Does anybody know...(about riding abroad at 18)

[Fawbish]

...if there any restrictions on riding abroad (Im only talking france, spain, germany etc...so europe, really) after passing your A2 test?

Im 19 in a couple of weeks, and am looking at going across to france a few times next summer. I passed my test feb 2007, so my restriction ends feb2009.

I just wanna know, is it a year after I pass I can go across the tunnel/ferry and ride my bike there? DO I just have to be 18? (hopefully not) 21?



Any help would be appreciated, if anyone knows anything about this sort of thing


Thankyou!


EDITED: To please my good woman Paivi
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[RstredS]

yep you just have to be 18. although i did go when i was 17 and it was fine. TBH you dont even need a licence or passport unless you get stoped!

all 3 times ive been abroad we were waved through passport control.
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[Fawbish]

Thanks a bunch mate, no one else seemed to give a shit lol


Or maybe they just didnt know like me ta pal! Karma
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[Shay HTFC]

Yeah, wouldn't have a clue to be honest

[Adam_P]

[EuropeanNC30R...]

The customs control looks pretty tight at the moment, I went over on a day trip a week ago and got pulled for a boot inspection both ways. On the return trip they were tapping the panels on my car

[Fawbish]

lol, unlucky mate


Argh, im not bothered about inspection and such, as I have nothing to hide and stuff.

All Im bothered is that perhaps they stop you, look at your liscence, see the little <25Kw and then look at the phat 600 your on, and then you gotta sit and argue and tell em your on a "restricted bike" etc

This ever happened to anyone?
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[EuropeanNC30R...]

You should be bothered about inspection, as they can drill holes in your frame without compensating you if they feel like it!

I didn't have to show my licence, only V5 to them. I don't think I've ever had to show my driving licence when motoring abroad, thinking about it.

[Polarbear]

Just make sure you have all your documents with you, passport, V5, insurance and both parts of licence. If you do get stopped for anything they (just like UK cops) are a lot more likely to let you go with a warning. I've got away with it in France twice for speeding.
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[Fawbish]

Ah fair

Cheers guys.

lol, now where did I put the other half of my driving licence?


Im already starting to plan out what/where/how we could go. I cant be arsed with the expense of hotels/b'n'bs/hostels (even though theyre cheap - just cant be arsed to "have" a destination, if you get me)

So Im thinking a Friday - ride down to dover, hop on ferry/euro tunnel, get to a services in france somewhere and catch some sneaky winks, have a good day blasting about france, make way back to the tunnel/ferry, sleep in services near dover, get home late sunday

Hows that for student/no money/poor wage ride out


Bring on the critics much wrong with that plan? If you have any advice, even if it cancels this idea, tell me please
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"Oh....it looks like Average Joe's is forfeiting the match!" - "Yeah, its a risky strategy but lets see if it pays off for 'em Cotton."

[RstredS]

sounds possible.

ive slept on a bench outiside a petrol station in spain because:

1. we had no fuel
2. it was closed
3.it was like -5
4. i hadnt slept for like 24 hours!

i would advice having a mate though, its safer and more fun.

also you can turn up at hostels when ever you like. it will be like 15 euros in the trucker ones but bring a good lock.

also make sure u have decent map, michelin do good ones.

get the train at like 6am, could probs slep on there and it will be cheap.
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[Dav1son]

[Fawbish]

nah man, my plans have escalated from this somewhat


its gonna be two weeks, europe 2008 boyz!
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"Oh....it looks like Average Joe's is forfeiting the match!" - "Yeah, its a risky strategy but lets see if it pays off for 'em Cotton."

[Paivi]

[Dav1son]

i seriously feel for my wallet!
what time of year, as june/july/sept will have a busy time at work because there will be a 2week shut down at some point.
but this means overtime and that means money
il find out the dates there looking at asap
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[feef]

[Fawbish]

[Paivi]

Didn't offend me, mate, but you'd probably had quicker replies had you stated the query in the title. There are too many vaguely titled posts for peeps to open every one of them to see what the query might be. As it is, I only opened this today wondering why a thread I remember having seen ages ago was still live...

Off you go now. The cheap places to sleep on the Continent are the Formule 1 hotels, as well as the Ibis and Accor hotels. If you just need a place for a quick nap en-route and are on a motorway, look for signs for 'airs', i.e., little rest areas with picnic tables and loos; a lot of them are attached to service stations but away from them so you've got some peace and quiet.
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[Dav1son]

To be honest i never even thought about taking V5 and stuff.
owell i would have found out at a police station somewhere
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[Wave2k]

Toured Scotland on a Ducati 749s in 05 and France and italy on a cbr-RR this year.
I take bare min, but i take panniers, tent and a sleeping bag, i pack it tight and it doesnt make much difference to the handling and could still rag it as much as usuall.

Tyre wise i had a combination of 014 soft front, for lots of grip under braking and a 020 rear hard rear, as rear slides are alot easier to manage than a front.

My setup

https://www.bikechatforums.com/files/2_190.jpg

I learned to take less, because putting this much on a single seater Ducati doesnt help much on the aerodynamics.

https://www.bikechatforums.com/files/dscn0097.jpg
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[Dav1son]

nice,
does the duck tape help?

panniers and tent ect i dont mind im used to riding with them on.
some weight on the back help
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[EuropeanNC30R...]

You don't have to put the panniers on backwards though

[Dav1son]

[Fawbish]

lol


Cheers for the advice Wave, we've got about 6 months to plan and prepare and SAVE, Dav1

I might start a thread to show progress etc - but not til we've properly decided stuff. Would be embarrasing if it fizzles into nothing.

So to that end - Im getting an extra job

hehe
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"Oh....it looks like Average Joe's is forfeiting the match!" - "Yeah, its a risky strategy but lets see if it pays off for 'em Cotton."

[Dav1son]