Hi Meddy:

I've done it before, but it took me 12 months.

I did it one month at a time (one month each year) for the past 12 years.

I think that if you try to do a 70 day, 15,000 mile trip, you will only wind up with a sore arse and memories of all the different gas stations you visited along the way... and you will probably never want to ride another motorcycle in your life.

I've done some 'long haul' trips, such as Toronto to Los Angeles and back in 10 days time (that's about a 5,000 mile circuit), and although that kind of 'transiting' - I wouldn't think of calling it 'touring' - has its own charms, you don't really see or experience from the surroundings you pass through. It reminds me of riding from Luxembourg to Poland in 5 hours... I did that once, but all I saw was the yellow line along the left side of the motorway.

My suggestion to you, based on my 12 years of touring one month every summer in Europe, is that you pick one country, or perhaps one region, and plan to explore it. Allow for a day of perhaps 200 miles riding, then a few days staying in one hotel and exploring around the area, then another day of perhaps 200 miles riding, etc.

If you are always on the road doing long distances, you'll soon get mighty tired of checking into a new hotel every night and then checking out again in the morning.

For what it's worth...

Michael

PS: I suggest you budget about 125 Euros per day for food, lodging, and fuel. 30 UK pounds per day is totally inadequate, even if you plan on sleeping under bridges. You'll spend that much just on (cheap, basic) food and fuel.