GTR Owners Meet 2013 (Europe)

[Ros]

Nice moves!

Anyway, we might have to put up with my sister on her Harley... She can keep up though - she's nuts!

[O.C.]

Well.... My folks have a place in the south of France it has quite a bit of land. They have one house on there and there is another which is independant. If a few of you fancied it, I could try and persuade the oldies to allow a bunch of hairy GTR owners to camp out on there for a few days...

Late in the summer is best. Fewer tourists and slightly less heat! Plenty of monumental roads around including les Gourges de Verdon. Some lakes, 30 clicks from St Tropez and Frejus....

No promises but i could check it out if there is some interest.  They like to be paid in wine, and there are plenty of wineries around :)

Lemme know and I'll try...

@@@ sorry Asif - should've waited for your new Euro thread... @@@

Thanks for that generous offer rosbif 

And where the hell did ya get the idea that we were all "hairy"   [/b]

[100milesaway]

Thanks for that generous offer rosbif 

And where the hell did ya get the idea that we were all "hairy"   [/b]

He's obviously never seen you head then Rog

[O.C.]

      His comments were clearly based upon an image of you Geoff.... 

"grass doesn't grow on a busy street" and all that   

[Ros]

  sorry!

In fact that is the image my oldies have of bikers, maybe... It all stems back to the first time a bike arrived in our drive when we were still living with them:

My sister was being a typical 17 year old going out with a hairy biker who had errrm... I think a GSXR 400. Then one day she bought a CM 125, brought it home and left it in the drive.

Our dad got home and my sister beaming proudly asked " so whaddya think, Dad?"

I kid you not, the exact reply was "I don't like motorcyclists"

Undeterred, a year or so later, I had got my license and purchased a brand new ZZR600 and left that in the same drive to try my luck..

"so whaddya think, dad"

This time it was "wow! What is that?" and "can you take me out for a spin?" 

Anyway, it's kind of been a bit of a joke in our family ever since that bikers are hairy, probably because of this ridiculous boyfriend my sister had at the time...

In any case, I would wager that Harley owners are more hairy than GTR owners, no? 

for story completeness, she then killed the CM and bought an XV535 Virago... Don't ask...
About a year later, we headed up the A55 (i think) to ride around Wales with some mates, when both of us made the same mistake and stacked our bikes into the same piece of Armco...

I walked away because of decent gear, and a bit of luck, but split my ZZR in two. When her broken leg mended she got a VMAX (!) whch is now in my garage in a fairly sorry state since she bought her Harley

Anyway, we have both been trying to convince my dad to get a bike ever since he retired, but it's not looking very promising :/  I do catch him gawping at my GTR though when I ride down there to visit 

Aaaaaaanyway, sorry for rabbiting on! 

[O.C.]

excellent...love it Rosbif 

[frenchbiker]

Well.... My folks have a place in the south of France it has quite a bit of land. They have one house on there and there is another which is independant. If a few of you fancied it, I could try and persuade the oldies to allow a bunch of hairy GTR owners to camp out on there for a few days...

Late in the summer is best. Fewer tourists and slightly less heat! Plenty of monumental roads around including les Gourges de Verdon. Some lakes, 30 clicks from St Tropez and Frejus....

No promises but i could check it out if there is some interest.  They like to be paid in wine, and there are plenty of wineries around :)

Lemme know and I'll try...

@@@ sorry Asif - should've waited for your new Euro thread... @@@

I grew up there, Cannes being my hometown, I am currently vacationing in Lorgues, very close to what you describe, I know all the wineries and twisty roads like the back of my hands. This could be a fun meet up!

[Ros]

Hey, I'll be down there next Sunday and Monday! On way to Spain. Will you still be around?

[frenchbiker]

Too bad i m going back tomorrow...

[2kwacks]

Last year in the early stages of planning for this years meet there was lots of hype about people wanting to go to Europe for the meet. If people want to go to Europe and can get permission from their other halves for the trip and time off work, then that's brilliant but don't underestimate the UK. We genuinely had a terrific time in the Cotswolds and I would say it was a huge success.

"Bah, humbug!" ... give me the french/swiz alps anytime

[frenchbiker]

So Ros (ex Rosbif) are you planning on touring south of France next summer? I may consider going back home with the bike this time, the more the merrier !!

[Winston Smith]

"Bah, humbug!" ... give me the french/swiz alps anytime

[Ros]

Not sure yet, but will probably end up doing that anyway. It all depends on the missus! 

[Ros]

Well, i've managed to persuade the folks to let me have my wedding at their place, so I don't think I can persuade them to have the hairy biker bash there too.... 

But anyway, what do you lot suggest for an EU meetup this summer? The last 3 weeks of August, I'll be on hols and if anyone is up for a meetup... Would be great 

Let's see if we can drum up at least a bit more enthusiasm than for the UK one...

Whaddya say?   

[2kwacks]

Well, i've managed to persuade the folks to let me have my wedding at their place, so I don't think I can persuade them to have the hairy biker bash there too.... 

But anyway, what do you lot suggest for an EU meetup this summer? The last 3 weeks of August, I'll be on hols and if anyone is up for a meetup... Would be great 

Let's see if we can drum up at least a bit more enthusiasm than for the UK one...

Whaddya say?   

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