Heading south in france, must see roads / places?

[dyzio]

This was fun
http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=154910

I live in Geneva so if you have some particular questions then drop me a line.

I would recommend this

http://www.mapsman.com/store/product.php?id=301

[Fluffer]

we got our provisional route sorted last week off top of my head its something like

saturday
calais ->dole

sunday dole -> turin via geneva

incuding some of the roads mentioned here...

monday turin -> marseille via monaco etc

tues marseille -> toulouse via millau

weds toulouse -> la rochelle via bordeaux

thurs la rochelle -> paris via lemans

ferry home saturday so time to kill

getting ferry back on saturday so got some extra time and turns out straight after knocking this up one guy seems to think its too far (2000m in 7 days) which is probably fair point for first time away etc so prob wont stretch across to the west and adapt the route to spend more time around monaco and all the lovely sights (bikini clad ladies ofcourse - oh and mankini clad men if thats what floats your boat)

might come and say hello thor!!

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by cccsssddd

turns out straight after knocking this up one guy seems to think its too far (2000m in 7 days) which is probably fair point for first time away etc

My first thoughts were 'Christ thats some long days on the bike there...' Go with the flow and don't push the distances if you are tired, it WILL end in tears. The whole point is to go and have fun, so do!

Have a great trip.

[Fluffer]

Well, made it back in one piece and what an amazing holiday!

2500 miles door to door and had it all:

Crazy mountain roads (n5, n85 like the recommendations in here)
even crazier diversions (col de lombard - never would have discovered it and the most mental road ever! look it up and head for it! )

breakdowns

- we discovered that datatools do not like 36degree monaco heat and all 3 bikes cooked and wouldnt UNimmobilise.
- slight electrical fire at a service station on the sv :eek
- snapped exhaust on mates 10 plate er6f
- failing gasket thus oil leak on a pristine mt-01
- oil leak on the sv thinking breather pipes or clutchrod seal type thing


stopped by the rozzers for cutting over hatch markings on the periphique and had to sweet talk out of a fine

GPS wouldnt charge on the bike so it was all done on a 2 euro map from the service station

Bank card stopped working half way around meaning mates had to bail me out and get me the rest of the way round... thought i'd ran out of money and the way it was being spent on petrol i wouldn't have been surprised but alas it was the card

first proper night we got to dijon and the whole town was full due to some conference (took us 4 hours to find somewhere in a neighbouring town and ended up in a tiny village in a guesthouse surrounded by vinyards

So much fun, will try and post a few pics when i get them all together, one thing i know is we did too many motorways on the way back and now over a week later my wrists are still in agony from the gsxr front end!

AND SODS LAW - the greatest roads i have ever been on, up through the mountains with haiprpin after hairpin and its throws it down meaning i end up doing pretty much the whole thing on a single cylinder 325cc chugger :S booooooo

[STRAMASHER]

Sounds like a memorable trip!

Bet you're thinking of the next one already though?

[Fluffer]

Originally Posted by STRAMASHER

Sounds like a memorable trip!

Bet you're thinking of the next one already though?

OH YES! Cant stop thinking of when and where the next adventure will be. Alas, with the 8 gazillion dollars i spent on this one and the new tyre needed and insurance due i may have to pass on specialones September trip and daytrip it to barmouth for a bit until the finances recover. That or sell a kidney in which case i'll see you all on the boat!!

Dip into italy for lunch (via monaco)?

Best meal we had and 1/2 the price. Roads also pretty good... takes a couple of hours along the payage to get to Reims. Left after work so if going to be dark, might as well be motorway.

Edit: Those two sentences bear no relation to each other.