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So you live in the North East and you want to see...Alps? Beaches? Vineyards? Cathedrals? Motorbike factories? Race tracks? Gourmet restaurants? Or what?
How many hrs a day you want to spend on the bike?
Do you want to avoid motorways?
Also, what bike? And will you have hard luggage? ____________________ Current bike: K1100RS. Previous: CD200, GSX250, GT550, VFR750, K100LT, K1100LT, R1100GS, R1150GS, ZZR1100, Hayabusa, RSV Mille, MV F4 750S, R1, ZX-10, KTM Adventure 950S |
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Also, what month are you going? ____________________ Current bike: K1100RS. Previous: CD200, GSX250, GT550, VFR750, K100LT, K1100LT, R1100GS, R1150GS, ZZR1100, Hayabusa, RSV Mille, MV F4 750S, R1, ZX-10, KTM Adventure 950S |
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ok this is our initial plan
ride to hull (overnight cabin)
ferry from hull to rotterdam
ride to amsterdam
ride amsterdam to dusseldorf
train from dusseldorf to verona (overnight train)
then its riding back through switzerland, germany, belgium, france
ferry calais to dover and ride back up to manchester (stopping at her parents in the midlands)
Only a rough idea, would like to spend a few days in each major city. Wife wanted to do the train journey and want to make the riding enjoyable rather than painful, so its about fun not getting as many places in as possible.
Planning to take my bike, superduke, and buying a pannier set and tank bag.
If any of that sounds mental tell me, not even planned the route or places yet, getting a map this weekend, what month is best? |
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Do you want to do motorways or twisty roads? ____________________ Current bike: K1100RS. Previous: CD200, GSX250, GT550, VFR750, K100LT, K1100LT, R1100GS, R1150GS, ZZR1100, Hayabusa, RSV Mille, MV F4 750S, R1, ZX-10, KTM Adventure 950S |
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For twisties you MUST get the local or regional Michelin maps - all the best stretches have a green stripe along them because Michelin categorizes them as 'Scenic'. Makes route planning so easy. ____________________ Current bike: K1100RS. Previous: CD200, GSX250, GT550, VFR750, K100LT, K1100LT, R1100GS, R1150GS, ZZR1100, Hayabusa, RSV Mille, MV F4 750S, R1, ZX-10, KTM Adventure 950S |
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arthurmo wrote: | I'm beginning to plot next years it's either Norway if they ever sort the crossing |
I did a cycling tour of Norway - fantastic. It would also be epic on a motorbike. Perfect roads, no traffic, the best scenery, friendly police. Expensive hotels and booze. ____________________ Current bike: K1100RS. Previous: CD200, GSX250, GT550, VFR750, K100LT, K1100LT, R1100GS, R1150GS, ZZR1100, Hayabusa, RSV Mille, MV F4 750S, R1, ZX-10, KTM Adventure 950S |
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Personally I wouldn't use the train on a bike holiday but that's just me. Regarding accommodation: The way we've done it for the last few years is to book 1 maybe 2 days in advance. Booking.com is our favoured online site. Our booking criteria in order of importance is Secure Parking (free if possible), Decent WiFi (for finding next accommodation) and Location. We tend to try and get city centre locations as there's much more to do.
From Verona you have all the Alps to play with. On balance Switzerland arguably has the best roads and passes but accommodation is very expensive and the Police take no prisoners when it comes to speeding. Italy, Austria, France and Slovenia all have some great roads in stunning landscapes. The Black Forest in SW Germany also has some world class roads.
Try to avoid the mountains at the weekend if possible as most of Europe seems to take to the passes. The Stelvio seems to be on every ones bucket list but to be honest, nose to tail coaches and repetitive hairpin bends just don't hold that much appeal.
I wouldn't book everything, do a bit of research and have a rough plan and book it as you go.
Whatever you choose to do, enjoy |
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It might be cheaper to ship the bike to Pisa with Euro Bike Trans (their depot is outside Manchester) and then take a cheap flight from Manchester
Amsterdam to Düsseldorf is a pretty boring ride anyway, so your time would be better spent riding from Pisa to Verona |
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rubyhorse2 wrote: | ok its time to start getting some plan in place.
Ferry - hull to rotterdam (£196 with cabin)
Motorail - dusseldorf to verona (£430 private cabin, they have a special in may so bike goes free)
tour italy, back via france and belgium
Ferry - calais to dover
anyone used the motorail and can tell me what the scene is? cabins, loading, anything else we need to know.
Trying to work out costings, our plan is to do some nice hotels in some places and then eurocamp the rest of it. Need to keep the costs down or the missus will say 'lets do a normal holiday' if the price keeps creaping up. |
Belgium is shite pal, roads are shite, many are concrete and the drivers are dicks. come back through the Black Forest then run through France albeit near the border to Belgium. If your worried about costs, try the autorail from Paris to Niece, £100 for the bike then get a recliner seat in the sleeper/overnight train for £40 each. Awesome roads then from Niece back through the Alps, France, Italy and Switzerland then into Germany and the Black Forest. It works out around 1500miles or so back to Calais or more if you want to take in more passes. Beautiful scenery and did I say the roads are awesome. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 8 years, 126 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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