Our 2012 South-West Bike trip

Thursday, June 21, 2012

I have allot good video footage from out trip.. here are some more ;-)

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Little Road trip - Phoenix to Tucson..

After a busy morning seeing off our friends and changing Vehicles (no longer needed the family van.. lol), we headed over to Eagle Riders to see what kind of trouble we could get into.. seems they had a job for us waiting.. lol.. Job well done of course, then after arriving in Tucson we decided to go for a hike.. it was darn HOT but we seen so many crazy things we did not expect.. very cool day

The Big Eagle Riders bike mover

The little Eagle Riders bike mover

Hooking up and getting ready to go with the precious cargo ;-)

it was a hot hot day.. 115 degrees Fahrenheit is equal to 46 degrees Celsius

Road tripping on 4 wheels

on a Hike in the hills.. and it was very HOT

these are just great roads to ride

Thank goodness we had Yolandes Telephoto lens on her camera.. we would not want to get to close to these guys, it was a bit hot for them as well

Loads of Prairie Dogs around..

it was a pretty tough day for hiking around the Arizona desert

No more Miles to go ??? seriously ???

Friday, June 1, 2012

The Last Stand

Well folks .. this is it for the South West USA Harley Ride.. Yolande and I are staying back for a couple days due to our personal flight schedule.. but the rest of the group are heading back to Europe... it was a great time and made some new friends as well as spend some good times with an old friend.... really old.. ha-ha-ha..

After arriving in Scottsdale we did a walk-about

Old town is very nice

Checking in for a flight. Phoenix - New York - Brussels

Our LAST group photo .. in the Phoenix airport just before leaving

The Scrap Yard

On the way from Flagstaff to Scottsdale Al came across this Bike scrap yards that we had to see... more than 9000 motorbike and millions of bicycles.. The largest bike scrap yard on the West side of the USA.
Unusual but pretty cool.

More than 9000 scrap motorbikes.. some that I have only ever seen in Magazines

Touring the scrap yard

ever wonder who owns a scrap yard like this ?? He does.. LOL

The last Road Trip of the Trip

Well it was a great 2 weeks riding the bikes nearly 5200kms.. seen and did allot. on this day we drive out 2 vans and 1 trike from Flagstaff to Scottsdale (the long way of course).. nice road trip ;-)

The 2 Dodge Vans loaded and ready to take all 12 of us from Flagstaff to Scottsdale Arizona

Of course she had to take this Trike for a test ride ;-)

Al and Carla on the way to Scottsdale

Back roads

Al on the trike nearing Scottdale

At Eagle Riders Scottsdale.. Yup,, she found one she wants.. LOL

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Day 13 - nearing the end

We had a great ride thru the Valley on our way to Sedona and then to Jerome.. a great day out that ended with a nice BBQ bash with some other Belgium bike club members here doing the same thing.. a chance meeting.. lol..

Thanx to Pete and Micky for the hospitality

Belgium Chapter on a ride in SW USA

The whole crew

German sausages and burgers with the works.. on the grill... great food

Pino.. and his cop car fetish.. ha-ha-ha

Yolande and I overlooking the Valley we are about to ride thru

Roger and Arlette in front

Al, Vince, Pino, Roger and of course Simon

Riding thru the valleys

Cruising thru Sedona

Vince out front and in the turn

Flagstaff on the back road

Nice national park overlooking the valley

Al and Carla

Beautiful

Sedona Arizona

Sedona is a beautiful Town in Arizona.. something about it i really like

Golden arches ??? not in Sedona

Of course there is a Harley shop in Sedona

my Patriot.. in Sedona

getting 5 bikes in a parking space.. lol.. with our support beside

Jerome and the old Ghost Town

Riding Up to Jerome was a great easy ride. The Ghost Town was a great place to see and we will never forget the Big Bertha ... so many things of a by-gone era.