Carlisle to Sarajevo

[Cadwellparker]

Hi everyone and thanks for taking the time to read my first post on here.

I’m going to Bosnia Herzegovina in a month or so and will be staying at Viseko which is about 30 miles north of Sarajevo for two weeks. I was going to fly but then I thought why not take the bike. It’ll take longer and cost more but for the experience alone it’s got to be worth it. Always having meant to do some long trips like that it was decided. I’m taking the bike.

Originally I thought I’d just go for the quickest route and go by the motorway, I reckoned I could do that in three days (1600 miles) but I would be riding past some fantastic roads which would make a rather boring ride much more enjoyable, if a little longer so now I’m thinking about taking a more ‘scenic’, on the way there at least. To be honest though it’s more the roads I’m interested in than the scenery but I don’t mind stopping to look at the odd mountain or lake etc.

So I’ve been doing a bit of reading on various aspects of the trip and the more I read the more excited I get about the prospect. I would appreciate some suggestions of which roads to take that will make the journey more interesting while taking me in roughly the right direction and any recommendations for accommodation along the way. I’ll be riding a ’99 R6 with minimal luggage and no tent so looking for tarmac+corners and some bike friendly B+B type places.

From what I can gather there are some amazing routes through Germany and Austria and the coast of the eastern Adriatic sounds like it could be worth a look.

Safe riding