What difficulties you think we'll face traveling........?

Question

... with a motorcycle from Greece to either France or all the way to Lisbon? (the coastline, one month, November)

Answer 1

I am envious! Be careful, Europeans steal things too. Here comes a cycle with loosely attached goodies (camera for starters) hanging all over and easy to grab. Beware of gawking at the scenery and not riding. Wear helmets and have the time of your life.

Answer 2

November in north Greece, through former Yugoslavia, then across the north of Italy (or are you taking in the whole of Italy?) there is a good/certain chance of snow, Les Alpes Maritimes and the Pyrenees are also likely to be snowy. That is not to say they will be impassable but probably not a pleasant ride, you might prefer ferry to mid to south Italy across Italy and another ferry onto south of France and down to Portugal, possible rain and a bit of snow on high ground.

Answer 3

Did France and a small tip of Greece one summer, it was a very pleasant ride.  Coastlines along France are beautiful and just begged for you to be in a convertible car or on a bike.  Not sure about November.

Answer 4

Europeans have different specifications for headlights than American bikes, if you're taking your bike from the States you might want to have the headlight swapped before you go.  I don't know the law exactly, but it's got something to do with a small light staying on while you're away from the bike.

Gas is twice as much, too.

I would also go to the website of your motorcycle manufacturer and print a listing of all dealerships along your route in case you need parts or repairs, or load it into your blackberry / palm / pda.

Make sure you've got a basic toolkit in case you need to do minor repairs in the middle of nowhere.  If you don't have a service manual, download one into your PDA to help you do the basic stuff.  If you need a website to download a manual, email me with your year/make/model and I'll try to help.