—- Final statistics about my Trans-Africa and Middle-East Tour to Germany in 2015 on Triumph Tiger Explorer —-
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Statistics Cape Town to Sindelfingen:
Last location (latest update): Sindelfingen, Germany (at home and end of the Five-ElementsTour)
At date: 14th December 2015
Days on the road (incl. Panam): 484days
Distance (total): ~32.247 km
Fuel in total (estimated): 1950 liter
Time in the saddle (approximate now, since I lost the detail trace): ~538hrs
Hours riding in the rain (higlight): 1hr in Ethiopia, 2.5hrs in Turkey
Set of tires (mounted): 1st front / 2nd rear
Staates Traveled in sequence (by entering):
Countries in Africa: South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenia, Ethiopia, Sudan
Countries in the Middle East/Asia: Saudi Arabia, UAE (United Arab Emirates), Oman, Iran, Turkey
Countries in Europe: (Turkey), Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary, Austria, Germany (final destination)
Total number of countries: 19 (plus Germany)
Places stayed: (number in bracket if more than one night)
South Africa: Cape Town (15), Hermanus (2), Oudtshoorn (3), Jeffreys Bay, Bloemfontein, Kimberley, Mafikeng
Botswana: Mahalapye, Francistown, Maun
Namibia: Divindu
Botswana: Kasane
Zimbabwe: Victoria Falls (4), Bulawayo
South Africa: Luois Trichard, Graskop, Hazeyview (2), Pretoria (7)
Mozambik: Praio do Bilen, Tofo (3), Vilanculos (5), Chimoio (2)
Malawi: Blantyre (2), Cape MacLear (3), Nkhata Bay (6)
Tanzania: Mbeya, Iringa, Dar es Salaam (5), Ferry to Zanzibar, Stone Town/Zanzibar (2), Paje/Zanzibar (8), Nungwi/Zanzibar (18), Same, Arusha, Serengeti (2 camping in the National Park), Ngorongoro (camping in the National park), Arusha
Kenia: Nairobi (4), Marsabit
Ethiopia: Yirga Chefe, Addis Abeba (2), Harar (3), Addis Abeba (11 Visas and repairs), Bati, Mek’ele, Danakil Tour (3), Mek’ele, Axxum, Gondor (3, Malaria rest)
Sudan: Karthoum (4), Atbata, Port of Sudan, Ferry to Jeddah,
Saudi Arabia: Jeddah (2), Al Kharj
UAE: Dubai (5?)
Oman: Muscat (2), Sur, Nizwa (3)
UAE: Dubai (3)
Iran: On the Ferry Dubai to Bandar Abbas, Bandar Abbas (2), Shiraz (2), Yazd (2), Isfahan (3), Kashan, Tabriz
Turkey: Agri, Tunceli, Gaziantep, Mersin, Alanya, Antalya (3), Fethiye, Pamukkale, Secuc/Ephesus, Canakkale/Troja, Istanbul (4)
Bulgaria: Sofia
Serbia: Belgrad (2)
Hungary: Budapest (2)
Germany: Regensburg, Sindelfingen (not counted since final destinantion)
Different beds: 87
Repairs (bike at 87.200 km before starting the tour):
96.000 km service: At 94.000km, plus break pads F/R, Pretoria, RSA
96.5000km: The left paninier mount started to break off in Chimoio; got it soldered/welded for 6USD.
(Probably from the impact in Peru, the material was wearing out)
98.200km: Reshaped the left pannier into position in Dar es Salaam.
99.600km: New alternator (Lichtmaschine) in Nungwi, Zanzibar
100.450km: Front left fork seal (again), Nairobi, Kenia
103.000km: Front right fork seal (again), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
103.000km: Panniers repaired and strengthed, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
112.000km service: At 108.000km, plus new rear tire, Dubai, UAE
117.000km: Fork seals change, Oil change, Istanbul, Turkey
119.447km: Arrived safely and without accident in Germany on 15DEZ2015
Tires:
Heidenau Scout 60, rear and front, mounted in Cape Town, South Africa (29MAY2015) (at 87.200km)
Shinko 705, rear, mounted in Dubai, UAE, (28OCT2015) (At 108.000km)