To all interested (worldwide)... it's showtime again.
The 2008 Euro-Rally next year will take place in Northern Italy from Friday August 1st to Sunday the 3rd (or 4th if you want to stay another night).
Put this in your calendars.
I have a few locations/venues in mind spread between Como, Lecce/Mandello del Lario (Moto Guzzi factory area) and Lake Garda (see map).
I am planning to visit them in November/December to check them out again.
An idea of numbers will be welcomed so that I have a better idea when visiting.
Any member wishing to join me on the recon trip please feel welcome.
Regional map ...
... and more specifically:
For those interested, an indication of some of the distances to Milan are as follows (taken from Sonymap Route Planner - Europe):
Calais - Milan 1093 km / 679 miles.
London-Milan 1.257 km / 781 miles.
Knivsta - Milan. 2091 km / 1.300 miles.
Gdansk to Milan. 1549 km / 962 miles.
Bielefeld to Milan. 977 km / 607 miles
Athens to Milan. 2102 km
We have received the following commitments from various contacts:
Triumph - Greece.
They will be supplying us with a comprehensive list of spare parts for our bikes (in case of emergency etc.).
At the moment they include:
CDI, coils, throttle/clutch cables, battery, light bulbs and fuses.
Any other items someone may think necessary - please advise so that they can be added.
Peroni Breweries.
A contact there has pledged 300-350 Nastro Azzurro beers - free of charge.
De Agostini have pledged up to 50 very elegant pieces from their collection (hopefully engraved) as souvenirs for all attending members - again free of charge.
I have contacted Moto Guzzi (yesterday) to see if we could perhaps visit the factory (or at least the museum) on the Saturday ride. I foresee two problems though.
1/ Factories close in August in Italy and 2/ It is on a weekend.
Anyhow let's see what they have to say if/when they get back to me.
We can always pop down to Monza for a quick race around the track.
Further info (venue details) following recon trip.
Who's in?
