Author: Peter Jörg

  • TET Spain-Portugal

    Thursday, 1st October In autumn 2020 I had the short noticed idea to ride the TET Spain and Portugal. The weather forecast was ok’ish and so I started around lunchtime from Austria and crossed Switzerland. All went well but there are no pictures as it was all boring 2 lane highway. Crossing into France was…

  • Nevada BDR

    Now this Ride Report needs a little explanation. I did the southern part of this Back Country Discovery Route (South of Tonopah) in Spring of 2022 after the completion of the California BDR when I looped back towards Arizona. The Northern part had to be postponed to a later date due to snow and the…

  • Idaho Back Country Discovery Route – North to South

    Day 1 (4th Sept) After finishing the Continental Divide at the Canadian Border, I rode towards the northern start of the Idaho Back Country Discovery Route along the Lake Koocanusa and camped in the town of Libby. It rained a bit in the evening on and off. Despite that the campground was right in town,…

  • Back Country Discovery Route – California South

    After 2 years of postponing all travel to the US due to the travel restriction it was again time to ride. My bike had been parked in Arizona for a long time and I knew that there is a lot of things to be done. The travel was interesting. Not many people on the flight…

  • Arizona Back Country Discovery Route (AZBDR) and beyond

    The plan was to get to know my newly acquired bike, a used DR650 and to see how I will like the off-road riding. My experience to this date was mainly on paved road. Let’s start with the AZBDR. For those who don’t know, the BDR is a GPX track published by a non-profit organization…

  • Continental Divide Trail – Motorcycle Version

    What is the CDT? The Continental Divide Trail is best known as a long distance hike from the Mexican to Canadian Border. The bicycle version of this trail is very popular as well and is the baseline for the motorcycle version. This is now the 3rd time I‘m attempting the CDT. The past 2 years…

  • TET Greece until I ended up in Hospital

    It’s early in the season in the beginning of May, but I’m keen to get started on an new adventure. This time the plan is to ride the TET Greece starting at the Albanian border on the coast and then going south along the west route via the Peloponnese towards Athens. From there again north…

  • Utah Back Country Discovery Route – North to South in Autumn

    After doing the TAT from East to West on the old route I followed the new TAT route from west towards east until Wendover. Being sort of close to the start point of the UTBDR and because I had to go south to Tucson anyway I thought it was a good idea to do this…

  • Trans American Trail – Old and New

    I did in spring 2018 the AZBDR and a bit more into Utah. Ride Report ‘AZBDR and beyond’. This was the shake down trip for the Trans American Trail ride from east to west following a mix of the Old and New TAT route. What is the Trans American Trail  Old and New you may…