Dutch travel – Europe Rides

One of the Annual Dutch RT meetings

March 5, 2018 March 5, 2018

Yesterday was our yearly DUTCH RT Forum meeting and in spite of the bad weather along the way and at some parts of the tour, we had well over 130 bikes turn up for the get-together, subsequent tour and (inside) barbecue. Due to time constraints I only did half of the actual tour and after having a late lunch I returned to the starting point with some of the organizers. Riding back took us through one horrendous hail storm… I was afraid the stones might chip off the paint of my Schuberth !!! We were just about to pull over…

Dutch Guided Tour

March 5, 2007 March 5, 2018

A series of pictures taken in May 2007, when Tom and Joyce from South Carolina visited The Netherlands and had a day to spare. I arranged a rental bike for them and took them out to see some of the sights of the northern part of Holland. Of course including the inners of a windmill, our more than 600 year old towns along the old Zuiderzee, the main dikes and some good Dutch food ! First thing that needed to be done was to inspect the rental BMW for scratches and such. And note the mileage of course. We…

A Kingdom for my castle

September 25, 2005 March 5, 2018

… some famous man must have said this at some point in history….. or so the legend goes. Here’s one of my ride tales posted on the US BMW SportTouring forums quite a few years ago. This week the weather forecasters announced us the remains of Rita and Phillipe…. and sure enough, today it is windy and raining. So I figured I’d better charge the old RT battery and get it running before it is too late. But where to go? I think I’ve shown you just about everythi9ng around here…. ah! But wait ! Did I show you ‘our…