Germany Trip

Travers91 said:

Hi All,

Off to Germany to ride the B500 in May (10th till 17th) If anyone fancies it then feel free to pop along too, will be posting pictures here and keep you updated.

If anyone has already been, are there other roads that I should make sure I hit before coming back?

Cheers,
Trav

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Stephen said:

Its a beautiful country [emoji4]

Are you heading via hull or Dover?

Cochem is a beautiful city if your going from Hull, it?s a bit far if your not passing... Most of the roads in the Eifel region are cracking from my experience

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mike g said:

2 ways
1) free motorway to lille & mauberge - spa / nurburgring or drop down the meuse(?) at dinant.
2) "7valleys" via hesdin, albert, peronne, st q and down to luxemburg- vianden is very nice.

Once you are on the b500 nice biker hotel about half way down between baden baden and freiburg a couple of miles off to the left (i think it's called the black eagle) - worth following the road all the way to swiss border.

Enjoy

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Travers91 said:

Dover crossing. Will see how Germany is, if the weathers bad I will head further south until it improves [emoji23]


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phil said:

Have you tried Euro Tunnel? So much better than the Ferry Imo...

On your way to Germany the Ardennes is a real good area for nice roads also the roads around the Grand Ballon /Voges. As said above the Eifel has some cracking roads, especially to the North near the Lakes
Nice towns to stay in along the way include Bouillon, La Roche-en-Ardenne , Vianden (Luxembourg), Cochem (nr the Ring), Turckheim (nr Colmar), there are so very many nice places to stay/ visit that I cant list them all that I have stayed in.
Are you going to visit the Nurburgring on the way or way back? If so the 257 from Adenau - Kelberg - Ulmen straight onto 259 to Cochem very nice road.

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Travers91 said:

Ferry is already booked but I’m going to start heading abroad a bit more often now so will check the Euro tunnel out next time.

Will have a look on google maps and add in some of those places and try to link some of them up.

I’m going with a mate who isn’t keen on heading to the Nurburgring, might have to go off on my own for a day and give it a go [emoji106]


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Travers91 said:

Ferry is already booked but I?m going to start heading abroad a bit more often now so will check the Euro tunnel out next time.

Will have a look on google maps and add in some of those places and try to link some of them up.

I?m going with a mate who isn?t keen on heading to the Nurburgring, might have to go off on my own for a day and give it a go [emoji106]


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Stephen said:

The n?rburgring is great even if you don?t go round, Adenau is a nice little town the atmosphere is great and there?s lots of places to watch from.

Imo going round the ring on a bike isn?t fun, it?s so bizarre being overtaken by cars and having to look in your mirrors so much for faster drivers. You?re very vulnerable on the bike. It?s much more enjoyable in a car

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Stephen said:

Imo going round the ring on a bike isn’t fun, it’s so bizarre being overtaken by cars and having to look in your mirrors so much for faster drivers. You’re very vulnerable on the bike.

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phil said:

Hi Stephen, (as you probably know) the more experience you get by lapping the less vulnerable you become on a bike. Motorrad (German Bike Magazine) hold training events solely for bikes on a closed circuit at the ring, very expensive but very safe and lapping is Great Fun.
Anyone on here read this http://jocke.selincite.com/bikes/riding-nurburgring

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phil said:

Have you tried Euro Tunnel? So much better than the Ferry Imo...

On your way to Germany the Ardennes is a real good area for nice roads also the roads around the Grand Ballon /Voges. As said above the Eifel has some cracking roads, especially to the North near the Lakes
Nice towns to stay in along the way include Bouillon, La Roche-en-Ardenne , Vianden (Luxembourg), Cochem (nr the Ring), Turckheim (nr Colmar), there are so very many nice places to stay/ visit that I cant list them all that I have stayed in.


Are you going to visit the Nurburgring on the way or way back? If so the 257 from Adenau - Kelberg - Ulmen straight onto 259 to Cochem very nice road.

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Travers91 said:

Hi All,

Off to Germany to ride the B500 in May (10th till 17th) If anyone fancies it then feel free to pop along too, will be posting pictures here and keep you updated.

If anyone has already been, are there other roads that I should make sure I hit before coming back?

Cheers,
Trav

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preynol1 said:

I?m out there in June so any suggestions of roads places will be welcome


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RickS1K said:

Oh, and there are a couple of speed cameras on the main road through the eifel mountains just remember that they can get you for that back in the UK now.

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