Is a Tiger Meet USA 201x7 worth doing?

[blacktiger]

No Nick the correct title should be 'what can we afford / what will our wives tolerate'.

What we would, almost to man, WANT to do would be a mega round the world trip.

Yeeeha! 

[blacktiger]

Wait! Here's a thought BT why not open a Spanish trail-riding centre that serves real ales?? 

I'd definitely put my name down for that!! 

's funny because other people have suggested that but I've dismissed the idea because there'd be no beer left by the time any visitors arrived. 

BUT, if I do move down there, there would certainly be an open invite for forum members. One stipulation would be that you arrive with plenty of decent RAIB. For the uninitiated that stands for "Real Ale In a Bottle".

[Sin_Tiger]

Great. So we start at our various locations, i.e. where our sorry arses lands when our other halves kick is out into the street. Leg one, head for Spain, drink Blackies fridge dry. Leg two, head for Vladivostock to drink Nick's vodka and collect him to head for a ferry. Leg three, head for the US to see if they'll let us in.    Sorted

[Nick Calne]

The core of a brilliant plan is emerging...

[Geoff W]

USA has never been an option for me, but if you want a weekend in Northumberland/borders sorting let me know, I can sort out a couple of hundred miles of interesting roads fairly easily.

[Spud]

off to the Pyrenees and Spain at the end of the month, was there in May as well if you want an interesting trip to Spain no problem. Roads no problem, history and roads no problem, History roads and trails no problem or just trails no problem

The States trip does not have to be cancelled interested parties can still go or wait a year

cheers Spud 

[nickjtc]

USA has never been an option for me, but if you want a weekend in Northumberland/borders sorting let me know, I can sort out a couple of hundred miles of interesting roads fairly easily.

And I'll say this very quietly.............. ditto. If one or two of you wanted to come here and do the self guided thing I KNOW there would be insured bikes for you to ride, gratis. Just make up your freakin' minds.....

[rf9rider]

A few know on here, but we have a house in Southern Spain, only had it a couple of years, but if anyones down that way and we`re there you`re welcome to drop by!
Thats the main reason why i`ve been quiet on here, spending most of our time doing jobs over there and neglecting the Steamer 

[Spud]

A few know on here, but we have a house in Southern Spain, only had it a couple of years, but if anyones down that way and we`re there you`re welcome to drop by!
Thats the main reason why i`ve been quiet on here, spending most of our time doing jobs over there and neglecting the Steamer 

Riding to Spain through France on my DR350 catching ferry on the 4th

cheers Spud 

[rf9rider]

We`re not back out there until 2nd week in October.

[blacktiger]

So to resurrect this thread. I have a plan to ship my Tiger800XC to south America later this year. Probably somewhere around the end of November/early December. The first idea is to ride to Ushuaia and then be back in place for the 2017 DAKAR rally. After that to just work my way north.
How does that relate to this thread? Well, when I'm getting to Ecuador and Columbia I need to make a decision on whether to carry on north and into the USA. That'll probably be May June time(????) and it would be good to join up with a 2017 expedition of Tigers.

[ssevy]

My offer still stands if anyone is interested.
I'd also be happy to be a guide for anyone traveling to my Adirondack region.
Tools and garage available, and a nice backyard for a tent.

[mat-tiger1]

So to resurrect this thread. I have a plan to ship my Tiger800XC to south America later this year. Probably somewhere around the end of November/early December. The first idea is to ride to Ushuaia and then be back in place for the 2017 DAKAR rally. After that to just work my way north.
How does that relate to this thread? Well, when I'm getting to Ecuador and Columbia I need to make a decision on whether to carry on north and into the USA. That'll probably be May June time(????) and it would be good to join up with a 2017 expedition of Tigers.

Sounds like the trip of a lifetime BT  And as i said before, it would be great to meet up with our colonial Tiger cousins one day! :
Why don't we re-energise the thread into a "Is a Tiger Meet in USA 2017 worth doing?" ? At least that will give the rest of us time enough to save up! 

[Bixxer Bob]

Title amended.....

[mat-tiger1]

So guys, out of the 11 of you who voted for a possible states trip this year, (+ anyone else of course!) who would be interested in looking at the possibility of arranging something for next year? 

We could possibly tie the trip in with Blacktiger's world tour  or our USA/Canadian members tiger meets??

By starting the ball rolling now it would give us all time to plan, prepare & save up  accordingly. 

Any thoughts on the subject??