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Well, I hooked up with some local riders and we went on a trip to Livigno, Italy. had to cross the Swiss border several times, but bikes dont get inspected.. just waved through.

Day 1
So first the suspects:



Lago Lugano:

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Here's a weird little thing:



Back in the days the first time Harley Davidson owned an Italian bike company...

There were a couple of them, never found the owners though.. too bad.





Pics of the road:

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Hi Kitty !!!

funny I see you in Italy

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Hey! That looks like B.C.!


Nice old Harley there - thatd be worth a few Swiss Francs

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martin14 wrote:

Hi Kitty !!!

funny I see you in Italy

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stop for a beer. this place is old.....

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Day 2, the fun really starts

back on the road, it started getting cold as we climb up..


these pics are actually the outside of St. Moritz..

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the HIGH point of the day:

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and here's what the hood looked like












It was SNOWING when we stopped..
It was so cold my Zippo didnt work, had to put it in my pants to warm it up

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"It was so cold my Zippo didnt work, had to put it in my pants to warm it up"

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So back down the valley to Livigno.


Livigno is basically the same thing as Banff, a tourist trap.

They have a special no tax zone, otherwise the area would just die cause its so isolated, and then the Italians would have to give it back to the Swiss











Remember, 300 metres lower than before:

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So, smokes for 30 bucks, tank of 100 octane gas for 1.30 a litre ( this is cheap )


and off we go up the other side, back to the freaking cold:










So much for the first day of summer

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Might have to take the "summer" outta the title M

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Finish up, back down to some normal scenery again









I may add a couple if Pino sends me his pics as well.

Not that far, maybe 200 kms, but all back roads and around lakes.. nice trip.

will do it again, but pack some serious winter garb as well.
We passed a couple of these red mountain trains maybe yall have seen on tv

enjoy

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Excellent pics M! Must be amazing riding around all that history!

Thanks for posting!