Apart from Europe being expensive (BTW, there is plenty of information in here about that, including the current £-Euro exchange rate) you will never get going if you keep waiting for someone: check out various long threads in here about people getting together and see how many drop out at various stages.

I recommend that you make up your mind what you want to do, let people know on here (traveller seeking traveller) if you are so inclined and then go for it - then you have control of what you are doing!
-- Who knows how many riders there are on the roads compared with on this website, but you will meet up with other riders as you go: in each case, you decide if you want to ride with them for a while or split.

BTW, go to Morrocco, free/wild camping with the occasional guesthouse - see all the threads in here and there are loads of mountains.

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Dave

Very true. My mates have no interest in going any further on a bike than Whitby for fish and chips. It's taken me 2 years just to convince one of them to go to Holland for the Moto GP in June, which is why I often travel alone.

Just book your ferry (or Eurotunnel) ticket and go for it.

Cheers for all the info keep it coming

JoeSheffer
I have budgeted around 100E a day or so thats why i plan on visiting relatives in england to try and get extra for europe. I understand the trip will cost alot of money but ive read of many places that i can stay in a tent for around 20E a night which is not too bad i think. Cant remember you from the XT660 forum. Do you still use it??

craig76
Riva del Garda looks good might drop by that, have already been to Das Kehlsteinhaus :: Home
but it was very good when i went apart from when we got to the top it was slightly cloudly. Some of the other places are just to far out of reach like crotia. I plan to try and stay within the well travelled countrys as i dont want to wonder too far from the beaten tracks if you know what i mean.

Walkabout
I have my mine made up that im going but have a few close people who are also looking into either doing part of the trip with me or the whole thing. 1 of the people being my Dad with possibly my Mum who have been with me to all our other trips. I have 3 friends 2 of which have alreay passed there tests and looking into getting bigger bikes, and the other is the guy who still hasnt the finger out yet but he will dont worry.

Ive toured parts of europe already but stayed in B&B and hotels etc but i want to try and go more adventurous this time and stay with a tent as much as possible as i want to go for more a sight seeing hoilday as before it was more travel for 2 days, stop at a place for 3 days go again type stuff. This hoilday i want to be more of a 150-200miles a day to some place stay for a night or 2 then move on towards another spot.

It's a nice place. Stayed there when I toured northern Italy by hire car in 2006. The World Cup was on at the time so the atmosphere was brilliant. There's a youth hostel right in the historic centre of town, close to plenty of bars and places to eat. There is a campsite but it's hardly worth bothering as I only paid 18 euro's for bed and breakfast at the hostel which also has decent showers and secure parking.

Nice job. Hostels would also bee on our staying places as long as they are cheap enough and 18euros seems very good as you also get breakfast.