I live in Italy and I have toured thro France and Spain by bike. The main requirements here are that you MUST have your personal and bike documents with you as they will be inspected by the fuzz if they pull you over, so driving licence and passport plus bike insurance and bike log book must be shown. I use a colour photocopy of the bike documents but they should be the originals in theory. If you have any specific questions concerning Italy then feel free to ask me but in general, as long as you ride with brain switched on, the cops here are fairly laid back with bikers.

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(Now sold on, sob) 2011 Blue XT660X with gold wheels, was 26,500 km.
Engine mods: K&N Stage 1 filter, DNA Stage 2 filter, snorkel removed, Kev fuel mod fitted.
Plus: smoked Puig screen, Yam aluminium sump guard, Yamaha / Acerbis handguards, Givi Trekker aluminium side cases, Leo Vince X3 cans plus Kev front fork mod and Fender Xtender. Just fitted Michelin Road Pilot 3 tyres.

SOLD the XTX for a Super Ten 1200. And just bought a Raptor 700 so staying on here for some tips....