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PostPosted: 23:27 - 26 Jan 2006    Post subject: Useful Links Reply with quote

General

Touring guide to France and Spain Arrow
www.ultrablade.com

Sylvia's Travel and Motorcycle Site Arrow
www.sylviastuurman.nl

The 1st Time Touring Page Arrow
www.motorcycle.co.uk/Motorcycle-Touring-Europe/

Foreign Office’s Travel Advice Arrow
www.fco.gov.uk

Wealth of information for the worlds two-wheeled traveller Arrow
www.horizonsunlimited.com

Information about roads/passes in the Alps Arrow
www.alpineroads.com

Speed camera locations in France Arrow
www.radarsfixes.com

Discounted ferry crossings Arrow
www.ferrysavers.com

Source of detailed travel guides and good phrasebooks Arrow
www.lonelyplanet.com

Touring Europe Arrow
www.touringeurope.org

Moroccan motorcycling information Arrow
blogs.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/....


Route Planning

Pretty European route planner Arrow
www.viamichelin.com


Additional Touring Forums

Adventure riding forums Arrow
www.advrider.com

VD touring forum Arrow
www.visordown.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=58

GS Travellers Arrow
www.ukgser.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=18

VFR Club Arrow
www.hondavfrclub.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=25


Breakdown Recovery

Efficient call-centre, tried and tested Arrow
www.internationalbreakdown.com

The AA European breakdown Arrow
www.theaa.com

Rac European breakdown Arrow
www.rac.co.uk

Green Flag breakdown Arrow
www.greenflag.com

Quoteline Direct Arrow
www.quotelinedirect.co.uk/breakdown/


Biking Routes

Best Biking Roads Arrow
www.bestbikingroads.com

Good Roads thread Arrow
www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=843951#843951


Accommodation

Cheap and cheerful hotel chain Arrow
www.hotelformule1.com

Good campsite just South of Florence Arrow
www.florencecamping.com

Excellent, affordable hotel on the Gavia pass, close to Bormio, Italy and the Stelvios pass. Arrow
www.compagnoni.net

Cheap hotel chain (Northern France) Arrow
www.misterbed.fr

Cheap hotels (France and Germany) Arrow
www.hotel-bb.com

Youth hostel locations worldwide, and online booking Arrow
www.hihostels.com

Detailed information on French hostels Arrow
www.fuaj.org

The Swedish camping association Arrow
www.camping.se

BMF Touring Accomodation France Arrow
www.bmf.co.uk/touring/pages/accomodation_france.html


Travel Insurance

Carol Nash, for bike-specific travel insurance Arrow
www.carolnash.com


Interesting Trip Reports/Photos

Adventure Motorcycling Trip Reports Arrow
www.adventure-motorcycling.com/trip/

R1 Goes Extreme Arrow
www.r1goesextreme.com/

The Long-winded Way Round (Nordkapp Trip photos) Arrow
pete-johnson.spaces.msn.com/

Asturia Road Trip (Northern Spain) Arrow
www.bunghole.co.uk/bunghole/x/sh....

400GB - Spain the Second Coming Arrow
www.crm250.com/400gb.htm




Feel free to add to this......


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Nath
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PostPosted: 15:32 - 27 Jan 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

Writeups of tours by BCF members

Arrow Bendy, MarJay and Robby's tour of Scotland
Arrow Mike and Wave's tour of Scotland
Arrow Maurice and Mike's tour of France
Arrow Maurice, Claud and Mike's tour of central Europe
Arrow Nat's tour of eastern Europe
Arrow Stinkwheel's tour of Scotland
Arrow Stinkwheel in Scotland again
Arrow Nathan's tour of Spain
Arrow Major Grooves in California
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PostPosted: 16:39 - 08 Feb 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

Arrow Suzuki's tour of the Lake District. Very Happy
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PostPosted: 15:56 - 07 Mar 2006    Post subject: General Touring resource - you missed one Reply with quote

Unbelievably, I'm going to recommend www.bestbikingroads.com for UK and European motorcycle touring Smile

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PostPosted: 16:53 - 27 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

a site with pics of tours through france, germany, italy, switzerland,poland, england and sweden

gives you an idea of places you could go

i liked the look of spain

https://www.sylviastuurman.nl/

also has useful little facts and tips

for example in sweden, you can camp anywhere as long as you arent close to people's houses
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PostPosted: 04:34 - 25 May 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

https://www.motorcycle.co.uk/Motorcycle-Touring-Europe/

touring advice for 1st timers

my favourite bit is titled 'in real life' and has about 5 routes suitable for 2 week tours through different bits of europe
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PostPosted: 12:33 - 28 May 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

Useful Foreign & Commonwealth travel advice:

https://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029390590
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PostPosted: 00:34 - 02 Dec 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

good for motorcycle traveller stories

https://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/index.shtml
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PostPosted: 22:54 - 06 Jul 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

POI Handler

good for finding POI's where you are going, E.G. WIFI Hot spots, camp sites etc so you can load them into your tom tom or other Satellite navigation device
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PostPosted: 10:59 - 15 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

A good source for finding Biker Friendly Accommodation in the EU has to be www.Bike-Stay.net

If you are headed for the Millau Viaduct or touring in South West France check out www.Ridersrest.net for a Bikers only B&B comes well reccomended as the Guest Feedback confirms. You are guaranteed to be taken care of by real biking people. Mr. Green
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PostPosted: 10:41 - 13 Jul 2009    Post subject: heyz! Reply with quote

thankssss for sharing so many useful sites hope to remain updating by the forum!
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PostPosted: 14:08 - 30 Sep 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

European Battlefield trip
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PostPosted: 20:53 - 01 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

www.roundbritainrally.co.uk

It's what you got the bike for!
Do as much touring of the UK as you like, when you like, have a look at this site and if your into wanting to see mainland Britain on your own terms then this is what you should be doing!! Very Happy :up
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PostPosted: 21:07 - 31 May 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here is a useful link for those of you costing up your trip to or through france, it's a french site with petrol prices. Just tap in where you want or do it by region.
https://www.prix-carburants.gouv.fr/index.php
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PostPosted: 00:25 - 15 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

I use Lifeventure products a lot... silk sleeping bag liners, multi use soap,microfibre towels... lots of essential goodies designed by travelers for travelers.

https://www.lifeventure.co.uk/index.html
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PostPosted: 11:13 - 16 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just booked a ferry to France via this site - was a good fast comparison site.. and got me a cheap deal!

https://www.aferry.com/
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PostPosted: 23:09 - 18 Jun 2010    Post subject: German Site - Alpenrouten Reply with quote

This site has over a hundred downloadable GPS tracks for Alpine passes.

Worth downloading Google Chrome to view it as it will translate on the fly.

https://alpenrouten.de/
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PostPosted: 15:19 - 13 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Global Bike Tours is a great place to go to find tours - www.globalbiketours.com

It's a directory of tours around the world, but even if you don't book something it's a great place to get ideas. It's not-for-profit too so you're helping a good cause!
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PostPosted: 18:24 - 26 Jan 2011    Post subject: Tour Company Offering Discounts Reply with quote

Some extremely useful links posted here with loads of info for those wanting to go their own way and organise their own trip

For those that maybe don't yet feel confident enough to go that route, or for those that prefer riding in company but struggle to find people to get holidays at the same time as them etc then maybe an organised tour is the way to go

Extra Mile Bike Tours are offering a 10% discount to BCF members on any of their 2015 tours

Just quote BCF2015 when booking

Why not take a peep at www.extramilebiketours.com
My apologies for the blatant pitch but I did check with the board moderators prior to posting.


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PostPosted: 11:17 - 30 Jan 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

There's also a new motorcycle route planner called Twisty Ride: https://www.twistyride.com/. A bit more useful than ViaMichelin for planning motorbike rides .
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PostPosted: 17:11 - 18 May 2011    Post subject: SATNAV Campsite POI database Reply with quote

30,000+ campsites in Europe - frequent updates.

available to download to your GPS device

https://www.archiescampings.eu/eng1/
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PostPosted: 19:38 - 05 Jan 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just found this wbsite, whilst searching for potential bed and breakfast in wales. Looks promising;

https://www.thebikerguide.co.uk/
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PostPosted: 14:18 - 19 Mar 2012    Post subject: Re: FIM Rally 2012 Reply with quote

user123 wrote:
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