ITT '99 took place from May, 13th - 16th in Tienhove, a little village in the near of Utrecht/The Netherlands. This year it has been organized by our Dutch friends from TACN. The theme was - matching the venue - the Wild West. This included - besides "Transalp Town" - a "Saloon", "horses' stable", line dancing and bullriding in the evening, and of course some rides ... ;-) And, we learnt to know a guy having ridden around the world. Not with a TA, AT, BMW, Tenere or whatever bike you and I would choose for such a trip - no. He had a CBR 900 RR Fireblade. Wanna read it one more time? CBR 900 RR Fireblade ...

Here are my pics ...

The journey there

Carsten (left) and I picked up our Polish friends Maciek (middle), Bogdan (right) and Michal (not on the picture, guess, he is at the "Pommesbude" ;-) )	We visited "Drügen Pütt", one of the famous meeting points of the Ruhr region. The weather was not as fine, thus there were not as many people there

Transalp Town

"Transalp Town"	"boot hill"	In the background: the "saloon"
Transalp barbecue on Saturday evening. In the middle of the circle: The mechanical bull.	And this is - believe me or not - Carlo jumping (actually falling ;-) ) off the bull

The rides

One of the typical Dutch folding bridges	One of the typical Dutch windmills	One of the typical Dutch dirt tracks. Oops - no TA on this pic? Of course not, they already have passed this section ;-)

During the 2nd ride, we once decided to shorten the prescribed route, and that was one of the best ideas, because we stumbled into a vintage race through downtown Groot Almers. Yes indeed, they cordoned off half of the main street and some other streets completely, and raced with their old irons on a 3 km track.

...and off we go... First curve after start	Yes, there was a small hill ...	250cc MZ
500cc Moto Guzzi Falcone	BSA	Beemer

On Saturday afternoon, sw-motech came up with two redesigned bikes, an Africa Twin and a Transalp. Here's some more about the motech-TA.

Left: Africa Twin, right: Transalp	TA left side	TA front	TA cockpit

That's it ...

Hey Dutchies ;-), it's been a great party, and we had one hell of fun!