It’s a family affair

Mihai and Oana love motorcycles and when son Vladimir was born they saw no reason to stop. So they bought a Ural and set off… as a family

By Mihai Barbu

THIS IS US, Mihai, Oana and our son Vladimir contemplating the beauty of the Sedlo Pass, Montenegro. We are a Romanian family and we are passionate about motorcycles. Four years ago, when our son was born, we started to think about buying a motorcycle/sidecar combination… because we needed an extra seat! We bought a new 2014 Ural Ranger and rode it around for a year. Then in 2015 we started to think about doing a trip around Europe, but we had no actual plan. What was supposed to be a warm-up tour, turned into four-months and 17,000-miles through 43 countries. Then in 2016 we decided we’d try our bike’s off-road capabilities so we went to the Caucasus, through Georgia and Armenia, adding another 7500 miles to ourselves and the Ranger. And…

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BIKE United Kingdom (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2019

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