Euromeeting

Harz Mountains May 2001

Well it eventually came round. After a year of waitng. This year Stephan had made sacrifices to the weather god and the whole meeting was in glorious sunshine. Apart from that , we started off pretty much where we left off last year….hic…

But we did manage to get some riding in. It would have been rude not too as the weather was so good. Unfortunately with good weather, comes higher speeds and more chance  of having a spill. This theory was tested on the first afternoon when Neil dropped his Ducati 748 coming up the hill from Goslar to Clausthall Zellerfeld. Fortunately the damage was minimalistic. A bit of bodge tape and a straightened gear lever saw him back on the road the next morning. Obviously we took the piss………..

As the days got warmer, and the beer got colder the Viking came into their own….hic

Friday dawned, and another spill. Suz misjudging a tightening right hander and paying homage to a big ditch. Once again the trusty bodge tape comes into it’s own, and Jorund’s re-alkgnment skills for a very bent top fairing bracket, and we are away once again. Nobody the worse for wear. Obviously, the piss was taken yet again, and more beer drunk….hic

Saturday dawned, warm and sunny. The lowest point of this trip was to happen today. A car doing an illegal U turn in front of me. Result: one very broken Ducati, and a lovely ride in an Ambulance to Blankenburg hospital and the next four months in a cast. If it's blood and guts you are after click here. However, come the evening, more beer was drunk, the piss was taken, and I was relieved it was not my Ducati……hic..

Another great year catching up with now old friends, and making some new ones

Roll on 2002