There are three rules to consider when choosing a bike for a 10000 km tour:
- Better the devil you know
- The bathtub theory
- Every bike works, until you need to fit in with a group plan
Category: Reviews
Reviews of bikes and biking equipment
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The Best Motorcycle for a 10000 km European Tour
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The best portable music player for your European biking trip
Your smartphone does everything, but do you really want to use it for streaming music or MP3 playback when you really should be preserving battery life for route planning, navigation, weather forecasting and the all-important messages and pics to your friends and social platforms? And besides that, the speaker is useless and your Bluetooth headphones need charging!
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Calimoto Route Planning and Tracking Review
I’ve just clocked over
(more…)4500km6500km7600km of tracked routes in the Calimoto motorcycle route planner, speed camera alert and route tracker. I’m a subscriber, and I’ll probably stay that way because whether it’s a quick round trip or a five day tour, Calimoto has become an essential part of my equipment. -
VFR800 soft luggage. SW Motech 68 liter set-up, test and stool trick.
There’s never too much information out there about luggage options for motorcycle tourers and this combination I’ve put together for my VFR800 is particularly interesting.
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Larry vs Harry Steps eBullitt Review
The Larry vs Harry Bullitt is a long-john style (2 wheels, carrier front and low) cargobike that appears to have achieved a good status in the market. I’m testing the Clockwork orange Shimano Steps eBullitt version which comes in at over 4300 Euro. It’s really, really expensive. But it’s good too. Not perfect, and not without the need to spend even more money, but we’ll get to that after I’ve summarised some good and bad points that I’ve already noted after a 4 days test.
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