Trip 2007 - XA4

Trip 2007

The planned trip to Tuscany was aborted in Modena (IT) on day 2 after hours of rainshowers. A complete new trip arose from scratch for the following week. Using the weather map from the newspaper, the Garmin GPS, a little map of the Alps and the team spirit were enough to fill 8 days with riding pleasure and discovery.
As a result... we did the Adriatic coast and crossed something like 15 passes in the North. As far as I remember we rode through Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, San Marino and France.

The tour in numbers:

Total kilometres: 4.096km
Total days driving: 9

Hours on the road: 80h10
Hours actual riding: 54h38

Average day trip: 455 km
Longest day trip: ca 1.000 km

Number of fuelstops: 15
Longest tank range: 412 km!

Cheapest fuel: (Livigno, IT): 0.919 euro/lit (95)
Engine oil used: 0.9 litre
Spares used: 10 cm of Duck Tape

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Fuel stop in Hockenheim, Germany. Tired British bikers on their Japanense bananas are impressed by the RT and my xenon light.
One of 200 Lambrettas on it's way the Euro Lambretta Jamboree in Neckarsulm. This one had a slight problem problem to fix...
Amazing roads and landscape towards Garmisch Partenkirchen.
Railway station of Garmisch Partenkirchen. So far the weather was fine.
The Timmelsjoch, our first pass. 1.5°C, fog and melting snow.
"There is nothing to see here." dixit Germain.
Timmelsjoch 2007, our first pass in the Alps. 1.5°C, fog and snow at 2500m. We're still talking about this moment. Even shitty weather couldn't break the spirit.
From here on we became huge fans of our tires: Metzeler rules!!
Due to the differential pressure it was impossible to open de GSA cases...
Garda - Modena: 3 hours of pouring rain... we decided to change plans from here on...
Bike trips are full of surprises. Instead of heading to Tuscany… we ended up in Rimini that night… on a party boat on the Adriatic sea. No rain here.