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Georgian Military Highway

I'm looking at heading to Georgia this summer. From posts here, it looks like the Georgian Military Highway is doable with road tires--is that correct, or is it better to have some kind of dual sport tire?

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Yes can be done i am sure but you will be going slow in some areas and also will be stuck behind cars as i over took on the sides alot so maybe you wont do that on standard road tires.

A few tunnels were very pot holed

I went both ways in 2013 on a DRZ and right up on the Georgian side to the border in 2014 in a standard Lada non 4x4 car.

Road work was ongoing in 2013 and in 2014 it was ok in a sh@t car.

Maybe some better info of someone who rode in recently would be better
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Hi did Gmh 2 years ago no problem with road Tyers enjoy
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OK guys, thanks for the info.
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I will take this road in a few days. I will PM you if I see anything that could be a problem for a road bike.
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I will take this road in a few days. I will PM you if I see anything that could be a problem for a road bike.
I do not understand why you use a forum to share information when you PM the info afterwards?????


I would appreciate when everyone gets this information.

Thats a very selfish way.....
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I will take this road in a few days. I will PM you if I see anything that could be a problem for a road bike.
BGil, thanks for the offer, and I look forward to the info, but as klaus suggests, it would be better to put it here in this thread, so that everyone can benefit from it.

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Sure, I will post it then.

With a PM I'm sure you get the information, that's all. I'm not trying to keep it secret.
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That is ment nice to motoreiter but it does not help everyone else.

I am also going over the military highway at the beginning of July and am happy about every information.
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With a PM I'm sure you get the information, that's all. I'm not trying to keep it secret.
Sure, understood, but I'll most def see it here anyway. Ride safe.
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This was the worst part of Georgian Military Highway in July 2013. We did it two up on BMW R1200R with Dunlop Roadsmart 2. Maybe 50-60 kms of such road. It was not difficult.
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Thanks for this picture, it gives us a good idea how this "road" is!

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Yeah, thanks, that's helpful. Looks doable on road tires, especially if its dry.
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Don't worry, most of the road was like this :-) , and I believe that the Georgians paved some of the bad sections by now.
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Thanks again. I know it's a "real" road, but it is good know how are the worse sections!
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