As we were inquiring about motorcycle tyres we met this chap, owner of a motorcycle repair shop in Tabriz with a late 70's CB 750 in beautiful condition and there seems to be few of these still around. / Conocimos a este chico, dueno de un taller de reparaciones de motos en Tabriz cuando empezamos a buscar recambios de neumaticos para nuestra moto. Como se ve en la foto, el chico tenia una CB750 de los anos setenta en excelente estado. Al parecer hay unas cuantas de estas todavia en servicio!.

Since the Islamic revolution in '79 there is restrictions on the size (200 cc max) of motorcycles allowed in Iran, which is it might as well be as we been told by the customs at the border that Iran has the highest traffic fatalities recorded in the world. ( but I recon that India must be worse!) / Desde la Revolucion Islamica del 79 hay restricciones en el tamano de las motos que se permite circular en Iran (max 200cc). Lo cual quizas no este del todo mal, ya que segun nos dijeron en la aduana cuando cruzamos la frontera, Iran tiene el indice de accidentes de trafico mas alto del mundo (aunque creemos que India seguramente sera aun peor!)
The first place where we stayed in Iran was Maku, about 25 km from the Turkish border. Then we headded straight to Tabrize (pop 1.6m). / Nuestra primera noche en Iran la pasamos en Maku, a 25 km de la frontera con Turkia. Al dia siguiente nos dirigimos a Tabriz (1.6millones de habitantes).

This north western region of Iran is called Azerbaijan and populated mainly of Turks and Azerbaijanians. The region tend to be cold and wet in the winter and there was no lack of rain while we were there. / Esta region al norte de Iran se llama Azerbaijan, y es de poblacion mayoritaria turca.
There was little to see apart from the Bazaar / La verdad es que no habia mucho que ver excepto el bazar, pero tuvimos que pasar unos dias aqui debido a la lluvia.