Euro Trips

[steveg]

Touring Europe without having to be anywhere specific that night is the best touring you can do, in my opinion.

Col, that night in Germany at that folklore festival was quality. Who'd have known we'd turn up in crazy town? I'd love to do it all again, just a map mind, no Satnav

I have to say that negotiating the seven lane motorway going back in to the ferry port in Rotterdam, on a standard 200, was the scariest thing I have done on 2 wheels !

Amen to that and that stretch of motorway is my least favourite piece of road ever.

I agree with all of that. Some of the best times I've had riding a scooter have been when we've turned up somewhere without any real expectations. Been to some fantastic places and had some great times.

That road to europort is horrible on a scooter

[Scooterlam]

along with random stops being some of the best places we stayed, finding pre-booked hotels have been some of the worse and most stressful experiences. 1 1/2 hour tour of Lille to find the Campinole, walk into reception and we were at Lille east rather than Lille west. Another hour finding the right one.
Or last years tour of Minhiem.

But if its 2017 the O.P is referring to things could be a lot different. I think Weeks said the club were trying to plan a mass start with meet ups on each evening. other clubs joining on route., A kind of "pied piper" tour.

[Mr G in NYC]

^^^^^^ someone should film it Gonna be a Monster Classic !! G. ^^^^^^^

[Andy B.L.C.]

The more cameras the better... Logging it will be a proper weston mind . The most H.C. I've managed is 28ish hours of footage edited down to a 60 min (back in the days of analogue linear editing) film. Reckon it would be possible to get some 'professionals' on board for this one... The mother of all roadtrips...

[Anthony Chard]

Hey Guys,

I'm also about to start scootering again after 30 years out of the saddle! Have myself an Italian 150dl, shot blasted back to bare metal, re sprayed and have added an RB20. I have one question: With a 12 litre tank and a 4% oil mix (and, yes, I do appreciate this maybe high) how the hell do you carry enough oil to do a near 1500 mile round trip (I live in Cornwall)?

[Scooterlam]

They also sell it on the continent.

[MickYork]

use 2% and only take 4 litres

[Toddy]

They also sell it on the continent.

ive never seen groundsman over there

Most good lawnmower dealers in Germany stock it

[millerboy1]

its sold in sheffield,

[weeks]

Hey Guys,

I'm also about to start scootering again after 30 years out of the saddle! Have myself an Italian 150dl, shot blasted back to bare metal, re sprayed and have added an RB20. I have one question: With a 12 litre tank and a 4% oil mix (and, yes, I do appreciate this maybe high) how the hell do you carry enough oil to do a near 1500 mile round trip (I live in Cornwall)?

Always room somewhere on a Lambretta ........... Many will still remember using standard tanks when doing the euros !!

Had a standard tank in this and spent from memory around 16 days messing around in France (Troyes Euro 94) .......... Some of our crowd managed most of the trip buying outboard 2 stroke oil without any hassle

[scootergirli]

........... Many will still remember using standard tanks when doing the euros !!

Had a standard tank in this and spent from memory around 16 days messing around in France (Troyes Euro 94) .......... Some of our crowd managed most of the trip buying outboard 2 stroke oil without any hassle

I still use a standard tank! ...and managed not to run out of fuel on the way home from Austria and avoid a police telling off on the motorway...ahem Soullad!!!

[Anthony Chard]

Hey Guys,

I'm also about to start scootering again after 30 years out of the saddle! Have myself an Italian 150dl, shot blasted back to bare metal, re sprayed and have added an RB20. I have one question: With a 12 litre tank and a 4% oil mix (and, yes, I do appreciate this maybe high) how the hell do you carry enough oil to do a near 1500 mile round trip (I live in Cornwall)?

Thanks, Everyone. Appreciate the feedback

[dan66]

If you can't carry enough oil on the way out you can always buy some at rally for return

[soullad]

I still use a standard tank! ...and managed not to run out of fuel on the way home from Austria and avoid a police telling off on the motorway...ahem Soullad!!!

Harsh Linda, harsh ... I was only 800 M away from the garage, but seeing Marks face in the back of the Police car - #nothappy

[londonscottish]

Many of the F1 hotels are utter shit holes in my experience, I avoid them like the plague

I'm always wary of a room with no bog. You just know it's not safe to wash your face in that sink.

[Storkfoot]

The Adria trip of 2500 odd miles raises the old 2 stroke oil conundrum - how much do you take?

It's a couple of years since I have been to Europe but I am pretty certain I have managed to buy 2 stroke at service
Stations in Germany and Holland in the past. Does anyone know if this is still the case?

[Toot]

The Adria trip of 2500 odd miles raises the old 2 stroke oil conundrum - how much do you take?

It's a couple of years since I have been to Europe but I am pretty certain I have managed to buy 2 stroke at service
Stations in Germany and Holland in the past. Does anyone know if this is still the case?

The LCGB Club Shop and Andy Francis will have plenty of oil between us to buy out in Adria

[Storkfoot]

Cheers, Toot.

I reckon I'll need four litres to get there but I'm thinking of only taking a couple of litres to keep weight down. That'll get me to somewhere in the German hinterland (hopefully)

[Toot]

I've always carried 250 miles per ltr of oil (TS1 at 4%). Plus an ltr extra just in case.

Sometimes it's more practical to carry a 4 ltr bottle than 4 x 1 ltr bottles.

[Timexit17]

Many of the F1 hotels are utter shit holes in my experience, I avoid them like the plague

I'm always wary of a room with no bog. You just know it's not safe to wash your face in that sink.

Not to mention the power sockets it's damn near impossible to plug anything into.

The showers/bogs have music playing in them all night to prevent people sleeping in them too.

On the subject of oil -I've never found a better or more practical way of oil storage/dispensation than doing as Toot says (4/5 litre bottle) and the polini type individual measuring bottles (enough in them for 8 litres at 3% or 6 litres at 4%), so 4 or 5 of them are enough for most peoples daily fill ups, and then refill them from the large bottle when you stop for the day.

The Polini bottles are fairly small and can be distributed all over the scooter tool boxes etc.

A lot better than those dispensing oil bottles BGM do now with their pathetic 25ml at a time measures, I made the mistake of getting one of them recently, you'd have to sit at the pump for 10 minutes alone just putting the damn oil in!