curves to brag about

[Double D]

While looking through some old pictures when I was stationed oversea and while on a trip to Italy, I found this picture of REAL curvey road.

[Wrongway]

Now that looks like FUN!

[Dano]

Wish that was my driveway!!!!

 

Dan

[Venturous Randy]

"curves to brag about" by Double D.

I was not sure what was going to come up when I opened it, but I could not resist looking.

RandyA

[Pecker]

Man, the title had me a little worked up, guess the Mod Squad wouldn't allow what I was thinking:whistling::2143: The road sure does look like a lot of fun, almost as much as what I had in mind!!

[Yammer Dan]

Bet it gets a lot of looks!!! And it would be a great ride.

[eagleeye]

I have the summer view of that one.

Always wondered where exactly it was.

 

Steve

[Guest JGorom]

Yes...that sure looks like a road built for a sporting motorcycle!

 

Beautiful picture...looking at that road makes you wish you could ride it!

[Snarley Bill]

even had this old guy stirred up.

[Double D]

I have the summer view of that one.

Always wondered where exactly it was.

 

Steve

 

Steve, it is amazing that our pictures are almost the same. I took this picture when I was traveling from Italy to Swizterland in 1975. This road was closed for traffic but it would be fun to try it once.

[Squeeze]

This is the Stilfser Joch/Passo di Stelvio in Italy.

 

Could be that i'm going there this Year. :whistling:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stelvio_Pass

 

 

http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&hl=de&geocode=&q=Passo+di+Stelvio&sll=51.124213,10.546875&sspn=14.971322,45.087891&ie=UTF8&ll=46.55225,10.475636&spn=0.063983,0.176125&t=h&z=13

[eagleeye]

Hey Squeeze,

 

Thanks for the site and maps. Very cool indeed.

 

How could you not go there. Man, I can only imagine riding in the alps.

Hope you go.

 

Steve

[Squeeze]

Well, my Problem is ... Work keeps constantly coming in my Way. Riding Time means also high Season in my Business.

 

But i will be in Swiss on the End of April. Plans are set for Saturday of riding local Swiss Passes and Back Roads. Some 200 km/125 mls for this Day ... Estimated Time is 6.5 Hours of plain Riding without Fuel or Coffee Stops. Sort of a longer Riding the Dragon. :D

[V7Goose]

I rode that pass in 1976 two-up on my BMW R90/6 while I was living in Germany - it was truly amazing. Several hairpin turns INSIDE one-lane tunnels. At one point we had to get off and lay the bike against the tunnel wall to allow a truck to inch by us! The streams of water running out of the tunnel ceilings in places also made the ride interesting.

Goose

[Squeeze]

There's another View ...

 

http://www.weltderberge.de/alpen/pics/bbe15649.jpg