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Insurance: You no longer need a Green Card to ride in the European Union, but you will need your insurance certificate (again, not a copy, though if it’s supplied digitally, you can print it out). Passport:And make sure it's valid. That doesn't mean just 'not expired yet'... The EU/Schengen requirement is that your passport much have been issued less than ten years before your outward travel date, AND that it has three months' validity on your planned return date. This also means that if your motorbike is stolen while riding abroad, your policy might not cover you. Contrary to popular wisdom you do NOT need to carry a spare bulb kit… although it's not a bad idea anyway.
At time of writing (December 2022) the ETIAS application portal wasn't live, but you can sign up to be informed of developments here.Tools/spares/puncture kit: Not compulsory, but potentially useful. It’s up to you whether you carry any spares, but a small toolkit is always handy, even if it's only so you can tighten up the odd loose sat-nav mount or trim a frayed luggage strap. Different EU countries have different rules around slow-moving or stationary traffic. Some allow filtering. Other countries, like France, don’t. Every comprehensive UK motorbike insurance policy should have some basic measure of EU cover. But some policies might be more generous than others. Most road safety organisations recommend a break of at least 15 minutes every 2 hours. Mind your load As your motorbike will be loaded up, this changes your machine’s performance. So, anticipate that braking and acceleration might be slower and less responsive. Be respectful of local traffic laws
If you have a paper driving licence, or a licence issued in Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey or the Isle on Man then you may need an international driving permit. Switzerland's far too law-abiding to be fun on a bike for very long, although it does have some magnificent scenery of course. Mainly it's just easier to go through it than around it when you're on your way to Italy, Austria or places further East (speaking of which, have a look at our guide to riding in Croatia here. We didn’t have any photos of someone having fun riding in Switzerland, so here’s another one from Spain Even if you're not actually going to France, you’ll probably be passing through and you need to be legal while you're there. Even derestricted motorways still carry an advisory limit of 130km/h (80mph) – if you ride faster, you accept the consequences if it all goes wrong, and you also expose yourself to prosecution for even minor driving faults.
What do I need to know when planning a motorcycle trip to Europe?
The first 5 letters are from your family name, unless there’s not that many letters in your name in which case any shortfall will be filled by a 9.
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