fred_jb
Registered user
I've ridden the Stelvio and it's not my cup of tea either.
When heading to the Austrian MotoGP I usually ride from Soelden to do the Timmeljoch, Gerlosstrasse and Grossglockner in the one day and they're gentle curves and even their tightest corners are done on the flat with excellent road surface.
Here's my route extract:
Thanks, that sounds good - maybe one for another trip!
I agree that camber and road surface make a big difference. When in Greece we did a lot of roads with severe cambers and poor surfaces, a combination which makes the hairpins quite challenging especially with pillion and luggage. Particularly the case with the right hand uphill ones where you have to use enough gas to hold the bike up against the slope and avoid the nearside gutters, while not gunning it so much that you run wide on the exit. Not too bad if you can take a wide line to the left side on entry, but not always possible with approaching traffic.