My Weekend Ride

[tiretread]

Well, me and a buddy (Matt) decided to take our steeds (me=V-strom, Matt=Vulcan 900) for a ride. We originally planned on heading to Austrian, then Northern Italy, and finally to Switzerland. However, due to running behind and some very heavy traffic (Staus) we had to nix the Italian and Switzerland Alps.

Here's my strom getting unpacked and ready for some European adventures:


Here's the two machines:


The Strom is a sucker for Wooden Covered Bridges:

[blurr]

very cool, I dono why I never bothered looking to see where you are from lol.

[Rhetorik]

Nice strom! My father had a DL1000 for a few years and loved it. Are those the givi hardcases as well? Excellent set - yet again, that's what he had

Also, need to know.... was packing paper the only thing holding that bike upright in the box? :P

[tiretread]

We did the first leg of the trip to Baden Baden on the autobahn. After some good Thai food in Baden Baden and then shortly entered route C500. The Scenic Road thru the Black Forest. One of the best roads I have ever been on. Unfortunately, we were following a rain storm as we rode thru it.

We then made it to Schramberg, Germany, where we got a room, ate some good German food and then racked out for the night. Next day we got an early start and headed to Lake Constance.

Here's me in front of Lake Constance:


We then headed into Austria thru Immestadt and then to Fern Pass. That's where we ran into some serious holiday traffic. We eventually tired of watching other motorcycles pick thru traffic and lane split so we decided to give a try ourselves. I must say, it was pretty fun. The drivers would actually give us room when traffic was coming the other way. No fist waving or shouting. They expected us to do it and actually helped facilitate our lane weaving. After Fern Pass, the traffic opened up again and we had a great ride. We stopped at Route 66 in Tanheim, Austria for some yummy burgers!

[tiretread]

We then headed south all the way to the border of Italy. We realized we didn't have the time to make our original route and decided to turn back at this point.

Here's a shot of the Austrian/Italian Alps:


We then back tracked and got some rooms at Bergfriede in Hugen, Austria.

The owners were kind enough to put our bikes in their "garage". I didn't get a pic but the garage was an old barn. Very cool and nice of them.

Got some great food and rested up to finish our trip the next day. I have to get some ZZZ's so I'll add some more pics tomorrow.

[tiretread]

Originally Posted by blurr

very cool, I dono why I never bothered looking to see where you are from lol.

I'm an Army guy. I've had 5 or 6 addresses in the past 6 years. lol.

Here's a shot that I really like:

[acalliste]

OMG I am soooo jealous!!!!! If I ship myself to you, will you take me riding?

[kman458]

Originally Posted by tiretread

Here's my strom getting unpacked and ready for some European adventures:

It does look like someone rode it into a big box full of paper.

[tiretread]

Originally Posted by acalliste

OMG I am soooo jealous!!!!! If I ship myself to you, will you take me riding?

AC, if you and your SO ever want to travel to Europe, let me know. I'll be gone for a year and you are invited to use the place as well as the strom. Open invitation.

Here's a shot of my little place:

[acalliste]

That would be cool! I might take you up that.