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See separate pages for actual 'Motorcycle Tour Operators in the UK' and 'Motorcycle Tour Operators in the rest of the World'.

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Getting wired? Here's articles on SatNav using a PDA and Installing a Camera System on your bike.

Best Biking Roads in Europe. Start dreaming of this year's touring now.

Found what looks like a good selection of maps at Maps International. Waterproof road maps of Europe, for example. Pocket city maps.

And here is an article what we wrote as a First Timers guide to Motorcycle Touring if you have never done it before.

BTW We like the book, The Last Hurrah, by Des Molloy, our review is here.

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NEW REGULATIONS

You now need to carry a flourescent safety vest in case of breakdown in Belgium and France. You must wear it if you break down by the roadside. You must have it with you on the bike, its a fine if you don't. You need 2 if you have a pillion with you. Some other countries make an exception for bikes, and we are still checking on whether France excludes bikes. Belgium doesn't.

Stop Press: France changed their mind, bikes are excluded.

 

 

	Essentials 4 Travel	Good for stuff like 13A plug adapters, so you can plug your shaver into French wall-sockets. Big travel wallets, Road Atlases, ... not specifically a motorbike site, but has some useful stuff hard to get elsewhere.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Gear-Zone	Good quality Outdoor Kit. Waterproofs, camping cookers, food, serious tents, ...	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Lonely Planet	Guidebooks and travel resources. Specific guides and to cities/areas can be bought and downloaded online.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Rohan	Functional travel clothing. Lightweight, non-iron, roll up small stuff that will fit in your panniers easy, and look smart when you go out. Or do you want to live in the sweaty leathers you have been riding in all day?	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Adventure Motorcycle	Dedicated to overland travel by motorbike. Travel stories, touring news, bike reviews, forum.....	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Adventure Motorcycle	US based magazine.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Adventure Rider	Bulletin board / Forum for ...Adventure Riders.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Adventurers Workshop	Big range of Adventure Touring stuff, mostly for newer bikes, BMW GS, KTM Adventurer, etc. US based, but will ship.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Alex's BMW	...Motorcycle & Global Touring Page. Guy who likes touring the Alps on a BMW. Top man.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Alpentourer	Excellent site about Alpine Touring. Passes, hotels, places, ... Good information (some in German).	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	AlpineRoads	Alpine Passes listed, wee maps to locate them, places of interest, etc. Also Dolomites. List of where the nearest dealer is for when you break down. Top Pass recommendations. A must-read if you are going to the Alps.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Alpiraid	Italian bikers who like the Alps. Good information on less well-known and off-road routes.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	AndyStrapz	Expedition Panniers. Soft-luggage alternative to overlanding metal boxes. Also seat-bags, bar-bags, etc. And the webbing straps are way cool. As recommended by Ted Simon, no less.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Anke & Jan	Homepage reporting about around the world trip which started in Germany 04.08.1999 and finishes in Germany in 200x on two BMW R1100GS.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Arold Reinders	Arold's trip from The Netherlands to South Africa on an old Yamaha XT500	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Baja GPS Guidebook	Want to ride the Baja Peninsula, with a full set of GPS waypoints and routes. Here it is.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Bangkok Riders Club	Site for a Motorcycle Club in Bangkok - has a big list of links to stuff about riding in Thailand.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Bente Bråthen & Dag Jenssen	Married couple from Norway, dedicated to travelling. Most of Spain, a lot of Norway, and North and South America. Also photo galleries from other destinations.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Bernd Tesch	Professional Motorcycle Adventurer, Motorcycle-Travel-Expert, author, publisher, journalist und survival-trainer. Site sells serious expedition boxes, racks, large fuel tanks, etc.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Best Biking Roads	Hundreds of the best biking roads in Europe - and some in the US. Posted and reviewed by members.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Biking in Bangkok	Information about riding in Bangkok. Licences, buying a bike, ...	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Brittany Ferries	Ferries to France from the South Coast: Portsmouth, Poole, Plymouth. Also Cork to Roscoff and Plymouth to Santander in Spain.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Camping and Military	Standard Camping stuff, also Military-style tents, bags, clothing in cammo colours, ...	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Caravan Bargain	Campervans and motorhomes for sale. Only useful if you can get a bike in the back, of course :)	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Caravan Breakers Parts Request	Yet another Parts Request Site. But this one is for Caravan Parts, useful if you are converting a van into a camper.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Carla King - Motorcycle Misadventures	A motorcycle travel writer's writings, readings, journeys, gear, and recommendations. Particularly about motorcycle touring in China.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Chris Addison	15 month odyssey from Europe, through Asia Minor, the Subcontinent, South East Asia, South Africa to the Middle East, and finally Eastern and Western Europe. Total distance 70,000 km, on a KTM 640 Adventure. June 2000 - September 2001.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Chris Jones & Spice Griffith	Around The World 101 : No Prequisites Required. Chris and Spice check out the world for a couple years on KLR 650s.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Chris Scott - Adventure Motorcycling	Web site mentioned in the book. THE book. Adventure Motorcycling Handbook	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Claus Possberg	Serious Adventure Tourer and Photographer. map	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Cliff and Jenny	UK to NZ. Two BMW F650s	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Condor Ferries	Ferry company serving Jersey, Guernsey, St Malo and Western France.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Currency Converter	Dollars to Pounds to Euros, etc.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	CycoActive	US-based. Serious accessories for hardcore offroad adventure touring.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Dale Borgeson	Motorcycle Touring information for beginners. What to pack, discussin of hard-cases, soft-cases, what tools you need. From a laid back dude with the right attitude.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Dave & Helen	Rode an Enfield Bullet from India to the UK.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Dave Barr RTW	RTW on a 1972 Harley-Davidson with two prosthetic legs. Respect.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	David Lambeth	Overland bike preparation expert. Big tanks, bash plates, uprated shocks, luggage racks built, water storage systems, GPS, ....	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	eBookers	Flights, hotels, packages,... Good for the independant traveller to sort out your own hotels and stuff.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Erin & Chris Ratay	Around-the-World tour, a motorcycle adventure on two BMW bikes that took more than four years (1999-2003)	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Expedia	Flights and hotels finder.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Expedition Support	Over four decades of experience in running and supporting expeditions, small and large, with contacts all over the world. Contact if you are planning a trip and are looking for support or assistance.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Find a Cyber Cafe	Gotta get your email while travelling ? List of thousands of Cyber Cafes world-wide.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Flexicover	Annual travel cover that does not exclude motorcycing.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Foreign and Commonwealth Office	International Travel Info from from the FCO. Advice is often over-cautious, and areas they say are dodgy for business travellers are often perfectly fine for an overland biker. Well worth reading for the likes of vaccination advice.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	French Roads	Information on the Southern Alps, the bit in Provence which is properly called 'Alps-Maritime'. This area includes the excellent Sospel road, Col de Tende, the fantastic Nice-Geneva route, and others.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Garmin	GPS units	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Gelert Outdoor Equipment	Camping Equipment manufacturer in Wales. This is the manufacturers own site, useful for browsing stuff. Get the kit in your local or online shop.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Glen Heggstad	Riding round the world on a 650 BMW.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Global Bike Travels	Leaving mid-2008, a couple riding round the world, raising money for Motorcycle Outreach. Thats the charity that is carrying on the initiative that Simon Milward helped start in the Phillipines.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Go Travel Insurance	They will cover Motorcycle Touring, but not on the standard policy. They have a new policy which definitely does cover us, you may have to ask specifically for it, I'm checking.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Golden Triangle Rider	Motorcycle touring information in Thailand / Laos / Cambodia. Cross border info, bike rentals & imports. Plus hundreds of trip reports with thousands of photographs on the GT Rider forum. map	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	gps4touring	Tour Europe on your bike using GPS to find campsites, B&B, gites and great biking roads.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Greg Frazier	Motorcycle Adventurer. Been round the world 4 times.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Horizons Unlimited	Motorcycle Travellers Bulletin Board. One of our favourite bike web sites - if you are a motorcycle traveller or adventure biker in any way, stop in here regularly.	Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	How Far Is It?	Quite cute. Works out the distance between two places in the world. Its as the crow flies, which may not correspond to real life, but it gives you a first approximation. Brussels to Prague is 448 miles.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	International Motorcyclists Tour Club	Club for touring riders. Club nights, meetings throughout UK. Organise groups to go touring together.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Into the Blue	Generic Exciting Stuff. Hangliding days, offroad experiences,.... and classic bike tours	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Irish Tourist Board		unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Jade Stanley Travel Insurance	They assure me their AXA policy covers Motorcycle Touring.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Jesse Luggage Systems	Adventure Touring pannier boxes made in USA.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Jim Rogers	RTW biker, with a rather different view on things. Wrote an excellent book, Investment Biker, highly recommended reading if you understand international trade and commerce.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	JumboGo	Specialist online bookshop for Travel books, maps, phrase books.....	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Kermit Chair	High quality wooden folding chair. Folds to 22''x4''x6''. Expensive, but quality kit. Made in Nashville.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Kiwi Bikers	New Zealand Biker Scene	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Kiwi Bob	Jesse Luggage Systems, nicely shaped ally panniers for BMWs. And BMW GS exhausts. Based in Germany.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Mono-Trail	Single wheeled touring motorcycle trailer to tow behind your bike. map	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Motor Home Hire	Portal for motor-home hiring throughout the world.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Motorbikes and Parts UK	Luggage Specialists dealing in Givi, Kappa, Hepco&Becker, Shad, Krauser, SW-Motech and others. map	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	MotorTouring.com	Roadbooks and GPS routes. Site in Dutch only.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Nick and Lesley Poole	Round the world trip, regular report/updates	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Off Road Skills	Ride around the world like Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman. Simon Pavey is the guy who taught them off-road skills in South Wales. He can teach you to survive the Dakar as well. map	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	OnBikeScotland	Selling on-bike DVDs of The Best Biking Roads of Scotland. map	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Overland Solutions	Rally and Touring Equipment and Bike preparation. Jerry Cans, Zega Boxes, Mondo Enduro DVDs.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	P&O Ferries	Dover-Calais; Hull-Rotterdam; Hull-Zeebrugge; Portsmouth-Bilbao.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Pottertons Cases	Long established British company make various containers & cases - including nice waterproof Aluminium Boxes which work great as a top-box. That and a set of soft panniers, you are good to go. Based Leicester. map	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Revpack	Tough and stylish throwover bags for touring.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Rough Guides	Travel Guides, site has some information online.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Round Britain Rally	Touring and photographic event	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	SMILEYs Links	Thailand Motorcycle Touring Information.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Smoky Mountain Connection	They live to bring riders to the Smoky Mountains. Free maps, rides, roads, where to stay and what to do, have it all. map	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	South American Explorers	Information on Travelling in South America. Not specifically motorbike-related, but loads of good information on the countries, visa requirements, etc, etc.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	SpeedFerries	Fast Ferry from Dover - Boulogne	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Teambuctou	Andrea Mayer Reisen	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Ted Simon - Jupitalia	The seminal Jupiter's Travels author does it again.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Thailand Riding Information	About motorcycling in Thailand - by Lawrence Wheeler	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Tour Europe Organisation	Contemplating a trip into Europe. Generic info, but covers bikes too.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Touratech	Proper adventure touring kit. Ally boxes, stuff sacks, GPS, ....	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Tourist Offices	Partial, but useful, list of national Tourist Offices. Lists the ones that have offices in the UK. French tourist office, German Tourist Office, Japan Tourist Office, .....	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Trans-Atlantic Bikeshare	Club whose members are willing make their bikes avaiable to other club members - worldwide.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Transworld Surplus	Ex-army surplus. Very useful, rugged quality, and incredibly cheap, stuff for camping.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Travel by GPS	GPS Maps for on and off road sightseeing, free downloads of waypoints and stuff. Mostly for kikers and backpackers.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Travel-Dri	Waterproof roll bags, torches, all sorts of cool touring stuff. map	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Trophy Tec	Ruggedized navigation and comms equipment for serious off-road and overlanding.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	TWin's & TWige's TW Site	Site of two YAMAHA TW Trailway fans who went on holidays with it: Tips, Routes, Road-book, Pictures,...	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Ultra Blade	Motorcycle Touring Tips for France & Spain	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	US Govt International Travel Info	Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets from the US Govt.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Vector Maps	In German, has online some large images of maps of various bits of Europe. Not detailed enough to take with you, but good enough for a quick printout.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	VIP Pole Position Travel	Specialists in VIP travel to MotoGP events world wide - individual, corporate, groups.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Visited Countries	Been There, Done That! Make a map of where you have been in the world. Cute :)	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Wall Maps	Specialist in Wall Maps. Maps of France, Italy, Germany, Spain, ...all EU countries. Various world wall maps. All Printed, laminated, or with hanging-it-up things,... Perfect for hanging on the wall and dreaming about travelling :)	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Wolfman	Soft luggage for motorcycles and recreational vehicles. Looking for a UK distributor.	unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link
	Yahoo Motorcycle Adventure Touring Group		unrated Worthiness Edit/Update Dud Link

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