Elefantentreffen Ride Report

[ogden]

Of Vignettes

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

No, was I supposed to? LOL

Only if you went into Austria or Switzerland, which would have been a funny old route to Germany.

[Luckypants]

Awesome photos Wolfie. You must be crazy though, that looks well COLD! Good use of the KTM.

Originally Posted by punyXpress

You didn't ' invest ' in a vignette, did you ?

Me and Claire didn't when we went through Austria. Managed to do it without re-fuelling so 'no opportunity' to get one.

[Bluepete]

Originally Posted by Red Herring

I might just have to stop being so rude about KTM's now that I've actually seen one put to proper use

One of our bikers was chased down by a 990 Adventure on his fave roads around Settle. He was out on his Monster S4r, and I can promise you, he's fast!

He's sold the Ducati and wants a 990 now!

I must admit, they're growing on me too. What version is that white one?

Pete

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by Bluepete

One of our bikers was chased down by a 990 Adventure on his fave roads around Settle. He was out on his Monster S4r, and I can promise you, he's fast!

He's sold the Ducati and wants a 990 now!

I must admit, they're growing on me too. What version is that white one?

Pete

White one is a 2009 non "R" model

Having done ~5k miles now I can easily believe the 990 hunting down bikes you'd expect to leave it for dust, it handles like a giant supermoto - it even hustles quite well with knobbly tyres - on the stock scorpions it's beyond my confidence level on the road

There's a guy on the KTM forum who took his to a supermoto track day in Wales, surprised numerous SM riders that weekend

oh my god Mark..

and I thought a trip to scotland was a big adventure..

respect to you..

[ogden]

Of Vignettes:

Originally Posted by Luckypants

Me and Claire didn't when we went through Austria. Managed to do it without re-fuelling so 'no opportunity' to get one.

One of our bunch on last year's Alpine tour was nicked for no vignette as she tried to leave Austria on a motorway.

We all made it through Switzerland without one despite stopping for fuel at motorway services - trick is to avoid motorway border crossings.

Respect goes to you for an amazing journey in amazing weather , dont think i could ever managed anything near

Originally Posted by Luckypants

Awesome photos Wolfie. You must be crazy though, that looks well COLD! Good use of the KTM.



Me and Claire didn't when we went through Austria. Managed to do it without re-fuelling so 'no opportunity' to get one.

They sell them on the German side well before you cross the border. I used to buy mine at Passau, but it appears they are available as far back as where Wolfie stopped

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

That's Jim's right?

Top bloke, we camped right next to each other

No idea, he was spotted along the way by the ukrm bunch who went, and they snapped that pic at the rally.

Great write up, looks amazing, even for just 1 night