ABCs of touring Europe

Who’s won second place in the ABCs of Touring?

Words: Mark Cornelissen

The H.O.G. ABCs of Touring is organised annually. Every H.O.G.^® member can take part in it and prizes can be won every year. Surely when a member of one of our Nordic chapters wins a prize, it’s worth having a chat with her! 

We met in Gjerdrum, a picturesque town about 40km above Oslo. Gjerdrum is the hometown of Camilla Bjørneli, 42, where she lives with Tommy Kragseth Hansen. She is the proud winner of second place in this year’s ABCs of touring and warmly welcomes us in for a drink and to share her story. 

Camilla has been touring as a passenger with Tommy since 2009 and started riding on a Honda Goldwing, but quickly switched to a 2014 Ultra Limited CVO. Later, they upgraded to a 2018 Ultra Limited CVO and then a 2022 Pan America™. Since May 2022, Camilla has been touring on her Pan America. She chose the model after being lucky enough to ride The Great Relay’s Pan America, in 2021. 

Since 2021, Camilla has been a Life Member of H.O.G., enjoying the camaraderie of being surrounded by a wonderful group of people – her second family. No matter where you go in Europe, you are well taken care of and can have a chat with anyone. 

To achieve the ABCs prize in 2023, she rode around southern Sweden, Denmark and across the continent to European Bike Week in Faaker See, Austria. She planned the routes precisely to pass through as many countries as possible, and visit many H-D^® dealers along the way, before attending the event in Austria. She started her journey in the middle of March and ended in the middle of October, driving approximately 24,000km! 

And she hasn’t finished yet… “This year, the plans are to attend the National Rally at Savalen in Norway, visit some dealers, and go to European Bike Week again,” she reveals. “Also on our bucket list are Scotland, the Dolomites, Switzerland, H.O.G. events and the H-D Jubilee in 2028 of course.”

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