INTRODUCTION
by Romualdo (The Wolf)
After 30 years and over 500,000 km in motion, to move today is the same enthusiasm of the beginning because I consider traveling on two wheels not only fun but the symbiosis with the bike and nature, I can create within me. It 'was a soul that keeps me awake at night before going to the desire for new discoveries and knowledge. "You were not made to live like brutes but to follow virtue and knowledge" (Divine Comedy, Ulysses, Inferno XXVI ° chant) and 'the choice to live without limits, the longer the travel the greater the feelings that enchants my mind. They are welcome rays of sunshine, gusts of wind, raindrops, snowflakes, the harder it is to face the adventure, the infinite satisfaction of success. Here it is the 'animus pugnandi "the wolf, that's sensations and feelings through stories and pictures of this blog I will share with those who bear within themselves the same passion for travel by motorcycle.
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BUONA VISIONE
Come nasce l'appellativo "Il Lupo".
Castelluccio di Norcia, 29 Gennaio 2003 Ore 09,00 Al mio arrivo nella piazza del paese deserto, fra cumuli di neve, aprendo la porta del suo bar mi accoglie Benedetto, 75 anni, con queste parole: "DU VAI FIU MIA CO LA MOTO, MANCU LU LUPU CAMINA OGGHI" Temparatura ambiente 22 gradi sotto zero.
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30/01/2011 RALLY MONTE CATRIA-Fonte Avellana
Like every year for the 2011 Motorcycle Rally of Monte Catria to the pediment is a missed opportunity. The copious rain that falls invites me to put the rain from the garage already. On the way my friend Oscar is accurate to the appointment, Gubbio, Countess Road, Cagli, Pediment all the way through the rain and the last 10 km roads completely clean between the hills and mountains covered with snow. Upon arrival, I realize, looking at the shoveled mounds of how much snow had fallen the past few days. Photos of ritual and coffee warm up, meanwhile the crowd of bikers began to increase, there are about 150 at the end that bad considering the weather conditions must be fulfilled by the organizers.
The rest of the day does not bode well, there is a risk of snow that invariably comes when we face the last curves that lead us to the Monastery of Fonte Avellana for lunch. With an eye to the plate and one out the window and eat polenta chop fast getting ready to return. On the road it was formed a blanket of snow that we approach with great care, snow turns to rain, which fortunately moving away from the Monastery. A difficult day, in snow and rain, which increases his pleasure riding my GS.
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Love for Bikes e la montagna quest’anno mi ha portato nel mese di Luglio ad un viaggio sui Passi delle Alpi Francesi, che i cittadini d’oltralpe amano chiamare Colli, e in Valle D’Aosta in compagnia di mio figlio Jacopo, Antonio, Marco e due amici pugliesi Matteo e Antonella.
18-07-2010
Partenza da Assisi in autostrada fino a Cuneo dove è cominciato un meraviglioso saliscendi di curve e tornanti che in cinque giorni ci ha accompagnato fino in Val D’Aosta. Inizia da Vinadio il nostro peregrinare, la strada per il Santuario di Sant’Anna di Vinadio e il Colle della Lombarda è stretta e ostica anche senza traffico, pensate affrontata la domenica pomeriggio con la presenza ulteriore di numerosi Camper. Carefully reach the Shrine at over 2000 meters of altitude, the beauty of the place we made the effort pays off. Visit to the Shrine and then up to the Hill to the border, now you can relax due to the presence of only motorcyclists. Photo rite then down, through Isola 2000, on French soil and stop for the night at St. Etienne de Tinè.
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19/07/2010
The morning is serene and cloudless, we expect one of the giants of our itinerary, the Col de Bonette considered by the French the highest paved mountain pass in the Alps 2802 meters above sea level.
The 26 km. that separate us from the top are great fun for my Gs, sweeping curves, empty street that after leaving the woods winds in anything, a panorama from the top scream. Leaving the bike to climb up a steep slope leads us to the top of a hill 2862 feet high da dove il nostro sguardo spazia a 360° sui Parchi Nazionali Francesi delle Alpi Marittime e del Mercantour, ora la Bonette è veramente conquistata. La successiva discesa verso la valle dell’Ubaye, e le risalite del Colle della Maddalena e il Col de Vars sono il prologo all’attacco di uno dei miei passi preferiti, un luogo da dove riesco ad apprezzare in modo particolare la maestosità delle Alpi, il Colle dell’Agnello. 2744 metri solo quattordici più basso dello Stelvio, molto meno famoso, sicuramente altrettanto affascinante e soprattutto non inflazionato dal turismo di massa. Da Chateau de Queiras la strada sale verso la sommità del Colle, a lunghi rettilinei si alternano stretti tornanti che le nostre moto affrontano sicure, il divertimento è garantito, ma in cima la sorpresa, nonostante il tempo splendido, un fitto nebbione impedisce la vista sul versante Italiano e sul Monviso ma posso garantirvi che questo panorama da solo vale un viaggio avendolo ammirato in altre occasioni. La scalata alla Casse Deserte famosa per il suo paesaggio paragonabile a quello lunare e al Col d’Izoard teatro di battaglie del Tour de France, ci portano a Briancon dove è previsto il fine tappa non prima di aver visitato la splendida Citè Vauban parte antica e fortificata della città.
07/20/2010
wake up soon, the path before us today is long and many hills to climb, we gassed at the right also saw the wonderful time. Soon reach the Col du Lautaret thanks to the wide track and trouble watching the wonderful view of the glaciers of the Massif des Ecrins becoming full once climbed to the Col du Galibier at 2645 meters above sea level where the peaks of the Ecrins Meije and Bar overlooking the scene. The next step on the Col du Telegraphe Modane leads us to the point of entrance of the tunnel of Frejus and there in the National Park Vanoise. There is still a long way to the final goal but a detour is a must in order to ascend to the Col du Mont Cenis on the highest part of which we are welcomed by the beautiful turquoise lake covered with a light blanket of fog that makes it unique landscape . It 's the time now to win another ambitious goal, perhaps the most difficult of the trip, the highest paved road in the Alps with unique charm, the Col de l'Iseran. From Bonneval, a splendid stone-roofed village, the 14 km of climbing the hill seem ripped from man to nature, with narrow, dark tunnels dug into the stone walls of overhanging cliffs support endless, snow and water to barely diverted from the roadway, as the road rises increase the revs of my GS is a pleasure to listen in total silence of the immensity of this nature. Here we are at the top, the 2770 meters Iseran are under the wheels of our bikes, I am surprised at the total lack of wind always present in my previous steps on the Hill. The view encompasses the mountains of the Massif de la Vanoise, where the peaks of the Grande Motte and the Grande Casse stand out more than 3500 meters above sea level. E'giunto time to go back to Italy after the move to Val d'Isere, French ski resort famous thinks the statue of St. Bernardo with an outstretched hand, placed at the top of the pass of the Little S. Bernardo, ad indicarci la strada per Aosta.
21-22/07/2010
La Val d’Aosta evoca in me suggestivi ricordi, dal viaggio di nozze in moto, alle vacanze, ai vari motoraduni a cui negli anni ho partecipato. Uno di questi, che ricorre ogni anno dal 1999, è purtroppo triste legato alla memoria di Pierlucio Tinazzi detto Spadino che morì, a 37 anni, con la sua Bmw K 75 nel rogo del traforo del Monte Bianco dopo aver estratto vive 10 persone. Andiamo ad omaggiarlo visiting the stone dedicated to him in the tunnel entrance just below the glaciers of his majesty the Mont Blanc. The sorrow for the sacrifice of a motorcyclist and the joy of the infinite beauty of the place merge into us making us sad and happy at the same time, this is one of the laws of life. Invitation to sentimentality, and bike and bike must be, then forward, without hesitation, on the bends of the Great St. Bernard Pass, between low clouds and mist regretting the good weather of the past days. The road, excellent up to the entrance, it becomes difficult for many yards on the roadway creating us some apprehension dispelled by the sign of the Hill set to 2473 meters quota.Visitiamo Hospice which houses the famous monks of breeding dogs S. Bernardo advantage of having the place to warm the outdoor temperature by three degrees. After a brief digression into the valley of Mauvoisin Switzerland, the Val di Pellini to its top spot to admire the Lake Place Moulin, which is glimpsed in the background of Murailles Glacier and the Matterhorn. The Valley of Cogne Lillaz with waterfalls, a visit to the Castle and the ever Fenis bucks in Cervinia, unfortunately covered with clouds that let us see only the tip of the Matterhorn, is the culmination of this wonderful trip and after 2500 km. fortunately without inconvenience to the motion and the players, led us to know some of the most beautiful roads of the Alps.
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TOUR OF THE MOUNTAINS SIBILLINI
Is there a place in my heart where ever the wind blows .... began like a song many years ago. That place in my heart there is also an old and inveterate
motorbike. It 's a place in the mountains Sibillini
on a summit above a plateau at 1400 meters above sea level where in winter the temperature can drop between 20 and 30 degrees below zero, snow well over two meters, the north wind blowing over 130 km per hour. ;
summer but here's the magic, magic, white flowers, yellow, red, blue covering the 8 km long flat. wide
4 as a multicolored carpet.
Castelluccio di Norcia
with his Great Plan and the Plan
Lost is a dream, the dream that all motococlisti should be implemented, the
magic place to go with the bike in all seasons. The itinerary begins in Assisi, not without first visiting the monuments of the city
Franciscan. Direction Foligno,
the wheels of my GS
taking the SS 77 Val di Chienti verso Colfiorito e Serravalle di Chienti.
In località Polverina, dopo il lago omonimo, svolto a destra per il lago di Fiastra, curve, controcurve e tornanti uno spasso in moto visto anche il
traffico pressochè inesistente. 15 kilometers and I see the emerald green lake, a photo and go. These are the first taste of the Sibillini
that become real mountain to climb and Bolognola Sasso Roof, perfectly preserved streets to measure motion.
Lace Half the mountain to the north of the chain appears before me, a
look and then down in one breath to Sarnano famous for its historic center and spa steps, Amandola pancatta cities, Montefortino, Montemonaco, Montegallo Along the way the sides of mountains Amandola, Priora, Sybil, Porsche, and Carrier Argentella run alongside my bike, it is true poetry. The Carrier precisely around girandogli go up the south ridge and over the pass of Forca di Presta to 1600 meters seems to me the pearl of the trip, Castelluccio di Norcia. A break, a lot of pictures and taste of the lentils and ciauscolo things are mandatory ..... After the restart through the villages of Visso and Ussita Bicco dominated by mountains and foothills of the Sibillini Bove. There's still one thing to see, Ussita a narrow road climbs to 1000 meters, where, surrounded by pine trees, makes a fine show if Macereto Abbey, a short visit and I'm Pievetorina and Colfiorito. I traveled 300 miles. curves, even the wind in my heart was slightly appeased except blowing strong again the next adventure on two wheels ...
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DOLOMITI MOTOINTERNATIONAL 2010
under the wheels of my GS ADV have followed: Passo Duran, Staulanza Fork, Giau, Passo Tre Croci, Falzarego, Valparola Passo, Passo Campolongo, Passo Pordoi, Passo Sella, Passo Gardena, Passo Fedaia, Passo Manghen. I then visited the Hermitage of St. Columba, beautiful building set in the rock of the tenth century, situated in the town of Rovereto Trambileno over before reaching, through plans of Fugazze, Recoaro Terme. 
The next two days have been wonderfully filled by the organizers of the event with
Motogiro, competitions, guided tours,
delicious lunches and dinners in characteristic of these places.
We visited, among other things
the trenches of World War I on the mountain Pasubio Tonezza, Monte Bondone, and finally the beautiful Palladian villas in the surroundings of Vicenza. A full flavored pure Mototurismo from history, art and
dishes that satisfied all the participants.
Al return the icing on the cake for the wolf, which I would gladly have avoided, the extraordinary hailstorm that hit Sunday afternoon, with grains as large as walnuts, a stretch of highway near Imola
fortunately prevented by an overpass under which I was, with other bikers, about two hours because of the ice on the roadway.
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