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Based on another post, but worthy of a thread, I think....

Must be roads you've experienced first-hand, not heard are good on some forum full of biking has-beens.

For me it was the road from Passignano sul Trasimeno to Citta di Castello in Umbria. Went to Lago Trasimeno, just because it's a lake and probably worthy of a look, had a nice cup of coffee and set off having punched a random destination in Maps that was on the way to Arezzo, just because it sounded good. The road set off from the lake, climbing in ever tighter hairpins, with views over the lake and beyond to the right, the autumn sun reflecting off the water. Topped the hill and then more of the same hairpins down to the farmlands below, just occasional hilltop towns with centuries-old church towers sticking out.
Citta di Castello was a bloody great disappointment when i got there. Not a castle in sight.

I can honestly say it was my best day's riding ever. The road was challenging, but exhilarating and the views stunning. I was tempted to stop and take pictures, but then thought, 'Bollocks, just enjoy the ride'. The only downside was there was nobody to share the experience with as I was Billy NO-Mates on that trip.

Route Napolean. Full length. Awesome

And the FV30 heading north from Pajara over on Fuertaventura.
We go over just for that road.

Oooo oooo oo I love favourite road threads.

I've only got experience of the UK though. Here goes.......

Local to me B2141 South Harting Road and B2124 Laughton Road.

Wales - too many but off the top of my head B4574 onto the A4120 Rhayader to Aberystwyth

Yorkshire B6255 Hawes to the viaduct and then the B6479 down to Settle

Scotland - again too many to mention but the A861 is cracking.

Yorick wrote: Tue Sep 27, 2022 2:43 pm Route Napolean. Full length. Awesome

If I can find a bike I can ride next year, that is top of my list of 'things to do' Apparently starts at/near Grenoble? Which is only a couple of hours from me! An finishes near Nice - got some friends that live down there too

It's not epic or anything but, for some reason, I'm fond of the B2110 (Leonardslee to East Grinstead) if it's quiet.

Found quite a few using the GPS and avoiding major roads in France but haven't a clue what numbers but Route du Courleon + Route du Moulin Bleu near Bourgueil were

I'm not sure exactly but it goes from Athens to somewhere else. Two lanes and a wideish hard shoulder either side. If you wanted to overtake you positioned yourself on the crown of the road and the vehicle in front moved over. It was like a real live computer game, great fun for the driver.

On a bike? From Beaulieu Road station heading towards Applemore, short but very good fun

The A6 Matlock to Buxton to Matlock, about 06:00 on the Sunday of the first May Bank holiday in 1993 on a 1985 GSXR750, I don't think I've ever achieved that level of biking Nirvana on a public road since then, it truly was one of my greatest motorcycling experiences, up there with my first few trackdays at Cadwell.

The Grossglockner isnt too shabby.
The B500 in the Black Forest is pretty good.
Highway 8 from Ploce to Split is awesome.
Parts of the NW500 are excellent
And close to home the B3306 ftom St Ives to Sennen is pretty good.
Parts of Norway, the Western USA, and British Columbia are up there too.

Been on a few belters, but it was often when I was out getting lost on the bike so don't know road names or numbers etc. A couple of memorable ones though. One was in the odd bit in the middle of Kent where I saw (read; got overtaken by) several others enjoying the road to nowhere? Another great one was from Wrexham going out to the west coast.

Cousin Jack wrote: Tue Sep 27, 2022 3:27 pm The Grossglockner isnt too shabby.
The B500 in the Black Forest is pretty good.

These are on my to do list.

No idea of the road number but it goes through the Aosta Valley in Italy. Mountains, rivers, bends, loads of places to stop and chill and a few small towns. It pretty much parallels the motorway but you need to look through that!
Grosslockner, fun but pick your time when there’s not much traffic around.
Vrsic Pass in Slovenia. Short but fun, cobbles and rough in places but I think I saw a bear there!!
Gerlos pass, some lovely roads and lots of places to stop and take in the views.
Mick

Trinity765 wrote: Tue Sep 27, 2022 4:43 pm

Cousin Jack wrote: Tue Sep 27, 2022 3:27 pm The Grossglockner isnt too shabby.
The B500 in the Black Forest is pretty good.

These are on my to do list.

Score the 500 off. Ill grant you i was in a van but went north up it and thought "This it" Better roads in Wales or up the north of Scotland. For the Black forest the Scenery was even disappointing. Save yourself 400 miles of fuel and play up the Mosel Valley

Local roads:

Scotland: Loads, some of the ones that spring to mind are the A93 from Blairgowrie to Bremar, A87 Invergarry to Kyle of Lochalsh then Uig, A819 Inveraray to the A55, B707 Mennock Pass

Wales: A4086 Llanberis Pass, A470 Brecon to Merthyr

England: B4368 Craven Arms to Bridgnorth, A442 Bridgnorth to Telford, Kirkbymoorside to Castleton, A689 Alston to Brampton

Felix is right about the Mosel Valley, some cracking roads there. Shame I was driving a campervan

+1 for B500, Baden-baden to Oppenau
Coromandel in NZ
Mulholland drive (I think) where all the yanks crash on YouTube. Awesome cafe up there.
Plenty of Welsh roads are just excellent.
Corniment-Gerardment-Munster in the Vosges

Passo del Muraglione

On the way from Firenze to Forli, a combination of endless tight hairpins on the way up and increasingly faster turns on the way down.

The literal cream on the top of this gem is a bar/cake shop at the top that specialises in excellent mid ride sustenance, the ideal spot to stop, admire the view while you get your breathe back, recharge and refuel.

For an epic day out, start at Bologna, ride the Raticosa pass (Ducati's road test route), have a bite to eat Borgo San Lorenzo and then on to the Muraglione. Finish the day by the Sea in Rimini.

Fluela Pass
Sustan / Furka / Grimsel loop
Skt Bernardino Pass
And for the experience - the old St Gotthard pass
And quite a lot of the Black Forest - but I actually have no idea of which roads I have ridden down!
The pass up to Schwaegalp leading up to Saentis
Hulfteggstrasse out of Fischenthal

However none of them can hold a candle to Towcester to Aylesbury , via Buckingham ring road
(A418)
And then there is roundabout surfing in MK early on a Sunday morning

crust wrote: Tue Sep 27, 2022 9:29 pm Passo del Muraglione

On the way from Firenze to Forli, a combination of endless tight hairpins on the way up and increasingly faster turns on the way down.

The literal cream on the top of this gem is a bar/cake shop at the top that specialises in excellent mid ride sustenance, the ideal spot to stop, admire the view while you get your breathe back, recharge and refuel.

For an epic day out, start at Bologna, ride the Raticosa pass (Ducati's road test route), have a bite to eat Borgo San Lorenzo and then on to the Muraglione. Finish the day by the Sea in Rimini.

Just looking at Google Maps. I've used HP Motorrad's Bologna office for bike hire a few times. I say 'office', they use the car park behind the very average Hotel del Borgo just outside Bologna, almost slap bang opposite the Ducati museum. Dead handy as you can leave whatever luggage you don't want to take with them whilst you hire the bike. One could arrive, do the museum and have a mooch around Bologna (well worth a visit), pick up the bike the next day then take in the Passo della Raticosa heading to Barbarino di Mugello (or Florence if you fancy it. Again, well worth a mooch), then take the Passo del Muraglione heading into Forli (never been) or find an agriturismo just outside (e.g. - https://www.podereceriano.it/en/).
For shit and giggles, from Forli down to Perugia then around Lago Trasimeno and up to Arezzo. That would be a good ride.

The bit of the Pacific Coast Highway I drove in a convertible Corvette was quite special. It's the road you see in TV adverts and films, snaking along the side of a cliff overlooking the ocean.

Somewhat fittingly, all the pictures on Google maps show it on a grey foggy day which is also how I saw it. Not at all unusual for Northern California

I found the PCH a bit dull and it was quite busy when I drove down it in 1999.

Just remembered a superb off road ride on a Suzuki DR200 across the mountains in the centre of Crete, there was about 10 of us on hire bikes (mostly DR200s) all going for it on these mountain dirt tracks, the lack of power just made it more of a laugh and every hairpin bend we were hanging the back wheel out trying to over take each other and then it was flat out along the straight to the next hairpin bend.