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Anyone up for a Europe ride next year(June 2007). Looking for some riders who want to ride from Portugal to Switzerland and back to Portugal.(this might change) But if anyone is interested let me know and i can look for bike rentals to use.(bikes: bmw f650, africa twin, varadero, panamerican etc.) You can also ship your bike to my house and then ride it. Ship it back after its done. I think thats more trouble than it's worth.

Staying in Portugal will be free since I have a house there. It's a 10 bedroom house, so plenty of space. The  rest of the tour will be hotels and maybe a little camping.

400 miles per day, with a day or two off per week to visit some cities. But this is going to be a riders tour. Definatly not a posing ride.

Roads in europe are much tighter and twistier than U.s. Definatly experienced riders territory. Drivers in Europe are much MUCH more aggresive and fast, even in twisties. You will need warm weather gear because we will be crossing over the picos de europa, pyranees and the alps. Need a rainsuit. All this stuff can be bought in portugal before leaving.

If i don't get married and get fat as fack by then consider me in.

If we cross over to Africa I got places were we can stay free.

rf900r wrote:

If i don't get married and get fat as fack by then consider me in. If we cross over to Africa I got places were we can stay free.

even if you get married and get fat you should still be able to come. Unless she puts your balls in a glass jar or something. ahahah


Where in Africa can you stay for free? That might be another trip altogether. Cool thing about riding in europe is you can bring your wife or girlfriend and still have fun. Not sure about africa, but it seems much harder.

It's only 45 minutes on a ferry from spain to Morocco.

HAHAHAHHAHA just when i though scortch was a crazy iron butt rider...he goes international....gl and have fun I aint got that kinda bank to support a trip like that!!!

shekshishekki wrote:

HAHAHAHHAHA just when i though scortch was a crazy iron butt rider...he goes international....gl and have fun I aint got that kinda bank to support a trip like that!!!

Neither do I.......... I'm always broke.  But I travel so much that I wouldn't be able to plan for a trip this big in advance......at least no more than a month before.

scorch wrote:

rf900r wrote: If i don't get married and get fat as fack by then consider me in. If we cross over to Africa I got places were we can stay free. even if you get married and get fat you should still be able to come. Unless she puts your balls in a glass jar or something. ahahah Where in Africa can you stay for free? That might be another trip altogether. Cool thing about riding in europe is you can bring your wife or girlfriend and still have fun. Not sure about africa, but it seems much harder. It's only 45 minutes on a ferry from spain to Morocco.

Their is no way any woman would ever put my balls in a jar

I am not a BIG SACK RYDAH for nothing

 

The eurpoe ride trips is one of my dreams to accomplish

that and a trip across the US

and a TRIP through Morocco.

So yes the part of African I was talking about is Morocco, I got play of friends all up and down that place where we can stay.

I took that Ferry from Morocco to Spain when I visited Marbella and southern spain years ago and that fairy trip was short about 1 hr on the speed boat and about 2 hours on the slow boat.

The roads in Morocco are fairly good in about 90% of the places and between all major cities.  when you go to bum fack no where is when the road get pretty bad.  But if we stick with the main roads we sould be fine.  BTW the main roads have plenty of twisties, and those ninjas drive gangsta

gangsta = pretty damn fast and pretty damn good and some of them do it on some pretty shetty cars LOL

 

for those concerned about this trip being too expensive TRUST ME it won't

Europe is pretty cheap when you are not staying in 5 star hotels and spending laveshly on resort type of boutiques and shet.

Just to give you an idea you can probably live pretty well on a $150 a week and that's including hotel of course I am not talking about 5 star hotels.  but hey I am a biker I will sleep anyhwere any place when I am tired and i need to shmooz for a couple of hours

i travelled scandanavia for 3 wks. for $1k (not including airfare) and scandanavia is a very expensive place.  of course i stayed in hostels, ate as cheaply as possible and bought next to nothing and it was the best experience of my life.  this sounds like an adventure that would be a mistake to miss.  i believe i would like to join this.

In.. keep me updated..

sounds pricey.... give me at least 2-3 months to come upwit the money

What kind of bank roll you got Scorch??  A 10 bedroom house in Portugal???

very interested, keep me in the loop.

 

Interested also....this could be fun!!

wife said i can go, so now it;s just a matter of getting some feria together.  i might ship one of my bikes over there.  maybe the FZ1.

if i ship it early, is there someone there to pick the bike up and take it to your house?

 

This sounds like some serious fun, wish I had the bank roll!

dood.. how can i really pass this up?

money isnt generally an issue.. just as long as i get some lead time.

armadillofz1 wrote:

wife said i can go, so now it;s just a matter of getting some feria together.  i might ship one of my bikes over there.  maybe the FZ1. if i ship it early, is there someone there to pick the bike up and take it to your house?

COol man. One of the reasons I suggest getting a rental is because insurance and everything is included. If you ship your bike, you need to get insurance, and i have been unable to find an insurance company that lets you insure for like a small period. You can only get insurance for 6months. But if you ship your bike, and it comes to my house, i can get someone to stick it inside. Most companies around there will do it for you. No problem. Ill have someone there. When I bought my africa twin, they brought it over to my house the same day.


There is really no point in a list. I know I am in. :)

1. Scorch
2. Armadillo
3. Mr honest


As far as pace.. It's going to be sedate.. Or something like that. You know, riding fast enough to have fun and still be 100% safe going around turns and stuff. I dont want to risk getting a ticket in Germany.

We are all going to need international cell phones so we can communicate if we get seperated. We can get them in the airport in Lisbon.It's cheap.

without bike shipping.. how much do you think something like this would cost?

I'm very interested since its a year in advance... got time to save up!

JUSTaBLUR37 wrote:

This sounds like some serious fun, wish I had the bank roll!

It's not as expensive as you might think. The only real expense is the airplane ticket, bike rental. With food, it's really cheap. Hotels, share a room with someone it's like 20-40$ a day.

 I don't have much money, but i would rather spend it travelling than buying a new exhaust for my bike. lol


BTW, if you intend on coming on this tour i suggest you sign up for some of my long ass rides and armadillo rides. Thats the sort of style of riding i intend on doing.

no ***....one year in advance.  Id be an ass if i didnt go.  This is going to end up huge like the newb ride.  Can we get a group rate on air fare

IN, Can you rent an sport bike like 600cc? and how much would it cost?

Scorch Im down for it.  How long will we be over there 2-3 weeks?  What about medical insurance?  Man this sounds so fun.  The ultimate Rape and pilage the village / Animal house ride!!! How much $$ will I need?   Would 2 -3 grand be enough ?

Count me in too. Been over there quite a few times in cars and stuff never bikes. Promises to be fun. What time of year, i.e., what month etc. So we can schedule vactions and tickets, etc..

 

Also perhaps we could have some family drive cars to follow us or do you have plan for sweeps etc..

 

whoa....i thought this was this summer if its a year in advance I'm in...gimme more info about pricing and all that jazz.