Some pictures from Croatia

Matija · 10-28-2007, 07:17 AM

This are my and my girlfrend VFR's.
We have RC 24, RC 36 and i now drive RC 46.

I will put also some pictures from bikers meeting from CRO and some pictures from ours trips.

http://picasaweb.google.com/tekky666

RVFR · 10-28-2007, 09:40 AM

Cool to see what other riders do in other parts of the world. love that blue 4th gen. Honda should have shipped it to the US.

Matija · 10-28-2007, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by RVFR

Cool to see what other riders do in other parts of the world. love that blue 4th gen. Honda should have shipped it to the US.

of all VFR which I drive, I think that is the best VFR of all. just if she wouldn't have problems with regulator....

and that colour is very special, on sun is more purple than blue.

Shinigami · 10-28-2007, 10:44 AM

I competed in the world field archery championships at Plitvice Lakes a few years ago- I had no idea Croatia was such a beautiful place! Took a tour of Zagreb on the way out, fine old city.

I am back every couple of years since for a World Cup event in Porec. Nice country and people. Would love to take a cycle tour of it.

Matija · 10-28-2007, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Shinigami

I competed in the world field archery championships at Plitvice Lakes a few years ago- I had no idea Croatia was such a beautiful place! Took a tour of Zagreb on the way out, fine old city.

I am back every couple of years since for a World Cup event in Porec. Nice country and people. Would love to take a cycle tour of it.

I'm very glad for it... it is nice to know that people from other parts of world consider croatia like nice country...

when you come again in croatia, please let me know. I hope that we meet maybe.

brdbluz · 10-28-2007, 01:44 PM

My entire family migrated from Croatia in the late 1940's/early 1950's.
As a kid, it was fun hearing all of the stories from the "old country". Croatia sounds like a beautiful country. I hope to visit someday. Thanks for sharing your pictures with all of us.

Matija · 10-28-2007, 03:42 PM

Many people must that years migrate from Croatia. Soma frome my family also migrate to America in '40s but I know a little about it.

I put some new pictures from Croatia, you can look. And I hope so that is at least someone recognize Wather tower from Vukovar, destroyed in homeland war.

brdbluz · 10-28-2007, 03:56 PM

Great pictures. Thanks again!

Shinigami · 10-28-2007, 05:45 PM

The World Championship I competed in was in 2004, 9 years after the end of your civil war- a few buildings on the route from Zagreb to Plitvice (which is about 17 miles from Bosnia) still showed the effects of the war, .50 caliber holes in structures, blown out buildings. My team (USA) and that of GBR had 125 plainclothes police accompanying us for protection, but there was no problem at all. Our destination and competition venue was actually the very spot where the war started, but there was no sign of it in the park itself.

But the natural beauty of Plitvice and much of the rest of the Croatian countryside was incredible and the volunteers friendly and hard-working. Two of my teammates were eliminated early in the competition and took off for the beaches on the Adriatic. When I saw the photos I was almost jealous ;)

Now every other year there is an archery World Cup event in Porec, not far from Trieste Italy. The next one is this spring and if you would like to come watch I will arrange for you to be my special guests in the audience for the finals (which are always sold out).

I'm thinking of renting a bike in Milan and spending a few days touring after the competition.

Matija · 10-29-2007, 06:40 AM

We will be glad to meet you! It will be nice to have opportunitie see a final of world championship.
Maybe we can arannge to join you and together make a rout throw Croatia.

DAN-SLO · 11-20-2007, 09:40 AM

If you will plan a ride I might join you,I live very close

Matija · 11-20-2007, 11:16 AM

mozemo se mi naci i ovako negdje, u slo ili hr, koga prije put donese...

DAN-SLO · 11-20-2007, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Matija

mozemo se mi naci i ovako negdje, u slo ili hr, koga prije put donese...

Yep we´ll do that sometime.
Kad se malo ugrije,bas mi ide na zivce ova zima.

Matija · 11-20-2007, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by DAN-SLO

Yep we´ll do that sometime.
Kad se malo ugrije,bas mi ide na zivce ova zima.

you are not only one... we all hate winter.

ima li snijega u slo?

squirrelman · 11-20-2007, 12:55 PM

The country is very beautiful.

Where were you in July 1995 when about 7000 people were murdered at Srebrenica??
if you know anyone involved in that they should be in the Hague on trial for war crimes!!
sorrry, but mass murder isn't easy to forget.

Matija · 11-20-2007, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by squirrelman

The country is very beautiful.

Where were you in July 1995 when about 7000 people were murdered at Srebrenica??
if you know anyone involved in that they should be in the Hague on trial for war crimes!!
sorrry, but mass murder isn't easy to forget.

Srebrenica is in Bosnia and Herzegovina, that is another country. Mass murder in Srebrenica done Serbian, they also done crime in Croatia on Ovcara. If you watch pictures, you can see destoyed tower in Vukovar, the heroic city, wich is total destroyed in war.

Shinigami · 11-20-2007, 04:27 PM

Squirrelman,

Yeah, war criminals are deserving of what they get.

But, remember, it's the winners who decide who the criminals are in any war- we roasted more than 100,000 people alive in Tokyo in one firebomb raid over two hours- and the planners of that action acknowledged that if we had lost that war, they would have been convicted of atrocities. We hanged our share of German and Japanese leaders- 10 German and 7 Japanese war criminals were convicted and hanged after the war.

Fact is, civilization is but a thin veneer over our animalistic nature.

Riding our VFR's is proof of our desire to be more civilized!

....does that comment bring this topic back into alignment with the forum goals?

Matija · 11-21-2007, 10:45 AM

it is better to stop with this subject, war is not happy subject ever....

go on better subject, are enyone ride vfr over 260 km??

squirrelman · 11-22-2007, 06:00 PM

Very true .......enough.

Sorry,I was well out of order and was spinning up in neutral.

Excessive imbibation was also to blame.

I'd much rather discuss tyres, trips, carbs, and gadgets anyway.......

Where's your nearest Honda dealer??

reg71 · 11-23-2007, 09:30 AM

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Many people must that years migrate from Croatia. Soma frome my family also migrate to America in '40s but I know a little about it.

I put some new pictures from Croatia, you can look. And I hope so that is at least someone recognize Wather tower from Vukovar, destroyed in homeland war.

Is that the one with the red VFR at the base of a concrete structure? I was trying to figure out what it is.

And what about the

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10-28-2007, 07:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
Matija Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Last Online: 06-19-2008 09:11 AM Location: Zagreb, Croatia - Find Me! My Ride: 2000. VFR 800 Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Some pictures from Croatia This are my and my girlfrend VFR's. We have RC 24, RC 36 and i now drive RC 46. I will put also some pictures from bikers meeting from CRO and some pictures from ours trips. http://picasaweb.google.com/tekky666 __________________ Never drive faster than your guardian angel can fly.... http://picasaweb.google.com/tekky666

10-28-2007, 09:40 AM	#2 (permalink)
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10-28-2007, 03:42 PM	#7 (permalink)
Matija Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Last Online: 06-19-2008 09:11 AM Location: Zagreb, Croatia - Find Me! My Ride: 2000. VFR 800 Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Many people must that years migrate from Croatia. Soma frome my family also migrate to America in '40s but I know a little about it. I put some new pictures from Croatia, you can look. And I hope so that is at least someone recognize Wather tower from Vukovar, destroyed in homeland war. __________________ Never drive faster than your guardian angel can fly.... http://picasaweb.google.com/tekky666

10-29-2007, 06:40 AM	#10 (permalink)
Matija Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Last Online: 06-19-2008 09:11 AM Location: Zagreb, Croatia - Find Me! My Ride: 2000. VFR 800 Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	We will be glad to meet you! It will be nice to have opportunitie see a final of world championship. Maybe we can arannge to join you and together make a rout throw Croatia. __________________ Never drive faster than your guardian angel can fly.... http://picasaweb.google.com/tekky666

10-28-2007, 10:44 AM	#4 (permalink)
Shinigami Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Last Online: 11-22-2008 12:04 AM My Ride: 03VFR800FI, 08CBR600RR View my Photo Gallery Posts: 86 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	I competed in the world field archery championships at Plitvice Lakes a few years ago- I had no idea Croatia was such a beautiful place! Took a tour of Zagreb on the way out, fine old city. I am back every couple of years since for a World Cup event in Porec. Nice country and people. Would love to take a cycle tour of it.

10-28-2007, 01:44 PM	#6 (permalink)
brdbluz Member Join Date: May 2007 Last Online: 11-26-2008 06:47 PM Location: Northwest Indiana - Find Me! My Ride: 2001 VFR 800 fi View my Photo Gallery Posts: 46 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	My entire family migrated from Croatia in the late 1940's/early 1950's. As a kid, it was fun hearing all of the stories from the "old country". Croatia sounds like a beautiful country. I hope to visit someday. Thanks for sharing your pictures with all of us.

10-28-2007, 03:56 PM	#8 (permalink)
brdbluz Member Join Date: May 2007 Last Online: 11-26-2008 06:47 PM Location: Northwest Indiana - Find Me! My Ride: 2001 VFR 800 fi View my Photo Gallery Posts: 46 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Great pictures. Thanks again!

10-28-2007, 05:45 PM	#9 (permalink)
Shinigami Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Last Online: 11-22-2008 12:04 AM My Ride: 03VFR800FI, 08CBR600RR View my Photo Gallery Posts: 86 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	The World Championship I competed in was in 2004, 9 years after the end of your civil war- a few buildings on the route from Zagreb to Plitvice (which is about 17 miles from Bosnia) still showed the effects of the war, .50 caliber holes in structures, blown out buildings. My team (USA) and that of GBR had 125 plainclothes police accompanying us for protection, but there was no problem at all. Our destination and competition venue was actually the very spot where the war started, but there was no sign of it in the park itself. But the natural beauty of Plitvice and much of the rest of the Croatian countryside was incredible and the volunteers friendly and hard-working. Two of my teammates were eliminated early in the competition and took off for the beaches on the Adriatic. When I saw the photos I was almost jealous ;) Now every other year there is an archery World Cup event in Porec, not far from Trieste Italy. The next one is this spring and if you would like to come watch I will arrange for you to be my special guests in the audience for the finals (which are always sold out). I'm thinking of renting a bike in Milan and spending a few days touring after the competition.

11-20-2007, 09:40 AM	#11 (permalink)
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11-20-2007, 11:16 AM	#12 (permalink)
Matija Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Last Online: 06-19-2008 09:11 AM Location: Zagreb, Croatia - Find Me! My Ride: 2000. VFR 800 Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	mozemo se mi naci i ovako negdje, u slo ili hr, koga prije put donese... __________________ Never drive faster than your guardian angel can fly.... http://picasaweb.google.com/tekky666

11-20-2007, 12:55 PM	#15 (permalink)
squirrelman Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Last Online: Today 10:13 AM Location: barf-a-load, ny - Find Me! My Ride: '86 VFR 700Fs (3), '97 VFR 750 '88 NT 650 HAWK (3) '86 Yamaha Radian '66 Yamaha YL-1 '88 VTR 250 (2) '76 CB 125 View my Photo Gallery Posts: 893 Thanks: 4 Thanked 23 Times in 23 Posts	The country is very beautiful. Where were you in July 1995 when about 7000 people were murdered at Srebrenica?? if you know anyone involved in that they should be in the Hague on trial for war crimes!! sorrry, but mass murder isn't easy to forget. __________________ "Machines are the tools of freedom." :Cyrus Eaton " Goin' to Hell in a bucket, but at least I'm enjoyin' the ride....... "

11-20-2007, 04:27 PM	#17 (permalink)
Shinigami Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Last Online: 11-22-2008 12:04 AM My Ride: 03VFR800FI, 08CBR600RR View my Photo Gallery Posts: 86 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	Squirrelman, Yeah, war criminals are deserving of what they get. But, remember, it's the winners who decide who the criminals are in any war- we roasted more than 100,000 people alive in Tokyo in one firebomb raid over two hours- and the planners of that action acknowledged that if we had lost that war, they would have been convicted of atrocities. We hanged our share of German and Japanese leaders- 10 German and 7 Japanese war criminals were convicted and hanged after the war. Fact is, civilization is but a thin veneer over our animalistic nature. Riding our VFR's is proof of our desire to be more civilized! ....does that comment bring this topic back into alignment with the forum goals?

11-21-2007, 10:45 AM	#18 (permalink)
Matija Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Last Online: 06-19-2008 09:11 AM Location: Zagreb, Croatia - Find Me! My Ride: 2000. VFR 800 Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	it is better to stop with this subject, war is not happy subject ever.... go on better subject, are enyone ride vfr over 260 km?? __________________ Never drive faster than your guardian angel can fly.... http://picasaweb.google.com/tekky666

11-22-2007, 06:00 PM	#19 (permalink)
squirrelman Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Last Online: Today 10:13 AM Location: barf-a-load, ny - Find Me! My Ride: '86 VFR 700Fs (3), '97 VFR 750 '88 NT 650 HAWK (3) '86 Yamaha Radian '66 Yamaha YL-1 '88 VTR 250 (2) '76 CB 125 View my Photo Gallery Posts: 893 Thanks: 4 Thanked 23 Times in 23 Posts	Very true .......enough. Sorry,I was well out of order and was spinning up in neutral. Excessive imbibation was also to blame. I'd much rather discuss tyres, trips, carbs, and gadgets anyway....... Where's your nearest Honda dealer?? __________________ "Machines are the tools of freedom." :Cyrus Eaton " Goin' to Hell in a bucket, but at least I'm enjoyin' the ride....... "