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Ruta 40 travel story
I know there is a lot of small pieces of information here and there, regarding Ruta 40.
But I can't see the forest due to all trees.

What I am looking for is a good travel story/blog or similar.
From someone who has done the complete Ruta 40.
Preferably not to long ago.

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Not pieces about tarmac, weather ..
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In blog, book, video form or....

Any help ?

Thanks
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How gravelly is it?
is it rideable on a CBR300R?
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Cholo - is there a resource that shows which sections of 40 are paved, and which are not? We are in Salta at the moment, and trying to chart our way south - would be very helpful.
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Check this out.
Argentina’s Ruta 40 Travel Guide

There is a summary section on this site. By far the most difficult section in Feb of 2019 was Gobernador Gregores to Tres Lagos. But it could be fixed by now (hardly likely given how slow things can be in Argentina)
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I use the little man in google maps to do a 360 degree view of the road and look to see if it is gravel ..

That is what I do as well, but it is a time consuming pain in the @ss, especially with the typically poor internet I’m working with. And I’ve been burned when I made big jumps in my street-view inspections, thinking a road was paved from point A to point B, when it turned out the majority was unpaved and really pretty crappy (this example was in Peru).

Probably wishing to much, but it would be great if there was an online resource with this information for 40 and the other major thoroughfares. I don’t even mind if it is in Spanish.




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Try the ACA (automóvil club argentino) website, or the Vialidad Nacional site for road conditions. Im traveling at the moment so I can’t check my paper maps, but the ones on sale at gas stations do show if the road is paved or not

Bueno! Gracias por tu recomondacion! I will investigate those options.
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Ruta 40 Information
I found a very good description.
Based on what I am looking for.



https://www.amazon.co.uk/Guía-100-Ru...3832599&sr=8-2

The guide has nothing to do with Motorcycle.
But describes well the area that Ruta 40 passes.
All beautiful things to see. Where to stop. And....


I am busy entering way-points in the GPS for these 100 attractions.
(I do not plan for all of them. But...)

Plans are never to execute without changes. But with a plan, you know what you do when you improvise.

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But that is me. I will not drive Ruta 40 as fast as possible.
And than tick the box. Done!
(As they do in Long way round/down. Always press to get "in time". Do not have time to experience anything else than the road)

No. I want to experience the nature, the culture, meet people and have a good time.
If you have read Ted Simon or have listened to him, you understand the different approach.
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Try the ACA (automóvil club argentino) website, or the Vialidad Nacional site for road conditions. Im traveling at the moment so I can’t check my paper maps, but the ones on sale at gas stations do show if the road is paved or not


Perfecto! I had to ask at four different gas stations before I found one that sold maps, but it was worth the effort! Thanks for the recommendation, these are perfect for what I wanted to know regarding road conditions.




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Duration and time
For travelling Ruta 40.
Not just driving. But stop,investigate, expose yourself, enjoy nature and other places close to the route. Without any preasure to finish

How much time have you allocated/propose?
2 month ?

What time of year has been the best/ propsed ?
Dec-jan ?

Thanks for anyone sharing experience
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I have just finished (Jan 2020) riding a part of Ruta 40 which included a 55km unpaved section between Lago Cardiel and Tres Lagos. There are stretches here with deep ungraded gravel which makes it very difficult to ride in strong crosswinds as you are blown all over the road and can't navigate in the ruts. I took a heavy fall here in about 30 kn of wind along with many other riders. My advice is to download the WINDY app which will give you an accurate wind forecast and do not ride this section if it's blowing more than 15 kn (which it often is).
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So we've covered about half of Ruta 40 off and on at different times since 1989. Ruta 40 gives full information on the route. It's the best I've found.

https://suramericacontraelreloj.blog...st-photos.html and a lot of the subsequent posts cover the longest trip which included bits of Ruta 40 (on this trip we wove back and forth between Argentina and Chile several times). Tthey were "upgrading" (a matter of opinion) to asphalt for much of the southern section.

We were last there more recently to visit some sites we had been unable to previously - https://alanymarcemoreexploration.bl...-weekends.html .

Not exactly what you're looking for but may be of some help.
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So what do you need to know??ill answer specific questions if you have any

No specific question.
I want to read/watch a good overview of the complete trip

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What I am looking for is a good travel story/blog or similar.
From someone who has done the complete Ruta 40.
Preferably not to long ago.
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We (wife and I) have had TKC70’s the entire trip south from California to (currently) Ushuaia with a lot of ripio in the past month in particular, between 200-300 miles worth. Very happy with them. We have been fortunate to not have any mud to speak of; if we had I’m sure I’d wish we had TKC80’s. But the riding is mostly asphalt and the 70’s handle that so well, and have never left me feeling less than confident on 5he dirt we’ve done down here.

That said, we took the bypass around the infamous section of ripio profunda on RT 40 south of Gobernador Gregores. Ironically that detour involves a much longer section of ripio (on 288) than doing the more direct RT 40 path, but it is all hard pack.

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... If you take rt 43 its all paved...Is I mentioned it adds miles to your day, but still you are there to ride
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Did you mean Rt3? I don't see a route 43.


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Ruta 40 tyres
My plan is to travel Nov-Feb next winter.

I am not worried about gravel roads.
The opposite actually.
I plan for a lot of small torus on gravel road out from RN 40. To visit interesting places.

I was more thinking if it is worth to drive around with tyres like TKC 80 on the paved parts. With love mileage and other drawbacks. Just to have them when really needed. Or take the extra hazel to drive with TKC 70 on bad roads. As long as I do not end up in a situation were there are nice places I can't reach. Because limitations in tyres.

Main alternative is TKC 70.


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