The Riders
Jaume. I was born on April 1985 in Barcelona, Catalonia. As a kid, I was passionate about bicycles and motorcycles. I would use my grandfather's garage to perform all sorts of operations on my first bicycles, and later on, on motorcycles. At the age of 8, I learnt to ride on an old Derbi Diablo C4 cross bike, but it wasn't until I became 15 that I was able to ride in the streets of my home town in Can Vinyals, Esparreguera.
I shared my first motorcycle with my older brother, a beautiful Aprilia RS50, until 2006 when I was finally able to buy himself an old 1991 Yamaha XT 600 E. On February 2012 I got offered to purchase a BMW K100RS '84, and didn't hesitate for a second to buy it.
My first road trip was on 2008, but by that time, I did it on a Renault Kangoo. I drove through France, Belgium, Holland, Germany and Denmark before I reached my final destination in Kungsbacka, Sweden, where I would spend over half a year working and getting to know the local culture. There I met Julia, with whom I have shared other wonderful road trips, and with whom I am currently planning this trip to the Nordkapp.
I shared my first motorcycle with my older brother, a beautiful Aprilia RS50, until 2006 when I was finally able to buy himself an old 1991 Yamaha XT 600 E. On February 2012 I got offered to purchase a BMW K100RS '84, and didn't hesitate for a second to buy it.
My first road trip was on 2008, but by that time, I did it on a Renault Kangoo. I drove through France, Belgium, Holland, Germany and Denmark before I reached my final destination in Kungsbacka, Sweden, where I would spend over half a year working and getting to know the local culture. There I met Julia, with whom I have shared other wonderful road trips, and with whom I am currently planning this trip to the Nordkapp.
Julia was born in January 1991 in Mondal, Sweden, but her family would soon move to Kungsbacka. were she grew up. Her biggest passion was always to travel and she had always been interested in Barcelona and it's culture. Before her 18th birthday she already was able to attend a road trip from her home town to Barcelona, and 2 years later she went to live there, were she currently lives and works. During her time in Barcelona, she has been on several road trips but never of this characteristics on a motorcycle. Slovenia and the north coast of Spain are amongst her favourite destinations.
She loves to travel, sports and wildlife and she is always up for a good adventure.
She loves to travel, sports and wildlife and she is always up for a good adventure.
The Motorcycle
The chosen bike for this adventure is a 30 year old BMW k100RS. It was purchased in February 2012 in really bad working conditions. Since then, a lot of procedures have been done on it. New clutch, timing chain kit, cams adjustments, rebuilt alternator and starter engine, brake lines and discs, front fork rebuilt, shock absorber, clean-up of all electrical connections and some other things that had to be done, and a few more to come. She have aged quite badly also and need some body work, but that is the least of my concerns.
During our time together we have been doing thousands of kilometres already, but the farthest we have gone have been in Brignoles, in France.
For info about the model you can check the Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_K100
During our time together we have been doing thousands of kilometres already, but the farthest we have gone have been in Brignoles, in France.
For info about the model you can check the Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_K100
The Trip
The route should look something like this
This are the aproximate dates we will be following:
28-29th May- Lyon-Dijon area, France.
30May- Hanover -Hamburg area, Germany.
31 May- Göteborg, Sweden.
1st June- Around Lillehammer, Norway
2nd- Kristiansund, Norway.
3-13th- Anywere along the atlantic coast of Norway.
14th- Nordkapp
15-20th- Anywere on the baltic coast of Sweden and northern Finland.
21st June- Hamburg, Germany.
22nd June- Dijon, France.
24th June Barcelona, Home.
28-29th May- Lyon-Dijon area, France.
30May- Hanover -Hamburg area, Germany.
31 May- Göteborg, Sweden.
1st June- Around Lillehammer, Norway
2nd- Kristiansund, Norway.
3-13th- Anywere along the atlantic coast of Norway.
14th- Nordkapp
15-20th- Anywere on the baltic coast of Sweden and northern Finland.
21st June- Hamburg, Germany.
22nd June- Dijon, France.
24th June Barcelona, Home.