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March 29, 2016

Frank does the Black Forest


Frank, one of Roland's best buddies since childhood days, and a reborn rider, stopped by our place in order to explore the Black Forest before continuing his journey down to Lake Constance and beyond.


His choice of weapon for the trip was the impressive looking, fully dressed Aprilia Caponord, which - true to Italian craftsmanship - developed problems with the electrics: the fuel indicator failed him early into his trip.


Nothing to worry about, I alleviated his concerns: as long as you're accompanied by a bike with a peanut tank, this should be the least of your problems, because the Sporty will have long since run dry before the Aprilia is even half empty (although the Caponord seemed to be quite the thirsty diva).


As Frank was only here for one day, we thought it best to introduce him to what we call 'the ultimate Black Forest tourist package'.


This 160km (roughly 100 mi) round trip would include all the obvious must-do sees and sights in our backyard: cherry-picked twisty secondary roads (still slippery at times, sorry for that), the All Saints abbey and waterfall,


some twisties after, followed by a pit stop at the legendary Mummelsee tourist trap for lunch (or Vesper, as the locals call it),


followed by yet another set of twisties up the Schwarzwaldhochstraße (THE scenic route through the Black Forest),


along the Schwarzenbach reservoir, 


then a coffee break to feast on Black Forest cake, and yes, you guessed it right: the curvy roads continued until the finish line. Five hours of two-wheeled bliss, and it didn't rain for a change (it was a tad bit cold, though).


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Wir bekamen gestern Besuch von Frank, einem der besten Freunde Rolands aus Schulzeiten und "wieder geborenem" Moppedfahrer. Unterwegs auf einer beeindruckend aussehenden, voll ausgerüsteten Aprilia Caponord wollte er auf seinem Weg Richtung Bodensee noch den Schwarzwald mitnehmen. Getreu dem Vorurteil einer typisch italienischen Verarbeitung versagte bei der Maschine bereits am Anfang seiner Tour die Benzinanzeige. Ich konnte jedoch Franks Bedenken zerstreuen, dass er mit der Aprilia aufgrund von Treibstoffmangel liegen bleiben würde, denn mit meiner Sportster und ihrem kleinen Tank wäre ich schon lange vor ihm trocken gefahren (obwohl, im Nachhinein haben wir festgestellt, dass das italienische Biest eine ziemlich versoffene Diva ist...).

Da Frank nur einen Tag in der Gegend war, nahmen wir ihn mit auf unsere klassische Rundtour, die wir "das ultimative Schwarzwald Touristen-Paket" getauft hatten. Auf diesen etwa 160km gibt es haufenweise handverlesene Kurven (manche davon noch etwas schlüpfrig... sorry), die Allerheiligen Klosterruine und den Wasserfall, mehr Kurven, dann eine Vesper an der legendären Touristenfalle am Mummelsee, gefolgt von weiteren Kurven, an der Schwarzenbach-Talsperre vorbei, danach die Kaffeepause mit Schwarzwälder Kirsch, nach der es dann, Ihr werdet es Euch bereits gedacht haben, weiter kurvenreich ins Ziel ging. Fünf Stunden purer Motorradspaß, und zur Abwechslung hat es mal nicht geregnet (allerdings war es immer noch recht kühl).

15 comments:

  1. Das sieht nach einer richtig schönen Tour aus! Und wenn ich den Schnee im Hintergrund von Deinem ersten Bild sehe, dann wird es auch ein wirklich cooler Ausflug gewesen sein!
    Sehr schön!

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    1. Cool... kann man wohl sagen, Minya. Da oben war's so um die 3 Grad.

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  2. Geile Rundtour und steht schon in meinem Vormerkheft :-)

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    1. Kannst ja dann mit Sonja Tours buchen ;-)

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  3. Awesome!! Such lovely pictures and no rain.

    Love the picture of the bikes in front of the snow. (Nice new header pic)

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    1. Thanks Brandy, I had preferred a more spring-like picture but we are not there yet.

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  4. I know some of those roads, but you have just given me some new ones to try on my favourite UK to the Alps route. Happy riding!

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    1. Glad I could help, Gary ;-) Happy riding to you, too!

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  5. I sure would love to ride my bike someday in Germany, it is so full of history and beautiful architecture. That route you took looks like the perfect ride! P.S thanks for the nice comment on my post :)

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    1. Well, if you do plan a trip one fine day, I'll be happy to help.

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  6. No, no, no, no, no... nothing wrong with Italian electrics, or Italian PTWs... It's the Italian cars that deserve the bad reputation. Vespas are almost bullet proof. Maybe the fuel gauge was on strike out of sympathy with your peanut tank.

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    1. David, I hadn't thought of that, my bad, and you are absolutely right.

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  7. Wonderful pics! Awesome ride. The snow though, All my Alaska, Colorado, and now Germany posts are so snowy! A beautiful day. none the less :)

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    1. Kari, I certainly wouldn't mind warmer temperatures for a change. But winter hasn't left our neck of the woods just yet.

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  8. Das Hüte-Foto ist der Oberknaller. Ich habe so gelacht :D

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