hi tim, you asked for places to go: one of my favorites are the roads around the grpo di sella in northern italy between bolzano and cortina d'ampezzo: there is a cirlcle of roads (perhaps 80-100km) around this mountain with 4 passes (3 of them over 2000m) and wonderful alpine scenery. so if you missed something, just take a second round  . It coud easily be combined with the marmolada or the 'rosengarten' in the same area. unfortunately you have to drive quite a few km, if you want to ride the classics pso. stelvio (27??m) and pso gavia (~2600m). but if you're not in hurry, maybe a little detour via bolzano, 'Penser Joch' (~2200m), 'Jaufenpass' (~2100m) to meran would be fine, that's also a wonderful route. from meran to the beginning of stelvio i think it's about 60-70km. lake garda is nice, but the traffic on the road next to the lake was horrible (even in october) - I've been there only 3 times, but i'll avoid this street whenever it's possible. sardinia was also perfect for motorbikes - and for taking a bath in the sea  , there are wonderful beaches. some of them can only be reached by boat or a long walk. if you will travelling by tent: during my trip many campsites on the island closed at end of semptember.
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