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Well, I hooked up with some local riders and we went on a trip to Livigno, Italy. had to cross the Swiss border several times, but bikes dont get inspected.. just waved through.

Day 1
So first the suspects:



Lago Lugano:

   

Here's a weird little thing:



Back in the days the first time Harley Davidson owned an Italian bike company...

There were a couple of them, never found the owners though.. too bad.





Pics of the road:

   

Hi Kitty !!!

funny I see you in Italy

   

stop for a beer. this place is old.....

   

Day 2, the fun really starts

back on the road, it started getting cold as we climb up..


these pics are actually the outside of St. Moritz..

   

the HIGH point of the day:

   

and here's what the hood looked like












It was SNOWING when we stopped..
It was so cold my Zippo didnt work, had to put it in my pants to warm it up

   

So back down the valley to Livigno.


Livigno is basically the same thing as Banff, a tourist trap.

They have a special no tax zone, otherwise the area would just die cause its so isolated, and then the Italians would have to give it back to the Swiss











Remember, 300 metres lower than before:

   

So, smokes for 30 bucks, tank of 100 octane gas for 1.30 a litre ( this is cheap )


and off we go up the other side, back to the freaking cold:










So much for the first day of summer

   

Finish up, back down to some normal scenery again









I may add a couple if Pino sends me his pics as well.

Not that far, maybe 200 kms, but all back roads and around lakes.. nice trip.

will do it again, but pack some serious winter garb as well.
We passed a couple of these red mountain trains maybe yall have seen on tv

enjoy

   

ya no shit eh !!

we figured it was at best 2 degrees up on the pass, snow hit the
ground and dissappeared.

Been more than 20 years since I had a bike out that cold,
never got that cold anytime in Spain

   

Oh WOW Martin!!! Those are Awesome. What a great trip, I want to go now

Thanks for sharing....I love the Aermacchis, freaking wicked!!!

   

Non penso che tu sai ma kitty parla Italiano molto benne.

   

Great pictures Martin!!

   

You had a bike...just think of poor old Hannibal from Africa trying to bring his huphalumps across those mountains. We've got some amazing roads across the mountains(and some amazingly stupid people people driving on them).

The Central Cross Island Highway tops out at 2880 m and land slides are a constant problem due to rain and earth quakes. We've gone for drives in the mountains here and come across big chunks of missing road, leaving only enough road for a really small car to squeeze through.

   

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