GoZa Mite

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motorcycling, Adventure riding, Trans Euro Trail updates, travelling

Adventure motorcycle rider TransEuroTrail Finland Linesman but also some other interesting (or not so interesting) things

  • Holiday Adventure Day 3

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    “The rainy day”
    The weather forecast promised that during the day it would come better, the rain would stop and there would be sunshine. But it didn’t!
    So I didn’t stop too many times and I didn’t take too many pictures.

    On the north side of Imatra TET Section 4 is following “Niska-Pietilä” museum road and not too far north from this road I turned away from TET.
    I was now checking the new possible section 10. And it had right away very nice parts that you can see in the video starting from here. It was amazing roads and tracks all the way to Punkaharju.
    And in Punkaharju the route goes of course from the old ridge road that was voted as the most beautiful road in Finland. It’s called now as “Vuosisadan tie” (The road of the century).

    Before Savonlinna quite luckily just beside this “new TET-route” there was sport resort Tanhuvaara and I stopped to ask the price for the room. It was a big surprise when they said 55€! And the breakfast was included. I didn’t think too long to choose this! Later in the evening I was riding to Savonlinna to eat something and I found quite good Chinese restaurant.
    The video of the day:

  • Holiday Adventure Day 2

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    Day 2 was about continuing the section 41 to east and then turning to section 4 to noth.
    The route for the day was like this:

    After I started following the TET route I came almost right away to Strömfors.

    Gozamite at Strömfors

    And then quite soon the TET route was mostly about very nice forest roads! Just before the route goes to the south side of Highway 7 there is this:

    Yes we have toilet for TET riders! Actually I don’t know why they are there in the middle of forest?? The video of the day is here:

  • Holiday Adventure Day 1

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    My own summer holiday started in the beginning of July. I had a plan to go and check TransEuroTrail section that was planned ready and route was made but it needed to be checked before it can be live.
    This section is East-West Section Parikkala – Jyväskylä.
    And I also wanted to do more TET-riding all together. -To finally see all that I’m responsible of!
    So on the 3rd day of my holiday I started. Route for Day 1 looked like this:

    From the west it was first Section 5 until it reaches section 1 in Siuntio. Then only the “beginning part” of Section 1 until I could continue Section 41 going around Helsinki and ride further east…

    Hopom Lake & Magic Beach

    Then after Hopom Lake I turned away from TET to ride to Loviisa and meet a friend who lives there. I was also offered to sleep the night…
    Here’s the video of the Day 1:

    Day 2 will follow soon!

  • Midsummer Adventure

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    DAY 1: Just by random I was checking prices for midsummer night from booking.com.
    And from Ylöjärvi I found place to stay… with bed, toilet, shower and basic kitchen stuff with 39€ when all the other places were something like 150-200€. So friday morning I started riding!
    This was very early in the morning. First I was heading to Kylmäkoski -to the same place where I started checking TET Finland Section 2 update 1 week ago. But back then I was checking it from Kylmäkoski to south. Now I was planning to take the route north towards Sastamala and Hämeenkyrö.

    And of course I made a video of the first day ride!

    The route wasn’t as good as the route south from Kylmäkoski but it wasn’t too bad. I accept!

    DAY 2: The place where I was sleeping used to be a school “Voionmaan opisto”. The room was pretty perfect with the toilet, shower and basic stuff for kitchen. And yes -the price was 39€ for midsummer night!
    There was a slight risk of rain and thunder in the afternoon so I decided to take a shorter and faster route back home. I still saw some amazing places!

    I also mad a video of the second day ride!

    The routes that I was riding were like this (blue was the one on friday and red on sunday):

    Next time I will do wild camping also!! I tried couple years ago and my back didn’t like it. Lets see how it will go now…

  • Loaner bike BMW F800GS

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    Biketeam Finland was helping me in a difficult situation. I got a loaner bike for one week since I had some interesting things to do (with motorcycle)!
    This was before I got my own bike back.

    It’s 2009 model and it has 52000km’s in it. And there’s quite many additional parts (windshield, head lamp protectors, crash bars and skid plate and extra lights to mention a few).
    On the first day I went riding with a friend who makes stories about cars and motorcycles to Finnish magazine Kauppalehti. This time he had new Suzuki V-Strom 800DE in the test. Here’s the story he wrote to the magazine: https://www.kauppalehti.fi/uutiset/suzukin-keskikokoinen-seikkailee-asfaltilla-ja-maastossa/19eb1bf4-94b3-4d12-8bbd-3aabf38d4fa5

    It was an interesting ride! To realize that Suzuki is very capable of doing pretty much same things than BMW GS. The ground clearance is little bit shorter and factory tires wouldn’t be ok in muddy conditions but otherwise the difference to GS is almost zero. We did also some “OffRoad” riding! Here’s the video:

    The next day I did already pretty much same kind of riding with this GS than I usually do! Checking TransEuroTrail Tracks. And also some offroad tracks. GS feels heavier than my own XChallenge especially in the tricky parts. But other than that the 800GS is very “Adventurous”! Here’s the video:

    I would enjoy more riding with GS compare to my own bike if I would do many days long trip. In the paved road this bike feels pretty much like any other road bike and when you come to the gravel roads and smaller forest tracks it is still very capable doing all you want.
    The big Touratech screen I would change to smaller right away -I didn’t like it!

    This bike is for sale in Biketeam (Sold!)

    Same week I had also presentation about TransEuroTrail Finland. Check the presentation video
    (Finnish language) here.

  • TET Finland Sections

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    Officially you can check the different section numbers from TET Atlas.
    https://atlas.transeurotrail.org/
    Remember these previews are not necessarily correct.
    The Sections will have updates all the time!

    Section 01


    Our “Main Section” That goes from Helsinki to Norway. This Section has the most variation in landscape and in different road types.

    Section 02


    This section starts from Renko and connects back to section 1 in Kuusamo. Section 2 has some interesting historical landmarks and nice technical part in the north before Kuusamo.

    Section 03


    Section 3 is from Turku to Enontekiö goes in the most western parts Of the country. There are some nice technical parts between Raahe and Oulu.

    Section 04


    Section from Vaalimaa to Raate road. This section goes very close to Russian border and you will probably meet the border patrol. You need to be careful that you have enough gasoline after Lieksa.

    Section 05


    Section in southwest Finland. Has some nice technical parts.

    Section 06


    Section from the eastside of Helsinki to north.

    Section 07


    Section starts from the westside of Taivalkoski and it ends to the most northern point of EU.

    Section 08


    Section in the “Middle of Finland”. Some nice technical parts and soft sand.

    Section 09


    Section between sections 01 & 02 (from the lake Ala-Luosta to the Lake Oulu)

    Section 10


    From East to west with Thousands of lakes…

    Section 11


    Section between sections 03 & 01 (Tervola, Kemijärvi)

    Section 12


    Section between sections 03 & 02 (Pudasjärvi, Taivalkoski). It has one manual ferry!

    Section 13

    Section “Lättis”. The most famous motocafe.

    Section 14


    Section from Helsinki to Vaalimaa.

    Section 15


    Section between 3 and 2 (from Siikainen to Hämeenkyrö)

    Section 16


    Section between sections 02 & 03 (from Kinnula to Eskola)

    The sections has updates all the time so remember to Download the latest GPX before you go to the TET. The right place to download the GPX file is transeurotrail.org/finland

  • Startin vapaakytkin hajosi

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    The Starter clutch blew up (This post only in Finnish, sorry)
    Tämä tapahtui 1.5. aamulla kun olin lähdössä ajelemaan. En päässyt kuin muutaman sata metriä kun pyörä ei enää pysynyt käynnissä. Sitten sitä yritettiin käynnistää apukaapeleilla melko pitkään kunnes selvisi että akussa kiinni ollut kaapeli olikin löysällä. Kiristyksen jälkeen pyörä starttasi melkein heti! Mutta ei pysynyt käynnissä kuin n. minuutin. Tämän sammumisen jälkeen pyörä ei enää käyntiin lähtenyt ja lopulta kaikki virratkin hävisi. Mun pyörä on siis BMW G650XChallenge.
    Muutamien päivien ihmettelyn jälkeen sain sovittua Biketeamin kanssa että sponssaavat hieman ja katsovat mikä siellä on ongelmana. Vein pyörän Tampereen Biketeamiin lauantaina 6. toukokuuta.
    Saatesanoiksi laitoin seuraavan tekstin:

    1. Ei mitään virtaa, akussa on normaali 12,8V jännite mutta pyörässä
      kaikki on pimeänä. Virtalukko?
    2. Ennen kuin virrat hävisi pyörä oli käynnissä n. 1 minuutin mutta
      sammui täysin yllättäen eikä sen jälkeen lähtenyt käyntiin edes
      apuvirralla.
      Bensapumppu?
    3. Pyörän käynnistymistä varsinkin lämpimänä vaikeuttaa se että
      starttimoottori pyörittää siten että se välillä jumittaa/ pyörittää huonosti.
      Pyörä on välillä huono lähtemään käyntiin lämpimänä.
      Starttimoottori?

    10. toukokuuta pyörää oli ensimmäisen kerran tutkittu ja ammattilainen kuuli heti että startatessa kuuluu sen verran paha rohina että startin vapaakytkin on levinnyt. Muutamissa puheluissa arveltiin että jo pitkään vaivannut lämpimänä huono starttaaminen johtui kenties siitä että vapaakytkin oli jo hieman levinnyt aikaisemminkin. Samaa epäiltiin viime syksyn metallihiluista kampiakselin asentotunnistin -viassa. Tämähän saatiin kuntoon öljynvaihdolla mutta jos vapaakytkin on hiljalleen mennyt palasiksi niin sinne on saattanut syntyä sitä metallimoskaa ajan myötä vähitellen.

    Itse vapaakytkin on tämän näköinen “laakeri”. Tämä lukkiutuu silloin kun startti pyörittää vauhtipyörää mutta kun moottori lähtee käyntiin se antaa vauhtipyörän pyöriä vapaasti ja startin pyörimisellä ei ole enää merkitystä koska se pyörii niin paljon hitaampaa.
    Virtojen katoaminen oli onneksi helpompi juttu. Pääsulake oli pimahtanut kun olin niin pitkään sitä apuvirtaa pyörälle antanut. Tässä on lopulta koko huoltoraportti mun pyörästä:

    • Sulake palanut, tämän takia ei saatu virtoja päälle
    • Moottori pyörii hunosti ja kuuluu rutinaa startin vapaakytkimen suunnalta
    • Sulakkeen palamiselle ei löydetty syytä
    • Startin vapaakytkin purettu; täysin tuhoutunut
    • Vaihdettu startin vapaakytkin, staattori ja roottori. Laskettu öljyt koneesta
      ja säiliöstä, öljyn seassa metallihippua ja tyhjennysropun magneetti täynnä
      samaa tavaraa.
    • Koitettu puhdistaa parhaan mukaan ilman moottorin avaamista, vaihdettu
      öljynsuodatin ja kaadettu uudet öljyt koneeseen. Käytetty lämpimäksi.
    • Suositellaan öljyjen ja suodattimen vaihtamista vielä muutamaan kertaan,
      jotta isoin osa moottorissa olevasta metallihipusta jäisi suodattimeen ja
      tyhjennysropun magneettiin.

    Pyörä on vielä n. viikon verran Biketeamilla koska siinä sattui olemaan parikin takaisinkutsua jotka saadaan hoidettua nyt samalla kuntoon. Sitten kun minä saan pyörän jää kontolleni ainakin pari öljyvaihtoa ja öljynsuodattimen vaihtoa ja samalla täytyy tarkkailla sitä kuinka paljon öljyn seassa on mahdollista metallihilettä. Toiveissa olisi ettei sitä löytyisi juuri lainkaan koska silloin pyörällä olisi vielä paljon kilometrejä edessä!
    Moottorin sisältä löytyy paljon osia jotka ovat helposti rikkoutuvia jos siellä öljyn seassa jotain metalliroskaa on mukana. Öljypumppu, vesipumppu, staattori magneetteineen sekä se asentotunnistin ja tietenkin hurja määrä laakereita ja liukupintoja jotka tarvitsevat öljyä ihan sellaisenaan eikä mitään metallihilettä siinä seassa!

    Google Translation for this page check here!

  • Hymyilevän Motoristin Kevätpäivä 2023

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    Motorcycle Parade In Helsinki

    I’m a member of motorg ry and members have a chance to borrow a motorcycle for free!!
    It’s a Yamaha MT-07 and I took it for me yesterday. It felt very good to do some proper Street Riding after almost 2 years!!

    #MotOrgBike

    Then I attached my Insta360 camera to bikes handlebar and went to Hymyilevän Motoristin Kevätpäivä motorcycle meeting and parade. This was my fourth time in this meeting. The #HMKP places I’ve been were Lahti 2011, Jyväskylä 2013, Mäntsälä 2016 and now in Helsinki 2023.
    Here’s The video I made:

    Motorcycle Parade in Helsinki 2023

    The 23km route was like this:

  • Eurovision song contest 2023

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    I’ve always been listening music. So Eurovision song contest makes no difference.
    Ok… It’s been quite many years when there wasn’t too many interesting songs but NOW there is!
    2023 First Semifinal:
    Norway: Alessandra – Queen Of Kings (Goes to the final!)
    Malta: The Busker – Dance (No Go)
    Serbia: Luke Black – Samo Mi Se Spava (No Go!)
    Latvia: Sudden Lights – Aijā (Goes to the final!)
    Portugal: Mimicat – Ai Coração (Goes to the final!)
    Ireland: Wild Youth – We Are One (No Go!)
    Croatia: Let 3 – Mama ŠČ! (No Go!)
    Switzerland: Remo Forrer – Watergun (No Go!)
    Israel: Noa Kirel – Unicorn (Goes to the final!)
    Moldova: Pasha Parfeni – Soarele şi Luna (Goes to the final!)
    Sweden: Loreen – Tattoo (Goes to the final)
    Azerbaijan: TuralTuranX – Tell Me More (Goes to the final!)
    Czechia: Vesna – My Sister’s Crown (Goes to the final!)
    Netherlands: Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper – Burning Daylight (Goes to the final!)
    Finland: Käärijä – Cha Cha Cha (Goes to the final)

    These songs you can listen here!
    Sweden and Finland are the best from these.

    To the Final goes: Croatia, Moldova, Switzerland, Finland, Czechia, Israel, Portugal, Sweden, Serbia and Norway
    3 countries I guessed wrong!

    2023 Second Semifinal:
    Denmark: Reiley – Breaking My Heart (Goes to the final!)
    Armenia: Brunette – Future Lover (Goes to the final!)
    Romania: Theodor Andrei – D.G.T. (Off And On) (No Go!)
    Estonia: Alika – Bridges (No Go!)
    Belgium: Gustaph – Because Of You (Goes to the final!)
    Cyprus: Andrew Lambrou – Break A Broken Heart (Goes to the final!)
    Island: Diljá – Power (No Go!)
    Greece: Victor Vernicos – What They Say (No Go!)
    Poland: Blanka – Solo (Goes to the final!)
    Slovenia: Joker Out – Carpe Diem (Goes to the final!)
    Georgia: Iru – Echo (Goes to the final!)
    San Marino: Piqued Jacks – Like An Animal (No Go!)
    Austria: Teya & Salena – Who The Hell Is Edgar? (Goes to the Final)
    Albania: Albina & Familja Kelmendi – Duje (Goes to the final!)
    Lithuania: Monika Linkytė – Stay (No Go!)
    Australia: Voyager – Promise (Goes to the Final!)

    These songs you can listen here!
    Definitely not that many obvious finalists in this second Semifinal. Austria is the best from these.

    To the Final goes: Albania, Cyprus, Estonia, Belgium, Austria, Lithuania, Poland, Australia, Armenia and Slovenia.
    2 countries I guessed wrong!

  • 2 days of Adventure in April

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    On saturday I hade a meeting in Lahti so I started planning the route to ride there. The spring was already so far that there was no ice and snow anymore except in few places. But I could ride through from all the places and I didn’t turn back anywhere.
    Here was my route to Lahti:

    It was all together almost 300 kilometers for saturday. And it was really nice route and very enjoyable ride! I visited one friend in Orimattila to sleep the night there.
    Here’s the video from Day 1:

    From Karjaa to Lahti

    On sunday I first did a ride to Mankala Power Plant and from there I turned “back home”.
    But the route was about checking the Section 6 of TransEuroTrail Finland that I will share later.
    That turned out to be very nice route also!! Even less ice and snow than on saturday.
    I’m sorry but I’m not sharing the picture of the route because it will be published later in TET.
    Here’s the video from Day 2:

    From Orimattila to Mankala and from There back to Karjaa

    The best picture of the weekend is from sunday. This really made me smile!

    Alive Children

    I hope I will have a chance to do more these kind of longer trips this year!! I really enjoyed this so much.