To the lorelie.

[trumpetedeagle]

Today I took the back roads to the Lorelay here in Germany. It is the Rhine river valley and is the supposed home to a siren, luring sailors to their death. A few wrong turns here and there, and a surprise castle along the way, and I was able to enjoy absolutely amazing views.

And yes, that is a Trabant in the back ground of the pic of my mighty steed.

 

[trumpetedeagle]

I started in wiesbaden. And headed north west. The roads where good and just twisty enough for me. At one point I missed my turn about 3/4 of the way there and took a different route. Came around a corner and was surprised by a castle which turned out to be Burg Reichenberg. Here I stopped to check my GPS and found that it was leading me to some steep switch backs. Not feeling up to those yet, I hoped on the nearby Federal highway. After some more twisty roads, I came out on the Rhine north of lorelay. So I headed south to my turn. Heading up the cliffs near Burg Katz, I was finally able to reach the top of the cliffs.
The ride home was a similar route. But this time I finally started to frust the bike and the tires. I started to take turns faster and with more lean. I'm not scrapping pegs yet, but I was finally leaning the bike more then the kick stand. That was until I got stuck behind a dump truck. After that, I was able to give the bike more of what it wanted and it started to come alive.

 

[trumpetedeagle]

The route back.

 

[pauls1150]

Sirens usually tell me to pull over....

 

[mikegalbicka]

Lived in that area back in the late 60’s. Thanks for stirring up some good memories.

 

[100rider]

Likewise, spent 10 years in Germany between 79 and 92, still have the 83 R100RS that I drove over there.

I can highly recommend taking a trip down the Mosel River, from Koblenz to Trier. If the Nurburg ring is open, get your bike out on the track and enjoy it.