Hello,
I don'y know were to make my introductions so here will have to do.
As you can see I am new here and new to the idea of riding long distances on a bike.
I build bikes mainly bobbers, choppers and the like, so not really the best bike to do long trips on nipping to the pub is often as far as i can manage.
I have riden bike for over 40 years now and have done plenty of miles around Europe, scandinavia and Japan. But never a long road trip in one direction.
Around trip feels safer to me, as soon as you leave you are on your way home type of thing.
So the trip. I am moving to Japan in the new year, the house is ready, the furniture is on its way and life I hope will be good over there.
I don't want to arrive in Tokyo I want to travel there.
So am am at the start of planning the trip.
Does any one have any tips?
Routs, what to see, what to avoid and what to expect.
I want to do it on a cafe racer. I will mod it. bars, wheels and such.
Has anyone done along trip on a "normal bike", not a large trial bike?
I don't get on with them or they don't get on with me I have x rays and scars to show just how much they hate me.
In a nut shell. any info on traveling from Europe to Japan on a conventional bike. would be more than welcome even if it is to say your an idiot lean to ride a big bike.
I will be spending the next few days reading the blogs and threads on here and probably confusing myself even more so any help and words of wisdom.
Thank you.
Steve