Rat Arsed MC

03/08/2024

Frigiliana, you legends! We'll be playing outside the miel de caña factory for and this Sunday!
You know where to be 😎

05/07/2024

Guinness and noise! 😎

30/06/2024

30/06/2024

This is Almería's favorite road for bikers to challenge the altitude

With the arrival of warm weather, motorcycle lovers are eager to explore the most scenic and exciting roads. From winding mountains to rugged coastlines and green water beaches, these routes offer an unforgettable experience for any biker.

Almería, due to its unique landscapes and climate, presents a very attractive setting to put on your overalls and put on your helmet. Not only for local bikers, but also for other lovers of the smell of gasoline from neighboring territories such as Granada or Murcia.

Motorcycle routes have become a popular form of tourism that offers a different experience. Enjoying driving in every curve, in every opening of the gas or in every break with the group is mixed with the discovery of impressive landscapes, history and culture. A tourism segment that revitalizes small towns and reveals historical and natural heritage that could go unnoticed if it were not for these routes that stimulate community and camaraderie.

Perhaps the most popular Almeria route for the biker community is the climb to Alto de Velefique. Whether from Almería, Granada or Murcia, motorcycle enthusiasts choose this itinerary to enjoy endless curves and a feeling of freedom. Starting from Murcia you can take a spectacular 560 kilometer route that crosses Almería to reach the Sierra de Baza. This route has the places of Huércal-Overa, Macael, Tahal, Tabernas, Velefique, Bacares, Gérgal and Escúllar as protagonists. An adventure of more than 4 hours of driving surrounded by extreme nature and dizzying views with a 2-hour stop. Specifically in the 17th port and in the 34th valley until reaching Puebla de Don Fadrique in Granada.

The Sierra de los Filabres offers mountainous stretches ideal for stopping along the way and appreciating the majesty of Almeria's nature. Since the panoramic views offered by points like Bacares or Gérgal from a motorcycle can make you hold your breath.

For their part, bikers traveling from Granada reach Alto de Velefique / Calar Alto through Pozo Alcón to return through the Marquesado, the Granda Geopark and Sierra Nevada. Another picturesque route that has the Sierra de los Filabres as its highest point.

Climb to the Almerian Alps
Fun and adrenaline is what seasoned pilots who know these Almeria roads feel when they leave the plains of the Tabernas desert to face the challenging ports of Velefique. For some, the AL-3102 is one of the country's favorite roads and the Alto de Velefique is considered the 'Spanish Stelvio Pass' (the largest paved mountain pass in the Eastern Alps).

If you want to enter this unique circuit and prefer to do it from the province of Almería, this is your route: Tíjola, Bayarque, Bacares, Velefique and Tabernas. An itinerary of just over 60 km in which you can visit the Bacares Castle, Alto de Velefique, Mirador del Pedregal and the well-known Tabernas desert. A circuit of almost 1h.30min in which you will have no problems refueling, since both in Tíjola and Tabernas you have service stations.

Bonus track
For those bikers who prefer to feel the sea breeze nearby. Exploring the Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park is another good option. The Sierra de Gata, the rugged and virgin coast, and its semi-desert landscape on the shores of the Mediterranean offers a driving experience along the winding coastal roads that provide impressive views of the sea, dream beaches and charming coastal towns.
Source: La Voz de Almeria in English using Google Translate

25/06/2024

Aaah!

25/06/2024

Forgot to get photos today from our Alhama de Granada jaunt, so here's some pics of our last Almeria/Granada soiree.
If that makes sense 😳

25/06/2024

Change: it's coming whether we like it or not. Honda Japan has announced an end to 50cc motorcycle production from November 2025, according to a story in Kyodo News. So no more petrol mopeds like this Vision 50 from the Big H: they've been ruined sales-wise by the growth in e-bicycles and electric models, together with stiffer emissions rules. Indeed Honda says it's future Japanese pollution regs that are behind the November 2025 cut-off.

15/06/2024

27/05/2024

25/05/2024

All cleaned, tyres done, chains lubed and WD40 where it needs to be. All ready to go.

21/05/2024

2 bimbling pensioners out today. 220kms very nice 😎😎

19/05/2024

16/05/2024

Alfarnate - Periana road. Great few kilometres with the usual stunning scenery.
Just J & G out today.

13/05/2024

Probably one of the best production bikes I've ridden in ages - the new BSA Gold Star. It's cheap too at about £6k - hell of a lot of bike for the money! :)


BSA Motorcycles UK

02/05/2024

Polopos or something like that. 🤔

19/04/2024

The Silent Route is perfect for slow ride lovers. Get on your motorcycle and enjoy a journey of gorgeous landscapes you will never forget.

16/04/2024

Out Trevelez way and down into Orgiva. It's getting hot already and it's only April. 😎

08/04/2024

Cheap 😎👍

Llévate tu Moto Guzzi al mejore precio en Dos Ruedas Sevilla. Infórmate sin compromiso sobre nuestras Ofertas Exclusivas.

04/04/2024

Another day of pootling around the Axarquia.
😎😎😎

04/04/2024

Great scenery on the way over to El Chorro and the Caminito del Rey .
All Hondas, 3 Transalps and a VFR. Great biking weather 😎😎😎😎

27/03/2024

That didn't take long now did it?

16/03/2024

Out for a bimble.

08/03/2024

La familia Tiger al completo estará en Málaga durante los próximos días 15, 16 y 17 de marzo para que todos los aficionados al trail podáis conocer y probar vuestra futura Triumph. ¿Te lo vas a perder?

20/12/2023

Hoping you all have a great Christmas and that 2024 is a good new year.

16/07/2023

Comprar entradas para Legends of Freestyle - Motril en Motril al mejor precio online . Donde quieras estar.

09/06/2023

What would Daves Buell do to that?

06/06/2023

Out breaking in a new Givi helmet. It's alright but is it better than my Lidl one 🤔
You can open visor on the lidl one with the front shut, you can't with givi one. Both have sun visors. Lidl one comes with spare visor givi doesn't. It's not mega quiet either GT 😎

06/02/2023

Well crikey, I found these pics of an old mate's Trident turbo on the tinterweb. Taken at the TT in 1981, his name was Wick and was from Maltby. His bike proper drew a crowd everywhere he went. All designed and built by him. Amazing