"Motorcycle Journeys Through the Alps" the book.

[slimpickings]

I was an Arabba for a few days last week and rode all three of John Hermann's suggested routes in the Cortina / Arabba area.

These are:

1. A figure of eight, 77 miles

2. The Giau and Marmolda, 122 miles

3. 17 passes in one day, 227 miles

All good and worth doing.

The latter one I set off at 07:30, it taking about 10 hours, with two coffee stops, a decent lunch break and pauses at each pass sign. It's worth doing if you like lots of hairpins and want to see most of the passes in the Dolomites. Many of them are very different from each other.... nothing you cannot do on a FireBlade, a Harley, a GS........ or a pushbike (given time).

Off on a trip, Blackforest ,Alps etc
but have a problem in being bit of a computer arse

( brickwork, joinery, groundwork, fitting ,no probs )

I want to open your stuff on routes around the Alps etc

on here and on another post

How the bloody hell do I do it
what do I need to read em
I spose I will need to down load some prog or other

My puter is a bit of an old boy, and at the moment I aint got the dosh to replace it,
So If you can give me a bit of advice it will be much appreciated

 

[Stormforce8]

Off on a trip, Blackforest ,Alps etc
but have a problem in being bit of a computer arse

( brickwork, joinery, groundwork, fitting ,no probs )

I want to open your stuff on routes around the Alps etc

on here and on another post

How the bloody hell do I do it
what do I need to read em
I spose I will need to down load some prog or other

My puter is a bit of an old boy, and at the moment I aint got the dosh to replace it,
So If you can give me a bit of advice it will be much appreciated

The files are Garmin Mapsource routes.

Easiest way to see these if you don't have the Garmin software is:

Download Google Earth - (it's free and an excellent way of seeing where you plan to ride.)

Once you have downloaded and installed it - click on the attached zip files and then open the kml file (these are Wappings files converted to Google Earth format. They will open in Google Earth and the routes will be easily visible