ELEPHANT RALLY 2011

[Jim Lovell]

Thinking of going to Elephant Rally, anyone else going or have you been? Any tips, past experiences, drunken tales would be great, hoping to take sidecar combo, may stand a chance at staying on. :silly: and not on my head.

[Alun]

There's a good chance I'll be heading over for this rally. Not been before but understand it's going to be a little on the chilly side.

Maybe you could try out the new 'Events' feature Jim - check out the right hand column of this page and post up the Elephant Rally as an 'event'. We may get a few members to posse up for the ride over.

[backofbeyond]

Done it four times in the distant past and keep thinking I should go again, but I usually think this in the summer and it never seems such a good idea in January.

You should be ok on an outfit, it's the likelyhood of ending up in a ditch (which I've done twice) en route that concentrates the mind. It's a bit of a bike wrecker as well. A week covered in salt doesn't do the cosmetics much good.

For a solo the best bet is a small trail bike with lots of plastic but it can be a bit of slog down the autobahns on them and they don't have much electrical output for stuff like heated jackets.

[bunker]

Bike magazine did a feature on the Elephant a wee while ago - i'm fairly sure it was within the last year (memory not that bad!)

[palace15]

I did an 'Elephant' in the early 80's held at the Salzburgring, definately an experience and an event that you must attend at least once in your biking lifetime, along with a Dragon rally and Stella Alpina.

[backofbeyond]

The dragon rally, Oh yes!

If the Elephant rally = snow, the Dragon rally = mud. A kind of bikers version of Glastonbury!

Guess which pic was taken where:

[Zookman]

The Elephant is way too hard core for me nowadays... but respect to those that do.
I should have done it when i was younger.

[Alun]

I've just found the bike I want for the Elephant rally

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[Guest]

Good luck with your trip jim,your a brave man,it will be a great adventure..i havent been..and never will..too bloody cold for me..a combo would be a good idea,:P you should (hopefully at least)be able to keep upright..and take as much heated clothing as you can afford to avoid hypothermia

Anyone thats attends is a hero in my book,whether they have travelled 10Kms to get there or 1500..they can say they have really achieved something,

[Jim Lovell]

Just got back from a week camping in the New Forest that was cold enough.HeHe