
Biker’s Bucket List: Transfăgărăşan, Romania
Ed Hallett rides what was once one of the biking world’s best-kept secrets: The Transfăgărăşan. Since Jeremy Clarkson told the whole world about it, the road can often be a
Edward's first few years on motorcycles were solely on rented wheels. This meant experiencing the BMW 700gs and f800gs, touring on a Suzuki V-Strom 1000, and spending a few days off-road on a Honda Baja XLR250 in Sri Lanka and a Honda CRF250XLR in Australia.
It was only in 2018 when Edward bought his first bike, a 2007 Ducati Monster 695. After a year exploring Australia's New South Wales on this Italian masterpiece Edward moved back to London UK and bought a 2018 Yamaha XSR700.
The XSR has been tested on British and European roads as well as a stretch of the Trans-European Trail from Basingstoke to Salisbury. Now having accepted that the XSR is not ideally suited to green laning, there may be another bike on the horizon. There always is.
Ed Hallett rides what was once one of the biking world’s best-kept secrets: The Transfăgărăşan. Since Jeremy Clarkson told the whole world about it, the road can often be a
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