[QUOTE=MountainMan;183997]I was only a couple of minutes behind schedule. Told her that I was sorry for being late, traffic was terrible.[/COLOR]
i really impressed from the story above. i know how bad riding is in Bulgaria and in Turkiye. congrad mate..
my long and horrible ride was from Dover (UK) to Venice (Italy). had a broken rear suspention near Strasburg in France. 2 hours wait for repearing it. and 3 hours in Verona, Italy.
I have ridden from L'boro to Dover and was Dover around 9pm. I was a guest of a chap in Dover from hospitalityclub.com. went to bed like 12ish am. there was also some other guests (2 from Germany) just after went to bed, i have realised that i have left my carne, passport, etc all my documents in the paniers and the paniers were not locked. I couldn't go down cause i did not want to disturb them and couldn't sleep becase worrying about the documents. just slept an hour and woke up at 4.30pm to rainy and windy British morning. rode to Dover, cought the ferry. I have tried to sleep but childeren did not let me. arrived to rainy and windy France. got lots of red bull and espresso on the way. Stoped twice for meal in France and a big stop for rear shock near Strasburg. rain has stopped in Switzerland around 12am. I had a nap in Switzerland in a service station in disabled wc (cause they are bigger). tried to dry up my gloves, socks, boots using the hand dryer. spend there almost 2 hours. entered Milan around 9am and realised that i have missed the ferry to Greece which was at 10am. then i was slow on the trotter. then i show a bmw sign on the motorway near verona. entered Verona for bike repairshop. found one honda garage with the help of locals. they said, they don't have bmw rear shock and takes a week to order and get it. spent there almost 3 hours. and finally arrived Venice, a camping place near Marco-Polo airport at around 3pm next day.
so, about 1400 km in 32 hours with a broken suspention half of the way. not bad 3 months after having the driving licance on a overloaded single huh??
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