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Old 16 Sep 2011
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Eastern Europe on two V-Stroms

Our last European trip was two-up on one bike a blue 2006 V-Strom. We added a red 2005 V-Strom to the family so we can take this trip on two bikes.

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Our new bike family

Knopf Tours in Heidelberg has been the home of the blue bike since that 2-up trip in the spring of 2011 through Western Europe and Morocco. I found our 2nd V-Strom, the red bike, for sale in Barcelona. I got it form Tom who lives in Florida and had used it for many trips in Europe. It had to be driven the 775 miles to Heidelberg before we could start our current trip to Eastern Europe. Mike was elected to do that drive alone so he left from Seattle a few days before Beverly. It was a long drive but he made it in time to pick up Beverly on September 7 at the airport in Frankfurt which is about an hour North of Heidelberg.

The red bike needed some work before we could leave and the shop at Knopf Tours was just the place to get the work done. It is quite convenient to have a place to stay and a shop where maintenance and repairs can be completed. The blue bike just needed the paniers put back on. The red bike needed a chain and sprocket, an oil change and some electric accessories

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Mike in the Knopf Tours shop getting the bike ready


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Beverly is ready to go


We left Heidelberg on September 9. Bamberg Germany was our first destination – about 150 miles. The roads through Bavaria are amazing. Smoth and precice Like a german Engineer had designed them.We drove through some rain on this leg of the trip and didn’t stop for many pictures.

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On our way to Bamberg


We didn’t arrive until 7pm but since we had already selected an Ibis hotel, we could drive straight there. They have an underground garage to park the bikes. After checking in, we walked around went out for dinner.

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View from Ibis hotel room in Bamberg Germany


On September 10, we set out for Prague, and we wanted to travel the backroads as much as possible. I set my GPS on the shortest distance route which took us on slightly paved to unpaved roads for a few hours. Although it was beautiful, enjoyable, and perfect for riding, it wasn’t an efficient way to get to our destination. It then came time to actually get to Prague.

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Where we have been

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Where we are going

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A reset on the GPS, several more miles on the back-roads, and we were back to the expressway which took us into beautiful Prague.
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