Motorcycle Tour Reports from The Alps & The Pyrenees
Welcome to BBOT.co.uk, a free online resource created by bikers for bikers. Where anyone wanting to tour through the Alps or the Pyrenees on a motorbike can find general touring information and read motorcycle tour trip reports.
About UsBBOT - Bewdley Bikers on Tour - has been created by a group of motorcycle enthusiasts based in North Worcestershire. We ride mainly in Mid and North Wales - on road and off road - and it's our intention to post our local ride reports here, although to date we've only posted the reports from our European tours to Chamonix Mont-Blanc in the Western Alps, to Briancon in the Hautes-Alpes, to the Dolomites in Northern Italy, and to the Pyrenees and Andorra.
Tour Trip Reports and Route InformationAll the trip reports are easy to follow and have plenty of photographs and we've also included detailed guides to 85 of the European mountain passes and roads over 1,000m that we've ridden.
) These include Alpine passes in the Western Alps, Swiss Alps and Hautes-Alpes, Dolomite passes in Italy, Pyrenean roads in France, Spain and Andorra, and a couple of routes in the Vosges, in the Lorraine region of France.
Touring Information for BikersIn Jan '09 we started to expand the site and we're currently in the process of compiling and posting touring and general motorcycling information in the form of biking articles and a guide to motorcycle touring. The guide will offer a range of advice from planning a tour and preparing a bike, to what you need to take with you. And for links to accommodation we've booked, travel and hotel links, and other road and trip report links take a look at our useful links page.
While BBOT has been created for our own amusement it's also is a good online resource that is free for anyone to use, whether you're considering touring mainland Europe on a motorbike, or currently planning a motorcycle tour there.
We maintain the site regularly so why not add us to your favourites and stay up to date with new content.
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The Dolomites June '09 Our June 2009 tour to the Dolomites, in Northern Italy, is sadly over. The concensus is that it was the best trip so far. A lot of riding around stunning scenery with fantastic weather and staying at great hotels. The tour trip reports, photos, route maps and profiles are pretty much complete with just the narative for Pete, Gaz and Mark's ride down through France and Switzerland missing.
For the first 4 nights we stayed at Hotel Evaldo in Arraba. A superb "wellness" hotel located near the Sella Massif.
) Hotel Evaldo, Arraba
For the final 3 nights we stayed at Hotel Cervo, another first-rate "wellness" hotel, in the centre of tax-free Livigno.
) Hotel Cervo, Livigno
Both hotels come highly recommended and are excellent value for money.
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Bala & Rhayader - Thursday 12th March, 2009
Here are some photos from the inaugural run out for Phil's HP2 Sport and for Kyle's GSX-R1000.
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