My collector's soul did not allow me to throw away the packaging material of my RadWagon. Couldn't that thick foam piece build a nice back seat? It was cut to a width of 20 cm. I got 10 mm plywood and sawed it to the size of the cushion. Two small oval pieces of plywood and two rectangular ones were a job for my fretsaw. Some drops of wood glue fixed the oval cones. 5 mm drill, M5 stainless steel lock screws, wing nuts, and washers were used to make seat mounts. Finally, motorcycle seat cover pu leather was stapled onto the plywood. And my pillion passenger wife likes it, too!





















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Since a couple of years, I regularly take part in a vintage motorbike winter meeting, the "Tauerntreffen". Most participants travel there with a sidecar machine. But mine had technical problems this year, couldn't be fixed in time. So I was riding my solo motorbike 650 km to the meeting.

The meeting itself is taking part in an alpine hut ("Edelrautehütte") at 1725 m (5660 ft), always on the last weekend in January. The most enthusiastic riders stay in tents (which I didn't do). To reach the meeting area, you have to fight your way over a 5 km (3.1 mi) long snow-covered alpine path, which is not only not cleared, but is also used as a toboggan run.

This year's plan: Going there with the RadWagon. My wife had the "special permit" to travel by car. And took the RadWagon on the car roof. From our hotel to the Edelrautehütte I had to ride 10 km (6.2 mi) with an altitude increase of 700 m (2300 ft), 500 of them (1640 ft) on the toboggan run.

The RadWagon winter snow test ride revealed that the battery only lasts approximately 9 km at -8 °C under these conditions. I could push about 1 km with motor support, then the last 200 m I had to push without.

But it was so much fun! Here are some pictures to share with you:














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