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Member Since:	July 19, 2006
Membership Level:	BBR Friend - score: 175
Region:	Aquitaine, France
Motorcycle:	lots - we rent bikes
Best Route Ever Ridden:	The Pyrenees
Users Website Address:	http://www.bestbikingroads.com
Latest Entries by this user:	D923 : Gavarnie - Port de Bouchero (France) October 7, 2008 A road to ride before you die! It goes no where - just up the mountain and stops! However, it is one of the most exciting rides I have ever made - I touched my boots twice on a 1200GS, the second time I knew it was coming and lifted it - but it touched anyway. Incredibly fast, incredibly twisty - there is some tourist traffic but even in mod august it was light enough to get round. The mountain was above the snow line but warm - the google map does not look right - just take the 923 from Gavarnie and ride till it stops. D44 : Saint-Béat - Portet-D'Aspet (France) October 7, 2008 I cant believe that this road is not on already - maybe it is under another guise. Its where I take customers who want a little help with riding seriously twisty mountain roads before they set off. I have only seen one group of foreign riders on it (GB) so maybe it is a secret - well worth riding. L511 : Isona - Coll de Nargo (Collada de Faidella, Coll de Boixols, Coll de Nargo) (Spain) October 7, 2008 It is outstanding. American riders - forget Deals Gap - we are talking over 20 miles of very nearly continuos cornering here! In the course of riding it I divined a secret code that spanish road builders use here - a blue sign with 40 on it means that the road turns 180 degrees slowly tightening, until you hit a blue sign with 40 and a red line through it - which means the next set of corners are between 90 and 180 degrees. There are some rocks gathered in the water runoffs (gutters?) - so my guess is there are some rockfalls in the spring thaws - so watchout for this. I had a laugh about the scenery marking - unless you are stopped or suicidal you only see road. I spend 90% of my riding time in the Pyrenees - so when I sneaked a glance and then found my left shoulder dangerously near the crash barrier I figured that this road is too dangerous to do anything but ride with 100% focus - which makes it rare, very rare indeed! It does suit smaller bikes - I rode it on an R1200GS I was picking up after a hire and found that the wheelbase is a little long - I would love to do it on an MT03 - but frankly would fear for my life! An F650GS (old style) would be perfect. N141 / D618a : Bossòst - Bagneres De Luchon ( Col Du Portillon ) (Spain) June 25, 2007 The Beast is back! Just off for a packet of ciggies, dear had me on the montrejeau - luchon road (now sadly being improved for car use) towards this start of this local classic - Luchon - Bossost (the vielha bit is pretty kack. It was shut in April but has now been improved (for bikes). Was running in tires on the firms Fazer 600 so had to take that. Not the right bike for the road as a propensity to wear more on the left side clearly showed - but fun for a that. The new section has replaced and widened the old surface - ruts replaced by gentle undulations and the worst of the old stuff gone. As the road is not a main entry into spain i doubt whether it will be improved much for cars in the near future - which is good news for all of us. Dared to check the speedo on the exit of one particularly tight/steep bend - 15KPH and I was sweating to get round it at that speed. the rest can be done at 30-40 KPH which is a relief as all the relevent centrifugal forces stay intact. Got on the d8 from st gaudens to le fousseret this pm and will post that next, amd sorted out uneven tire wear on the fazer. Job done! N20 / N22 / CS240 / CS340 (Andorra) L'Hospitalet-Pres-L'Andorre - Andorra La Vella (Andorra) April 20, 2007 Assuming you are coming from France - you will probably com via D117/N20. When you hit Hospitalet-Pres-L'Andorre you will turn onto the N22. Somewhere about here look to take a break and do what ever you do to prepare. This is a seriously twisty road - and a fairly fast one - most of the hairpins you can safely take between 60 and 80 KPH but there a quite a few tighter slower ones - the good news is you will evenly wear every surface of your tires - the bad news is some of the corners merit 'back brake dragging' and that's going upwards! Low season (the Pics are from April 19th 2007) the roads are clear of tourists - so we only had about 5KM when people got in the way. The rest of it is indescribably brilliant! We did our base (Montrejeau) to Andorra and back in a day - 480 KM 8-9 hours ride time - every KM briliant! took the Fazer but the MT03 or the ER6 would be better. The route (all here) is D618/N117 and this final bit N22, CG2 CG3) if you're down here - treat yourself! Don't forget to look at the Pics!
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