Wed, 21 Jan 1998 23:50:33 +-100 - Message No. 2003
From: Jon Arne Frydenberg

Subject: SV: Winter driving


No, this is not Krystallrally. Krystallrally is further north, at Otta in Gudbrandsdalen. This year 4-8 feb (but you had to make a reservation before the 20th of des to attend). And the worst part: At Krystallrally you stay inside in a hotel! 

At Primustreffet, wich is the name of the meeting 20-22 feb, we stay in the woods with nothing else than what we bring on our MC. You can not buy anything, no bathroom, nothing but snow, trees and aprox 250 to 300 motorcycklists. 

If the same article is in the swedich magasine BIKE, as in the norwegian version (I believe so), there is some info and pictures from Primus treffet last year in the last BIKE magasine who came in the shop this week in Norway (And I am the guy mentioned who had dragged his Africa Twin out into the snow). 



I use Rukka GoreTex clothing with a lot of wool underware. And  canadian snowmobile shoes. A lot of winter riders use snowmobile clothing as well, often with electric heating, but so far I am satisfed with the Rukka clothing. A distance of 150 to 200 Km in -20 degrees is a bit cold but no problem. Then I have to stop for a warm coffe.

To get it tight around the neck I use what we call a "Eplevarmer", a piece of clothing which are fitted to the bottom of the helmet. It hangs down from the helmet and covers the neck and throat down to the chest. With a rubber band around the neck to keep this tight, it gets airtight. But then you get problems with fog inside the visier, so the electric heating of the visier   is important.


Jon Arne Frydenberg
Gjøvik
Norway


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Fra: Jorn Ronnow[SMTP:d97jorn@dtek.chalmers.se]
Sendt: 20. januar 1998 23:18
Ti&l: xrv@normans.isd.uni-stuttgart.de
E&mne: Re: (XRV) Winter driving

At 22:04 98-01-20 +-100, Jon Arne wrote:
>Winter driving is fun (At least here in Norway on nice white snow)
>
>And the most famous Norwegian Winter MC meeting is the weekend 20-22
february. You should try this one. A lot of swedish, danish and german
riders join in. I can give directions if you want to attend. It is just
about 150 km form Oslo on nice but not difficult roads. This one is just as
famous in Scandinavia as Elefantentreffen in Germany.

Is that the famous (and feared) 'Krystallrally'? What clothes do you use
and how do you keep the clothes airtight around the neck? (I've found it
difficult to be 100% airtight in the neck area).

Keep sliding
-Jorn



dipper@normans.isd.uni-stuttgart.de