Horizons Unlimited Travellers Meetings

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• Pre-Registration form
• Meeting Location - Where is it?
• Other Accommodation
• Information about the area
• Membership
• Rides
• Local hosts, information

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

The Plan

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

2007 Speakers and Tech Clinics (so far, more to come):

• Take Me Home, Katie, Part one
  • Murray Castle, Canada
    Travels in South & Central America, a greying babyboomer overcomes fears and learns about Latin America and travelling solo
• Take Me Home, Katie, Part two
  • Murray Castle, Canada
    What to leave in, what to take out. Preparing for and travelling in South America.
• Iceland
  • Andy Miller, UK,
    A quick blast around Iceland, the land of fire and ice.
  Around the World
  • Mathias Schmid, Switzerland ,
    Leaving home in 2005, Mathias has ridden through Europe, Asia and now the Americas.
• Bears!
  • Trent Schumann, Canada,
    Bear Safety for Wilderness Riders - Learn from a pro "How to Let Sleeping Bears Lie."
• The Achievable Dream
  • Grant and Susan Johnson, Canada
    Learn from Horizons Unlimited's founders and 11 year round-the-world veterans everything you need to know to ride to the next country or the next continent. Sound scary? Get the inspiration and information so YOU can hit the road! In two parts: FRIDAY 10-12 and 1-3PM
• Rider Traffic Survival Skills
  • Ian Thomas, Canada
    Riding unfamiliar roads, in unfamiliar areas can lead to information overload and poor observation. Vehicle control skills are not the only means of keeping riders safe. This session is about getting there in one piece. Session will introduce riders to on-the-road observation and decision making skills that can enhance their bike control skills.
Photo Composition for Travellers
• Grant Johnson, Canada
  The one everyone SHOULD take, but no one does... We all want to take great photos of our trip - so why don't we? This easy clinic will transform your photos from boring to fabulous! There may also be an advanced class if enough interest - bring 10 photos on a USB key or SD card for discussion.
• Fix that flat! How to change a tire anytime, anywhere
  • Grant Johnson, Canada
    How to prevent flats in the first place, and fix them when you get one. Grant's changed thousands, and will show you all the secrets to make it easy. 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!
• Prep your bike for the long trip!
  • Grant Johnson, Canada
    Is your bike ready for long distance travel? Grant will conduct a hands on assessment and discussion of bike set up, ergonomics and prep, looking at YOUR bike.
• Off-road basics!
  • Grant Johnson, Canada
    Never ridden off-pavement? It's easy when you know how - and terrifying if you don't. We'll work on the basics to get you started right!
  Women only
  • Discussion led by Susan Johnson, Canada
    A very popular session - I'm told it's a must for the ladies, so be sure to plan on being there!
• Motorcycle Therapy - A Canadian Adventure in Central America
  • Jeremy Kroeker
    An illustrated reading from the book "Motorcycle Therapy" by the Author.

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.

2006 speakers were:

• Werner Bausenhart, Canada, "The Amazon - Guyana's loop: South America with a difference"
• Jenny Hide, Canada, "Bikes, Beans and Borders, Arizona to Panama City and back" (maybe)
• Ramona Eichhorn, Germany "around the world" with Uwe Krauss, Germany, on two KTM 640 Adventures
• Mark Stowe, UK, RTW, "Getting on the road - what's it take - Q&A" (IF he can make it - on the road in Alaska at the moment!)
• Alec Bialski, Canada, "Central Europe, the good, the bad and the ugly"
• George Coppus, Canada, "Between Mordor and Marai – Motorcycle Touring in New Zealand"
• Klaus Exner, Canada, "From the Rio Grande to the Arctic Circle", "To Inuvik by boat and back by motorcycle"!

Leaving on a big trip in 2007?

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!

Vendors

Dave Anderson of Anderwerks is the new Touratech Canada distributor, and he will be there with catalogs and goodies, and loads of information!

We would like to have a few more travel oriented vendors there. Vendors please contact me for details.

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

Rideouts

Schedule

Accommodation and meals are NOT included.

Not everyone wants to camp, people have different budgets and comfort requirements. For the most fun, you want to be at the official HU Campground - Toad Rock - so you don't have to go looking for people to talk to.

We've learned over the years that some people wanted meals all organized, others preferred to make their own arrangements or bring their own food. Toad Rock will be offering meals, on site, much as last year, $5, $6/7, and $10/$12 for breakfast, lunch and dinner respectively. You can, of course, cook for yourself or go to local restaurants about 15-30 minutes away.

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 posters ( 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 (886kb) full colour 2007 poster. (You may need to right click and choose "save target as...")

Thanks for the help!

The Meeting Location

Nelson BC, Canada.

Getting There -

Distances from Nelson

The "Official" Campground / Meeting spot:

Toad Rock Motorcycle Campground,

Facilities:

Other Accommodation Possibilities

Plenty within 5 minutes.

Information about the area

Attractions include national parks all around, fantastic roads, lakes and more, so plan to spend a few days!

See you at a meeting this year!

Grant and Susan