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Belgian Rally

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Belgian Rally

#1 PostAuthor: Bill Newman » Mon Sep 01, 2014 7:59 pm

A number of us got over to Houthalen this weekend for the Belgian Rally - I packed the bike and set off for the Tunnel for an overnight stop on Thursday evening

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Met up with BunnyZ, GotaZ1B, Paul Mac, TLC and Mike Wheeler on Friday morning at the Shuttle Terminal

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After a delayed crossing and a tour of the toll road to Paris we eventually met up with Scott

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Then we started our tour of French and Belgian motorway services...

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Got to the rally site - some of you had arrived ahead of us

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Some interesting bikes in and around the venue

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We met up with my friends Roger, Terje and Klas from Norway at the hotel for the ride out

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Found Scott and Mike hanging around a shed

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Paul Mac with Eric...

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Eric led the ride out


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to Genk Canal...

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After the ride out a bit of R&R


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Paul and Bunny get the football scores

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and Roger does what Norwegians do best

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Klas got longest distance covered to get there- 1384kms from Oslo + 260kms to his house.

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Then back to Calais on Sunday for the trip home - through probably some of the heaviest rain I have ever ridden in - it was worse than the return trip from the Z40 in 2012


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Got home at 20.00 having covered exactly 700 miles in 3 three days.

BIG THANKYOU to Bunny and TLC for organising ferries and hotels - All I had to do was enjoy an excellent rally with some excellent guys. I had a really good time.
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#2 PostAuthor: ZedHead » Mon Sep 01, 2014 8:30 pm

Great pictures thanks for sharing
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#3 PostAuthor: Jumbo » Mon Sep 01, 2014 8:56 pm

Great pictures of the trip. Do you have any dates for 2015 ?
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#4 PostAuthor: Padders » Mon Sep 01, 2014 9:36 pm

Cheers for posting the photo's Bill looks like you all had a great time
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#5 PostAuthor: Gavin » Wed Sep 03, 2014 9:22 pm

Some more

Here are a few pics of the recent Kawa-Z rally in Belgium

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A Z2000

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#6 PostAuthor: prowlerz1 » Thu Sep 04, 2014 8:44 am

Great pics guys ,wish I could have made it... Thanks for the Proof gav that it's never DULL IN HULL :D :D
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#7 PostAuthor: jimmock » Thu Sep 04, 2014 9:33 am

FANTASTIC to see Zeds with FOUR pipes actually being used on long hauls!!

What is the tank covered in on the Z2000 ??

Is that a Z13 motor in the 1500R??

Great pics!!!
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#8 PostAuthor: Gavin » Thu Sep 04, 2014 11:30 am

jimmock wrote:FANTASTIC to see Zeds with FOUR pipes actually being used on long hauls!!

What is the tank covered in on the Z2000 ??

Is that a Z13 motor in the 1500R??

Great pics!!!


Scott covered a fair few miles getting to the Ferry in Blighty and had a good ride up to to rally. Ted and myself left our home towns and had clocked up a Grand Total of about 38 miles when we rode off the Ferry in Rotterdam.

The Z2000's tank is a Vinyl wrapped.


The Z1500 hundred is a bored out Z1300 with a few additions and a paint job
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#9 PostAuthor: scott » Thu Sep 04, 2014 12:05 pm

Jimmock, it is vinyl wrap apparently and yes a a z1300 moter in the elr.

The rally was a great event, well attended and with very friendly people. I will definitly go again. It was really good to put names to faces. I finally got to meet Amir, kawamick and Ronnie. Thanks to the boys for meeting me at Calais. The weather was good apart from a wee splash of rain on the way home around Brussels.
I took the pictures on my phone, so not that good but you get the general idea.

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I had a mystery guest at 3.00am on Friday night and it was not the female variety. It was one of the very pissed up Germans who obviously did not have a clue where he was. I must point out here that I was NOT VIOLATED in any way. After I kicked him out he was back again within 5 minutes looking for his tent. This time I gave him serious words which I think he did not understand. I heard him disappear calling his friends name for about 20 minutes and then went quiet. I got up in the morning to find he had the same bike as me and the same tent……not surprised he made the mistake when pissed.
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#10 PostAuthor: jimmock » Thu Sep 04, 2014 12:15 pm

Gorgeous pics.

The 2 Z1000 A2's look superb wearing a "proper" exhaust system!!!
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#11 PostAuthor: scott » Thu Sep 04, 2014 12:38 pm

Jimmock, mine is the black A2 and the red one was owned by one of the germans. I clocked up approximately 700 miles.
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#12 PostAuthor: Rhencullen » Thu Sep 04, 2014 12:46 pm

Good pics folks :)

scott wrote:I had a mystery guest at 3.00am on Friday night and it was not the female variety.


You should be so lucky Scott :lol:
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#13 PostAuthor: scott » Thu Sep 04, 2014 12:54 pm

Rhencullen wrote:Good pics folks :)

scott wrote:I had a mystery guest at 3.00am on Friday night and it was not the female variety.


You should be so lucky Scott :lol:


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#14 PostAuthor: jimmock » Thu Sep 04, 2014 1:23 pm

scott wrote:Jimmock, mine is the black A2 and the red one was owned by one of the germans. I clocked up approximately 700 miles.


The thou looks so good with FOUR pipes!!

The way BIG K should have made them!!!
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#15 PostAuthor: Gavin » Thu Sep 04, 2014 2:42 pm

scott wrote:
Rhencullen wrote:Good pics folks :)

scott wrote:I had a mystery guest at 3.00am on Friday night and it was not the female variety.


You should be so lucky Scott :lol:


Luck very rarely knocks on my door mate


Scott, your lucky he didn't start knocking on your back door
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