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Welcome to Vrakas bike rides and trips!

Vrakas.com with world bike trip photos, videos from places i visited riding my BMW bikes an F650GS and now with a 2010 F800GS. Starting point and most traveled is my country Cyprus but photos and video from trips abroad such as Greece, Italy, Austria and the Alps, Dolomites, Bulgaria and Turkey can be found here.
You will also find links for bike accessories and parts fitted, hotel locations and places worth visiting without excluding our Cyprus BMW forum, other good international forums and some tips and tricks for your BMW bike and also general motorcycle information including latest news from the bike world.

www.vrakas.comPlease feel free to "ride" around and maybe you will find something that interests you and might want to visit some of these places on your next trip.
We now have a BMW Cyprus Forum where we gather and chat about various bike issues, trips, journeys, recalls and even good or bad service.

Check out also the links from time to time as i will try to have some good ones and avoid those not worth visiting and / or they are just for plain advertisement.

Dont forget to visit my photo site located at www.kotsonis.net or our excellent hosting provider Oramatech Services!

Each trip you make is unique, treat it as its your first one!World Site Visitors since 15/02/2011

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Local Trips

Local Trips Video & Photos

13th November 2011 club ride under clouds

2 bikers from Nicosia and 3 bikers from Limassol in total 7 riders went on a morning trip to the mountains.
Temperature drop with rain falling but this did not stop us from taking the ride and enjoying this through mud.
Enjoy the video!


Local Trips

Local Trips Video & Photos

2011 Radiomarathon

Here is the video from the 2011 Radiomarathon with bikers from a lot of bike clubs.

Enjoy the video!

 
Trips Abroad

2011 Cappadokia Trip

2011 Cappadokia Trip Journal Day 1

Friday 12th of August 2011, after canceling another trip abroad we decided to go for a small one to Cappadokia in Turkey. Y on his BMW R1150GSA, A and I on our F800GS we are ready for the trip.
Starting from Limassol we all meet and around 8.00am with tanks full we are off to Nicosia, pass the border in Agios Dometios and get to the port in Kerynia.

Trips Abroad

2011 Cappadokia Trip

Video from Cappadokia bike trip 2011

Here is the video from the trip we had in August 2011 to Cappadokia Turkey.

We start this post with the video for now and the description will come later.

Enjoy the video!

 
Local Trips

Local Trips Video & Photos

Video - Memorial Ride of the 13 lost souls at Mari

From all over Cyprus over 80 bikers took part in this event in memory of the 13 unfair lost souls from the explosion in Mari July 2011.
Πορεία μοτοσυκλετιστών 2011 για τους 13 αδικοχαμένους της έκρηξης στο Μαρί με πάνω από 80 συμμετοχές!

Local Trips

Local Trips Video & Photos

Video from night ride to Platres 23rd of July 2011

The usual suspects for the night ride to Platres and food that ended with 16 persons!
Great company and a great night mostly BMW riders.
Wanted to test the camera at night so here is a short video from the night ride, enjoy!

 
Local Trips

Local Trips Video & Photos

16-17 July Camping at Polis

The time is almost perfect for a camping and this was programmed to be done a while back.

Others started from Nicosia and others from Limassol towards Polis camping place. Starting point in Orphanides supermarket and 5.05pm we started our bikes with 8 bikes that the one would leave us at Paphos as she came only for the ride.

Local Trips

Local Trips Video & Photos

Video from 16-17 July Camping at Polis

Here is also a Quick Personal video with some shots fRom the event.

Enjoy everyone!

 
Local Trips

Local Trips Video & Photos

QRide 26th of June 2011

We gathered a group of 8 bikers and off we went for a ride to Ypsonas, around the Dam, through the village of Lofou and a coffee stop in Omodhos.

Continued to Agios Nikolas in Paphos and back to Limassol passing by Petra tou Romiou.

Enjoy the video.

Local Trips

Local Trips Video & Photos

Ride around the dam Jun 19, 2011

A phone call is all needed and 30 minutes later we are on the bikes and going for a ride and a coffee.

We started going up to the country side taking the road to Ayia Phyla turning off at Ayios Mamas and stopped for a coffee at Pera Pedi. (Photo) The tree is in the middle of the road splitting the two directions!