organise the Europe trip!!

[bikerboys]

Hi all  a group of 10 of us  where finking to do a euro trip for
3 days at least... in March or  April,where from Yorkshire


any advice and experience would be help full thanks .

Or share your trip you have do from the UK to Europe.

[Chillum]

Step outside your door and hey presto - you're in Europe

Oh, you meant mainland Europe?

[bigralphie]

Balls were not in Europe we are an Island

[Fazerjon]

would love to ride in Europe, particularly Italy, just dont get the time what with wife, kids, family stuff. Oh well I can dream on, maybe one day when the kids are all a bit older.....

[Grahamm]

Balls were not in Europe we are an Island

As the old newspaper headline had it - "Channel Fogbound: Continent Cut Off"

[CharlieDee]

We're going across to Germany then up into the Alps around the same time... the roads look awesome!! Some sticky tyres are needed! 

[Chillum]

Sounds great. I've had three tours cancelled so far, must start planning a fourth   

1st = Canada tour of the Rockies and down into US
2nd = Italian jaunt through the Stavios pass
3rd = Run down to Spain to learn skydiving

Depressed now 

[sadlonelygit]

we did a german tour in late april (baden-baden, oppenau, b500 )
great weather, better roads
did a french tour of the vosges late may, great roads but being mountainous the weather was variable to say the least.
ardeche in the summer.....
avoid the alps until june.

[sadlonelygit]

oh........10 is too many btw.
split into 2, preferably 3 groups and arrange meeting places en-route

[bigralphie]

I took 10 foccers to France for a long weekend I got lost every 50 miles lol....but we all got home again
reallly all you need is your docs,insurance,cash,and a sense of humour

[BIG MAC]

About time there was another Foccer Foray thing is all I have at the mo is an FZS600 which hasn't turned a wheel in 4 years..Once the finances are in better shape I may start thinking about new wheels

[Just Anne]

Driving in Europe is great, hardly any traffic and the French generally love bikes and are very considerate.
 
Beware of roundabouts though, they are relatively new over there and when they first came out, the rule was to give way to people entering the roundabout. Then a bit later they changed the priority to the same as here. So there are drivers who learnt before there were any as well as ones who learnt with both priorities. Consequently, it's best to assume no one knows what to do!
 
Anne

[bikerboys]

Fri nite get to Amsterdam, then sat go threw Belgium past Brussels get to Paris . Sun morning set back home.
that looking like the plan at the moment 

[sadlonelygit]

if the aim of the trip is a p!ss up/porn/toke fest, then stay in belgium rather than go to paris.
the quality/strength of belgian monastic lager is world famous.
Bruge or Gent are far prettier than paris, plus if you go to Bruge you get to talk in an oirish accent saying 'look, it's a feckin dwarf!'
parisian traffic is NOT for the novice european driver.

[CharlieDee]

if the aim of the trip is a p!ss up/porn/toke fest, then stay in belgium rather than go to paris.
the quality/strength of belgian monastic lager is world famous.
Bruge or Gent are far prettier than paris, plus if you go to Bruge you get to talk in an oirish accent saying 'look, it's a feckin dwarf!'
parisian traffic is NOT for the novice european driver.

The above does sound like a cracking itinerary minus the Paris part.. I'd give that trip a crack!! 

[rustyrider]

Beware of roundabouts though, they are relatively new over there and when they first came out, the rule was to give way to people entering the roundabout. Then a bit later they changed the priority to the same as here. So there are drivers who learnt before there were any as well as ones who learnt with both priorities. Consequently, it's best to assume no one knows what to do!

There's areas in Holland and Belgium where roundabouts on main roads have the same priority as ours but ones in towns still use the priority from the right rule so traffic entering the roundabout has priority.  Highly confusing for the locals, even more so for visitors.

[bikerboys]

looks like this trip is setting the men from the boys    with the mileage 

by the looks of thing 5 or possible 6 people now

 Shuttle to Holland Amsterdam.(night). Amsterdam to Belgium Brussels. Brussels to France Paris. (Night). Paris to shuttle. 

I am finking about £200.00 for the 3 days to be on the safe side of things