Quad Squad

[monstermick58]

Got a phone call from a Kristopher Davant about his ride around the world on their Quad bikes raising money for Oxfam (a worthy cause I'm sure you will agree), well they are doing a ride into Sydney and across the Harbour Bridge on their Quad bikes (unusual I know) and they are trying to drum up some support from the local M/C community well look here is the email that he sent me.


Hi Mike,

It was great to speak with you on Friday. Thank you for your kind words, it really has not been easy.The last 4 months has changed my life forever. It is so clear that Val is missing. But we must continue to honor him.

Our Dream
On August 10th 2010, the three of us, Valerio De Simoni (23), Jamie Kenyon (24) and Ted Davant (26), young Aussies from Sydney set out to break the Guinness World Record for the longest journey on a Quad Bike. Riding overland across the world from Istanbul, to Sydney. An epic and life changing adventure of best friends taking a full 14-months, across 38 countries spanning Europe, Africa and Australia. We have now raised $30,000 for Oxfam Australia and we are just the three young Aussies.

Our Story - The Quad Squad, who are we?

Not an easy task with a quadbike that is meant to be on a farm! Crossing through hostile sections of dunes through the Libyan Sahara Desert, surviving on camel meat and finding ourselves in the mist of political conflicts were all adding huge pressure on our team as we acted to overcome Northern Africa. Descending the continent of Africa we experienced extreme stomach viruses passing through mine infested militia area of Northern Sudan, thousands of kilometers from any western hospital. We had to push on into 4000m highlands of Ethiopia, while avoiding being attacked by people throwing stones and spears. Making it this far, half way down the length of Africa we had to pass through bandit territory of Northern Kenya with a para-military convoy, where shooting bandits is a weekly occurrence. But all these times above were nothing compared to losing Val.

Losing Valerio in a car accident - Honoring Val
On the 12th of April 2011 after riding together through roughly 25 countries, there was a car accident. We were riding in convoy and a car lost control and hit our friend Valerio. Our best friend of 13 years. After 12 hours in intensive care with us by his side he passed away. This has changed our lives forever. We took his body back to Sydney for a funeral and after 6 weeks we got back on the plane to finish what we had started in his honor. He didn't have the choice to continue so we decided we must continue.

The Quad Squad Welcome Home Ride Day
We need your help. Our friend Valerio had another dream, to finish our World Record journey with as many other riders
who shared our passion for motorcycle riding. We need your help, to honor our friends dream, to finish in the way that he will not be able to.  

   Details
       Date: 22nd October 2011
       Location: Newcastle (with a stop close to Sydney perhaps Hornsby) to Sydney. Crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge and finishing at the Opera House.
       Time: To be announced


This event will be covered by the Channel 7 Sunday Night program (similar to 60 minutes on channel 9 expect more viewers), filming by helicopter and through the day with a crew.

The ride day has also been embraced by the Motorcycle Council of NSW as a great opportunity to promote Motorcycle Awareness week. As the ride coincides with Motorcycle Awareness Week 2011.

More information about the Quad Squad and a question:
There will be a episode on Seven Sunday Night in 3 weeks time which will show case our story. I will advise when this is on so you have a better understanding of our story. In the meantime please read the following informatio

   Our website has more information: www.quadsquad.org
   Many photos from the journey: www.facebook.com/expquadsquad


Action:

   Please take this back to your committee and get back to me to show you interest. In the mean time we will update our website and create a facebook page and advise you when up.



Green Regards,


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KRISTOPHER DAVANT

The Quad Squad Expedition : Istanbul-Sydney 2010-2011

M. +61-415-755-705  I  Sat. +881-622-450-574  I  E. kristopher@expedition.org.au  I  W. www.quadsquad.org






                                    Mmick

[braando]

Sounds like a good cause mate......keep me/us posted.........

[monstermick58]

TONIGHT! CHANNEL 7 SUNDAY NIGHT @ 6:30






                           Mmick

[monstermick58]

Well this is quite a story, just finished watching the program and it turns out that the guy that cleaned up Val (one of the three that was killed) was being chased by the police for a bloody parking ticket.

   Anyway the guys will be doing the ride into Sydney (and over the Harbour
bridge) on October 22nd.

I think Ill go to this one 






                                   Mmick

[braando]

  + 1

[braando]

Mmick,........if its numbers that you are after, would you like me to paste it into the MV Forum...?
Those tryhards will do anything to get on camera....
Seriously though, with your permission i will............

[monstermick58]

Teff, sing it loud and sing it proud, obviously the idea is to get as many motorcyclists to turn up for this event, after what these boys have gone through its the least we can do.





                                       Mmick

[braando]

Ok, consider it done............
But if you see a group of harleys there as well,.........I had nothing to do with it.....(cough cough)

[monstermick58]

This the latest that was sent to me.


Hey Everyone,

I would like to thank you all for your time and support of our project. As part of making everyone part of the team for this once in a life time event, I will start updating everyone with what is going on.

As mentioned over the phone we have a great chance to really showcase the spirit shared amongst riders and build the awareness of the presence of motorcycle riders on the road through Riders Awareness Week (RAW).

Please keep drumming up the support of your friends and club members.

At the moment this is the update;

    We are working with the NSW Premiers department to organise the welcome home event. We have a very important meeting to discuss final details on Tuesday.
    We have been on Seven Sunrise promoting the event and also teamed up with Yahoo7 to promote the event in the final week. For your chance to see it refer to the following link -http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/video/-/watch/26825729/quad-squad-record/] [url]http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/video/-/watch/26825729/quad-squad-record/[/url]
    The first schedule has now been developed with dates and time in the map - refer to google maps http://maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?msid=213816667117923474032.0004ae820d81335448d90&msa=0]- [url]http://maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?msid=213816667117923474032.0004ae820d81335448d90&msa=0 [/url]

    ·       Starting point â€" Nobby Beach Car Park â€" 8am meeting point with a 8.45am departure
â—¦      The place has a beautiful back drop of the beach and has two large car parks that would assist with a short
·    Pick Up Location 1: Twin Service Stations off F3 - 10am â€" 70kms from start location -
â—¦      We will collect a group of riders here and refuel.
·    Pick Up Location 2: Old Pacific Highway  Gosford crnr Quarry Rd (The Slab) â€" 10.30am â€" 32kms from
â—¦      Destination just outside of Gosford to collect people.
â—¦      This will be a drive by pick without stopping. A group of lead riders will go ahead and collect the riders before we get there
â—¦      They can attach themselves to the convoy easier here as we will be on tghe Pacific Highway which has a speed limit of 60km/h.
·    Pick Up Location 3 Mount White Cafe Drive by pick up
â—¦      Back onto F3 from Mount White
·    Pick up Point No 4: Old Berowra Toll Gates â€" 11.00am â€" 35kms from Pick Up 2
â—¦      We will stop there as there is plenty of parking.
·    End â€" Oversea Passenger Terminal â€" 12.30pm - 35kms from PickUp 3
·       Finally with everyone group together for the final crossing.

    The first look at the final moments are attached in the pdf files - please do not share with anyone


This is really an exciting time for us. We have 14 days to pull of something we want people to remember. Thanks again for your support!

If you have any questions please email me or ring me on 0405529750 do not be shy!


Green Regards,







                                          Mmick

[cabron]

My PC's has been playing up....however can anyone else get the links to work??? 

[Roaduser]

i tried them and no workies here  even tried cutting out the dubious endings

[monstermick58]

Ok I went back to the original email and it did work so here is the link http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/video/-/watch/26825729/quad-squad-record/







                      Mmick

[braando]

I gather you ae going Mmick.......?

[Jukie]

Well then out comes the bikini again

[Roaduser]

it was the map link i was trying to get to work. sorry man