia and Andreas to say "good bye".
03.06.2009 Andreas send me the route like above.
03.06.2009 1st request for update. Especially the question if there is any website on which everyone can follow the route. Please send just one foto with all the equipment when you leave. Max 500 KB because we have no DSL.



Ari Ryynänen arrived solo in Vlad.

01.06.2009 - 29.06.2009
Ari Ryynänen (Finn, birthday 31.07.1962)   http://highwayfever.blogspot.com/
+ Finland - Vladivostok - Finland. I rode with Honda Varadero XL1000V 2006  Finland-Vladivostok-Finland on June 2009 on my own (no company). I took 16 days to ride to Vladivostok and 13 days back to Finland. I spent 13 nights in tent on roadside, 13 nights in gastinizas and 3 nights in nice russian's homes. I was lucky, only one technical problem, rear wheel bearings. I carried spares, labour 100 rbl in russian garage. No punctyres, no problem with milis, no thiefs, etc. Total cost in russia 1300 €, that includes lodging, food, gas. In total km 21.741.  
App. 10 hours of riding each day and 750 km. A few have asked, how much did this cost. I was prepared with a budget of 3000 euros, but I got away cheap. Gas, accommodations and food cost me around 1300 euros. 4000 rubles for the oil and souvenirs.
I'll definitely always remember the Russian people, they were so friendly and helpful. Their hospitality was really amazing.
Purpose of your travel: Explore to unknown, huge Russia.
Route: Europe (Parkano in Finland- Niirala- Pitkaranta- Vologda-Yaroslav- Nizny Novgorod- Kazan) - Asia (Ufa- Kemerovo- Novosibirsk- Krasnoyarsk-Irkutsk- Ulan Ude- Chita- Khabarovsk- Vladivostok- Knabarovsk- Chita- Ulan Ude- Irkuts- Krasnoyarsk- Novosibirsk- Kemerovo- Ufa)- Europe (Kazan-Nizny Nowgorod- Moscow- St. Petersburg- Finnalnd (Vyborg- Lappeenranta- Parkano).
Highlights: Friendly Russians, great rivers in Siberia , wilderness on east of Chita
The worst: Dusty gravel roads Chita-Khabarovsk
Useful informations and TIPS for others: Take a contact with locals, trust your skills and bike.
Information: I am a forestry engineer and work for Finnish forest research institute. I live here in western Finland, small town Parkano with 7000 inhabitants.
Russia is very exciting country. I am planning to go there in the future by bicycle, it is slower way to see that great country. I met some great german bicyclers near Lake Baikal, they are great globetrotters too.
I have all of my 500 photographs from trip on internet http://picasaweb.google.fi/aryynane/Vladivostok0902#
If you have some questions, don't hestitate to ask. You are doing great job with your website.Thank you
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: Several shorter trips to Eastern Europe, Turkey, Ukraine
08.11.2009 1st good summary with 2 fotos.
08.11.2009 1st request for update
09.11.2009 Last summary



Camp am Djebel Tembaine 2008. Fotos Susanne und Thomas Goertz.

01.03.2012 - 30.11.2012
Susanne Goertz (German, * 17.03.66) and  Thomas Goertz(German, *24.04.66)our website: www.abenteuer-seidenstrasse.eu
- Germany - Bali. We plan to ride with Honda Africa Twin Bj. 1991 and an altered Honda Transalp Bj. 1989.
Purpose of your travel: To discover other cultures and interesting people. To see the world with the eyes of a curious foreigner. To go without all these comforts, which also means a kind of bondage. To meet our school-goddaughter Anu at Kathmandu! And - to arrive the wonderful island of Bali .
Best, you take a look at our website ... at the moment it is a book of anticipation....
Route : Europe (Germany - Austria - Italy - Greek - Turkey ) - Asia (Syria - Jordan - Iran - Usbekistan - Tadschikistan - Kirgistan - China (if possible) - India - Nepal . Bike by plane to Bangkok . Thailand - Malaysia - Indonesia - Bali . Motos back by ship - we back by plane - or not at all :-)
The worst: To find a way to avoid the difficult and exorbitant border entry formality to China.
My earlier experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: Scotland , Maroc , Turkey , Italy , Tunesia , Romania , Spain
31.01.2010 Last summary
31.01.2010 B.T. to your info: The worst above. Very easy. Just go there, arrange all there and just pay to the Chinese guides...
30.04.2010 Both want to take part second time of the TTTreffen

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??.??,2003 - ??.??.2004
Berentz, Norbert (German)
Germany (?) - Russia - China - Vietnam. Norbert is rising solo with BMW R 80 GS Basic.
Route so far: Vorkufa (?) - Siberia - Kolyma - Magadan - Kamtschatka. PLan China - Vietnam.
01.2004 Ist information by postcard from Kamschatka
20.01.2004 1st request for update.
16.-18.04.2004 plans to visit the 26.MC-Meeting for World-Travellers.



Boos, Englebert (German, born 01.02.1960)

1989
Freeman, Jan and ? (English)
Around India. My wife and I have done 16.000s km around India on an Enfield in 1989. I had never ridden a bike before and learnt in Delhi in the middle of the night!
12.09.2000 1st contact

1992 - 1993
Freeman, Jan and ? (English)
Europe - Nepal - Europe. We rode on an R100GS for 13 months to Asia and back doing a total of 50.000 km. We spent a lot of time riding roads in the Himalayas-up to 5600 m.
Route: England via Europe - Turkey - Iran - Pakistan - India - Nepal and back.
12.09.2000 1st contact

Motorcycle trips-reply : Datum:  Tue, 12 Sep 2000 07:18:08 GMT
    Von:   "lee prescott" <ozileep@hotmail.com>      An: erndTesch@gmx.de
Freeman, Jan and ? (English)
1989
My wife and I have done 16000 km around India on an Enfield in 1989.
I had never ridden a bike before and learnt in Delhi in hte middle of the night!
1992 - 1993
Then in 1992-93 we rode from England to Nepal via Europe,Turkey,Iran,Pakistan and India and back doing a total of 50000 km - we spent a lot of time riding roads in the Himalayas-up to 5600m. This was on an R100GS for 13 months.
1999-2000
Then 1999-2000 for 14 months we rode 60000km from Prudhoe Bay in Alaska to Tierra Del Fuego via Canada - USA - Mexico - Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - Costa - Rica - Panama - Colombia - Ecuador - Peru - Bolivia - Chile and Argentina. It was not the most direct route you could do!This was on the GS and anF650.
I have many pictures from my trips but they are all slides. It was great to hear from you as Ihave heard much about you from the German bike riders we have met over the years.
If you want any more information on any of this please contact me .
I hope you will keep in touch.
Best wishes,Ian Freeman
Stored so far under ASIA homepage

1985
Vendewiele, Roger (Belgian)
Europe - Asia - India. With HONDA 650 in 8 months. 30.000 kms.
1985 First contact. Cr(u)nsdreef 6. B-8040 Oostkamp.
05.06.01 Send an email and asked for his block.
14.07.01 Send an email and asked for his block.
01.11.2003 No email anymore. WHO knows this person, adresss ?

06.2001
Chowla, Peter
Plan India to Switzerland on a 1966 Royal Enfield Bullet 350cc.
15.04.2001 1st information by Grant Johnson http://www.horizonsunlimited.com

When??
Sama, Hanif (India; Bombay, born??) http://y42.photos.yahoo.com/hanif_sama and http://go.to/thebulletclub
Plan India - Great Britain.
Route: India - Pakistan - Iran - Turkey - Greece - Italy-France - UK.
Other experiences: I have toured in India a lot on my Royal Enfield 350 cc Motorcycle.
26th.07.01 1st contact.
27th.07.01 1st answer by email

15.06.2001 - ?
Peachman, Richard (British)
UK, to Australia, Ural/Dnepr M16, "...I left home on 15 June and arrived in Vladivostok on 30 August after covering 18.000 km. I had a few breakdowns along the way...
03.10.201 1st information by horizonsunlimited

2001
Salvadori, Clement www.vividlight.com/articles/114.HTM (American)
An organsied tour with 8 Americans on Enfield in the Himalayas on "the roof on the world".
03.11.01 1st information by personal known Clement.
03.11.01 Asked for a summary

25.04.2002 - ??
Erkki Lampén (Finnland)
Route: Today solo at 3 PM with BMW R 100 GD: Baltia, Poland, Berlin, Tsech, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran and then back to Europe - insallah.
03.2002 Erkki ordered Boxes and racks from me.
15.04.2002 1st request for update.


GOUELLEC, Em Axel Le (born 29.03.1976) (alias la vieille loutre) and Anh Mathieu BRINGER (born 14.11.1973) (alias la bringe)
http://www.minsktour2002.com
+ Vietnam - France. 2 French with two 125 ccm Minsk from Hanoi to Paris. 2 Minsk - 20 000 km - 12 days - 200 jours
26.05.2002 1st information by Stefan Thiel
27.05.2002 No email-address. Wrote them in their diary to contact me.



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