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2013 Elefant rally
A big thank you to Backofbeyond for stopping on the way back from the rally and giving us a tube after Mark punctured. Top bloke indeed...!!
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Cold Enough??
looks like you hada great time Graham- how did joining the two bikes together work out??
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looks like you hada great time Graham- how did joining the two bikes together work out??
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Yo Tiff, it was more fun than most people can handle but we managed.... basically we pissed ourselves laughing but handled the machine quite well. We steered by powering round corners, go left= right hand bike drive, go right= left hand bike drive, like a tank..!!! I want to go next year mob handed so we need a posse from cornwall to meet up with Mark's posse from the midlands. We take a truck n trailer like everyone else....!!! We have a plan for next years snow machine, watch this space..... ![Devil](https://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/images/smilies/devil.gif) ![Devil](https://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/images/smilies/devil.gif)
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Blushes all round now ![Blush](https://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/images/smilies/blush.gif) Glad I could help with the tube.
The XL1200 looked the part and certainly got a lot of attention -
This bit of YouTube video shows it in action -
Elephant Rally 2013 - two XL600's bolted together - YouTube
After this year I'm coming to the conclusion that what's needed is less this kind of camping -
and much more this -
Most of the regulars seem to have worked out that a wood burning stove and a load of straw bales are much more useful.
I've just got to figure out how to load them onto the bike :confused1:
If there's another year like this though a boat might be more useful than a bike to get through the sea of mud -
I did actually manage to find some snow to ride through on the way back though -
It made a change from being run off the road by the trucks.
Full story here - The voyages of HMS Bloop
(or at least it will be the full story when I finish it)
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Great write up, well done all and thank you for reminding me of the lows as well as the highs of the Elefant. The Belgian petrol station bit I can well remember, as well as wandering back and forth with 10€ notes to avoid taking the lid, balaclava, earplugs, face mask and inner gloves off, I then trod on my heated jacket connector!
No more Elefants for me unless I take about three weeks over it, only ride in the middle of the day and not worry if getting fuel and a hot drink takes an hour.
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