Aegean coast F650
| Who | Cetin,Belma Kiymet ~ email |
| Profession | Sales |
| Born 1971 | Nationality Turkish |
| Previous travel experience | European Countries,Turkey coasts,Tailand |
| Previous bike travels | Several Short tours in Turkey max 1500 km |
| This trip | Agean & Meditarenian coasts on honeymoon |
| Departure date | July 2003 |
| Number in group | 2 on 1 bike |
| Trip duration | 14 days |
| Distance covered | 3000 km |
| Cost of trip (not incl. bike) | as a honeymoon tour not so cheap of course |
| Best day | caught to a bad storm on a lonely litle coast without money and so no place to stay, slept outside , waken up to a wonderfull morning |
| Worst/ hardest day | on the route we had to stay in a f**k'?n beach club & the battery died same day |
| Favourite place | Bafa lake in the middle of agean costs not far from Bodrum a hidden & mysterous historical city near a wonderfull lake |
| Biggest headache | Battery died and killed the conjector, had to charge several times to reach back to Istanbul without a conjector |
| Biggest mistake | To trust an old battery |
| Most pleasant surprise | Offroad (road parallel to hidden coasts) between ?ren and Akyaka |
| Any illness | none |
| Other trips planned | All around Turkey (did it later)- Africa - from Turkey to Bhutan |
| One travel tip | Non popular places are the best Remember that you won't use the half of the stuff you take with you Advises are the best school but don't believe everything |
| Bike Model | BMW F650 |
| Age/ mileage on departure | 1999 24 000 km |
| Modifications | None,I think side bags can not be considered as modification |
| Mods you wish you'd done | A tourer wind protect shield |
| Type of baggage | side baggages, top case & some other stuff tied over |
| Tyres used | metzeler tourence |
| Number of punctures | none |
| Bike's weak point | Very good for this tour but on a harder one more power will be needed |
| Bike's strong point | Light & comfortable, two person full baggages never said no |
| Bike problems | nothing due to this bike |
| Number of accidents | none |
| Same bike again? | depends on tour, I would prefer a stronger bike for a bigger tour |
| One biking tip | Safe & Brave |