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Travel overview
For motorcycle riders, the Alps are probably the most beautiful mountain range to be found in this world, and from where
we live, they're just around the corner!
On these pages, you find some stories that are situated in the Alps, a page on books covering the Alps, and
a description of the passes where we made photographs.
On this page, I will describe the Alp passes that we rode by bike, of which we have photographs, and which are outstanding, either by the scenery or from the rider's point of view.
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Passes...
My first motorcycle trip with a lot of hairpins took place in April 1996,
in the French Vosges and the Swiss Jura (the Alps were still covered with
snow). I was on my BMW R1100GS.
The second one was in August 1996, right after I
lost my keys, when I rode some real Alpine passes:
the Furka, the Nufenen, the old Gotthard, the Susten, and some smaller ones.
Because these were my first hairpin-experiences, I learned a lot!
To Hairpins...
In November 1994, one of my brothers moved to Basel in Switzerland, and this event was a nice excuse
to plan a motorcycle trip (with free bed and breakfast in Basel). My motorcycle was a Suzuki VX800.
I searched for some green crinkly roads on the map, to make this a real motorcycle trip instead of spending
hours on the Autobahn. There were some stretches of Dutch highway and Autobahn in between.
To Switzerland...
What happens when you loose your only set of motorcycle keys in Switzerland?
To Keys...
A hiking trip near the Matterhorn
To Matterhorn...
