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Chain set a must If you want to see Southern Europe and to be able to park your bike without worrying you have to get a proper (industrial strength hardened metals) chain. When parking you must chain your bike to an urban fixture (metal fence, lampost etc.). I´m not sure what you´d have to...

hard work :-D I could only see anti-clockwise till I looked at the shadow and then back up. It only worked for me once though ... Never mind... guess I´m all logic .. maybe that´s why I´ve spent the last month pouring over forums for the Fazer, Er6-f, Triumph Tiger 1050, ... and I still...

Be sure to drop by Madrid HI, By then I should have a Fazer or some other 600cc bike for touring (still making my mind up :confused: ). A friend of mine has a Fazer though. I´d be happy to hook up for a weekend ride as part of your longer European tour... if you would like some local road...

Actually I´ve just seen it mentioned elsewhere as "restricted"´by people from the UK.... so pardon my Spanglish... I have only spoken about bikes in Spanish so far :D

Hi all, I´m Irish but I live in sunny Spain.... great place for bikes as it rains soooo little :Sport: I´m 43 and I´ve always been anti-bike and one day I needed to go somewhere and a friend took me on the back of his 125cc scooter through the streets of Madrid. I woke up to biking right...

Limited When I say limited it´s because in Europe you can´t ride a bike with more than 34 HP for the first 2 years of your type A motorcycle license. All manufacturers who are serious about the EU market make limitation kits for their bikes to limit the power output. Some use special engine...

Does moving up from a 125cc scooter mean I shouldnt? HI, I have a 125cc Maxi-Scooter - I know you US guys will laugh at an european vehicle being called maxi :-D The scooter weights around 160 kg (350 lbs) and has 15HP. I use it to get around Madrid and I have done a few day trips on B...