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[hadye]

Where do I start ? I think I should start from the beginning. let me introduce the trailer that was made by one of us about that trip. It has few spelling mistakes yet it is a nice beginning that I hope will make you follow this report.




It's August 31, 8:30 PM. That was our scheduled meeting in Kuwait international Airport for our Plane that would take us to London, our staring point. Why London? Well, the only reasonable freight rate that we found to ship our bikes has only access to London so we went with it. Why shipping our bikes for only two weeks ? After paying so much $$$ in it , everybody was excited to drive his own bike outside the small environment that we have been familiar with. Except 2 riders , who actually joined us late so they had to rent, we shipped 14 motorcycle to the UK to start our trip there.

We were coming from different Arab countries, yet most of the bikers are resident in Kuwait. 3 Egyptian Couples & a Lebanese couple. The rest were single riders, 2 from Qatar, 1 from Saudi Arabia, 1 from Egypt & 6 Kuwaiti.


The Motorcycles were :

HD CVO Roadglide
HD CVO Softail Convertible (mine)
2 HD Dyna
Suzuki Hayabusa
9 Honda Goldwings

2 couples have travelled on the 30th of August with 1 Kuwait biker. The rest met at Kuwait airport ready for a hectic day that shall continue for a complete 24 hours.

This is a group photo of all the bikers & the passengers



Photo of some of the bikes




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[grayghost731]

That's Kool       Im glad you all get along 

[Cyclegirl]

Looks like a great ride and group

[kraut]

so that was your group:



 

[hadye]

so that was your group:

 

Yup, I knew it. Someone for sure has seen us on the road. Btw, I am the only one with my bike who is not apparent in this picture ))

[hadye]

So after a long trip we reached London at 6:30 AM. We had to go directly to the shipping company to get our bikes but we were delayed somewhat in the airport

Do you know why ? OK, I will tell you the Scenario.

Immigration officer: Why are you coming to the UK?
me: We are a group of bikers coming to UK & Europe to have a tour that would take us to European Bike week in Austria.
Immigration Officer: Does your wife ride too?
Me: No, she is a passenger.
Immigration officer : Passenger ? Do you ride in Tandem?
Me: What ? what do u mean , I am infront & she is behind me
Officer: How do you intend to reach Europe?
Me: Will get our bikes, ride till the Eurotunnel to take us to Calais & from there will start our trip.
Officer: Eurotunnel??? R u aware what you r talking about? What kind of bikes you are riding?
Me : well, I ride a "Harley Davidson" & some of the group ride a "HONDA goldwing"
Officer: OK, am not getting this clearly, where is your group leader ?
Group leader: "says the same story that was told by me"

So the officer asks the second one in the line which was this guy in the picture;

Officer : Do you ride also
Big Guy : Yes I ride a Hayabusa
Officer : Since when did you start riding?
Big Guy: well, I didn't count may be since 1996
Officer : How frequent do you ride?
Big Guy: ? Nearly everyday
Officer : & you didn't loose weight?
Big Guy: what ?? Now its becoming weird
Officer: Ok!!!!!! i don't under stand anything from you, Could you show me your bike?

I was the most one near to her , so I showed her the picture of my CVO

 

The officer simply break into tears from crying:) all this discussion that took nearly 30 minutes she was not aware what the hell we were talking about untill she saw the picture of my "motor"bike although Harley Davidson, Honda Goldwings & Suzuki Hayabusa were mentioned frequently in the discussion. You know by now where the conflict & the misunderstanding was.

After that we took 2 Shuttles that took us to our bikes, I leave you with the pics

[hadye]

The big Guy

[hadye]

Our Sweeper, mainly responsible of arranging the formation & keeping us in Line with his Bluewy

[hadye]

Our group infront of the Shipping company ready to wear our riding gear

[hadye]

My wife on the left & another female passenger before wearing their thermals & layers of gear

[DDavidson]

me: We are a group of bikers coming to UK & Europe to have a tour that would take us to European Bike week in Austria.

Lots of people confuse "bikers" with "cyclists".

After traveling internationally I fully understand how hard it is to communicate when I "no speaka da language".

I like where the customs officer thought the "big guy" should have lost weight riding, especially if he could ride a bicycle through the Euro tunnel. 

Plus having a tandem bike.

Don't take it personal I'm sure that customs in Kuwait is just as bad.

Glad you had a good time and thanks for sharing the ride and humor.

[Buy early]

Looks like a great trip! Looking forward to more pictures. Thanks for sharing.

[hadye]

Now after getting ready, some of the group didn't catch us in London. They were supposed to meet us in Folkestone to take the Eurotunnel together

This is just a small video showing our convoy on the road from London till we got on the train. some of the narration in Arabic. Sorry about that

[lilcoot]

That was very kind and generous of you to allow those Gold Wings and 'zukis to ride with you.

Ride safe!

[hadye]

That was very kind and generous of you to allow those Gold Wings and 'zukis to ride with you.

Ride safe!

) They were actually the majority