Motorcycling Advice

Spain

  • Wearing crash helmets
  • GB sticker
  • Hi-viz clothing
  • Daytime headlights
  • Beam conversion
  • First aid kit
  • Replacement bulb kit and the tools to fit them
  • You must carry a spare pair of glasses or contacts
 
 
  • Town: 50
  • Single carriageway: 90
  • Dual carriageway: as signed
  • Motorway: 120.
  • On-the-spot fines are given, ensure you get a receipt
 
 
  • Children between seven and eleven can be a passenger on a motorcycle driven by parent or guardian
  • In built up areas, give way to the left especially roundabouts
  • When overtaking, you must use indicators
  • There are motorway tolls
  • GPS systems can be used but it is against the law to press buttons on the device unless parked up
  • Using earpieces, headphones and GPS while riding is against the law and you can be fined for doing so
  • The maximum alcohol limit allowed in your bloodstream is 0.05 per cent. A lower limit applies to new riders who are still in the first two years of obtaining their licence; the limit for alcohol in the bloodstream is 0.03 per cent.
 
   
Spain

Spain is a great place for a summer tour, the Picos de Europa and Andalucia are popular touring destinations.

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