OFF THE HAMSTER WHEEL

A Motorcycle Travel Blog

Biking in Switzerland

The speed limits in Switzerland are 50 km/h (50 mph) in built up areas, 90 km/h (56 mph) outside built up areas, and 130 km/h (86 mph) on motorways. The motorways are the A roads, …

Posted by The Madbiker on Sun, Nov 10, 2019

Biking in Spain

The speed limits in Spain are 50 km/h (50 mph) in built up areas, 90 km/h (56 mph) outside built up areas, and 130 km/h (86 mph) on motorways. Like France, the motorways are the A …

Posted by The Madbiker on Sat, Nov 9, 2019

Days 9 to 12 September 2019

Day 9The next morning I set off along the D133 in the direction of Gap and at last the sun was out, it was warm and the bike was running well. En route to Gap I passed through the …

Posted by The Madbiker on Thu, Oct 31, 2019

Days 6 to 8 September 2019

Day 6After lounging about in the sun and riding some forest dirt roads in Galicia to reacquaint myself with riding off road it was time to head back to Krakow in Poland where I …

Posted by The Madbiker on Thu, Oct 31, 2019

Biking in France

The speed limits in France are 50 km/h (50 mph) in built up areas, 90 km/h (56 mph) outside built up areas, and 130 km/h (86 mph) on motorways but the 130 kph limit on the …

Posted by The Madbiker on Mon, Sep 30, 2019

Days 3 to 5 August 2019

Day 3On the morning of my departure I was greeted by a spectacular sunrise and of the Folkstone seafront bathed in early morning sunshine.

Posted by The Madbiker on Sun, Sep 29, 2019

Days 1 to 2 August 2019

Day 1On my newly purchased Royal Enfield Himalayan I left Folkestone to ride the 500 miles or so to Glasgow on the motorways on the East coast of England. Riding this new bike was …

Posted by The Madbiker on Fri, Sep 27, 2019

Poland to the UK 2019

I had always known that my Kawasaki ZZR1200 would not be a suitable bike to use on an RTW trip and although I had planned to change it, I had not really decided on what bike that …

Posted by The Madbiker on Wed, Sep 4, 2019

Spain to Poland 2019

On 16th April 2019 I left the home of my friend in Galicia for Poland where I intended to keep myself busy for a few months doing some coaching. Usually, when going from A to B I …

Posted by The Madbiker on Thu, Jul 4, 2019

Spain 2019 and Two Years Down

So…….. the story so far. I left the city of Reus in in December 2018 for the home of my good friend in Galicia, with only a vague idea about what I wanted to do next. …

Posted by The Madbiker on Fri, Apr 26, 2019