Monthly Archives: January 2011

Budapest to Istanbul, the hard way

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Attila

On this ride, we rode more than 4000 km trough the Balkans down to Istanbul and back to Budapest. It was a good ride, with a lot of fun. The tour revealed all the benefits and un conveniences of a guided motorcycle tour. Continue reading →

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Budapest to Istanbul Motorcycle Tour

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Attila

This is a 9 country 4200 km motorcycle tour, starting and ending in Budapest, running 14 riding days. The tour leaves Budapest (Hungary) and after Croatian, Plitvice lakes, is following the Adriatic shore, than Montenegro and Macedonia comes inland, in Greece out to the Aegean shore, than Turkey with Marmara Sea and the city of Istanbul on Bosphorus, turning back to Bulgarian Black Sea shore, cutting trough Romania and Transylvania arrives back to Budapest. The specific info, like detailed itinerary, accommodations, tour dates lots of pictures and prices is listed on fthmotors.com Continue reading →

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Transylvania & Romania Moto Tour

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Attila

Fact: single country, guided motorcycle tour, 3500 km paved and unpaved road in 14 riding days, with all historic regions of Romania. Now I’ll describe in details, what this motorbike tour is about, why and how we are doing it, … Continue reading →

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faithful BMW F 650 F

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Attila

Interesting that the older BMW F 650 model, on its ugly name Funduro is running on every tour, and is hired all season long, goes thousands of kilometers away from our base and comes back all the time with a happy biker in his back. Continue reading →

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mighty BMW R 1100 GS

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Attila

fthmotors keeps BMW R 1100GS as rental motorcycles and hold low rental rates,is the best rental motorcycle for the potholed, sometimes unpaved roads of Eastern and South Eastern Europe. It overtakes every vehicle you meet and makes you the commander of the road. Continue reading →

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Fly & Ride Motorcycle Trips

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Attila

fly & ride motorcycle trips becoming popular after low cost continental flights started, and is easy to rent a motorcycle all over Europe, at reasonable rental rates and lots of extra services offered by motorcycle rental operators Continue reading →

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fabulous yamaha TDM 850

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Attila

A few time ago I was forced by circumstances to search for a touring bike type that can replace the BMW F 650 GS, we had for rental. Not because the bikers didn’t like the BMW, actually it is a … Continue reading →

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