Greetings from Greece

Hi everybody
I'm Giorgos from Athens Greece.I discovered this forum looking for infos about my 2002 Beta Alp200 i bought one year ago.
I'm using it as moped and as trail bike.
I hope we can exhange infos about this little bike.
I have also a 2000 Honda XR650R which I'm using it as Off road,Adventure bike,Supermoto etc.
Here is a pic of my Alp200,i tried to post it directly but I can't.
If someone can tell me the way of posting pics directly i would be grateful.
ibb.co/BKfpzms

Hey Giorgos,
Sounds like a lot of fun, welcome in this exquisite community!
Looking forward to hearing from your adventures etc.
Best regards!
Dani

Hello Dominatoras,
good idea to join this forum. I am glad to see that BetaBikes.de becomes "more and more" international! All the best an best regards from Hungary
Balpaton

Dani wrote: Hey Giorgos,
Sounds like a lot of fun, welcome in this exquisite community!
Looking forward to hearing from your adventures etc.
Best regards!
Dani

Balpaton wrote: Hello Dominatoras,
good idea to join this forum. I am glad to see that BetaBikes.de becomes "more and more" international! All the best an best regards from Hungary
Balpaton

Thank you both for welcoming!
I'll create threads for presentation my Alp and show my rides.

Yasou Dominatores,
Pleased to got greets from GR
Each year I‘m struggeling to decide which toy I will carry with me to your lovely country: my BetaRR, my sailing-boat or a trailer fully packed up with kite and surfing stuff … …or to charter a sailing Yacht embarging in Lavrion.
Enjoy the endless trails in your backcountry AK

AK wrote: Yasou Dominatores,
Pleased to got greets from GR
Each year I‘m struggeling to decide which toy I will carry with me to your lovely country: my BetaRR, my sailing-boat or a trailer fully packed up with kite and surfing stuff … …or to charter a sailing Yacht embarging in Lavrion.
Enjoy the endless trails in your backcountry AK

Yasou AK!
Yes my country has the perfect combination of mountains and sea.
Thanks,I'll keep enjoying the endless trails!

The models 2008+ are 30% easyer to ride in offrad conditions. The advantage of the older bikes was, that the stock exhaust was not so clogged and the engine performance was a little bit mor powerful....
Frank

Redcat wrote: The models 2008+ are 30% easyer to ride in offrad conditions. The advantage of the older bikes was, that the stock exhaust was not so clogged and the engine performance was a little bit mor powerful....
Frank

Hi Frank
30%?? That's sounds impressive.I guess this is most due to the different frame than other components (brakes,suspension etc).
Newer Alp's frame looks very sturdy.
Anyways I'm quite tall guy with experience to heavier dirt bikes and Alp gives me the feeling of mountain bike (bicycle) when I'm riding it.

I have launched "your" model in the German speaking countries in 2000 and the new model in 2008. Since 2009 I had approx. 70 pcs ALP 200 as hire bikes in the last 13 years.

Know both products from scratch. For you as a tall guy it probably does not make a big difference, but for Trial hiking and short people like me the new one is much better and by the way not looking as grandpa's bike...

Frank

P.S. If you ever meet Teddy Antoniadis, please say hello...

Redcat wrote: I have launched "your" model in the German speaking countries in 2000 and the new model in 2008. Since 2009 I had approx. 70 pcs ALP 200 as hire bikes in the last 13 years.

Know both products from scratch. For you as a tall guy it probably does not make a big difference, but for Trial hiking and short people like me the new one is much better and by the way not looking as grandpa's bike...

Frank

P.S. If you ever meet Teddy Antoniadis, please say hello...

Oh,you have big experience from these bikes.
I really laughed with grandpa's bike but personally (and honestly) i like it (as i like newer models).
A friend of mine is looking for few months to buy newer model (used) but it is difficult to find one in decent price.One or two of them costs over 4.000 euros when new ones costs 5.800.

I know Teddy and i'll say hello from you.