Riding a Motorcycle in Georgia, MUST READ Before the Visit
 

Hi All,
just wrote a quick summary of my riding experience in Georgia (country, not the state). I think it may be interesting for anyone who's planning to go this way so I decided to share it here.

Apparently what I wrote is not only specific to Georgia, but many other countries. :)

Here's the link. Please let me know what you think.

Riding a Motorcycle in Georgia (country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia)

I was in Georgia in June and found that everything you say is completely correct. :thumbup1:

What a great blog you have..just read some.In addition to above written one,
1-Traffic cops in Turkey.
2-Ten interesting things you may not know about Turkey.
are definitely perfect information.Aspecially never thought about before but let me repeat this passage here,

In Turkey,Never tell anyone I want to eat your helva..

Wish you all the best.

Sounds like Romania to me .............................. they are just as nutty too

Nice blog, I'd agree with everything too especially point 5.

I would add that the last 10km or so of the Georgia Military Highway up to the Kazbegi border can be pretty bad but still doable on road tyres.

Gonna have to check out the rest of the blog.

bier

Hi Mehmet, I'm glad you liked those posts. We spent over 2 months in Turkey and loved it. It's a fantastic country. Shame we never drove up to Istanbul to meet you. Maybe next time :)

Thanks Stephen, that's a good tip for us as we haven't been there yet and are planning to go drive this way next year to go to Russia. By the way, do you know roughly what's the earliest we can try to attend driving there after the winter?

Thanks. I have bookenarked the article as I am planning on driving through Georgia next year

By and large its the same in ANY non-USA/western europeanised country.

People pull out into oncoming traffic to overtake because they EXPECT the car coming the other way to slow down/pull over to make room for them. Its simply a slightly different way of driving. Just be ready for it.

Imagine doing it somewhere like the UK, the oncoming car would probably deliberately head on you just to be stubborn.

Rough old vehicles tend to go slowly, don't believe the hype about all that MOT nonsense,accidents and fatalities ROSE the year it was introduced in Ireland (2000 as far as I recall).

People seem to stress about this stuff a lot, drive defensively and don't expect people to make allowances for you because your foreign. Remember as in all things you are a guest in their country.

Hello all, I want to ride from Russia to Turkey this August, I was planning on riding along the Georgian coastline, could anyone give advice on this or any other route, condition, times scale etc, thanks. Andy.

Firstly, I live in Tbilisi and yes - Jacek is spot on with his analysis of driving in Georgia.

I think the worst highway, for both bikes and vehicles is the Tbilisi - Batumi road and have experienced the worst on this road. For example, when to the left of the lane and waiting for an opportunity to pass, a car will try and pass the bike on the right! Happened a few times including last weekend. That said, the longer route via the south through Tsalka, Ninostminda, etc is a much more enjoyable route for a biker and have not had problems on that road, because it is so twisty and no cars can keep up with a bike.

As to the second topic - riding along the coast of Turkey - have done the Sarpi border crossing and ridden to Trabzon, Samsung etc - about 600 km before turning inland to Istanbul. The road is great, but slow with towns and traffic lights; the breeze from the Black Sea feels like having A/C on; plenty of good stops; just not a road for speed.

Been to GEO in 2010, and all of the written points are absolutely true.

Made it safely back home with no problems, anyway: eyes open and there's nothing to worry about (for an experienced rider, of course, because Georgia is NOT a Country I'd suggest to a beginner motorcycle rider).

Insurance for motorcycles at Kazbegi border?
 

Can anyone tell me if I can buy motorcycle insurance for Georgia at the Kazbegi border when coming from Russia? If not at the border, where is that possible?

Thanks for the reply!

Rob

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Georgia
 

Went through 2 years back no insurance to be had