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Technical Discussion => Ride Reports and Event Reviews => Topic started by: Adamastor on August 24, 2010, 04:35:43 PM

Title: Carretera Euskadi - My summer big ride
Post by: Adamastor on August 24, 2010, 04:35:43 PM

I and a friend of mine will be doing about 2000km on a round trip from Porto, Portugal crossing the northern spain mountains till Pirineus and back home by the center of the iberic peninsule.
Hopefully my 1985 R65 wont give me any headaches, but I will bring a lot of tools just in case.
I have just done an oil change and valve check, and everything looks ready for the small adventure.
I think I will ride for some of the best mountain roads of this area... if the are any spanish (or foreign) members that would like to give some tips, please be my guest.
I will start riding next Tuesday :)

A small blog we started to let our friends know how things are going (sorry it is in portuguese):
http://carreteraeuskadi.blogspot.com/

(my friend will be riding a GS1150)

Regards,

Sergio

Title: Re: Carretera Euskadi - My summer big ride
Post by: darrylri on August 24, 2010, 11:49:50 PM

You absolutely must spend some time in the Picos de Europa (http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=43.196166,-4.868317&spn=0.776891,1.532593&t=h&z=10)!  Great riding that looks like the Alps but is on Spain's northern coast.

(https://bmwr65.org/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdarryl.crafty-fox.com%2Fmcpics%2F2002%2FSpain%2FP6211634med.jpg&hash=782b10917deb33b0746cf2e55fa638471a1b4cb8)

(https://bmwr65.org/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdarryl.crafty-fox.com%2Fmcpics%2F2002%2FSpain%2FP6211666med.jpg&hash=a2f6a9376991a4f759be53141c4dc96898a41459)

My friend and I stayed for a couple days at two Paradores, one in Cangas and the other in Fuente De.  The one in Cangas is a former monastery and lies along a bend in the rivier, very pretty and the food was excellent in the restaurant.  The one in Fuente De requires a ride up a twisty road into a box canyon, with gorgeous views.

Title: Re: Carretera Euskadi - My summer big ride
Post by: dav on August 25, 2010, 07:19:00 AM

Mate, sounds like a great trip for your mighty R65 (& yourself) are going to have.

Take plenty of pics & ride safe.

Title: Re: Carretera Euskadi - My summer big ride
Post by: Adamastor on September 10, 2010, 08:57:42 AM

Hi there!
(https://bmwr65.org/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh3.ggpht.com%2F_Qm1OBj6-L1w%2FTIVH_P8RFXI%2FAAAAAAAAAYE%2FzqSf7L1pHjM%2Fs576%2F010920101514.jpg&hash=0ad67d6c01423e62c1449b3926608d556d81b839)
We are back and the reports are starting to show up... All went ok apart from my worn up R65 battery...

Please keep an eye on our blog, unfortunately for you, it is written in Portuguese. Maybe google translator can give a hand ;)

http://carreteraeuskadi.blogspot.com/

Regards,

Sergio