There are three rules to consider when choosing a bike for a 10000 km tour:
- Better the devil you know
- The bathtub theory
- Every bike works, until you need to fit in with a group plan
Steve Chippy Paine
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The Best Motorcycle for a 10000 km European Tour
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5 Countries Before Lunch – A Sonnenwende Tour
In western Europe there’s a unique opportunity to motorcycle through 5 countries, without border controls, in a short day. On the day of the summer solstice I set off at 5am and took in some incredible roads. Here’s the route, the pics and my tips for a great five country tour.
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The 10k tour in Europe – A plan of action
My name is Chippy, Steve Chippy, and before I’m 60, in 2028, I’ll motorcycle around the continent I’ve lived in all my life. This is part 1 of my journey, the planning.
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Travel Tech to Take on a Biking Tour
I am always happy to put together a mobile tech-kit and this one has been working particularly well on motorcycle tours and work trips for me.
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The best portable music player for your European biking trip
Your smartphone does everything, but do you really want to use it for streaming music or MP3 playback when you really should be preserving battery life for route planning, navigation, weather forecasting and the all-important messages and pics to your friends and social platforms? And besides that, the speaker is useless and your Bluetooth headphones need charging!
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Calimoto Route Planning and Tracking Review
I’ve just clocked over
(more…)4500km6500km7600km8100km of tracked routes in the Calimoto motorcycle route planner, speed camera alert and route tracker. I’ve been a subscriber since 2021 and I’ll probably stay that way because whether it’s a quick round trip or a five day tour, Calimoto has become an essential part of my equipment. In fact, Calimoto is likely to be my daily route planner for a 10k km tour in 2027.