This is where the dream starts! Until then I only had the “small” Citycom in Brazil.
But the dream is bigger: Patagonia, Andes, San Andrés… Brazil itself offers a wide range of moto-touristic destinations.
So, to start preparing those trips, nothing better than to buy one of the best adventure motorbikes, the BMW R1200GS.
When you have such an hobby, it is not wise to buy everything and new. So, after some search in the internet, I decided to buy this one in 2016, that was manufactured in 2010 and had like 30.000 km… Almost brand new!
I easily fell in love with the luggage capacity, the agility in the middle of the traffic (even with all that weight) and ready to travel the world. Very resistant and with surprisingly cheap maintenance.
I already made a few trips with her.
The first big one was from Salvador, BA to Governador Valadares, MG.
I went two times from Salvador, BA to Flecheiras, CE (aprox 1400 Km one way).
In the photo, here she is, standing high, crossing the Todos os Santos Bay in the ferryboat, after an excursion to the beautiful Barra Grande of Maraú. It rained during part of the weekend and, upon the return, she had to face 60 kilometers of pure mud, that took away her snow guard.
It is obvious for all of you that those tires are no appropriate for such conditions. Lesson learned!
When I came to Germany I still left her in the good hands of Mineiro, her mechanic, in Salvador, where it is currently waiting for me. The encounter is scheduled to July 2022, after 3 years of pandemic.