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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Still walking like a drunken sailor (which will last up to 2 days) but, hey, happy to be free + standing on two legs.

Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Not surprising - Europe-only cars, At this time Opel was part of GM, solid No. 2 of volume brands in Germany. Today they are part of Stellantis and more or less a small player. But great heritage. www.opelpost.com/03/2014/the-...

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Born and raised as a son of an Opel Dealer....just to work for Audi some years later (deadly sin because Opel and Volkswagen were hardest competors in the 80s German Car Market). Love this 3 - sweet memories.

Opel Ascona B 1.3L Sport (4gear), called "Rüdiger"

Suzuki SJ 410, Vmax: 110 km/h, used it for alpine offroad pass climbing

Opel Monza A, 6-cylinder automatic - a monster at this time for a 18yr old weirdo.

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Hey #MotoSky, did I mention the cast will be removed from my leg tomorrow? Wish me 🍀 that they decide it's positive after the X-ray. I will be free again, hopefully back in the saddle by the end of the week! Unbelievable that a dog walk cost me 2 months of my season. #Excited #CantWait

GrumpyCruiser riding on his Moto Guzzi Bike

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Okay, my tibia + fibula are fixed with a screw + ligament. The surgery went well. Now I have to drink beer + coffee to stimulate my bladder. Unfortunately, it's non-alcoholic, but better than water. The staff here is world-class. Bedtime until tomorrow, hospital stay until Friday. Six weeks to go.

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

#motosky My life today. But I am still thankful for what I have. Safe rides, folks! I will be back!

GrumpyCruiser greeting his bikes in the garage - sad because he is injured and cannot ride.

Sitting in a cafe, enjoying Cappucchino, Pastry and Bikebikes

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

#FML!!🤬 You ride 1300km through mountains, no problem. Back home, going for a walk + fell accidentally… Surgery in 2 wks; until then, I have to wear this splint, followed by six weeks with my leg in a cast before they remove the screws. No idea when I'll be able to get back on my #Guzzi. #motosky

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Day4, Finale: St Maurice - Basel with 2 Passes I missed so far - Col de Mosses + Jaunpass, easy to ride but nice. Swiss cliche landscape at it’s best. After 4 days, ca. 1.300km, endless ups + downs, hidden backroads + scenic spots, I’m back in Basel. #MotoSky #MotoGuzzi #Tourlife

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Day 3 of my little escape in the Alps: riding from Piemonte to Savoyen Alps - lots of Passes. From up to 36° in the valleys down to 14° at Col d‘Iseran. That was fun. Tough fun. Will sleep well tonight. Here‘s the Route: riserapp.com/t/NPHeSX1Tt5... #Motosky #Tourlife #MotoGuzzi

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Day 2: nearly 10hrs of turns at smallest backroads, average speed: around 35 km/h. Honestly, a little bit too much. Ended in a monastery to sleep. Simple life. Humbled.

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

And now done and tired in Saint-Vincent Tomorrow will be challenging as today was. Stay tuned. #motosky #tourlife #MotoGuzzi

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

…wonderful ride to Colle Panthaleon with a spectacular view on Matterhorn (Monte Cervino) - absolute blast! 🤩🤩🤩 - decided to drive the valley up to the end. It was worth every meter.

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Life is short - Took the opportunity to tour some days. Day 1: Via Montreux (busy because if the Jazz Festival) and Grand Saint Bernard Pass to Aosta Valley (nice but hot) but the best was the afternoon… 1/2

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

440km today again groggy… rode through Zugspitz-Region, Fernpass (boring), Flüelapass (way better, rd 2.400m), Davos, Landquart, Walensee, Zürich back home - 1st 2h were up to 25°, the rest up to 38° C - not fummy. Some traffic jams incl. Good: Explored some new sideroads…

Roadview of Val Chaste in Graubünden, Switzerland

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

After my presentation I left Munich at 3pm at 36° C to ride 3h hours to my next stop near Reutte/Tyrolia - an affordable Inn with excellent food, a strange lamp and a beautiful sunset from room - again tired like hell…

Sunrise view at my Hotel in Munich Freimann

Iberico Pork Crown on a red wine sauce with fried potatoes and a Radler (half beer, half lemonade)

Sunset in a small village near Reutte/Tyrolia

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Business trip to Munich - combined it with some leisure activity: took the #MotoGuzzi to ride at countryroads through #BlackForrest and #Swabia - after 400km I was pretty done. Rewarded myself with a beergarden diner because Munich is the world capital of beergardens #Motosky #Summerride #Bavaria

Panoramic view ofthe Swabian landscape while sitting on my motorcycle.

My Moto Guzzi Bike parking next to a BMW bike - act like the locals

A typical beergarden dinner: 1/2 roasted chicken, fried potatoes and a Bavarian beer served at Aumeister Beergarden in Munich

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Decent ride last Sunday through Bern, Solothurn, Jura. 🇨🇭 is also besides the pass legends a #motorbike dream. Empty, winding roads in good condition- pure riding joy (but the butt hurts after the trip anyhow - I am an old bloke, but it’s worth the suffer). #motosky #motoguzzi #V9bobber

Trip Info of a weekend ride through Switzerland

A Motorbike parked at a country road overlooking Jura landscape

Scenic view of Swiss landscape with Lake Thun at the horizon

Typical Swiss Farmhouse with a castle in the background

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Because I suffered of being bikeless in the #Dolomites last week, I had to cure myself with some miles through my backyard…feeling better now. #motosky #MotoGuzzi

Tourinfo with a phito of a valley in Basel-Land as background

Panoramic view of Basel-Land /Solothurn landscape

Panoramic view of Mervellier in Canton Jura.

Countryroad with a parked Motorbike near Liesberg, CH

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Have to come back to Passo Pordoi on 2 wheels - great trip even on 4 wheels. Wonderful landscape, great road condition and well connected to other pass options. #dolomites are bikers paradise (even better off-weekend). And note to myself: #Vespe trip to 🇮🇹 is still on bucket list. #motosky

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

You know where you are welcome. Excellent Spare Ribs included. Destination for riders higjly recommended- dozens of scenic countryroads. Unfortunately, I am here bikeless because of the latest family member 🐕 #motosky #tourideas #carinthia #Austria #Kärnten #LakeMillstadt

Sign of an Austrian Restaurant with a Motorbike.

digging dog at seaside lounge at Lake Millstadt

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

After intensive weeks of puppy dog education I finally had the chance to cruise for some hours. So far the clutch of the #moroguzzi was doing well. Cross fingers that it will last. Took some nice countryroads in #Alsace and #Jura and enjoyed every second. Boy, did I missed this. #Motosky

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Turning 58 today. My neighbor (87) gifted me a bottle of Japanese Nikka Whisk(e)y. She knows how to gift (and will join me on this bottle). To end a relaxed day I raise my glass to many miles on two wheels ahead! To your health, #motosky folks + all other cool minds out there! Grumpy Greetings!

A bottle of Japanese Whiskey and an a Tumbler with Whiskey

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Meet Sultán, 4.5 months old, rescued from a spanish garbage dump - since 2 weeks a proud swiss-based doggish hurricane...

Sultán, a podenco-mix-puppy at the shoulkder of his new dad

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Thank God, there was emotional help: they sent this little guy. Since Saturday, this is the newest member of the Pack: #Motosky meet Sultan, a 4-month-old rescue puppy. It will limit my milage on two wheels significantly for the next time...

Grumpy Cruiser met Sultan - love at first sight.

Sultan, 4 months, big part is podenco, the rest is a surprise mix

Sultan, the dogs first walk in Switzerland

Sultan is perfecting his innocent facial expression while biting on something he should not.

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Time for #emotionalsupport: The #V9 was for shaft inspection because we reached 20KKM. So far so good, but they found out that the clutch will be done in the near future...estimated costs: 4K CHF (the new bike was about 10K) - I am quite frustrated. The #MotoGuzzi was built in 22... 😵‍💫😱😩

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

#SundayFun: Excellent #Cezanne exhib @ @fondationbeyeler.bsky.social Always a pleasure being there. The museum itself is the biggest star for me. Cezanne was very good as well as the "Sensations" exhib. And then my imagination fooled me - saw in my mind how Cezanne painted my #MotoGuzzi 😂 #motosky

View of the garden with Thomas Schütte's rabbit at Fondation Beyeler

Exibition Hall with some masterpieces of Francis Bacon at Fondation Beyeler

Portrait of a man sitting in a gardenpainted by Paul Cezanne, seen at current Exhibition at Fondation Beyeler

AI-generated Painting of Motorbike in the Style of Paul Cezanne.

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Season's 1st longer ride. Great time #cruising through Southern Black Forrest area. Sunshine with the snow-covered alps on the horizon and up to 16 C. That was enjoyable after many cold gray days. #Happy. #Relaxed. Filled with #energy. #motosky #motoguzzi #springride riserapp.com/t/Q2PED4mnyP...

Trip-Info with a motorbike in the background

A black Motorcycle in front of a panoramic view with Alps in the background

Panormaic view of a countryroad heading towards the Alps

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Thx! No, it's a V9 Bobber, here is the original Pic. A great bike, but I want something more able to drive on gravel roads without losing the relaxed vibe.

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

That's the current status of planning ;-). AI made it possible and I think it's pretty nice. I must find out where to get matching tires. ;-)

AI generated Rendering of a Moto Guzzi V9 in Scrambler-Style

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Until now I am using my 300GTS (sorry not really vintage) only for city rides and daytripping. But I plan to bring her to Italy this year ;-)

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Also #Suzuki premiered a nice one. But our Indian friends of #RoyalEnfield were absent (just with two bikes as a deco in a coffee bar). However, a nice line-up of some vintage #MVAgusta were impressive and a funny AND interesting presentation of guy who races 1/8-mile filled my afternoon.

A decorative custom build Royal Enfield bike

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Making the best out of my time while waiting for Spring: Visit #MotoZurich26 today. Visiting the #MotoGuzzi booth was mandatory, but the most interesting bikes came from 🇨🇳. Forget overpriced #Harley #BMW #Triumph and the Japanese guys. #Rieju #Benda #CFMoto offer affordable performance. #Motosky

Moto Guzzi / Aprilia Booth at Moto Zurich 2026

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

This happens, when you have to wait too long for spring.... I feel this poor soul. 😂 Just kidding - was a cool show of Nicola L’Impennatore at #MotoZurich26 #Motosky

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

It's raining cats and dogs at 6 degrees. Depressing.😵‍💫 Can't wait to be on the road again.Undecided about tourplanning - Dordogne (France), Friaul/Dolomites, Slovakia/South Poland (Tatra Mountains) or Romania (most exciting trip but long way to reach from here). 🤫 Recommendations? #Motosky

A black motorcycle in front of a pnoramic view of an alpine valley

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

This is a really nice one 😍. Love the design - inside and outside. Hope it will be produced. Congrats, @scoutmotors.bsky.social #ConceptCar #PacificMistTraveller. blog.scoutmotors.com/coastal-vibe...

Scout Concept Car Pacific Mist Traveller

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Grumpy Cruiser 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏍️🛵☮️ @crumpycruiser.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Weather? Sh***y like hell. Mood? Room for Improvement. So what can you do? Buy a new helmet. ...and lovin' it. Downside: Makes it even harder to wait for better conditions. (And no, riding in heavy rain with 3° C is still no option) *SentWhileDryTestingAtDesk* #motosky #nolan #helmet

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