A group of us go every other year, more for the ride than the event. we left England on Sept 6th at 5:30 am rode 70 miles to the Channel tunnel and get on the train the crossing takes 30 minutes.
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pretty uneventful 350 plus miles across France to our hotel for the first night. Next morning it's raining and foggy
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just some French back roads then into Switzerland, then autobahn past Zurich and into the alps to Klosters . next morning it's dry but we know the rains coming
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To get into Italy we rode through a narrow tunnel about 5 miles long
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into Italy and headed for the Stelvio pass
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Then the rain started as we climbed up to around 8000 feet
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The low cloud really set in and visibility was down to about 20 foot , doesn't inspire confidence when there's no guard rail and a 300 foot drop.
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Rain and cloud cleared as we dropped down but it really slowed us up
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About 20 miles from that nights hotel I hit a patch of cow **it slowing down going into cortina locked the front wheel and dropped my RG :cry: The next mornings repair job.
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pretty uneventful ride for the last 150 miles to Villach Austria for the event, just aswel it wasn't too far as my right knee was about twice the size of the left :crook:
Some of the sights at the rally
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Very Cool! Thanks for posting.
Sorry about the mishap...are you okay?
Dennis
On the Saturday we go for a ride so this year we went to Slovinia, it's come a long way since it's comunist days, but there are a lot of road hazzards.
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We stopped for some pictures before lunch, one not so perfect RG :embarrassed:
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The had bear on the menu so Russ had to try it ,I had a small piece tasted like steak
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Another road hazzard on the way back
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Sunday and it's time to head home or Italy for the first night. 2 miles and two of us lost the other 5. several thousand bikes leaving town so we decided to meet up on the way. Austria's beautiful
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Into Italy and start climbing the Dolomites, narrow roads switch backs and Italians on BMW's :dgust:
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we all got to the hotel Ok but the next morning it was raining again, and we had to follow a gas tanker over the mountains
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down the side of lake Como and into Switzerland
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Swiss autobahn until the Gottard tunnel then up onto the Gottard pass then the Furker pass to our hotel.
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It's cold up there with snow on the sides of the road
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From there it was into luxembourg ,Germany Belgium and France to catch the train home, ten days nine countries and 2372 miles
On the mend thanks Dennis, the Road glide's going to take some fixing but it's an insurance job and winters coming.
A couple of you tube clips Bunmonsta and Russ did
Essex Chapter Hog at Faaker See 2010 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RE4LpfPdoo#ws)
Faaker See 2010 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0sBzabOqrA#ws)
European Bike Rally, Faaker See 2010 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DXL7fJQgsE&feature=channel#ws)
Very Cool, Thanks for posting. Makes me want to save up for a couple of years and do something like that with the wife. Matbe take about a month off of work.
Outstanding photos old son, thanks for sharing. Sure looks like interesting riding. So sorry you had to drop the bike though. Isn`t the Euro tunnel great? i went through for the second time in two months this week. Did another tobbacco run into Belgium then a quick tour around the Ypres battlefields and back home in a day. 363 miles round trip. Question for you; how fast do you think that train goes through the tunnel?? Regardz, Bruno.
Great ride, cow crap, like open range out west here...
if it wasn't the drop and your knee those gals could
have caused some swelling too! LOL :hyst:
Guess you'll have to order the new HD super screaming beagle RG paint!
Might as well get the inner faring painted too! Nice sticker, you have good friends...
:up: nice riding
That looks like some great riding roads. Excellent photos. Makes me feel like I'm missing out when I see stuff like that. You guys have to love the easy access to the mainland. Alot different than it was I hear. :up:
Great pictures, Nice switch back roads, never had to worry about cow crap before even thoughi live in the country. Hope your knee is okay. Thanks for pics. :up:
Preacher Son
yeah, that"s one awesome post....thanks for sharing. get better quick!
Wonderful pictures :up:
Shoot that damn cow, (road hazzards) carve it up for steaks. Glad your OK.
Well, good excuse for custom paint now. :wink:
Deye, not a bad idea. One of THE BEST steaks I ever had was in Solden, Austria. That free range beef is spectacular over there. Solden is about my favorite spot on earth, by the way. Spent a lot of time there.
Dennis
Beautiful pix, and not one toyhauler to be seen anywhere!
Outstanding post.
Had to call the wife to watch Italy pixs & video of lake Como.
Great pixs, great camera, great vids and music.
On a scale of one to ten.....12, it's a keeper!! :up:
Big thanks :wink:
Panzer
Great post and pictures! Thanks for sharing. Looks as though a good time was had by all! Absolutely love Europe and hope to enjoy the country side there one day!
Thanks for the great post and pictures & videos! I was over there Easter of 1997, only in a car, and I got to see quite a bit of Switzerland, and part of Italy, and took the train to Vienna from Zurich. My friend I was visiting lives in Zurich. Its a beautiful country, lots of bikes everywhere, and yes, some of those roads are nothing but paved over logging roads. That trip was before I started riding, but I can imagine what fun it would be to ride there. Other than the bike going down and a sore knee, it looks like a great time. Too bad you had to put up with some rain though. Thanks again! :rose:
Great pictures!! Great views!! Thanks!
Evo1 almost had a coronary (heart attack) when he saw the girl with no pants!!
:hyst:
Steve ( HRK ) the insurance co are being real azzholes and difficult, as much as I want to colour change I'll just be happy for them to pay for the repairs and get it back as it was, current estimate is around $7000. I'm insured for my clothing but Thursday they said I'm only covered for that in the UK :angry: My ins expires next week and I've lined up a new company.
Bruno I'd guess the train gets up to around 80 mph in the tunnel.
I'll post some more pics later
Cool pics.. I would expect to see a beemer or 2.. Max
Quote from: 88b on September 25, 2010, 12:13:56 AM
Steve ( HRK ) the insurance co are being real azzholes and difficult, as much as I want to colour change I'll just be happy for them to pay for the repairs and get it back as it was, current estimate is around $7000. I'm insured for my clothing but Thursday they said I'm only covered for that in the UK :angry: My ins expires next week and I've lined up a new company.
Bruno I'd guess the train gets up to around 80 mph in the tunnel.
I'll post some more pics later
The train gets up to 95 mph on the downhill stretch, i asked the guy who does the loading on Tuesday. Sorry to hear about the insurance assholes. They always find a way not to pay up. Dunno who you`ve been using up till now but i`ve been with Footman James for eight years now and never a problem or arguement with them. Hope you get it sorted to your advantage. Regards,Bruno.
WOW !!
:up:
some more pix
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The Saturday parade with some of the Italians from our hotel :smileo:
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Phil trying to warm up on the Furker pass
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Bunmonsta with his dinner
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Some old fart who fell off
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on the train coming home
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The end
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I always wondered where the Village People went! lol
Great pics--better than Christmas, mate!
Dennis
Holy cow! The scenery in those pictures just makes me want to quite my job and spend every summer in Europe. Thanks for sharing the photos.
-Craig
Thank you for sharing this. This is good stuff,IMHO,but that house on the mountain side (#7) is frickin amazing. Thanks. :up:
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Thank you for sharing this. This is good stuff,IMHO,but that house on the mountain side (#7) is frickin amazing. Thanks. :up:
:embarrassed: I think I posted the same view twice that's the 34th picture on the first page of the thread but from a wider angle, it's actually a pension or hotel on the Furker pass in Switzerland. Most of these places are shut for 3 to 5 months of the year because it's almost impossible to get to due to snow. Switzerland spends a lot of money on road maintenance, as opposed to broke Italy where you never know what's around the next corner. Surpriising how much gas prices change too depending on the country's tax structure, but all of them it's $8 + a gallon
WOW!! excellent pix!! only way I'm gonna see that countryside anytime soon is thru your great pics...thanx!!
amazing how they can turn a rock cliff goat path into a beautiful road :up:
Just got back in the site Great pics an vid That is a must see someday!!! :agree:
Wow,no black folk! I'll have to try and make it next year,give the place a little color........