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How am I gonna get the horse to France?

  • 10-04-2014 1:34pm
    #1
    Bluefoam
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    ... not quite a horse & not going to France, necessarily...

    I want to plan a roadtrip in Italy on Vespas & am wondering if anyone has brought bikes to Italy, by train or ferry & started their roadtrip there? There is an option to travel through France, but to be honest that adds to much time pressure and the idea of using scooters is a more relaxed pace.


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  • #2
    positron
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    There are setups like Overlanders that will transport your bike/Vespa to your destination.

    You should try asking here in Motorbikes: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=577


  • #3
    dgt
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    Thread title disappoints :(

    Is renting not an option?


  • #4
    Bluefoam
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    Thanks Lads, thought I had posted this in Motorbikes... amateur mistake!

    I am looking into the renting situation, and also the cost of buying bikes when we get there and selling when we leave...


  • #5
    H3llR4iser
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    Just dropping this here OP: I know there is a RORO transport that comes and goes from near Cork and stops in Salerno, Palermo and Savona. The ship is operated by Grimaldi Lines.

    Here are the contact details:

    http://www.portofcork.ie/index.cfm/page/services

    No idea about prices and the likes though, nor even if they only do B2B or would also take private transports.

    Worth a call, maybe.


  • #6
    vibe666
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    very disappointing thread title indeed! :p

    i was going to suggest labelling it as beef, but i think that only works the other way. :D


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  • #7
    Del2005
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    Bluefoam wrote: »
    ... not quite a horse & not going to France, necessarily...

    I want to plan a roadtrip in Italy on Vespas & am wondering if anyone has brought bikes to Italy, by train or ferry & started their roadtrip there? There is an option to travel through France, but to be honest that adds to much time pressure and the idea of using scooters is a more relaxed pace.

    There are car trains that run from Northern France or Germany that will cut a lot of the boring stuff off. You'll still have a good distance to get to them and they travel at strange times, looked into it a few years ago but it didn't work with the ferries.

    Another option could be to hire a van in France and throw the bike in the back.


  • #8
    Bluefoam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,747 ✭✭✭Bluefoam


    The van is actually a very interesting idea. I'll look into it


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