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Taken from https://www.motorcycle.co.uk/Motorcycle-Touring-Europe/
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Modify your headlight dip beam. In the UK, dip beam has a bit that shines high on the left, to illuminate the verge and roadside signs. This will dazzle oncoming drivers when you drive on the right. A couple of nights before you go, shine your dip beam on the garage wall or something. Experiment with a sharp knife and some good-quality insulating tape to cover the segments of the glass where the up-left bit comes out. You could try your local dealer or the manufacturer for a custom-cut shape designed for your bike, but it may be hard to get, and it will not work any better than a tidy job you do with insulating tape.
If your number plate is the new type, with the blue bit with GB written on it - that'll do. You can buy these as stickers to stick on your plate if there is room (Towsure). Or go for the classic GB sticker. Stick it on the mudguard or a pannier or something. Mine is stuck on the cut-out lid of a margarine tub, bolted behind the number plate mounts for a neat and permanent fitment. (But I do like fiddling in the garage doing 'neat solutions' like that - sad I am.) |
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| Quote: | Take a spare of each of the bulbs for your bike - some countries have a legal requirement you do this.
Take a small First Aid Kit - some countries have a legal requirement you do this.
Take a Warning Triangle - some countries have a legal requiremen.... Oh, look you will probably never be stopped and checked. Take the bulbs and some sticking plasters, forget the triangle. |
Last part made me laugh anyway. I'll say have a good time now in case you don't post up nearer to the trip.
That was a hint that you should do, with pictures and lots of gloating.  |
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| Posted: 20:22 - 19 May 2006 Post subject: |
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prague is a confusing city to ride around
lots of cobles and tram line
the hotel we stopped at also had a marbled car park floor 
luckily it was dry cobbles to marble eeek
queuing for the border into czech can take a while as well
more importantly relax and enjoy the ride its fascinating
enjioy
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| Posted: 11:52 - 21 May 2006 Post subject: |
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So far there are 8 of us going, it's looking like being a great trip. It will be my first bike tour and I want to get it all right the first time (well I am organising it ). I'm hoping to make at least one continetal europe trip each year after this one, Greece is my goal for 2008!
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| Posted: 11:57 - 21 May 2006 Post subject: |
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I will post when it's done, also on the website I've put up for the trip. See the NaturalBornBiker link in my sig.
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| Posted: 04:07 - 22 May 2006 Post subject: |
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I'll look forward to reading about it. Kudos to you for organizing it all, and by the looks of your site you seem to be doing a great job of it. Nice site by the way.  |
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| Posted: 20:08 - 23 May 2006 Post subject: |
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Thanks  The site is a good way of keeping everyone upto date on what's happening. Really looking forward to it, even though it's almost a year away 
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| Posted: 04:18 - 25 May 2006 Post subject: |
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The time will fly by, I'm sure, and then you'll be riding over, about, everywhere inbetween and back.
And then planning for Greece |
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