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Originally Posted by garthunkle
After we finish uni, a mate and I plan to do a 2 or so week tour of Europe.
I'm getting a brand new Hornet 600. Will be doing my DAS at the end of May having done 3 or so months on a Varadero 125 and clocked up around 700 miles.
My mate who is doing an intensive DAS course in a couple of weeks plans to get a new Er-6n.
A member on here gave a really good route, which we are thinking of doing:
Firstly, do you think the distance is manageable in two weeks?
How would you change it and why?
Is there any advice you can give us, as it will be our first tour?
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Hornet is not a good touring bike from luggage and tank size point of view, don't know about ER-6n I'm afraid.
What total distance are we talking here ?
Do you want to include any sightseeing / strolling about / not using the bike days ?
Won't new bikes need some sort of early service after the first thousand or so miles ?
How are you going to carry your luggage ?
Do you want any long distance days in there ?
Will you be happy with long distance days ?
I think on your first trip you ought to try a smaller tour first to see what you think about it all and possibly consider something secondhand as your first bike and also consider something that can carry some luggage.
Having said all that I've used a 600 Hornet for a few small tours and it managed very well.
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