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SUPERSTARDJ01
13-06-12, 12:38 PM
Hi all,

Looking for a good tour operator that's pillion friendly not too demanding to have a guided tour of Europe.

Any recommendations?
johnnyrod
13-06-12, 01:36 PM
Mate of mine used to go with Big Rock
chasey
13-06-12, 02:24 PM
Depends what sort of thing you're after. Me and my old man went with http://www.britishbiketours.co.uk/ at the beginning of May. We did the black forest tour. Worked out about 200miles a day. Maybe more on some days but you're there to ride bikes! I think we finished the planned days riding early on one of the day so we got a whole heap of more riding it. I was expecting it to be proper **** (full of old blokes, pipe and slippers etc..) but I really enjoyed it. Good mix of people in the group, different abilities etc.

The other company which I have heard good things about is: http://www.horizonmotorcycletours.co.uk/ but I have not been on a tour with them.
L3nny
15-06-12, 08:59 AM
Never understood why people would want to pay someone to ride with them. Surely the whole point of a motorcycle holiday is the adventure of exploring new places, yer you may get a little lost but that's half the fun.

Am I missing something?
Specialone
15-06-12, 09:18 AM
Never understood why people would want to pay someone to ride with them. Surely the whole point of a motorcycle holiday is the adventure of exploring new places, yer you may get a little lost but that's half the fun.

Am I missing something?

+1
The adventure and finding out things for yourself is half the fun.
SUPERSTARDJ01
15-06-12, 09:20 AM
But when you only have say 4 days you may want to maximise your exposure to the country of choice, not everyone can swan off for 2 weeks of riding, and as we have maybe 4/5 days max this would suit us great plus I don;t have to book anywhere to stay.
Specialone
15-06-12, 09:22 AM
3 days or 3 months, do your homework and it will be fine.

Each to their own I guess, but I'd rather do my own things tbh.
chasey
15-06-12, 09:54 AM
I enjoyed the fact that I didn't have to ride **** roads (well..there were some bad roads..) or book hotels. Mine was over a long weekend so time was at a premium.

Met some quality people, rode some decent roads and had an awesome time. I would definitely do a tour again and I would also go over to europe by myself on the bike but I would need to factor in time for getting lost etc..