Links

Here I list a few website of companies and communites that helped me prepare for my trip.

Ersoy's Workshop in Istanbul

	Go to Horizons Unlimited , the website that's all about motorcycle travel . Travellers Community, Bike Travel information on the Bulletin Board, free Monthly Motorcycle Travel E-zine, Travellers' Stories, and plenty of tips and info!
	Walter von Allmen Motos is the place where I bought my motorbike. Altough I have a Triumph they were able to order it as they used to be an official triumph dealer and therefore still have the required knowledge and connection. They were really helpful in preparing the motorbike for the trip and helped me out with informations regarding technical and mechanical related issues for the bike and gear. I was able to do a complete service togehter with the mechanic from this shop. This helped me a lot to get a basic understanding of the motorbike, as I never did a service on this bike before on my own.
	The tire company Heidenau from Germany was so kind to support me with 3 sets of the Heidenau K60 Scout tires for my trip from Switzerland to Asia.
	Also special thanks to Touratech Switzerland . I got a lot of my gear (Side cases, Clothing and some small bike parts) from Touratech. They also helped me out with tips and tricks regarding long distance motorbike traveling from their vast experiance in adventure travels. I also want to especially thank Andy from Touratech Switzerland who made sure, that I got the ordered side cases on time. Even though they had delivery problems and delays at the german production site.
	At last I also want to thank my brother Steven who created the design of this website. I especialy thank him for the nice banner. I think it is an incredible  image that he created there for me. Make sure to check out his website for more of his work.
Ersoy's Workshop	Ersoy has a Bike Repair Workshop in the outscirts of Istanbul. He helped me out with receiving my tires and let me use his workshop for some basic maintenace. He is a friendly an open minded person who loves traveling by bike. If you need a workshop in Istanbul he is the guy, contact him by mail, akkartalersoy@yahoo.com. Hes address is Ataturk oto san. sit. 2. kisim 9.sokak no: 294 Maslak İstanbul. It is an industry complex with lots of car workshops. He is on the first floor, so you have to go up. If you have GPS: 41.1152,29.0189 - Google Maps