North-America
- Motorcycle - Travels Reisen /
Adventures
= Nord-Amerika Motorrad-Reisen
Attention: The Motorcycle-Travellers who rode
both Americas you find only under "North- and South America" !
ALASKA - Tierra Del Fuego (Southern
tip of South America)
Welcome on this
site!
Bem Vindo ! Benvenuti ! Bien Venido ! Bienavenue ! Bom
Bini ! Dobrodosli ! Namaste ! Tanastalink ! Välkommen (S)! Velkommen (N)!
Welkom ! Willkommen (G)!
Do you know this
in other languages?
"26.
Motorrad - FERNREISE - Treffen" Fr,
16. - So, 18.April.2004
bekannt auch als "Tesch
- Travel - Treffen"
In Malmedy/Belgien. Max 300 Teilnehmer.
Details
und Anmeldung hier !
Wir sprechen über weltweite Reisen
in allen Kontinenten. Aber haben zusätzlich jährlich wechselnde Schwerpunkte:
In
2004 "Afrika-Motorrad-Reisen" UND "Frauen-Motorrad-Reisen".
Daher bitte ich auch alle "Afrika-Fahrer" und besonders "Frauen-Weitreisenden"
zu kommen !
_________________________________________________________________________________
"26th
Meeting for Motorcycle-WORLD-Travellers"
Fr, 16th - Su,18th
04.2004
well known also as "Tesch
- Travel - Treffen"
in Malmedy/Belgium. Max 300 participants.
Details
and booking here !
We speak about worldwide travels in
all continents. But we have additional yearly changing main subjects :
In
2004 "Africa Motorcycling" AND "Women
Motorcycle Travels"
________________________________________________________________________________
How to see and print out (free of charge) or to buy
maps for your mc-tour ?
See a good view for all continents or
countries at: http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/Maps
Overland to, in and around
North-America by Motorcycle
First list in Internet about
"North-America by Motorcycle". 02.1998: A part of this you find under NEWS
already published: www.berndtesch.de >news. 28.05.2000: Start
of this list in Internet: I would be grateful if you could help to keep this update
! So far you find many language and grammar mistakes inside because of lack of
time. Pardon. Will be correted and updated with more Travellers in future.
Bernd Tesch has been working in this field since 1970. In this times I
had to write letters and to phone or to visit the World-Around-Travellers to get
contact / informations. Later Fax helped. In 1991 I visited the most famous motorcycle-travellers
in Denmark, in 1993 in Britain, in 1994 in USA and in between many in Europe (France,
Germany, Netherland, Switzerland). Many of famous North-America Motorcycle
Travellers have been at my yearly Motorcycle-Meeting for World-Travellers in april.
I own the largest archive of North-America Travellers. Especially I am good
informed about the history: "Discovering N-America by Motorcycle".
To
find all this and all my activities was a "life-long job" and cost me a lot of
money. Since many years I am working in a new book called "Nord-Amerika
Motorrad-Reisen" = North-America Motorcycle Travellers. All books about "North-America
by Motorcycle" which have been published until 1994 are published in my in German
written, but very international understandable book called "Motorrad-Abenteuer-Touren"
(432 pp, 500 pictures / drawings. About 264 Motorcyle World-Tours. ISBN 3-9800099-55-5.
DM 38.90). I own all this books in all languages.
If there is shown
"Book:" under the traveller and you want to read / order this you can check if
it is still available: > www.berndtesch.de > German
/ English version > Bestelliste or > Order. If you find this book there you can
order it. I offer about 183 international available Motorcycle-TRAVEL-Books for
sale.
If you are a North-America-Traveller or plan to do this
or "on the road" already or know anyone who is not listed here, please send my
any details, addresses, publications, homepages and most important: best pictures.
PLEASE give me at first a complete view like
this EXAMPLE in THIS STYLE in English
and
then / later full information with best 3 pitures of YOU and the Motorcycle:
01.10.1980 - 27.10.85
Müller, Sven (German) your http://www.???
USA. Canada. Mexico. With BMW R 100 GS Sven rode 50.000 kms. He rode together
with Susan Smith (British) who rode a HONDA 500 XL.
Route: Europe
12.000 kms (Germany - Austria - Switzerland - Italy - Greek - Turkey ....) - Asia
15.000 kms (Iran - Pakistan - India - Nepal. Bike solo by plane to Singapure.
I flew to Singapure. Malaysia - Thailand - back to Singapure). - Australia 16.000
kms (I flew together with bike to Darwin. Around Australia 16.000 kms. Or
offer names like: Darwin - Adelaide - Melbourne - Sydney ...) - North-America
(I flew with bike to Los Angeles. LA - New York) - Africa - Europe (Bike by ship
to Netherlands / Amsterdam - Germany / Cologne).
The best: I wanted
to find myself. Freedom. Sun. Friendship of Turkey people. invitation by
Pakistani. Climbing the Himalayas........)
The worst: I got Malaria
in Nairobi. Attack of soldiers with weapons in Iran.....)...
Important
useful informations for others:...
Book or publication (about
your tour):...
I am very grateful to all the individuals who knew
that I am working in this field. They informed me worldwide by sending letters,
later faxes and emails since 1994 about World-Around-Travellers. Without their
help I could not get to this level. This internet-list had to be done very quick,
because I did not have enough time. So please give me your "pardon" that there
are mistakes inside of the informations and a lot in my language. At least you
will never have seen such a huge collection of informations.
Bernd
Tesch
This collection just have started. Will be continued. Please
give me your view of YOUR Motorcycle-Tour !
North-America
- Motorcycle - Travels Reisen / Adventures
= Nord-Amerika
Motorrad-Reisen
Attention: The
Motorcycle-Travellers who rode both Americas you find only under >South
America !
ALASKA - Tierra Del Fuego
(Southern tip of South America)
Overland
to, in and around North-America by Motorcycle
Plan or
experience? You can talk with 300 high experienced Motorcycle-Travellers who rode
all continents so far :
All the great Motorcycle-Travellers
who rode / ride Around-The-World and possibly crossed this continent as well are
not included here. See http://www.berndtesch.de
>Englisch or German version >continents >world
10-20
billion (= Millarden) years ago
The universe
started to exist somehow.
4.5 billion years ago
The
Sun and Earth were created. The earth is one of nine big planets of
the sun. Possibly out of change of gravity in the universe it was caused that
dust attracted each other at first to smaller parts which are getting bigger and
bigger. Finally becoming big rocks which attracted each other to big planets.
Most of them were attracted by the biggest part which is the sun. The nine planets
could escape somehow the gravity of the sun and started to circle around the sun.
All of the men / women who have been in satelits speak about the "blue planet
earth" because about 70 % of the earth is water.
1
billion years ago
First signs of life
on the earth.
25.000 years ago
The "homo sapiens" exists.
Ca. 16.000 - 8.000
Deutsch:
Für die Frage, wie die ersten Menschen nach Nord-, Mittel- und Süd-Amerika
kamen, gibt es drei Theorien mit jeweilgen Beweisen:
1. Mit Booten fuhren die Menschen von Asien entlang der Küste - Behringstrasse
entlang der Westküste N-Amerikas bis nach S-Amerika.
2. Europäer
kamen über den Atlantik nach N-Amerika.
3. Die Klobis-Menschen wanderten
zu Fuß über die Behringstrasse ein und besiedelten N- und S-Amerika.
vor 16.000
zu 1. Mit
Booten fuhren die Menschen von Asien entlang der Küste - Behringstrasse entlang
der Westküste N-Amerikas bis nach S-Amerika.
Diese Theorie geht
davon aus, daß die Menschen an der Küste alles hatten, was sie brauchten:
Wasser und Nahrung auch durch Tiere. Man geht davon aus, daß Menschen schon
seit 45.000 Jahren Netze bauen konnten, mit denen sie auch an Land Fallen bauen
konnten ohne beim Fang z.B. gefährlicher Großtiere dabei zu sein. Kaum
Beweise.
16.000 - 13.000
zu
2. Europäer kamen über den Atlantik nach N-Amerika.
Diese Theorie
geht davon aus, daß die Menschen über den Atlantik nach N-Amerika kamen
und von dort aus N- und S-Amerika besiedelten. Zu dieser Eiszeit waren große
Wassermassen der Meere an den Polen und deren weiten Kappen durch Eis gebunden.
Der Meeresspiegel soll ca. 130 m niedriger gewesen sein. Es bestand eine Landbrücke
zwischen Asien und S-Amerika.
Im Museo Nacionale vo Rio de Janeiro /
Brasilien befindet sich der "älteste Menschenschädel (?)"
von N- und S-Amerika. Die Frau "Lusia" wurde 1 Stunde südlich von
Rio de Janeiro gefunden. Ihr Schädel soll 13.-14.000 Jahre alt sein.
Am Amazos gibt es eine Höhle, in der Felszeichnungen von ca. 13.000
sind. Dieses sind die ältesten Höhlenzeichnungen von ganz Amerika.
Diese Menschen waren vom Skelett völlig verschieden von den in Amerika gefundenen
Klobis-Menschen. Sie haben eher die Ähnlichkeit von Skeletten von Afrika
oder Australien.
8.000 v. Chr.
zu 3. Die Klobis-Menschen wanderten zu Fuß über die Behringstrasse
ein und besiedelten N- und S-Amerika.
Diese Theorie geht davon aus, daß
die Menschen nach dem Ende der Eiszeit vor 8.000 Jahren von Asien über die
Behringstrasse über die zurückgegangenen Eismassen im Norden von N-Amerika
nach N- und S- Amerika einwanderten. Der Name "Klobis" jommt von einer
Fundstätte der "ersten Menschen N-Amerikas (?)" in New Mexico ca.
vor 8.000 Jahren. Nach dieser Theorie haben sich in wenigen Jahrhunderten die
Menschen bis nach Feuerland ausgebreitet. Die Klobis-Kultur umfaßte die
Herstellung von Steinwerkzeugen wie Speilspitzen aus Feuerstein.
B.T.:
Diese Informationen über den letzten Stand der Frühgeschichte der Menschen
Amerikas stammen wesentlich aus einem TV-ZDF-Film am 28.10.2001. Danach sollte
der in N-Amerika gefundene "Klobis-Mensch und die Klobis-Kultur" der
äteste Mensch von ganz Amerika sein. Nach den Funden von "Lusia"
in S-Amerika dürfte diese Theorie aber hinfällig sein. Im Film wurde
angemerkt, daß die Kenntnisse von S-Amerika in N-Amerika kaum zur Kenntnis
genommen werden.
Ca. 1000 n.
Chr.
Der Isländer Leif Eriksson (der Sohn des Roten Erik",
der Grönland entdeckt hatte, entdeckt Nord-Amerika. Er überwintert in
Neufundland und kehrt im Jahr danach zurück.
1884 - 1886
Stevens,
Thomas (American, 1854 - 1935)
From San Francisco
to Boston by bicycle 3700 miles and then Around-The-World by bicycle. 20.000
Meilen mit dem Hochrad Zweirad um die Welt. Von USA/San Francisco nach
Teheran. Erste Weltumrundung auf einem Fahrzeug = Fahrrad. Thomas hatte bereits
ca. 1885 8000 miles gefahren, der längste Fahrrad-Trip bisher. 1886
will er es ausdehnen bis er die Welt umrundet hat. Von San Francisco radelt er
bis Boston 3700 miles mit einem Fahrrad. Dieses ist die erste Durchquerung Amerikas
mit einem Fahrzeug.
Da Thomas die Idee einer Weltumrundung hatte, wurde er
als Korrespondent bezahlt. Karl Kron hat 8 Monate mit Thomas Stevens in N.Y. während
dessen Aufenthalt dort gesprochen. Die offizielle railroad von S.F. nach N.Y.
war damals 3416 miles. Steven schätzt, daß seine Entfernung ca. 200
km länger war. Während dieser Strecke war Stevens gezwungen sein Hochrad
1/2 bis 1/3 des Weges zu schieben.
Book: 1888. Von Teheran nach Jokohama
(in German)
Book: 1984. Around the world on a bicycle (in English)
Book:
1984. 20000 Meilen mit dem Hochrad um die Welt 1884-1886. Verlag: Thienemanns.
Germany. Stuttgart. ISBN 3-??
421 S. DM 39,00
(in German)
B.T. 1991: The first known tour
by bicycle Around-The-World.
1885
First
Motorcycle (called Motor - Rad) from Gottlieb
Daimler
1 - Zyl. Viertakt - Motor. 264 ccm. 0,5 PS (0,37 kw).
Max 12 km/Std.
Ca. 1887 - 88 Start
Burston, Stokes, G.W. and
H.R. Stokes (Australians)
Allen, Tomas G. and William L. Sachtleben (Americans)
Route: Turkey (Konstantinopel (Istanbul)) - Desert Gobi - China (Peking)
- ?
Book: 1890.
09.08.2000 1st information by Professor Dr. Hans-Erhard
Lessing in his book new edited book in Germa language: Hortsmann, Heinrich: "Meine
Radreise um die Erde". = "My bicycle tour Around-The
World". ISBN 3-931965-06-6.
1892 - 1894
Lenz, Frank
(German - American, 1867 - 1894)
Planned to
circle the world by bicycle.
Route: USA (New York) - Germany
- Kurdestan. Here he was murdered by 5 Kurdistan people.
09.08.2000 1st information
by Professor Dr. Hans-Erhard Lessing in his book new edited book: Hortsmann, Heinrich:
"Meine Radreise um die Erde". ISBN 3-931965-06-6.
1894
Londonderry,
Anny (American)
Around-The-World by bicycle.
She made a bet of US $ 10.000 that she could circle the world
by bicyle starting without any money and came home with Mark 40.000.
Book:
?
09.08.2000 1st information by Professor Dr. Hans-Erhard Lessing in his
book new edited book: Hortsmann, Heinrich: "Meine Radreise um die Erde". ISBN
3-931965-06-6.
Erhard Lessing: The first known tour
Around-The-World by bicycle by a woman.
1894
Heinrich and Wilhelm Hildebrand and Alois Wolfmüller found the first
Motorcycle-Fabric.
Until 1896 they build more than 1000 Motorcycles: Wassergekühlter
2 - Zyl. Viertakt - Motor. 1488 ccm. 2,5 PS (1,85 kw). Ca. 40 km/h. Glührohrzündanlage.
02.5.1895 - 08.08.1897
Around-The-World.
Horstman, H. (German)
By bicycle Around-The-World. Eine Radreise
um die Erde. Verlag: Darmen. 1897. 296 S.
1900
NSU. In
the first year of production of Motorcycles of the firm NSU (NeckarSUlm,
founded in 1892) they produced 100 motorcycles and 7000 bicylest. NSU invented
the suspension of the front fork and sold later huge peaces of NSU-motorcycles.
1902
Lehwess, Dr. E. C. (British)
Seit 1899 beabsichtigte
der Brite mit einem Koch - Auto von Peking nach London zu fahren. Nachdem daraus
aber nichts wurde, startete er ohne Zeitlimit mit einem Auto Panhard - Levassor
mit Spezial - Fahrgestell und einem Omnibus - Aufbau von London über Europa
nach Asien Richtung Wladiwostok, um von dort nach Kalifornien überzusetzen,
USA zu durchqueren und über den Atlantik nach England zurückzukehren.
Der Fahrzeugname war "Passe Partout" ( = "Überall hin" oder "Alles passieren").
Nach enormer Publicity und vielen Einladungen unterwegs blieb das Fahrzeug sechs
Monate später in meterhohem Schnee östlich von Nizhni - Novgorod im
Osten Rußlands stecken. Die Mannschaft gab das Fahrzeug auf reiste mit der
Eisenbahn nach London zurück. Da die Reise gescheitert war, wurde ein solches
Projekt einen Welt - Reise mit einem Auto in der Presse als vollkommen unmöglich
verurteilt.
1903
Around-The-World. Do
it ! The offer of a French newspaper to help
and to publish about a Around-The-World tour by car did not find any response.
16.05.1903 + 06.07.1903
Wyman, George A. (American, born ca. 1877
in California)
+ Across America on a motor bicycle.
George crossed USA with the first motor-vehicle. It was a 1,5 (others say 1,25)
horse-power "regular model". belt-driven machine. only 90 pounds. It
was produced (or distributed) by California Motor Bicycle (Yate-California).
Route:
San Francisco - New York
14.10.1994 Clement Salvadori managed that Bernd Tesch
got an original of magazine "Road Rider" " edition 08.1979 by managing
editor Vince Iorio. In this magazine was the story of George A, Wyman: Across
America on a Motor Bicycle. Roger Hull found this rare edition after 76 years.
Because
B.T. knows most American Mc-Books concerning "History of travels by motorcycle"
in USA he can proclaim: In all this books the history of discovering America by
motorcycle is written wrong.
08.05.2003 Request to Clement Salvadori to search
for Roger Hull, editor and publisher of "Road Rider"
08.05.2003 Request
to Clement Salvadori to search for G.W. Knudsen (Oley, born 1923), who was a reseacher
of Daytona Speed Week. Lived in 1979 in California.
??.??.1903 - 26.07.1903
Jackson,
Dr. Horatio Nelson with Sewell K. Crocker (Mericans)
Horatio Nelson drove
with his mechanic Sewell in a car "Winton Automobile" with 20 horse-power
across America. Fpr a long time he was credited to be th first motor-vehicle.
The thruth is that George A. Wyman was the first. Horatio was the first car.
1906
Applebee, Frank (German)
Around-The-World
? Planned World-Around-Tour with motorcycle by NSU. He crossed North-America
west-east. Not sure if he circled the whole world what he wanted to do.
22.07.2000
If you have any information about this Bernd Tesch would be grateful.
22.07.2000
B.T. As far as I know the written American history of first crossing the continent
is wrong.
B.T.: It is NOT sure that he wanted to
circle the world. It is just written that he wanted to make a "world-tour" whatever
it means. This is one of the very first known plans to circle the world by motorcycle.
1909
Streiff, Joshua (American ?)
Around-The-World
? An American who had written on his bike "Around the world"?
He rode two times "Coast zu coast" with an NSU without any trouble with the machine.
San Franzisko to New York 6230 kms.
Abgebildet im Buch "NSU 1873-1984".
1st info by Ernst Leverkus. Hat ORIGINAL- Archiv- Dia.
This motorcycle shall
be in Germany. The owner is Heinz Metzmaier.
22.07.2000 B.T. As far as I know
the written American history of first crossing the continent is wrong.
B.T.:
It is NOT sure that he wanted to circle the world. It is just written that he
wanted to make a "world-tour" whateever it means. This is one of the first known
plan to circle the world by motorcycle as well.
1912
Lincoln, Andrew Carey (American)
Around-The-World.
Book about a vision: "Motorcycle
Chums around the world". Verlag: Hurst and Co. 1912. USA.
B.T. 22.07.2000
This is the first book about "Around the world" as a
vision. Written for young boys. In those times people already started
to dream about this.
1993 first information by Dal Smile.
22.07.2000
I do NOT own this book, but would be very happy to buy it. Who can help?
Ca. 1912 - 13
Clancy, Carl Stevens (Americans)
Around-The-World.
The journalist Clancy and the film-critism Walter Storey plant a World-Around-Tour
to write a world-Travel-Guide.
With a 4-zylinder Henderson they rode
Route: New - York - Europe - from here Clancy rode solo - Algeria - Sahara - Egypt
- Ceylon - India - Japan - USA West - East to New York. 18.000 miles. Clancy sold
many Fotos to the press. His story was published in 1913.
1st information
by Franitza, Martins book: Die großen Motorradreisen unseres Jahrhunderts
Does anyone know the orginal article or owns a foto? Bernd Tesch would be
grateful to recieve this!
22.05.2000 I do not know more details. Who knows
them, their present adress or publicatios about them??
B.T.:
This is the first known World-Around-Tour by motorcycle.
1913
Humphreys, Mrs. Harry (British)
North-America. She planned
a World-Around-Tour with 85.000 miles visiting each capital of the
world in two years. First known motorcycle-tour by a woman.
At 31.08.1913
she made her first step crossing solo the cross-country distance from San Francisco
to New York.
At this time this is possibly the longest ride of a woman. And
the first crossing by a woman west-east of America for sure.
1994 First information
by Melissa Piersson.
13.07.2000 I never could find more information than
a short publication in New York times. Does anyone know more about her?? Earlier
address? Publication??
B.T.: At this time this is possibly the longest ride
of a woman. And the first crossing by a woman west-east of America for sure. And
for sure The first published plan ro ride solo Around-The-World
by a woman.
B.T. As far as I know the written
American history of first crossing the continent is wrong. It is mostly written
that the sisters van Buren were the first women who crossed the continent in 1916.
They were only the first with TWO women and had a lot of publicity.
Ca. 1946 + 2,5 years
Wallach, Theresa
(born 30.04.1909 - 30.04.1999) and Miss Blenkiron (both British)
After the WW.2 Theresa rode in North-America for 2,5 years and 32.000 miles
with a Norton, having had 18 different jobs like riding horses with cowboys and
trecking west with Indians Routee 66 to pay her mc-trip.
Earlier experiences:
1934 / 1936
Wallach, Theresa (born 30.04.1909 - 30.04.1999) and
Miss Blenkiron (both British)
2x Transafrica
London - Capetown and back See more Africa as
well.
1934 Theesa rode with Miss Blenkiron London - Capetown: 14.000
miles in 8 months on a side-car with a trailer behind. Because "Blenk" got Malaria
in Johannesburg Theresa went back solo.
1997 fand ich Theresa Wallach und
hatte mir ihr brieflichen Kontakt. Sie arbeitete bis 1999 an dem 1. Buch über
ihre legendäre Transafrika-Tour. In 1999 starb sie mit 90.
1997 I found
Theresa Wallach being 88.
08.10.98 A next letter to Theresa Wallach.
She just published the second edition of "Easy Motorcycle Riding"!
Since 20 years I know that the British Theresa Wallach is one of the real women
travel pioneers.1997 I found Theresa in USA and I was really happy to recieve
her first letter in July 1998 with the folowing informations: After the WW.2
Theresa rode in North-America for 2,5 years and 32.000 miles with a Norton, having
had 18 different jobs like riding horses with cowboys and trecking west with Indians
Routee 66 to pay her mc-trip. After she stopped importing British motorcycles
in USA she founded a "Motorcycle Research Riding School". In 1972 she published
a book "EASY MOTORCYCLE RIDING" of which she sold 200.000 copies. 1998 she just
finished writing two new books: "Motorcycling for Business and Leisure" (TRUE-and-TRIED"
informations) and "THE RUGGED ROAD of AFRICA". The last will be the first book
about her famous mc-tour 1934 Transafrica.
In 11.1998 I got the second edition
of "Easy Motorcycle Riding", the ABC for riders not so much for long
distance travellers. ! 17.05.1999: I got a letter from Wesley Warren Brown, that
Theresa died of liver cancer on her 90th birthday. Tears were coming to my eyes
that this woman-pioneer of motorcycling and especially motorcycle travelling died
before she finished her book about her great TRANSAFRICA-TOUR.
21.10.01 I
got the information form USA that her book "THE RUGGED ROAD of AFRICA" is published
in GB. Panther Publishing, 10 Lime Avenue, High Wycombe, Bucks HP11 1DP.
15.11.01
I tried by many, many letters to different persons to get the information, what
happened with Theresas manuscript, the fotos and old articles of her mc-travels.Finally
I got the information that all is stored in Arizona State University Foundation.
The boos - Mr. Rodney L. Houts - has been very unfriendly and not helpul from
the start until his last email. In this he forbit me to contact him again.
Ca. 1952
Collins, Brenda (England)
North-America. The journalist Brenda rode
a 16.000 kms long tour through North-America with a BSA-Bantam.
Route: GB
- USA - Canada - Mexico.
25th.04.2001 1st information by Hugo Wilson´s
book: Das Lexikon vom Motorrad, page 37.
1984 - 2000
Winchester,
Aaron (American) http://www. in work
NAmerica
many times.
1984 being 20 years with HONDA CX 500 riding 3 months
27.000 miles in Oakland 46 States (not Delaware).
1990 Sturgis (South Dakota)
one month 10.000 miles.
1991 Daytona Beach (Florida) one month 10.000 miles.
1992 Sturgis (South Dakota) one month more than 10.000 miles.
Aaron
from California showed up here in Zweifall / Germany four times with his old BMW.
After he knew NAmerica he wanted to travel in Europe what he did 7times already
seraching for the oldest pubs in Irleland.
Route 1993: USA (by BMW R 60/2
from San Francisco - New York about 3 months) - by air (Lufthansa) with the bike
to Europe (riding two weeks in Holland (Schipol) - Belgium (Antwerpen)).
Book: Plans a book about searching the oldest pub in Ireland by motorcycle.
See EUROPE for his Europeab trips.
1992 - 1993
Kieling, Andreas
(German)
The German hunter Andreas wanted to make a huge motorcycle-tour.
But he changed his plan and made a huge canoe-tour: 2 years and 2000 miles: The
Yukon from the start to the end. Andreas kindly gave a slide-show at the 16th
MCar-Meeting for World-Travllers 20.-21.1993. ab 16.30 Uhr : 2000 Meilen Freiheit.
Mit dem Kanu durch Alaska. Andreas, den ich als potentiellen Motorrad-Weitreisenden
kennenlernte, fuhr mit Birgit 6 Monate, Mai bis Nov 92, auf dem Yukon von den
Quellen bis zur Beringsee. Sie lebten mit Indianern, Eskimos und Goldgräbern
zusammen und schliefen ausschließlich in Zelten. Auf der gesamten Strecke
von 3400 km brach 700 km vor dem Ende der Winter ein. Das Kanu wurde vom Eis eingeschlossen.
Seine Reise ist auf dem Titelblatt des vauDe-Kataloges und der Eingangsstory und
im Fernsehen zu bewundern: Am 23.03.92 in Nord 3, 20.15 Uhr. Am 24.03.92, 21.45
in West
3. Am 26.03.92, 20.15 Uhr in 1 Plus.
1991 1st contact
07.02.2002
1st email.
1993
Macaluso, Giorgio (Swiss)
+
Canada - Alaska - Mexiko - Canada. Girgio rode
solo 37.000 km in four months with BMW R100 GS. With several motorcycles
Giorgio rode in total 320.500 km.
Purpose of travel: Der Gwunder trieb
mich in die Welt
Highlights: Alle Kontakte mit den Leuten in den Länder
und das Entdecken, daß wir - so verschieden wir sind - doch immer Gleich
sind.
The worst: In Israel wurde ich in der Nähe von Gaza
bestohlen: Motorradjacke und 50% des Werkzeugs. En riesieger Verlust, wenn die
Reise noch 2 Monate gehen soll.
Useful informations and TIPS for others:
.Gutes Material der Ausrüstung, das zuhause eingehend vorher im Winter und
unter der Dusche getestet werde sollte. Gute Unterlagen. Realistische bewegliche
Reise-Routen.
Other experiences:
1986 2 Wochen. Europa: .Schweiz
- Deutschland - Frankreich with Suzuki RV 125 3000 km.
1986 5 Wochen. Europa:
Schweiz - Östereich – Tschechien - Ungarn – Schweiz mit Honda 125
.5.000 km
1987 3 Monate. Europa + N-Afrika. Schweiz - Italien - Griechenland
- Israel - Sinai - Ägypten - Italien - Schweiz mit Jamaha XT 600. 8000 km.
1988 6 Wochen. Europa. Schweiz - Italien - Griechenland - Türkei - Rodos
- Italien Schweiz mit MW GS 80 ca. 7500 km.
1989 3 Monate Europa + N-Afrika.
Schweiz - Frankreich - Andorra - Spanien - Marokko - Algerien - Tunesien - Frankreich
- Schweiz mit 11.000 km.
1990 1 Monate: Europa. Schweiz - Italien - Sizilien
- Malta - Italien - Schweiz BMW GS 80 5500
1992 1 Monat: Asien. Indonesien
- Bali mit Suzuki 3500 km.
1993 4 Monate: Nord-Amerika. Canada - Alaska (Prudoe
Bay) - Mexiko - Canada mit BMW R100 GS. 37.000 km
1995 1 Monat: Europa. Schweiz
- Deutschland - Belgien - Dänemark - Färörer Island - Dänemark
- Deutschland - Schweiz miz BMW R100 GS 3000 km.
1996 1 Monat: Europa. Schweiz
- Deutschalnd - Dänemark - Schweden - Finland - Schweden - Deutschland -
Schweiz mit BMW R100 GS 7000 km.
1997 2 Wochen Europa. Schweiz - Frankreich
- England - Frankreich - Schweiz mit BMW R100 GS 4000 km.
2000 1 Monat Europa:
Schweiz - Deutschalnd - Dänemark - Schweden - Finland - Schweden - Deutschland
- Schweiz mit BMW R100 GS 8000 km.
Dazwischen X Reisen in Italien Frankreich
Deutschland
Auch habe ich 5 USA Reisen mit Camper Auto und Ruchsack gemacht.
Auch Seltene Gebiete Neufundland....Grönland , griechische Inseln, Norwegen,
Holland, Tunesien, Malaisia, und weitere europäische Länder aber nicht
mit dem Motorrad
Also neben den Motorradreisen habe ich traditionell per Flugzeug
eine Tour rund um die Welt Gemacht: Schweiz - Island - USA - Hawaii Neuseland
- Australien - Singapore - Malasia - Indonesien - Schweiz
Die Gesamten Killometer
von ca 330.500 km zählen sich aus den km-Zählstände der Motorräder:
Kilometer mit eigenen Motorrädern: Susuki 23.000 km. Honda 32.000 km. Jamaha
XT 65.000 km .BMW R 80 GS 92.000 km. BMW R100 GS 115,000 km. Mit gemietetem Motorrad
Jamaha 3.500 km.
25.02.1996 First contact.
27.03.2002 1st answer: Infiziert
binn ich schon seit Langem und werde diese Krankheit auch nich Heilen können
und wollen. Der "Virus Motorrad Reisen" ist auch so Speziel das ich
Ihn auch nicht vermissen möchte.
17.10.1993 - 04.11.1996 Alaska-Feuerland
Sbampato, Thomas and Petra (Ketelsen, heute Sbampato. Schweizer)
http://www.sbampato.ch
Drei Jahre
lang erforschten der freischaffende Fotograf Thomy und die Lehrerin und
Schriftstellerin Petra mit einer BMW R 100 GS den amerikanischen Kontinent. Alaska
- Feuerland: 120.000 km. Hielten Dia-Vorträge. Vermutlich längste Alaska-Feuerland-Tour.
Sbampato, Thomas and Björn Würmli
??.05. - ??.09.1982
4 Monate Europa mit Yamaha 125 DT. 20.000 km.
Sbampato, Thomas und Petra
Ketelsen:
17.10.1989 - 11.10.1990 1 Jahr Nord und Central Amerika mit
einer Kawasaki KLR 650. 50.000 km.
Route: Florida - Kalifornien -
Panama - Florida mit einigen Abstechern in verschiedene Nationalparks wie Arches,
Grand Canyon, Bryce usw.
Our highlights: Dass wir am Ende der Reise
uns so gut verstanden, daß wir beschlossen zusammenzubleiben und heirateten.
The worst: Wir gerieten in Nicaragua zwischen die Fronten der Contras
und den Sandinisten. Schüsse, Schreie, Tote, Kampfhelikopter. Das wir aus
der Situation lebend herauskamen war absoluter Zufall.
Petra und Thomas
Sbampato
17.10.1993 - 04.11.96 Feuerland - Alaska mit einer BMW R 100
GS. 120.000 kms.
Route: Alle Länder Amerikas bis auf die drei
Guayanas.
Highlights: Die Leute am Wegesrand, die uns in scheinbar
ausweglosen Situationen immer wieder neuen Mut gaben und weiterhalfen.
The
worst: Es gab einige schlimme Situationen, aber der Überfall nachts in
unserem Zimmer in Mexiko, wo ich beinahe mein rechtes Auge verlor, gehörte
bestimmt zu den schlimmsten Erlebnissen. Mein Schneidezahn wackelt heute noch
davon.
Book or Publikation: Magazine wie das Globetrotter-Magazin
Schweiz. Motorradmagazin Schweiz. Gegen hundert Tageszeitungen in der Schweiz
und Süddeutschland. In der zweiten Jahreshälfte 2000 erscheint die Reportage
im Motorrad - Magazin Deutschland.
Info: Zwei CD´s und eine
CD - ROM Feuerland - Alaska. Die CD-ROM ist mit Wort, Bild und Musik.
Buch von Petra geplant. Bestellbar bei Thomas Sbampato oder Bernd Tesch.
02.2000 1st Info by MOTORRAD 4/2000
31.05.2000 1st contact
1994
Bernd Tesch visited the most famous motorcycle-travellers in USA
in 4 weeks:
Tabitha Estabrook and Jim Rogers, Ted Simon, Susan
and Clement Salvadori, Robert Fulton, Judy and Dan Kennedy (WHITE HORSE PRESS),
Norman McElroy, Jim Wilson,...
17.06.1995 - 24.09.1995 100 days
Gagnon, Dee (American) http://www.deegagnon.com
USA. The woman Dee (35) rode solo
over the backroads of U.S.A. for 100 days, on her 1986 Honda Interceptor
500, covering more than 17,000 miles.
Route: Dee explored, ate and
slept (usually camping) in 38 States, with no planned agenda. The adventures she
encountered, obstacles overcome, and fine people she met along the way inspired
her to share her story with others, by writing a book, published July 2000.
Highlights: Ten of the same questions were asked everywhere she went.
Number One question was "Aren't you afraid?" Others were, "All by yourself
? What if you break down? What do you for work, that you can just take off this
way?" and the dumbest "You rode it all the way here?"
The worst part:
Crashing.
Book: "Dee Tours". Publisher. Pegasus Publishing. USA. Ssoftbound,
6 x 9 inches, 464 hefty pages with color and b/w photos, jam packed full of adventures.
Takes the reader on a journey of road and spirit. Unique observations about
life, the world around us, and the strength of a woman, who thinks of herself
as just the girl next door. The book is only available from Dee.
21.08.2000
First information by Dal Smile.
01.07.1997 - 25.02.1998
Bausenhart,
Werner Ph.D. DM 38,90 www.??
"8
Around the Americas on a Motorcycle." English. 240 pp. 23 b +w
fotos, 1 map. 47,543 miles (=76.069km)
The German Werner (living in Canada)
rode around North and South America after he retired. He wrote a book with a day-to-day
account of a trip by BMW R 100 GSPD from Ontario, Canada, to Prudhoe Bay (Alaska)
to Ushuaia
(Tierra del Fuego, Argentina), and back to Canada. It gives an
insight into matters specific to motorcycle adventure
travel: the documents
required, the maintenance of the bike, road and riding conditions as they affect
the motorcyclist, border crossings, transporting the bike by air freight, and
accommodation and security for bike and rider. An appendix lists exact distances,
and the names of secure campgrounds and hotels. The travelogue includes conversations
with many of the fellow travellers Bausenhart met along the route. The book also
touches on more personal questions. How does the family-oriented traveller obtain
a leave of absence from a significant other who hates motorcycles? How does one
overcome one's own fear of the unknown? The writer demonstrates that anyone with
a strong desire to do so can indulge in motorcycle adventure travel. All that
is required is a reliable
motorcycle, a bit of money, and a lot of time.
Appendix: Route with kms, camping places and hotels.
Tour North America:
01.07.1997 - 21.08.97 28,864 Miles. Canada - U.S.A (Alaska) - Canada - U.S.A (Oregon
- California) - Mexico - U.S.A (Texas - Florida - New York) - Canada.
Tour:
South America: 20.10.1997-02.02.1998. 37,038 miles. Canada - U.S.A - Mexico
- Guatemala - El Salvador -
Honduras - Nicaragua- Costa Rica - Panama - Colombia
- Venezuela - Brazil - Paraguay - Argentina - Chile - Argentina - Chile - Bolivia
- Peru - Bolivia - Peru - Ecuador - Colombia.
Tour: Central America
and Mexico: 03.02.98 - 25.02.98. 47,543-37,090 =10.453 miles Panama - Costa Rica
-
Nicaragua - Honduras - Guatemala - Belize - Mexico - U.S.A - Canada.
Book: His private published book in English is available from Bernd Tesch
after 25th of May 2000: "8 Around Americas".
18.02.1999 + 140 days
in 1999
Johannes, Jan (German)
no www.
USA. Canada. Mexico. The medicine
student Jan (30) rode first time solo out of Europe: 140 days with a BMW
100 GS/PD in NAmerika. 43.000 kms with four sets of tires.
Route:
Germany - flew to USA (N.Y.) with bike. Planned original to circle around N.Y.
and then to ride to Canada. Because Jan never was very organised concerning weather
he changed his plan and rode 3 days in snow south to warmer Florida - New Orleans
- Houston - San Diego - Baja California/Mexico. Because of problems with gearbox
Jan returned to
BMW-dealer in San Diego. From San Franzisco he made a 14
days tour by a wohnmobil with his parents through the region of Grand Canyon.
Because he liked this area so much he started again with his BMW via Parks Sequoria
and Yosemiti.
But the snow wanted HIM to wait there... Continueing to Death
Valley to Grand Canyon it rained or snowed the next 14 days all the time. In Lake
Tahoe he only wanted to relax two days but the snow came again. So he skied 1st
of may there. In the Redwoods (Westcost) his battery did not work any longer -
Salt Lake City - Yellowstone-NP. The street through the
South of the Park
was just opend again because of snow. So he followed it. Because the snow came
back again he only could safed by others. Further to the north until the border
of Canada and return to Vancouver where he wanted to meet his girlfriend for 14
days. But she decided not to meet him and flew to Alaska. So Jan decided to ride
to Vancouver-Island - Whistler - Dawson-Creek to Alaska. On the Alaska-Highway
he rode one day 1.500 kms in 15 hours to Whitehorse. He
tried to leave
the Yukon via the top-of-the-world-highway. But in Dawson-City his rear tire broke
and a new one had to be flown it. When he reached finally Alaska he had two weeks
holiday with his girl-friend Angela. Again with continueally rain: By ferry from
Skagway to Prince Ruppert. From here he had only 14 days to ride back 10.000 kms
via Toronto (here he had one of the hottest days of the last centuries) N.Y. Back
by plane to Germany.
Best: The most streets are really bouring, but
the many, many Nationalparks were really big highlights. I have been in 90% of
the US-NParks. The infrastructure in USA and Canada is perfekt. You can get the
feeling of being alone somewhere in the wilderness too. Mexico I liked very much
because of their lifestyle.
The worst: Heaving problems with gearbox
in Baja California. The BMW-rack crashed in Death Valley "riding off road". My
batterie did not work any more in Redwoods. My carburator was leaking 10.000 kms
back through Canada. Had to pay 140 Canadian dollars because of watching the landscape
and not my speedometer...
Infos: In North America are very big distances.
So for me it was normal to ride beween 400-1200 kms in one day. But I rode
this distances only once or twice a week. After I reached a new nice place then
I rode only a few kilometers a days. Very relaxing without all the package. Another
problem for me was the speedlimits on those big distances. But I was
lucky
because I was stopped only 5 times and had to pay only ones. I did not have to
pay my parking tickest because the police-officers do not know from which country
the numberplate is. Most expensive have been the rough roads in USA, because you
need a lot of tires: My first two pairs of tires have been run down after 3.000
kms already an after 5.000 kms they were like slices. In Germany the same tire
is good for 12.000 kms (Metzeler Enduro 3). Later I used US-MILAGE-ENDURO-TIRES
(Avon). They worked until they broke in the Youkon.The best tires were the
same new METZLER-ENDURO-MILAGE-TIRES (25.000 kms). But these tires are very hard
and are not allowed in Germany. These tires are not really good for off road.
But I only rode about ca. 5000 kms off road in Mexico, Alaska and in some US-National-Parks.
21.03. - 02.12.1999
Kleiner, Verena
(Baden Baden, Germany, born 19.09.1978)
and Cyril Gaehler (Zurich, Switzerland, born 06.05.1978)
North
America. USA (NY) - Canada - Alaska - USA (NY). Verena and Cyril rode
14.000 miles in 9 months in north America. One funny thing is how we met : Verena
tried to find a female travel partner to travel the panamericana with a scooter
! She did everything but no one responded. She then record a radio interview.
Cyril just came back from a trip from the southern pacific. While fixing the car
he did listen to the radio and called up right away. They have met only 7 times
before they left together….
Cyril's was looking for the bike HONDA Africa
Twina but there was no way to get one in the USA. So he bought a Honda Transalp
XLV600 in NY which was finally a wonderful bike. Verena bought a Kawasaki KLX
650 in Los Angeles ( Cyril cannot recommend that bike for such a trip).
Route:
By plane from Switzerland (Basel) to USA (New York. We had the order to drive
two Caravans to Los Angeles and back until end of April - then by bikes along
the shore Connecticut - Rhode Island - Boston MA - through Maine direction Canada
- New Brunswick - Halifax in Nova Scotia. Friends came to Halifax and so wie drove
two weeks in a rented car. Then by bikes: New Foundland - Prince Edward Island
- Quebec - Montreal - Toronto - Ottawa in Ontario - Manitoba - Winniepeg in Saskatchewan.
The streets always go straight and we were happy to see a tiny curve. Off the
civilisation to La Ronge in the northern part, back down to Saskatoon and towards
Calgary into the Rockies - Banff - Jasper. Wonderful road but too many tourists.
End of august we headed up north (made a loop to Steward and Hyder in Alaska)
- direction Watson Lake YT (there we met Dutch RTW-Traveller Peter Theuwissen).
Whitehorse - Dawson City 777 km gravel road one way to Inuvik in the North West
Territories and back to Dawson.
We crossed all states of Canada from east
to west and then made it to Alaska, entering via the Top of the World Hwy to Chicken
and Tok.
This has been at 2nd of october and nobody dared to ride to Alaska.
But we went on to already closed Denali NP - Anchorage. Three days ferry from
Skagway to Birmingham just next Seattle. By bike to Vancouver. Here we worked
until we had an order to drive two van to New York. Unfortunately our trip and
our relationship ended after a wonderful experience in Dec 99 in New York, the
place were everything started.
Purpose of travel: We originally
planed to go to Alaska then the Panamericana down to Chile. Unfourtenately we
run out of cash ever we have been working on our way.
Highlights: lifestyle
/ Indian Summer / The Dempster Highway (from Dawson City YT to Inuvik NWT.). Alaska
without tourists (everybody is supposed to be out of Alaska by the end of september,
we arrived in October). The east cost mentality in Nova Scotia. The Maine lobsters.
Price Edward Island.
The worst: Get stuck in snow and mud after a 12
hour horror day (110 miles), fighting with the bike in the freezing cold of the
arctic fall.
Book or publication: none
Useful informations and
TIPS for others: ....contact or visit me - you are always welcome
Earlier
Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours:... No big ones.
10.06.2002 1st contact.
10.08.1999 - 16.03.2000
Mannes, Dorith und
Helmut Zitzlaff no www.
Canada. USA. Mexico. Dorith (BMW F 650 ST)
and Helmut (BMW R 80) rode 30.000 kms in 3 different countries.
Route:
USA (N.Y.) - Canada (Montreal - Quebec - Prince Edward Island - New Foundland
- Nova Scotia - USA - Niagara Falls - Toronto) - USA (Chigaco - Route 66 to Santa
Monica - Death Valley - St. Diego) - Mexico (Baja California -
Mazantas -
Playa Azul - Mexico City) - Cuba (5 weeks without motorcycle) - Mexico (Mexico
City - Oaxaca - San Christobal de las Casas - Tapachula - Yukatan - Villahermosa)
- USA (Texas - Miami) - by plane back to Germany.
Highlights: : Daytona
Beach "Bike Week" with 500.000 bikers. Chiapas. Route 66.
The Worst:
Topez in Mexico (road bumps). A theft at night out of the hotel room.
Earlier
experiences: Before I (Dorith) got my own motorcycle-license I road with Helmut
Zitlaff as a pillion rider a always six weeks in: Europe Northafrica (Tunesia,
Algeria, Morokko), Australia, Alaska, Canada, USA. Our plan to ride with
two motorcycles for one year in North America ended up after 6 months.
31.04. - 15.07.2000
Freitag, Enrico (German)
www. under construction
USA. Enrico (28)
rode solo in 2,5 months in USA from East to West, from South to North with Kawasaki
VN 800 Classic, 20.000 kms.
Motorcycle by ship from Germany to Orlando /
Florida in January. I flew in april and picked it up. This was organized
from "Knopf-Motorradreisen", Heidelberg/Germany ( No problems for a good price:
2.500,-DM for moto-transport Germany - Orlando per ship and L.A. - Germany per
airplane, incl. tax and customs). I flew back from L.A. without bike. Bike came
1 week later via aircraft.
Route: Florida - rode West on the coast
to Jackson/Mississippi along the "Natches Trace Pkwy" - across the "Chattahooche
Nat. Forest" and "Great Smoky Mountains" along the "Blue Ridge Pkwy" to "Shenandoah
Nat.Park" Washington D.C - "Niagara Falls" - Canada (above the "Great Lakes")
- back in USA to Milwaukee - 1.600 km straigth ahead to west - "Badlands
Nat. Park" - "Black Hills" - south to Chimney Rock - Nebraska - Denver/Colorado
- across the "Rocky´s" to "Arches Nat.Park" - "Canyonlands" - "Monument
Valley" - "Bryce" and "Zion" in Utah - Arizona ("Grand Canyon") on the Road "66"
- California - "Joshua Tree Park" - San Diego (Mexican border and Pacific Ocean)
- Las Vegas/ Nevada - Death Valley (realy dry) - "Sequoia Nat. Park" - "Kings
Canyon" - "Yosemite Valley" - "Ghosttown" Bodie (20 mls north on "Mono Lake")
- Bridgeport and "Biker-Meeting" - San Francisco - Pacific-Hwy. No.1 - L.A.
Highlights: Too much for a short report, but take this... freedom,
wind, dust, stars, fire, natural arches, friendly people and new friends, (and
last but not least) inexpensive gas.
The Worst: Cold weather in Canada
(5- 8°C). A plenty of sweet food.
23.06.2000 1st contact with Tina (Harley-Girl
from Germany on tour in USA, she lives and drives there 9 month)
1998 Partcipant
of the Motorcycle-Meeting for World-Travellers.
20.05.2000 - ?
Spittel, Tini und Lars (Germans)
Plan Alaska
- Tierra del Fuego. Both riding on one HONDA
Africa Twin.
Route: USA - Canada - Alaska
- all the way to Panama
25.06.2000 - 27.08.2000 + 28.06.2001 -
25.08.2001
Jacqueline Jesser (American, born
03.11.70, Intermediate Science Instructor) and Curran, Daniel. E.H. (Canadian,
born 25.08.75 Biology/Philosophy Instructor) rode 20,053 kms on a 1990 BMW
R100GS on their first tour and 18,400 kms on the second tour. So the total
Canada/US tour over the last two years has been about 38,500 kms.
Purpose
of Travel: To see the land, live under the stars, explore new cultures/people.
The road is our home..
1st.Route: 25.06.2000 - 27.08.2000 Canada (Toronto)
- USA (Missouri - Arkansas - New Mexico - Colorado - Wyoming (Yellowstone/Grand
Teton/Glacier Nat. Parks) - Canada (Montana - Alberta - British Columbia) - USA
(Washington - Oregon - California (to LA) - Nevada - Utah (canyon country) - Colorado
- Kansas - Missouri - Illinois - Michigan) - Canada (Toronto) - USA .
2
nd Route: 26.06.2001 - 25.08.2001 .Continuing US/Canada tour after the tour
06.28.01 - 08.25.01 with Tesch TTT-4 boxes/rack. Same 1990 R100GS.
Canada
(Toronto) - USA (New York - Vermont - Massachussets - Conneticut - Mass. - New
Hampshire - Maine - Nova Scotia - Prince Edward Island - Newfoundland - Quebec
- Vermont - West Virginia - Virginia - Tennessee - Kentucky - Arkansas - Missouri
- Illinois - Ohio - Canada (Toronto).
Planned Route: Semi
Around-The-World. We are planning./ preparing for a semi around-the-world
ride from Alaska --> Tierra del Fuego --> S. Africa --> East Africa --> Egypt
--> Middle East --> Turkey --> Southern Mediterranean --> France --> England -->
home. Hopefully this will take place in a couple of years (2004?). Until then,
summers only! Next summer will be a Mexico tour.
31.05.2001 - 01.08.2001
USA Tour (Route 66+Higway1+PCH) www.utzmann.de
(under construction, ready mid 2002
Steffen Utzmann (German, 08.12.1971)
and Alexander Köhne (German, 02.03.1976)
Steffen rode a '91 Yamaha
XT600, Alex rode a 2000 BMW F650, the trip was planned as a solo tour. About 13.000kms
95% on Highways.
Route: Main Route was Chicago - Los Angeles (Route
66), Los Angeles - Seattle Highway 1 and Pacific Coast Highway (101) Several excursion
for example Mesa Verde, Monument Valley, Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Loughlin, NV,
Crater Lake, Victoria BC, Mt. Rainier and Mt. St. Helen's.
Purpose of travel:
Fun, Route 66 75th anniversary, my upcoming 30th birthday, meeting people, see
the US
Highlights: Highway 1 North of San Francisco till it ends. Sundown/Sunset
at Monument Valley. Riding hours on Route 66 in the Great Plains without a curve.
Never a day without people asking: "where you come from" (German Number
Plates helps!). Grand Canyon North Rim. Riding hours without meeting more than
a couple of people. Meeting lots of very helpful and friendly Americans. The differences
in the landscape, people, climate etc. in the states visited. Pismo Beach, CA
and Oregon Dunes NP -> riding Pacific Coast Beaches;-) Loneliness in the Mojave
Desert.
The worst: On the 2nd day of the trip we took a wrong turn
in Chicago. This brought us for about 45min in a very bad neighbourhood, I was
frightened to death.
Tip: Never follow the original Route 66 too long
on Adams Street.
Book or publication: www.utzmann.de
Useful
informations and TIPS for others: Books on Route 66: Tom Snyders book with
the original old 66 maps. I used them to ride the 66!
Camping: KOA
campgrounds www.koa.com are a little bit
more expensive 18-30$, but very good equipped. E.B there is always a small store,
clean showers, a pool, washing machines and sometimes even free data-ports for
Modems. Wild camping' in a National forest is sometimes for free (e.g. Kaibab
National Forest at Grand Canyon North Rim). But usually there is no restrooms,
water, etc. But there is also Campgrounds in National Forest and National Recreation
Areas URL: http://www.reserveusa.com/
49.500 campsites
Most National Parks have campgrounds. Prices vary depending
how popular the NP is (staring around 8$) URL: http://www.nps.gov
State Parks are also very nice and sometimes pretty inexpensive (starting
around 8$). Minimum equipped with some sort of restroom. I always collected information
about State Parks in the Welcome Centers of the States when crossing the state
line. The Welcome Centers are usually after the state border on the Interstate.
Insurance in the US:
50.000$ base coverage is required by law . We
never has to proof that, but I don't know what happens if you have an accident.
The insurance is usually valid for USA and Canada.
Agencies in Germany:
AIU - American International Underwriters, 06122/15646. Tour Insurance, 040/251721-50
In the US: Dairyland Insurance Berglund Enterprises Inc.5625 E. Indian School
Road, Studio B, Phoenix Arizona 85018. Fax: 001 6029940321, Phone. 001 6029491034
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: none, just short tours in
Germany surrounding European countries.
28.01.2002 - + 350 days
Jäger, Katja (born 1975) and Thorsten Wald
(born 1972) both German
USA. Mexico. We want
to fullfill our dream and ride for a year in USA with one year HONDA Africa Twin
XRV 750, RD 07
Planned Route: Germany - by air to USA (Miami) - Kraut-Meeting
in Daytona( 07.03.) - Bike Week in Myrtle Beach ( 11.-19.05..) - Kansas/ St. Joseph.
- Mexico - ? - Maybe back to Germany!
Earlier
experiences: Thorsten has already done some vacatios by motorcycle with friends.
Katja do not have a driving license but rode as a pillion rider for 2.000 kms.
It will be a new adneture for her."Our first paln was to ride for 3 months
in USA. After the terror in USA 11.09.2001 we wanted to ride in other countries
but finally decided to ride in USA".
11.2001 1st contact
I hope you liked reeding this.
I am just waiting for YOUR email helping me to update: A LIFELONG job with passion.
Bernd Tesch in Germany
Summaries
in progress:
1975
17.02.2002 1st information by Oliver
Lance http://www.amadirectlink.com/magazine/2002/story1feb.htm
I found your
story about NASA astronaut Duane Carey and Motorcyclist for two years in USA.
February
2002
The Ride of a Lifetime
Motorcycling astronaut to carry
AMA
banner into space
by Lance Oliver
It was 1975, and Duane Carey,
fresh out of high school
in St. Paul, Minnesota, was throwing a leg over his
Suzuki GT750 Water Buffalo for a two-year journey with
no fixed destination.
At the time, it was the ride of his life.
Now it’s 2002, and Carey
is a 24-year AMA member
and a NASA astronaut. On February 14, if the schedule
holds, he will strap himself into a 2,250-ton,
$1.7-billion
rocket ship,
blaze into space for 11 days, then coast
back to Earth.
Once again,
it will be the ride of his life.
It’s hard for most of us even to
imagine the experience
of piloting one of NASA’s space
shuttles in
orbit, but in one major way, Duane Carey is
just like the rest of us. Here’s
an Air
Force test pilot who has flown some of the fastest,
most exotic,
most demanding aircraft ever
created, yet he still says he enjoys riding motorcycles
more.
That’s not just talk. In fact, when
NASA allocated him room
to carry one
personal item into space with him,
Carey chose to take a
flag carrying
the AMA logo, which he plans to donate
afterwards for display
at AMA
headquarters.
In other words, when the space shuttle
Columbia
lifts off in a few weeks,
its seven-member crew will include one
guy who’s
very much one of us.
The mission that will take 44-year-old
Lt. Col.
Duane Carey into space
is designated STS-109. Its purpose is
to conduct
routine maintenance
on the Hubble Space Telescope, which
orbits the Earth
and gives
astronomers a view into the farthest reaches of the
universe.
The crew aboard Columbia will
use a robot arm to pull the telescope into the
shuttle’s work bay to give Hubble a tuneup.
There are two types of
astronauts aboard shuttle
flights. The mission specialists are the
scientists
or other experts who are on board to conduct
experiments or complete specific
tasks, such as servicing the telescope.
Also on board are a commander and
a pilot, the highly
experienced fliers who actually control
the ship.
The commander, Scott Altman, will have
primary responsibility for handling
the shuttle.
But over 11 days, Carey will have his hands on the
controls
quite a bit as well.
“The way I look at it, it’s the job of the
commander
and the pilot to get those folks up there to do
their jobs and
to get them back,” says Carey.
It’s an assignment unlike any
other a pilot can be
given, especially when it comes to bringing
the shuttle
back from orbit.
“We’re about a 220,000-pound glider coming in,”
says
Carey. “We actually enter the Earth’s
atmosphere over the
Indian Ocean and we have enough
speed to glide halfway around the
world
and land in Florida.”
Along the way, there’s a complex series
of maneuvers
that Carey compares to a motorcycle
racer hitting his braking
markers. For the shuttle, the
markers are “gates,” or designated
positions in the atmosphere, that must be hit in order
to stay on the right
trajectory for the
landing.
And talk about coming in hot! In orbit,
the shuttle is
moving at more than 17,000 mph. By the
time it lands, it
has to scrub off nearly all that
velocity, touching down on the runway at
a mere
225 mph.
“The space shuttle is unlike any other flying
machine,”
says Kenneth Cameron, an AMA
member and retired astronaut
who flew three shuttle
missions (see “Frequent Flier,” below).
“It’s huge. It’s a bus. It’s like flying a large
building.”
In comparison, riding a motorcycle sounds like a
breeze.
“I enjoy
riding more than I do flying,” Carey says.
“But I’m a
better
pilot than a rider.”
Carey was introduced to motorcycles by his stepfather,
Claire Pastorius, who owned a BSA 650. When Carey was
13, Pastorius bought
two Honda CT70 trail bikes for
Duane
and his brother, and the motorcycling
hook was firmly
set.
The first motorcycle Carey owned himself was a
Can-Am
175 he used for everything from off-road racing to
commuting
to high school.
“I truly believe that’s what kept the boys out
of
trouble,” says
Carey’s mother, Penny Pastorius. Between riding
and
working part-time jobs to make money to pay for
motorcycling, the
brothers kept busy.
In fact, years later, Mrs. Pastorius was surprised
that
Duane
ended up as a pilot.
“He wasn’t the one who
was always drawing pictures of
airplanes,” she recalls. “That was
my other son. Duane
was
drawing motorcycles.”
After graduating
from high school, Carey became what he
calls a “motorcycle bum.”
He bought a candy-orange
Suzuki
GT750 and went off to explore North America
and decide
the
direction of his life.
“I had $200 in my pocket
when I left,” he remembers.
“I’d
travel until all my money
was gone, then I’d get a job
for a
while. I worked as a typewriter
repairman, a bartender,
anything I could get.”
When his desire
for the road was satisfied, at least
temporarily, he returned home and made
two big changes
in
his life.
One was marrying hometown sweetheart
Cheryl Ann
Tobritzhofer. They’ve been together ever since, and now
have two teenage children, Zack and Erin.
The other big change was enrolling
at the University of
Minnesota, where he joined the Air Force ROTC. And
Carey
says all those miles on motorcycles came in handy when
he
applied
for pilot school.
“I believe my motorcycle experience helped me do
well
on a
lot of the aptitude tests the Air Force gave me,” he
says.
Tasks such as glancing at a display and instantly
gathering
information were nothing new to a rider with thousands
of
miles under
his tires.
Eventually, Carey was stationed in Louisiana and then
Korea,
where, after overcoming extensive red tape, he
shipped his Honda Gold Wing.
In a place where there
were
few motorcycles larger than 125cc, excursions
on the
big
tourer sometimes drew crowds of gawkers so thick Carey
was literally unable to move the bike.
A key turn in Carey’s career
came when he was selected
for
the Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards
Air Force
Base
in California. Test pilots fly a wide variety of
aircraft,
and
Carey further honed his skills at the controls of
experimental
fighters.
On his own time, he also broadened his motorcycling
resume.
A group of officers got permission to build a
motocross track at Edwards,
and Carey took up the sport
aboard a Yamaha YZ250.
“At first
I thought, ‘Why would anyone want to do this?
It’s
hard work!’
” he says. “But I found out it’s a great
way to stay
in
shape.
“There’s something very elemental about motocross,”
he
adds. “It made me a better street rider.”
In 1996, Carey
was selected as an astronaut candidate
and transferred to the Johnson Space
Center in Houston. After two years of training, he
qualified for his first
flight and was assigned
to STS-109.
Motocross riding has taken a vacation
since Carey was
selected for the shuttle mission. Even
a minor injury
could prevent him from participating in
the mission, and that could mean other
crew members would miss their chance as well.
“I just crank up the
YZ every week or two, warm it up
and then put it away again,” Carey says.
Though he’s missed motorcycling during the intense
training required
of shuttle crew members,
he notes that it’s a small price to pay for
one of the
world’s hardest-earned thrill rides.
Carey believes
in the old adage that luck is when
opportunity and preparation meet.
Competition
is so fierce for spots in the astronaut
program, he says, that a little luck
is
essential. But so is the preparation.
“If you’re aiming
for high goals, you need to set
yourself up for opportunities that might come
up,” he notes. “You don’t know if they’ll come up, but
you have to be ready.”
Even as he’s about to embark on his space
adventure,
Carey loves to talk about his
motorcycling memories, from trail
rides as a boy to
tours through spectacular scenery in Korea.
One of
his favorite stories is about
the time he took his son, Zack,
with him
on the Gold Wing for a trip
from California to his
hometown in Minnesota,
all on back
roads.
“We had a kind of ‘Zen and the Art
of Motorcycle Maintenance’
trip,” he says. “That’s something
we’ll always have between us. It
took us about six days, just putting
along.
“Motorcycling is full of special
moments, especially when
you make
it a family thing,” he adds.
That faithful Gold Wing
has since
been sold with 125,000 miles on
the odometer and replaced with
a new
Honda ST1100. Zack, who
was recently accepted for admission
to the Air Force Academy,
now rides a motorcycle of his own.
For his
part, Carey is about to put his years of
training to use, embarking on an
adventure of
the rarest kind. Once the shuttle lifts off, he’ll
accelerate
from 0 to 17,500 mph in about eight
minutes, then circle the Earth more than
150 times. In
the process, he’ll join the ranks of the few
humans
who have traveled beyond this planet’s last
wisps of air.
One
more ride of a lifetime in a lifetime of riding.
Check in regularly for
updates and more information on
shuttle mission STS-109 as we follow AMA
member
Duane Carey’s journey into space.
Click here to see real time
tracking of STS-109,
and
the International Space Station.
Here is
NASA's biographical data on Duane G.
"Digger" Carey.
For more
information on STS-109, click here.
© 2002 by the American
Motorcyclist Association
2000 five months
Rasmussen,
Ida (Danish)
Daughter Ida of famous family Nina Rasmussen
and Hjalte Tin with son Emil rode with her boyfriend on motorcycles, small 125
taiwanese mc, five months all over Mexico in 2000 - in her own old route as a
baby!
30.01.02 1st request to Ida.
11.1998 - 02.1999
Bruns,
Günther
North-America. The German
Günther is 60 and noticed while travelling in India cheaply and easy by backpacking
that he wanted to see more by touring. So he wants to ride to Westafrica to visit
his daughter Inken first would be a good challenge on his one year trip. He intends
to continue to southern and possibly eastern Africa. The teacher Günther
asked at school for a one year unpayed leave because he feels quite fit now and
he knows that elder colleagues wanted to travel after having been retired but
never did so. He started riding a bike with 19 and wants to travel via Marocco
- Mauretania - Senegal - to Ghana and Westafrica. He still thinks that to MOVE
by travelling with a bike is something natural we human beings need. We start
MOVING already in our mothers uterus. 20./21.08.98 Günther has visited
Bernd Tesch for a recommendation of all subjects concerning a Transafrica Tour.
In Aachen he made the decision to ride a BMW R 80 GS Basic instead of YAMAHA
XT 600. - After he left Aachen he got a cheap opportunity to go first to USA /
California, where he rode in 11.1998 with his old YAMAHA Tenere!
25.02.99
I got a postcard from him from Ghana: "Your words helped me in many respects.
It is not nessecary to make your own faults". Will be back in 02.1999.
11.2002 - 01.2003
Surmund, Wolfgang (German, born 1959)
Plan
Central-America. The tax-man Wofgang plans to ride solo for three months
with KTM Adventure.
Route: Mexico to Panama.
Purpose of travel:
"There is something other than to work only in life."
24.02.2002
Wolfgang was here for recommendation.
Zierl, Oluf (German, 05.10.1932-15.09.2002).
http://www.reisemotorrad.de > forum fide on !
< Oluf Zierl and his Harley Davidson and B.T. in 1992 at the mc-fair IFMA
< Oluf Zierl at the German Harley-Davidson Meeting in 1994 showing
Bernd Teschs book
The mc-travel-journalist and book-author Oluf has
been riding a lot in USA, Europe and Australia.
Books and videos:
His Harley-Davidson compendium is out in 6 languages.
ZIERL, Oluf: Highway
Melodie. 20.000 km quer durch USA mit Harleys. Sehr beliebter RB. DM 19,80. ZIERL,
Oluf: Die schönsten Motorrad-Touren durch die USA. Großartiger Text-Bildband.
RF. DM 59,90. ZIERL, Oluf und Jürgen Boss: Biker-songs als hardrock-Musik, die
zu dem Video hergestellt wurden. CD. DM 29,90. ZIERL, Oluf: Unter weitem Himmel.
10.000 Meilen quer durch USA. Video DM 49,90 ZIERL, Oluf: Nordlichter. Skandinavien.
Travemünde-Polarkreis-Nordkap.! 4000 km. 65 Min. Video DM 44,90.
16.11.2001
Tel. with Oluf: He just to wants to have fun in live: Riding his motorcycle.
B.T.: Oluf and I know each other since a long time. We
call each other mc-friends. Oluf has been several times on my "Mc-Meeting
for World-Travellers". Since years he has the wish to travel with me through
Siberia.
15.09.02 When I heard about his death becaus of cancer I was very
sad. And will be this forever.
Oluf was burned and finally burried i München
30.10.02. His grave is on the "Waldfriedhof". The new part. His archive
will "go on" deposited at Lixi Laufer from Reise-Motorrad. Sascha owns
his oldest Harley.
Copyright
Bernd Tesch. Motorcycle-WORLD-Travel-Expert no.
1. It is free for you to read this and learn out of it. It is not
allowed to take off or to publish any information of this without written permission
of Bernd Tesch. This all is a part of the books in work "Süd-Amerika Motorrad-Reisen"
= South-America Motorcycle-Travels. ISBN 3-9800099-4-7 and "Nord-Amerika
Motorrad-Reisen" = North-America Motorcycle-Travels. ISBN 3-9800099-4-9
GLOBETROTT-ZENTRALE Bernd TESCH. Grünentalstr. 31, D-52152 Simmerath-Hammer,
Germany. Tel 0049(0)2473-938686. Fax: 02773-938678 email: berndtesch@gmx.de website:http://www.berndtesch.de