Sorry i'm lazy sitting here in a kiwi pub run by an Aussie in Riga Latvia so i copied from my log

27/3/12
The man at the hotel said there is a road from Manthali to Janakpur but it involves a suspion bridge, meaning less traffic as only motorbike/pushbike/pedestrion can go over it. This means a 160km trip about 6-7 hours instead of a 583km at least 2 day trip, sounds good to me.

It was a nice ride to the suspension bridge although I had trouble getting directions in Manathali, one guy seemed to be sugesting that the Kathmandu way was better. When I got to the bridge there was a truck being loaded on the north side, seemed to be by most of the village all getting some Rupee for every bag they carried over. It was a dirt walking track up over a ridge and down to the bridge which had a que of people heading in each direction. This ment a bit of a squeese getting through at some points and the bridge got a good swing going by the middle, the policeman who was controlling the numbers on the bridge was a bit shocked to see a me but that is normal.

Once I got to the road I found the truck that was being unloaded with ques pushing to get loaded. So I rode past and upto a bridge to no where, umm and from no where, new built with no entry or exit just 2-3 stories high spanning 50m maybe. I had been told there was a new road on the south side so headed off down the piece that was still being constucted, this lead to a detour which was shit. It has dust like what the Aussies call bull dust which covers all the holes and rocks and makes it look nice and smooth.

After about 20min of this I had my first true crash, after 1.25 ish years of travel. Don't stress mum it was climbing a hill covered in this dust, which consealed a rock, and I lost the front end falling down onto a bank on my left trapping my foot under the bike. Lucky it is so light it was easy enough to pick up, then rode to the top of the hill and decided to have a break.

Finally a bike come along so I stopped him to check if I was going the right way, I had been told it was a new road, and found out I was heading to Kathmandu not Janakpur, BUGGER.

Once back at the village I found the right road, ie the one I hadn't been down yet lol, and after a very short distance it become the most beautiful new road I have ever seen. Oohh man it is amazing, like in the movies when you see the roads it Italy, can not wait for them, lots of twisty bits getting higher and higher then a 180 and continue to climb. When I got to the top I saw a awesome sight of even more brilliant road going down the other side hehehheee. If any bikers read this, this road is between Manthali and Sindhulimadh, not marked on my map or any I have seen.

Soon after Sindhulimadh the road turned to shit, in fact for a few kilometers there is no road you are forced into the river bed to ride down. They are widing a section and none of it is that hard a ride just ruff.
I got to the turn off to Janakpur at about 15:00 so decided to get further along the main road unfortunately not finding a hotel till 19:00.

Check blog for photos and a video of me laughing at what i had to come.
Enjoy the trip
P.S don't plan too much i found the plan went out the window very quickly and often.

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Another +1 for New Zealand, but of course I would say that, wouldn't I!? I moved from the North Island to the South Island 20 years ago, and one of the biggest reason was for the riding.

If I was forced to name my favourite sealed road in New Zealand, it would be the run from Murchison, down the Upper and Lower Buller Gorge roads, and then down the West Coast past Punakaiki to Greymouth (well actually I turn off just before Greymouth to have a at "Formerly The Blackball Hilton", the pub that was sued by the Hilton Hotel chain so they had to change their name!

Unpaved road? The Nevis Track near Queenstown.

I'm a lucky guy...

Cheers

Nigel in NZ

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I am not sure about motor bikes but my favourite drive of the trip to Mongolia and back (in our Landcruiser) was along the 7 Lakes (I think locally it is called Halfkul). It is a track but is a good to drive, going up one side or other of the lakes and winding upwards between them, high up into the mountains. There is a superb spot to camp between lakes 2 & 3 and superb viws in both directions all the way up and down. I filmed the whole lot up and down but unfortunately have not had time to edit it yet.

The Lonely Planet says you cant drive the last section between lake 6 & 7, but I lost count and drove the whole way. But apparantly they improved the road just before we got there so that the President could land in a helicopter and be driven down. At the end of the road a single track contiunues up to the end of the last lake (and beyond into the mountains). I could have stayed for weeks!

It is off the road to Pendzihikent (close to the Uzbek border which was closed to foreigners when we were there in 2011), this road was pretty bad, with no-where to get off the road to camp so we ended up putting the roof tent up at a fuel station just after Ayni and watching football and drinking tea with the guys there.

Warning - if you take the road north of Dushanbe do not go through the tunnel - take the road over the top! The tunnel was pitch black and under water (I would guess at least 300mm), with huge pot holes that you can't see because of the water. We just bashed through in the cruiser but cars we getting stuck in pot holes and cars and trucks alike were stopping to survey damage once out. To top that there was a huge bulldozer blockuing the tunnel in the middle, which resulted in cars trying to use both sides of the road in both directions, mayhem. Luckily I drove through a crater to one side that all the cars were avoiding when the dozer moved and made it through (but nothing followed me for some time). I had the camera running and took 19 minutes top clear, but fealt like a lifetime and could have taken a lot longer.

Ya want real adventure? Even wrong way around guys didn't do this.
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You taking a GSA1200 to Mongolia... AND looking for good routes ;: )

I watched Long Way Round, an that does not make me a specialist, But since I also ride a GS1200 and an XT660, I know which one I will take to Mongolia and which one not

I suspect, if I had a 250, that would have been my best option.

But the rest of the road... perhaps the 1200 is not to bad.

I hear you and am thinking more about my 650XC or perhaps the new Africa Twin!

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If you pass through Georgia take some time to explore and you'll be rewarded with some fantastic scenery and interesting roads.

From Batumi to Akhaltsikhe is a bit beat up with lots of roadworks in progress but the views from the top of the pass are nice. After Akhaltsikhe the road is good and nice and twisty all the way down to Vardzia as it follows the river along the valley. I took the road from Vardzia to Alkhalkalaki whch is similar to the road down to Vardzia and then the dirt road over the mountain pass to Bojormi, a terrible pot holed road to the top of the pass but the views are spectacular then the road improves down the northern side.

The road through Tbilisi National park is a good surfaced twisty road with little traffic the days I was there and again plenty of spectacular scenery.

If you fancy some more difficult road the one into Tusheti National park is not to be missed with lots of twists and turns high up into the pass at just under 3000m and then down into the park itself, again very spectacular scenery.

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This might be entertaining
In southern Chile

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I drove RTW , 11 month / 83.000km. One of the best routes is Chachapoyas - Celendin, Peru.
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmmbLhiFINU

Northern California - Sierra Foothills Famous HWY 49 ( you can camp at my property also ) amazing curvy and great historic lil gold rush towns also its the best ride.. from west of Lake Tahoe, down to Yosemite ( 3 hours due east of San Francisco Bay Area)

Southern California - Big Bear LAKE and also south of HWY 10, up through Idlewild down to Palm Springs!!

Also Southern Oregon follow the coast down from Coos Bay all along the amazing Oregon coast to Brookings then cross over to Medford, or reverse.. amazing and big Red woods.. along Rivers etc.

Coco

Suggestions for world's best roads

Karakoram Highway, Pakistan.
Ruta 40, Argentina. ...
Route 1, Iceland. ...
Transfagarasan Highway, Romania. ...
Amalfi Drive, Italy. ...
Pacific Coast Highway, USA. ...
Leh-Manali Highway, India. ...
Lysevegan Road, Norway. ...

Join the panel in this lively debate of the seven wonders of the motorcycle travel world, a list that will inspire riders to get out and explore, destinations and routes that add unparalleled cultural, geographical or experiential value to any motorcycle trip. With your host, Jim Martin, and co-hosts Sam Manicom, Shirley Hardy-Rix, Brian Rix, Grant Johnson and Michelle Lamphere.


We discuss some of THE great roads of the world!


Isle of Man - https://new.horizonsunlimited.com/poi_entity/8418
Karakoram Highway - https://new.horizonsunlimited.com/destinations/poi/pk/karakoram-highway
Pyrenees - https://new.horizonsunlimited.com/poi_entity/8419
Icefields Parkway - https://new.horizonsunlimited.com/poi_entity/8420
Dalton Highway - https://new.horizonsunlimited.com/poi_entity/8421
Mae Hong Son Loop - https://new.horizonsunlimited.com/poi_entity/8422
Patagonia Loop - Ruta 40 and Carretera Austral - https://new.horizonsunlimited.com/poi_entity/8424

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Hello panelists,

That's great to choose the 7 wonders of motorcycle world. But I think there should be a road from Indian Himalayas. I am from India, so I could be little biased, but if you are talking about culture and geography then it should be considerable. Manali Leh highway should be considered for this.

It is a 470 Km long highway which includes 4 high mountain passes up to 5300 meters altitude. and a 9 KM long tunnel at an height of 3000 meters.

terrain offers from lush green Manali to cold desert sand dunes in Ladakh and snow clad mountains on the way. Moore plains offers you the view of a plateau.

Journey includes from tarmac roads to off roads which includes many stream crossings. Himalayan weather changes in minutes and you can even witness snowfall in summers. It offers everything that an adventure rider likes.

Manali is rich in Hinduism culture with many great temples and on the way Lahaul valley is a tribal area. Ladakh has Tibetan Buddhism culture where you can visit many great monasteries.

In Manali there are many short treks to waterfalls and multi day long treks are also available for trekking souls. Manali also offers many adventure sports like paragliding, hot air baloon, river rafting etc.

You have the opportunity to ride to the highest motorable road of the world. magnetic hill, moonscape site, see the double humped Bactrian camel and many more.

In the end you can choose for a one side ride & fly. Or choose a circuit without repeating the same route. So it is the route of possibilities with diversity that can be considered as the 7 wonders of motorcycle world.