Today a roadtrip in the north east direction, Friesland. First we had some main road and highway for 80 kilometers, so for me stretching my pistons a little, so to say. The route was following the coast line at the north and then back through the cities Buitenpost, Dokkum, Leeuwarden and Bolsward. From the last city we took the highway […]
HEATSTROKE After spending the night indoor, in a room that just fitted my height we had a long drive. We stopped in Luxembourg for fuel and a quick dinner stop. After the stop I started as usual but then I could not keep my engine running. My mechanic was all over the place, calling the Dutch road-side assistance for medical […]
This weekend was the first camp-out for me this season, after all the care I have had it was time to proof myself. I felt good also I haven’t been leaking oil anymore, the care worked. The yearly trip of the two friends was planned for this weekend and a farm campsite in the east of The Netherlands was booked. […]
A beautiful Japan trip to Karuizawa, a road trip of 280 kilometers north in Nagano perfecture. We started at 8 in the morning from Hamamatsu and a long drive ahead of us as the average speeds in the mountain area is not that high. We could see mount Fujii from the car and we passed some mountains with still some […]
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. […]