hey all!

I'm planning a route from Vienna to Nice, and I wanna go all Alpine BERZERK on the way down to the ocean.
I don't have so much fixed points yet, only that i have appointmenst in Salzburg and near Dornbirn.
Please, if you want, suggest Routes or comment on my plans

1. from Vienna to Salzburg, buisness as usual for me:
Mariazell-Wildalpen-Bad Aussee

2. from Salzburg to the Bodensee:
nothing crazy in Tyrol

3. East-West through the beautiful (hopefully!) Switzerland, first Taste of the real alpine berzerkification:
+pass +pass +pass +pass +pass +pass +pass +pass

4. and then of course, the famous (drumroll please):
Route des grandes Alpes!!

= and that's my niiiice way down to Nice. I think it's nice!



But, going back up again...I'm not really sure how to yet.
Its tempting for me to go on the coast a while (love the ocean), then head back north over the ol'Brennero, south again to eastern Tyrol, cross back to Salzburg (where I have a place to stay). Take it easy from there back to Vienna...

what you think? I'm really looking forward to the Switzerland-into-France part!!
but on the way up, I would appreaciate your help! I'm sure I missed a spot or two in the Dolomites


cheers,
Mikey

cruisin' along tha coast, west coast yo

Genova-Parma-Garda-Brennero

After that, back to my place in Salzburg, like, totally through the Alps, like, you know what I'm sayin:
going home part one

and then head back to Vienna with an: upperclass tyre beater

in the end, it would be ruffly 3618Km of twisty sensation
I LIKE!

cheers,
Mikey

That's a great tour, I wish you lots of fun and great weather!!!

Now back to reality... ;-)

It all looks nice on paper, but after having driven a lot of those roads, I can tell you the length vs. time is very wrong - you didn't specify:
- are you going to always drive on the highways (as shown on the maps) - in that case, I wouldn't really call them 3618km of "twisty sensation", but rather 3618 boring km of expensive tolls
- what's your schedule? is each link a day's worth? - in that case, some are overkill and impossible to do in one day (for example the passes in SW)

Also, I don't see anywhere in your link a path through the Dolomites - those are just next to Bozen, but you seem to be always be driving in Karinzia (Austrian side) than on the Italian side... [unless I am missing something]

Just trying to be helpful - I'll be happy to also discuss those in more details on Thursday, in our face2face ;-)

i would spend my holidays with adnet - landl. at least 50 times

Hey Leon! thanks for chiming in, I really appreciate it

Originally Posted by dviry

That's a great tour, I wish you lots of fun and great weather!!!

Now back to reality... ;-)

It all looks nice on paper, but after having driven a lot of those roads, I can tell you the length vs. time is very wrong - you didn't specify:
- are you going to always drive on the highways (as shown on the maps) - in that case, I wouldn't really call them 3618km of "twisty sensation", but rather 3618 boring km of expensive tolls

I'm waiting to get my Navi before I dig into the routes in higher detail. but I certainly was under the impression that:

1. the Swiss-part is bulletproof...I got it from this site: Motorrad-Transitroute durch die Schweiz, Ost - West, von Lustenau (A) nach Chtel (F). Motorrad-Touren, Karten, Bilder, Berichte - Hermann Ryter, Steffisburg, Schweiz
*

2. Route des grandes Alpes D902 is beyond doubt.
Is it not? only thing I was worrying about is the cold weather on the peaks.

Originally Posted by dviry

- what's your schedule? is each link a day's worth? - in that case, some are overkill and impossible to do in one day (for example the passes in SW)

never mind, I don't have a schedule to meet. I'm just drifting maaaaaan

Originally Posted by dviry

Also, I don't see anywhere in your link a path through the Dolomites - those are just next to Bozen, but you seem to be always be driving in Karinzia (Austrian side) than on the Italian side... [unless I am missing something]

you mean my plans for going back up from Nice?
that's the loosest part yet.
I think I will take the "Via Aurelia" to Genova or La Spezia, then head north to the Garda Lake.
I have to get back to Salzburg rather quickly at that point, so I would need a good Route if you know one

Originally Posted by dviry

Just trying to be helpful - I'll be happy to also discuss those in more details on Thursday, in our face2face ;-)

no pwobwem.
looking forward to meeting you
cheers!
Mikey

*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35iYo0LOrVI

Originally Posted by heisti

i would spend my holidays with adnet - landl. at least 50 times

via the Salzkammergut? If you're around Adnet, and you like Schnitzel, you HAVE to check out the Gasthof Alpenrose.
It's Schnitzel-heaven -guaranteed.

cheers,
Mikey

i´ll do as you ordered me.

hey all

just wanted to say that I'm back from my trip, and that it was a really, very, extremly *a w e s o m e* one!
I did it in four days (I'm not a slacker):

1. Austria (Salzburg) to the Swiss Border, warmup ride
2. cross the Swiss like planned (8 passes), really hitting it ala berzerk
3. complete Routes des grandes Alpes (countless passes) to Castellane, berzerkmode + afterburner
4. Castellane to Salzburg -rainy weather highway blaster

Originally Posted by dviry

is each link a day's worth? - in that case, some are overkill and impossible to do in one day (for example the passes in SW)

on a HD that might have been true

I'll be back in a week or so with pictures and a little report. it was fantastic! only sky was the limit:

DSCF6930o99doxyintheskywithtires.jpg

cheers,
Mikey

where are you this weekend? salzburg or vienna?

okaaaay, so for all of you interested, I have tossed the better pictures of the trip into an online-photobucket:
www.photobucket.com/alpineberzerk

no captions yet -half of the mountains names i've already long forgotten, if you can help me out with that -please comment! comment anyway! thanks!!

cheers,
Mikey

ps: the trip was SO awesome!!

Originally Posted by demon

no captions yet -half of the mountains names i've already long forgotten, if you can help me out with that -please comment! comment anyway! thanks!!

I just added titles and comments.
cheers,
Mikey

seas mike,
awesome ride! super slideshow...with your agreement i´d like to share it on another bike forum?
many of the pics bring back sweet memories, as we´ve done alpes de maritimes in 2006...
ligrü
fred

that was a great tour judging by the photos! I see you even got some snow - hope you didn't freeze tooooo much ;-)

Originally Posted by xjrsommsi

seas mike,
awesome ride! super slideshow...with your agreement i´d like to share it on another bike forum?
many of the pics bring back sweet memories, as we´ve done alpes de maritimes in 2006...
ligrü
fred

sure, share the link! would be honoured! just tell me where to find it
next big trip for me will be Sardegna by the way -all thanks to you and your videos

Originally Posted by dviry

that was a great tour judging by the photos! I see you even got some snow - hope you didn't freeze tooooo much ;-)

I sure froze my butt off, but not over the mountaintops, but on my way home in the rain. 18 Hours on the bike, mostly rainstorms -it was a strange experience, and more strangely: somehow it was fun

cheers,
Mikey

18h on the bike in a day? How many km did you actually ride (per day & total)? You might qualify for the Iron Butt tag...