I’m owing you a quick update on the past two eventful days! Some individuals may have been perplexed by my GPS track, but I’ll delve into details in a comprehensive report soon. Here’s a brief summary in bullet point style:

• Purchased a wrench, securely tightened the chain, and identified that the chain is beyond repair.
• limped to Sundsvall, a larger city, went to motorbike garage
• as expected, no chain kit with sprockets available
• my friend Ralf in northern Germany has a tyre on a rim and a chain kit available
• I tried to rent a car in Sundsvall (population 57.000), to pick up the parts from Ralf
• not possible, nothing available (!)
• Express mail with parts from Ralf would not arrive in time
• Found the last rental car in Sundsvall (?)
• Fellow IBA rider Daniel stands in front of me, asks if I need a bike
• Daniel gives me his shiny BMW R1200RT to pick up the parts (a 2900 km ride)
• Went yesterday to Södertälje, indulged myself in a luxury resort (430 km)
• Rode today to Germany, picked up parts from Ralf, rode back north (1832 km; SS1000)
• Stopped in Jonköping, will do the rest tomorrow
• Will repair the XBR tomorrow, return home (hopefully)

That’s just the basics what happened. In fact, it was much more detailed and nerve-wrecking.