850km, 3 provinces : Shanghai-Moganshan-Qiandaohu...

[Fred]

Hello all,

Well, not really a RR (I'm way too lazy right now !), just some pictures to share with you guys and some comments about the trip :

Route : leaving Shanghai Friday early morning by the G318, all the way to Huzhou where I took the G104 south to Moganshan. Took me 4,5 hours with my small but brilliant Honda 150cc. Then Saturday went from Moganshan to Anji, then the S306, S104, S208 and finally S302 to Qiandaohu where I almost immediately decided to go back : the place was absolutely packed with tourist buses, and the magnificent small roads around Moganshan were calling me...

The bike : a reminder for those who don't know, a Honda-Sundiro SDH 150-16 (150cc) "Shadow", which performed brilliantly during the whole trip. I mean it : it was PERFECT ! I did a good maintenance on it before leaving, then another one when I came back yesterday, I'm really impressed with this little bike, which could cruise at 80km/h for hours while fully loaded and withstand all the bad roads around Moganshan or Anhui.

I had a BLAST on the very small roads around Moganshan, mountain roads going right and left all the time for 20 to 50kms, with big elevation changes, all run between 30 and 50 km/h all the time, it was great great fun ! The only "inconvenience" are the local drivers completely cutting the corners which led to some tense moments... When they arrive at a blind corner, they honk and think it's then ok to proceed at full speed in the middle of the road...

The pics !
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Beautiful narrow paths

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I just love this kind of roads... Twisties for hours, it was the most fun I had on the bike until now.

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The local fauna....


To be continued....