The location: a small village in east of France (Lorraine) The event: called the “French Hollister” held every first weekend of May. The organizer: The “School Bar Atelier”, loosely affiliated with the Boozefighters and Jean Claude Passetemps, a well known custom builder in Europe and quite a character (will not say more…) The event: laughing, burning out rubber, drinking, group riding in the beautiful countryside (scene of the famous WWI battle in Verdun when French soldiers were fighting to stop German invasion) Weather: pouring rain during all event weekend. Particularity: no police on location during the event. The photographer: well known photographer Horst Roesler, always looking for a scoop. And he got one.
Jean Claude Passetemps leads the group ride. He climbs on his bike to offer Horst a grewt shot. He hits a patch of wet grass, throttle to escape it…. Horst shoot, shoot, shoot. See the rest of pictures after the jump (nobody was injured during the event…and the fall)
Great shots. Is water or beer responsible for this spill?
Guess that’s why they require helmets 😉
Makes me think of the Wizard of Oz and what the Scarecrow sang ;-}
HeHeHe, looks like bike and rider came up unharmed… the real question for me is, what’s with the duct tape on those springers?
his forks ended up a little tweaked , it looked like a helluva lot of fun
Ha! Hot doggin’ got him. Gotta have fun… just glad he didn’t take anyone down with him. I see he’s running a car tire on the back. Excellent!
The duct tape is used on bikes with no front fender in the rain. It cuts down on spin-off from the tire. Old chopper trick.
I sure like the look of that fat ol’ tire in front of his chopper.
Didn’t know Hollister had a sister (brother?) city in France. Didn’t know BFMC was international, but it makes sense, I guess…
Those guys are having way to much fun! Keep at it boys, I’m jealous.
Cantrell
Jumbo saddlebags.
Ice is heavy and beer sloshing in their containers adds to a pendulum effect….. hit a soft french road shoulder and …. bu-bye ! 🙂
thank you horst for the pictures and thank you cyril for the publication
its a great moment for me and good “souvenir “
Funny as hell, glad you weren’t hurt. peace
The road looks like a great place to ride. Just a single roadway with no room for oncoming traffic out in the country.
Ha!
That’s funny stuff! Glad it was just his pride hurt. Also love the fat tires on the bikes with the springer front ends…way cool.
Viking Biking…
good material for South Park
Jean Claude…
Looks like fun…pout some knobbies on that baby.
Boss Hawg
Like in a cartoon.
Oops !!!
Glad he’s alright !!!
True biker to the bone, get up & get back on
Break out the Aquavit !!!!
Ouch! ..Z
hit that 10 11 years ago …priceless!
viva la shovel
The duct tape is a fender.
A hawg rider is a hawg rider EVEN in France.
Bet you he feels like a dickhead!!