Round Europe - BMW K1200 LT
| Who | Ray Lambe ~ email |
| Profession | none now! |
| Born 1950 | Nationality British |
| Previous travel experience | Europe, West Africa, New Zealand |
| Previous bike travels | None |
| This trip | Round Europe - 15 countries |
| Departure date | April 2005 |
| Number in group | 2 |
| Trip duration | 3 months |
| Distance covered | 16,000 kms |
| Cost of trip (not incl. bike) | ?10,000 |
| Best day | After just two weeks, eating a cheap salami and cheese picnic by the roadside in the middle of nowhere in southern Spain and realizing that we were really doing what we'd dreamed of and also that it was a Monday morning as well - magic. |
| Worst/ hardest day | By the ticket home from Norway on the last day. |
| Favourite place | Anywhere in Spain, Portugal, Gib, France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Slovakia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, Denmark, Norway - take your pick, we thought they were all brill. |
| Biggest headache | Heavy bike. |
| Biggest mistake | Choosing that bike. |
| Most pleasant surprise | - |
| Any illness | None apart from mozzy bites. |
| Other trips planned | Back again and further east, 2006. |
| One travel tip | - |
| Bike Model | BMW K1200 LT |
| Age/ mileage on departure | 3 yrs & 20,000 miles |
| Modifications | None |
| Mods you wish you'd done | Thrown away the top box. |
| Type of baggage | Standard panniers and top box plus fitted bags. |
| Tyres used | Bridgestones. |
| Number of punctures | None |
| Bike's weak point | Too heavy for exploring anything smaller than a motorway - absolute pig in small villages |
| Bike's strong point | - |
| Bike problems | None |
| Number of accidents | None |
| Same bike again? | - |
| One biking tip | - |