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...!!

Cold Enough??
 

looks like you hada great time Graham- how did joining the two bikes together work out??

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::devil::biggrin:

Blushes all round now :blush: Glad I could help with the tube.


The XL1200 looked the part and certainly got a lot of attention -


http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps6edf0a29.jpg

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 -

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...psa30755d3.jpg

and much more this -

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps3914206a.jpg

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 -

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...pscf4ef78f.jpg

I did actually manage to find some snow to ride through on the way back though -

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps226d4f2e.jpg

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)

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.

Andy