Swedish Vmaxmeet
Linköping 24-27/5 2001
The 3:rd annual Swedish Vmaxmeet was a very nice event. A total of 25 Maxii gathered at the sunny camping grounds in Glyttinge outside Linköping. The rally started Thursday evening as the first visitors made their thundering entrance. (Click thumbnails for larger images)
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Richard and Anita just finished preparing the
main tent
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The first visitors arrive Thursday night
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Vmaxii lined up for the photographer
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Jean-Luc rode all the way from Belgium (1400 km) and rose his tent with us for the third time. He was a bit unlucky in Germany and got a speeding ticket which lost him most of his cash. Fortunately they didn't take his license as they could have. A journalist from a Swedish bike-mag also arrived and started his Vmax article which hopefully will be printed later this summer.
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Jean-Luc
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Jean-Luc's Jurassic Max in front of his tent
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The journalist Uffe Bergkvist taking pix for the
Vmax article
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Breakfast in the sun
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Most participants arrived Friday morning. After getting the rally T-shirt and a nice lunch we all went to the Airforce museum in Malmslätt where we were treated to a guided tour through the history of aviation.
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The newly arrived resting in the sun
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At the Airforce museum
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Maxii parked in front of two yellow and blue Saab
J-35J Draken
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After the museum we rode to Vadstena for a cup of coffee in the sun. During the ride the journalist took some riding pictures for the article. We also went for a quick spin around town to let our V-fours rumble at Linköping's main square.
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Vadstena
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Jean-Luc tries Swedish wet snuff for the first
time
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Some people like to talk about bikes, others to
cats
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Back at the camp
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Back at the camp the pub opened and the bbq was lit. Richard made hamburgers and hot-dogs for all of us. A bit later the live band started playing and a few "Travoltas" were outed ;-). The party continued until late.
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Richard the bbq-meister
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The dinner table
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Jean-Luc sported the meanest back patch
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Haiko, Ragne, Gustav and Olle having a good time
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Cheers Mr. President!
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The live band
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Click
here to see Jean-Luc and Thomas dance
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Thomas - exhausted but happy!
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Saturday started with breakfast in the sun and an informal discussion around club activities. After lunch we rode to Beviks, the local bike dealer, and everyone got nice scarves.
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Breakfast
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Breakfast
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Tired?
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Gustav showing his fuel injection system
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Lunch
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Outside Beviks
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Outside Beviks
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Outside Beviks
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Half the crowd then went to the Sviestad race track to watch the Swedish roadracing championships. The other half went for a 200 km ride on winding back roads in the lovely Linköping countryside. Click here to watch Thomas do a burnout! (Mpeg movie 1,4 Mb)
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At the race track
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At the race track
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At the race track
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The guy in the middle sports a nice helmet but
his riding gear looks a bit impractical...
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A stop during the ride
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Anders' and Tony's bikes
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Stefan's bike
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Vesa (far left) videotaped most of the ride
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Saturday night started with bbq and beer. A raffle was held with prizes from Uncle Festers and Yamaha Sweden. Later we looked at some videos shot by Vesa Salminen from this and previous rallies.
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The raffle
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Watching rally videos
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Jean-Luc packing up for an early ride back home
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Sunday morning started with a visit from
the local law enforcement. Someone (name withheld) was in a bit of hurry
to the camping grounds, 120 kph in a 50 zone. The police car followed
him all the way to our camp site, but when they got there they were so
impressed by all the nice Vmaxii that they totally forgot about the ticket...
"- Not many of you are running the original exhaust systems... but
a bike like this is supposed to make a bit of noise" That cop ought
to become an honorary member for his statement ;-)
The main tent was dismounted, the site and the cabins cleaned up, and
the bikes packed. Everyone said their goodbyes and headed for home with
a promise to meet again soon...
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Officers looking at our Maxii
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Dismounting the tent
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Packed and ready
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Kudos to: The organizing committee for
a very nice event, Tommy for taking almost all the pictures, Vesa for
filming the rally, Uncle Festers and Yamaha Motor Sweden for the raffle
prizes, and to all participants who made this event a success and something
to remember.
See you all next time!