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25 Jun 2018 Routes

Grand Tour 2018: Transfăgărășan, the Black Sea and Everything In Between

Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine and back — thirteen days on a Suzuki Bandit 1200s. A cracked frame in Budapest, a first crash in Romania, the Transfăgărășan, the Black Sea, Ukrainian roads that deserve their reputation, and a storm near Białystok. Things went wrong in the right order.