Packing List .... What you need to take with you ...

[Mogster]

we use 'vac pac and roll' 

[Rusty]

Just been on Amazon and although the 3 pack of different sizes in no longer available scroll down and there is similar, but in 3 bags the same size, the larger ones, in horrid different colours !!  £10.79 a set of 3 .. I purchased 2 sets in bright ORANGE ... 
What a really useful bit of kit that will be .. now you can see what you have and where it is .. no more guessing .. excellent stuff ... come on boys .. order yours NOW !

[Lonewolf]

Dont you dare bring them to the Cotswolds! 

[Rusty]

Oh !! And I thought you would like them !    ... I could bring them along for you to have a look at Mr Wolf ... they will easily fit into my EMPTY panniers 

[Lonewolf]

You can by all means put them in your very useful, (thats why Kawasaki included them on the bike panniers), but please ensure they stay in the panniers. 

There will be penalties for anyone who doesn't fit their panneirs to the GTR on this trip. 

[Rusty]

I had thought of coming completely naked ..... NO BOXES AT ALL !!  OMG !!

[Lonewolf]

Computer says, "NO".

[Rusty]

 

[viper]

After talking to one of the senior AA reps at the head office who looks after the website for compulsary equipment in europe i can confirm the following. If you take what the french authorities need then that will cover you for all of europe, mostly

Original bikes docs , v5, insurance ect, not copies,licence
GB sticker
bulb kit
headlights on at all times
high viz vest to be worn if immobilsied on a main carriageway.


beam benders not required for bikes, the law is not to dazzle, so only headlamp height adjustment could be challenged
warning triangle , not compulsary for bikes
reflective jacket, only an area of 150 cm sq has to be reflective ( ave cig packet size )
first aid kit, only comp in austria and croatia
fire extinguisher , no
twin pack NF approved breathalyser ,

[doebag]

For those that were interested, I notice the E-bags packing cubes are available again on Amazon

http://www.amazon.co.uk/eBags-Packing-Cubes-3pc-Set/dp/B004YLIS9Q/ref=pd_sim_sh_1

[Debs]

twin pack NF approved breathalyser , not til nov 2012

The French Transport Ministry confirmed that the regulation was passed into law on the 28th February and will be effective from 1st July - however it won't be enforced until November. 

[Ros]

Hey folks, I'm in France right now. I tried to get a pair of breathalysers and there just aren't any available. They are in 'rupture de stock'.  Furthermore, I have been told by several people that the date that the law will be enforced has been put back from 1st Nov to 'at least' the 1st March 2013.

So there ya go! 

Ros

[Debs]

Thanks Ros

Try ebay when you get home.. Thats where I got mine from 

[BigAlan]

Or Amazon.

Alan

[Ros]

No need yet. And anyway, there is some doubt as to whether or not this will actually end up being enforcable anyway, due to lack of supply. Only a couple of my frog mates have them...