Advice Needed-Taking bike Abroad

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by embee

Think twice when leaving petrol stations, that's the most common time to forget to ride on the RIGHT.

Ditto on this, especially if you've been in the saddle along time and you're tired. I also found I had to think about what I was doing when I came across a roundabout to.

Thanks, in response to a couple of points:

Does my bike use oil? It's a Tiger, I don't take any risks with a Triumph! I'm glad you mentioned it as I'll pack some.
Hasn't Tim in Belgium moved now?
We're going to Wipers (Ypres) to look at the battlefields and I want to look properly at the Menin Gate, I went on a school trip to Bruges last summer, and we popped over to Ypres, it made a big impression on me, so I've been determined to go back.

Thanks ever so much for all your help, I feel a lot more confident now!
Lou x

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by Lou M

We're going to Wipers (Ypres)

One last thing, don't call it "wipers" or you'll get funny looks

It's "eep-rah"

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

One last thing, don't call it "wipers" or you'll get funny looks

It's "eep-rah"

Lol! They have renamed it something like Ieper, it took me ages to find a guide book in waterstones as I was looking under Y!

I think I'll go and count how many weeks away it is, I'm getting all excited now!
I'm going to get some dyno tape done to say Keep Right and Look Left to stick to my **** pit.

Blimey, c*ck pit isn't even valid!

[embee]

If at all possible consider a visit to Thiepval and surrounding sites in the Somme region, it's not that far from Ypres and there are some very poignant memorials and relics around there. The Newfoundland site is well worth a visit.
http://www.ww1battlefields.co.uk/index.html

Ahhh, thanks Embee, I'll add that to our itinery.