Italian Jobbie

Discussion in 'Touring' started by halflife, Mar 28, 2015.

  1. The Italian Jobbie

    6 days to go until 4,000 mile trip on my 1200 MTS. Service done, new tyres fitted today, kitchen sink packed.

    Day 1 - 2 laps Nurburgring
    Day 2 - Stelvio
    Day 3 - Verona
    Day 4 to 13, tour of Italy

    Can't wait
     
    #1 halflife, Mar 28, 2015
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  2. Take something warm and waterproof! And enjoy :upyeah:
     
    #2 bradders, Mar 28, 2015
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  3. Sounds great but I think Stelvio is closed until May
     
    #3 DaffyDuc, Mar 28, 2015
  4. Enjoy. Hope you get the weather. It`s cold here in the South of France.
     
    #4 buzz, Mar 29, 2015
  5. Your right, thanks for heads up, will look for an alternative route
     
    #5 halflife, Mar 29, 2015
  6. The Italian Jobbie

    Perfect bike for the job so far
     
    #6 halflife, Apr 7, 2015
  7. Yeah, I'm afraid you can scratch the Stelvio. In fact you can scratch pretty much all Alpine passes. They will still be closed due to snow and not likely to reopen for at least a month or more.
    The Simplon pass from Switzerland to Domodossola is probably open - almost certainly in fact. You don't want to do the Gotthard tunnel if you can help it as it is very long, smelly and quite claustrophobic. But you may have to.

    I noticed that the Jura mountains near me (they aren't very high, nothing like the Alps at all) still have snow on them, or more precisely, they've got new snow on them. It's been bloody freezing here. You could probably fit in a day's skiing, if you felt like it.
     
    #7 gliddofglood, Apr 7, 2015
  8. #8 halflife, Apr 10, 2015
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  9. Just read the whole thing, I like it, keep the updates coming!
     
    #9 stretta, Apr 10, 2015
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