Stockholm, May 28:th - June 1:st 2003

On the last weekend of May, the Swedish Meet celebrated its fifth anniversary. For the first time the meet was held in Stockholm, or more exactly in Bromma just outside of town. Even though we had expected more participants almost 50 Maxers from all over the country turned up during the weekend. Some rode all the way from Belgium, Denmark and the north of Norway. Three Maxers flew in from the UK. The weather was mostly sunny and warm, the food was excellent, the bands, the partying and the riding were all good...

Thursday evening the people start dropping in.

Thursday evening

The first night usually is a bit more quiet. Burgers were flipped and the bar was opened.

Jens flipping burgers, Rusty standing by.	Thursday night dinner	The Brits, left to right: Rusty Bolts, Jon Pullara, Geoff the Bolt	Bent Bones entertaining the gang

More people arrived Friday morning. At noon we went for the Friday group ride. The Maxes sped through winding roads over the inland countryside around lake Mälaren.

Friday morning		Ready for the ride Video clip (700 Kb mpeg)	En route towards the Ekerö ferry
On the ferry	Lunch break in Mariefred	Back at the camp site

Back at the camp site a barbecue buffet had been prepared for us. After a day in the saddle a cold beer in the evening sun was more than welcome. People were mingling and checking out the bikes.

After dinner the live band "Heddan & co." entered the stage and the party began. The Bolt cousins, quickly nicknamed "The Moose Brothers", helped out. If they were trying to attract other Moose or the bassplayerette we'll never know.

	BBQ buffet Friday night	Plenty of hungry Maxers
The Brits equipped Anders bike with NOS	Jean-Luc's and Basil's bikes	The band on stage	The Moose Brothers - Rusty & Geoff - stealing the show

The next morning we set out for the second group ride. This time up north and then towards the coast over some of the more spectacular biking roads to Vaxholm and Värmdö. After a minor misunderstanding involving a high speed chase of a stray Belgian Maxer :-) we relaxed and had lunch at a lovely seaside café. The ride was rounded off with a tour of downtown Stockholm. Our thundering caravan of Maxes could have escaped no one.

Ride out briefing Saturday morning	Vaxholm harbour square		The Rindö ferry
The seaside café in Lillsved		Back at the camp site. Jean-Luc doing maintenance

Back at the camp site the barbecue was lit. Our own master chef for the evening, Jens Gran, cooked up a nice dinner for all of us. Add a beer or a glass of red and a warm sunny evening and you get the picture... :-)

Later on, Vmaxer Peter Sjöstedt and his band Uncle Jam entered the stage. I think none of us had suspected he had such a good voice. They served up one classic rock hit after the other. Of course the Bolt Cousins were quickly up there to help out again, calling for moose and trying out all sorts rock'n'roll poses.

When Uncle Jam finished the gig Anders went on stage for the big raffle. Prizes had kindly been donated from Yamaha, Vmaxchat, Knight Batteries and Audi. First prize went to Jon Pullara who, besides the car/bike care products everyone got, had first pick out of the goodies on the prize table and chose a nice winter jacket from Yamaha.

BBQ Saturday evening	Uncle Jam on stage		The Bolt Cousins a.k.a the Moose Brothers
Jon, Rusty, Jan and Anders Lasu		Sunday morning	Jon, Geoff and Rusty heading for the airport

Sunday morning everybody headed back home. We dismounted the tent and tidied up the camp site.

Thanks to:
- The organizing committee and everybody who worked hard during the event
- Yamaha Motor Scandinavia, Vmaxchat, Knight Batteries and
Swedish Audi who kindly donated the raffle prizes
- All Maxers from far and near who participated and made this event a success.

See you next year!