Talk Morgan Forums Community The Malvern Arms European Bike Week

It might not start until the 8th but motorbikes are all over the countryside and have been for some days. The slap of a Harley bike engine is hard not to enjoy but when its100,000 it can be a trifle noisy. Many have been and will continue to enjoy the lakes & mountain passes, Wurzen and Vrsic are wonderful hairpin drives in Slovenia and so close to the Bike venue of Lake Faaker See.
I understand other makes of bike are not frowned upon but as the large island sign reads HARLEYWOOD, they will be outnumbered .
Unsure of the average age of these riders but they all look like me & I’m old.
Any bike riding TMers over here to enjoy the beer, bikes and dare I say it, Frau biker babes ?
It will be earplugs in next week.
MM
PS Still not seen a Morgan in the 6 weeks away but I might have a surprise this week…..

I was at the 90th HD celebrations in Milwaukee in 93, and among the estimated 100k bikes attending that event .....,it is a staggering sight, the first time in US history they closed the freeway to all other traffic to allow the drive past, Just like Daytona Bike Week, Octoberfest and Sturgis, they have to be seen to be truly appreciated, not just the sights and sounds of the bikes, but also the lack of clothing adorning the ladies.

I've done European Bike week many times and it never gets boring :-)
I also did the Harley Davidson 105th in Rome and that was very special.
Just lining up early for the main parade ride and taking in the atmosphere, wow.

Do you know that 90% of all the Harley Davidson’s ever built are still on the road, the other 10% made it home. 😉

I made it home OK on Saturday. Unfortunately my numberplate didn't. Rattled off somewhere.......

Well it wouldn't be a Harley if something didn't work itself loose and fall off.

Slightly annoying, as I'd made it myself. Still, ordered new bits and hopefully have it ready for next Saturday.......

And some double sided tape incase it rattles loose again.

The same can be said for Morgans and Land Rovers

Being an old Landy and Harley man has made me addicted to Nyloc nuts ... I buy them by the hundred and get twitchy if I use anything else ... shoulld I ever need repair surgery I'll insist on them for my titanium plates! 🙂

K

I was addicted to chrome dome nuts when I was building my trike with a VW lump.

Just be careful of bimetallic corrosion

Very topical cooperman! .... my Defender came to me from an old REME man who'd refurbished everything and fitted a galvanised chassis ........ then plonked the old farm body back on top as it was .... suited me at the time as I was giving it rough useage and was happy to not be worried by fancy paint .... fast forward 15 years and the now 30 year old bodywork was getting well past it's best ... have just spent a trying few days pulling off the rear tub and sorting the mess where the steel cross-braces crossed the aluminium stringers ... nowt left of the ali where they touched and the steel was beyond crispy .... after a couple of days of cracked knuckles, rusted/seized/sheared bolts and cascades of mud every time anything was touched the tub is refitted with all the corroded ali cut out and plated, a good soaking with black waxoyl and new galvanised crossbraces .... should be good for another few years ... by which time I might have forgotten what a pain it was!! 🙂



K

Morganmike ... are you still about to post some pics of European Bike Week?


K

K - I am so sorry, I did not see this before we went off after seeing Stephen888 in his plus 8 this morning . We tried to bypass Faaker See and go to swim in Wortersee near Velden.
Velden is a smart town on the lake. It was rammed with bikes 99.8% Harleys . Stephen had saidi he could not stop at a beauty spot near us because there were 50 bikes in the small pull in ! As a non biker but a lover of chrome, I wish I could express in words how fantastic the town looked, decked in everything Harley. A beautiful sunny day with the chrome shinning in the sun, the sounds of the bikes ‘promenading’ through the town. It was a fantastic sight . My wife really enjoyed it but the I photo is pants and the mini video won’t load to tm.
I would go back especially to take photos for you but tomorrow and Thursday as scheduled for rain . It won’t dampen their fun but would mine.
To see everyone enjoying the day was special .
MM

To be fair, we are all grown-ups and well versed with the concept of experiencing the world other than through a phone screen 😆 ... far better that you just enjoyed it rather rhan faffed with tech! 🙂 ... enjoy the rest of your trip

K

Yesterday the weather was ‘pants’ but manageable for those at bike week. Inside the food and drink venues and there are many , pop out when the rain stopped but many of the bikers staying near us on the Slovenia side of the border pass did not drive over . Today it has been thundering and biblical rain as forecast by the bbc and sadly they will probably have to stay in the enormous tented beer gardens and make the most of it. The bikes & chrome will need a lot of polishing when they get home !
I had an e mail from Stephen888 who with no hood or side screens on his plus8 is in the same storm in Croatia. .i just hope it is on one of his two day stopovers and not a travelling day. Storms in the mountains normally happen overnight and in the morning it’s dry, today is not one of those. but Saturday, bike parade day is forecast sun !
There was nowhere to park in Velden as it was all bikes, so it was a drive by one handed phone shot, of a special long tailed Harley that missed most of it and Gills bad video for some reason won’t go on Tm-img .

Just seen 15 UK Harleys parked up together in KG Slovenia. Nice to see that the 825 miles from Calais + UK road mileage doesn’t put these easy riders off travelling to Euro Biker Week in Faaker See. Hope they have a great time.
MM