Germany Summer 2010, Third Annual HU Travellers Meeting Open now
 

Germany, July 1-4.

Full details and Registration open now!

Pretty little hills, dark forests, romantic villages and perfect motorcycle roads! If you have never been there – you will love it! A ride in the morning – an afternoon coffee somewhere in an ancient castle and then back to our campground... what else do we need?

Lots of conversation and good German beer of course! And travel talks and technical clinics to top it all off. :clap:

See you there!

Welcome to the HU Germany Meeting!!!
 

Hi guys,:welcome:

for the 4th time we will meet in Germany, same location as always.

Gasthaus "Zur Schneeburg", 69509 Ober-Liebersbach(30 min. north of Heidelberg)

If you need more information, just let me know...

We changed from may to July, because we want a real Summer Traveller Meeting! German Heatwave and good cold beer!

See you - Jens

Hi,

Unfortunatley I cannot make it to the summer meeting this year as I will be off to Mongolia :mchappy:

But I heard rumours that there will be another autumn meeting end of october, right? Maybe that´s a good place to celebrate the homecoming :clap:.

See you

Björn

Welcome end of october!!! Bring pictures...
 

Hi Björn,

Mongolia sounds great - I am getting jealous...

It is right, there will be a fall meeting end of october, the dates are on the website 29.10.-01.11.2010

Even the Italy Meeting in July is organized by us... the Germans are everywhere...

Have a look, there are some pictures of the location - great farmhouse!

Jens - El Aleman

Too bad, we'll either still be in the UK or on our way back home that weekend, so we won't make it. We will however come to the October meeting. I can highly recommend it - the 2009 October meeting was awesome, great and almost familiar atmosphere.

Might do a talk again this year, we'll see.

Perfect, Jens! I think I will attend the fall meeting then. It´s a good thing to come home after 6 month and come to the meeting to get new ideas for the next trips :mchappy:

Even the Italy Meeting is organised by you? What about a Mongolia meeting then? :biggrin:

Björn

Hi Björn
 

Hi Björn - for the longest distance to the HU Meeting we will have a prize!

So take the chance to get it - Surprise!!!

But you have to arrive directly from Mongolia....

See you - Jens

OK, Jens. I will see what I can do :mchappy:

See you in October
Björn

Slide shows and workshops wanted
 

Hey guys out there,

we are still looking for some more slide shows and workshops around the motorcycle... Can you tell a story? Do you have some nice pictures? Or did you do a nice motorcycle trip???

The only thing that you need is your pictures on a USB Stick, everything else we have on the spot.


Please send me a message to set up the schedule for our Summer Meeting.

Thanks a lot and Hello from Arica, Chile!

Jens
:D

KTM 990 Workshop???
 

Hi guys,

anybody with an KTM 990 Adventure coming to the Germany Meeting?

It would be nice to start an workshop about this bike, we had a lot of problems this week in the Andes...over 3000m...

Altitude Sickness???

See you in Juli!

HU Germany and Italy Meeting

Jens:clap:

Hello from Bolivia!
 

Hi Friends,

just to say hello from Bolivia! What a great country!!! I saw a lot of different things, just in 1 week!

La Paz, Ruta de la Muerte, Salar de Uyuni, Potosi Salt Mines!!!

Everything is so interesting, wait for the pictures at our Germany Meeting.

If you have any stories to tell, please register as a presenter - thanks!


Jens from Tarija, Southern Bolivia
:D

Just 4 more weeks - great!
 

Hi guys,

just 4 more weeks to the HU Germany Meeting!!!

The Odenwälder Äppelwoi is waiting for you...


:D
Jens, right now in Nasca/Peru

Don´t forget your swim suits...
 

Hi guys,

so if you are coming to the HU Summer Meeting in Germany - please don´t forget to bring your swim suit or Speedos... There are some lakes and public pools in the area! In July sometimes it is very hot!!!

See you in about 4 weeks:D



Jens, right now in Arica, Chile...

Hi Jens be sure we will be there and the date is just perfect we are leaving for Ecuador on the 6 of july. So we are happy begin holidays with a HU meeting.Last fall meeting was so nice. We will be very glad to see you again.

Renato and Liced. (Ecuador.)

Hi Montebianco!
 

Hola chicos:D,

nice to see you again! Right now I am in Lima for 1 more week, then flying to Frankfurt...

See you at the Meeting - Jens

Hi

I will be there, too :thumbup1: ... arriving Friday early afternoon :scooter:

Thomas

Miles-to-ride

Hi there,

I'll sign up as soon as my holiday is approved.
I have a question though: is anyone coming who is able and willling to show me how to adjust the valves of a KTM LC4 engine? So far I have been neglecting this (or had somebody else do it for me), but it is one thing I really should be able to do myself...

Best
Peer

If you bring the appropriate tools at least measuring the clearances shouldn't be too hard. I think all of the KTMs have shims so you would need them as well, and you can only order them if you do know which ones you need, i.e. after measuring the clearances...

(somebody correct me if I'm mistaken here)

No shims as far as I know. I know more or less how to do it in theory, but I think it would be better to learn it from someone with KTM experience, LC4s can be a bit delicate. Also, it may be different from other engines, I don't know. KTM have managed to make the oil change fairly complicated with two filters, three points where the old oil comes out, two where the new oil goes in and a step of removing air from the frame, so the valve adjustment may be similarly intricate...

Hi guys, these Nationalities will be at the Meeting so far...
 

Hi guys,:welcome:

only 1 more week to our HU Germany Meeting - so far we have registered:

Scotland, England, France, Ecuador, Belgium, Holland, Canada, Switzerland,USA and of course some Germans...

Share your pictures with us -
(please bring them on a memory stick, slides are possible too. We have a beamer and a slide projector, music is also no problem...)


Please register if possible... would be nice - thank you!

See you next week - Jens:clap:

Bring your Swim Gear - it is hot!
 

Hi guys,

just to let you know, today it was very hot, nearly 30 degrees!!!

This weekend we expect around 33 degrees I heard - puuuuh....

In our area there are several lakes and swimming pools, just to let you know...

Maybe not a bad idea - See you next week - :palm: Jens :Beach:

KTM Tech Workshop
 

Hi guys,

I would also be very interested in some kind of good advice to get a deeper knowledge about the very special things of our orange divas (ok, some are green ;-).
Somebody else interested? If we can find some more participants and maybe a willing presenter it would be nice to have a little „KTM Tech Workshop“ (I presume the “beemer fraction” didn’t need some :biggrin3:)

@Jens:
Surely this is a little bit too short dated to get a proper KTM seminar for the weekend, but maybe this could be an inspiration for the autumn meeting ?!?*zaunpfahlwink*

CU on Friday
Jörn

well I'm on it, why not doing a improvise quick tech-knowledge workshop, if there is any demand for it and there is a hand full of "divas" around, I could give some tech, service and conversion tips...

Will ask Jens to pin a note around the camp, there would be plenty of time to do a small "KTM seminar gathering" this weekend, if there is some interest in doing so, why not :welcome:
by the way... not all LC4 are orange or green... watch out for a plain black one on the camp ground if you got some individual questions... that's my beast...

by the way, I have all the parts+manual books, chassis and engines in form of PDF files with me on a USB stick to share covering all LC4 from 1996 to 2007...

spooky

well just to mention it...

regarding the evening Quiz... remember to bring some nifty little donations... yea well in form of "small junk"... you know the stuff you ones bought and never used for your big trip, may some one else can use it, at least we will have some Quiz fun again, throwing this "valuable kit" at the one who got the right answers first...

see you all again in a few days time... gona be fun again... :D

further more... they don't even need tools... a mobile only will do... :rofl:

... I have the same for the 690 Enduro and SuMos and I'm known to leave CDs and USB Sticks unattended when drunk...

For whatever reasons local beer works best...

:oops2:

Uuups, did I missed the iPhone app which reads the CAN-bus for troubleshooting??:eek3:

:rofl:

To be serious: many thanks to Spooky for his offer! You are more then welcome to give some "ad-hoc" classes for (actually us 2) LC4 riders at the meeting :wave:
How can we support you, which tools are helpful/needed (except of a cellphone :devil2:)??

Cheers
Jörn

I can do a little demonstration of how to adjust valve lash on the LC4. I'll bring the tools etc, but will need someone elses bike (Peer I guess). A KTM manual bazar sounds like a good idea too.

Now all we need is Jens to stop faffing about with the shower and instead make sure we get to watch the Germany game on a big screen ...


:D

you are all very welcome... let's see what we can do. :thumbup1:

about tools ?
not much needed at all, got all the tools with me on the bike to show you, in case you want to take a selection of your own tools... well just take the most common sizes of spanners and a few alen keys (hex or Imbus), basically a bit more of the stuff you can find in the original KTM tool pack.
well yea support wise a beer would be nice... :D

grate let's pull it all together to create a very interesting LC4 workshop...


spooky

KTM Workshop confirmed!
 

Hi guys,

okay, your workshop is confirmed! We take your KTM totally apart and a BMW rider has to put it together - the fastest wins!

What do you think???

Let´s have fun this weekend - Jens

How to find the HU Germany Meeting...
 

Hi guys,

just how to find our HU Germany Meeting:

First go for Weinheim or Heppenheim at the so called Bergstrasse(south of Frankfurt). Then turn east into the Odenwald forest, beautiful riding in this area! Our little Gasthaus"Zur Schneeburg" is in a little side valley, not very well known...

So: Weinheim, through the big tunnel, then right turn direction Ober-Liebersbach, first traffic light another right, 10 min. uphill, then little valley to the left - Gasthaus on the right side!

Gasthaus "Zur Schneeburg" 69509 Ober-Liebersbach

Or follow the bright orange HU Meeting Signs!!!

See you tomorrow - Jens:welcome:

Hello there German HU Organiser,

I am coming through to the meeting, late friday night or early saturday morning. I hope that is okay with you after reading one had to be there at the latest friday afternoon.

We will be 2 people, tent.
I have been late at organising. I would just like to let you know that I will be coming, so please count me in.
I'll pay at the door. I did not find the document to fill in, but I can email you my information if you need it.

Lets hope you don't turn me away at the door. I'm coming from the centre of France, 711km.

Thank you in advance.

Ta-all-the-way (Patrick & Christine)

Patrick and Christine, no problem! We'd never turn travellers away. No problem paying on the day when you get there.

We only recommend you be there at the latest Friday to get the most out of the event. You CAN come any time you like!

We hope you have a great time at the meeting!

Germany summer 2010
 

Hi Jens.
I am starting on Thursday around 6 in the mornig from Belgium,it,s abouth 450km to the rally site,so I will be there in the afternoon. If you see a blue Harley Electra-glide,and a black helmet with tiger ears,that,s me.
See you there.
Chris.

Everybody is welcome - anytime...
 

Welcome to everybody!!!

the most important is that you make it to our Meeting...

See you there - Jens

Hello!
If anyone is heading to the meeting in Bulgaria after Germany, & are travelling thru Munich, I have a friend there with a set of brake pads for my harley, and I need to get them here. I leave for the middle east in a few weeks, & hate to rely on bulgarian post!

Thanks, & have a great time there!

Doug

Hi Doug,

I´ll be in Munich on Sunday evening to see friends and family and leave on Monday morning (not too early). I´m planning to come to Bulgaria before I travel on to Mongolia (sent you an e-mail yesterday). Where in Munich is your friend. I´m in Neuhausen (pretty close to downtown and Schwabing). To get in touch with me use eather my e-mail info (at) bta (dot) de or your friend should call me/text me on my cell and leave a message (+49 172 606 3651)
See you next week,
Mike

Free Wifi at the Meeting - welcome!
 

Hi guys,

we have free wifi at the spot - first people just arrived!

Jens(it is hot - puuuuh!)

Will get there tonight or tomorrow midday - just make sure you have the football sorted out by then :P

I'm still hustling at work, trying to finish early...

Weather's supposed to be hot, dry and perfect this weekend.

Thanks for that Grant, I appreciate you writing.
Unfortunately im still unsure of my plans.
Nice to know that i'm welcome never the less.
If i don't make it, have a great weekend, and i'll try and get to the next one, near by.

All the best to Horizons unlimited, this is a great inspirational site, with many good people.

ta-all-the-way
Patrick

Hi guys,
 

Live from the HU Germany Meeting!

Already around 40-50 people on the spot, had a nice evening yesterday.

Tonight great slideshows!!!

See you - Jens

Hi guys, live from HU Germany Meeting!
 

Hi Guys,

just to let you know that we are having a great time! It is very hot and it was quite a challenge to change tyres in our workshop under African sun and 36 degrees.....puuuuh!

See you in 2 weeks at Lake Garda - HU Italy Meeting!

Jens - El Aleman:palm:

Hi Jens

thank you for the nice weekend and all the effort, you put into it :thumbup1:

Thomas

It was great, as always!

I promised to do a little write up and link collection for the KTM(?)/Toolkit workshop, you can find it here:

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...-germany-51242

Germany summer 2010
 

Hi Jens
Great rally,great people,and great slide shows,and the movie from the litle boy in Africa was nice. If I have the time,I come back some day,with the Harley.
See you than.
Chris.:thumbup1:

Thanks for your efforts
 

Hi guys,

I would like to say MANY THANK´S to Ben and Hanno for all their efforts doing the technical workshop! :clap::clap:
It was a great idea and also perfectly prepared, for sure you both gave us all a real nugget of all your experience and knowledge (even if all the girls only came because of the presenters and maybe not regarding technical issues ;-).

Cheers
Jörn

ps: maybe we can arrange a "how to use your cellphone" training at the autumn meeting?? :innocent:

Thanks for the feedback, that's great to hear! (although I'm not sure if I should be happier about my apparent mechanical skills or attracting the girls :laugh:).

BMW riders only need their phone to call road assistance, I guess they will manage by themselves ;-) But I might put together a bike electrics workshop, hunting gremlins, identifying common faults etc next time round. Watch this space ...

You're on!! :)