I am really surprised you havent made the seat better or upgraded it. Also the rear foot peg lowering...which is easy. Actually the seat is easy to fix too. Be glad to give you tips if you like. Keep up the great reports Andreas. Really enjoy them alot especially the Bavarian country ones. I'll have to make it back over there one of these days. Prosst!
Thanks for your reply. first seat improvement was using KTM PowerPart Seat, but still ist not perfekt. Foodpegs for Tina are lowerd, but also not perfect. ;-) I had a request at Jungblut seats. But they didn't manage to sent me an offer. Maybe i give him a second chance during winter break, or i take a look to a saddle "master" near Lenggries. So still some improvment work to do. Andreas
Feb. 1st -- normaly no day for riding a bike - more for skiing -- so my neighbours been skiing today. But we had a + 15°C. So i tried to start the KTM. bob bob bob - at the first time. Had a smile and put on my gear. So tried to start it again -- nothing. Battery down. :-( So had to load it a while. And than -- time for a small ride. Here we go. Map of the tour Profile of the tour. Short ride to "Hohenpeißenberg". our of Penzberg. Storm is comming up. Weather changes to "bad". All green here - should be white in Februar. Karwendel-mountains (a bit white) top of Hohenpeißenberg - view to Raisting and lake Ammersee even view to bad weather in the north view to east - better weather along the alps other side of the big parking on top - view to the alps the way i came closer look down. Closer look Karwendel-mountains closer look Zugspitze (Garmisch) - FIS ski downhill race today next stop - bit more down on the other side - Paterzell old farmhouse in Peisenberg - rebuild needed last stop - Polling - near Weilheim nice river in the center other view Polling abbey - (link Wiki) tiny house?? near the river other part of the abbey entrance wall painting #1 and #2 on the other side of the road - abbey brew with space and a beer-garden. Then it starts to rain and getting dark - - so i took a rush home without more pics. until the next installment to be continued.... have fun Andreas
Vielen Dank für deine Berichte und tollen Foti. Habe eine Zeit auch in deiner Gegend gewohnt (RO) und es ist sehr interessant die Landschaft nach so vielen Jahren wieder zu sehen. Weiter so. Das Frühjahr naht. Und dann gehts wieder los.
2nd 2020 ride last weekend. To Irschenberg (well known for huge traffic jams on the highway). and like always - 1st. ... th Map of the small tour Profile of the 120 km First small roads north. To Beuerberg, Königsdorf and Geretried. Was a sunny day, round +5°C. in the shades, you still find some ice. But this winter is worse. Nearly no snow until now. 50cm of snow mid february should be normal. Next down to Dietramszell - Alps in the background. Behind Holzkirchen, close to lake Hausham. still wet from the storm the days before lake Hausham, near the highway to Salzburg. better view road on to Irschenberg curvy road, curvy river -- River Mangfall viewpoint top of Irschenberg. View to Wendelstein Mountain view direction Rosenheim view direction Kufstein and again Wendelstein. So it started to get dark and more cold. So took a quick route home. Last stop was Bad Tölz? or Good Tölz? anyway - nice Tölz. ;-) to be continued... have fun Andreas
KTM makes a boo boo this week. Brought it to the dealer for her 30k service. Seat is on the way to a saddle master. (Jungbluth bike seats. www.alles-fuern-arsch.de)
I'm surprised you rode as much as you have without a better seat. Love thatxwebsite name though..."everything for your ass" prosst!!
Hi, all. as the bike is at service - we joined the IMOT (international motorbike fair) in Munich. so here some impressions. the 2019/20 KTM 1290 SA R BMW GS in normal off-road position ;-) BMW light by Touratech GS Adv. World Travel Edition by Touratech e-Cakes (for city traffic) BMW Classic more classic most shown bike - Tenere 700 (and BMW GS and Africa Twin) T-shirts and books. (I'm over 40/ 50/ 70 ...) Öhlins by Zupin 40 year edition by Polo T 7 Wilbers Suspension (Technoflex) It was very crowded, when we arrived. But due to the very good weather outside, it get more empty in the afternoon. People decided to have a tour outside. Good for us. Better views, less stress. Bitch Maker could be my favourite Royals German Police shows what they found on differend bikes, how much the rider had to pay or if he loose his license. (for example - GS Lamp protection, not allowed on road, 90€ bill, 1 point in Central register, had to remove just there before he could go on). next to the police - this one - much more crowded. Maverick. (a friend of mine is actually in south america, try to break the world record for highest altitute with a car and a bike (A Doge RAM, a Maverick, 2 Yamaha WR 450 -- Grizly race team) Tina had a Vespa when she was young. She don't like the new ones. for fun Metal art more classic signs the e-future nice one a bit too high, not much. Tina had fun on different T7's feed on ground, but too heavy. (she had an XT 600 many years ago) much people at KTM KTM fun Mosko Motto - Package system Heidenau Tires - a rtw Africa Twin legs too short - WR 250 this does fit. 701 BMW Racing (HPN) the expensive Pangiale V4 Indian funny hats one more Pangiale German Dakar (the real one) rider Schilcher and his Dominator GS Classics german custom bikes best bavarian tool so far another HPN custom Dakar edition by BMW Martin (where i bought my BMW some years ago) more custom Triumph Cafe racer thats it for the day. to be continued ... have fun Andreas
Next tour -- to Sudelfeld and than to lake Starnberg. Map of the tour: Profile of the tour: So - a nice sunday - so went to Bad Tölz first an on to Sylvenstein dam. rest of ice at Sylvenstein in this too warm winter. view direction Eng valley The KTM with new shoes and new Service. From Sylvenstein i wanted to go to lake Achensee, but it was too much traffic. Had to pass a car traffic jam for 5 km. So i decided to go the other direction to lake Tegernsee. Then on to Bayrischzell. Bayrischzell and Sudelfeld pass road. Wendelstein Mountain top of Sudelfeld pass road - view to "Wilder Kaiser" mountains skiing still possible From here i went back direction Munich. At Sauerlach i filled my gas and went on to Icking. behind Icking - on a small road - you can view the point there river Loisach and river Isar meet. Isar Loisach viewpoint and restplace real nice place with a view to the alps then on to lake Starnberg - view at Münsing closer look short behind Münsing Zugspitze view alps at sunset at lake Starnberg at sunset nice so back to the bike - and back home via Seeshaupt - Osterseen - to Penzberg. to be contiuned... have fun Andreas
Thanks for the great photos and route! Always nice seeing the note that you are posting another ride. Thanks
Thanks to all for your replies. So here's a new tour - done last sunday. Went west to Allgäu. (there i found Texas - you don't belive - have a look ;-)) And like always .... Map of the tour: and the profile: For this years season i did some small planings at "Kurviger.de", just to get new ideas for touring on very small roads. This tour was the first try - should lead me to Lake Konstanz, but i made a shortcut, because of time. Jenhausen - near lake Starnberg - first small road. horses the alps most times in sight close to Peisenberg next main point - Lech river (and some swans) one more swan and the view to the other side went on - found more curious horses empty roads - less traffic -- on main roads - tonns of tourists still view good views to the alps Elbsee (a nice tourist place) no free place for a coffee last look to the lake here i decided to cut my planned route and went closer to the alps - direction Sonthofen. but still on small roads a closer look (Sonthofen mountain on the right) nice So i passed Sonthofen and climbed up Oberjoch-passroad. (Curves, curves, curves) top of Oberjoch - still some snow the way i came on the way to Füssen closer look lots of small curvey roads (sometimes with a speed limit) the smallest one i found some trees left and -- surprise, surprise ... at the end of this road ... i reached --- America -- or better Texas ;-) this is Texas / Allgäu So, i started to get dark then, and cold. So had to go fast. View direction Murnau. some work at the lake - all water out. -- Mountain in last light. 30 min later i reached home. to be continued ... have fun Andreas
Time for a little "and now to something completly different" Covid-19 / SARS - CoV-2 Due to Corona-Virus complete Italy is a red zone at the moment. Austria seems to close the border to Italy. Germans comming from Italy are allowed to pass Austria, but not allowed to stop in Austria. Inside Germany the big cities are more involved, also the "Ruhrgebiet-area". German Icehockey league 1 and 2 Playoffs are canceld. All events (Sport, Music, etc.) with more than 1000 people are canceld until easter holidays. Shopping still possible, but sometimes the food shops are empty. You can't get desinfeciton stuff and masks at the moment. Tina and me are still fine at the moment. I'm (and my team) are banned from our "employee restaurant" the next 4 weeks. KTM - gets technical inspection this month (German TÜV - needed all 2 years). Seat update still in progress. have fun to be continued .... Andreas
Remove powerpart seat You can see the tank of the CLS chain oiler Install Jungbluth seat . Test ride small now, long maybe tomorrow
Hi again, out of the Covid-19 Hotspot. doesnt look like this today. A sunny sunday - with lots of people don't care about a virus and went to all the tourist hotspots. (just now in the news - germany will close all borders from tomorrow morning). but I'm still allowed to go to work. :-( So - new seat mounted. New TÜV, No fever, Let's go for a tour - avoiding huge crowd, avoiding McDonals or BurgerKing as always -- map of the tour. profile of the tour Tour outline: Home - Bad Tölz - Schliersee - Samerberg - Lake Chiemsee - Rosenheim - Miesbach - Bad Tölz - Home So filled my tank at Penzberg, and went on to Bad Tölz. At Bad Heilbrunn i faced this... a speed trap on a trailer - placed for some days here, than on a differned place. They placed 2 traps in the town - on each side one. (try to get our money). took a small road near lake Tegernsee, direction lake Schliersee. Nice river even something for the fish to climb up other direction of the river - clear water Passed Bayrisch Zell and the Sudelfeld. Then down to Tatzelwurm. Tatzelwurm road down to Inn valley some km later - Samerberg. View point - direction Rosenheim - lake Chiemsee. closer look the earth is flat (before the alps) ;-) great view today. parking was full - at the other side of the flat earth -- the alps. some km later - down to lake Chiemsee closer look to the sea of the bavarians (Das Meer der Bayern). Covid-19 ?? -- No free parking here at the lake - totaly crowded. people enjoyed the nice warm weather. a small beach at lake Chiemsee a bit more north a differend view at an dead end road zoomed alps panorama from here on the way back home - the route a bit more north. And on to Rosenheim always great views to the alps nice road great views - even to flat earth after this pic - 3 young locals came - fighting Cov-19 with local beer. ;-) last station for this train A small museum at Amrang so close to Rosenheim alp -view again last stop for pics today - close to Irschenberg. Direction Miesbach. the way i came Alps near Rosenheim. So on to Miesbach and Bad Tölz. Pasing the 2 Speedtraps and back home. to be continued... have fun Andreas