Tips for motorcycle travelers to prepare for long-distance travel

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Tips for motorcycle travelers to prepare for long-distance travel
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Tips for motorcycle travelers to prepare for long-distance travel

Tips for motorcycle travelers to prepare for long-distance travel

Tips for motorcycle travelers to prepare for long-distance travel

Tips for motorcycle travelers to prepare for long-distance travel

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A MOTORRAD volunteer fulfills a lifelong dream: from Alaska to California on a motorcycle.

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Pure nature: private life is not, deer and other animals come to the tent.

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Antelope: Antelope Creek formed this ingenious canyon in Arizona.

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Bearing: Course 358 degrees on a never-ending slope in the vastness of Alaska.

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Rough life: In the port towns of Alaska like Valdez, the clocks tick more slowly.

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Normality: In Alaska and Canada, moose can be seen from the street.

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Dawson City: The Diamond Gerties give everything and show a furious program.

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Fun on the slopes: The north of the American continent is tough on Yamaha.

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Dawson City: There’s not much going on in Dawson without gambling, beer and whiskey.

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Dawson City: Highly motivated participants in the biker meeting from Dusk to Dawson.

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Arches: This fascinating national park is located near the town of Moab, Utah.

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Bonneville: The salt flats in western Utah are famous for record drives.

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On the Gulf of Alaska, Yamaha and globetrotters enjoy space and sun until the cold comes.

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Oregon: If a bison wants to cross the street, there is no need for a red light.

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Canada: Boya Lake in British Columbia has extremely clear water.

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Alaska: Hyder sometimes looks like a ghostly ghost town.

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Dawson City: Blacksmithing Competition: Whoever forges the most beautiful horseshoe wins.

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Alaska: A bizarre tree in Hyder, which is in Alaska. Access only via Canada.

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Canada: As planned, the Yamaha will also be inspected in the wilderness en route.

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A salmon can hardly taste better than freshly pulled from the Chilkoot River.

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Los Angeles: Schwarzenegger friend and B-movie star Ralf Moller.

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Yosemite: This park in California also beguiles with its ingenious landscapes.

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Las Vegas: It goes without saying that the gaming metropolis could not be missing on the route.

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Los Angeles: Bikini girls play beach volleyball for a good cause.

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San Francisco: The markets in Chinatown offer exotic culinary experiences.

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Through the Yukon and Alaska.

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Photogenic skyline: on the way to the highest point in San Francisco, the so-called.

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Tips for motorcycle travelers to prepare for long-distance travel

Tips for motorcycle travelers
Preparation for long-distance travel by motorcycle

Traveling by motorcycle is a special form of freedom, whereby duration and distance have only a limited relationship to the intensity of freedom. Nevertheless, long-distance travel is the ultimate adventure for many motorcyclists. Get out of everyday life, into the world with all its pictures, encounters and tests. We would like to give a few thoughts to all those who dream of it in the preparation phase.

Markus Biebricher

02/22/2013

There is nothing that is not there. There are the guys who just set off with an old mill, tent, sleeping bag, stove, pants, T-shirt, a few spare parts. On the other side of the spectrum of common sense, we find motorcycle travelers who don’t want to leave anything to chance, plan and organize everything meticulously. This safety-conscious contemporary has a lot of work to do before he can drive off, sometimes more than a year goes by before everything is tied down and even then there is a risk of imponderables, because there is no one hundred percent certainty on this planet and unpredictable things can happen every day. You should prepare yourself mentally for this. “Coincidence replaces planning with error” is an important finding among experienced long-distance travelers.

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Basically, good preparation for a long-distance or world trip is anything but wrong and the less time you have available for the trip, the more planning is required. The most important questions surely have to do with visa requirements and visa procurement options, the Carnet de Passage, equipment, spare parts supply, health, finances, insurance, routes, political situations and times. But life has to go on at home too, if you don’t want to quit completely. So here, too, a master plan is needed, the content of which depends on how long you want to be on the road.

One of the most important documents for long-distance travel is the Carnet de Passages. A border document for the temporary duty-free entry of vehicles into certain countries in Africa, Asia, South America, Australia and New Zealand. The Carnet de Passages is a customs security that guarantees the country of entry that the motorcycle will be exported at the latest when the duty-free stay expires. If re-export is not possible for certain reasons (total loss, theft, etc.), the customs authorities of the country of entry will demand the import duty and import sales tax. An important document that only the ADAC issues in Germany.

The powerful club provides information about the amount of the guarantee, the necessary lead time, the processing and also has other useful tips ready for those wishing to travel long-distance. Even a packing list, food and health tips and a list of forwarding companies that transport motorcycles worldwide can be found at www.adac.de in the subsections “ADAC Reise & Leisure time – Carnet de Passages ”. The application documents can also be downloaded here. It is also possible to request it by email at carnetdepassages@adac.de or to pick it up in person at an ADAC branch.


Tips for motorcycle travelers to prepare for long-distance travel


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The big wanderlust: motorcycle trip on the Yamaha XT 1200 Z Super Tenere.

If you are finally in possession of the carnet you are longing for, it is advisable to carefully check the chassis and engine number again. If mistakes creep in here, it becomes difficult at the borders of this world. Everything already happened.

In addition to the ADAC, other online guides offer help in preparing for long-distance travel. The motorcycle travel forum (www.motorradreiseforum.de) is detailed and helpful, giving advice on everything from “equipment” to “customs” and apparently taking into account all relevant topics. Touratech also offers a remarkable travel forum at www.touratech.de. www.worltrip.de is also detailed but not very structured. The Globetrott headquarters of Bernd Tesch (www.berndtesch.de) or the international forum www.horizonsunlimited.com have cult status. Numerous other guides beckon, if you surf, you will find.

We recommend “Jupiters Reisen” by Ted Simon, “Motorcycle Adventure Driving Techniques for Travel Enduros” by Robert Wicks and Greg Baker or “Reisen light” by Thomas Sadewasser for people who still get inspiration from normal books. But the same applies to books: Discover the possibilities!

The GS rival


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Long-distance travel alternative XT 1200 Z in the “Worldcrosser”-Edition.

The authors of the travel reports in this issue swear by them Yamaha XT 1200 Z Super Tenere. Attempt to justify.

In principle, you can travel long-distance with any motorcycle, and even today many adventurers are out and about with old equipment. Nevertheless, the worldwide presence of modern BMW R 1200 GS is large. No wonder, the qualities of the universal talent are undisputed. Nick Sanders, who set numerous records on extreme trips, swears not by the GS, but by the Yamaha XT 1200 Z. Its strengths are the comfort of its stable chassis, the seat-friendly seat and the safe brakes. The 1200 twin’s torque is electronically limited in the lower gears, although the machine has traction control. It’s a shame, some of the potential remains unused, but it doesn’t matter on the long-haul trip. Here the Tenere scores with a durability that makes some GS fans think. When Nick Sanders had the drive dismantled after about 80,000 super hard kilometers, even the Yamaha mechanics were amazed: there was no significant wear, except for expenses. Keep going!

DATA
Water-cooled two-cylinder in-line engine, 1199 cm³, 81 kW (110 PS)
at 7250 rpm, 114 Nm at 9750 rpm, steel bridge frame, telescopic fork,
Ø 43 mm, central spring strut, front / rear brake, Ø 310/282 mm, ABS,
Cardan, front tires 110/80 ZR 19, rear 150/70 ZR 17, tank 23 liters.

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