Been in the Alps for a week now, seen hardly any GB plates. Sat at the top of the Selvio for about 2 hours today, enjoying the Sun and crowd watching. Not a single GB plate seen, or Ire for that matter, the only GB plate I spotted was on a bright red 5L Mustang, sounded good though. Coming off (opposite side to Livigno) came across mega prang, with an Italian plate Ducati wedged upside down between two trees, between two of the 'zig zags'. No sign of the rider or ambulance, lots of cops and a recovery truck trying to winch the bike out of the trees. Very sobering......
Where are the Brit riders?
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Aye
no long now.
no long now.
I saw the same, fuel too much and everyone is skint because of the Euro v Pound
yup was over there in aug, saw very few brit bikes has to be the money
the euro has gone crazy!
the euro has gone crazy!
JB your right there, blasted down to Ulm and fuel is more than Uk off motorway.The odd toll we paid have all leapt up in price. 36 deg C and humid drops fuel consumption by 7 to 10mpg.
However I will enjoy my time away in Italy.
However I will enjoy my time away in Italy.
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2 weeks and im on my way
wooohooooo cant wait
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just back from south of france, switzerland, austria. only saw one other GB rider, alandpia from this site found me looking for a hotel in a small town in the tarn gorges.
amazing. usually see loads. one other biker on the ferry over, but he turned out to be austrian. none on my return tunnel crossing.
TBH apart from switzerland, i didn't find it nearly as expensive as i feared. a full fill up was generally about €40ish, more or less what i pay here in pounds. you can still get a 3 course meal in france for under €20. hotels €50-80 per night, about what they've been for years.
don't fill up in lichenstien. certainly the most expensive fuel i found €1.76 litre
austria was €1.36
amazing. usually see loads. one other biker on the ferry over, but he turned out to be austrian. none on my return tunnel crossing.
TBH apart from switzerland, i didn't find it nearly as expensive as i feared. a full fill up was generally about €40ish, more or less what i pay here in pounds. you can still get a 3 course meal in france for under €20. hotels €50-80 per night, about what they've been for years.
don't fill up in lichenstien. certainly the most expensive fuel i found €1.76 litre
austria was €1.36
Usually quite a few bikes at the ferry check-in. Everyone disembarks and thats usually the last you see of most UK bikes till back at the ferry port.
There are some hotels (which market themselves on here on at the NEC bike show) and places such as the Nurburgring / Cochem or the Black Forest where you can generally spot a few UK bikes. If you ride further afield to less well known / travelled places, it is quite rare to see UK bikes; always been the case. Plenty of little used bikes and owners who think a few 100 mile Sunday's counts as big rides and never cross the Channel.
There are some hotels (which market themselves on here on at the NEC bike show) and places such as the Nurburgring / Cochem or the Black Forest where you can generally spot a few UK bikes. If you ride further afield to less well known / travelled places, it is quite rare to see UK bikes; always been the case. Plenty of little used bikes and owners who think a few 100 mile Sunday's counts as big rides and never cross the Channel.
I`m in LIVIGNO at the moment, seems a sensible area to use as a base for this end of the ALPS, fuel is just over a Euro a Litre, so theres no real hardship filling up here, the Stelvio not far and if you are a smoker/drinker (I'm not) its tax free here. Nobody but Italians here though.
That is probably more a reflection of the enormous square mileage of central Europe and the relative very small scale of a number plate than anything else.
I will also suggest that
is in fact very few, in relation to the number of other vehicles being loaded.
Returned on Saturday from the French Alps, in 8 days down there we'd noticed a distinct lack of Brit bikes too.
Plenty of psycho cloggies and spagetti munchers though, at one point we got pulled by the cops along with some Italian bikes... once the realised we were Brits they let us go
Plenty of psycho cloggies and spagetti munchers though, at one point we got pulled by the cops along with some Italian bikes... once the realised we were Brits they let us go
We normally see plenty of UK bikes on our way to and from our French home. Haven't been there since June, so can't comment on France ... but, apart from a very localised crowd around the Nurburgring on our way back from Russia, we saw very few Brits at all on our trip in June/July.
Cost of fuel and strength of the Euro are probably to blame. Since moving to France in 2007, Roynie has lost around 21% of the value of his pension ... despite annual increases.
Cost of fuel and strength of the Euro are probably to blame. Since moving to France in 2007, Roynie has lost around 21% of the value of his pension ... despite annual increases.
We came back on Sunday after a week out there and can't recall seeing any Brit plate bikes around Chamonix or Grindelwald areas-plenty of Brit plate cars about. Lots and lots of crazy Italian bikes but then again it is on their doorstep-lucky buggers.
I prefer not to see any vehicle with british plates on it whilst on holiday. They seem obliged to speak to you, just because they are from the same country.
When we are abroad anywhere and we hear some whiney loud english accent, we automatically stop speaking. What is it about the english accent which cuts through all others? No offence intended ... but it does!!
Whilst in a bar in california about 15 years ago, the barmaid came excitedly down the bar to tell us there were people from Scaaatland at the other end of the bar.
She seemed rather distressed when we just nodded at them and got a nod back and went about our business. She asked what was wrong and why we never got together. I told her that I didnt know them. BUT THEYR FROM SCAATLAND she cried, flapping her arms about like kermit the frog.
When we are abroad anywhere and we hear some whiney loud english accent, we automatically stop speaking. What is it about the english accent which cuts through all others? No offence intended ... but it does!!
Whilst in a bar in california about 15 years ago, the barmaid came excitedly down the bar to tell us there were people from Scaaatland at the other end of the bar.
She seemed rather distressed when we just nodded at them and got a nod back and went about our business. She asked what was wrong and why we never got together. I told her that I didnt know them. BUT THEYR FROM SCAATLAND she cried, flapping her arms about like kermit the frog.
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hi gadget
glad to see you are enjoying the alps.
piston
hi gadget
glad to see you are enjoying the alps.
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