What adventure bike owner hasn't dreamed of a great adventure: Africa, Asia, the United States? Most of the time, it is the distant countries and continents that make us dream. But what if you only have five days and you want to go on a grand tour of Central Europe? Triumph Switzerland united four young people with vastly different motorcycling experiences, put them on a Triumph Tiger and accompanied them on a five-day trip through the French Alps. What happened next, surprised all of us.

The four riders all came from different riding backgrounds. Héloise and Sebastian, a young couple from French-speaking Switzerland, are comfortable in the Modern Classics scene but have little experience on adventure bikes. Anja, who is from Zurich takes every opportunity around her professional life to drag her knees on her racing machine on a circuit around the world. Until now, she has never favoured Adventure Bikes.

Not so for Lennart, who spends every spare minute of his time in the Tiger saddle and has done so for several months. So far so good, the foursome met in Martigny, in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, on an early Thursday morning.