Elefant Rally 2010

[peejay]

Totally amazin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Micky]

Credit to you guys

Yeah ... the story's get better with the telling

Did it in 1999 ... back to back with the Dragon


Two up on an R100R

 

[Peak]

Amazing! An I thought the Dragon was hardcore

 

[Shaggy]

Great stuff.....thanks for that !

The Elefant`s been on my 'to do' list for some years and I really must get around to doing it.

Great photos,by the way.....especially the night time ones.

Great pictures , wow respect,

O.k. then Tarka lets do it next year, lets do a back to back for the 50th Dragon and have a run down on 3 wheels, I'm sure Buck and the big diesel Ural will be up for it.
See you at the Dragon, have a drink / think about it

 

[Micky]

Great pictures , wow respect,

O.k. then Tarka lets do it next year, lets do a back to back for the 50th Dragon and have a run down on 3 wheels, I'm sure Buck and the big diesel Ural will be up for it.
See you at the Dragon, have a drink / think about it

Do not even think about asking me, at the Dragon, after I've had a bier or five

Just don't ... that's all I have to say about it

 

[chad]

Do not even think about asking me, at the Dragon, after I've had a bier or five

Just don't ... that's all I have to say about it

get in now then fancy it micky go on go on go on

 

[Shaggy]

Do not even think about asking me, at the Dragon, after I've had a bier or five

Just don't ... that's all I have to say about it

Go on, go on ,go on, go on, you know your easily led

 

[buckles]

Do not even think about asking me, at the Dragon, after I've had a bier or five

Just don't ... that's all I have to say about it

To late father, looks like your already signed up

 

[Chris G]

Hi Guys,
Sorry i'm a bit late, but have spent the last day chipping the salt crust away from the bike!

well here we go, the last time the bikes would look anything like clean- note to lone wolf- a busted heated vest is NOT A BREAKDOWN ;-)
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and this was the last time the bikes saw any temp above 5deg C for the week!
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Just starting to snow- if anyone could invent windscreen wipers for a visor, you would have 3 sales right here!
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during Marks clutch problem he got rid of Jack and myself, and duly replaced us with a the cutest blonde local girl he could have wished for, unfortunalty she was not as keen on posing for a photo as the breakdown truck was ;-)
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for the rest of the trip this was put on rapid responce standby for the katies!
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they sure had some nice toys at our temporary home
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and good kaffe
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they kept asking me to move the 800, said it would affect sales !!!
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some of the road signs had me thinking we may have fuc*ed up with our choice of transport!
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and they were right
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We eventually arrived to this
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time for a lil celebration
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the next morning we had to literally dig ourselves out
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like some sort of refugees camp!
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<a href="http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/lh/photo/9CE5ORgopA56WF0YBbvPJg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_q7SuV7XH5Go/S2ii13y_e0I/AAAAAAAABQY/gbASRGU65KY/s800/P1306618.JPG" /></a>

teflon cooking pot = fastest down past our tents
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closely followed by the multi-national effort
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some parking was a bit lacking in style
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but then again some of the bikes were odd too
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impromptu outfit racing
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Oh well, time to hop on the bike and head home
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certainly a nice area, if a little chilly at minus 7 for the first 3 hours!
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one happy elephant back in the warmth of the tunnel !
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over 3000Km, seems like a long way for a sticker, but some guys did over 10000Km !
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[Drog]

Hey Vader! glad to hear ya got home ok, i was the guy at the top of the lane you were talking to. How long did it take to get the ten started?... Out of the 6 bikes in our group 2 Triumphs and 4 gs1200's. It was the gs's that had the problems. On mine the Ignition froze and i couldnt even get the key in, ended up heating it with a zippo severel times which finally worked. The others had same prob with ignition but also there starter motors were frozen solid.. In the end we got them started by putting into 1st gear rocking the bike and tapping the starter with a small hammer . Out of all the bikes that didnt want to start i'd say 80% were gs1200's.. but i still love mine t bits and i've got a new un comin in march .. I'd post a few pics but mi camra froze up!! i wonder if bm made it!!
Hey Buckles, Shaggy, Mick i might do it again next year, ask me in a month when i can feel mi toes again!!

Daz..... frum tarn

 

[chad]

Hey Vader! glad to hear ya got home ok, i was the guy at the top of the lane you were talking to. How long did it take to get the ten started?... Out of the 6 bikes in our group 2 Triumphs and 4 gs1200's. It was the gs's that had the problems. On mine the Ignition froze and i couldnt even get the key in, ended up heating it with a zippo severel times which finally worked. The others had same prob with ignition but also there starter motors were frozen solid.. In the end we got them started by putting into 1st gear rocking the bike and tapping the starter with a small hammer . Out of all the bikes that didnt want to start i'd say 80% were gs1200's.. but i still love mine t bits and i've got a new un comin in march .. I'd post a few pics but mi camra froze up!! i wonder if bm made it!!
Hey Buckles, Shaggy, Mick i might do it again next year, ask me in a month when i can feel mi toes again!!

Daz..... frum tarn

superb vader on a recruiting mission

allo DAZ

 

[rockchunk]

nice one lads

 

[Lord Vader]

Hey Vader! glad to hear ya got home ok, i was the guy at the top of the lane you were talking to. How long did it take to get the ten started?... Out of the 6 bikes in our group 2 Triumphs and 4 gs1200's. It was the gs's that had the problems. On mine the Ignition froze and i couldnt even get the key in, ended up heating it with a zippo severel times which finally worked. The others had same prob with ignition but also there starter motors were frozen solid.. In the end we got them started by putting into 1st gear rocking the bike and tapping the starter with a small hammer . Out of all the bikes that didnt want to start i'd say 80% were gs1200's.. but i still love mine t bits and i've got a new un comin in march .. I'd post a few pics but mi camra froze up!! i wonder if bm made it!!
Hey Buckles, Shaggy, Mick i might do it again next year, ask me in a month when i can feel mi toes again!!

Daz..... frum tarn

Yep i remember you.I talked to you while i was pushing a fat bastwart up the hill on his not working Yamaha
I tell you after doing the trip 2x in the morning from my tent to my bike i did not need that
The ignition freeze thingy i had as well but at work before thr tripi just sprayed the ignition lock with WD40 and it seemed to have worked

 

[Micky]

superb vader on a recruiting mission

allo DAZ

Feck off Chad

Vadar.. can you feck off too

Great post, great piccies but I can see where this is going

When I did the Elefentantreffen in 1999 I took a young lady some twentyfive years younger than me on the pillion. If I can do that next year then I'm in

But I may be in South America

 

[mr_magicfingers]

Oh dear, I've fancied this for many a year, one of these days I might just be mad enough for it as I get older.

Hmmmm.

Hat's off to you for doing it, ask me nearer the time, it looks like perhaps a wee ukgser gathering might be in order.

J.

 

[Deleted account 210609001]

Bikes + snow = NO

Camping + snow = NO

Bikes + camping + snow = massive respect!

 

[LivNorway]

I just saw this thread.
-And what a thread!

-Why not make a large tour for some weeks?
Dragoon, Elefanten, Krystallrally, Primustreffet, and there is more.

I'm sure there won't be many mosquitoes, and sf.4 would be ok most days...

Liv.