So I've been umming and ahhing about this for a long while trying to find friends to go with and never gotten round to it so I've decided to just do a euro trip on my own and see if I like it. I've already booked May 3rd to 12th off so it should give me 10days to play with with an average of about 250miles each day so it's not a rush. I've already gotten some tips from another thread I created but have been recommended to ask on here as it's more relevant.
The plan is the following:
May 3rd
Early morning eurotunnel (get to Calais @9:30, ride like the wind)
Into Belgium toward Namur trying to get to La Roche en Ardenne (stay somewhere local and rest up)
May 4th
Ride through Luxembourg to Munster (sample D417 Munster-Geradmer and D11 Trois Epis)
Get to Zurich and set down here for the night
May 5th
Ride to Furka and Grimsel and enjoy the roads there, take in the sights before double backing and riding to Cortina via Innsbruck, Austria.
May 6th
Ride to Venice, explore. Then to Bologna, sample the pasta for Lunch and get to Florence that night.
May 7th
Rest day, exploring Florence. Ride around Tuscan hilltops.
May 8th
Set off along the coast via cinque terre and head to Genoa
May 9th
Ride to Monaco for the day
May 11th
Ride back to Milan, spend the day with friends. Ride out to Geneva in the afternoon. Possibly via Lake como.
May 12th
Ride from Geneva back to Calais for 7pm train
Get home, go to work next day dreaming of another Euro trip...
The trip looks like this:
Where I'd appreciate advice would be if people know good routes to ride on the trip so I can fine tune the route and any must-sees/rides would be great.
I've listed the trip again here for people to insert comments in between lines
May 3rd
Calais
Namur
La Roche en Ardenne
Luxembourg
May 4th
Luxembourg
Munster
D417 Munster-Geradmer
D11 Trois Epis
Zurich
May 5th
Furkapass
Grimsel
Innsbruck
Cortina
May 6th
Corina
Venice
Bologna
Florence
May 7th
Florence.
Tuscan hilltops.
May 8th
Cinque terre
Genoa
May 9th
Genoa
Monaco
Milan
May 11th
Milan
Lake Como
Geneva
May 12th
Geneva
Calais
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
The other thing I'm mulling over is whether I can manage this on my GSXR750 or whether people recommend I get something like a BMW F800GS for the trip to avoid being in agony after the miles...