TAURENTREFFEN 08

[jules]

MR MORGAN AT THE TT THIS YEAR,APPARENTLY IT WAS VERY EASY THIS YEAR ACCORDING TO MY MATE RICHARD.http://www.myvideo.de/watch/3438799

[guest18]

and on a solo 

mega.

[002]

Yep !  Put me down for that one !
Not too bothered about the 100mph winds either 

Will have to do the Elefant on the way aswell.
To replace my hat that I lost at the Dragon this year. 
Cant be without Tat !

Jethro

[trophydave]

Put me down as a lightweight,that looks horrendous.Full marks to Simon for going.

[Simon#83]

See, I didn't make it all up! To quote from Max Boyce, "I was there!".

The guy on the solo at the beginning was going a lot more confidently than I was! He'd have run out of film if I was being filmed! I'll probably modify some car snowchains to fit the DR for next time. Having borrowed some (from Johann who shot the video) to put on the rear tyre to finish the last quarter up to the campsite, it made heck of a difference.

Although it was deemed to be an easy year, I gather it is the first time the ice had been that bad on the road. Although it was certainly below freezing overnight (and possibly in the day) I'll admit it wasn't as cold as I was expecting it to be.

In the video that was me taping up my broken tail light (well, it had popped out and I wasn't taking any chances) and rear indicator. The wind was gusting and unbelievably strong. It was Sod's Law that having being stood on it's side stand all weekend, the DR gets blown over as I'm packing up my things on the Sunday morning! I'll know better next time to make sure the bike's more secure!

Here's another video showing the run from the toll booth to the very top:

http://www.myvideo.de/watch/3430791


I'd better get myself on the invite list for next year!

[jules]

SIMON THAT VID WAS MADE BY RICHARD WHOM YOU MET AT THE PRE DRAGON CURRY NIGHT,YOU CAN SEE HIS FACE AS THE CAMERA SLIPS,I HAD TO LAUGH AT WHAT HE SAID AT THE END

[Simon#83]

Did that translate into "sh*t camera", by any chance?

BTW, what's with the SHOUTING? Is your caps lock stuck? 

[jules]

OI! I HAPPEN TO LIKE CAPS ,AND I DONT WANT TO BE ACCUSED OF NOT SHOUTING LOUD ENOUGH,I JUST CLICKED ONTO YOUR WWW SPOT THERE LOOKS LIKE IT'S IN NEED OF UPDATING MY OLD CHINA,ACCORDING TO THAT YOU HAVE BEEN AWOL SINCE 04 AND I KNOW YOU HAVE GOT STACKS TO CRAM IN,JUST HOPE YOU CAN REMEMBER IT ALL,OH AND YOU WERE RIGHT ABOUT THE TRANSLATION, SPOT ON

[Simon#83]

Finally got around to putting up some photos from the Tauerntreffen:

http://www.simonmorgan.org/biking/


Elefantentreffen and Dragon photos (and videos) to follow at some point!


Simon

[guest7]

Good work, nice photos
GC

[guest7]

Although it looks pretty idyllic in most of those shots, I'm assured it wasn't as warm as it appears.

APPARENTLY IT WAS VERY EASY THIS YEAR ACCORDING TO MY MATE RICHARD

How hard a rally must it be when -10 degrees is easy!  

How flipping cold is it normally then? Brrrrrrrr..... 

GC