Seriously looking into organising the first HU Meeting in Spain for 2008. Anybody interested in attending/presenting? We live 35km inland from Malaga in the Spanish mountains and have some of the best biking roads in Andalucia. Venue would depend on numbers. Let me know. Thanks.

Despite the heat, are you considering August? this would fit with annual holidays, allowing more to come.....

Best wishes

Caminante, no hay camino..........................

It's 40C plus here most days in Jul/Aug/Sept, but if 200 people say they'll come in August, who am I to argue?

Love the idea and would be willing to present. But please not July/Aug.

Tim

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Thanks for that Tim. Will let you know how things go.

You wont be able to please everyone Dakota! Good luck anyway!

I am thinking GSheaven!!!!

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Wrong....moto andalusia

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Yep, Moto Andalucuia is in 2 weeks - this is the unofficial event which will lead us into HU Andalucia 2008.

Where abouts in Spain are you - close enough to come down in a couple of weeks? We've got a 40km trail planned for the Saturday - suitable for novices on dual sport bikes.

Whats the current status on this meeting? Should I start booking ferries and work holidays? I'm sure I'm not alone in wondering this.

I could do another TomTom Rider presentation, if thats of interest. I've since upgraded to the TomTom Rider 2. Hopefully, by then we'll have some map pages up on the HU website (this functionality is currently in development), and we may even be able to upload the data from your TomTom Rider or Garmin directly to the site.

I had a couple of other ideas for presentations, if anyone is interested in picking up on these.. I know I would be interested in attending these!

- Bike security - a practical demo of how to secure your bike
- Biker First aid
- Bike maintenance on the road (commonly needed maint, tools and techniques)
- Bribe techniques (just kidding, but hey, if anyone has the knowledge, and wants to pass it on!)

Presentatations I'd love to see again

- Roadkill cookout
- Carnets
- lots of others..

Which meeting? Moto Andalucia 2007 is in 2 weeks. All the information is on the website (see link below). HU Spain 2008 is on - we're just debating on the date. I see there's been a couple of suggestions about tagging it onto the HUMM or a trip to Morocco. I'm talking to a couple of people at the moment about Morocco - having the HU meet at the weekend and taking people off-roading, then possibly on to Morocco for a week or so afterwards. HU 2008 WILL take place, we just need to finalise the date.

Presentations - at Moto Andalucia we're having a presentation on 'incident management'. Tim Cullis is doing a presentation about Garmin, so if you can make it, by all means, a TomTom presentation would be good as I know one person attending is a GPS 'virgin'. I'm still looking for somebody who can demonstrate changing a tyre. I really want to keep this year as informal as possible - kind of a 'suck it and see' type event.

Presentations for 2008 are still being arranged as it's still a long way off, but I've already got half a dozen people 'on my list'. Roadkill cookout - can't do it in Spain, there's never any roadkill around - the buzzards carry most things away.

Let's keep this thread alive - I want to know what people are interested in to make it the best event it can be.

Moi! I am up in Alicante......i will have time to come down for a few days

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I can't believe this, I've not logged into the forum for about a year and i log into find that you are organising something in my back garden.

I am close to El Chorro (alora) so if you need any help let me know..

Yep, absolutely could do with a hand next year. We're looking at the third weekend in September (19-21st) so clear your diary!! PM me with your contact details.

We had the first 'unofficial' meeting last month - Moto Andalucia. You can see the photos here - Picasa Web Albums - Dakota.

We've already got a few people on the list for presentations with promises of more people attending next year. A group of us will be leaving for Morocco straight after the meeting.

Does that work for going to morocco for end of ramadan?

I'm riding from Belfast on a road bike (honda deauville) and going on from the meeting to morocco to do a tour based on Tim's suggestions in the thread 'Morocco for beginers'.

Anyone else on a road bike?

Drew

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