French/Swiss/Italian Alps on a Dorsoduro 750 (pic heavy)

[Pistachio]

I booked a hotel on the French side of Geneva for 4 days, 5 nights. I allowed 2 days to get there by motorway. It coincided with a very thorough downpour in England and Calais with some lightning thrown in for extra excitement. It's amazing how well my boots hold water

10 mins after I checked in to my hotel near Calais the rain stopped completely...

Another day on mindless motorway mile munching got me to Geneva


Day 1 I decided to head to the Klausen Pass in Switzerland. The route there turned out to be just as amazing as the route itself. And the weather was on my side

Got a bit of a surprise when I appeared on a runway

Looking over the edge

You can just about see a biker on the road below

 

[Pistachio]

Biker couple enjoying the views

Cow bells could be heard everywhere

Approaching the pass...

5 star cow sheds with a great view

Waterfall in the corner

Cable to the sky!

On the way back

 

[Pistachio]

Day 2

Breakfast

Geneva harbour. The apprentice plumber must have royally screwed up

I went to my bike's homeland through the Mont Blanc Tunnel which is hot, smelly and goes on forever! But it does make my bike sound biblical

On the other side:

Tea

Day 3 I rested because my feet, thighs, arse, balls, arms, hands, neck and even my ears were all aching from 4 days constant riding. Plus it was rainy

 

[Pistachio]

Day 4 I didn't have any route planned and just looked on google terrain for hilly twisty areas, while also avoiding the rain clouds. It turned out to be a good plan. I found great roads with views to match. I just had to take it a bit slower because the roads were a bit wet from the morning showers

I first went up the hairpin hills just south of Geneva, which revealed a pretty epic view point

More hilltop cows blessed with amazing views!

Looking down on Geneva

He still hadn't fixed that leak

Down the other side

Continuing to explore east

Sunbathing cow

The guy on the left is waving at me

And that's it! The next 2 days were blasting back on the motorways wishing I had more time. I could spend months and month exploring and never get bored

 

[Pep]

Absolute trip of heroes, great work!
How many miles did you do?

 

[gez 172]

What an awesome trip. I think reading a road trip and looking at stunning pictures like above is my favourite thing on a forum.

It makes me want to go straight onto google maps and get planning another myself.


Can you give us more info about the bike, what mileage/mpg per tank you can do on a bike.
That would be interesting.

 

[Pistachio]

Absolute trip of heroes, great work!
How many miles did you do?

A little over 3k. 2k getting there and back. 1k in the alps

What an awesome trip. I think reading a road trip and looking at stunning pictures like above is my favourite thing on a forum.

It makes me want to go straight onto google maps and get planning another myself.


Can you give us more info about the bike, what mileage/mpg per tank you can do on a bike.
That would be interesting.

My bike isn't really ideal for mpg or touring tbh. It's got a tiny tank and bigger rear sprocket for better acceleration. Cruising at 80mph on the motorway I was getting about 40mpg. It was a lot higher in the alps but I didn't actually check what it was. I try not to pay too much attention to mpg and just enjoy it ?

 

[gez 172]

What CC is the bike?

 

[Pistachio]

It's a 750 V twin. The newer models are 900 with the same size tank so I'm guessing they have a worse range

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Needs more photos ?

 

[Stefan.]

Superb!!!!

Scenery is just awesome, nice trip bud

 

[jonno_c]

Epic trip pistachio!! Great work on the pics as well!

 

[Cookie]

Awesome trip!

 

[SharkyUK]

Lovely mate Absolutely love Alp-hopping between the likes of France, Switzerland, Italy and the surrounding areas. Stunning roads and scenery.

 

[avstar1]

Amazing photos, inspirational trip!

 

[White16valver]

Epic scenery and great pics, thanks for posting!

 

[Gray]

Awesome photos, it brought back memories of my previous trips!