Thanks!
Indeed it's a great area for motorbiking. But also more and more dangerous. They haven't done anything for many roads since decades, except repairing with quick patches, if at all. At unknown curves, you never know what to expect.
Don't get me started on that... Just shortly after I had that cow chat yesterday the road turned into something scary that doesn't deserve the name "road". Potholes and bumps all over the place, old patches that stand out an inch or more, and the green grass growing out the cracks in the tarmac...
Their most common attempt for a "fix" is to put up a 50kmh or even 30kmh speed limit.
And even if they try to do some serious repair they do it only on the outside half of the lane, so you have a seam and most times a real edge in the middle of your lane. Riding in the middle makes your bike lurch from one side to the other like a drunken sailor, I love those Pirellis...
So you have to decide to use either the left or right half of your lane. Left half brings you close to any oncoming traffic, especially nice with wide all wheel driven tractors approaching in a narrow backroad. Most backroads here are so curved, that when riding on the right half of your lane the bike constantly tries to force you into the ditch (almost all roads have deep ditches here, most of the terrain is below sea level).