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Ave U !!!!
Great to see the 2 of you up and at it again !!!!!! .
Mikey, it takes a lot of concentration and a great sense of balance :dribble: . You'd love it, wise guy :angry:Stef....is this the plan for next year?....or are we going to do something different?.....riding bikes on a moving boat is not my idea of a good time :derisive: .....
I don't know Stef....but ummmmm the flatbed train moving through dark tunnels sounds like a more fun prospect then the boat deal.....(since I know FJR's don't float worth s@#t).....ya maybe you should book that for me.... :lol: .....Mikey, it takes a lot of concentration and a great sense of balance :dribble: . You'd love it, wise guy :angry:Stef....is this the plan for next year?....or are we going to do something different?.....riding bikes on a moving boat is not my idea of a good time :derisive: .....
Naw, next year we're doing the Alps, not the Pie-reh-niece and there ain't no car ferries up there.
(They have the Autozug, though. That train that carries cars through Switzerland, ya know. If you want I can book it for you.
That way you can ride a bike on a flatbed train carriage through a dark tunnel...how's that for kicks? )
Stef
Day-um, Rob. That's rotten. :glare:Stupid J-O-B! :angry2: I already have 95% of the battle done (residing in Italy) and I can't even make it.
I will be on a cruise during this dream ride.
Cruise to be provided by the US Navy...
I'll wave at you from Cap Corse as you pass by. Hope you have a good tripWe're leaving through the Italian port of Genoa on June 16 bound for Barcelona, Spain.
Stef
Thanks Dave, enjoy Corsica!I'll wave at you from Cap Corse as you pass by. Hope you have a good tripWe're leaving through the Italian port of Genoa on June 16 bound for Barcelona, Spain.
Stef
Dave
Thanks Dave, enjoy Corsica!I'll wave at you from Cap Corse as you pass by. Hope you have a good tripWe're leaving through the Italian port of Genoa on June 16 bound for Barcelona, Spain.
Stef
Dave
BTW, a buddy from our Forum just returned with some great pics CLICKY .
Great views and scenery and some pretty godawful roads, too. If you're taking the bike keep your eyes skinned and be sure you padlock it at night.
An inordinate amount of foreign-registered bikes just vanish every year in Corsica... h34r: or get cannibalized for parts the minute you turn your back.
Stef
There are 5 bikes going and I suspect they will all be chained together overnight even though the hotel has secure parking with CCTV. As to the roads, I keep telling my friends that our trips out will be a bit more sedate than those in Austria.Thanks Dave, enjoy Corsica!BTW, a buddy from our Forum just returned with some great pics CLICKY .
Great views and scenery and some pretty godawful roads, too. If you're taking the bike keep your eyes skinned and be sure you padlock it at night.
An inordinate amount of foreign-registered bikes just vanish every year in Corsica... h34r: or get cannibalized for parts the minute you turn your back.
Stef
Hi DonDear Stef,
Do you have a lodging recommendation for Andermatt that you would be willing to share with we AARG' riders? Saturday night 5/19 we are at Hotel Zum Bayern in Heidelberg and Monday night 5/20 at Hotel Ibis Koenigplatz in Augsburg. I have ridden from Andermatt to Heidelberg easily in a day's ride before and we now have extended our bike rental for another day into Sunday 5/27 with Knopf Motorradreisen. We saw all of these open passes at various websites such as www.alpineroads.com and I called the group with the info on your riding Oberalp und Lucomagno; we then phoned Germany to see if Stefan would let us have the bikes for an eighth day! We were now thinking of Friday night 5/25 in Andermatt and any advice for reasonable rate lodging would certainly be appreciated. Is the pavement still rough on Gotthard? I last rode it in October 2005 on a BMW R1200GS. Viele danke Freund!
Auf Wiedersehen,
Don Stanley
Don,Hello Stef,
Thank you very much for the recommendation for Hotel Soliva! Sedrun will work perfect for an overnight stop for us as we'll be coming up from Locarno.
Do you buy a Vignette sticker (paid toll road pass) for your bike or do you just try to avoid the Expressways (autostrada und autobahn) in Switzerland and Austria. In previous trips I have never purchased a vignette and I have just tried to avoid the Expressways, but there were times I was forced to use it for a few kilometers or so. Naturally, I was nervous for the whole stretch of riding because I believe that the Swiss fine you 65 euros for being on the autostrada and the Austrians get a 40 euro fine for being caught on the autobahn without a vignette. What are your thoughts? Just take our chances?
Regards, Don
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