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Has anyone here toured Europe by motorcycle?
I'd be going this coming summer. I've been invited to go by my Swedish cousin, who drives a truck for a living all over Europe. This is him being interviewed about a stunt he was hired to drive for:
Volvo Trucks - Driver from the Ballerina stunt tells his story - YouTube
He knows his way around, speaks multiple languages, and we definitely don't want a guided tour. Probably will have to factor into the roads we choose the fact that he is NOT an experienced motorcycle rider, though. He would be renting a bike too (or, given that cost to rent motorcycles for 2 weeks may approach two grand each, maybe we should consider buying cheap used bikes and having the option of him selling them afterwards?).
I dislike cities, traffic, and crowds, don't mind camping, roughing it, or being remote. Looking for suggestions on what/where to rent motorcycles and general pitfalls to watch out for, along with any cool suggestions of off the beaten track places to go. Two week max timeframe, and he would be starting from Sweden, so If I could fly into there it would probably be easiest. I'd be open to the idea of train or car to get to the cool riding areas, and then renting bikes there, if that were a good idea...