Altes Elefantentreffen - Nurburgring February 2011

[Toad]

Departed home on the morning of Wednesday 16th February, dropped in to London to meet SamD and then headed to the tunnel....

And then a quick blast in to Belguim for a beer and a kip in Brugges.

Also met up with some of our fellow Elefenteers...

 

[Tarka]

Then what ??


C`mon...where`s the rest of it ?

 

[Ash]

Then what ??


C`mon...where`s the rest of it ?

+1

 

[Tinytim]

That it ?

 

[Toad]

The monring saw us rise gently in time to see the Urals departing at about 0830. We felt we could allow ourselves a little more time, and eventually left the hotel at 0930.

At a fuel stop some 80 miles later we'd caught the outfits up

We arrived at the site without event at about 3 that afternoon.

Arriving at the site was only remarkable by a "roll-off the sidestand when getting on and landing in a rose bush" incident

Disappointingly the site was relatively warm at about 1.5c and sunny!!

More soon - sorry, work getting in the way!!!

 

[Toad]

The 1200s then took a trip to their natural homes.....

 

[Toad]

Thursday night was a feet up around the fire night interupted by one highlight.

Order of the day at the AE is to hoon around the site on your sidecar - preferably pissed, and do lots of hard turns, and kick up loads of dirt

Our evening took a dramtic turn when a German chap hooned down our road in the pitch black, turned sharply and immediately flipped the sidecar over trapping his female passenger underneath. This was a "bike over sidecar" incident and action was required.

We all immediately got the whole thing back up the right way to shouts of Schnell....Schnell... from the rider like some kind of comedy Nazi prison guard

All that seemed to be damaged was a headlight, and the rider transpired to be Guido - a guy the others had met a previous year. We did the only decent thing and invited him to join us for a beer.

He returned the next morning to show us his 1951 outfit previously owned by his father.

 

[Toad]

As we had Urals with us no day would have been complete without some running repairs....

Still, the camp was well setup....

And the kettle was on

Time to start hooning about ourselves...

 

[Toad]

There were certainly some unusual outfits about the place...

The 1150 stealth bike....

Anyone for an ambulance?

 

[chad]

not quite the same without the snow is it

still a weekend on the beer is a weekend on the beer innit

keep it coming

 

[Toad]

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

I thought it was supposed to snow at these things

 

[Toad]

Took a walk up to the Welcome Centre at the main circuit.

The rollercoaster even goes through the building.......

With some tasty stuff in the carpark....

 

[Tarka]

Nice one mate...loving the combo photos.

When`s SamD buying his Ural then,eh ??


Must remember to save enough holibobs through the year to manage to do the Elefant some time...whether the faux softy one or the hardcore one.

Any more pics?

 

[Toad]

not quite the same without the snow is it

I thought it was supposed to snow at these things

That was supposed to be the idea......

Still - fecking good fun anyway

 

[Toad]

Cafe racer combo.....

On occasion there was some beer consumed....

 

[Toad]

More porn.....

Safer then relying on a sidestand...

 

[Toad]

What's the ultimate bike to start with before adding on a chair?

How about an HP2.....

Built in umbrella stand and table.....

 

[Toad]

 

[Toad]

This must be one of my favourite things of the weekend....

Just rockup with this, pull the cord, and instant accommodation....

Fecking brilliant