How to RIDE Stelvio Pass SAFELY: The 48 hairpin turns - Mountain Pass Analysis
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Going up Stelvio pass from the side of Prato
How to RIDE Stelvio Pass SAFELY: The 48 hairpin turns - Mountain Pass Analysis
To determine your level of difficulty on a scale of 0 to 10, with 10 being the most difficult and 0 being the easiest, PICK A NUMBER OF ITEMS FROM LIST A AND LIST B The more options you select from list A, the more difficult it gets and the opposite from list B
A - Extremely difficult if:
1) Heavy Motorcycle +
2) Two-up +
3) Motorcycle fully loaded+
4) With camping gear +
5) Tall Motorcycles Short Riders +
6) Not skilled with hairpin twists +
7) No experience mountain roads +
8) A novice pillion rider +
9) A novice rider +
B - Easier ascending if:
1) Middleweight Motorcycle +
2) Single +
3) Motorcycle not loaded+
4) No camping gear +
5) Tall Rider, Short Motorcycle +
6) Skilled with hairpin twists +
7) Experience mountain roads +
8) Experience pillion rider +
9) Experience rider +
This is how we went about it; it was not an easy task. (Estimated difficulty 7)
Our RIDE
1) Heavy Motorcycle +
2) Two-up +
3) Motorcycle fully loaded+
4) With camping gear +
5) Tall Motorcycle Short Rider (I am 5.8" -170 cm) +
6) Skilled with hairpin twists + (Rocky Mountains - Greece etc..)
7) Experience with mountain roads +
8) Experience pillion rider (12+ years ride together)
9) Experience rider (40+ years)
And if you don't believe me, read the article below or just give the above list an attempt.
GOING UP A MOUNTAIN PASS WHILE FULLY LOADED
https://easyridertours.org/wp/going-u...
0:00 Intro
4:44 A - Extremely difficult if:
9:08 B - Easier ascending if:
11:54 This is how we went about it;
15:27 More Analysis
25:49 More info (articles)
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Life saver video. This is like a PSA for riders. Excellent video. I was researching a ride the Alps on motorcycle tour. Glad I stumbled on your video. You make some very good recommendations and observations. Especially issue of seeing oncoming cars / traffic with steep mountain side. Also needing to make wide outside radius approach into hairpin due to very steep incline on inside of hairpin turn. I did see section of video where you almost dropped bike because of camber on turn.
I am a fellow rider ( Adventure Rider ) from Virginia. Excellent footage of Stelio Pass and explanation. Cheers. Kam
the decision to ascend the mountain pass is up to you. However, those who are inexperienced or riding really large motorcycles can easily ascend from Bormio.
More analysis check this video too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4anDZmhqkQ
whenever I drove this pass, I only had pure fun!
I recommend that everyone is there very early and best of all this week. at the weeks it is simply too crowded, and the different possible speeds of bicycles, cars and motorcycles make too much stress for everyone.
and when you see one of the mountain buses come - make it space. a grateful bus driver gives you a laugh and sometimes a loud signal :-)
Don't look at your watch - get some time and enjoy this adventure. it's too bad if you don't see anything...
How to RIDE Stelvio Pass SAFELY: The 48 hairpin turns - Mountain Pass Analysis
Steve Harley
68,642 views
Let's discuss how to ride a challenging mountain passage SAFELY and what you need.
Alps Extreme, only the brave!
Mountain Pass Analysis!
Going up Stelvio pass from the side of Prato
How to RIDE Stelvio Pass SAFELY: The 48 hairpin turns - Mountain Pass Analysis
To determine your level of difficulty on a scale of 0 to 10, with 10 being the most difficult and 0 being the easiest, PICK A NUMBER OF ITEMS FROM LIST A AND LIST B The more options you select from list A, the more difficult it gets and the opposite from list B
A - Extremely difficult if:
1) Heavy Motorcycle +
2) Two-up +
3) Motorcycle fully loaded+
4) With camping gear +
5) Tall Motorcycles Short Riders +
6) Not skilled with hairpin twists +
7) No experience mountain roads +
8) A novice pillion rider +
9) A novice rider +
B - Easier ascending if:
1) Middleweight Motorcycle +
2) Single +
3) Motorcycle not loaded+
4) No camping gear +
5) Tall Rider, Short Motorcycle +
6) Skilled with hairpin twists +
7) Experience mountain roads +
8) Experience pillion rider +
9) Experience rider +
This is how we went about it; it was not an easy task. (Estimated difficulty 7)
Our RIDE
1) Heavy Motorcycle +
2) Two-up +
3) Motorcycle fully loaded+
4) With camping gear +
5) Tall Motorcycle Short Rider (I am 5.8" -170 cm) +
6) Skilled with hairpin twists + (Rocky Mountains - Greece etc..)
7) Experience with mountain roads +
8) Experience pillion rider (12+ years ride together)
9) Experience rider (40+ years)
And if you don't believe me, read the article below or just give the above list an attempt.
GOING UP A MOUNTAIN PASS WHILE FULLY LOADED
https://easyridertours.org/wp/going-u...
0:00 Intro
4:44 A - Extremely difficult if:
9:08 B - Easier ascending if:
11:54 This is how we went about it;
15:27 More Analysis
25:49 More info (articles)
⏬⏬⏬
🤝 JOIN PATREON: https://bit.ly/39SZWQv
🏍️ BUY A TANK OF GAS: https://ko-fi.com/steveharley
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With the support “Easy Rider Adventures USA”
👕MERCH
⚬ SHIRTS HERE: https://bit.ly/3xRvmPl
⚬ GPX MAP FILES HERE: https://bit.ly/3Ouc6hA
⚬ MOTORCYCLE TOURS: https://easyridertours.org
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📧CONNECT WITH US
⚬ Easy Rider Adventures: https://easy-rider.us
⚬ Socialize: https://bit.ly/3OCoLyT
⚬ INVEST OPPORTUNITY: https://bit.ly/3yg9WN5
⚬ Easy Rider Blog: https://bit.ly/3NkXmQW
A tour With Us Is an once-in-a-lifetime experience.
#stelvio #stelviopass
I’m a daily rider since 3 years, I went from a 125 to an 850 and now a 1250, I do like 15-20k km a year. Not experienced, not properly a noob. I went up for the first time, from the east side of the Stelvio with a fully loaded GS + not very experienced pillion. Not the best start, but I was amazed at how I was constantly pulling good lines, while I was passing riders with middleweights that were struggling. I was focused, and I trained on hairpins like that a few times before so I always remained on the right side even in the worst ones, but hairpins aren’t my daily bread and butter and my training was always without heavy traffic, so getting too cocky got me.
It was close to the 15th of August (national holiday) so there was a lot of traffic here, and I was going up behind this very slow cager between the 17th and the 16th hairpin, the one you took at 20:45 in your video. I waited for the cager to initiate the turn, then I got close because the intention was to pass him as soon as possible on the straight, and at about 3/4 of the turn he suddenly stomped on the brakes. I was behind him, already on the right side because I was closing up the line, and had to stop abruptly behind him, with the ground totally missing below my right foot (near the white line it’s very steep) - I dropped the bike, fortunately no damage to us or the bike, other bikers immediately helped. The next time I will let cars completely finish their turn, and I will respect the Stelvio even more, taking it slower :)