EuroFest 2019

Hytram

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What am I doing wrong?

Clicking on any of the dated "track summaries" I only ever get the same Bolzano-Salzburg route W-)

up in the right hand corner there is a button the says either "View All Tracks" or "view recent tracks". Click it so it says the opposite of what you want

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back home now, will put everything up over the next week or so
 

Hytram

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Day 2 (Tue)

Should have listened to my gut... never mix tourist sites with motorcycles...

Neuschwanstein castle, over crowded, never got near it, crack the shits and left.

Paid the price by coming back via the Fern Pass which was like Collins St Peak hour

Russian GLONASS Satellites played up with my Garmin GPS

it just wasn't a great day

Although the Plansee Landesstraße was and nice run and even a average day in this area is a bloody good day

GPX for the Day
http://www.martyh.com/eurofest/Eurofest19 02 Tue 248km.gpx

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Hytram

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Day 3 (Weds)

An absolute ball tearer of a day. Blue sky's for the most, headed down the Brenner Valley on the twisty bits under the Autobahn into Italy, then up our first real mountain pass, the Jaufenpass, followed by the famous Timmelsjoch. Back into Austria and found a real Gem, the Kuhtia high road.. Just magic, no traffic, twisty bits and magical scenery.

Great day

GPX for the Day
www.martyh.com/eurofest/Eurofest19 03 Weds 258km.gpx


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Hytram

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Day 4 (Thurs)

Oh that was a big day... Maybe a little big in hindsight but when do you do sensible on a motorcycle?

Slabbed it down to Italy.. Which sounds bad, but at 130kmh and snow on the peaks, it ain't that bad..

Visited the WW2 bunker that I found last time in 2009, went inside

Then into Switzerland, rode under a church, through beautiful villages and then up the Umbrail Pass which is a lane and a half wide and full of very sharp up hill hairpin bends and a shit load of traffic coming down because the back side of the Stelvio was closed.. It's the first time a hairpin has ever defeated me, two up with a on/off clutch and had to stop mid way and reassess . Hardest bit of tarmac riding I have ever done..

Stelvio pass was crowded at the top, played overtake the cages on the way down, 1st gear and heaps of brakes and turn into the hairpins, 49 in total, massive armpump braking 2 up.. Very satisfying.

Battled the traffic in Adige Valley where camper vans over take camper vans..

Found another gem in Meran 2000 high road, veiws for ever and twists and a surface to die for..

Another lot of traffic in Bolzano and those Ducs get hot in the traffic..

We are in Collalbo, Accom is amazing and tomorrow is another day

GPX for the Day
www.martyh.com/eurofest/Eurofest19 04 Thurs 310km.gpx

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Hytram

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Day 5 (Fri)

something I still cant comprehend, the group wanted a rest day.. I wanted to ride, so I did.

I wise man once said to me, if you want to ride the best motorcycle roads in the world, head to the Dolomites in Italy, it has the biggest concentration of mountain pass roads of anywhere.

In 2009 I found that out and today I confirmed it...

300km and 9 Mountain passes, much rubber sacrifices to the road gods and way too many baby Jesus's....

It's simply amazing over here..

GPX for the day
www.martyh.com/eurofest/Eurofest19 05 Fri 294km.gpx

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enough of signs.....


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Hytram

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Day 6 (Sat)

the day started with 'oh shit, Saturday Dolomite traffic' and ended pretty bloody good

did the famous Passo Gardena, Passo Campolongo, Passo Pordoi and Passo di Sellajoch loop.. so famous, every Porsche and his dog was out today

only 160km, but that took most of the day, its a hard slog

the real gem of the day was SP64, a road that ran back towards Bolzano on the east side of the valley, filtered light though the trees one moment, view of the Dolimites the next and then looking over the valley back towards Collalbo, simply bliss

GPX for the day
www.martyh.com/eurofest/Eurofest19 06 Sat 157km.gpx

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glitch

Mapping the next ride...
Staff member


:drool::clap:


Sure is a sweet, little backway along some very picturesque places there...looks like you ducked into Linderhof Castle then after the Neuschwanstein disaster.
Good choice.:thumbs:



NB: That gpx link for day3 bombs out
 

glitch

Mapping the next ride...
Staff member
Day 3 (Weds)

An absolute ball tearer of a day. Blue sky's for the most, headed down the Brenner Valley on the twisty bits under the Autobahn into Italy, then up our first real mountain pass, the Jaufenpass, followed by the famous Timmelsjoch. Back into Austria and found a real Gem, the Kuhtia high road.. Just magic, no traffic, twisty bits and magical scenery.

Great day

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Absolutely slobbering over those pics!! :slobb:lao

I'd call it incredible luck to have had that snow-dusting up high early in your stay....to revel in those magic vistas with snowy mountains and blue skies while running on dry, clear roads :doh::woot::woot:

You lucky Basterd!:thumbs:

As for the Kuehtai? 2009 was a decade ago, but you've done it before :so
Day 1 (onroad) of the T_2 :)

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