Moto Guzzi National Rally Disaster!

patcarol · 08-20-2007, 10:54 AM

I just finished reading a message from a friend of mine that attended the Moto Guzzi National. The report was not good. Severe flash floods hit the rally sight which in turn washed away part of the camground.
Rally attendees that did stay lost everything they had with them including their motorcycles. Moto Guzzi lost all their demo bikes and semi-trailer.
The best news is that there was no loss of life. My heart goes out to our Moto Guzzi brethern.

Pat Carol

bmwdean · 08-20-2007, 10:55 AM

Where was it?

Mika · 08-20-2007, 11:21 AM

Houston Minnesota

http://www.startribune.com/

http://wcco.com/topstories/local_story_231080417.html

http://www.kare11.com/news/news_arti...storyid=262487

http://kstp.com/article/stories/S171193.shtml?cat=1

36th Annual MGNOC National Rally
Houston, Minnesota. Money Creek Haven Campground. Campground is located in southeastern Minnesota, six miles north of Houston, Minnesota. http://www.moneycreekhaven.com. Tent camping Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights; coffee and lemonade all weekend; rally pin; Thursday evening brats n' slaw; Friday evening catered pork chop dinner; Saturday morning QuickFix breakfast; Saturday evening catered steak dinner, Sunday morning QuickFix breakfast. $50 before July 16th, $60 after July 16th. Too much going on to list here. See motel listing and a lot more within the full page rally ad in current newsletter. For more information or to pre-register contact: Minnesota MGNOC State Rep, Earl Cleven, 2301 SW 141st Street, Ellendale, Minnesota 56026. 507-456-0656 or email: e.cleven@excite.com. Make checks payable to Earl Cleven. More information at the Minnesota MGNOC website

Kwazimoto · 08-20-2007, 11:59 AM

Check out Wildguzzi.com. Photos of demo fleet,high water mark in headlight!,trailers in trees. Supposedly all are safe although some near hits(never could figure why they`re called near misses).

redclfco · 08-20-2007, 01:05 PM

I now have a new duty in life; watching the sump pump. For two days in a row and over 8 inches of rain (still raining today), I have spent my spare time in the basement utility room offering words of encouragement to the pump. Generators are on standby in case I lose electric. Working in the home office is the order of the day. If the pump should fail, there goes the basement; gotta be a better way!?

We got off easy. My driveway looks like a mini grand canyon but we live to play another day.

This was an absolutely bewitching day in southern Minnesota.

Red

barryg · 08-20-2007, 01:10 PM

And I thought only BMW rallies were jinxed with bad weather.

Rapid_Roy · 08-20-2007, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by M1ka

Houston Minnesota

http://www.startribune.com/

http://wcco.com/topstories/local_story_231080417.html

http://www.kare11.com/news/news_arti...storyid=262487

http://kstp.com/article/stories/S171193.shtml?cat=1

36th Annual MGNOC National Rally
Houston, Minnesota. Money Creek Haven Campground. Campground is located in southeastern Minnesota, six miles north of Houston, Minnesota. http://www.moneycreekhaven.com. Tent camping Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights; coffee and lemonade all weekend; rally pin; Thursday evening brats n' slaw; Friday evening catered pork chop dinner; Saturday morning QuickFix breakfast; Saturday evening catered steak dinner, Sunday morning QuickFix breakfast. $50 before July 16th, $60 after July 16th. Too much going on to list here. See motel listing and a lot more within the full page rally ad in current newsletter. For more information or to pre-register contact: Minnesota MGNOC State Rep, Earl Cleven, 2301 SW 141st Street, Ellendale, Minnesota 56026. 507-456-0656 or email: e.cleven@excite.com. Make checks payable to Earl Cleven. More information at the Minnesota MGNOC website

Wow! That is where the Hiawatha Rally is. That could have been us, if it happened in June. I am glad for no loss of life.

widebmw · 08-20-2007, 02:47 PM

Link to Guzzi rally pic's
http://wildguzzi.com/forum/index.php...&topic=13162.0

The_Veg · 08-20-2007, 03:14 PM

*daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnggggggggg!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

Mar · 08-20-2007, 04:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by widebmw

Link to Guzzi rally pic's
http://wildguzzi.com/forum/index.php...&topic=13162.0

The photos in this thread are amazing. I was just there last June so I know what things should look like. I feel for the riders and their loses.

jdmetzger · 08-20-2007, 04:21 PM

Maybe we should send them a BMWMOA e-card:

"Sorry for your troubles, best wishes" or something.

That REALLY sucks, especially for their BIG rally. I know we've gotten wind/rain in the past, but nothing of THAT magnitude. Is Gillette on high ground?

Motor31 · 08-20-2007, 05:36 PM

That's such a shame for their losses. I am very glad no lives were lost.

Roger · 08-20-2007, 05:46 PM

Sounds like a disaster worthy of the BMW Riders Association!

Whotta bummer!....

Roger Wiles
RA 14259
MOA 32797

SNC1923 · 08-20-2007, 07:09 PM

Man, oh man. WHAT a bummer.

SheRidesABeemer · 08-20-2007, 07:16 PM

Not a joking matter at all. What a nightmare for the riders and local community.

08-20-2007, 10:54 AM	#1
patcarol Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Hubbard Lake, Michigan Posts: 657	Moto Guzzi National Rally Disaster! I just finished reading a message from a friend of mine that attended the Moto Guzzi National. The report was not good. Severe flash floods hit the rally sight which in turn washed away part of the camground. Rally attendees that did stay lost everything they had with them including their motorcycles. Moto Guzzi lost all their demo bikes and semi-trailer. The best news is that there was no loss of life. My heart goes out to our Moto Guzzi brethern. Pat Carol __________________ BMW Touring Club Detroit, Virgin Ambassador Selected Friends of Wile E Coyote. 2010 National Rally First Aid Chair.

08-20-2007, 10:55 AM	#2
bmwdean BMW MOA co-founder Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Madison, WI, and Tucson, AZ Posts: 850	Where was it? __________________ Jeff Dean, MOA #115 Co-founder, 1972, BMW MOA R1200RT, R75/5, R69S, R69US, R60/2, R60US, R50/2, R68, R51/3, R27, R25/3

08-20-2007, 11:21 AM	#3
Mika Still Wondering Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: On reconnaissance Posts: 7,458	Houston Minnesota http://www.startribune.com/ http://wcco.com/topstories/local_story_231080417.html http://www.kare11.com/news/news_arti...storyid=262487 http://kstp.com/article/stories/S171193.shtml?cat=1 36th Annual MGNOC National Rally Houston, Minnesota. Money Creek Haven Campground. Campground is located in southeastern Minnesota, six miles north of Houston, Minnesota. http://www.moneycreekhaven.com. Tent camping Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights; coffee and lemonade all weekend; rally pin; Thursday evening brats n' slaw; Friday evening catered pork chop dinner; Saturday morning QuickFix breakfast; Saturday evening catered steak dinner, Sunday morning QuickFix breakfast. $50 before July 16th, $60 after July 16th. Too much going on to list here. See motel listing and a lot more within the full page rally ad in current newsletter. For more information or to pre-register contact: Minnesota MGNOC State Rep, Earl Cleven, 2301 SW 141st Street, Ellendale, Minnesota 56026. 507-456-0656 or email: e.cleven@excite.com. Make checks payable to Earl Cleven. More information at the Minnesota MGNOC website __________________ Pass the mustard and UP THE REVOLUTION! Last edited by M1ka; 08-20-2007 at 11:46 AM.

08-20-2007, 11:59 AM	#4
Kwazimoto Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Central PA Posts: 56	Check out Wildguzzi.com. Photos of demo fleet,high water mark in headlight!,trailers in trees. Supposedly all are safe although some near hits(never could figure why they`re called near misses). __________________ Knees in da breeze is my only disease

08-20-2007, 01:05 PM	#5
redclfco Not good staying in line Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Northfield, MN Posts: 2,670	Sump Pump Watch I now have a new duty in life; watching the sump pump. For two days in a row and over 8 inches of rain (still raining today), I have spent my spare time in the basement utility room offering words of encouragement to the pump. Generators are on standby in case I lose electric. Working in the home office is the order of the day. If the pump should fail, there goes the basement; gotta be a better way!? We got off easy. My driveway looks like a mini grand canyon but we live to play another day. This was an absolutely bewitching day in southern Minnesota. Red __________________ Focusing on nowhere, Investigating miles Im a seeker, Im a really desperate man They call me the seeker Ive been searching low and high I wont get to get what Im after Till the day I die.

08-20-2007, 01:10 PM	#6
barryg Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Marion,Ar. Posts: 1,378	And I thought only BMW rallies were jinxed with bad weather.

08-20-2007, 02:47 PM	#8
widebmw Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 799	Link to Guzzi rally pic's http://wildguzzi.com/forum/index.php...&topic=13162.0

08-20-2007, 03:14 PM	#9
The_Veg I can haz motursiekl? Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Etlanna Jawja Posts: 5,093	daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnggggggggg!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ 2007 R1200GS- El Chupacabra "If you can't fix it with a hammer, it's electrical." -somebody's dad

08-20-2007, 04:21 PM	#11
jdmetzger tin star Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Toledo, OH Posts: 4,124	Maybe we should send them a BMWMOA e-card: "Sorry for your troubles, best wishes" or something. That REALLY sucks, especially for their BIG rally. I know we've gotten wind/rain in the past, but nothing of THAT magnitude. Is Gillette on high ground? __________________ Josh Metzger - Toledo, OH BMWMOA Forum Administrator BMWMOA#123695, ABC#8463 1978 R80/7, 1993 R100GSPD

08-20-2007, 05:36 PM	#12
Motor31 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Full timr RV'er, where we park is home. No fixed address or location. Posts: 1,879	That's such a shame for their losses. I am very glad no lives were lost. __________________ DEFINITION OF A VETERAN A Veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life." Author Unknown

08-20-2007, 05:46 PM	#13
Roger Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: North Georgia Mountains Posts: 101	Wet Geese Sounds like a disaster worthy of the BMW Riders Association! Whotta bummer!.... Roger Wiles RA 14259 MOA 32797 __________________ Roger Wiles roger@rogerwiles.com www.rogerwiles.com 706.897.8266 24/7 Wireless

08-20-2007, 07:09 PM	#14
SNC1923 Inveterate Lensman Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bikersfield, CA Posts: 2,394	Man, oh man. WHAT a bummer. __________________ Tom Moran On the Road with SNC 1923

08-20-2007, 07:16 PM	#15
SheRidesABeemer Non-compliant since 1999 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Live Free & Ride, NH Posts: 3,104	Not a joking matter at all. What a nightmare for the riders and local community. __________________ Gail Hatch SheRidesABeemer's Blog 03 K12GT 87 K75CT