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As I rode home from work the other day I realized something: 

I frigging love riding a motorbike!

I love the driving experience, the ability to ride in the buss lane, the lane splitting and the fact that traffic isn't really a problem. I love the fact that I don't have to take the subway or the bus.

I love driving in the baking sun, wearing all black. I love driving in the pouring rain, my visor clogging up with rain, my gear all wet. I love being cold, wet but happy.

I love driving in the rain, the sun, the sleet and the wind. I love taking my bike out in spring, I love tinkering with it all through winter, I love laying plans for the bike in the autumn, I love the mending, the cleaning and the maintenance..

I love riding alone, with my friends or with random strangers I meet along the road. I love the camaraderie, the feeling of riding as one of many, or by my self.

I love the curvy roads, the long stretches of open road and highway. I love the small, picturesque country roads and the four lane motorway.

I love stopping for petrol, I love cleaning the bike. I love removing flies from my visor and dirt from my face.

I love accelerating, breaking and pulling out from stop lights. I love how the road maintenance crews in Norway leave dirt and gravel in the road. I love potholes, car drivers who fail to see me and roadworks that block my path.

I love revving the engine as I go through tunnels. I love firing her up in the parking lot. I love the sound her engine makes and rattling of the bike.

I love the contact with the surroundings, the smells of nature and traffic and the feeling you get when you hit the perfect curve.

I love the sensation of riding.

I love the smell of gasoline in the morning.. It smells of freedom.

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Okay, autumn is here for sure!

Leaves on the road, rain, rain, rain, rain and rain, 2,5c in the morning and even more leaves on the road.
Riding to work today was a mixed experience. While it was very cold, the sun was up on a very clear blue sky.

I think the driving season is comming to an end this year!

Driving as a granny pays off: 0,5L/10KM. Not to bad...

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It is getting colder!

Autumn seems to be comming. I had to find both my jacket-lining and my trouser-lining the other day! Temperatures below 7c is cold in the morning. Especially when the heated grips I bought at Motorport seems to be malfunctioning:

At times it seems to be working just fine, but suddenly it drops the effect down to the 30% mark, at which point it doesn't seem to do much heating. I need to find out why it does this =(

It seems that the bike uses a lot of gas in the higher revs! I tested with a full tank of gas, and driving in av very non-economical way. I got about 0,8/10km.. Which is a lot... Just tanked her now, and I will see what milage I get while driving like a granny =)