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MOTOBRICK RIDING => Off-Forum Ride Reports => Topic started by: Oma Aika on March 09, 2014, 12:20:15 AM
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EDIT: NEW stories in new comments so the latest comment is the latest story
Season 2014 started! But it was a bit cold so we ended up to our sauna. It's a start anyway!
http://www.vanhamoto.net/2014/03/kesa-2014-alkoi.html (http://www.vanhamoto.net/2014/03/kesa-2014-alkoi.html)
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Looks like a great start to your riding season!!
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So we had season for one week - now it's snowing and no riding for the next two weeks. At least... :(
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Similar here. Tuesday's hi was 12ºC // rode the brick. Wednesday morning started dumping 5mm of snow per hour for most of the day // stayed home. Thursday morning was low -17ºC // rode the 60cc. Yesterday 10ºC // back on the brick. It is 3ºC now and dropping to -4ºC by the time I come home // back on the 60cc (I'd be on the 250cc on a cold dry day but it needs crank seals).
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Ya same here in Vermont...we got 2 feet!
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All we can do now is the last pic of that story... (or she can, I can't anymore)
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Here is a story (in Finnish, try the Translate-button on upper right corner), pics and riding videos. Its spring so no leafs yet.
Something to explain the title: Finns often call this country as the Finn-maid because this looks a bit like a maid on her knees, waving right hand. And we were riding pretty much on her thighs and on some parts locating a bit higher. (so the Translate -button gives You "Mermaid" which is a totally strange translation, should be "On maid's thighs and a bit higher".) (http://www.vanhamoto.net/2014/05/neidon-reisilla-ja-vahan-ylempana.html)
Link wasn't very clear... http://www.vanhamoto.net/2014/05/neidon-reisilla-ja-vahan-ylempana.html (http://www.vanhamoto.net/2014/05/neidon-reisilla-ja-vahan-ylempana.html) is the link.
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The link wasn't very visible... added it. http://www.vanhamoto.net/2014/05/neidon-reisilla-ja-vahan-ylempana.html (http://www.vanhamoto.net/2014/05/neidon-reisilla-ja-vahan-ylempana.html)
And this pic is for Johnny:
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:yow
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Here is another pictorial, with one (boring) video, too.
http://www.vanhamoto.net/2014/05/pori-ja-rauma-ja-ajamisen.html (http://www.vanhamoto.net/2014/05/pori-ja-rauma-ja-ajamisen.html)
And something for Johnny:
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:yow
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Finland looks like a very scenic country. :eek:
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:2thumbup:
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Love soft porn. :clap:
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No soft porn... if there are in some other postings... :dunno2:
...but riding around, trying to avoid rain showers. Eg. old churches and now there is plenty of green...
http://www.vanhamoto.net/2014/06/viikonloppua-pilvenpujotteluna.html (http://www.vanhamoto.net/2014/06/viikonloppua-pilvenpujotteluna.html)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FicnV_x0wD0/U5QW8qm__OI/AAAAAAAAQ10/nhBkmDbg-nU/s1600/WP_20140607_15_30_22_Panorama.jpg)
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as usual, a cool ride report...
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Another ride report... some very old roads and places (500 - 1500) and atmosphere.
http://www.vanhamoto.net/2014/06/vanhaa-aikaa-vanhat-tiet-eli-turusta.html (http://www.vanhamoto.net/2014/06/vanhaa-aikaa-vanhat-tiet-eli-turusta.html)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nUB725pzOcU/U6-hcn4rbfI/AAAAAAAARZ4/1zR4-JOx4D8/s1600/WP_20140628_13_00_30_Panorama.jpg)
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Riding in Eastern Finland, part 2...
http://www.vanhamoto.net/2014/07/neidon-reisilla-ja-vahan-ylempana-osa-2.html (http://www.vanhamoto.net/2014/07/neidon-reisilla-ja-vahan-ylempana-osa-2.html)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aHyYXGoS5Eo/U8LlNRqDVsI/AAAAAAAASaA/oSXlnvaacc0/s1600/WP_20140706_12_47_30_Pro.jpg)
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:popcorm
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Sweet!! :clap:
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This was a bit longer ride. Eight days, riding through Finland from south to rather north (Lapland) and to Norway. 3600 kilometers, 1500 pics and 135 videoclips.
http://www.vanhamoto.net/2014/07/neitoa-kiipeillen-alhaalta-ylos-ja-alas.html (http://www.vanhamoto.net/2014/07/neitoa-kiipeillen-alhaalta-ylos-ja-alas.html)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e04WTH9jVL0/U9a8SNWbiKI/AAAAAAAAUtQ/IbzSdDCKdHo/s1600/WP_20140719_16_20_33_Pro.jpg)
PS: Maybe worth to search for x-letters... ;)
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Another story with pics, finding x-letters at the end recommend...
http://www.vanhamoto.net/2014/08/kurveja-varsinais-suomessa.html (http://www.vanhamoto.net/2014/08/kurveja-varsinais-suomessa.html)
And still another story with pics... http://www.vanhamoto.net/2014/08/neidon-reisilla-ja-vahan-ylempana-osa-3.html (http://www.vanhamoto.net/2014/08/neidon-reisilla-ja-vahan-ylempana-osa-3.html)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1s2piEyIp7U/U-cF8nci5qI/AAAAAAAAVmo/3zslP4_Ndg4/s1600/DSC01770.JPG)
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:popcorm
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:popcorm
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Some small trips in one story... and again a couple of x's to find for those who like! And people of this forum won't find them anyway so I'll put the better one here...
http://www.vanhamoto.net/2014/09/kesakohteita-vaikka-syksy-kurkkii.html (http://www.vanhamoto.net/2014/09/kesakohteita-vaikka-syksy-kurkkii.html)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cRia0owt_Gc/VAS0tZfKbNI/AAAAAAAAYF0/DHPd8AfTS2U/s1600/WP_20140831_16_42_22_Pro.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cxdIh7h5h2k/VAS04iha5HI/AAAAAAAAYHE/j8wUOsdReZ0/s1600/WP_20140831_17_54_29_Pro.jpg)
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I just noticed that I've been gone for too long! Season 2015 was good and bad for me. About 38 000 kms/24 000 miles.
My wife Viivi got a bike of her own: http://www.vanhamoto.net/2015/05/ma-tulen-dollyn-kanssa.html and http://www.vanhamoto.net/2015/08/moottoripyoran-madallus-ja.html - and she learn quickly to ride!
But I fell and broke some bones: http://www.vanhamoto.net/2015/12/kaaduin-wagner-rikki-hiljaisuus.html
We saw nice places around this country like this waterfall: http://www.vanhamoto.net/2015/09/hepokongas-ja-muuta-markaa-kajaanin.html
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A6MOvKCulOA/VfO1AyNrhkI/AAAAAAAAfbA/wYACqk0BC5E/s1600/IMG_6446.JPG)
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Well, it's NOT the best riding season in Finland as it's Winter so no riding this time. But how about a sauna in a bus? A moving sauna with living room for chatting and beer? A bus that stops at lakes (they were just starting to froze) for a swimming brake, at motorcycle dealer, at bar... and people are wearing just swimming suits and bathrobes? :eek:
Story and lots of pics: http://www.vanhamoto.net/2016/01/saunabussi-oinen-uinti-uimapuvussa.html (http://www.vanhamoto.net/2016/01/saunabussi-oinen-uinti-uimapuvussa.html)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OJF98VybFpA/Vq4gVn_ns9I/AAAAAAAAhMA/jEp9YNHmcpY/s1600/IMG_0369.JPG)
...and making snowangels nude...? :clap:
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Riding season is really on now here... we spent the First May riding in East Fienland
Story and pics http://www.vanhamoto.net/2016/05/vappu-varkaudessa-kolilla-kevaan.html
In the middle Finland lakes were still ice covered but almost no snow. Southern lakes were free from ice.
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-krtZOrA8HwY/VzqRE7oJCHI/AAAAAAAAi0g/bkICr0ee5rA2kk9dUbb4FGtzhD5_gGxlwCKgB/s1600/PANO_20160501_122608.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p7FsfEmKoGg/VzqRE0OdO9I/AAAAAAAAi0g/zfzKypvDVlQ0nRYwXOLAxF-hBR5QODhLwCKgB/s1600/PANO_20160430_140813%2B%25282%2529.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uruI-etZH6c/VzquLzH7MFI/AAAAAAAAi6g/oU_TAQbKIxkN4_GngtfcGsSE5GbM1Nu-wCKgB/s1600/WP_20160430_14_03_27_Rich.jpg)
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Thanks for the Ride Report! Are you all healed up now?
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100% positive...
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Thanks for the Ride Report! Are you all healed up now?
Mostly, but the left wrist is still painful and doesn't do like it should. Thanks to my insurance company - they didn't pay physical therapy and I don't have afford for that. :dunno2:
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Mostly, but the left wrist is still painful and doesn't do like it should. Thanks to my insurance company - they didn't pay physical therapy and I don't have afford for that. :dunno2:
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Wow I didn't realize that Finland is just like the USA.
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Wow I didn't realize that Finland is just like the USA.
It isn't exactly like the USA. It's a modified Medicare/Medicaid arrangement but the difference is you need not be elderly or impoverished to receive primary care without cost.
Treatment for the initial complaint is supported by national health care. Elective and outpatient treatment is often performed by the private sector. In those cases, sometimes treatment is covered by national policy; sometimes it isn't. Private sector service fees must be paid by the patient at the time of treatment. If the service qualifies, reimbursement to the patient by national health care comes later.
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she parks HER Motobricks in Finlandia!!
tom
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Thanks for that:I always enjoy your ride reports/pictures.Hope you are back to 100% fit soon.
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I wanted to bump Oma's thread to repost this link to his website. (http://www.vanhamoto.net) He has an abiding interest in motorcycles and cars. His photography is excellent and just the thing to inspire wrenching and future riding plans when some of us are off the road. :clap:
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Thanks Laitch looks huge and very interesting and very diverse, a great a pity it's not a bit closer. Also my Finnish is a bit rusty could please translate.
Regards Martin.
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If you use google chrome as your browser and hit the translate button google does a pretty decent job of turning Finnish into English
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:2thumbup: Thanks.
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If you use google chrome as your browser and hit the translate button google does a pretty decent job of turning Finnish into English
There is a Translate function in the upper right corner of the homepage. Pick your language, or learn a new one!
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Routes have their own page: http://www.vanhamoto.net/p/ajoreitteja.html Almost all in Finland,just a couple of the routes lead to Norway.
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Routes have their own page: http://www.vanhamoto.net/p/ajoreitteja.html (http://www.vanhamoto.net/p/ajoreitteja.html) Almost all in Finland,just a couple of the routes lead to Norway.
Thanks, Oma!
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Winter is still here but we are getting ready for the spring and rides - to get more ride reports! Mr Oma Aika (=my time) bikes are getting service at the moment but all Viivi had to do was washing her bike. She got that idea while she was dressed for a totally different situation. First she got shampoowater on her new leather skirt and and the only spare-skirt in the car was short. Very short. On the other hand, that incident caused some great unplanned pics!
The new leather skirt needed to be replaced...
...with this skirt.
There were naturally some other people getting in and out in that big garage (a bomb shelter actually) so they probably had a good time! :clap:
More of that here with pics and text (use the translator on the upper right corner): http://www.vanhamoto.net/2017/02/kevatta-valmistellessa.html (http://www.vanhamoto.net/2017/02/kevatta-valmistellessa.html)
(and at the end of the story there are four tiny dots - links to hidden pics only for very openminded people!)
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I'm bumping this thread because Oma is still creating excellent photos of bikes of all kinds and ages. http://www.vanhamoto.net/ (http://www.vanhamoto.net/)
Pick your language for translation in the upper right corner, but the photos speak for themselves.
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Thanks... yes, I've been a lazy poster, but we do every while and then new ride reports and more. Doctors say I may have one or two seasons more to ride, but I think I have more. Riding keeps me alive! And Viivi does more for our blog these days.
Our favourit is the northern Finland and Norway/Ice See, like this http://www.vanhamoto.net/2017/09/norja-jos-se-on-uskonto-mina-liityn.html (http://www.vanhamoto.net/2017/09/norja-jos-se-on-uskonto-mina-liityn.html) ("If Norway is a religion, I'll join" said Viivi)
But look at the stories on the right side of the page, they are sorted by year and month.
(If some of the readers are very open minded, there are quite often hidden pics at the end of the story, tiny dots or x's - but those pics may be offending for some people)
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Your pictures make me want to come to Finland.
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Well. it's been a while... but I'm still here on Earth. The maximum time doctors gave me was full December 7th but here I am. In April we will start a new riding season among all others.
But while waiting for that we are publishing trips of the last Summer in our Blog.
Like today we published 10th part of our 4 weeks tour in the North https://www.vanhamoto.net/2020/01/davas-10-naissa-et-ehka-ole-norjassa.html (https://www.vanhamoto.net/2020/01/davas-10-naissa-et-ehka-ole-norjassa.html)
(And for Johnny and some other openminded people, there are still those hidden pics chosen by herself at the end of most stories)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pKEtKb1NQ-U/Xg-GmnZax1I/AAAAAAABBz0/n7KICuaD0n4cLcCX9LWhAWUYUxRbStdVQCKgBGAsYHg/s1600/IMG_20190728_091308e.jpg)
Some pics of previous parts:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--RbWroS48LU/Xf5Q-DEtaAI/AAAAAAABBRE/ubiw-82WeMIsTs_hA7ULBtcfo2WjfUmigCKgBGAsYHg/s1600/DSC03104.JPG)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7_-LvJss-ls/XeUjgS6bELI/AAAAAAABAxE/bvYTsmmPqJ41xnHiIM2GQvMU4QClZGKOwCKgBGAsYHg/s1600/IMG_5716e.JPG)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KWoLyZplL1k/XcV6eoV10sI/AAAAAAAA_1A/wysgGH2emw46xNXskAj-nOrGuzNIU-oQQCKgBGAsYHg/s1600/IMG_5419.JPG)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dtGurB59cd8/XbW9uAq3S5I/AAAAAAAA_h8/J5WwvdH81rsOmGl-dPvZIbsXCTN4uws3ACKgBGAsYHg/s1600/DSC02835.JPG)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1OCjfhrOvuY/XamG8QwvZ4I/AAAAAAAA_PU/guv-XuNYLmIOqaYZD-RBplZvGAp4vJyGACKgBGAsYHg/s1600/72844773_10157956975304604_2217795114493804544_o.jpg)
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Translation of the site's text into English has improved, Oma and Viivi! The subjects for photography are splendid, as usual. icon_cheers
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That's great to hear! We just yesterday published the latest story, it's gonna be a 12-part story about a month lasting tour in Norway last Summer. The whole story and all pics are here: https://www.vanhamoto.net/2020/10/kuukausi-norjassa-prologi-puolangan.html (https://www.vanhamoto.net/2020/10/kuukausi-norjassa-prologi-puolangan.html)
Some sample pics here:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TpHdPKQSrYE/X4iFs-XsFKI/AAAAAAABJks/ScOmTf3iBgEOSPxp2Fdpr8cL3zA5K9_WACPcBGAsYHg/s1500/DSC05648.JPG)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y42sy5Lq8zw/X4iFs_ZZHJI/AAAAAAABJks/WYLQChnTbD83ZoqWNjQ6vBhhUVTM1jzygCPcBGAsYHg/s1500/DSC05656.JPG)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fiV71KxZM1U/X4iFs6nQkiI/AAAAAAABJks/uM8tj7xJJ6ALjJK0E03hv3oB5ykMfI79ACPcBGAsYHg/s1000/IMG_4015.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xsQriEogR8M/X4iFszf49cI/AAAAAAABJks/z-Whwk981a8RVz7gsy6kf9MuVd8gcRlIQCPcBGAsYHg/s1500/IMG_4010.jpg)
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I don't know if any interest, but this tourstory is now on it's 11th part and soon the part 12 is out, too. https://www.vanhamoto.net/2021/02/kuukausi-norjassa-osa-11-suamelaisten.html (https://www.vanhamoto.net/2021/02/kuukausi-norjassa-osa-11-suamelaisten.html) (and usual warnings about the hidden pics - they are just for openminded people)
Some samples of the story:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XWT7A476YUk/YDnoEUb28kI/AAAAAAABMks/VaMlqTomIq8zEZEEC6DIbAMaVqgOqH4mQCPcBGAsYHg/s1920/tromssa_kaarasjoki_vesisaari.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f6CsqDj-stY/YDk8Osp2-0I/AAAAAAABMi0/tHhN21bXiC8wQcUKYYcNa3HQkS8p7oHggCPcBGAsYHg/s4898/DSC06205.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8sBeHjiiUCo/YDk_3ftCIPI/AAAAAAABMj0/eyc1AEwIy8IHn9lcBfvMXinZgJH6hMTeQCPcBGAsYHg/s1000/DSC06228a.jpg)
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That's a nice ride you got there.
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hidden pics... gotta getts to a big screen...
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I don't know if any interest, but this tourstory is now on it's 11th part and soon the part 12 is out, too
I'm glad to learn you're still around, Oma! Thanks for the update. I'm definitely interested in riding in Finland someday.
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Yes, I'm still going, not strong but wrong! :laughing4-giggles: