by Håkan Söderbom | May 9, 2014 | Adventure, Health & wellness
…my picture that is… You may have heard about my surprise when I discovered that I was captured by Google Street View outside my house in Redmond, WA. In fact, it was slightly embarrassing since I am caught power-washing my BMW R1200 GS Adventure – a...
by Håkan Söderbom | Feb 23, 2011 | Adventure, Motorcycles
Bracing for a few days of cold with snow and ice. However right now I can still see scattered blue spots in the sky. Not sure if the weatherman knows what he is talking about. In any case, I am ready. Bring it on!
by Håkan Söderbom | Nov 6, 2010 | Adventure, Motorcycles
Just over a year ago I ordered an additional set of wheels for my BMW R1200 GS Adventure, from Woody’s Wheel Works. Since I intended to use them for off-road riding I decided to go with a 21” front and an 18” rear. As I have documented at http://advrider.com I had...
by Håkan Söderbom | Sep 24, 2010 | Adventure, Motorcycles
This is the route planned for the Saturday dual sport ride. We will camp at Lion Rock Campground north of Ellensburg. Anyone else wants to join? Let me know! (click image to enlarge) A gpx file can be downloaded here [link to gpx file]. I just bought a set of block...
by Håkan Söderbom | Sep 15, 2010 | Adventure, Motorcycles, Travel
I am thinking about organizing a “small” dual sport adventure the weekend 10 days from now. I think it would be fun to get some of the GS riders out (+650cc bikes). I never see them out on the trail… The itinerary would be something like this: Saturday Sept 25th:...
by Håkan Söderbom | Jan 2, 2010 | Adventure, Motorcycles, Travel
We had a few days of really cold weather in early December however so far there hasn’t been any snow whatsoever here in Redmond. I had definitely expected to have snow by now and to be able to test how well the studded tires work. Well, the other way of testing the...
