Run to the Great Wall of China and beyond.....Had a bit of service done to my Italian bike in the Ducati service centre Shanghai for some rides in the Northern part of the motherland (greater Beijing / China region) during May / June 2013.Shipped the bike up to Beijing from Shanghai earlier last month with one of our regular trucks as I have done the Shanghai-Beijing-Shanghai tour quite often and a waste of time (around 5 days for a S-B-S round trip in the old days) in my personal opinion.Has been 8 years since I had my own bike in Capital City Beijing after selling my bike up here to a mate.Got a few weeks ahead doing cruising around the greater Beijing mountain regions with the Italian bike and my bicycle (beats the friggin' Beijing traffic anytime).....Beijing: Beijing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/FONT]
Track-Day with the Beijing Superbike guys at Goldenport Park Track Beijing: Goldenport Park Circuit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaGreat BMW bikes.... a BMW HP2 Enduro would be great for the motherland but they hardly come up for sale anymore due to collectors status.
Greater Beijing area has brilliant twisty mountain roads, foggy days during last weekend rides but brilliant riding.Went out with a few mates on Sunday (approx. 340k) and Monday (approx. 240k) with more to come during the next weeks.....
Quick blast up the expressways towards Chongli (got off the expressway at Zhangjiakou) and took a nice scenic route back to Beijing via Chicheng and the Baihepu Reservoir.Great 580k ride with nice weather and brilliant tarmac roads - no traffic at all....
Hot Pot gone wrong....Another quick afternoon ride out to the Pingu mountain area, awesome blast down the expressway to get to the great mountain roads around Pingu....
Monday lunch run, a flat rear tire is not going to stop me getting my tasty mountain food.....Tubeless tires, easy plug & play with sticky rope and air compressor stored under the seat at all times.Carrying Nealey Tire Repair Kits, Sticky Rope and Plug & Go Plugs to help out other riding buddies.
One of the must do things while motorbiking around the greater Beijing area is a stopover at the Chinese restos serving fresh caught trout, grilled to perfection - delicious......
Beijing to Weichang overnight ride, cloudy misty day on the way up and all day rain on the way down.No worries, still a great ride through the Chinese outback....Some info about Weichang Manchu and Mongol Autonomous County: Weichang Manchu and Mongol Autonomous County - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Overnight in the Weichang Hotel, typical very basic Chinese hotel with a few associated restaurants and KTV / Karaoke next door...
Breakfast from the snack bag preferred as I am not a big fan of rice porridge, century eggs and dumplings....
Great Wall section up the mountains from the famous Mutanyiu Great Wall area, no crowds on a Wednesday late afternoon, perfect opportunity for some pics.....
Stopover at a very famous spot called Tianamen Square in Beijing....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square
yeah, thought about showing you a bit of the other side of the world....the Pinggu run, up from Huairou, Beijing....
