Post by CD on Apr 19, 2007 18:27:19 GMT
Put this on the end of Italy 1, but thought a new thread worthwhile.
This Autoroute map shows a lower lake which (on the original pic) is out of sight behind the small hill the opposite side of this lake. The road ends about 1/2 a mile further on (behind camera in original pic). The road end is shown on the Autoroute map. I think its not possible to get at it from Val-d'Isere. We came along the SS460 and S50. I'm amazed roads so small actually have road numbers, but S50 shown on the road sign (Italy I) so must be right.
A fuel injected bike should be ok, but a Divvie 900 could be a handful running rich etc at such altitude. On his MZ my Bro screws the pilot jet right out and sometimes drops the carb needle. Hardly practical on a Japanese 4. But why worry about that - its downhill all the way to thicker air so who cares if it splutters to the top.
The MZ is the perfect tool on the mountain roads. Another day, I watched him nip under an aggressively ridden Gixer thou and zoom away up the hairpins. The Gixer bloke caned his bike but couldnt get close. I was way behind on the Pegaso 650. Chicken strips 5mm wide but still nowhere near to either of them.
This is taken at the lake which does appear on the Autoroute map. We came up the valley below and the dam is just out of shot to the right. The higher lake is off to the left.
This was taken in June 2002. The road was still unpassable, but apparently clear a couple of weeks later. My pix were late June 2003 during that extremely hot summer..
This Autoroute map shows a lower lake which (on the original pic) is out of sight behind the small hill the opposite side of this lake. The road ends about 1/2 a mile further on (behind camera in original pic). The road end is shown on the Autoroute map. I think its not possible to get at it from Val-d'Isere. We came along the SS460 and S50. I'm amazed roads so small actually have road numbers, but S50 shown on the road sign (Italy I) so must be right.
A fuel injected bike should be ok, but a Divvie 900 could be a handful running rich etc at such altitude. On his MZ my Bro screws the pilot jet right out and sometimes drops the carb needle. Hardly practical on a Japanese 4. But why worry about that - its downhill all the way to thicker air so who cares if it splutters to the top.
The MZ is the perfect tool on the mountain roads. Another day, I watched him nip under an aggressively ridden Gixer thou and zoom away up the hairpins. The Gixer bloke caned his bike but couldnt get close. I was way behind on the Pegaso 650. Chicken strips 5mm wide but still nowhere near to either of them.
This is taken at the lake which does appear on the Autoroute map. We came up the valley below and the dam is just out of shot to the right. The higher lake is off to the left.
This was taken in June 2002. The road was still unpassable, but apparently clear a couple of weeks later. My pix were late June 2003 during that extremely hot summer..
