What Wapping said.
I fell into this trap in the past, trying really hard to squeeze in an iconic pass where it did not really fit into the trip, or bag a couple of extra ones as I would be near them, unless you are obsessed with ticking them off a list / being able to say you have ridden them it is rarely worth going to extreme lengths - For any pass!!!
I have ridden about 100 of the 300 in the "Motorcycle Journeys" book, plus probably another 20-30 lesser passes not listed, I have tried to "bag" most of his starred passes (he gives some a single or double * in his book) especially the ** ones, of which the Timmelsjoch is, but I have become less obsessed with each trip on trying to add more passes or hunt out every "top" pass.
I personally do not think the TJ is "The Best Pass", in fact I could not easily give a "Best" pass as I can think probably think of 20 or 30 that are absolutely excellent and of the 100 I have ridden there is probably only a handful I would say "don't bother" unless it is exactly on your route, my personal view is 80% of those I have ridden are better than any stretch of road in the UK that I have sampled, I know that might spark a load of people who have never left our shores flaming me
The point is you will be on great roads at all times, it is up to you to choose your routes, you have had plenty of advice and guidance, several of us probably would not make this big detour for that one road, but if it holds that much of a desire or attraction to you (and your unlikely to ever be able to go back and work it into another trip) then you absolutely must do it to satisfy this curiosity - you might find it a mistake and then wish you had done what we would do, or you might think that by some kind of magic one mountain pass really is that much better than the other 500 Alpine passes it justified the excursion - or it was worth the effort to find out for yourself and tell your buddies that they were right all along and buy them a beer, or tell them they are a bunch of idiots and ruined one of your days.
It is also part of the learning curve of motorcycle travel to try different ways of doing things and sometimes it is better to learn from your own mistakes (or moments of brilliance) than it is to have it all decided for you by others - and if that really is your thing maybe an organised tour (Donkey trekking by motorcycle as I call it) is more your thing
I fell into this trap in the past, trying really hard to squeeze in an iconic pass where it did not really fit into the trip, or bag a couple of extra ones as I would be near them, unless you are obsessed with ticking them off a list / being able to say you have ridden them it is rarely worth going to extreme lengths - For any pass!!!
I have ridden about 100 of the 300 in the "Motorcycle Journeys" book, plus probably another 20-30 lesser passes not listed, I have tried to "bag" most of his starred passes (he gives some a single or double * in his book) especially the ** ones, of which the Timmelsjoch is, but I have become less obsessed with each trip on trying to add more passes or hunt out every "top" pass.
I personally do not think the TJ is "The Best Pass", in fact I could not easily give a "Best" pass as I can think probably think of 20 or 30 that are absolutely excellent and of the 100 I have ridden there is probably only a handful I would say "don't bother" unless it is exactly on your route, my personal view is 80% of those I have ridden are better than any stretch of road in the UK that I have sampled, I know that might spark a load of people who have never left our shores flaming me
The point is you will be on great roads at all times, it is up to you to choose your routes, you have had plenty of advice and guidance, several of us probably would not make this big detour for that one road, but if it holds that much of a desire or attraction to you (and your unlikely to ever be able to go back and work it into another trip) then you absolutely must do it to satisfy this curiosity - you might find it a mistake and then wish you had done what we would do, or you might think that by some kind of magic one mountain pass really is that much better than the other 500 Alpine passes it justified the excursion - or it was worth the effort to find out for yourself and tell your buddies that they were right all along and buy them a beer, or tell them they are a bunch of idiots and ruined one of your days.
It is also part of the learning curve of motorcycle travel to try different ways of doing things and sometimes it is better to learn from your own mistakes (or moments of brilliance) than it is to have it all decided for you by others - and if that really is your thing maybe an organised tour (Donkey trekking by motorcycle as I call it) is more your thing