FAQ's
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. All Eurobiketours tours are designed for riders who own and ride their own motorcycle. Your motorcycle is your responsibility throughout the tour, so you can enjoy the comfort and familiarity of riding a bike you know and trust.
Our tours are suitable for a wide range of touring and adventure motorcycles, provided your bike is road legal, reliable, properly maintained and suitable for the type of tour and routes involved.
Before setting off, we recommend making sure your motorcycle is fully serviced and in good condition, with particular attention to tyres, brakes, fluids, chain and drive system. You should also ensure you have appropriate breakdown cover and insurance for European travel.
Don’t have a motorcycle? Unfortunately, we don’t currently provide motorcycle hire as part of our tours, but if you’re interested in joining us and need to arrange a rental motorcycle, please get in touch. We may be able to point you towards suitable rental options for the destination you’re visiting.
Touring Newcomer (The “Beginner”)
The Rider Profile: Competent and safe on their local roads and daily commutes, has experience riding and keeping up with fellow bikers to the speed limits, but never toured in Europe.
Road & Terrain Capabilities: Most comfortable on predictable, well-surfaced A-roads and highways. They can handle standard bends but may feel anxious about sustained mountain switchbacks, gravel on roads, or sudden steep inclines.
Group & Mental Stamina: Prone to “touring fatigue” around day 3 or 4. They require more frequent stops, a relaxed group pace, and clear guidance on lane positioning and group riding etiquette.
Intermediate Rider
The Rider Profile: Has completed a few multi-day trips or domestic tours. They understand how their bike handles when fully loaded with luggage/pillion and are used to spending 5–6 hours in the saddle.
Road & Terrain Capabilities: Confident navigating moderate alpine passes, sweeping mountain bends, and changing weather conditions (like sudden rain in the hills). They can maintain a steady, smooth pace through technical sections without holding up the group.
Group & Mental Stamina: Adapts well to foreign road signs and traffic flows (like riding on the right in Europe). They have the stamina for back-to-back 120-180 mile days with standard rest breaks.
Advanced Rider
The Rider Profile: A seasoned tourer with thousands of touring miles under their belt across multiple countries. They are completely self-sufficient and unfazed by changing itineraries or unexpected detours.
Road & Terrain Capabilities: Thrives on highly technical routes, tight switchbacks (like the Stelvio Pass), steep gradients, and poorly maintained rural tarmac. They possess excellent throttle control and lean angles, effortlessly managing a heavy touring bike in tight spaces.
Group & Mental Stamina: Capable of maintaining focus over long, demanding 180 – 225+ mile days through challenging geography. They understand advanced overtaking logistics and can seamlessly adapt to a faster, more dynamic group pace.
We’ve put together a comprehensive packing and equipment checklist to help you prepare for your Eurobiketours adventure.
Your checklist covers the essential items you’ll need for the tour, including motorcycle equipment, clothing, documents, personal items and other useful essentials. We’ll make sure a copy is included in your tour pack, giving you plenty of time to get organised before departure.
We recommend using the checklist when preparing for your trip so you can travel with confidence and avoid forgetting any important items.
Not sure whether you need something? If you have any questions about what to bring, our team will be happy to help.
Yes, your accommodation is included in the price of all Eurobiketours tours. We carefully select comfortable 3–4★ hotels and B&Bs, chosen for their quality, location and suitability for motorcycle touring.
Breakfast is included with your accommodation, giving you a good start before each day’s riding.
We also try to make your evenings as easy and enjoyable as possible. Where practical, we arrange evening meals at the hotel or at a suitable restaurant nearby, usually for around 7:00pm each evening (excluding the scheduled day off). This means you can finish your day’s riding, relax and enjoy an evening meal without having to worry about finding somewhere to eat.
Evening meals are not included in the tour price and are paid directly to the hotel or restaurant by you at the time of eating.
Our tours run whatever the weather brings. If we encounter rain or poor weather during a tour, we’ll continue riding at a steady, sensible pace, allowing everyone to ride comfortably and safely.
Weather can change quickly when travelling through mountainous regions, so it’s important to come prepared. Good-quality waterproof motorcycle clothing is essential, along with suitable layers to keep you warm and comfortable throughout the day.
Our experienced tour escorts will always take the conditions into account and, where necessary, adjust the pace or route to suit the weather and road conditions.
Our advice? Pack for all conditions — sunshine, rain and everything in between!
Yes, we strongly recommend having full European motorcycle breakdown cover with repatriation to the UK.
Although our tour escorts are there to support you throughout the tour, your motorcycle remains your responsibility. European breakdown cover gives you peace of mind should you experience a mechanical problem, puncture or other issue while travelling.
Thankfully, motorcycle breakdowns are relatively rare on our tours, as most riders take pride in keeping their motorcycles well maintained and serviced before setting off.
However, should you experience a breakdown, your tour escort will provide assistance and support wherever possible and help you deal with the situation so that you’re not left to manage it alone.
We do strongly recommend that every rider has comprehensive European motorcycle breakdown cover, including recovery and repatriation to the UK. This is particularly important when travelling long distances across Europe.
Before setting off on tour, make sure your breakdown policy is valid for all the countries we’ll be visiting and covers your motorcycle for the full duration of the trip.
Good preparation, good breakdown cover and the support of your tour escort mean you can get back to enjoying the tour as quickly as possible.
We always do our best to select hotels and B&Bs with secure or dedicated motorcycle parking wherever possible. We understand that your motorcycle is an important part of your trip, so we take parking and security into consideration when choosing our accommodation.
However, secure parking cannot always be guaranteed at every location. Where secure parking isn’t available, we recommend taking your own additional security with you.
We suggest bringing a heavy-duty chain and lock, disc lock, or another suitable motorcycle security device to give you extra peace of mind overnight.
Our advice: Come prepared with your own security and give yourself peace of mind while you enjoy your evening.
Before setting off on your Eurobiketours adventure, it’s important to make sure you have all the required documents with you. We recommend keeping them somewhere safe and easily accessible throughout the tour.
You should bring:
- 🛂 Passport
- 🪪 Full motorcycle driving licence
- 🏥 Personal travel insurance
- 📄 Original V5C vehicle registration document
- 🔧 Current MOT certificate, where applicable
- 🏍️ Valid motorcycle insurance covering European travel
- 🆘 European motorcycle breakdown cover, including repatriation to the UK
When you receive your Eurobiketours tour pack, we’ll also provide you with a handy checklist of these documents so you can make sure everything is ready before you leave.
Please ensure that all documents are valid for the entire duration of your tour and that your insurance and breakdown policies provide the appropriate European cover for the countries you’ll be visiting.
Our advice: Check your paperwork well in advance — it’s much easier to sort out any issues at home than at the ferry port!
You can, but you don’t have to. We encourage everyone to ride at a pace that feels comfortable and enjoyable for them. There’s no pressure to keep up with faster riders, and equally, you can ride a little quicker if that’s what you prefer.
Usually, two of our tour escorts will ride with the group, helping to keep everyone supported throughout the day. However, we understand that riders have different abilities, experience and riding styles.
Every rider is provided with detailed maps and GPS route files, so you have everything you need to follow the planned route at your own pace. This means nobody is pressured to ride faster than they are comfortable with, and faster riders aren’t necessarily held to a slower pace.
There will be planned stops and meeting points along the route where everyone can regroup, take a break and catch up with the rest of the group.
Our tour escorts will be on hand throughout the day to provide assistance whenever needed.
Ride at your own pace, enjoy the roads and make the most of the adventure — there’s no need to feel pressured to ride beyond your comfort zone.
Unfortunately, no. Eurobiketours is strictly a two-wheeled motorcycle touring company.
This is primarily due to the nature of the routes we carefully select and the way our tours operate. Many of our European routes include narrow Alpine passes, tight hairpin bends, technical switchbacks and mountain roads, where the handling, width and cornering characteristics of a two-wheeled motorcycle are particularly suited.
Our group logistics, meeting points and parking arrangements are also planned specifically around solo motorcycles.
For these reasons, we’re unable to accommodate trikes, three-wheeled motorcycles or other non-two-wheeled vehicles on our organised tours.
We appreciate that this may be disappointing, but our priority is to ensure that our tours remain safe, enjoyable and practical for the whole group.
We don’t generally use a dedicated support vehicle on our tours. In our experience, European motorcycle breakdown and recovery services are generally very efficient and provide good coverage across the countries we visit.
If you do experience a breakdown, your tour escort will be on hand to provide assistance and help you arrange the appropriate recovery or breakdown service.
For this reason, we strongly recommend that every rider has comprehensive European motorcycle breakdown cover, including repatriation to the UK.
This approach allows us to keep the tours flexible and focused on the riding experience, while still ensuring that help is available should you need it.
he daily mileage can vary considerably depending on the tour and the route. Typically, you can expect to ride between 125 and 245 miles per day, with each day carefully planned to make the most of the roads, scenery and destinations along the way.
We usually leave the accommodation at around 9:00am and aim to arrive at our next destination between 5:00pm and 6:00pm. This gives us plenty of time to enjoy the route without feeling rushed.
We also build regular breaks into the riding day:
- ☕ Morning coffee break – approximately 30 minutes
- 🍽️ Lunch break – approximately 1 hour
- ☕ Afternoon coffee break – approximately 30 minutes
Do we have rest days?
Yes, where appropriate, some of our longer tours include a planned rest day. These days give you the opportunity to take a break from the motorcycle, explore the local area, relax at the hotel or simply do as much or as little as you like.
Rest days vary depending on the individual tour, so please check the itinerary for your chosen tour to see whether one is included.
Our aim is to give you an enjoyable balance of great riding, fantastic destinations and enough time to relax and take it all in.