Spring is coming ?
Looks like it is – I’ve got to take the bike out to get current MOT stamp.
Looks like it is – I’ve got to take the bike out to get current MOT stamp.
To był mój pierwszy pełny sezon motocyklowy. Zakończyłem go na początku stycznia 2013, ale licząc na to, że przerwa będzie krótka, nie zdecydowałem się na typowe zimowanie motocykla. Został tylko dobrze umyty, nasmarowany i odstawiony do ogrzewanego garażu w stanie gotowym do jazdy.
Short trip to Romania – county of Maramures. I have crossed from Poland to Slovakia, then from Slovakia to Hungary and from Hungary to Romania. If I had traveled the same route before 1914 I would have crossed only one state border – the one between Russia and Austro-Hungary, and within Austro-Hungarian Empire just an …
Weekend trip to the eastern frontier of European Union. Today Włodawa is a small frontier town – on the other side of the river is Bielarus, but there is no official crossing or customs. There was used to be a railway line going East but the bridge has been demolished after 1945 by Soviets in …
18 August 2012 – daily trip to Koterka, which is a very small village close to the border with Bielarus. Just beyond the village there is a clearing in the woods where wooden orthodox church has been constructed in 1912. There is also a small cemetery, a well with fresh water which is supposed to …
Bielarus on the bike – second set of photographs. Those were made by Marcin. More or less same places
21-30 June 2012 – Bielarus or short trip to the eastern provinces of Second Polish Republic. One could say that we have never left Poland, at least in it’s pre-1939 borders. Marcin wanted to go Mińsk, but I didn’t like the idea of staying in a big city so we did not cross to USSR …
My first riding season on a proper bike was a very short one – I started riding in mid September and had to give up on 10 December 2011 i.e. after first serious snowfall. Short summary: Distance: 5100 km Fuel consumption: 3,3-3,6 l/100 km en route, 4,2-4,5 l/100 km in the city traffic Mods: Leo …
… or dirty secrets of the local forest 🙂 One of my very first rides – I was going through the local forest and decided to stop for a moment. This was a big mistake: I was attacked by swarms of bloodthirsty mosquitoes and the place I have chosen for the stop was apparently very …
… or czyli przesiadka z automatycznego Madassa 50 ccm na manualne BMW G650 x Country. Motocykl już stał u dealera i czekał na przysłowiowe boskie zmiłowanie, czyli zrobienie owego prawka. Kupiłem go nieco wcześniej po długich poszukiwaniach – bardziej szczegółowo opisałem to tutaj: BMW G650 xCountry czyli o moim motocyklu W końcu egzamin na prawo …
… not an easy task in my case as until recently my only contact with motor-vehicles was in passengers capacity, I have never had any drivers license and in principle after finishing my education I have promised myself that I would never participate in any examinations 😉 For many years I have kept this promise …