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 info@nospam.com (blackSP) info@nospam.com (blackSP) Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:32:42 -0700 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:32:42 -0700 http://backend.userland.com/rss e107 (http://e107.org) 60 HP2 Enduro.com : News http://www.hp2enduro.com/e107_images/advanced.png / 88 31 In 2005 BMW produced about 2800 hand-build off-road motorcycles with a 1200cc boxer engine. Not quite like the GS, 30 kilos lighter, stripped of all non-essential parts and with a plain, but good, upside-down front fork and a revolutionary air dampened rear shockThis site is dedicated to the HP2 Enduro.Version 0.1January 17, 2009 Trip From Holland to South Africa Part 3 http://www.hp2enduro.com/news.php?item.60.6 Europe to Afrika via ferry from Sicily to Tunisia then Libya. But after numerous Libyan visaI decided why bother? Is full of sand and guys with bad hair anyway.
So next plan was to take the well established Athens to Alexandra ferry. I'd read accounts in several motorbike books as well as on blogs.
No probs, shoot down to Greece and hop on the ferry.
However when I thought I'd better check on the times (to see how frequent it was) it turned out to be not very frequent. Like VERY infrequent. Like not running anymore.
Hmmm.....

]]> FENNECKFOX@nospam.com (Leafrican) Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:13:07 -0700 http://www.hp2enduro.com/news.php?item.60.6 Alan his trip to South Africa Part 2 http://www.hp2enduro.com/news.php?item.59.6 Bosphorus into Asia?
Steppenwolf obviously, Born to Be Wild: GREAT song.

So, passed from Europe into Asia.
I'm on my way to Mine's place of birth: Beypazari, just South of Ankara.
To stay in an Ottoman Mansion.


]]> FENNECKFOX@nospam.com (Leafrican) Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:07:23 -0700 http://www.hp2enduro.com/news.php?item.59.6 Alan on a HP@ from Holland to South Africa http://www.hp2enduro.com/news.php?item.58.6 I mean where else can you go roaring along at high speed on a big german motorbike down an almost empty three lane highway in the sunshine???
Without any police around either, at least none I saw.


]]> FENNECKFOX@nospam.com (Leafrican) Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:00:35 -0700 http://www.hp2enduro.com/news.php?item.58.6 Hyperpro suspension http://www.hp2enduro.com/news.php?item.57.3 info@nospam.com (blackSP) Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:49:38 -0700 http://www.hp2enduro.com/news.php?item.57.3 May solo trip http://www.hp2enduro.com/news.php?item.51.1 It was quite sunny but cold at around 10 degrees centigrade. Too cold for may considering that only a week ago it was 25 degrees! I left on Tuesday morning, right after a trip to a local bike store as I had a flat front tire! An inner tube fixed that...

Tuesday evening I found a great spot just where a big forest ended. Wednesday morning I woke up with a drizzle and 0 degrees c! What a bummer. My wife confirmed the weather was going to detoriate the next day so I decided to  make the best of it for the day and had home in the evening. Which I did.

The wednesday itself turned out to be a great day with sunny spells, nice forest roads, just as I planned it!


I've attached a few previews, the full report is here

For some reason or another I always end up going solo. Not that I mind, actually I love a bit of piece and quite, but sharing your experiences is with another rider is great. Anyway, here are the pics. If you feel like joining later in the year let me know. I'm not worried about when.

During this trip:
- a small river with lots of otters. I saw 3 pairs!
- many, many deer
- badger
- 1 eagle
- great forests without foresters... (Actually I saw nobody at all the whole 2 days!)


Good start, right across the NL border




Nice single track, which had a fallen tree blocking my path. Took me 10 minutes to het it out of the way!




The otter stream




Took this pic from my camp site spot.




Down the fire lane. See my tent up there?




This turned out to be a wildlife area so I went back to  not disturb the eagles that were nesting there. Somewhere...







Yes, a real hill climb




And another tree blocking my path. Not too many people come here for sure. This going to be my campsite on my next trip!


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The full gallery is here

A teaser...

]]> info@nospam.com (blackSP) Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:57:23 -0700 http://www.hp2enduro.com/news.php?item.50.1 Excelent job on the new layout of the HP2 Enduro forum. http://www.hp2enduro.com/news.php?item.48.1
Excelent job on the modern layout of the HP2 Enduro Forum.biglaugh.png
Seems you are also have a problem with cabin fever.
Its time for some dirt riding. grin.png

le African
]]> FENNECKFOX@nospam.com (Leafrican) Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:45:02 -0800 http://www.hp2enduro.com/news.php?item.48.1 Planning a 5 week trip with lots of off-road in 2011 http://www.hp2enduro.com/news.php?item.47.1 I'm thinking about a seriously long (offroad) trip more and more often. What I would really like is a 3 month journey east, to Kazakhstan of if 3 months are too short a trip around the Black Sea. But since 3 months takes a lot of planning I want to do a 5 week trip next year to taste the adventure.

The 5 week trip could go south-east to Turkey or south to Morocco or Algeria. It is possible to ship your bike to Gibraltar by truck. Or north, Sweden and Norway which is not too far with plenty of wilderness. As I'm writing this today (Jan 30, 2010) my preference would be Turkey as it takes you through some realy great countries, coming from western Europe.

It would be great if there are others with similar ideas, I would love to do this kind of adventure with a few similar minds!  If you're interested or are planning something like this yourself, let me know, it would be great to start planning and dreaming. I know I am, staring at Google Maps/Earth at least twice a week!

There is a discussion thread here
]]> info@nospam.com (blackSP) Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:11:51 -0800 http://www.hp2enduro.com/news.php?item.47.1 Spam, HP2 owners and lurkers http://www.hp2enduro.com/news.php?item.46.1
HP2Enduro.com is occasionally being spammed, no longer by bots but real people. I have noticed a bunch of Russian texts that refer to financial deals of some sort. I have subsequently deleted all suspect users with a .ru email address. Plus a few more.

If I have deleted you and you were a real user I apologize. Please send me mail in that case so I won't do that again. I will tighten the rules a bit to avoid bad things from happening to the site.

From now on I will ask everybody registering to provide a real name plus (if you own a HP2) the vehicle registration info and to post a 'hello' message on the forum. If you have not provided a real name during the registration process I kindly ask you to do that now. Here's the link: http://www.hp2enduro.com/usersettings.php

To keep track of who is who, here are all HP2 owners. Quite a few but should be much more

blackSPTomsilbertannexabi007
GOtychoDUSTRAISERLe african
EDVHP2RanchoHP2SaschaBlue Monster
paulblezDries3glavruneo
ikserphilgunnmatteoizzug
ChucktownHP2HP2 MikeLidmanoutback rider
alfarisclutchSniffyLofoten
yamoonTakHP2 KENOBEMacwoody
katochemlsumnerJUDECHP2Guy
JimmyTheHogPeterTabasconorthernryder
spaceWarthogCompositeboyjaroner
DuchACK HP2larrluckkaja
ElsMowerBleij
hp2erRSJWarthogARJ
HP02oldfoolJoerg
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