Death Monkey 2006: The Ultimate Rally: Archive

Joe: Moped Problem

Although one of the moped retailers was very interested over the phone last week about participating to Death Monkey as a supplier of mopeds,he haven't contacted me after last Thursday. I've tried to reach him, but for some reason he doesn't seem to be eager to pick up the phone.

This means that our upcoming weekends warm-up trip is in real danger. Of course we can get to A-K's cabin by car, but it isn't nearly as useful considering the trip laying ahead. It would be nice to get some touch in driving with these little buggers.

Anyway, we need those mopeds as soon as possible. And we are gonna buy them anyway so this would be an excellent opportunity to get some visibility to one of the several monkey manufacturers!

Joe

Bob: We've got Monkeys!

Joe and I went to Tampere today, and as result we now have secured three brand-new Skyteam Monkeys through sponsorship from Motor Power and the Skyteam factory.



In addition to the bikes that should be available before weekend we will also get a hoard of spare parts.



This is a great leap for the project, as now we only need to confirm the maintenance car and ferry services to Germany. Thanks to Motor Power for the deal! In addition to Monkey's, the company also sells Huoniao "Red Army - Long March" motorcycles. Fascinating...

Joe: Being a Monkey

Monkeying around doesn't mean only climbing up trees, shagging and detecting flees from your skin. Sometimes even the leading chimpanzee has to relax, socialize and negotiate with sponsors. For these rare occasions every ape has a decent suit.
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Of course the white camouflage works much better on winter season, but it attracts more interested females when apes have a light tanning. Only thing that would make an ape more natural in the urban jungle would be roaming 50cc motor between his legs and autobahn in front of him.

Joe

Skoll: Change of plans

So it happens, that we were a bit late with reserving the ferry tickets to Germany. When I called they had only luxury cabins left which would have cost too much. Thus we decided to add about 1000 km to the trip and drive through Sweden and Denmark. And to make sure we won't take the easy way out, we also decided to drop the service car.

On a different note, today we should get the mopeds finally.

Skoll

Bob: Monkey bikes are now home

Last night your valiant trio travelled to the far city of Tampere to fetch three fresh Skyteam Monkeys from our sponsor, Motor Power. The bikes mostly correspond to the colors of the monkeys: Joe has a red bike, Skoll a blue one, and Bob a chrome one.

Now after couple of kilometers of parking lot riding, I have to say I'm really happy we decided to go with Skyteam. The bikes are on a completely different level technologically from our aging Jincheng monkey. The bikes have electric starter, clutch, and other nice features that will make the trip much easier.

Unfortunately the bikes were not registered, and so we had to get them home via van. However, registrations have now been handled and we should get the license plates by monday.

Bob: Grab your Monkey banner!

Joonas from Piippunaakka was kind enough to make us this cool Flash banner:

Updated: The banner is now on the front page of IRC-galleria, the most popular net community in Finland. Thanks for the support!

If you want to display the banner on your own site, use the following code:

    <object width="140" height="350">
        <param name="movie" value=
        "http://www.deathmonkey.org/attachment/0d6ba42a30a30d6d1b8314f136fb6860/8e7ec69a6ef69014360517c59aaf4ee4/140X350_2.swf" />
        <embed src=
        "http://www.deathmonkey.org/attachment/0d6ba42a30a30d6d1b8314f136fb6860/8e7ec69a6ef69014360517c59aaf4ee4/140X350_2.swf?clickTAG=http://www.deathmonkey.org"
        width="140" height="350" />
    </object>

Bob: Departure time and place set

We've now decided where and when Death Monkey 2006 begins. We will start at 15:30 from Hietalahti on friday.

More details in Joe's Monkey Mania post. All Monkey fans welcome! 

Bob: Departure time and place set

We've now decided where and when Death Monkey 2006 begins. We will start at 15:30 from Hietalahti on friday.

More details in Joe's Monkey Mania post . All Monkey fans welcome! 

Joe: Open for all

Because our media sponsors have activated and the number of daily visits on this site has exploded, there has been some interest to participate. To save my precious time, I'm gonna answer these questions her, instead replying to every mail I get.

1. Our rallye is open for everybody.

2. What you need is a monkey (preferably Skyteam Monkey bought from Motor Power , any live monkey will do as well), cash to get some sort of accommodation and enough gasolin to reach Gibraltar. Toothbrush and towel are necessities as well. At least towel.

3. If you want to participate, haul your ass to north end of Hietaniemi beach on Friday around 15:00 with all equipment packed on your moped and be ready to purchase a ticket to a ferry.

 4. If you don't want to participate, you still can come and hang around before we start our trip.

 If you have other questions, please mail me to joe@suicidesurfers.org, I'll reply if I have time.

 Joe

Joe: Radio interview and registrations

First radio interview will be broadcasted tomorrow (Thursday 29th) around 14:30 in YleX.

Yesterday arrived the plates and insurance papers for our monkeys. This means that there isn't any legal obstacles (as far as we care) for our trip.

Joe 

Bob: Fifteen Minutes of Fame

We had the first Ylex interview today, and it was broadcasted live around 14:40.

We'll conduct more interviews on the road. The next ones scheduled are:

• Monday Jul 3rd 16:20
  
• Thursday Jul 6th 16:20
  
• Monday Jul 10th 16:20
  
• ...and a final report when we reach Gibraltar 

Ylex is available throughout Finland. The frequency in Helsinki area is 91.9. For other areas, read their site.

Stay tuned! 

Bob: Last night home

Tomorrow we ride!

Joe: 1 hour to the start

Death Monkey MC starts this epic adventure in an hour. My personal belongings that are going to follow me through Europe are:

2 t-shirts (I am currently wearing one)

1 pair of trousers.

1. jacket.

3 pairs of underwear.

1 Memory stick (256MB) full of music.

1 Mobile phone.

3 pairs of socks.

Shitloads of condoms given us by YleX. Thank you very much! 

Next report will be from the road. If you can, come to say goodbye to us at Hietaniemi beach at 15:30. 

Joe

Bob: Adding custom parts

Skoll adds highway pegs to the monkeys

Skoll: An enthusiastic fan

An enthusiastic fan trying out the Blue Monkey.

Bob: Checking in

Viking Mariella will carry us to the adventure. At this point Bob's clutch already ceased to exist.

Skoll: Aboard