EURoadTrip2019 – Austria to Italy
Lump in my throat as I bid the boys farewell. They head home while I get some me time… Decisions decisions, where to for the next three nights after plans for Goodwood Revival were cancelled last minute! When life hands…
2019 KTM Factory Tour Day 5
Day 5, that’s a wrap. Actually it’s a burger. Feeling returning to my finger, took a last blast around Mattighofen, speed reading the small Austrian roadsigns as they rushed by. Managed to pull back the 11:08 eta to 10:58 over…
2019 KTM Factory Tour Day 4
Day 4. Austrian Cultural Experience…. Eventually found a suitable keyring for my “keyless” key. Ended up visiting the 900 year old Hohenwerfen Fortress and enjoying a spectacular Birds of Prey show in the Falconry center. https://www.salzburg-burgen.at/…/hohenw…/plan-visit/history/ Note to self: Never…
2019 KTM Factory Tour Day 3
Day 3 started slowly meandering around the village killing time in inclement weather… until the WhatsApp came through “there been a misunderstanding, your appointment is for 10am, not 11”. In a flash we were at the recently launched KTM MotoHall,…
2019 KTM Factory Tour Day 2
Fun Facts!!! Factory Safety Check includes Security Test. Only 1 out of 4 passes this test on the first time. (at least in our group) #partsguy In 2018, KTM produced 235 000 units from 5 production lines, at this facility…
2019 KTM Factory Tour Day 1
Take a break, go to Europe in summer they said! Get away from the rainy weather, people you know, crazy taxi drivers, they said! The break from work will do you good. “They said.” I would like to meet “these”…
