Trip to Munich

[xpi0t0s]

Hi all

I'm off to Munich for a work conference for 2 days in May and I thought it would be nice to go on the bike and have it available for riding to+from the conference and round the locality between meetings. However, 2 days of blasting down over 700 miles of motorway (from Reading) just doesn't do it for me somehow, so I was wondering if there is some way of getting me+the GS to within spitting distance of Munich, say Stuttgart or Nurnberg, then I can ride round the smaller (=more fun) roads. Or would it be better to fly directly to Munich and hire a bike locally? Is there such a thing as BMW bike hire in Germany?

I wondered about taking the bike on a train; that might be a neat way of doing it.

Dave.

 

[Mad Tenor]

Try typing "autozug" on Google which will take you to the DB (german trains) website that specifically deals with transporting vehicles on the train system. The only drawback is that there is no daily service, but if the dates fit, then it is a very comfortable way of taking the bike across Germany. There are services from Duesseldorf and Troisdorf(Near Cologne) which would involve minimal miles across France/Belgium. Used this excellent service last summer to go to Garmisch, thus saving my tyres from squaring off on boring Motorways allowing maximum enjoyment on the bendy roads...
P.S. If you have the time, it would be worth doing one journey by the train, and find a picturesque route for the other leg of the journey

 

[Deleted account rno]

Hi all

I'm off to Munich for a work conference for 2 days in May and I thought it would be nice to go on the bike and have it available for riding to+from the conference and round the locality between meetings. However, 2 days of blasting down over 700 miles of motorway (from Reading) just doesn't do it for me somehow, so I was wondering if there is some way of getting me+the GS to within spitting distance of Munich, say Stuttgart or Nurnberg, then I can ride round the smaller (=more fun) roads. Or would it be better to fly directly to Munich and hire a bike locally? Is there such a thing as BMW bike hire in Germany?

I wondered about taking the bike on a train; that might be a neat way of doing it.

Dave.

Dave,
here is a link for you. Bike hire in Munich. GS1150 included...

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