Horizons Unlimited Travellers Meeting

• Pre-Registration
  
  
  • Pre-Register to attend the Meeting
    
    
  • Present YOUR travel adventure!
    
    
  • Present YOUR Tech Clinic - good at something of interest to motorcycle Travellers? Please do a Tech Clinic for us!
    
    
  • Vendors! Register here
    
    
  • Press! Magazine, newspaper, TV, radio etc with credentials, Register here
    
    
  • Please Volunteer to help out! Odd jobs, registration, gate, etc. Just 2 hours of your time, and it's a great way to meet people! Register on this page and tick Volunteer box, OR here if you have already registered and want to add volunteering.
    
    
• Meeting Location - Where is it?
• Camping on site
• Other Accommodation
• Information about the area
• Membership
• Rides
• Local hosts, information

How you can help - put up a few posters! Event poster available! Please post it everywhere!

Want to know what people thought of other HU Meetings? Is it worth coming to the Meeting?

"I'm so looking forward to another UK meet. My only problem is that I simply can't get to every talk I want, such is the amount of terrific presentations on offer. Each year I've been astonished at how articulate, intelligent, informative and entertaining the speakers are. I'm willing to help with anything that doesn't keep me from a talk - and my timetable will be full to bursting!"

The Plan

The plan is simple. Show up on Friday afternoon, meet people and setup. Travel Presentations and Tech clinics are planned throughout the meeting, starting Friday night. More Detailed Schedule here.

We can always use some help! If you want to assist, please sign up to volunteer to assist on the day or here for advance work or to ask questions. Thanks!

2011 Speakers and Tech Clinics:

Inspiration!

• Jupiters Travels revisited
  • Ted Simon
    Ted has promised he will be there with his latest show!
• Riding the World
  • Gregory W Frazier
    Reflections on 5 1/2 Circumnavigations of the Globe by Motorcycle 

Gregory riding SE Asia

• The very FIRST RTW ride!
  • Gregory W Frazier
    Secrets of the first 'Round The World ride 1912-1913.
  Our 500,000 km ride through 193 Countries on a Harley-Davidson ElectraGlide
  • Peter and Kay Forwood, Australia
    How this motorcycle became the World's Most Traveled Motorcycle.


The Harley and Peter riding the muddy roads of the Congo

• Because I Can!
• Sherri Jo Wilkins
  Why am I traveling around the world? Because I can... currently 30 countries complete and about the 1/2 way mark now... From Australia, across Russia including the Road of Bones.
• How to make the most of your trip!
  • Merritt & Pierre Saslawsky
    Slow down, meet people and come back alive!
    Merritt and Pierre spent three years on the road, and have amazing photos - and a ton of experience to pass on.


Merritt meeting the Masai


• The Continental Divide
  • Clement Salvadori, USA
    Author, photographer and Rider Magazine contributor Clement Salvadori said of his Continental Divide Ride: "This was the best ride I have ever taken on the North American Continent. I've motorcycled from Alaska to Panama, from Nova Scotia to Baja California, and this trip topped them all."

  
  Clem will recount the trip accompanied by his slide show, and answer your questions.
  Here's a chance to get the first hand scoop on one of the great American adventure rides.
  

• Breakdowns in Small Towns All Around the World
  • Carla King USA
    Carla will talk about her various trips on indigenous motorcycles: China on a cranky Chang Jiang, India on a Royal Enfield Bullet, and riding a Moto Guzzi in Italy and around the Adriatic. And why breakdowns aren't always a bad thing.

Carla King - Riding China on Chang Jiang's

• You don't have to do it in the road...
  you can do it in the dirt too! It just takes a little practice and a little help from your friends at Coach2Ride.

• Bonnie Warch and Andrea Beach, Coach2Ride in Ramona, CA
  will be giving a talk and demonstration on off-road riding techniques. Bonnie and Andrea are both MSF Certified Dirtbike Coaches and licensed ASI Instructors as well as active Motocross racers.
• Coach2Ride will be putting on a full one day clinic on the Friday before the event! Here's a GREAT opportunity to improve your skills before you head off-road, or around the world! Sign up here now before it's booked up! Only US$60.
• Poor Circulation
  • Geoff Thomas, UK
    An ordinary guy on an extraordinary adventure who didn't let a lack of money become an obstacle - after all, it didn't stop Ewan and Charlie.

  
  28,000 miles, 28 Countries on £20 ($31) per Day... and continuing.

• 9000 miles in 90 days through South America
  • Fred Walti
    How two baby boomers somehow survived being on the road for 90 days in South America
• Olmecs, Toucans, Caves, Canyons, Ziplines, Waterfalls, Adventure
  • Michelle Nilles
    

  

  • Come listen to tales from Michelle's solo 8400 mile, 2.5 month trip from San Francisco to Guatemala (and back!) on her dual-sport motorcycle in 2010.
• West Africa on a Harley
  • Tim Bussey

  
  Tim's Harley at the Bagdad Cafe, Syria

• Packing Lite
  • Zigy Kaluzny
    Do you REALLY need all that stuff? See the miracle of 2 months' -- or more -- worth of clothing in a 15L compression bag! How to select and pack the clothes and gear that will serve you on a motorcycle (or any other) trip -- instead of the other way around.
    Traveling Light
    


How NOT to pack! by Zigy Kaluzny


• MAKING, not TAKING Photos
  • Zigy Kaluzny
    or, "You had a great trip; why are your photos so boring?" Tired of shooting the same tired "here's my bike in front of (name the Famous Monument, vista or cafe) photos?" Learn how to use your eye and your camera to make -- not take -- photos that will not only bring back YOUR memories, but show others the special qualities of the place you spent time and money to reach, whether the other side of the world or a familiar local ride...


Make Photos! By Zigy Kaluzny

Improve Your Photography, Change Your Life

Zigy Kaluzny has been a working photographer since 1978: as a photojournalist, he was continually on assignment for TIME, NEWSWEEK, PEOPLE, THE NEW YORK TIMES, FORBES, BUSINESS WEEK and most other US publications, as well as doing longer photo stories for European publications such as STERN, SPIEGEL, and GEO. His love is shooting photo stories. He now shoots stock exclusively for GettyImages (www.GettyImages.com)

Zigy Kaluzny by Dan Cohen

• Touring the Antipodes: NZ and Tasmania
  • Zigy Kaluzny
    Zigy has lived and toured in Europe, as well as doing many years' long journeys all over the American West and up to Alaska, and he still believes NZ is the best of all travel destination for motorcyclists.
    New Zealand Calling


New Zealand Touring by Zigy

• 2010 Alcan 5000 Road Rally
  • Roger Toevs
    Road Rallying with my 16yo daughter in BMW sidecar outfit
• Easy Italy - How to Make Your Dream Trip a Reality
  • Jeremy LeBreton, AltRider
    Don't put off the trip of a lifetime - do it now! Jeremy will share tips for planning your dream while dealing with real-life constraints.


Jeremy LeBreton is a life-long rider who has made a passion his career. Having explored the world on two wheels and learned speed and off road skills along the way, Jeremy is an industry veteran. After working in fabrication, prototyping, and manufacturing, he recently launched AltRider, a company that manufactures accessories for adventure touring motorcycles in the USA.

• Setting up for Off-road
  • Jeremy LeBreton, AltRider
    How to get your bike ready for off-road riding. (After Ergonomics talk - do both to get it all!)
• Mexico with Smitty & Slade
  • Jeff Smith
    A ride through Mexico: Chihuahua, Copper Canyon, Mazatlan,Durango, Zacatecas, Real de Catorce


Smitty does Mexico

• Bluetooth & Communications Technlogy
• Richard Battles
  Making the correct choices about communications

Comms central

• Does Size Matter?
  • Henry Tate
    Traveling by small motorcycles. Henry has been riding for over 50 years, almost everyday, and has logged over 1,100,000 miles. He has crossed the United States so many times he has lost track. Get the straight scoop on smaller bikes from the guy who's been there and really done that.
• Ecuador
  • Steven Gessler
    A video on the country and it's people. Steven will also do a 7 minute DVD on Copper Canyon.
• Talkin' Solo Riding and Good Eating
  • "Nicomama" - Nicole Espinosa, USA



Nicole will talk about her solo West Coast travels, and also she'll also demonstrate her innovative techniques for preparing your own dehydrated meals for travel. In addition to writing for Adventure Motorcycle magazine, Nicole designs dual sport accessories for her business Rugged Rider, tackling fun solo adventure rides, and finding passion in telling her stories through photography and writing in Los Angeles with her children.

• Road side repairs, what you can - or can not - fix on the side of the road
  • Chris Sidah USA
    Writer, master mechanic and technical guru Chris Sidah will show you what you can and can't do to get yourself back on the road if you breakdown where the smartest mechanic around is YOU! He'll talk about how to diagnose basic problems, and how to be prepared to deal with them.
  • The English would call it bodger repair or some of us might call it a "farmer fix" but basically it means "How do I get my bike back on the road so I can get to the next town with a qualified mechanic to get it fixed properly". Designed for the novice rider who has little mechanical skills and who is concerned about having to make that dreaded roadside repair. Does duct tape or WD 40 actually fix everything? No, but you'd be surprised what will plug a leaking radiator.
• Good eats on the Road!
  • Peter Dean, Executive Chef
    You CAN eat really well on the road - learn from the master! Practical demo - bring your notebook!
• One Woman's Adventure Riding to South America
  • Alisa Clickenger
    In 2009, Alisa spent 6+ months riding solo through Mexico, Central America and South America. Come hear about her travels and a have a candid discussion about what worked and what didn't, illustrated through pictures of her amazing journey. Then prepare to be inspired to take off to ride your own adventure.
  • Sixteen years ago Alisa Clickenger had a dream in which she was running for her life. In the middle of a painful divorce in waking life, in this dream she found salvation in the form of a motorcycle, and sped away from imminent danger.
    Never having ridden a motorcycle before, Alisa awoke with the sensation of mastery over machine and wind in her hair. The metaphor of motorcycling saving her life has become increasingly clear to her, and today Alisa is riding her dream.
    
    She quit her job as Director of Operations for an IT company, rented her home, and decided to take a long motorcycle ride. Starting summer 2009 she rode 15,000 + dirt miles in the USA on the Trans America Trail, and then the Continental Divide Trail and kept on going. Alisa then rode South, alone, through Mexico, Central and South America, then criss-crossed the USA a few more times. Alisa has re-invented herself as a moto-journalist and motorcycle tour guide, and continues to pursue her passion. She has a column titled "Have Bike, Will Travel" published on RumBum.com and her travel blog can be found at www.MotoAdventureGal.com.
• Women's Empowerment Motorcycle Tour
  • Alisa Clickenger
    A rolling classroom for female motorcyclists to gain skill and confidence while touring. In June 2011, Alisa Clickenger and Karen Thomson of AVID MotoTours led a group of female motorcycle riders around the Pacific Northwest. Not just a women's motorcycle tour, this trip was a "teaching tour"—focused on teaching skills and building confidence touring on two wheels. Come ride along with the Women's Empowerment Motorcycle Tour via the pictures and get some travel tips for women motorcyclists from a veteran solo motorcycle traveler.
• Gear 411
  • Joanne Donn, GearChic
    Shopping Tips, how to shop for your gear, what to look for, how to get the right fit and the most out of your budget
• Where there is NO doctor... Hands on Emergency First Aid Clinic / First-on-scene
  • Karen and Kevan Ibbotson
    How to safely remove a crash helmet, check for spinal cord and head injuries, and what first aid supplies you might bring on a trip away from first world medical care.

  

  • Bring your helmet and a mat to lie on.
  • Karen is a trauma nurse (BSN, RN, ERsp) and Kevan is a trained Medical First Responder.
    
• Women only
  • a very popular session - I'm told it's a must for the ladies, so plan on being there!
  • We have an amazing group of women offering presentations this year, including:
    • Alisa Clickenger - Adventure traveler
    • Carla King - Author, photographer and adventurer
    • Nicole Espinosa - Solo woman adventurer
    • Michelle Nilles
    • Susan Johnson - Horizons Unlimited
    • Bonnie Warch - Coach2Ride
    • Andrea Beach - Coach2Ride
    • Michelle Baird - Motorcycle journalist
    • Joanne Donn - Gearchic.com
      
      They'll all be participating in the Women Only session to talk about anything and everything of interest to women riders.
      
      
• Fix that flat! How to change a tire anytime, anywhere
  • Grant Johnson
    How to prevent flats in the first place, and fix them when you get one. The best tools and how to use them for tube and tubeless tires. Hand's on practical and tire changing contest for beginners to experts.
• Horizons Unlimited - You can do it, we can help!
  • Grant and Susan Johnson
    How it all began, the story of Grant and Susan's trip around the world, without a plan or a clue! Plus the origins of Horizons Unlimited, what's on the site and how to find your way around it, and more...
• Your NEW bike doesn't fit you!
  • Grant Johnson
    Ergonomics! When you pickup your new bike, did they take the time to make it fit you? You'll learn the amazing difference a properly setup bike makes to your riding fun.
• Experienced Travellers Panel - ask the experts anything you want!

and more to come! How about you? We're all here to learn, and there's LOTS to learn! We want to do more presentations and clinics - but we need volunteers to give them! Any topic you can contribute having to do with motorcycle travel, maintenance, planning etc, lasting 20 minutes or more, would be great. Please contact me here to volunteer.

Presentations and Tech Clinics

Here's what we had in 2010:

There will be slide shows and tech clinics on Friday and Saturday evenings, and all day Saturday. Come early and make it a great weekend! We recommend riding on Thursday Friday and Sunday, and participating in the clinics evenings and all day Saturday.

Rideouts

Vendors

Adventure Motorcycle Magazine
will be attending, giving away free copies of the magazine to everyone (well the first 150 anyway!) so look for Nicole Espinosa or Paul Smith if you have any questions or just want to talk about the magazine. And they'll be snapping pics and writing a story about the event too!

BurnsMoto specializes in motorcycle electrics shipped fast. Our weatherproof USB chargers are in huge demand with motorcyclists around the world. We also sell the BMW Fuel Pump Bypass Cable which world travelers have been using to save them from getting stranded in remote areas.

Carla King will bring her books - get her to sign your copy!

Rugged Rider sells innovative dual sport motorcycle parts, dual sport accessories, dirt bike accessories, dual sport apparel, dirt bike apparel, camping equipment and original dual sport aftermarket parts. Rugged Rider also provides dual sport and camping tips and tricks and an entertaining dual sport blog.

San Jose BMW will be there with Schuberth helmets and Sidi boots!

Schuberth will have their excellent helmets available. (Our personal favorites.) The Schuberth C3 (and C3W for women) is the world's lightest, quietest, most aerodynamic flip-up motorcycle helmet. Add the optional, easy-to-install Schuberth Rider Communication System for the ultimate in-helmet communication solution. Made In Germany.

Ted Simon of course will have all his books - get a new signed copy from him! He's happy to sign your old copy, but a new one does him more good. ;)

Touratech USA Will be there! If you want them to bring anything for you let them know well in advance. They'll help you put it on!

Altrider engineered products for the Adventure bikes from BMW's GS line, Suzuki, Kawasaki, the KTM Adventure series, the Ducati Multistrada 1200, the Yamaha Super Tenere XT1200Z, the Triumph Tiger 800XC, and the Honda V4 Crosstourer Concept. They also offer proven products from other manufacturers.

RKA Luggage will be attending as a presenter (tech presentation on how the connect various bits of electronic gear - gps - cell phone - intercom - bluetooth.) and as a vendor - motorcycle touring gear.

Giant Loop will be there to show their great products. Talk to Harold and get the real scoop!

Olympia Motosports will be sending a jacket for door prize and catalogs and a banner.

If you know of any other travel equipment vendors who should be there, please suggest it to them! Vendors please contact me for details.

Schedule is here - subject to change!

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...so check back and plan what you want to see. The schedule is subject to change, so don't hold our feet to the fire - stuff happens! But we will try very hard to ensure that it goes off as planned. Check the latest schedule to be posted at the meeting on the day.

The basics:

Pre-Register and save $10! oops too late!

1. Register and PAY before October 5 is $49.
2. At the door, admission is $59

Entry fee includes admission to the inspiraitonal and informative presentations Friday and Saturday all day, and Sunday morning. There MAY be meals available, please ask immediately on arrival!

Payment and Registration details AFTER October 5:

Online registration is closed!

We have room left, so come on along and we'll see you there!

You will not be turned away! :)

LOADS of camping and bunks available!
Food - we have a few extra meals but they will sell out quick!
Grocery stores and restaurants only 5-10 minutes ride away.

IF you have ALREADY registered and just want to pay, go here.

Membership - Show you're proud to be a Horizons Unlimited Traveller!

T-Shirt Deal

You can help!

If you have a few minutes, please download the poster (Adobe pdf format) and print off a few and hand them round your club or your local bike shop or anywhere seems like a good place.

Poster in pdf format (500kb) full colour Event poster. (You may need to right click and choose "save target as...")

Thanks!

The Meeting Location

Camp Ocean Pines, Cambria, California

Camp Ocean Pines in Cambria, CA is set in 13 acres of Monterey Pine forest overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Wildlife abounds as deer walk through the property daily, while sea lions, owls, and ocean waves serenade guests at night! A few photos from Mike Dimond of the fantastic new Meeting location in Cambria at Camp Ocean Pines! Details of the venue and location here.

Climate

October is a GREAT month to be there - temperatures have cooled off nicely, but still pleasant, low of 6 C (43 F) and average high of 20.5 C (69 F) and an average of only two days of rain per month. Dry season is April to October. Sounds like PERFECT riding weather to me!

Climate / Weather check

Maps and distances and how to get there!

Camping and Bunks

The buildings at Camp Ocean Pines are unique to say the least! Straw bale constructed, passive solar cabins have a wonderful "hobbit house" look. We also utilize timber from wind-felled trees as posts, beams and siding. The buildings and site plan become real-life lessons in conservation and the wise use of natural resources.

Cabins sleep ten guests in bunk bed fashion. Each cabin is 400 sq feet, with handpainted interior murals. Each cabin has it's own shower and changing stall, 2 sinks and a toilet. Guests bring their own towels and bedding. Cabins are LIMITED. Book early to get in!

One or more cabins will be dedicated to serve as showers and toilets for campers.

Other Accommodation

If you'd rather not camp, or share a room with others, there are other - but much more expensive - options. :(

The BlueBird Inn Motel in Cambria is supporting our Meeting by offering a discount to HU Travelers if you mention Horizons Unlimited when you book your room. The BlueBird is located about 3 miles from Camp, in Cambria, and is very reasonably priced. You can reach them at 1-800-552-5434 Toll Free. Sorry - they're now FULL.

There are also numerous very nice ocean view lodging options along Moonstone Drive in Cambria (about 4-5 miles). The least expensive options are in San Simeon (about 10 miles away).

http://www.cambriapineslodge.com/

Links to local Hotels and Motels.

Califonia Hotels for Cambria

Information about the area

There are 200 wineries in the area. Highway 46 from Paso Robles to Cambria has dozens of excellent choices along it.

Cambria: http://www.cambriachamber.org/index.php

Central Coast tourism: http://family.go.com/travel/article-203294-driving-california-s-central-coast-t/

Central Coast points of interest: http://www.amwest-travel.com/awt_centralcoast.html

Central Coast Elephant Seals: (14 miles) http://www.elephantseal.org/

Hearst Castle: http://www.hearstcastle.org/
Weather forecast

Any info you have on the area, rides etc, please let me know.

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Local Bike Shops

Let us know any good dealers nearby!

Local bike shops with mechanics:

Coast Riders (formerly Bits & Pieces)
3285 S Higuera St, San Luis Obispo,  CA 93401
805.543.0354
Open Saturday (Recommended by Gary Auth)

Hidden Power Cycle Clinic
1333 Riverside Ave, Paso Robles, CA 93446
805.239.8913
Open Saturday, closest to Cambria.

Villa Racing, Jack Wagner mechanic
34 South St.
San Luis Obispo
542-9904

Parts & Gear Only:

Cycle Gear
455 Madonna Rd, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
805.783.2660
Open Saturday & Sunday