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plantphoto wrote:Thanks Gary glad I'm not alone on the lack of mechanical expertise
Seeing your seasoned on Euro trips any tips on must have gear you wouldn't travel without?
Any preference on best compact tent ( if needed) or panniers to carry kit.?
Simon
Gary Harwood wrote:plantphoto wrote:Thanks Gary glad I'm not alone on the lack of mechanical expertise
Seeing your seasoned on Euro trips any tips on must have gear you wouldn't travel without?
Any preference on best compact tent ( if needed) or panniers to carry kit.?
Simon
I'm 65 this year and stopped using tents a good while ago! We stay in inexpensive hotels, or rent a house/villa, near to where we're going. Four of us are off to Holland in June and we've rented a villa. Last year we toured the Somme area and stayed in a little gite in the grounds of an old farm. We have stayed in hotels in France, Belgium, Italy, Holland, Jersey and IOM on previous trips.
We all have good panniers and we try to pack light - couple of pairs of jeans, polo shirt/t-shirt for each day, underwear and socks for each day, decent shoes for evenings, a Harrington for any chilly evenings and a wash bag with the essentials. We normally ride in waterproof and armour protected jackets and trousers and the front and back rider (as a minimum) also have reflective vests over their jackets.
We all have 12/13 litre fuel tanks fitted but we also carry a spare few litres (2 - 4) in case of emergency in our legshield tool boxes. Obviously it depends on where/how far we are going but each of us normally takes 2-3 litres of 2-stroke oil and one of us will carry a litre of gear box oil. Between us we always take at least 1 full set of cables per 2 riders, spare hub studs, plenty of plugs, a couple of plug caps and leads, a CDI, a good assortment of bolts, nuts and washers, fuel tap knuckle joint, front and rear bulbs, fuel tank cap, good length of fuel pipe, loads of cable ties and anything else we can fit in along with the appropriate tools. All of us now have SIP tubeless rims and we all have spares on a carrier. We have never taken a spare stator but last year we needed one. Fortunately we had only got to Folkestone (from Cambridge) so the scooter was recovered back to Cambridge, the stator changed there and then rode back to Folkestone to go through the Chunnel a day later than originally planned. We might take a spare stator from now on!
But, as I said in an earlier post, everyone has European recovery on their insurance so the most essential two items are the emergency recovery telephone number and a charged mobile phone!
plantphoto wrote:Hi,
Been out of the scene for a while but back riding as of last year and loving it.
I really fancy doing Euro Lambretta next year for my 50th and have sold my GP200 this week and about to buy (fingers x'd) a TS1 with this in mind.
Does the LCGB supply any help on advised routes,accomodation on these trips if required?
Any advice on what to take in terms of must have kit,tools etc ? I'm capable of doing some work on scooter but never done any engine work so clutch compression tool etc probably not much use in my hands !
I'd be very interested in any advise or experiences of these trips.
Cheers Simon
Eden wrote:Many of the F1 hotels are utter shit holes in my experience, I avoid them like the plague
xenia1 wrote:Eden wrote:Many of the F1 hotels are utter shit holes in my experience, I avoid them like the plague
Well yes, theyre not exactly your typical 5star all inclusive but one step up from a tent..
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