tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1925418718197951842024-03-05T10:39:53.780+01:00Ride-Of-Change-2008<big><center><b>2 Freunde - 2 Motorräder - 48ooo km auf Ostkurs - Menschen-Berge-Wüsten-Wildnis</b></center>
<center><b>- Tschechei-Slowakei-Ungarn-Rumänien-Moldavien-Ukraine-Russland-Kasachstan-Mongolei-Sibirien-Ferner Osten-Südkorea-Alaska-Canada-USA -</b></center></big>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger213125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192541871819795184.post-29229912167459342672014-01-01T00:01:00.000+01:002014-02-28T02:09:46.025+01:00NEW YEAR 2014 – The Ride-of-Smiles is ahead... CLOSING TIME - THE FINAL Ride-Of-Change-BLOG …..
NEW YEAR 2014 – The
www.Ride-of-Smiles.de is ahead....
which means :
CLOSING TIME - THE FINAL
Ride-Of-Change-BLOG …..
but every new beginning is
some other beginnings end.
When new plans and ideas
grow- other things come to a natural end.
This will not become a
long story of what all happened since last year and especially in
2013.
Being one of the most
extreme years in my life soUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192541871819795184.post-49469481019135437642013-12-28T01:14:00.000+01:002014-02-28T01:34:14.088+01:00 A BIKER´S CHRISTMAS 2013 - BIKERS WEIHNACHTSGESCHICHTE 2013
A BIKER´S CHRISTMAS 2014
Like it or don´t .
Germany is still devided. Maybe the wall came down in 1989. Indeed it
did. Fortunately. But yet Germany is divided.
Divided for its bikers.
Those that register their bikes all year long. And those who don´t
;-)
This bikerchristmas story
is for you :-) but please do not take it too serious.
Friday before christmas.
Snow in the Alpes. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192541871819795184.post-24310497922550793372013-10-13T01:52:00.000+02:002013-12-15T02:49:57.875+01:00The Breitenberg Spirit - Rocking round the Mountain !
Auch eine Woche nachdem wir die Ostlerhütte am Breitenberg gerockt haben, laufe ich mit diesem eigenartigen Lächeln durch die Gegend. Dem Lächeln, das aus dem Gefühl kommt, etwas sehr besonderes erlebt zu haben.
Jede(r) einzelne von Euch war dieses Fest.
Jede und Jeder, die sich Zeit genommen haben, den Alltag zu verlassen. Bei wirklich maximal renzwertiger Wettervorhersage durch Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192541871819795184.post-37025067348969476962013-05-23T02:39:00.000+02:002013-10-31T02:43:36.335+01:00May 2013 Expect the Party – get your engines ready for Rock´n´Roll again !
Time for new plans . My
back is back to old strengths and its time to look properly forward
.
And what could be better
plans than celebrating life itself together with friends ?
In Februarry I went to
listen to one of the bands , that deeply influenced my musical
feeling about rockmusic , being one of the best bands in the rock
universe ever : Uriah Heep !
Being one of the top
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192541871819795184.post-62109083676238948082013-04-09T02:19:00.000+02:002013-04-09T02:19:07.080+02:00Wild East(er) - when the snow will go ?
Well not really back east by this time of year -
as winter seemed to be endless in Germany this year and all over the place - whenever I tried to pull out the bikes from the barn some more of the white snow stuff came down from cold winterly heavens - pulling the bikes away from salty streets and icy roads....
So as everybody cancelled their Easter Holiday bike travelling plans to the Italian Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192541871819795184.post-59482302772061973152013-03-26T02:56:00.002+01:002013-03-26T02:56:33.595+01:00Rocking the planet....
As scenic as some of this endless long and cold winter may have been in the last months...
... as dark as the lights of snow ...
...as georgious as the landscapes formed by snow...
and as wild as the coldest sunrises may occur ...
When summer is ahead ...
...and when overlanding gets into your blood ....
....you better be ready for new plans coming Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192541871819795184.post-83742370789509035432013-03-26T01:37:00.004+01:002013-04-09T02:08:16.110+02:00Is there anybody....
...out there ?
GOODBYE BABY - HELLO FRIEND ....
Petra´s gone since November 2012 -
Wishing you all the best in your spiritual life - take care ...it´s a wild world
Alles Gute Tweety auf Deinem weiteren Weg -
gib gut auf dich acht...
Riding on ....
BABA
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192541871819795184.post-70389447065837749692013-03-22T02:26:00.000+01:002013-03-26T02:38:27.542+01:00NAIL RIGHT ON THE HEAD - Uriah Heep meets Radio Haze - and BABA !
YEAH - that is how i´ts gotta be !
When times get tough - get Rock´n´Roll for cure :-)
Some may think - who are these longhaired rockers - some will immediately know :
THESE GUYS ARE LEGEND ! To get Mick Box and Co back right into your bikers soul and spine - that is what Rockmusic is about - Honest. Classless. Straight.
Catch their spirit on their Nail on the head -TourUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192541871819795184.post-14377837555295678542013-02-20T01:36:00.000+01:002013-02-20T02:08:47.535+01:00THE BLOG IS BACK,,,,
Hombre is back, Baba is back ....and the summer´s ahead !
Our dearest friends :-) Sorry for being off for such a long period this time .
But guess and read more about the reasons in the recent past.
"But more than into the past , I am interested in the future - that is where I will live in..."
referring to the famouus words of Albert Einstein I promise some really exciting news anout Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192541871819795184.post-37097571493306920122013-01-01T02:05:00.000+01:002013-10-31T02:06:30.036+01:00Happy New Year 2013 ?!?!
With
my Southafrican friends back for skiing in Germany – even winter
becomes a wonderful and warmhearted time. It is simply great to know
you as friends since 1994. So it was and is to enjoy all my other
friends help in a tough time with a lot of physical effort to recover
and get the life back to where it belongs .
Thank
you all so much for your loving understanding and helping a Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192541871819795184.post-22026964448578358552012-09-13T01:56:00.000+02:002013-10-31T02:01:58.009+01:00UPDATED !September 2012 – Der korsische Fluch Teil I The Corsian curse part I
UPDATED !September 2012 –
Der korsische Fluch Teil I
The Corsian curse part I
Whyever this happened ,
what happened – neither shall I try to explain nor to understand.
Get the story anyway.
I spend a couple of
weekened preparing the ´Almighty´1150GS and the 650 Dakar for a
longtime desired trip to the Corsian Island. Despite all travelling,
many of which I enjoyed in France for its Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192541871819795184.post-15792367554003241082012-08-10T01:37:00.000+02:002012-08-10T01:37:13.136+02:00HAPPY BAHAMA HONEYMOON LAURA & SHANE
6th
of August 2012
Can you believe it ?
It was in 1994. Nelson Mandela got elected first time ever democratic
, black president in Southafrica . Hombre and me both were part of
the historic change Southafrica went through these days – and alike
many other countries on their way to freedom, justice and democracy
still is.
With us was a young
boy. 10 years old, a smart, funny, very Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192541871819795184.post-38797832089785028262012-07-15T19:53:00.001+02:002012-07-15T19:53:59.731+02:00BMW MOTORRAD DAYS 2012 - THE LATEST STORY
Dear friends and bikers -
got back home from 2012 BMW MOTORRAD DAYS in Garmisch Patenkirchen .
Being with our friends Hatt Sommer, Thida, Gerd and Nico of the Hattech Team, Alois and Sonja and the great fellows Jörk and Stefan from BMW Dreews was as good as meeting Thorsten Rath and the Continental Crew, Stephan Fritz and his wife as well as Karin and Siegried Orendi and my magic tyresupporterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192541871819795184.post-50653713880898981912012-06-06T02:00:00.000+02:002012-07-15T19:07:12.279+02:005000 KMs BACK EAST - WHAT A RIDE !!!
Our dear friends all over the places , and very especially in Romania, Moldavia, Transnistria, Ucraine, Kasachstan, Russia and back home in Germany . This is some first impressions of our terrific 5000 km trip to meet our BIG FRIEND SHEM from Siberia and the Malovata Bikers with their unique President Molnia in Transnistria. Be ready for the stories behind the pictures Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192541871819795184.post-31185379721101852032012-05-30T23:30:00.000+02:002012-07-15T19:19:57.230+02:00Reisegruppe Ost - Bilder in arbeit - "Inglorious Eastern Six" - pictures ahead soon
Dear friends ,
please allow some time to select and edit all the pictures and moviematerial - see more of the "Inglorious Eastern Six" here ASAP :-)
Hallo an die "Glorreiche Reisegruppe Ost" und alle Bikerfreunde -
Viele Bilder und Filmmaterial ist zu sichten, zu schneiden , zu editieren....Ganz bald mehr von einem Supertrip mit klasse Bikern an dieser Stelle und per Post -
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192541871819795184.post-85154064856195943662012-05-11T01:11:00.001+02:002012-05-11T01:27:16.185+02:00Gentlemen - get your engines ready to Rock`n`Roll at the Motolife Bikefest in Moldavia
When dreams come true - 4 years ago Hombre and me started our tour around the world. Meeting the most fantastic people you can meet . It is now that together with my bikersoulmates and friends Alois, Sonja, Piltzi, Hatt and Heinrich from Germany we make the way back east to Malovata near Kishenev in Moldavia . Tents. Sleeping bags- And a 1000-star-hotel instead of Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192541871819795184.post-1281012940205680102012-05-08T01:44:00.000+02:002012-05-08T01:44:31.455+02:00Die Allmächtige - The Almighty - La Poderosa - 100.000 km roadtrippin`
Guess only bikers will understand , what is the difference , that you feel, when your bike completes 100.000 km on the clock.
This has been a long way we went through togeteher with my `Almighty´ being a completely faithful companion with no serious hassles. Braving the elements from snow and ice to extreme heat it was on the first 250 km from our trip to Moldavia and Ucraine, Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192541871819795184.post-84790990531899763562012-05-03T01:08:00.002+02:002012-05-03T01:11:03.292+02:00WYSIWYG- What you see, is what you get ! A real story by Paulo Cuelho
Dear friends, this is a remarkable story I only came across these days . One of the worlds most famous violin players performing Bach´s incredible music in the New York subway on his Stradivari - find the message from the one in the glass ...written down by Paulo Cuelho
Courtesy of Paulo Cuelho and The Wahington Post
.............................................................................Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192541871819795184.post-42391830556706700342012-04-29T00:00:00.000+02:002012-05-08T02:36:46.221+02:00Don´t control my Rock´n` Roll -get the party started
Well, well, well.
Wo soll ich anfangen ?
It was about february this year, when our friend BIG SHEMFRIEND from Siberia send me an email, that he and his friends Misha and Ivan would ride their bikes from Siberia into Ucraine and Kishenev in Moldavia. I would not even think about it for a second to take a rather long ride for a 10 day trip to make ends meet Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192541871819795184.post-81558967693440976382012-04-15T22:55:00.001+02:002012-04-15T23:03:54.360+02:00GO WEST - Shem , Misha and Ivan will leave Kemerovo soonHowdy to the bikers out there -
summers ahead and good news to start soon : Our friends from Kemerovo in Siberia , Shem, Ivan and Misha will leave Siberia on the 25th of April to go West all the way to Samara in Ucraine. From there they will carry on to the Bikerfest in the village of Molovat near Kishenev / Chisinau in Moldavia. This is where we will also meet Julya and Irina from Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192541871819795184.post-87220993021598605682012-03-26T23:45:00.001+02:002012-03-27T01:44:18.144+02:00Babas Berlin Birthday :-)
Howdy folks and friends -
just ashort birthday not and an even bigger THANK YOU to all congratulations from all over the place - makes it somehow easier too ;-) - but as long as getting older means to add another good biker year with friends around - nothing wrong with it !
Having my bikes taken apart in pieces this years birthday rallye went to celebrate spectaculr 3 days with Petra in BerlinUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192541871819795184.post-48760940876566239052012-02-25T02:40:00.000+01:002012-02-25T02:40:07.560+01:00Ride-of-Change-2012 - FINALLY BACK EAST -The Magnificent Seven !THIS IS SOOOOOO WILD AND WONDERFUL !!!
What makes the difference from travelling to just ride around the world is what happens after you come back home. Is it just landscapes and pictures that fill your memories - or is it the people of this world to keep in touch, to meet each other again. By emails, letters , sending each other small gifts and memories, thank yous for what often only was Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192541871819795184.post-7629764708047180492011-12-24T18:07:00.003+01:002012-01-26T01:17:44.755+01:00Ride-of-Change-2008 : THE MOVIE - DER FILM
Dear friends all over the world !
It has been a long , very long time to finally realize the project - The "Ride-of-Change-2008-Movie" is done - and some very special people amongst you await some surprise in the nearby future from Siberia to Far East, from Germany to Kasachstan, from South Korea to Canada, from Alaska to New York, from Thailand to Australia, from Mongolia to Malaysia, fromUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192541871819795184.post-46694360677857782942011-12-17T19:10:00.003+01:002011-12-17T19:37:13.561+01:00Zeit für Rückgrat - Nachdenkliche Weihnachtsgrüße 2011
Helmut Wöllenstein
Märchen vom Auszug aller Ausländer
Es war einmal ..., so beginnt das Märchen »Von denen, die auszogen, weil sie das Fürchten gelernt hat ten.«
Es war einmal ... etwa drei Tage vor Weihnachten, spät abends. Über den Marktplatz der kleinen Stadt kamen ein paar Männer gezogen. Sie blieben an der Kirche stehen und sprühten auf die Mauer »Ausländer raus« und »Deutschland den Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192541871819795184.post-8774300686226812822011-11-15T00:09:00.003+01:002011-11-15T00:35:08.016+01:00Ride of Change goes MOTORRAD-ABENTEUERWhen I got home last week , I found a wellknown biker magazine in my letterbox- with a liitle sticker put on the coverpage "Please watch page 52 " .Was für eine nette Überraschung steckte letzte Woche in meinem Briefkasten - die aktuelle Ausgabe des "Motorrad-Abenteuer" - Deutschlands bestem Biker-Magazin für Fernwehgeplagte Mopedfahrer. Mit einem kleinen Sticker vornedrauf "Bitte beachten Sie S.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com