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Old 10 Dec 2012
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Welcoming the adventure Riders into UAE

Dear HuBB Adventure Riders

I would like to introduce myself as a Friendly biker who are welcoming and assisting any Adventure traveler to my country UAE.
I leave in Dubai and am a biker since 2000. during this period I rode Motocross, Sport Bikes and Touring bikes.
I have been traveling around GCC countries (UAE, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia & Kuwait) also I have been to Europe in Summer of 2012 covering around 5000Km starting and finishing in Hamburg, visiting Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria & Poland.

am glad to help and assist any Adventure traveler riders visiting my country,
helping them to find budget hotels
assist them in finding the expert motorcycle shipping company
Custom clearing
answering any questions about Dubai
plan a route in UAE & Oman.
solving any mechanical problem with their bikes.
see and ride to some heratge places
Motorcycle is my Hobby and I enjoy helping & having friends around the world.
During the last 3 months
I meet few European friends
Marcel from Switzerland
Robert and Anna from Sweden http://hjjk.org/2012.html
Alex and Keven from UK www.tukthehighroad.com
Romain & his wife from France www.vanetroamoto.com
Also from Egypt Cpt: Oman Mansoor (Facebook: Omar Mansour Alfardy)

This is a picture clip from our Summer Europe trip http://goo.gl/IOp36

you are welcome to contact me either throw the HUBB or on my Face book (Saleh Jamal Alsharif)

wishing all a happy new year and Safe Rides
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Pleasure to say you are most appreciated friend there and sure will be happy to ride among Gold Wings soon

Always got urgent replies from you and friendly supports..

Best Regards to all great hearted friends..

mehmet zeki avar
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Hi Guys,

Thanks for the info and offer to help!

I'll be riding from Bucharest to Turkey, to Egypt and the Middle East, shipping to India. This will be in March and April of this year.

I'm happy to meet you all and have some food and conversations!

Take care and see you soon.
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Hi Saleh.
It's nice to meet people offering help in other places.
I'm flying to Dubai in some weeks. One year ago the chances to rent a big motorcycle in Dubai were limited to Harleys. Do you know if there are now any other brand available for renting?.
Thank you and best regards from Spain.
Angel.
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It is possible to rent off road bikes from Sandstorm. Unfortunately I do not have any information in relation to large road bikes.
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Thanks Mehmet

Its my pleasure to be firend with you & waiting for the day to meet you
you will be riding my Goldwing once am in Istanbul.
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Pleasure to say you are most appreciated friend there and sure will be happy to ride among Gold Wings soon

Always got urgent replies from you and friendly supports..

Best Regards to all great hearted friends..

mehmet zeki avar
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Hi Brennan

you are welcome to meet me any time in Dubai
you will be my guest and will invite you for Dinner and introduce you to our friendly bikers

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Hi Guys,

Thanks for the info and offer to help!

I'll be riding from Bucharest to Turkey, to Egypt and the Middle East, shipping to India. This will be in March and April of this year.

I'm happy to meet you all and have some food and conversations!

Take care and see you soon.
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Hi Angel

you are Welcome and you should inform me before your arrival, so we can ride togather
Yes we are having some Motorcycle rental Shops since few years, you have the choice from CBR600 uptop Goldwings or Harley.
one of them www.dubaimotorcycletours.com
advice what kind of bikes you are looking for and i will try to sort it out
lets be in touch before your arrival and i can check it further.
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Hi Saleh.
It's nice to meet people offering help in other places.
I'm flying to Dubai in some weeks. One year ago the chances to rent a big motorcycle in Dubai were limited to Harleys. Do you know if there are now any other brand available for renting?.
Thank you and best regards from Spain.
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Hi Dubai355
its nice to see people who like to help others, we would like to try and get to Dubai by next Jan / Feb 2013 and from there we would like to ship to India so any information would be great, but we are traveling with our home made buggy, AdventureBug – The Crazy Travelers | Chris and Elayne Clash journey in the worlds most travelled homemade buggy, Victor! hope to catch up with you in Dubai
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Thank you for your fast reply. It'd be nice to meet you there. If possible I'd like a trail type bike, eg, GS650, GS1200, Vstrom. Best regards.
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HI Chris

Hi Chris

you are more than welcome to Dubai and UAE and make sure that i will be more than happy to help you out from A to Z
No issues regarding shipping the Buggy, we are having the tuk tuk store with us now and just waiting for the owner (Alex) to arrange the shipping and we may use the same company or any other company as he will be shipping it to India as well.

which route you will take to arrive to UAE?

please advice if you need any info at the moment.

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its nice to see people who like to help others, we would like to try and get to Dubai by next Jan / Feb 2013 and from there we would like to ship to India so any information would be great, but we are traveling with our home made buggy, AdventureBug – The Crazy Travelers | Chris and Elayne Clash journey in the worlds most travelled homemade buggy, Victor! hope to catch up with you in Dubai
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HI Ondoibili

dont worry in Dubai you can find everything and anything
www.2xwheeler.com i know the owner.
be in touch
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Amsterdam to Melbourne 2014

Hi, I am planning to ride my BMW F800GS from Morocco to Dubai starting February 2014. I just wonder what would be the best route to travel from Eqypt to Jordon, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman and UAE.

I believe it is very difficult to get visa for riding motorcycle in Suadi Arabia. Is it easy to get visas for other countires?
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Hi Channey

thanks for your enquiry
about traveling from Egypt to Jordan, there is a ferry line between those 2 point and its easy to book and load your bike.
as Saudi is in the middle of GCC you will only have the option of fright the bike from Jordan to UAE then ride to Oman.
you will not be able to enter Qatar because saudi is having a land between UAE & Qatar.

i wish i clear the point, glad to answer any other questions

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Hi, I am planning to ride my BMW F800GS from Morocco to Dubai starting February 2014. I just wonder what would be the best route to travel from Eqypt to Jordon, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman and UAE.

I believe it is very difficult to get visa for riding motorcycle in Suadi Arabia. Is it easy to get visas for other countires?
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You are very kind Dubai355. I found the 2xwheeler.com page a month ago but after sending them some emails I obtained no answer. I'll try it again. In case they don't answer me, should I phone him?.
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