From Durres to Bitola I'm planning to follow the road marked in blue on the map 1 until Korce and then to direct toward the lake Perspa and pass the border (map 2).
The map I'm consulting advises that this road was under construction in a short piece until the last summer.
Please, anyone does know:
1. how much time from Durres to Korce following the road I marked?
2. the road along the Perspa Lake is completed?
3. If not, that road is viable with a BMW RT?

Map 1


Map 2


Map 3

Did this road in August 2011 on a 1994 BMW R 80RT two up. To the best of my recollection the road here is tarmac. As I recall it was a section of road, perhaps 20 - 30 miles after Tehranah, up towards the border with Montenegro that was still under construction. No problems with a GS.

We came up from Greece to visit Lake Ohrid. Northern Greece was very mountainous, with tunnels many miles long. We booked a hotel in Ohrid for one night, but it was such a wonderful place that we stayed for four days. Also worthy of note was that since leaving England two weeks before, we had seen few UK registered cars and none at all since arriving in Greece via the ferry from Ancona in Italy. When we got to Tehranah we saw scores of big, new Mercs and BMWs, all UK registered cars. We assumed that this was the new Costas, but were puzzled by the scruffy, swarthy characters driving them. We got chatting to a couple from Poland, outside of a bar/cafe. They explained that they were all stolen!
Near the borders there are hundreds of "mushroom" bunkers, from the communist days. Never had any trouble. Did not dare use the credit card for petrol - used Euros.
Followed the coast road all the way up to Venice. Hotels in the former Yugoslavia may be an issue. After leaving Ohrid town we stayed one night in a hotel somewhere in Montenegro, then the next sleep we had was in Italy.
Tony

Hi,
in oct 2010 I drove from Ohrid to Tirana & Durres with a Kawasaki Z750. I left Ohrid in the morning and arrived in Tirana in the late afternoon. Taking time for some sightseeing and making pictures on the road. It's a fairly easy drive. With great views once you go up into the mountains after Elbasan. From Tirana to Durres it's a kind of a highway and it's just straightforward with good tarmac.
Going up north (from Durres to Montenegro was horrible due to very bad weather and roadworks, bad asfalt... )
The trafic in Tirana is ... something special (they drive like maniacs )