Riding to Italy on the 400
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 2:11 pm
A few years ago me and a few of my friends were going to ride to Italy to watch the MotoGP at misano. Sadly due to other things it was cancelled. However were now leaving this year on the 4th September and going via France, Switzerland, colle del Nivolet, lake como,Verona then down the coast to misano. All accommodation is booked, some of which with underground parking and where it's not well be chaining the bikes together with alarmed disc locks on at least my bike but probably all of them. I've been informed riding in Europe is very different with regards to giving way and things too.
My question is, any advice for such a long journey? We've broken it down into roughly 300 miles per day and the bike itself has had new pads, chain, sprockets, throttle cables, fork seals, tyres, Cush drives, bearings, spark plugs, oil and filter change, cam chain and tensioner blades, clearances etc... So I think that's good.
We've got a guy going on a goldwing trike with a 6' trailer so a lot of the luggage will be going in there, I've got the European driving stuff (hi viz jacket, spare bulbs, warning triangle etc) as well as a GoPro to document anything good colle del Nivolet . Any other advice would be greatly appreciated
My question is, any advice for such a long journey? We've broken it down into roughly 300 miles per day and the bike itself has had new pads, chain, sprockets, throttle cables, fork seals, tyres, Cush drives, bearings, spark plugs, oil and filter change, cam chain and tensioner blades, clearances etc... So I think that's good.
We've got a guy going on a goldwing trike with a 6' trailer so a lot of the luggage will be going in there, I've got the European driving stuff (hi viz jacket, spare bulbs, warning triangle etc) as well as a GoPro to document anything good colle del Nivolet . Any other advice would be greatly appreciated