Bavaria and surroundings

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

Very good, thanks.

You put a smile on my face! Danke!!

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. ...

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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

Fantastic! Thank you for the great post(s) as always!

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

Saturday 11:00 - rush Tour at technical inspection. (German TÜV)

Unboxing Seat ( back from saddle master)

New TÜV, cu again in 2 years

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