riding in paradise..

Patrick, got a phone yet?

NickeHild said:

Patrick, got a phone yet?

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got it today (france 33) 06 21 67 62 14.

your pictures look better than mine . and the girl is not 75 but 72...
.how is the wine on lake balaton?

This is Udos Side:

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I love your trip. This is absolutely great and I am surprised how good you know your way trough Europe.
Only the planned tip back to Austria at the end seems a bit too much.

If you will travel in Spain from the Barcelona Region towards France I can at least give you some good ideas for stunning roads. I plan and organice a trip to Spain each year with big cruisers and it is a great contry for riding motorcycles.

Unfortunatelly I could not be of help wen you arrived in Germany. I lived in the Frankfurt area for a quite long time and I am a R3T rider since few weeks. I think you enjoyed the meeting with all the Sauerkrauts in Bad Brückenau.

Looking forwar to more reports from you wonderfull trip.

all the best

Hardy said:

This is Udos Side:

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I love your trip. This is absolutely great and I am surprised how good you know your way trough Europe.
Only the planned tip back to Austria at the end seems a bit too much.

If you will travel in Spain from the Barcelona Region towards France I can at least give you some good ideas for stunning roads. I plan and organice a trip to Spain each year with big cruisers and it is a great contry for riding motorcycles.

Unfortunatelly I could not be of help wen you arrived in Germany. I lived in the Frankfurt area for a quite long time and I am a R3T rider since few weeks. I think you enjoyed the meeting with all the Sauerkrauts in Bad Brückenau.

Looking forwar to more reports from you wonderfull trip.

all the best

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Hardy,,
yes the bad bruckenau meet was a sucess ,,,the food was fantastic and the place perfect.

I looked at your links and picked up some interesting tidbits but yes by all means do let me know of stunning road to ride on, I will be in Zazuar near aranda del duero in early august and from there will ride back to southern france so I can pretty much go anywhere interesting and I DO NOT KNOW THE ROADS THERE?
. on sunday 18th I rode up with friends from nice to beuil via the vesubie valley , then colmiane pass down to tinee valley and back up to roubion and beuil a very small alpine meadows village with a small ski resort and about 400 bikes !!!!! parked for an all inclusive meet we ate pan bagna (sandwich with boiled eggs tuna, tomatoes green beans, and dripping with olive oil) then went for coffe to a chalet on the ski slopes and tried the local homemade rocket fuel called genepi, I grew hair on my chest right after the seconf shotglass
then we rode back via the cians canyon back to nice where I dunked myself in the swimming pool till late evening , I took some pictures of the trip but I cannot post them my stupid computer wont read the camera memory card all in all we rode 200 kms and stunning road scenery from start to finish of which about 30 miles were actually carved out of the cliff side so imagine, you ride in a half pipe tunnel with the tumbling creek on one side a rock roof over your head and rock on the other side with natural fresh water dripping down from cracks in the rocks above your helmet.
this region is just perfect for motorcycles the food is superb and the girls are shall we say uninhibited,,,,,I must buy a helmet camera soon before my return to records the incredible road scenery and pleasure in riding in order to show my US riders friends what this experience is all about ,
I have ridden in some very interesting countryroads all over north america but I must admit this alps region is just out of this world for bikers and I suppose the pyrenee will be of the same ilk, so please let me know of spectacular roads to ride on in spain ,land of tapas ,corrida,and guapa chicas

signing off till I get the computer fixed (and i am typing on a french keyboard, there is one challenge I could do without)

Hi Patrick,

so that means you follow the road from France and I think it will be the atalantic ocean side with Bordeaux?

this is not my region where I do my trips. But I have a Spanish friend overthere in Valadolid and one in the near of Madrid. Both are M109 Riders and I could ask for some challenges for you.

The "tunnel-roads" in the hills or the very smal canyons you can have on some places, but mostly in the north-side of the pyrenees in France (Roussillion to be precise).

Ok let me know if you are interested in some good streets in the northern Spain map. I know there is some very impressive road up in the peaks of Asturias. An I think it is the road with the most possible twisties in Spain. I will ask my spanish friends and get more information for you.

I wish you alle the best to enjoy your trip, which is so great - even for people like me, who living here in "Heaven". Take care, ride safe, save all the things on your build in harddrive to think of it in some years in the rocking chair.

On my homepage you will find some information about some of the trips and there is a english translation button on the left. Well - its google translation, but it is translation.

Roussillion

Hardy said:

Hi Patrick,

so that means you follow the road from France and I think it will be the atalantic ocean side with Bordeaux?

this is not my region where I do my trips. But I have a Spanish friend overthere in Valadolid and one in the near of Madrid. Both are M109 Riders and I could ask for some challenges for you.

The "tunnel-roads" in the hills or the very smal canyons you can have on some places, but mostly in the north-side of the pyrenees in France (Roussillion to be precise).

Ok let me know if you are interested in some good streets in the northern Spain map. I know there is some very impressive road up in the peaks of Asturias. An I think it is the road with the most possible twisties in Spain. I will ask my spanish friends and get more information for you.

I wish you alle the best to enjoy your trip, which is so great - even for people like me, who living here in "Heaven". Take care, ride safe, save all the things on your build in harddrive to think of it in some years in the rocking chair.

On my homepage you will find some information about some of the trips and there is a english translation button on the left. Well - its google translation, but it is translation.

Roussillion

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thanks a bunch for the support , I will let you in on a secret of mine regarding roads for bike the yellow MICHELIN maps are the very best for showing the scenic part of any roads as they overlay a green line wherever the view is considered beautiful so far I have been in total accord with the maps . here are some pictures of the bunch who went up to Beuil and back to nice

albertaduke said:

how is the wine on lake balaton?

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The wine, the weather and the company were brilliant, a great party for a week

Home now, but planning for next trip












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what a great place and nice people on balaton lake Wished I could have been there,
as you know I cut short but I spoke to the girl the first night and got her to spend some time in a local motel away from the trouble, so I was able after all to ride through the dolomites and when I arrived I helped her in basically moving out. things will turn out ok I am glad to say.

more pictures in no particular order