On Saturday 13 September the annual Volante motorcycle tour was held. This time I was happy that we could join. I already made more mileage than in the last years. We had an early start as the tour start was on the east side of the country, the far achterhoek, close to the German border. The weather was not great, […]
The holiday is almost a month ago, and I still have sweet memories of my trip to Italy. I made some highlights of my memorable trip around Lago di Como. Of course it is not possible to capture 170 kilometer around Lago di Como in 10 minutes, so you have to go there for yourself. So many sceneries pass driving […]
This week I got an early Christmas present! Some nice parts for my new engine. A little history of this new engine, as this is a really long term project. I have 2 predecessors, the first I never met, it was 25 years before me. I heard many stories of him, he was his first love. That beetle was a […]
Last Wednesday I returned home with less power, that was a little worrying. After some rest it was still not ok and it was not related to the carburator as first thought. Today I got a check-up to find out the cause for my troubles. I got my valve clearance checked, all ok. So no trouble there. Then my compressions […]
This was a tough day. First of all I was out in the rain last night, that did not happen this holiday. Then when we left I hit my head hard. Some weird kind of speed bumps that I ran over too fast (far below speed limit). It hurt, but nothing was broken so we could continue to the highway. […]
I did not agree to go back, so this morning I refused to drive. I just gave black smoke when ordered to move. I told we have character. I do not want to go back yet so I do not go. I wish that was the case but honestly I got trouble breathing when power was requested. Idling was ok. […]
This morning started with a disappointment, the Gotthard tunnel was closed. So this meant that we had to take the Gotthard pass, or in this case the passo della Spluga. Again direction Madesimo and then some more height. I had to work hard and I planned for easy highway trip. Leaving the camping was great, so many people waved us […]
Today I had a rest and Timmy went for a hike. Only 12km and only to 710 meter altitude and he was complaining about the slope. Probably he forgot about yesterday, so we can conclude I am in a better shape then he is. He saw on the hike some relative of me, the VW Kubel. Quite rare and even […]
Today another great day of touring, although I do not know if this was adventure or just a little crazy for my age. We went to Madesimo, a well known ski area in Italy. It was a climb from 205 meter to 1550 meter Altitude. Narrow and steep roads with many hairpins. It was busy with cars, motorcycles and cyclists. […]
The clover four leaves are of course referring to Alfa Romeo, the car brand originating from Milano. The clover four called in Italy quadrifoglio, and was used for the racing activities of Alfa. So today we drove to Arese, via the SS36, a road with a lot of tunnels, basically spending more time in a tunnel than in the open […]