The Epic Euro Tour

babarr46 · Aug 4, 2012

Well i managed to stuff enough gear into 3 bags, bike prepped & ready for the off, 10 day tour of europe.

The destination is Austria.

The roads in Germany were an amazing highlight especially the B500 near Baden-Baden like a race track stretched out over a mountain in the black forest

Then all the tunnels in Austria, Akra race system + quick shifter need i say more. Then the mother of all roads the glossknocker glacier road

More hair pins than you can shake a stick at

, but get it wrong & its game over, theres no barriers one of the most breath taking roads in the world!

Didnt even get past the welcome to england sign at the chunnel before i hit a pothole

nearly 3000 miles without any at all ( France, Belgium, Luxembourg,Germany & Austria)

riding here is like riding in a third world country. Need a new rear tyre & chain/ sprocket now and yes the arse is sore!

Get out and ride, its what it was made for!

phil · Aug 4, 2012

Good pictures mate, glad you shared them with us.. was the weather kind to you?

babarr46 · Aug 4, 2012

I was about 30 C on the way over which did spark the mother of all thunder storms in the mountains had to take cover from the golfball sized hail stones & the lightning bolts :-[
But other than than it only rained properly once & had a Johnny suit with me, the people in the fuel stations could hardly say the price cos they were trying not to laugh (it looks like a black pvc gimp suit).

phil · Aug 4, 2012

babarr46 link=topic=1223.msg11221#msg11221 date=1344069209 said:
had a Johnny suit with me, the people in the fuel stations could hardly say the price cos they were trying not to laugh (it looks like a black pvc gimp suit).

And those glasses probably didnt help ;D

Godzilla · Aug 4, 2012

Looks a great trip. I would love to do something like that.

How many of you went?

babarr46 · Aug 4, 2012

[quote And those glasses probably didnt help ;D
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Didn't need them in the rain

Godzilla link=topic=1223.msg11227#msg11227 date=1344074184 said:
Looks a great trip. I would love to do something like that.

How many of you went?

Was 8 of us & they were all glad i went cos the fuel stops were more frequent gave the arse more of a rest.
Its so easy to do its just a shame that france is inbetween (didn't find them as welcoming as the rest of the countries & the food wasn't great either) Germans do things proper roads,food not to mention the beer!