- 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.
- Pre-Register to attend the Meeting
- Meeting Location - Where is it?
- Camping on site
- Other Accommodation
- Information about the area
- Membership
- Rides
- Local hosts, information
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!" More comments here.
See what it was like at other Germany Meetings: Deutschland 2008 Spring and 2009 Spring Report, 2009 Autumn Report.
The Plan
The plan is simple. Show up on Thursday or at the latest Friday afternoon, meet people and setup. Travel Presentations and Tech seminars are planned throughout the meeting, starting Thursday night.
2012 Autumn
more to come as they register!
- Afrika and South America
- Tobias Dreissig
- Women only
- a very popular session - I'm told it's a must for the ladies, so be sure to plan on being there! A chance to talk to experienced travelling women without the men around!
- Fix that flat! How to change a tire anytime, anywhere
- Workshop
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!
- Workshop
Tech sesssion
- How to write and publish your travel book!
- Jens Ruprecht, Germany
Want to get your story published and on Amazon? Jens did it, and here's how!
- Jens Ruprecht, Germany
- GPS Tech clinic
- Matthias Zörcher, http://www.rswolf.de/ (30 minutes from the meeting if you need anything for GPS, Ducati or Suzuki)
Friday and Saturday presentations on using a GPS
Matthias at the GPS session
- Matthias Zörcher, http://www.rswolf.de/ (30 minutes from the meeting if you need anything for GPS, Ducati or Suzuki)
- Experienced Travellers Panel - ask the experts anything you want!
- and more to come as we get closer to the date.
- How about you? We're all here to learn, and there's LOTS to learn! We want to do more presentations and seminars - 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.
To give you an idea of what we plan to have for you, here's the seminars we had for last years Autumn Meeting:
- Let's get Leh d
- Kathrin & Joern Buchleitner
Ride the skies on motorcycle dinosaurs!
- Kathrin & Joern Buchleitner
- On vegetable oil from Giessen (Germany) to Agadir (Morocco)
- Arno Deuker
An ecological sidecar advenure (in German or English with German slides)
- Arno Deuker
- With 14 horsepower through Africa
- Michael Schulze
A film about a historical motorcycle journey in 1935
- Michael Schulze
- USA Rockies, Iron Butt and the Black Forest
- Lee Williams, USA
If Around the World is Out of Reach, how to have fun anyway!
- Lee Williams, USA
- Umbria: Central Italy at its best
- Werner Zwick
Alpine mountains, medieval towns, deserted mountain roads, lush forests and a giant man-made waterfall.
- Werner Zwick
- New Zealand
- Werner Zwick
Aotearoa - Land of the long white cloud
- Werner Zwick
- GPS Tips and Tricks
- Bertrand, UK
Three separate 45 minute Presentations!
-Getting and adding maps form Open source to your GPS
-Adding Google Earth images to your GPS.
-Custom POI's - (Points of Interest) and how to add them.
- Bertrand, UK
- BMW F650 Dakar Modifications
- Bertrand, UK
Tweak this favourite bike to work for you!
- Bertrand, UK
- Women only
- a very popular session - I'm told it's a must for the ladies, so be sure to plan on being there! A chance to talk to experienced travelling women without the men around!
- Fix that flat! How to change a tire anytime, anywhere
- Workshop
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!
- Workshop
- How to write and publish your travel book!
- Jens Ruprecht, Germany
Want to get your story published and on Amazon? Jens did it, and here's how!
- Jens Ruprecht, Germany
- GPS Tech clinic
- Matthias Zörcher, http://www.rswolf.de/ (30 minutes from the meeting if you need anything for GPS, Ducati or Suzuki)
Friday and Saturday presentations on using a GPS
- Matthias Zörcher, http://www.rswolf.de/ (30 minutes from the meeting if you need anything for GPS, Ducati or Suzuki)
- Experienced Travellers Panel - ask the experts anything you want!
Schedule will hopefully be posted here when it's ready...
...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.
There will be slide shows and talks Friday and Saturday night, as well as all Saturday morning and afternoon, and Sunday too, so come early and make it a great weekend! We recommend planning on riding Friday and Sunday, and leaving time for Seminars all day Saturday.
Rideouts
Rideouts are limited to 6 or 10 people per ride, no exceptions.
All rides will be back on site at or before 5.00pm
Road Rides - two planned, details to come.
Off-road - we could use some help - any ideas, locations, routes, off-road tracks?
The cost of going on any ride is included in the registration fee.
All rides are "register on the day." There will be signup sheets for each ride posted the evening before. First in best dressed.
Charity
Last year we raised over €2000 for Motorcycle Outreach, through the sale of raffle tickets and the generous donation of prizes from all the vendors on site and from afar at our HU Meetings worldwide. Many thanks to everyone, let's hope we can raise even more this year. And if you'd like to donate a prize, please contact Grant in London or Jens in Germany.
Food
Served all day, breakfast €5 from 08.00 every day, then hot meals from 11:30 till 22.00, a wide and varied menu - typical dishes of the area (Odenwald), including vegetarian, at reasonable prices. Try the Odenwald Äppelwoi!(applewine).
Camping
Camping is INCLUDED in your registration fee. NO 4 wheeled vehicles in the main camping fields, there will be an area specifically for you.
Dogs - Noisy dogs will be ejected.
Travel Equipment Vendors
We're looking for Travel Equipment vendors to come and display your products, and sell as well. Please contact Grant in London or Jens Ruprecht in Germany.
Touratech - expected
Kedo Performance Products "Heroes Legend Race to Dakar" support, travel goodies and more/
Petra Friedrich from OutdoorFieber will be there with motorcycle and outdoor products.
Books - get your signed copy direct from the Author!
Jens Ruprecht
Are you an author coming to the meeting?
Leaving on a big trip?
Plan on leaving from the Meeting! We'll make it a great send-off! Or coming home around the time of the Meeting? What a great place to arrive at!
Schedule
All times - and everything - approximate! 
An up-to-date schedule will be posted at the Meeting.
Friday
08:00 - Breakfast, all morning, €5
CHECK-IN and sign up! You MUST be registered to go on a ride or entry to any events, seminars etc.
09:00 Ride briefing. Be gassed up and ready to ride if you're going.
Friday night
21:00 Speakers presentations start sharp at 2100, so be sure you've eaten early!
Saturday morning
8:00 - Breakfast, all morning, €5
8:30 - 9:00 Late Check-in.
9:00 Ride briefing. Be fueled up and ready to ride if you're going.
Saturday Lunch
From 11:30, served all day. Payable to the venue on the day. Range of specials from the blackboard served all day, various excellent prices. Vegetarian meals available.
Saturday afternoon,
Rideouts - details here if you're riding on your own.
On road runs - we'll post a sheet of paper up for you to add your name to a destination, volunteers to lead appreciated!
Tech Seminar, details to come. If you want to volunteer to lead a seminar or breakout session, on any appropriate topic, please contact us. We have had lots of interest in seminars, ranging from 30 minutes to several hours, on subjects from GPS to packing lists to tire changing.
Saturday, dinner
See Saturday lunch above.
19:00 sharp:
Speakers presentations
21:00 (not sharp) - Door prizes - you have to be there to win!
Sunday
Breakfast served from 8:00, €5
SOME people need to head home - but for the lucky ones, Monday is a holiday, so there will be more happening Sunday evening!
Miscellaneous notes:
Organizers will be there most of Thursday, hopefully Wednesday evening, if anyone wishes to arrive early and just hang out or go for a ride in the area. There is no problem arriving even a couple of days early, our hosts will be happy to see you and feed you, and camping is free. Please LET US KNOW you will be arriving early.
Registration
Entry fee includes admission to the slide shows on Friday and Saturday, and other events during the day Friday and Saturday. Camping is also included in your entry fee for Thursday, Friday and Saturday night. If you arrive early there is generally no problem finding a spot to camp, no charge. Just eat there and they're happy!
Accommodation other than camping, and meals are NOT included.
How to Pay
Please PRE-BOOK by filling in the form below and click the "Count me in" button below it. NOTE: Use one form per person!
Option 1. Pay by PayPal
a. You will shortly receive an e-mail confirmation. Check to ensure the details are correct. If you don't receive an e-mail confirmation within a few minutes, it means your e-mail address wasn't correct, (or the Internet has eaten your e-mail). Try again. A human being will actually get a copy of the e-mail, and we promise we won't sign you up multiple times. ;-)
b. After you have filled in the form and submitted it, you will have an opportunity to pay by
. Please be careful calculating the amount, the form isn't that smart yet!
OR:
Option 2. Pay by cheque
a. You will shortly receive an e-mail confirmation. Check to ensure the details are correct. If you don't receive an e-mail confirmation within a few minutes, it means your e-mail address wasn't correct, (or the Internet has eaten your e-mail). Try again. A human being will actually get a copy of the e-mail, and we promise we won't sign you up multiple times. ;-)
b. PRINT THAT EMAIL (or write out the important bits by hand if you don't have a printer) and MAIL it with a cheque in GBP OR Euros, made payable to Horizons Unlimited,
Please use the Canadian address.
and mail to:OR:
Option 3. Pay by Bank Transfer
a. You will shortly receive an e-mail confirmation. Check to ensure the details are correct. If you don't receive an e-mail confirmation within a few minutes, it means your e-mail address wasn't correct, (or the Internet has eaten your e-mail). Try again. A human being will actually get a copy of the e-mail, and we promise we won't sign you up multiple times. ;-)
Make your Payment to:
Jens Ruprecht
Konto-Nummer: 20562200
BLZ: 553 900 00
Sorry, online registration is now closed, but we have plenty of room, so come and join us!
Membership - Show you're proud to be a Horizons Unlimited Traveller!
Just to clarify the membership situation: Currently there is no requirement to be a member to access the website, the HUBB or to receive the monthly e-zine. For now, what you get for your membership contribution is our sincere gratitude, good karma and knowing that you're helping to keep the motorcycle travel dream alive.
We will also upgrade your status in the HUBB to Contributing or Gold Member. In addition to recognising your contribution through your status, this will allow you to upload a custom profile picture and custom avatar, store more private messages, upload more pictures, add events to the calendar and create polls.
If you wish to buy a t-shirt, mug, fleece jacket or other Horizons logo product from the Souk, you can purchase Member or Gold Member logo products at the basic price. Just let us know and we can arrange access to the Members Private Store.
Note that new Memberships with your Meeting Registration are applied as of the Meeting date or as soon as possible thereafter, not earlier, unless you make a special request in the Comments box when you register.
T-Shirt Deal
Cotton: Top quality heavy cotton t-shirts in black or grey.
Synthetic: (Dri-Fit) t-shirts are in a beautifully made wicking material, and make great travel / riding t-shirts as well as all-round wear t-shirts. Available in a variety of colours at most meetings, and always black or grey. The order section will list the colours available.
Note that we will have a very few t-shirts extra at each meeting, but very limited - we can't carry many! So please pre-order and pay in advance so you can be sure of getting what you want.
2012 Tshirt slogan "The open road is calling, and I have a world to ride!"
Back:
(large, full back)
Front:
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.
(You may need to right click and choose "save target as...")
Poster in pdf format, English (300kb) full colour Autumn 2012 poster.
Poster in pdf format, Deutsche (300kb) full colour Autumn 2012 poster.
Thanks for the help!
The Meeting Location:
Gasthaus „Zur Schneeburg“
69509 Ober-Liebersbach
(30 min. north of Heidelberg)
Getting There - GPS, Maps
GPS-Koordinaten „Zur Schneeburg“
N49 36.422
E8 42.421
Restaurant/Farm website, with details on getting there: www.zur-schneeburg.de
Map to the Meeting - click for more details.
If you have any links or details for the area please let us know.
Other Accommodation Possibilities
If you have any information for the area please let us know.
Pretty nice hotel:
Der Watzenhof
69502 Hemsbach/
Balzenbach
Tel: 06201 70050
Fax: 06201 700520
Email Hotel: kontakt@watzenhof.de
Liebersbacher Hof (clean, safe, maybe 2 stars)
Liebersbacher Strasse 63
69488 Birkenau(Nieder-Liebersbach)
Tel: 06201-32558
Information about the area
The Odenwald Region, a little bit south of Frankfurt, east of the Rhine river is a very nice area for motorcyclists because of its pretty little hills, forests, romantic villages and perfect motorcycle roads! If you have never been here – you will love it! A ride in the morning – an afternoon coffee somewhere in an ancient castle and then back to our campground with all these beautiful people – what else do we need? We are only 15 min. away from the nice little towns of Heppenheim and Weinheim. Once you are here in the region – don't miss visiting the old town of Heidelberg.
If you have any links or details for the area please let us know.
Local Hosts
Jens Ruprecht is the lead organizer of this event. Thanks go to Jens for volunteering to bring Horizons Unlimited Travellers Meetings to Germany!
If you have any questions, contact with rideout registration, vendor, venue and speakers questions.
See you at a meeting this year!
Grant and Susan
