Zeebrugge to Venice on a sportsbike

[getitupya]

Hi,

Planning taking my bike to Venice in June (I work there). I would be looking at taking the ferry to Zeebrugge then a fast blast down through Belgium/Germany/Austria, stop overnight at the edge of the Alps or Dolomites and set of the next morning for the run down to Venice.

I am not a seasoned tourer and will be packing lightly on an R1. I was thinking to cover the majority of the miles on the first day via autobhans etc and then find a scenic/sporty route for the second day.

Can anyone help with suggestions for routes and a hotel for the overnight stay. I sould add my previous longest run on a bike is around 250 miles!! so am I asking too much of myself to cover this journey in 2 days?

Thanks for any help.

[G Man]

Here is a google map of the Alpine passes on page 2 the Hotels we use,
Night 1 at ST Erumus Hotel, 2nd night at Andermatt Hotel Aurora .... your route is pretty obvious plus Andermatt has the best biking roads in the world take and extra day and do the 3 passes loop Gothard Susten and Furka Passes.
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en...

My bill is in the post

Edited by G Man on Saturday 24th April 22:47

[getitupya]

thanks for that GMAN, I am starting to think I need three days as it looks much in 2 days

[getitupya]

Your cheque is in the post as well!

That must have taken a bit of work to create!!

[G Man]

Glad its of help check out the roads wiki, you could ride the route de cretes in the Vosge mnts on the way down its on the ridethehighalps website.

Or ride the famous B500 in the Black forest to the Alps, Pension Williams is just off it ... ( I am there next week )
Watch out for videos in a couple of weeks