Vehicles: The following list depicts all the vehicles I have owned, sorted by date.
Vehicle 1, year 2007
Type: Piaggio NRG DT
Purchase date: May 2007
Date stolen (yes, stolen): Sep 2007
Nickname: n-r-g
Type: Piaggio NRG DT
Purchase date: May 2007
Date stolen (yes, stolen): Sep 2007
Nickname: n-r-g
Vehicle 2, year 2008
Type: Honda SH300i
Purchase date: May 2008
Sell date: May 2009
Nickname: The Honda
Type: Honda SH300i
Purchase date: May 2008
Sell date: May 2009
Nickname: The Honda
Vehicle 3, year 2009-11
Type: BMW R1200R
Purchase date: Apr 2009
Sell date: Nov 2011
Nickname: The Beamer
(seen here with all the camping gear ready for riding)
Type: BMW R1200R
Purchase date: Apr 2009
Sell date: Nov 2011
Nickname: The Beamer
(seen here with all the camping gear ready for riding)
Vehicle 4, year 2012-17
Type: BMW R1200RT
Purchase date: Apr 2012
Sell date: Jul 2017
Nickname: The Beast
(seen here next to a bmw R24
confession: I find the old
one much cooler)
Type: BMW R1200RT
Purchase date: Apr 2012
Sell date: Jul 2017
Nickname: The Beast
(seen here next to a bmw R24
confession: I find the old
one much cooler)
Vehicle 5, year 2017
Type: VW Caddy
Purchase date: Jul 2017
Sell date: -
Nickname: Yellow Submarine (or) Magic Bus
ok it's not a two-wheeled vehicle
but we are now stuck with this recreational
vehicle of pure awesomness.
want to turn your Caddy into a camper van? click on
"Caddy Instructions" for what wood to order.
Type: VW Caddy
Purchase date: Jul 2017
Sell date: -
Nickname: Yellow Submarine (or) Magic Bus
ok it's not a two-wheeled vehicle
but we are now stuck with this recreational
vehicle of pure awesomness.
want to turn your Caddy into a camper van? click on
"Caddy Instructions" for what wood to order.
Vehicle 6...(not yet), year 20??
ok... I admit it... I don't currently own a motorbike (at time of press), which deems the name of this website void! Actually the bike exists, but it's still at the shop waiting for me. Luckily the most difficult hurdle was overcome, the big question, query-opening, arguing-starting, fact-listing, more fighting, biggest query of all times, namely the "which bike?". Most guys know that girls will chose their vehicle according to colour/looks/cute handlebars/pink seat/other irrelevant accessories... whereas guys will choose a bike according to power/functionality/specifications (on/off road etc.). After hundreds of hours of arguing and googling I have finally come to an agreement with myself. My companion on my trips will be a BMW F700GS for a number of reasons as listed below:
-best global break-down help: bmw ☑
-reliability: ☑
-min. of 2 cylinders for long distance adventures: ☑
-seats: 2 ☑
-fairing: ☑
-hard paniers: ☑
-low consumption (ca. 4lit/100km): ☑
-weight: not bad for a 2-seat bike (ca. 209kg fully loaded) ☑
-and most importanty (as size this time does really matter): saddle height = 770mm i.e. perfect for little people like me with small air-clearance between crotch and planet earth's surface ☑
ok... I admit it... I don't currently own a motorbike (at time of press), which deems the name of this website void! Actually the bike exists, but it's still at the shop waiting for me. Luckily the most difficult hurdle was overcome, the big question, query-opening, arguing-starting, fact-listing, more fighting, biggest query of all times, namely the "which bike?". Most guys know that girls will chose their vehicle according to colour/looks/cute handlebars/pink seat/other irrelevant accessories... whereas guys will choose a bike according to power/functionality/specifications (on/off road etc.). After hundreds of hours of arguing and googling I have finally come to an agreement with myself. My companion on my trips will be a BMW F700GS for a number of reasons as listed below:
-best global break-down help: bmw ☑
-reliability: ☑
-min. of 2 cylinders for long distance adventures: ☑
-seats: 2 ☑
-fairing: ☑
-hard paniers: ☑
-low consumption (ca. 4lit/100km): ☑
-weight: not bad for a 2-seat bike (ca. 209kg fully loaded) ☑
-and most importanty (as size this time does really matter): saddle height = 770mm i.e. perfect for little people like me with small air-clearance between crotch and planet earth's surface ☑
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Bike Specs
of BMW F700GS Weight/Dimensions Dry weight Kerb weight Length Width (incl. mirrors) Height (excl. mirrors) Seat height, unladen Seat height (low option) Engine Type Bore x stroke Displacement Power Max torque Fuel tank Reserve tank ca. 2.6lit Consumption Compression ratio Maximum speed Battery12 V / 12 Ah Transmission Clutch Gearbox Drive Chassis / brakes Frame Front wheel suspension Rear wheel suspension Suspension travel Castor Wheels Rim, front / rear Tyres, front / rear Disc brake front / rear info from: bmw & bmbikes |
186kg 209kg 2,280 mm 880 mm 1,215 mm 820 mm 770mm Water-cooled 4-str in-line two-cylinder, two overhead camshafts, four valves per cylinder, dry sump lubrication 82 mm x 75.6 mm 798cm³ 75bhp at 7000 rpm 77Nm at 5500rpm 16 lit ca. 2.6lit ca. 4.3lit/100km 12.0 : 1 ca. 192 km/h maintenance-free Power Multiple-disc clutch in oil bath, mechanically operated Constant mesh 6-speed gearbox integrated into crankcase Endless O-ring chain with shock damping in rear wheel hub Tubular steel space frame, load-bearing engine Telescopic fork, Ø 41 mm Cast aluminium dual swing arm, central spring strut, spring pre-load hydraulically adjustable (continuously variable) at handwheel, rebound damping adjustable. front & read 170mm / 140mm for low edition 95,3 mm / 103 mm for low edition Cast aluminium 2.50-19 MTH2 / 3.50-17 MTH2 (cast aluminium) 110/80 R19 / 140/80 R17 diam. 300 mm, double-piston float caliper (x2) / diam. 265 mm, single-piston float caliper |
Other bikes
Other honorable mentions of awesome bikes good for traveling, having in mind a low seat height (sorry KTM), affordabilitiy (sorry KTM & GS), and being light (sorry again GS) are:
-Ducati Scrambler 400cc or 800cc (air cooled)
-BMW 310gs & 310r / seat too high
-Moto Guzzi V7, 744cc (air colled & shaft drive i.e. the last of the Mohicans)
-Yamaha MT07 / seat too small
-Yamaha XSR700
-Yamaha Tracer700
-Kawasaki Versys
-Honda CB500X
-Royal Enfield Himalayan / seat too high, only 1 cylinder
-KTM 390 Adventure (year 2020) / seat too high, only 1 cylinder
-KTM 390 Duke (year 2013-16) / seat too high, only 1 cylinder
-Triumph Street Twin
-Benelli TRK 502
-Benelli 500cc?
-Brixton 500cc?
-Fantic Caballero 500 / only 1 cylinder
-Mash 400cc / only 1 cylinder
-SWM Gran Tourismo 455cc
-Vervemoto classic 250cc / not much power
Other honorable mentions of awesome bikes good for traveling, having in mind a low seat height (sorry KTM), affordabilitiy (sorry KTM & GS), and being light (sorry again GS) are:
-Ducati Scrambler 400cc or 800cc (air cooled)
-BMW 310gs & 310r / seat too high
-Moto Guzzi V7, 744cc (air colled & shaft drive i.e. the last of the Mohicans)
-Yamaha MT07 / seat too small
-Yamaha XSR700
-Yamaha Tracer700
-Kawasaki Versys
-Honda CB500X
-Royal Enfield Himalayan / seat too high, only 1 cylinder
-KTM 390 Adventure (year 2020) / seat too high, only 1 cylinder
-KTM 390 Duke (year 2013-16) / seat too high, only 1 cylinder
-Triumph Street Twin
-Benelli TRK 502
-Benelli 500cc?
-Brixton 500cc?
-Fantic Caballero 500 / only 1 cylinder
-Mash 400cc / only 1 cylinder
-SWM Gran Tourismo 455cc
-Vervemoto classic 250cc / not much power
