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unterwegs seit: 24. Mai 2014 - bereiste Länder: 4 - gefahrene Kilometer: 25.649 km

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1. August 2014

What a beautiful day today! After a very nice riding day on Wednesday we did some more riding through the San Diego County today. All I can say is, it is absolutely gorgeous in here! These guys live in motorcycle heaven. The roads here are absolutely phenomenal! Many thanks to Jim Williams and Jim Halbert for the fantastic day! — mit Rene Jeremias und Jim Halbert.

8. August 2014 You can make friends everywhere. Some of them are a little bit quiet. On some you can't get very close. You just have to know how to deal with them. — mit Rene Jeremias.

25. September 2014

Sometimes the shit just sticks to you and you will not get rid of it! After my bike got a service in Puebla on monday I tried to leave the city on tuesday afternoon. I took my time because there are so many things to see. Thank god I did that! When I left the city all of a sudden my clutch was gone! No chance to shift the gears anymore. It was not really difficult to detect that the whole oil was gone. As often I was once again lucky in this situation because the bike broke directly in front of a nice Holiday Inn hotel and this time not in the middle of nowhere. So all I had to do was waiting on the friendly KTM mechanic. He came and fixed the problem. But you wouldn't believe what he gave me before he started working at the bike?! My credit card!!! We where talking so much at the KTM dealer that I just forgot the card. They realised that two hours later but they had no chance to contact me. So from now on I definitely believe in destiny!!! Sometimes life is simply strange! Because it was so late right now I decided to stay one more night in Puebla. Which was also good because at the next day I detected that the problem with the clutch wasn't solved. Everytime when the engine gots really hot the oil of the clutch was leaking. Like a hot girl! So I went back to the KTM dealer twice that day and finaly we - no he - found a solution for it. Once again I have to say that I'm really satisfied with the service. They did a really good job. They took of all the parts from the bike and cleaned it from the dirt that still was sticking on it from Alaska. Now Elektra looks brand new. Oh, did I mention that I had my first contact with a car in Puebla? I came along with a real asshole of a driver. This guy wouldn't let me in his lane. Instead he drove against my left pannier. He did it on purpose! Oh my god, when he did this the world stood still for a moment. I freaked total out!!! All the people around us, at the bus station and where ever where looking at us. I couldn't stop to to scream at him! Lucky as I was nothing was broken at the bike (I didn't drop it) but his car had a nice scratch. He couldn't say anything at all and escaped. F... a...! Now my wrist is aching but thanks to Cathy from San Diego I carry enough Ibuprofen with. So one guardian angel comes to another. Thanks to all of them! As I said, sometimes the shit just sticks to you and you will not get rid of it! I'm looking forward to more lucky days. Otherwise I'll go back to San Diego! I just added some pictures from better days.

21. September 2014 Stuck in Mexico! I'm stuck in Mexico! Two days ago I was in real trouble for the first time on the trip. I was on my way from Veracruz to Oaxaca when I realized on 2.400 meter, of course in the middle of a busy intersection, that my rear tire went flat. So what to do? I checked the valve first because I knew this problem from my trip through Australia. But this time I wasn't that lucky. So I took the rear tire of and tried to fix it. I was so busy that I didn't realize that my guardian angel did a very good job during the time. All of a sudden their was a car from Switzerland parking next to me. Christine and James, a couple from England, now living in Switzerland, on the road with their Toyota Land Cruiser stepping into my live. I couldn't believe how lucky I was (once again to be honest!)! Together with James I tried to get the tire from the rim. Thank god he had the right tools to break the edge of the tire. Unfortunately it was not possible to do it with the side stand. After this I put the new tube inside and thought that the hardest part was done but I was completely wrong! Even together we couldn't get the old tire back on the rim. At some point we had to admit that we destroyed the old tire completely. So Christine and James went to a tire shop with the rim and a new tire that I was already carrying with me. During the time I was waiting for them to come back a big thunderstorm passed me. Unbelievable! But they came back with a fixed tire! I was so happy! James told me that we punctured the new tube when we tried to get the tire back on the rim and the mechanic had to put a patch on it. How ever I was happy that I had a fixed tire. By the time I put all the stuff back to my bike I realized that I wouldn’t reach Oaxaca today so I stranded in a town called Tehuacán. The next morning I detected that the new tire is also not really leak proof. So it was time to decide about the next steps of the trip. I opted to go back to Puebla, the place in the mountains I've been before when I crossed the Paso de Cortes to see the Popocatepetl. Right now I think it was a very good decision. The KTM dealer in town welcomed me in best English in his very nice shop. Tomorrow I've an appointment for a service for the bike that is really needed. So lets cross fingers everything goes well! Greetings from Puebla to all of you! Many thanks to my guardian angels Christine and James!!! You made my day! If you want to follow them just look under: http://cityofmythsriverofdreams.com/ This guys are just great!!!

Manchmal klebt dir die Scheiße am Bein und du wirst sie einfach nicht los! Nachdem Elektra am Montag ihren verdienten Service erhalten hat, habe ich versucht am Dienstag die Stadt zu verlassen. An dem Tag habe ich mir einfach Zeit gelassen. Es gibt hier so viel zu sehen. Gott sei dank habe ich mir die Zeit genommen, denn als ich die Stadt gerade verlassen wollte streikt die Kupplung. Keine Chance mehr die Gänge auch nur ein wenig zu schalten. Schnell zeigte sich, dass das gesamte Öl aus dem Schlauch entwichen war. Zum Glück bin ich an diesem Tag bereits ein paar Kilometer mit dem Motorrad durch die Stadt gefahren. So trat das Problem nicht im absoluten Niemansland auf sondern direkt vor einem netten Holiday Inn Hotel. Alles was ich zu tun hatte war den KTM Händler zu informieren und auf den netten Mechaniker zu warten. Dieser kam dann auch und behob das Problem. Aber ihr werdet nicht glauben, was mir der Mann präsentierte, als er auf mich zukam?! Meine Kreditkarte!!! Als ich den KTM Händler verließ waren wir so in ein Gespräch vertieft, dass ich die Karte total vergessen habe. Also ganz ehrlich, wenn das kein Schicksal ist, dann weiß ich es auch nicht! Manchmal verläuft das Leben schon wirklich in seltsamen Bahnen. Da es am Dienstag bereits sehr spät war, beschloss ich eine weitere Nacht in Puebla zu verbringen. Das stellte sich wiederum als Glücksgriff heraus, da ich am nächsten Tag feststellte, dass das Problem mit der Kupplung immer noch nicht komplett behoben war. Sobald der Motor richtig heiß war, begann die Kupplungsleitung wieder zu lecken. (Wie ein heißes Mädchen halt! So habe ich den KTM Händler an dem Tag noch zweimal besucht bis wir - nein er - eine Lösung für das Problem gefunden hatte. Trotz der Probleme muss ich an dieser Stelle noch einmal betonen, dass ich mit dem Service des Händlers super zufrieden bin. Sie haben das Motorrad wieder richtig in Schuss gebracht. Sie haben sogar alle Teile abgebaut und das Motorrad "nackt" gewaschen, um den gesamten Dreck aus Alaska abzuwaschen. Oh, habe ich erwähnt, dass ich in Puebla meinen ersten direkten Kontakt mit einem Auto hatte? Auf dem Weg zum KTM Händler lief oder besser fuhr mir ein echtes Arschloch über den Weg. Der Typ wollte mich einfach nicht in seine Spur einfahren lassen. So prallten unsere Egos aufeinander. Das ganze endete damit, dass mir der Typ mit voller Absicht gegen meinen linken Koffer fuhr! In dem Moment stand die Welt für einen kurzen Moment still. Ich bin ausgeflippt wie selten zuvor in meinem Leben! Ich konnte einfach nicht aufhören diesen Penner anzuschreien! Sämtliche Leute um uns herum schauten nur auf uns. Zum Glück ist am Motorrad nichts gebrochen (ich konnte es noch soeben abfangen) aber der Wagen des Typen hat eine schöne Schramme. Da der Typ nichts erwidern konnte, ich es ohnehin hätte nicht verstehen können und ich es auch nicht hören wollte, suchte er sich urplötzlich eine Lücke und verschwand. W..., A...!!! Jetzt schmerzt zwar mein Handgelenk aber ich konnte mir wenigstens Luft verschaffen. Dank Cathy aus San Diego führe ich auch genügend Ibuprofen mit mir. So kommt ein Schutzengel zum anderen. Tausend Dank an alle! Wie ich sagte, manchmal klebt dir die Scheiße am Bein und du wirst sie einfach nicht los! Ich hoffe, ich sehe besseren Zeiten entgegen. Andernfalls fahre ich einfach nach San Diego zurück! Dieses mal poste ich einfach ein paar Bilder aus besseren Tagen. (Siehe englische Version)