He finally got around to buying a new bike:
Congratulations to him on a lovely looking bike. Too bad we can't ride it for another few weeks =(
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Sunday, February 6, 2011
Winter update #4
Remember my friend with the XJ900s diversion who went offroad in the Netherlands with his bike? He ended up with a CBR1000 F, but during the famous accident week his bike got totalled!
He finally got around to buying a new bike:
A V-strom 650, 2007 model. It has 12000km on the clock, and ABS. - I do envy him that!
Congratulations to him on a lovely looking bike. Too bad we can't ride it for another few weeks =(
He finally got around to buying a new bike:
Congratulations to him on a lovely looking bike. Too bad we can't ride it for another few weeks =(
Thursday, October 7, 2010
87750km
As I rode home from work the other day I realized something:
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 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.
Monday, September 27, 2010
87590km
The accident week!
Luckily not my accidents! However; two of my friends and fellow bike riders got hit by cars within a week. Both are fine, luckily, and neither of them to blame.
One of them got rear ended while accelerating out from a crossing, just getting the green light. His bike isn't to badly beaten: Busted engine guard and some covers cracked and scratched. The bike is okay. My friend is okay.
The other one you all know. It is my friend who just got a "new" CBR. He got hit by a car that was changing lanes with its driver not looking before turning. He got hit rather badly on the side and his bike suffered a bit of damage: Busted fairings, busted foot-peg, busted engine covers, bent handlebar, busted driving gear and so forth.
Good luck with the insurance companies both of you!
Actually I ALMOST had an accident myself! I was driving home from work, when a huge lorry in front of me decided to break hard in a tunnel. I had good clearance to it, but I fully lock-braked and stopped hard.
It then proceeded to begin backing in the tunnel!
There are several things wrong with this: First of all, in Norway it is against the law to stop in a tunnel. Secondly, it is illegal for a lorry to back without a spotter.
I started honking my horn, heavily, but to no avail. I had to back my bike as fast as I could, but this was on a down-slope, meaning I had to back uphill. Luckily, the cars behind me started honking as well and the lorry driver stopped backing the moment he hit my tire. After getting around the lorry I began shouting at the idiot. He replied with his middle finger. Idiot...
Luckily not my accidents! However; two of my friends and fellow bike riders got hit by cars within a week. Both are fine, luckily, and neither of them to blame.
One of them got rear ended while accelerating out from a crossing, just getting the green light. His bike isn't to badly beaten: Busted engine guard and some covers cracked and scratched. The bike is okay. My friend is okay.
The other one you all know. It is my friend who just got a "new" CBR. He got hit by a car that was changing lanes with its driver not looking before turning. He got hit rather badly on the side and his bike suffered a bit of damage: Busted fairings, busted foot-peg, busted engine covers, bent handlebar, busted driving gear and so forth.
Good luck with the insurance companies both of you!
Actually I ALMOST had an accident myself! I was driving home from work, when a huge lorry in front of me decided to break hard in a tunnel. I had good clearance to it, but I fully lock-braked and stopped hard.
It then proceeded to begin backing in the tunnel!
There are several things wrong with this: First of all, in Norway it is against the law to stop in a tunnel. Secondly, it is illegal for a lorry to back without a spotter.
I started honking my horn, heavily, but to no avail. I had to back my bike as fast as I could, but this was on a down-slope, meaning I had to back uphill. Luckily, the cars behind me started honking as well and the lorry driver stopped backing the moment he hit my tire. After getting around the lorry I began shouting at the idiot. He replied with his middle finger. Idiot...
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