Hello Samppa:
I just spent the last 3 days riding through the middle of Romania, entering at the south from Bulgaria and departing at the north into Ukraine.
I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the roads in Romania, especially when compared to what they were like 4 years ago or 10 years ago (my last two visits to the country).
I stayed off the major highways and rode mostly on the secondary roads. I had no problem maintaining 100 km/h speeds on my ST1100. In fact, the biggest problem I had was staying UNDER the speed limit.
I am sure that somewhere in the country there might be a few crappy roads left. But I rode from bottom to top, and did not encounter any bad roads.
As for Ukraine - ohmygod, that is a different story altogether. Don't even think of going there on a street bike, you need a dual-sport to ride on even the best of the Ukrainian roads. They are uniformly horrible.
Michael
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