As some of you may know, I don't own a GS, or any other BMW for that matter, so just want to make that clear.
I don't discriminate but have found that in general, GSer's are more adventurous than other bikers, and that has been borne out by the wealth of information on this site, which in turn led me to subscribing.
I have a 2018 Super Tenere, bought in 2021, and a Harley Davidson Sportster
I have done three trips to Spain and back on my Harley Sportster, two of which I had my son on the back. They all started at Calais.
The first one ended with a trip along the spine of the pyrenees as I got a cold in my throat and I lost my bottle, my son and I came home after that.
The next two I did a loop from the pyrenees down to Cuenca area, swinging over by Madrid and up by Vallodolid to Guernica, and then home, as I said once on my tod, once with son including camping equipment no dramas.
Next June, I'm going to do a more ambitious trip, in preparation for re-doing it the year after with the Harley and my son after he finishes his Phd.
This will be on the Tenere, to make sure it's good for my more ambitious trips to India and posssibly central Asia that I've been getting info about hereabouts.
This time, there'll be some changes. Firstly, it'll start at Caen (I don't really need any more to be dealing with boring northern France) it'll cut off some of the journey.
So that's Brittany ferries from Portsmouth. I don't tend to take motorways unless they avoid serious hold ups, neither do I ride particularly fast-for me it's about enjoying the scenery and the ride itself.
My normal route is this:
Caen, Le Mans, Tours, Poitiers, Angouleme, Bordeaux, then off at Jcn18 just as peage starts heading towards Mont de Marsan and Pau. A more scenic route deviates at Poitiers to go via Limoges area via Marmande to the Pyrenees.
From there, I go via Zaragoza down to Cuenca and this is where next year would be different from other years as I intend to continue south, exact direction still up in the air at the moment, but ultimately hit the sea around Almeria way.
Now I should admit I'm half Spanish and speak the lingo, and do have family scattered around Spain, so it's an easy ride for me, but Andalucia I have never been a fan of, with exceptions of course, they do have dramatic mountain national parks.
The plan is to swing round the south coming up through Sevilla, and go via the desolate part of Spain- Extremadura.
Then due North to swing by basque country and pick up the old route home.
What I'm looking for is some of those national parks where you can ride with breathtaking scenery (there are quite a few in Spain) but with the obvious goal of circumnavigating the whole of the peninsular.
Camping will be on the menu, but not all the time, as cheap accommodation is plentiful in Spain.
From Cuenca down, and especially in the south and Extremadura, does anyone have any suggestions for routes?
Last by no means least, does anyone fancy coming along? I'm guessing about three weeks should be plenty. Idon't have to have a riding buddy as I've not had one before, but I think it could be fun.
Thanks for reading this far, if indeed, you didn't just skip down to this last sentence
I don't discriminate but have found that in general, GSer's are more adventurous than other bikers, and that has been borne out by the wealth of information on this site, which in turn led me to subscribing.
I have a 2018 Super Tenere, bought in 2021, and a Harley Davidson Sportster
I have done three trips to Spain and back on my Harley Sportster, two of which I had my son on the back. They all started at Calais.
The first one ended with a trip along the spine of the pyrenees as I got a cold in my throat and I lost my bottle, my son and I came home after that.
The next two I did a loop from the pyrenees down to Cuenca area, swinging over by Madrid and up by Vallodolid to Guernica, and then home, as I said once on my tod, once with son including camping equipment no dramas.
Next June, I'm going to do a more ambitious trip, in preparation for re-doing it the year after with the Harley and my son after he finishes his Phd.
This will be on the Tenere, to make sure it's good for my more ambitious trips to India and posssibly central Asia that I've been getting info about hereabouts.
This time, there'll be some changes. Firstly, it'll start at Caen (I don't really need any more to be dealing with boring northern France) it'll cut off some of the journey.
So that's Brittany ferries from Portsmouth. I don't tend to take motorways unless they avoid serious hold ups, neither do I ride particularly fast-for me it's about enjoying the scenery and the ride itself.
My normal route is this:
Caen, Le Mans, Tours, Poitiers, Angouleme, Bordeaux, then off at Jcn18 just as peage starts heading towards Mont de Marsan and Pau. A more scenic route deviates at Poitiers to go via Limoges area via Marmande to the Pyrenees.
From there, I go via Zaragoza down to Cuenca and this is where next year would be different from other years as I intend to continue south, exact direction still up in the air at the moment, but ultimately hit the sea around Almeria way.
Now I should admit I'm half Spanish and speak the lingo, and do have family scattered around Spain, so it's an easy ride for me, but Andalucia I have never been a fan of, with exceptions of course, they do have dramatic mountain national parks.
The plan is to swing round the south coming up through Sevilla, and go via the desolate part of Spain- Extremadura.
Then due North to swing by basque country and pick up the old route home.
What I'm looking for is some of those national parks where you can ride with breathtaking scenery (there are quite a few in Spain) but with the obvious goal of circumnavigating the whole of the peninsular.
Camping will be on the menu, but not all the time, as cheap accommodation is plentiful in Spain.
From Cuenca down, and especially in the south and Extremadura, does anyone have any suggestions for routes?
Last by no means least, does anyone fancy coming along? I'm guessing about three weeks should be plenty. Idon't have to have a riding buddy as I've not had one before, but I think it could be fun.
Thanks for reading this far, if indeed, you didn't just skip down to this last sentence