BONNE FETE HUBERT........ ! ! ! ! ! !
Nous espérons tous avoir de tes nouvelles ... dès que tu peux te connecter ...! ! ! !
Je t'embrasse , Alain

im sure u are riding on some incredible places... but write a note soon!!

Bonne fête Hubert !!!!!!!!

No news= good news !
Je bois une vodka piment à ta santé :)

No news from Hubert, but he told me to brace for a loooong period of silence... so we just have to be patient!

Hubert !
Just write a note in the Open Book.
Nothing else. We want to know you are ok. You spoiled us by writing so much, we want to know more. We are not worried..... yet! OK, I start to worry now. Hans

Anyone heard from Hubert ? His environment now is worrying :eek:

Aujourd'hui 3 novembre c'est la saint HUBERT.... je ne sais pas quand tu auras le message en tout cas saches que je souhaite une bonne fête et je te fais confiance pour la fêter dignement de la meilleure manière qui soit pour t'apporter pleinitude joie et bonheur et comme il est déjà dit donne nous de tes nouvelles même brièvement pour les photos on verra plus tard. Bonne chance pour l'aventure de 4.000 prochains KM je t'embrasse Pat

Huber, I rode with Helge Pedersen from Shanghai to Muchich, so the reverse of your trip. I know all the difficulties you can run into in Russia. Police being the biggest. Winter ? We rode in May/June and it was cold. November ? You better get South, young man ! It is important to write so we can see that you are ok. Just a little note is ok. You can do the pictures later, when you have time.

Well done to you, some great pics, wish I could go to Nordkapp in the winter.
I went to Nordkapp in June 2008, it was cold, 0c but -27 with the wind.You have some great pics on your site, I will do something like this one day.Ewen :-) :-)

Bon Voyage Hubert!
Remember, Russian winters defeated Hitler and Napoleon, so its okay to hide a warm animal or electric vest under your coat to help stay warm! Don't forget to drink alot , dehydration sneaks up in cold weather.
Gods Speed, Amigo.
Nestor.

Salut Hubert,

ça fait pas mal de temps que je voyage avec toi grâce a ce site (merci a Raoul de me l'avoir fait connaitre), juste pour te remercier de nous faire partager ton voyage.

Merde !

Bonnne route a toi , ce jour 01 10 209 juste une p'tite balade de 150 km avec 4 paniers pour dégustation de carpes frites dans le sungau ;-)
au plaisir
Mickeyleprez. :cool:

Don't Forget Your Tuvan Throat Singing, Bear. I've been practising - have you?

Hi, Hubert! Nice suit:-))

Keep cool, stay warm and watch out for the signs! Have a good trip.....thanks for helping!

Bonne route Hubert, ne prends pas froid et donne des nouvelles hein :-)
Super les gants :-)

Love those gloves, they might make a good pillow also.
Someday, I can see them on your trophy wall along side the ice pick. The ice pick that you looked at for so long before starting this adventure.

Be safe.

Frank

Ha! oui, contre le froid, rien de tel qu' une bonne vieille paire de loutres!
Sakaï tovaritch!

Hallo Hubert,
we met in Kuusamo - Finland half a year ago, and we are following your trip throug the world since then on your hp.
Now we are just back from South-America - we are shure you remember that place in Ushuaia.
Wishing you all the best, and many more happy risks.
Regards from Michaela and Lothar

Bonjour Hubert,

Les mails à signes cabalistiques sont du aux fait que tu mailes sous MAC, pour pouvoir les interprêter sous PC ils faut les importer sous Outlook ou Outlook Express, ils sont traduits alors sous polices PC...

Tain, va faire froid là bas !

Hola Hubert veo que estas disfrutando a lo grande de tu viaje, te deseo mucha suerte por esas tierras de mongolia.
Debo de informarle que todos los miembros de ACOMORE estamos muy tristes porque la salud del Doctor Luis Baltodano, propietario de la quinta donde hicimos la fiesta del dia del padre en donde estuvistes, esta muy quebrantada y el Dr esta grave no creemos que se recupere.
Pero bueno asi es la vida y hay que siguir adelante, espero que sigas disfrutando mucho de tu viaje por esas latitudes.
Bueno Hubert te deseamos mucha salud y que todo te salga bien.
Hasta pronto
Warner

Hi Hubert,

God's speed and keep us informed of your progress. A friend and I rode 1000 miles in 18.5 hours last weekend to raise money for Rotary Polio Plus to get rid of polio world wide. We took a risk and were successful!

Dr. K

Umberto,

Avant de partir......ne pourrais tu pas mettre la carte de ton voyage à jour ?!?! Cela serait sympa pour te suivre !

Bonne route le nomade et bizzzzz !

Have a safe journey my friend. Mongolia is roughly between you and me at the moment. Oh how I would like to meet you there. There are many that visit Mongolia in the summer months but very few have experienced winter there. Their meals will probably be even more diverse designed to keep the cold at bay. I'm sure you will tell us. We look forward to hearing more about your daily travels.
Take care & ride safe.

Blizzard, vous avez dit blizzard,....
Allez Hubert! one steppe beyond!! GAAAAZ! et que le grand Bisulfure de Molybdène soit avec toi...

Fallait le dire que tu avais besoin de pistards !! (voir message précédant)

J'ai bien reçu ton mail Hubert mais à cause des techniques informatiques, il m'est apparu avec un million de chiffres.Illisible.
Ton reportage à Irbit est magnifique, je dis dans le forum des fous de le regarder.
Je suis heureux que tu te diriges vers la Mongolie : notre joie t'accompagne !
Bizz à toi frangin.

Godspeed, Hubert!

I see the snow on the Ural Hubert, but in all honesty at the next creek you cross stop and wash a little dirt off that steed.
We can't having you crossing the border into Mongolia looking like a weary traveler from nowhere. On the other hand, don't get it so clean that you look like a newbie......Now what to do?
You say it is 2500 miles to go, at least now you will not have to stop every 30 miles and add a half quart of oil.
Does it run like new now and are you carrying a set of rings with you.
Looking foward to your next post...be safe.

Hubert,
Wow!! You have certainly travel since last we saw you in Panama, looking for a boat to go south. As you can see from the picture, we are from Ivan's family. I'm the tall balding fellow in the back, the son-law married to Ivan's lovely daughter. I know you can't forget her, woof!
When you travel through Bangkok, please give us a shout, you can stay with us and tell us all about your adventures.
I do have to retire and go back to the states in June 2010 though, so make it before then.

Al

By the way, Ivan married that lovely woman Clara on 7 Oct 2009...finally!

Salut Hubertowski!
Avec un 2WD cela passerait mieux...J´attends aussi la neige avec impatience!
Bonne piste!

Umberto-
You are my HERO! I am fasinated as to the year and set-up of the trike; is the air intake your own invention? Is the factory air intake not effective?

Thanks for a fascinating, vicarious experience. I have a 2008 Patrol, but I am still in the process of setting the bike up.

Hubert, the winter is not as bad as the Spring when everything melts and all you have is mud. Deep mud !. Dress warm, do not get wet, eat a lot of hot food and drink NO alcohol. Drink lots of hot tea. You bike will do just fine, it is made for this kind of terrain. You will do just fine, you were made to travel like this. Not to worry, each town has a house that will take you in in winter. Yes, you might have to sleep with some fleas but better that than freezing. A compost heap is a good, warm place to sleep in. Yes, you read right, dig a hole in a compost heat, wrap yourself in plastic and crawl in, it is warm. Bon Voyage, mon ami !

Hi Hubert, Thanks for your email response. I will take a chance. I'm moving from Culver City to Santa Monica now (that's not the "chance" I'm taking). I'm selling my 1994 K75 (see photo) to help finance a Ural Gear Up.

By the way, this Sunday in Los Angeles is the Griffith Park Sidecar Rally. There will be hundreds of sidecar rigs there.
Take Care,
Rick

Bonjour Hubert,

je suis votre périple du confort de mon salon depuis quelques mois. Je suis arrivé un peu par hasard sur votre site à la suite d'une recherche sur le motos Ural.

Je ne vous traiterai pas de chanceux, on sent fort bien que vous avez largement gagné le droit de poursuivre votre rêve. Je vous souhaite donc plutôt un grand succès dans la poursuite de votre aventure.

Nous avons eu à Québec notre première bordée de neige aujourd'hui avec une température de moins 5.

Ce n'est pas la Sibérie, mais notre hiver est quand même assez "sibérien" pour que je doive remiser ma moto d'ici une semaine ou deux. Il en sera ainsi jusqu'à la première semaine d'avril, hélas.

Bonne route,
Soyez prudent tout en jouissant profondément de chaque moment.

Carpe Diem !

Alain

Hi Humbertof..

I just got the information, that today in Siberia it start snowing (Novosibirsk) and temperatur come down on - 6° C. So whenever you start, take care on roads. :-)

holger

Salut Hubert, pourquoi tu ne te fais pas envoyer de Paris à Irbit ton casque et le tablier ?

Hubert, is harder than Ural! Keep driving forward Ural developement. When they build one that is Hubert proof, then I'll pay attention.
Ride fast and be dangerous Huberto!

Yo, humbertovski,
Vive les grands espaces...les motos atypiques et les mecs qui roulent dessus !
Je sais que tu ne peux pas faire de la pub mais je cherche désespérément un sac de couchage comme le tien, alors pourrait tu me dire de quel marque il s'agit; merci...
Si tu ne peux pas, tant pis...
Bonne route

Hubert;
I was out for a ride Sunday and stopped for lunch at a little French cafe,the food was served.It made me think of your picture of the "Pantagruelian" egg brekfast ; so I sent you this picture.
The photo alone should be good for 1000 calories..It should help put you back in your comfort zone..yum
ride safe
Tim

Hello HumbertÖff..

it´s fantastic that the Ural sidebike made the trip back to factory for repair. And I am glad that now all will be OK. Have a nice and save journey to Mongolia !!

Cheers, Holger

j'avais écris dans un de mes courriels que tu avais tranformé ton moteur en pompe à huile, mais je n'avais pas imaginé que tu n'avais pas remonté les segments apropriés!!!!
Bon courage à toi pour la suite et encore Bravo.

What a wonderful journey, I wish you all the best. I'll pass on the sheep's head though :p

Tim

Bon, te revoilà en rodage!
Bonne route Hubert, fait gaffe aux zébus!!

Ubear,

The factory will take that spoke and just "BUFF IT RIGHT OUT" like it wasn't even there.:cool:

We'll all have a good weekend, no problem! :-)

As I was leaving for Yekaterinburg this morning, I saw a broken spoke on the front wheel. The facory being closed for the weekend, I will stay until monday to get it fixed.
Internet is very sparce here, so no uptdate on the web site.
have a great weekend to all of you.

Humbertof

Ce matin juste avant de partir, j'ai vu un rayon de la roue avant casse. L'usine Ural etant fermee pour le weekend, je reste a Irbit jusqu'a lundi pour faire la reparation avant de partir.
Internet est difficile d'acces en dehors de l'usine Ural je n'arrive pas a mettre a jour mon site internet.
bon weekend tout le monde.

Humbertof

Hello my friend, We are very happy to see that you made it back to Irbit. I must admit I was very skeptical of your air intake system but when I see the lake you crossed on this map, it must work very well. Ha only joking, it must have been a wonderful ride around this lake. Soon you will be off to mongolia. Ride safe Hubert.
Our thanks to the Ural team in Irbit. They certainly provide an excellent service.
My BMW was in my local dealer for 4 months for a relatively simple job. Never again BMW.

On repart à neuf,cool !!
Alors quoi ,ça dure 20000 bornes un moteur d'Ural ou il y a une explication ??

Wow, that was a fast turnaround! Like your pic of all of the oil containers, haha!

Très heureux de voir que tu es arrivé à destination sans encombre.
Tu vas donc repartir habillé pour l'hiver.
A propos d'hiver, comment envisages-tu ton séjour en Mongolie connue pour ses températures extrêmes à cette saison ? L'habitat y étant très dispersé, comment penses tu y vivre tes nuits ?

Bonne route Hubert et bravo pour ce rêve permanent ! :)

Bravo Ural!
Hubert I wish you the best as you continue on your journey!
With Sincere Regards, Chris

Très prenant, très intéressant, très "fun" aussi malgré les aléas de la vie. Bravo et merci.
Claude J, Strasbourg

Bonjour Hubert, heureux de te sentir de nouveau" gonflé à bloc "
Peux-tu me dire à quel kilométrage tu en était avant de changer les pistons et cylindres ?
D'avance merci et bien sûr n'oublie pas de prendre un risque aujourd'hui !!
Patrick LUCAS

Talk about FAST SERVICE...!!! That has to be a spirit lifter for you. Say "THANK YOU" a couple of extra times on the way out the door....for all of us.

I'm very glad to hear that you made it back to the Ural factory! In spite of all the issues on your motorbike and the damn corrupt police.
Keep up the good work. We're all thinking of you.
Regards,
Gerry.

I was acting cool, but I was actually freaking out! I emailed someone at Ural to ask if they had heard that he arrived yet... I'm SO GLAD YOU'RE THERE DADDIO!

Ubear,
Will you take pictures of the disassembled engine. Is there any damage to the 650 pistons, to the lower cylinder? Was a piston ring coming completely out of the cylinder and wiping oil back into the chamber?

I had a great faith that you'd be just fine enjoying your Risk and Adventure.

Le side d'Hubert, le premier Ural qui carbure à l'huile :-)

Yahoo! Hubert!

Glad to hear you are safe in Irbit. Post lots of pictures of the Irbit factory and your engine rebuild.

Cheers!

Hubert,

Jessica kept us all in line while you were out of contact. For her it was more like herding cats than anything else.
So happy you took the risk and made an adventure out of it.
I just knew that the Ural was going to arrive in Ibert on a flatbed truck...forgive me.

Wow, the hospitality and care shown by Ural is very warming. If I am ever in the market for a sidecar rig; Ural has my vote. Best regards, Chris, VA, USA