Paging the European tourers (again)
in [UK Motorcycles]
|
From: Timo at Work on 30 Jul 2010 16:32 On Jul 30, 1:29 pm, Mark Olson <ols...(a)tiny.invalid> wrote: > PS A very significant fraction of riders on the road in the USA probably don't > have a motorcycle endorsement on their driver's licenses, I am not making > that up (confirmed on various online forums by people's own admissions). > The Governator is (was?) a perfect example. Colour me unsurprised, otherwise the local MSF branch wouldn't offer courses for "experienced riders who somehow don't have a license". I'd still rather not explain that to the local law enforcement, given that all I need to do is book the practical test, get a bike to do it on and pass the thing. > You're bound to run across a cornflakes box with a coupon you can send in to > get your endorsement, as no doubt that's where the majority of riders I see > got theirs. With some of the ones I see around here I can't imagine they spent that much money on a license.
From: wessie on 30 Jul 2010 16:34 Thomas <keensurf(a)gmail.com> wrote in news:d3a876ff-7f7f-4a49-91ca-8d5c88f2e4d7(a)b4g2000pra.googlegroups.com: > In ten weeks from May through mid-July, I didn't book a single room > and had no problem finding hotel space. The most I paid was 50 Euros a > night, average was closer to 35. (Cheapest, and not the worst by far, > was 15.) > Different altogether during the school vacation period. I arranged accommodation for overnight stops for the Alpinestars trip last year. It took a lot of time trawling through booking.com etc looking for places at a reasonable price in decent locations. Of course, it would be a lot easier for a solo traveller as the tourist offices, as Bruce has already suggested, will find you somewhere. At a price, as most places charge a premium from the 3rd week of July until mid- Sept.
From: Mark Olson on 30 Jul 2010 16:35 Timo at Work wrote: > On Jul 30, 1:29 pm, Mark Olson <ols...(a)tiny.invalid> wrote: >> PS A very significant fraction of riders on the road in the USA probably don't >> have a motorcycle endorsement on their driver's licenses, I am not making >> that up (confirmed on various online forums by people's own admissions). >> The Governator is (was?) a perfect example. > > Colour me unsurprised, otherwise the local MSF branch wouldn't offer > courses for "experienced riders who somehow don't have a license". I'd > still rather not explain that to the local law enforcement, given that > all I need to do is book the practical test, get a bike to do it on > and pass the thing. Ah, so not any sort of legal difficulty or suchlike, just plain old inertia. Get on with it, so we can go riding somewhere.
From: Earl on 30 Jul 2010 16:43 On 30 juil, 20:28, TD <topper.dog...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Basel Parma 288 4.75 > I'm going to a friend's wedding in Rome in september and i'm also planning on stopping to Basel and Parma. To give you an idea, I planned this : http://maps.google.be/maps?hl=fr&tab=wl Loads of highway except for the interesting bit in the Alps. I'm planning on getting there in three days, so I also planned to ride about 300 miles a day (a bit more actually). I prefer to stay on the highway when there's nothing really interesting to see or fun to ride. Crossing towns and nightmare suburbs are a pain and a time muncher if you have to get somewhere. The three steps of the trip contain a big part of highway (and of french "départementales" but only the "quiet" ones). I just get off to cross "Les Vosges", "Les Alpes" and Tuscany.
From: wessie on 30 Jul 2010 16:47
Earl <eric.bajoit(a)gmail.com> wrote in news:13d70710-c964-487f-8e2b- 3ebcebdbd281(a)d37g2000yqm.googlegroups.com: > http://maps.google.be/maps?hl=fr&tab=wl > > Loads of highway except for the interesting bit in the Alps. > no routing visible |