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#16 | RE: Spanish Sierras datum

Mon Oct 09, 2023 4:15 pm

Thanks for taking the time to post your report and all the great photos.

Lee
2022 R1250RS White Sport
Iowa, USA

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#17 | RE: Spanish Sierras datum

Mon Oct 09, 2023 5:15 pm

How did you find the roads in general?

On some pics the pavement looks lovely while rather sketchy at others
The wide single lanes (don't know if they have an official name) are always a bit iffy for me when it comes to corners, especially blind ones, where people practice much less lane discipline or get carried away.
I.e. some poor guy and this Tracer 9 were scattered 50m ahead of me as a car from opposite direction took it a bit enthusiastically and exited wide to right most quarter of 'our' side of the road. Sideswiped him into the bushes and the a****** only stopped because a truck behind me blocked the road for him.

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#18 | RE: Spanish Sierras datum

Mon Oct 09, 2023 6:17 pm

Zitat von Valks im Beitrag #17
How did you find the roads in general?

On some pics the pavement looks lovely while rather sketchy at others
The wide single lanes (don't know if they have an official name) are always a bit iffy for me when it comes to corners, especially blind ones, where people practice much less lane discipline or get carried away.
I.e. some poor guy and this Tracer 9 were scattered 50m ahead of me as a car from opposite direction took it a bit enthusiastically and exited wide to right most quarter of 'our' side of the road. Sideswiped him into the bushes and the a****** only stopped because a truck behind me blocked the road for him.

The Spanish are a bit more disciplined than Italians and Croatians.

Road surfaces were variable. One route early on was not fit to ride on a RS. It would have been pretty horrible on a GS. Most of them were okay, little different to what I am used to in the UK. Many patched repairs. Some were very recently surfaced. I usually have the suspension in Dynamic but I left it in road for this trip after the first full day. Fortunately, they don't seem to use those tyre snakes you get in France. They are lethal once the ambient temperature is 25C.

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#19 | RE: Spanish Sierras datum

Fri Oct 13, 2023 5:22 pm

Thanks Wessie, for the routes, pictures and the write up. It's good to get first hand experience and recommendations. Appreciated.

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