| Trip: |
New Zealand |
| When: |
December 2006 |
| Who: |
Story & Diana |
| Bike: |
BMW R1200GS |
| Total Miles: | 3,300 |
| Comments: |
Fantastic ride zigzagging down both islands! Can the roads get any twistier? Even the winds, cold, and snow didn't dampen our spirits. |
| Trip: |
RTW |
| When: |
May 2004 - December 2004 |
| Who: |
solo |
| Bike: |
1995 BMW R100GSPD |
| Total Miles: | 26,000 |
| Comments: |
Completed. See links on left for details about my adventure. |
| Trip: |
Copper Canyon / Baja |
| When: |
April 2002 |
| Who: |
Story, Paul, Jim (solo in Baja) |
| Bike: |
2002 KLR 650 |
| Total Miles: | 4,000 |
| Comments: |
Trailered to El Paso and rode to
CC from there. Visited Creel, Batopilas, Urique in CC. Took
the ferry from Los Mochis to La Paz then rode dirt roads up the
penninsula from Cabo to Mike's Sky Ranch, and back to Colorado. |
| Trip: |
Turkey |
| When: |
October 2001 |
| Who: |
solo |
| Bike: |
KLR 650 (rented) |
| Total Miles: | 3,000 |
| Comments: |
Started in Istanbul and did a
loop around the western half of the country. Visited Ankara,
Capadocia, Konya, the Mediterrean coast, Bodrum, and back to Istanbul. |
| Trip: |
South America - Chile,
Argentina, Peru, Bolivia |
| When: |
November 1998 - January 1999 |
| Who: |
Story, Mark (second loop solo) |
| Bike: |
1981 BMW R80G/S |
| Total Miles: | 10,000 |
| Comments: |
Shipped bike to Santiago
(Valparaiso). First loop south to Ushuaia, up to Buenos Aires,
and back to Santiago. Second loop north to Peru, Cusco, La Paz,
and back to Santiago. |
| Trip: |
Australia - eastern half |
| When: |
April 1997 |
| Who: |
solo |
| Bike: |
1989 BMW R100GS (rented) |
| Total Miles: | 6,000 |
| Comments: |
Rode the "Boomerang" from Sydney
to Townsville, Alice, Adelaide, Melbourne, Kangaroo Island, then back
through the Blue Mountains to Sydney. Highlights include
snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef, climbing Uluru, The Great Ocean
Road, climbing Mt. Kosciusko, and camping in the Blue Mountains. |
| Trip: |
Central America -
Paris/Denver/Panama Rallye |
| When: |
July-August 1995 |
| Who: |
Rally participants included 140
French, American, Canadian, and Central American riders |
| Bike: |
1995 BMW R1100GS |
| Total Miles: | 6,000 |
| Comments: |
Route included Denver, Mexico,
Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and
Panama. Highlights included Teotihuacan, Monte Alban, climbing
active volcano, warm beaches, and we jungles. Especially
rewarding was the warm welcome we received in the towns we visited
along the way. |
| Trip: |
Alaska |
| When: |
June-July 1992 |
| Who: |
solo |
| Bike: |
1991 BMW R100GSPD |
| Total Miles: | 7,500 |
| Comments: |
Route traversed from Denver to
Calgary, then up the Alaska Highway to Fairbanks, and included several
remote dirt roads including the Campbell, Top of the World, Denali
Highway, and Cassiar. |
| Trip: |
British Columbia |
| When: |
July 1987 |
| Who: |
Story, Lenny |
| Bike: |
1986 BMW K100RT |
| Total Miles: | 7,000 |
| Comments: |
Route traversed from Denver to
the Northwest, Vancouver, and into the Canadian Rockies.
Highlights included sunny (!) Portland, Vancouver, Jasper, Banff, and
Glacier National Park. |
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