Thumper Club Forum
Club House => Events/Meetings/Rideouts => Topic started by: sexually oriented on October 17, 2011, 06:05:31 PM
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Invitations have been sent out,
got mine ;)
anyone else??
will be going to the Elefantentreffen also 8)
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yep, got mein. ;D
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My email has changed.....but name on list !
Jethro
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Thank's for the heads up! Just found the invite in my inbox.
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Only a couple of months away now,
has anyone got dates and times in mind?,are we to travel as a group or solo?,i dont mind,i have my own ideas about when im
leaving and what ferry i'll be catching,that said im also a bit flexible if anyone want to travel with ;)
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Only a couple of months away now,
has anyone got dates and times in mind?,are we to travel as a group or solo?,i dont mind,i have my own ideas about when im
leaving and what ferry i'll be catching,that said im also a bit flexible if anyone want to travel with ;)
You guys know you are welcome at my place, anytime.
Richard-NL
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You guys know you are welcome at my place, anytime.
Richard-NL
Cheers for that Richard.....I have yet to sort time off work.
Jethro
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Only a couple of months away now,
has anyone got dates and times in mind?,are we to travel as a group or solo?,i dont mind,i have my own ideas about when im
leaving and what ferry i'll be catching,that said im also a bit flexible if anyone want to travel with ;)
You guys know you are welcome at my place, anytime.
Richard-NL
Yeah cheers Richard.
Sexually Perverted, I'm flexible on dates (this sounds sooo wrong) so can go with the flow...at 100kph
Mark
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Sexually Perverted, I'm flexible on dates (this sounds sooo wrong) so can go with the flow...at 100kph
Mark
(http://static2.dmcdn.net/static/video/983/546/28645389:jpeg_preview_medium.jpg?20110724182024) ?
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Sexually Perverted, I'm flexible on dates (this sounds sooo wrong) so can go with the flow...at 100kph
Mark
(http://static2.dmcdn.net/static/video/983/546/28645389:jpeg_preview_medium.jpg?20110724182024) ?
I thought to myself, 'Boyd is going to post something here'.
You are too pedictable. ;D
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Damn,
i tried clicking on it to see if it gets any larger :'( ;D
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Same here, what does that mean,
Furry
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Same here, what does that mean,
Furry
we both tried ::)
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Bugger ! Me Too ! And it doesnt get any bigger !
I'm fairly flexible......ish....sort of !
Jethro
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.......And it doesnt get any bigger !
.......
Jethro
You can get pills for that.
Andy
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what are the tablets for? To stop the clicking or to make it bigger?
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Gave up clicking on it. >:( Got my magnifying glass out :o. Made it bigger :-X. Now need tablets. :'(
Rob.
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Magnifying glass only makes it "look" bigger, must have been hard to hold the glass and click.
Steff
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Be VERY careful in the sun.
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Be VERY careful in the sun.
He's safe, he lives in Wales.
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Yesterday I put new tires on the outfit. 4 brand new wintertires. I´m feeling pretty good about that. If you wonder, WTF, 4 tires. That´s including the spare. ;) And even on the spare, the snow chain fits pretty good. :P
Richard-NL 8)
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Yesterday I put new tires on the outfit. 4 brand new wintertires. I´m feeling pretty good about that. If you wonder, WTF, 4 tires. That´s including the spare. ;) And even on the spare, the snow chain fits pretty good. :P
Richard-NL 8)
I thought for a moment you were going in the car. ;D
Mark
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,I thought for a moment you were going in the car. ;D
For a moment you did, hey? Wondering if Simon gets enough practice with the sidecar, before he rides to Austria.
Richard-NL 8)
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BTW.
I think you all travel Norfolkline, Dover - Dunkirk, but......
Seafrance, Dover - Calais, has gone bankrupt. If you booked, you should check or you might have problems. :o
Richard-NL 8)
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,I thought for a moment you were going in the car. ;D
For a moment you did, hey? Wondering if Simon gets enough practice with the sidecar, before he rides to Austria.
Richard-NL 8)
I think the trip is going to be a big learning curve for him. I'll have to get one of those camcorders.
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BTW.
I think you all travel Norfolkline, Dover - Dunkirk, but......
Seafrance, Dover - Calais, has gone bankrupt. If you booked, you should check or you might have problems. :o
Richard-NL 8)
I heard the news today but luckily we have booked with Norfolkline. I bet the prices will go up. :(
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I think the trip is going to be a big learning curve for him. I'll have to get one of those camcorders.
I´m afraid it will be a very big learning curve. A sidecar is completely different to a solo bike. I hope Simon will understand that. (He has been flat on the floor more than once last year, but a chair is completely different and will not prevent this, if you don´t know how to use an outfit.)
Until now, I was thinking he is a littlebit too relaxed about it. You hear me, Simon?
But I hope to see you both here safe on the twentysecond.
As for the camera, I want to buy me one of these fancy cameras. Expensive, I know, but I think it will last at least ten years or so, and I will be able to put all your troubles and funny stuff on You Tube. :P grin.
As you know, I allway ride last man. hihi.
Ok, these were shot with Simons camera´s. :o
Horrible sound, but fun to look at.
Richard-NL 8)
Hope you read this, Simon. Be carefull.
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Lucky BarStewards ! Thats it rub it in already.
Decided not to go this year,due to illness in the family.
But....looking at The Altes Elefantentreffen as its not too far the otherside.
Better book my Ferry Soon incase prices go up or places get scarce.
Jethro
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But....looking at The Altes Elefantentreffen as its not too far the otherside.
Klick for Altes Elefantentreffen (http://www.thumperclub.com/smf/index.php?topic=6086.msg40361#msg40361)
Richard-NL 8)
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Hope you read this, Simon. Be carefull.
Richard, hearing you loud and clear! Unfortunately, the plan to get a rig ready for the summer/Autumn and get loads of practice in has gone completely pear shaped. :(
All being well, I shall at least get some practice in on it this weekend as I believe the rig is almost.
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Some pics Motorang made of the new automatic toll gate before the Toll Road (Maut strasse). Hut and lady are gone. Some people call that `progress`. :-X :o
(http://www.motorang.com/motorrad/PIC/2012-01%20Ybbsitz%20Ersatzfahrt%20web/R7718438.jpg)
(http://www.motorang.com/motorrad/PIC/2012-01%20Ybbsitz%20Ersatzfahrt%20web/R7718439.jpg)
It will be open on the TT weekend, and we have to pay only once to Andy. (Price went up though, but with the automatic toll gate, it would be 6 Euro for every trip.)
Both Motorang and Knepta couldn´t get started after they paid and the gate opened and they had to push the outfits past the pole in order to mount snowchains, even with the Immler tires and spikes. Allways advisable to do that in Hohentauern at the parking lot.
(http://www.motorang.com/motorrad/PIC/2012-01%20Ybbsitz%20Ersatzfahrt%20web/R7718465.jpg)
Pics are from last weekend.
Richard-NL 8)
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Well,
just about packed and ready,
few bits n bobs to do tomorrow morning a short(2.5 hrs)pootle to my mothers for an overnight stop and Sunday morning @ 07.00hrs See's me catch a ferry
from Dover nach Dunkerque,from there a steady all day ride to Aschaffeburg where I'll stay for two nights and take in the local culture,drink the local beer
(Schlappeseppel) and eat schnitzel,Simon,Mark and Richard NL will join me on Monday at some point and no doubt do exactly the same ;D ;) ,
Tuesday morning a steady and hopefully cold ride to the Elefantentreffen,............................bring on the Snow! ;D ;D ;D
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Have a belter of a time!!
See you on your return??
Steff
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Simon,Mark and Richard NL will join me on Monday at some point and no doubt do exactly the same ;D ;)
Simon and Mark will. They will leave my place Monday morning.
Peter and I will leave Tuesday morning at 07.00 hrs from NL and will be going in one straight line over the Autobahn with two DuoDrives to the Elephant Rally.
Wait for us for `tea` at the Sheep shed.
Keksi, Thomas (Stuecki), Phillip among others, like Peter from Muensterland will already be there
We will arrive in time. ETA just before it gets dark.
Ride safe, everyone.
Richard-NL 8)
Reminder to me: clean up the garage. You need room for three extra sidecars.
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Well, they're all on the road by now. Have a good trip guys
GC
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Have a good trip guys, see you all at the Dragon.
G
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Mark and Simon arrived here in NL at 16.00 hrs. Allthough it rained here almost all day, they didn´t have a drop. ;)
Richard-NL 8)
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I suspect they'll be having a drop or two (of beer) tonight though ;)
How is Simon getting on with his new outfit?
GC
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How is Simon getting on with his new outfit?
GC
So far so good on the sidecar front. Just taking it easy, especially with left turns. Handling well over here too: can take my hand off the bar at 60 with no problems. First big test I think be the road up from the autobahn to the Elefant rally site tomorrow.
Simon
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Phew! that's a relief. Just take it easy on the corners and the ride to the Elefant site will be a doddle. You may even enjoy it ;) The only real worry on those roads is the fact that on a British outfit the bike is on the kerb side of the road... which can mean you are uncomfortably close to steep drops into a forest :o Take those left handers real slow and remember that the chair really won't tip over even if it comes up faster than expected. Be brave ;)
Note to those who don't know the story - I built Simon's outfit for him, but due to my usual far-too-relaxed attitude (and my fabricator's unexpected two week absence before Christmas) it didn't get finished until 8 days before departure. I set it up to cope with the opposite camber on continental roads but there is no way of knowing how well the outfit performs until you're there. If I had got it wrong then Simon would have been riding for nearly 1,700 miles with the bike trying to pull in one direction, which is incredibly hard work and will bugger up your shoulder and arm muscles a treat.
All of which doesn't help the fact that this is Simon's first sidecar ride :o
Guys - all of you have a safe and enjoyable ride
GC
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I suspect they'll be having a drop or two (of beer) tonight though ;)
We did. ;)
Late this morning.........
Simon:
(http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff325/Richard-NL/Tauern%202012/P1230192.jpg)
Mark:
(http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff325/Richard-NL/Tauern%202012/P1230191.jpg)
Richard-NL 8)
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Lucky Buggers !
I know there is Sh1t Loads of snow just over the border in Czechoslovakia not far from Bavaria.
So I imagine there will be plenty for both the ET and TT.
Jethro
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At the moment the entry to the TT toll road is critical. It has been thawing last week. At the moment there´s a five centimeter ice layer underneath the snow. Furthermore, both the snow blowers of the municipality as the innkeeper have broken down. The toll road is just a single road now. No passing or control rides possible. :o
(according to the latest information of people that are already there)
It´s gonna be fun. ;) Probably will have to put on the snow chains in Trieben.
Richard-NL 8)
Packed!
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Simon texted on Tuesday night and said that they had arrived at the Elefant Rally and had ridden down to the bottom of the site (with a promise of a tow up when they leave). Anyone who has been there will know how steep and snowy the track to the bottom is.
I think they are leaving for the Tauerntreffen today. There they face the challenge of riding up the toll road (as pictured earlier in this thread).
Good luck guys
GC
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Simon texted tonight to say that they had made it to the Tauerntreffen. They are now on their way back. He says that he's a lot more confident riding on snow now, but he still needs practice on left handers.
GC
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Short reply. :o
Boring.
We didn´t drink.
(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9299/tt2012200.jpg)
We didn´t ride in 10 feet of snow.
(http://i287.photobucket.com/album
s/ll130/chairhead64/TT%202012/IMG_3059x.jpg)
Or fell over. ::)
(http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff325/Richard-NL/Elefanten%202012/ET2012OOPS.jpg)
Like I said, boring. Therefore I stole a picture.
(http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll130/chairhead64/TT%202012/IMG_3151x.jpg)
But actually, I don´t know why. ??? ;)
We did have a fire, or didn´t we? mmmmm.
(http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/1897/tt2012088.jpg)
More pics to follow.
Richard -NL 8)
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Simon texted on Tuesday night and said that they had arrived at the Elefant Rally and had ridden down to the bottom of the site (with a promise of a tow up when they leave). Anyone who has been there will know how steep and snowy the track to the bottom is.
I think they are leaving for the Tauerntreffen today. There they face the challenge of riding up the toll road (as pictured earlier in this thread).
Good luck guys
GC
We all did it, no assistance necessary, rode down and up all the hills with our chains on....and did a ride out on the snow covered roads. ;D ;D ;D ;D
What a buzz.
Mark
Richard-NL, nice photoshop imaging.
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Therefore I stole a picture.
Richard -NL 8)
or two ;)
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The pictures look good, glad you're all back safe and sound.
Silverfox
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Video.
JUST KLICK IT (http://youtu.be/mbZbDVFPlkc)
Can be seen in High Definition. ;)
Richard-NL 8)
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Excellent! thanks for posting the link
GC
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Great video Richard.
Mark
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Excellent video Richard! Makes me wish I was back there now, getting in some more practice!
Simon
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Video.
JUST KLICK IT (http://youtu.be/mbZbDVFPlkc)
Made another video, including some material made by Mark and Simon.
KLICK (http://youtu.be/VrdWCEM8hZ0)
Richard-NL 8)
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Yet again another great vid! ;)