Some footage from a hill climb during my trip to Italy

Bye bye KTM 1290 Super Adventure R

 I sold the bike earlier this year, this kinda makes it official.

Definately one of the best bikes I owned. Resale value plumeted however, it was on sale for quite a while. In the end it went to a neighbouring country where prices are usually higher.

I enjoyed my time with this bike, it allowed me to travel more and further. For me the only downside was its weight when the riding gets more technical. 

👊

Project P38 dse In the mean time...

 

NEW Bike!

I wasn't actually planning to buy a Ducati but did not want to deal with the KTM camshaft issues. I also bought the bike earlier this year in May.

It seems that KTM has admitted to the camshaft debacle and is actually refunding and paying for the repairs. Kudos to KTM for this.

But that's not the reason for this post. I mention this because I actually wanted a Norden 901...

To be honest the Rally is a good bike but a bit expensive and I don't like the after sales. Bit to expensive if you ask me. I also don't like the aura of elite bikes that surrounds the Ducati brand. Not my cup of tea. 

Quick 1st maintenance and tire change = 500€ (tires not included)😒

I used the bike this summer to travel to France and Italy. It definately needs upgrades.

More will follow.

Race Wilder✊

Project P38!

 

Hi there,

It has been  while that I posted here but there is a good reason for it.

As you can see in the title I started a new project. Because of it I'm spending a lot of time wrenching and looking for parts. 

I did go on a trip with my bike in the summertime of 2023,  I didn't really post anything about it maybe I will later but that's due to my new hobby.

It had to happen one day, it was always in the back of my mind and I did go out and look for one on multiple occasions but I couldn't find exactly what I was looking for.

And finally in may last year I bought my 1st ever land Rover Range Rover. Yes a 4x4 😏

It's a P38 DSE 2.5 voque that was made from 1995 till 2001, mine is from 1997. So why did I buy the most unreliable Range rover ever (according to the internet).

Well car's of that age are relatively easy to work on, parts are abundant and when in good shape it makes for a very capable over-lander.

That's exactly what I want to do , building an over-lander out of it. I can tell you that I did not anticipate to take it as far as I did. I never worked on cars before this can become quite challenging but more on that later. Enjoy the pictures.

Bye for now ✌

Paris Dunkerque a cocoricorando event.

The 21st of April was the start of the Cocoricorando event "Paris Dunkerque". 

This is a 3-day event and takes you on various off-road tracks from Paris to Dunkirk. It's not a contest, but it's what they like to call "a ballad."

In terms of tracks, you have 3 options. You can either do it all on the road, or the adventurous circuit which is a mix of road and off-road, and finally the extreme circuit which takes you from Paris to Dunkirk almost exclusively off-road.

The tracks will be mailed to you a week in advance, giving you time to set up your navigation equipment. Alternatively, you can rent a tripy GPS from them for the duration of the event.

For me it was the 1st time but this was the 10th anniversary of the event. I can honestly say that the event is very well organised. There is a briefing at the start. they take you through the program for the next few days and what to do in case of a problem with the bike or if you get injured. They also provide breakfast at the start.

The first and second day were actually very easy 2-track trails. The Tird was the exact opposite. I think they saved the hard part for the last day.

Anyway, the first day took us to a campsite where we would stay for 2 nights, which allowed us to ride lighter on the 2nd day. The second track was a loop that takes you back to the campsite.

The food from breakfast, dinner and for us also luch was really good. The campsite was also a 4 star campsite so the sanitary facilities were at a good level. Being able to shower after a ride is certainly very welcome.

I filmed some during the 1st day, but unfortunately not the days after. I couldn't charge my camera batteries for this.

Here are some impressions from the weekend, I'll leave a link to my YouTube channel if you like to watch my playlist Paris Dunkerque 2023  here.

Bye for now ✌

BTO "La Printaniere" event by Forest event

'La Printaniere'

About a month ago I did one of the most difficult rides for me on the KTM adventure during the BTO organised by forest event. It didn't help that it rained a lot before the event. On the day itself however we had rather nice weather and even good temperatures.

The start was held on the French border to Belgium and went into the Belgian Ardennes. There were some easy tracks combined with some more technical stuff and ruts… I hate ruts especially withe a bike weighing in at 255kg. 

Let me tell you that I couldn't feel my arms anymore at the end of it, at times I even wanted to quit but but I'm gladd I didn't .

I drove with some buddies, Gerald on the Ducati deset X and Jean-Paul on the T7 Yamaha.

Anyway it was a great experience and an eye opener and definitely a good practice before the start of the Paris dunkerque event organised by cocoricorando 🇫🇷. 

Hear some pictures taken during the BTO event.