Fastest route from Astrakhan to Nukus?
 

Me and a friend are planning to go to the stans this summer from Belgium via Russia so I want some recent info on the roads.
We can do Astrakhan - Atyrau - Beyneu - Nukus
OR
Saratov - Uralsk - Aktobe - Aralsk
We want the fastest route (asphalt as much as possible) so we can spend more time in the stans.
Gr,
Vincent:mchappy:

Pamir highway
 

Is 5 days enough to ride from Dushanbe to Osh?

Astrakhan, Atyrau, Beyneu, Nukus ... its 3 days ... one night in each of the towns

yes it is

Any off road in this part?

There is gravel highway ... that full size road freight trucks also drive at 90 km/h... for about 280 km - its pretty much all dead straight.

If full size loaded freight trucks can do it at 90 km/h, any motorcycle can do it at 90+ km/h including Japanese sports bikes, or gold wings or harleys or whatever.

From Beyneu to the border (80 km ) is gravel and about the first 200 km in Uzbekistan is gravel.

Which route do you advice to take from Bishkek back to Ukraïne?

Shymkent, Kyzyl Orda, Aralsk, Aktyubinsk (aktube), Uralsk, Saratov ...

How many days do we need for that without being to tired? 6,7

We are both driving BMW F800GS
I was planning Brussels to Bukhara in 11 days and Bishkek to Brussels in 12, 13 days. That should give us 2 weeks for Uzbekistan, Tadjikistan and Kyrgistan.
Are the roads in Russia and Ukraïne ok to ride 500 - 600km a day?

Our route:
Brussels - Bukhara 11days
Bukhara visit town 1day
Bukhara - Samarqand 1 day
Samarqand visit town 1 day
Samarqand – Dushanbe 1 day
5 days Dushanbe – Osh 1228 km Pamir highway!!!
5 days Osh – Karakol - Bishkek 1338 km
Bishkek - Brussels 12 days

Yes, as long as you dont faff around too much with stops, and start early.

Thanks a lot for your info!:thumbup1:

Hi,
What are your travel dates?
Eric (XT660) and myself (GS1200) are leaving Brussels August 1st and plan to be in Osh August 30.
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vic

Hi, we are leaving 29/06 and plan to be back 06/08. So maybe we will pass you somewhere on the way if you are planning to go via Russia!

Walter
Can you recommend any good Hair Dressers in Uzbekistan i feel i will be needing a hair cut by the time we get there!!!!!

Hahahhahaq

I can recommend a good looking one !!

but thats different from a good one!

Yes she did look pleasing on the eye!!

Hi Vincent,
Cool to read that you are planning the 'Stans trip'.
I'm planning a Russia trip this summer ( departure around July 7th).
To bad I'm only having 3 weeks the time... so, no Stans for me...

But, perhaps we'll bump into to eachother on the road.

Have a nice trip !

Greetz
Peter

Looks like a crowd in the Stan's! I'm going from Osh trough Uzbekistan to The Netherlands starting aug 1st in about 3 weeks. Would be nice to meet somewhere.

Change of plans
 

Plans have changed. I'm going to Morocco and the Balkan this year! I hope to go to Central Asia next year. I'm thinking about shipping the bikes so we can spend some more time over there and have more time to ride back to Belgium.