Giro d´Italy

[alfaguzzi]

Hej Bill Hagan

 

Tanks for your question

 

I drove from Halmstad in Sweden the 25/6 and came back 12/7.

 

Sunshine all the way, only thunderstorms in 3 nights.

 

This was my tour in short:

 

26/6 Tegernsee, Germany, beautiful

27-30/6 Canazei, Dolomite, Italy, Great, super mountain roads

1-2/7 Torbole, Gardasee, Italy, ok

2/7 Mandello and a walk in THE Moto Guzzi factory, religious

3-8/7 Domasu, Comolake, Super nice place, high roads riding in the mornings and bath afternoons

8-11/7 Stelvio, Italy, Fransenhöe hotel, cant get any better, American girl owner, make a stay. Super great high mountain roads for the Le Mans and hiking for my shoes.

12/7 1100 km back to Sweden, with a slippery clutch

15/7 Change the Le Mans to a California Special Sport for a more relaxed ridingposistion on next year tour in the Norwegian fjord and fjäll (coast and mountain)

 

I will stay in the forum, maybe I buy a Le Mans again.

 

Tommy, Halmstad/Sweden

[Bill Hagan]

Great story, Tommy. Glad I asked. Clever title. In my younger, fit days (redundant, huh?), I rode a pedal bike competitively, and Giro D'italia evokes great memories of incredible feats.

 

Anyway, I have an EV and V11S (Ballabio) and they are ,of course, very different m/c. Still, if relaxed riding position (as opposed to storage,pillion comfort, etc.) is the goal, why not simply get raised bars, as on the Ballabio? Available after-market. The difference in ergos between my V11S and a standard is quite remarkable, simply by that little trick.

 

Thanks again.

 

BTW, explaining to my wife why we MUST go to that American-girl-owned pensione at Stelvio without quite saying why will take some doing.

 

Finally, please accept condolences, on behalf of all Americans, at the tragic murder of your PM. Such violence seems such a sad part of daily life.

 

Bill