First the bad news...then the good news...

The bad news is that my 2004 BMW R1150 GS Adventure was written off during my 2009 Euro and Alps tour.

Since I was stopped in traffic while it happened, I can still consider myself "accident free".

This is all thanks to an 18 year old driver with a 17 day old driver's licence on his CELL PHONE while I was touring in Austria north of Salzburg. Cell phone users....get a life or try sucking on our thumb as a replacement! By the way, the next cell phone driver that causes me grief, I am going to bludgeon to death with a baseball bat and I'm going to enjoy doing so!








The good news is that I am shipping my 2003 BMW R1150 GS Adventure over as a replacement. Did you really think I can give up motorcycling in Europe after 15 straight years of doing so?


And as an added present to myself for my misfortune, I bought myself a new ride...

Hi - I too have a BMW in Italy - I keep it in Central Italy - I would not mind do a week on the Alps passes next year anyway -
If you have any images of you and the Bike on the Alps it would be great since I will have to re-do completely my Motorcycle section on the website

www.lifeinitaly.com/motorcycle


Poalo

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Ciao Paolo!

I guess I forgot to add a signature along with a web link to my posts.

Take your pick of the photos on my site. Unfortunately, the more recent photos are of scenery or of my BMW against a scenic background. I used to get the tripod out more often when I wanted to be in the photo, but it gets to be time consuming.

Alps Motorcycle Tours

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Alex

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