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Permalink Responder até Evandro Dalben (19 93113070) em 20 outubro 2010 at 12:09

Confucius: "Melhor viajar uma milha que milhares de livros".

Esses 3 amigos holandeses apaixonados por viajar e por motocicletas, resolveram vir para america comprovar se Confucius estava correto.

“It’s better to travel one mile than to read a thousand books.”
Confucius (551-479 BC).

We are the Dutch dangleberries, three friends with a passion for travelling and motorbikes, we are going to Latin America to see if this man was right.

In 2005 the idea was born to make a long journey. We then joined the Plymouth-Dakar Challenge. As “The Dutch Dangleberries” we’ve travelled through the Sahara in a 20 year old Ford Sierra towing a 30 year old tent trailer. Since then, a combination of travelling, friendship and passion for motorbikes came together and grew to an ultimate plan: South and Central-America in a year on a bike. Here you can find the who, what, when and why. We’ll try to update our website as much as possible with new posts. The traveldiary posts you’ll find on the left and you can subscribe to our newsletter to get the latest posts. On the calendar you can see when the last update was done, by clicking on the marked dates. Although started in English, this website will probably be bi-lingual. So if you’ll find any text which you don’t understand, it’ll probably be Dutch. If not: excuse our English!

Em 2005 nasceu a idéia de fazer essa grande aventura, eles tiraram licensa de 1 ano do serviço militar para executar essa viajem pela america ! Estão procurando atualizar o site em Ingles o maximo possivel .. mas algumas coisas em Holandes iremos encontrar ! rs ...

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Permalink Responder até Evandro Dalben (19 93113070) em 20 outubro 2010 at 12:24

A preparação começou em Outubro de 2009 ! abaixo algumas fotos e relatos em Holandes !

Preparations #1

Sat, 24th October 2009

Aangezien Bas en Steve een nogal oude motor hebben aangeschaft, moest daar nog wel het een en ander aan gebeuren. En aangezien we allebei nog nooit aan een motor hadden gesleuteld kon dat nog wel eens interressant worden. Gelukkig konden we gebruik maken van de garage, spullen en kennis van Roger aka The Black Elephant. Daarnaast een goed werkplaatshandboek gekocht met veel tips van Han (Ténéré rijder).

Het eerste wat onder handen werd genomen waren de voor en achtervering. Na 25 jaar waren deze wel versleten en zeker niet geschikt voor het zwaardere werk. Dus achterbrug eruit, alle lagers checken, achtershock vervangen, voorvork eruit, voorvering vervangen.

Er ging een wereld voor ons open. Tot die tijd kwamen we niet verder dan tanken en banden oppompen. Hoewel zelfs dat laatste voor sommigen wel eens te veel was….

De achtervering werd vervangen door een op gewicht aangepaste YSS vering. De voorvering werd vervangen door progresieve voorveren van YSS.

Weekendje Eiffel

Sun, 25th October 2009

Pinksterweekend 2009 zijn we een weekendje naar de Eiffel geweest om de “nieuwe vering te testen”, oftewel een goede gelegenheid om weer eens ouderwets bier te drinken. Daarnaast was het weekend een verdubbeling van Bas’ motor ervaring. Roel was niet van de partij, hij zat nog in Afrika.

Dus gingen we met Sander (the Princess), Roger (the Black Elephant), Bart, Marleen, Bas en Steve een paar dagen naar onze oosterburen. Afgezien van de snelweg kilometers richting Duitsland en terug was het een geweldige tocht. Snelweg is geen pretje vol in de wind op een trillende één cilinder.

In totaal drie dagen gereden en twee nachtjes geslapen in een gezellig motorhotel ergens in de Eiffel. Volgens de eigenaar was het een rekord dat we hadden gebroken. Na 2 nachtjes konden we bijna 1200 euro afrekenen…..en dat was niet omdat de kamers zo duur waren. Bart en Marleen moesten nog geintroduceerd worden in het legendarische spel van “handje-klap”, dus de gehele schnaps voorraad was in twee dagen weg. Afgezien van alle bochtige-wegen-ervaring kregen we ook nog een kleine intro off-road rijden van de Black Elephant. We waren direct verkocht.

Na drie dagen kwamen we lekker fris weer aan in Nederland. Al met al een geslaagd weekend.

Oja…de vering was in orde bevonden

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Permalink Responder até Evandro Dalben (19 93113070) em 20 outubro 2010 at 12:30

A Viagem começou por Houston, Texas - US descendo para Ushuaia em 1 ano (sem muita pressa), nesse link é possivel ver o caminho realizado

Preparations #2

(We've moved on since the last post, click to view where we are...)

We covered -43070 kilometers (-26919 miles) since our start in Houston, Texas!

Sun, 25th October 2009

Na ons weekendje Eiffel was er nog meer dan genoeg te doen. Naar de Eiffel waren we bepakt met een tandenborstel en een onderbroek, maar als we een jaartje door de Andes moeten rijden komt er wat meer bij kijken. Roels motor was al voorzien van een kofferset met alu koffers. Onder het motto: “beter goed gejat, dan slecht verzonnen” kopieerden Bas en Steve het kofferrek van Han.

Dit systeem had een zesjarige motorreis overleefd, dus dat moest wel goed zijn. Het bestond uit een gelast frame (oer en oer degelijk) en oude munitiekisten. Deze zijn zwaar, maar eveneens oerdegelijk en 100% waterdicht. Voor die munitiekisten zaten we in ieder geval bij de juiste werkgever, en ook een mannetje voor het lassen was snel gevonden. Vervolgens de boel op de motor monteren.

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Permalink Responder até Evandro Dalben (19 93113070) em 20 outubro 2010 at 12:38

D-Day

Fri, 15th January 2010

Depois de alguns meses preparando as motos e estudando a melhor maneira de enviar as motos resolveram construir eles mesmo as caixas de madeira para enviar as motos aos EUA, o plano será enviar novamente da Argentina para Europa. (em entrevista Steve disse que o custo para enviar de volta é maior que o valor da moto, mas que ter a moto classica em casa com toda a historia não tem preço)

After two days of hard work, we’ve managed to make three wooden multiplex crates with a total of 7,5m3. Three bikes and all our gear that we’ll need the upcoming year is ready for transport.

Bas and  Steve headed to the garage in Alkmaar-Noord again today after a short night sleep. 07.15 we were on the road again. “We lijken wel arbeiders” we said to each other.

Because the shipment agency couldn’t tell what time the crates would be picked-up, we had to be ready in the garage at 0800. After a good “bakkie” we finished the final details and waited for the truck.

The truck arrived around 14.00 and 15  minutes later our bikes were on the road….. Hopefully we’ll meet them in a few weeks in the same condition.

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Permalink Responder até Fabio Katsuya Obu em 20 outubro 2010 at 23:39

Este Holandeses são demais, encontrei eles no Salar de Uyuni, e acreditem estava frio pra caramba e eles fizeram camping bem no Salar naquele frio, que coisa ein...

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Permalink Responder até Evandro Dalben (19 93113070) em 25 outubro 2010 at 10:48

Houston

Sat, 13th February 2010

Hi everyone!

Landed safely in the USA and we were welcome as well.
Thurdsay 11 feb we arrived at schiphol airport at eight. Really nice to see a lot of friends and relatives for a final goodbye. Some of them were already worried about the whole trip, because within half an hour we already lost one of the boarding passes.

We had a good flight and landed around 2 o clock in the afternoon with a 7 hrs time difference. Getting through customs took some time, and after that we got our rental car. Too bad, the price wasn’t as advertised. And we are already the laugh of the town in our HHR (chrysler PT cruiser look-a-like) while the rest of Texas is driving a pick-up truck. Unbeleivable….so many trucks. After a ride through cold and wet Houston we arrived in our hotel. Finally.
Today we got up early and got a truckers breakfast in the motel (not that we had any choice). We spent the entire day driving the local highways around and through Houston. We needed to get a bike insurrance, getting our bike cleared by customs and after that we went to the cargo depot. The bikes are really there! Well,….the crates,  still not sure what’s in it. Evertything is arranged to get the bikes and hit the road. Tomorrow we are planning to get there early and uncrate the bikes…..

First impression of Houston:
- a lot of trucks
- cold and wet
- a lot of concrete

- a lot of fastfood
- helpful people

Cheers,

Bas, Roel, Steve

Ps1. Thanks for all the nice comments! (the bad ones we’ve deleted)
Ps2. We already let go of the travel light principle….Roel has an electric nose hair trimmer with him.

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Permalink Responder até Evandro Dalben (19 93113070) em 25 outubro 2010 at 10:50

Ready to roll!

Mon, 15th February 2010

The last three days were very busy. We’ll give you an impression:

Got the rental and drove all day (on friday)  to arrange all sorts of things

Went to the Wal Mart to buy some last equipment. Bas still needed a small chair.

Went for lunch.

That day we arranged our insurance, customs and paid the final costs for getting the bikes. Friday night we were invited by Dave, a Houston biker, we met on the internet and was very helpful. We had a good meal and went for some beers. After that unable to drive, we end up couch surfing at Dave’s place. Nice

Next day (saturday) we got our crates and we were allowed to open them at the logistics centre. We thought this would take an hour…

We thought it was only getting the front wheels in and start…

But none of the bikes wanted to start quickly and this took quite some time. After jumpstarting them all, we thought we were okay. But there was a great inbalance in Bas’ bike. It appeared that his rear tyre was damaged, and needed to be replaced.

So after many hours we were still at the logistics centre, but the good thing was that the weather was really nice. And when we got hungry in the afternoon, Dave got us a nice lunch.

After that, back to work. Hopefully we could make it before sunset.

Finally we were good to go, but unfortunately we had to make our first km’s in the dark. But: all bikes are now ready to roll!

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Permalink Responder até Evandro Dalben (19 93113070) em 25 outubro 2010 at 10:52

Austin
We covered 470 kilometers (294 miles) since our start in Houston, Texas!

Thu, 18th February 2010

So Monday we left Houston. In the morning we got rid of our rental car and after that it took some time to get all our gear on the bikes. First time we saw it all together….and we might need to get rid of some items the upcoming weeks in order to travel “light”. It’s either Roels nosehairtrimmer or the toolbox.

It took us over an hour to get out of town via the interstate. Unbeleivable….the same distance from Amsterdam to Den Helder, just to get out of town. After that we enjoyed a terrific sunny trip through Texas along ranches and authentic villages.

 

End of the the day we stopped at Brenham at a motel. You can immagine how our room must have looked like.

Next day we hit the road early (tuesday) to get to Austin. Dave told us to visit Austin and to celebrate Fat tuesday there (Mardi gras). Who were we to ingnore Dave….So Austin it is. Again a really nice ride. Long roads, sunny, ranches….Nice.
We got a hotel near City centre for a reasonable price and our neighbour appeared to be a Dutchman from Amsterdam. That night we had great night out in Austin celebrating fat tuesday. We spent a weeks budget in 6th Street….and woke up this morning deciding not to ride today.

Today discovered Austin by daylight and enjoyed a warm and sunny day.

Arranged an insurance for Mexico and planned a tomorrow route. We plan to cross the border in two or three days. Mexico here we come!

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Permalink Responder até Evandro Dalben (19 93113070) em 25 outubro 2010 at 10:53

Uvalde We covered 850 kilometers (531 miles) since our start in Houston, Texas!

Sat, 20th February 2010

Here we are …in Uvalde. A village 100km from the Mexican border. The day we left Austin, we ended in Boerne. A Texan village with German roots, as many villages in this area. Really funny to walk in the Hauptstrasse and ofcourse we had to check the Biergarten.

Next morning (today)  it was drizzly weather and so waited to hit the road. It is against one of our rules to ride in the rain. We hate rain… But after watching an other B-movie on a B-television we decided to go anyway. We had a great ride through real Texas.

Stopped for some coffee in Utopia. When we entered the coffeeshop, all cowboy hats looked at us and at our strange bikes. Those don’t like a Harley…

Ended that day in Uvalde, and trying to cross the Mexican border tomorrow. So we had do some proper preparations….

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Permalink Responder até Evandro Dalben (19 93113070) em 25 outubro 2010 at 10:54

MEXICO
Monclova We covered 1200 kilometers (750 miles) since our start in Houston, Texas!

Sun, 21st February 2010

Mexico it is! What a day it was… But let’s start in Uvalde. Saturday we wanted to leave Uvalde to head for Mexico. Got up early at 6 to drive the final 100km to the border, but when we looked outside and saw the drizzle we decided to wait a few hours. We left around noon and decided not to cross the border. We drove to Eagle Pass, the US border town where we spent the night in a cheap-club motel.
Very Mexican already and we got ourselves some real super tacos morales.

Sunday morning we went to cross the Mexican border at Piedras Negras. Because it was sunday is was really quiet so it all went really smooth. The plan was to make some miles and not stay close to the border. It seemed that the temperature rose with 20 degreess when entering Mexico. All of a sudden we were riding in summer….really warm. When we stopped for a drink, Roels bike didn’t want to start again….but after some proper cursing we found the electrical problem. Everyone wanted to talk to us asking where we’re from, where we’re heading etc and wanted to take pictures of the gringo’s.

When we got to Monclova and wanted to look for a motel, Steve’s bike quit running. All day his machine already suffered from a high oil temperature… So we were forced to stop at a junction in order to make a plan. Instantly a car with family stopped and asked if they could help and after that some other guy. Roel wanted to look for a place to stay and U-turned his bike where it was forbidden. So a police car pulled him over and wanted to give him a “ticket”. But somehow when the friendly people around us started filming the situation we got a police escort (with the lights!) to a hotel. After the police was gone and we got ourselves a room, we wanted to celebrate this day with some beers but because it was sunday they were not allowed to sell us some cold beers (after we had this long day in the heat). The hotel clerk said that his uncle could help us out and in a few moments we could get our “package” from a red car…..
So here we are drinking our 2 sixpacks in some nice hotel with internet. Tomorrow we gonna look after the bikes.

Adios Amigos

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Permalink Responder até Evandro Dalben (19 93113070) em 25 outubro 2010 at 10:57

Arteaga

We covered 1430 kilometers (894 miles) since our start in Houston, Texas!

Fri, 26th February 2010

A quick post.

After we left Monclova, we had a terrific ride to Arteaga. Through the desert…Great views, empty roads. Breathtaking.
In Monclova we spent a day repairing Steve´s bike (read: shorten the list with manco´s).  Spent a day in a mexican garage watching others repairing the front brake, the battery and broken rear view mirror. The high oil temperature wasn´t a problem according to them.

The day after (Tuesday) we stayed in Monclova due to the weather, so finally on Wednesday we headed for Arteaga.

Arteaga is quiet place near Saltillo. We had a walk through the village and enjoyed the view with some corona´s.

Pictures soon…hopefully

Parras

We covered 1630 kilometers (1019 miles) since our start in Houston, Texas!

Fri, 26th February 2010

On Thursday we left Arteaga and had the best ride so far. Mountains, deserts….and potholes. Trying to avoid those and enjoying the best views. What a ride! A long day, not because of the mileage but because we had to stop several times to cool Steve´s bike and one time Steve´s bike stopped itself. The “repaired” front brake, wasn´t that good repaired after all. Going to be an adventure already.

Late in the afternoon we finally arrived in Parras. A nice little town. Found a hotel and went to bed early….totally knackered.

Today we had our rest day, got our laundry done and someone had another Mexican look at Steve´s front brake. And most important, we enjoyed the nice warm weather.

Adios

Picture compilation

We covered 2005 kilometers (1253 miles) since our start in Houston, Texas!

Sun, 28th February 2010

Right now we are in Guadalupe Victoria. We hoped we could make to Durango today, but Steve’s bike had other plans…..

A compilation of our last days in Mexico:

In Monclova Steve’s bike got some maintenance.

The route to Arteaga was great

After a long day we enjoyed the last minutes of mexican winter sun in Arteaga

Next day we headed for Parras. This is how the Mexican truckdrivers do it…

The route to Parras was beautiful and warm.

Every hour we had to stop to cool down Steve’s bike…

We spent two days in Parras, a nice little town. Steve’s bike needed another Mexican look at his front brake. Next day we wanted to take the yellow route towards Torreon….not knowing that the yellow route was rocks, sand and pot-holes. Proper Off-road for 80 km, but with some Black Elephant training a few months ago…we had a blast.

Not only Steve’s bike needed to cool down….

In the middle of the Sierra de Parras

All we are is dust in the wind….

That day we only covered 140 km, but dusty and tired we found a hotel in Matamoros. Only 18 euros for two rooms, including hot water…!

Today (sunday) we hit the road early to go to Durango. But Steve’s bike really needs a mechanic now. The carburettor might be the problem. Today we suffered from severe head winds.  That in combination with the height of 2000m resulted in a bike that really didn’t want to ride….well.
We stopped to help a fellow biker with a flat tire. He had been waiting for over 2 hours and no Mexican stopped for help. And all of a sudden three Dutch Dangleberries came around the corner and had all the tools he needed. He was really grateful and thanked us as if we were a god’s gift! It was the least we could do after being helped by others the last few weeks. (Dave!)

The severe head wind made us stop in Guadalupe Victoria.

Tomorrow we’re heading for Durango, to stay some days and hopefully find someone who knows about carburettors, hot engines, front brakes, and tachometers…. Good news is: all bikes are still running, maybe not as wanted, but that’s all part the trip….we guess.

Thanks for all the comments! Adios amigos…

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Permalink Responder até Evandro Dalben (19 93113070) em 25 outubro 2010 at 11:01

Mazatlan
We covered 2430 kilometers (1519 miles) since our start in Houston, Texas!

Fri, 5th March 2010

Hola amigos!

We’ve made it to the Pacific coast. The last few days brought us the best driving so far. After Steve’s bike had stopped us at Guadalupe Victoria, the next morning we reached Durango without any trouble. The small changes to the carburettor seemed to have worked. In Durango we stayed downtown. Although a nice old city centre, we decided to leave next morning. But before we hit the road, we got our three bikes properly cleaned for just a few euros. A shiny bike is a happy bike…

After that we had a great ride through the mountains heading towards Mazatlan.

We ended halfway in what seemed the middle of nowhere. We stopped at a little restaurant and luckily we could rent a cabana. So there we were in the mountains with our own cabana.

After a freezing cold night we headed further towards Mazatlan. The ride was even more impressive than the day before. We climbed over tops of 2800m and crossed the espinazo del diablo (the devils backbone). Not a straight piece of tarmac longer than 200m, only curves. A biker’s delight.

Slowly we were descending to sealevel and it got hotter and hotter. We reached Mazatlan just in time to check in old-Mazatlan’s Belmar and to enjoy sunset from our balcony.

This is the life for us!

Adios Amigos!

ps. Because we couldn’t bring Martins “staande schemerlamp” as special feature for this trip, we found something else….which is even useful, based on all the budget hotels we found without one……..

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