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the Yellow Submarine - my current vehicle
Vehicles: The following list depicts all the vehicles I have owned, sorted by date.
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Vehicle 1, year 2007
Type: Piaggio NRG DT
Purchase date: May 2007
Date stolen (yes, stolen): Sep 2007
Nickname: n-r-g


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Vehicle 2, year 2008
Type: Honda SH300i
Purchase date: May 2008
Sell date: May 2009
Nickname: The Honda

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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)

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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)

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​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. 

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 ☑
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)
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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
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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


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186kg
209kg
2,280 mm
880 mm
1,215 mm
820 mm
​770mm


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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
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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 
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