yo,
whats happening ballbags.
i am planning a trip to the pyrennees in a couple of weeks.
plan is ferry overnight from portsmouth to santander, hug the pyrenness spanish side down to the med, and the hug them french side back to bilboa.
Anyone got any tips or suggestions on must road rides?
cloonster
2012-08-15 18:08:00 UTC
blb
2012-08-15 18:36:00 UTC
Did this in 2008, it was the most fun I've ever had on the road.
From memory and google maps
Santander to Burgos to logrono to Pamplona. Then follow n240 to Jaca. From Jaca follow n260 to Biescas, fiscal, campo and eventually Sort. Amazing roads and very technical, we then followed on to seu d'urgell and then up through Andorra and then France up to Roscoff in Brittany. TBH the french bit was crap.
We didn't book any hotels but always found somewhere to sleep.
Those Spanish roads were AMAZING though. The first road out of Santander to Burgos, just climbs and climbs with great surfaces. Massive speeds on lots of the roads, long sweepers, hairpin after hairpin. Brilliant
Damn now I want to go back..
From memory and google maps
Santander to Burgos to logrono to Pamplona. Then follow n240 to Jaca. From Jaca follow n260 to Biescas, fiscal, campo and eventually Sort. Amazing roads and very technical, we then followed on to seu d'urgell and then up through Andorra and then France up to Roscoff in Brittany. TBH the french bit was crap.
We didn't book any hotels but always found somewhere to sleep.
Those Spanish roads were AMAZING though. The first road out of Santander to Burgos, just climbs and climbs with great surfaces. Massive speeds on lots of the roads, long sweepers, hairpin after hairpin. Brilliant
Damn now I want to go back..
Ducati Pete
2012-08-15 19:31:00 UTC
Colonel_Klinck
2012-08-15 20:42:00 UTC
I'd love to do it again! I was a new-ish rider when I did it with Ronin and a couple of other buddies 3 years ago. Skills were pretty limited and some of the roads were quite technical. Would love another few days just riding those endlessly twisty roads again. You'll have a blast
lawman
2012-08-16 07:30:00 UTC
It's a long way in a week...
Iv'e bee a couple of times and it is awesome, the distances look short on the map but it's that twisty they take twice as long as you think. I personally thought the Spainish side was best with the exception of Col de Tourmalet and Col de Aspan (excuse spelling) which are must do roads.
Enjoy!
Iv'e bee a couple of times and it is awesome, the distances look short on the map but it's that twisty they take twice as long as you think. I personally thought the Spainish side was best with the exception of Col de Tourmalet and Col de Aspan (excuse spelling) which are must do roads.
Enjoy!
cloonster
2012-08-22 13:12:00 UTC
awesome, thanks for the tips.
by the sounds of it I am for a good trip.
by the sounds of it I am for a good trip.
cloonster
2012-08-22 13:13:00 UTC
any tips on the fuzz situation and do's and donts?
Colonel_Klinck
2012-08-22 13:48:00 UTC
Post missing.
lawman
2012-08-22 14:05:00 UTC
Don't stare at the ones with machine guns on the borders...
Mr_Trecolareco
2012-08-22 15:22:00 UTC
Post missing.
cloonster
2012-09-26 08:39:00 UTC
WOW!!!
best riding i have ever done. Thanks for all the tips, especially "brokenleggedbiker" , pretty much followed that route all the way up to andorra. we came out the top of andorra on the french side and quickly got back to the spanish side as the road surfaces in spain were amazing. We eventually made it down to the med to a place called Blanes after doing the 365 coast road. was a gas, we arrived at the beach all kitted up, straight into shorts and for a swim in the ocean. Being south african it was the cherry on the cake to be in the sea again.
Had one breakdown, one of the front cylinder manifold bolts snapped whilst at quite high altitude, i was like "oh fook", managed to drift down to "el pont de seurt" , called breakdown and a cool spanish dude arrived within the hour. followed him to his garage and after about an hour managed to free the snapped bolt. replaced with new and we were on our way , thank fook for that.
One thing i loved is that the spanish do love the KTM's, met some cool spanish riders on adventurers who we rode with for half a day.
All in all, an an absolutely awesome trip. The duke really came into its own with the amount of torque, it was like she was made for those roads.
Anyhow some pics to enjoy.
best riding i have ever done. Thanks for all the tips, especially "brokenleggedbiker" , pretty much followed that route all the way up to andorra. we came out the top of andorra on the french side and quickly got back to the spanish side as the road surfaces in spain were amazing. We eventually made it down to the med to a place called Blanes after doing the 365 coast road. was a gas, we arrived at the beach all kitted up, straight into shorts and for a swim in the ocean. Being south african it was the cherry on the cake to be in the sea again.
Had one breakdown, one of the front cylinder manifold bolts snapped whilst at quite high altitude, i was like "oh fook", managed to drift down to "el pont de seurt" , called breakdown and a cool spanish dude arrived within the hour. followed him to his garage and after about an hour managed to free the snapped bolt. replaced with new and we were on our way , thank fook for that.
One thing i loved is that the spanish do love the KTM's, met some cool spanish riders on adventurers who we rode with for half a day.
All in all, an an absolutely awesome trip. The duke really came into its own with the amount of torque, it was like she was made for those roads.
Anyhow some pics to enjoy.
Diamonddog
2012-09-26 10:03:00 UTC
great trip mate!
Keenaz
2012-09-26 10:07:00 UTC
Great pics and sounds like a great ride!
We did 1300klm over two nights from Brisbane down to Grafton then through to Dorrigo and home. Was for sure one of the best weekends of my life. Great roads, great sights, great company!
We did 1300klm over two nights from Brisbane down to Grafton then through to Dorrigo and home. Was for sure one of the best weekends of my life. Great roads, great sights, great company!
blb
2012-09-26 23:29:00 UTC
Hey Mate,
Where in BNE are you, should bring the SD out to the track one day, I will be out at lakeside this sunday.
Where in BNE are you, should bring the SD out to the track one day, I will be out at lakeside this sunday.
prikkie
2012-09-27 08:17:00 UTC
Alright Cloonster!
Glad you had a great time over there and glad to have helped a little bit in making it better for you. I was there in 08 on a Tuono so had the same grunty v-twin it was awesome for the trip. Superduke would've been better though...
That road out of Santander up into the mountains was ace for me, had a great race with a local in his seat cupra r. Got to the top of the mountain, nice little nod and wave and we went our seperate ways, awesome memories.
Glad you had a great time over there and glad to have helped a little bit in making it better for you. I was there in 08 on a Tuono so had the same grunty v-twin it was awesome for the trip. Superduke would've been better though...
That road out of Santander up into the mountains was ace for me, had a great race with a local in his seat cupra r. Got to the top of the mountain, nice little nod and wave and we went our seperate ways, awesome memories.
cloonster
2012-09-27 19:19:00 UTC
We were there last year and made a nice vid. Next year we are going back again. Area between Andorra and Berga. Really amazing good roads and lots of corners. 3000km in 3 weeks and front and back tyre were completely worn. Fitted them new and put the bike on a trailer.
Enjoy the vid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGWtZL9_3gw
Enjoy the vid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGWtZL9_3gw
prikkie
2012-10-02 14:59:00 UTC
Awesome vid prikkie.
if you go again, be sure to give me a shout!!
if you go again, be sure to give me a shout!!