Yesterday it was local Ducati dealers season start with the possibility to take a ride with new models of 2017. I was interested mainly about this new Desert Sled and its OffRoad possibilities.
But the bike is big! When you sit on it, you’ll not feel it could be an easy ride in a difficult surface. It is also very heavy bike! It’s over 200kg with gasoline in the tank. And with roadsize tyres it could not be enjoyable ride in a rocky or very soft (soil & mud) surface!
Riding in the streets with it the experience is much more nice! The engine has nice power from the low rpm and the suspension is nicely stiff even with the heavy guy like me.
The same suspension feels too tight in the offroad and it has no settings to change.
The bike has tyres that gives you an idea that it would be a nice ride in unpaved roads. And it could be like that as long as the road is in good condition. The worse the surface of the road gets more uncomfortable this bike is (I think). The whole bike is more like a show off to your friends and other riders -so that they could think you’re somekind of real adventure rider. But you’re not.
Engine is soft and it has no soul. Where’s the spirit of Ducati V2???
GoZa Mite
motorcycling, Adventure riding, Trans Euro Trail updates, travelling
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RallyRaid products makes nice additional tanks for KTM 690 Enduro. I bought one for my bike last autumn but it took too long for me install this to my bike. Now I finally did it!
At first I removed the rear fairing… As you can see my bike is totally dirty!
Then I needed to empty the fueltank, so I needed to lift the airfilter box a little bit up so I could detach the fuelpipe.
Then using the bikes own fuelpump I removed the fuel. I had too much gasoline in my tank (about 8 litres!)
When the tank is empty I could start to remove the fuelpump from the bottom of the tank.
I only needed to take the pump out from the tank, remove the wires and then I could add this fuel connector adapter to the bottom of the fuelpump.
Then I needed to drill the holes to rear fairing (18mm) and start install the rear rack. This rack has the new bolts that will go throught the holes in the fairing for the proper installation.
After the rack is installed it’s time for the additional tank itself.
I was lucky with my miniblinkers that I installed last autumn. They are in perfect position and I didn’t have to change anything!
My bike is missing the passenger footrests so I needed to make an contemporary ironbar to keep the the tank still.
Here the bike is ready:
But still very dirty… So finally I washed the bike!
And finally I got the chance to test my bags I bought last autumn. These are from Poland (check: http://www.xcountry.pl). I will also try these in real action and I will make tours that will take many days!
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Last sunday it was three KTM 690 Enduro bikes testing the forestpaths in Kirkkonummi and Siuntio. The roads are mostly dry but the forest has much more shadowplaces and it means more snow and ice!
The first video is a track I found last summer… But in the summertime it’s too wet, now it’s mostly ice:
I fell through the ice there and it’s not easy to move the bike away from the hole with the boots that has no grip! But I did it…
Second video is a ride near aluminium factory in Pikkala:
And third video is a very nice track under the powerline between Karskog and Evitskog:
I did not have any spikes in my tires so for me it was very slippery and I had to be very careful!
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This time I will make update in Finnish.
Aika-ajo.com on suomalainen nettisivusto joka on koonnut muutaman aktiivisen nettikirjoittajan ajatuksia yhteen. Sitä voisi hyvinkin kutsua aikakausilehdeksi jota julkaistaan netissä. Aiheita ovat urheilu, liikkuminen sekä moottoroidut vehkeet.
Nyt Aika-ajo on kirjoittanut motokätköilystä eli motocaching.net sivustosta. Kirjoitus on melko neutraali eikä hehkuta ylisanoilla eri ominaisuuksia mutta kertoo toki kaiken tarpeellisen siitä miten sivusto syntyi ja miten se on kehittynyt/ kasvanut alkuaikojen jälkeen. Itselläni on ollut isohko osa tämän palvelun kehittymisessä.
Tästä pääset lukemaan jutun.
Tältä näyttää motocahing.net sivuston etusivu englannin kielellä.
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I bought this KTM about year ago. I have almost zero experience of changing tyres but now I’m going to learn this! Just because these enduro-bikes eats the tyres so quickly I need to change them even 2-3 times per year. First I needed to get my bike back to the garage:
I have MB Sprinter as my working car and I can easily fit my bike in there!
Front rim was removed in about 10 minutes!
And rear was removed 5 minutes later.
I’ve seen it done many times so maby I could say that I have quite a lot of experience! But I didn’t do it myself ever! This was now my first time! Tomorrow I will have new tyres in my bike and the trails are calling again! -
I’ve visited Kopparnäs many times, it’s one of my favorites places to grill sausages! This time I decided to make a visit to the area that is on the south-east side of Kopparnäs -it’s called Klobbacka.
It’s almost like an island but you can walk there throught a narrow neck of land. I actually made a shortcut by walking through the ice. The weather was very nice and on the other side of Klobbacka there was a lot of beautiful places to take pictures!
The weather was getting better and better and the views also were greater all the time!
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Soon all the snow will be gone! And I haven’t done almost anything to my KTM yet. Ok, yesterday I did install the protection shield by touratech under the engine, but it was easy installation!
Then today I was at the garage again and desided to take a short ride even there’s some ice and snow on the road! I rode about 5-600 meters and took one short video of the sounds. Remember it has the LeoVince silencer now!
Before the season really starts I still need to install the extra tank. After that the bike is ready for all the adventures to come… in the season 2017! -
Helsinki motorcycle exhibition 2017 was in Messukeskus Expo and Convention Centre.
Even there’s this possible (totally insane) motorcycle-tax coming it didn’t seem to affect the peoples intrest. Here are some of the most interesting bikes of the show:
Ducati Scrambler Desert Sled
Husqvarna 401 Vitpilen
New versions of BMW R NineT
Suzuki GSX-R1000
Triumph Street Triple 765
KTM 1090 Adventure R
Yamaha MT-07 Tracer
All the pictures I took are here!
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Sorry all you international readers, this is only in finnish!
SMOTO ry on jäätänyt lausuntonsa koskein tulevaa moottoripyörien omistamiseen kohdistuvaa veroa/ lakimuutosta varten. 13 sivuinen lausunto on kokonaisuudessaan luettavissa täältä!
Yhteenveto kyseisestä lausunnosta on lyhykäisyydessään tämmöinen:Suomen Motoristit ry vaatii, että kevyiden moottoriajoneuvojen veron valmistelusta luovutaan, koska– verolta puuttuvat sekä yleiset veropoliittiset perusteet että liikenteen verotukseen liittyvät perusteet– vero kohtelisi moottoripyöriä epäoikeudenmukaisesti henkilöautoihin verrattuna– verolla on haitallisia vaikutuksia alan elinkeinoihin ja työllisyyteen– veropohjan epävarmuuksien vuoksi oletettu verotulon lisäys ei tule toteutumaan– veron käyttäytymisvaikutukset voivat johtaa moottoripyöräilystä kokonaisuudessaan kannettavien verotulojen vähenemiseen.Paljon aiheesta käytyä keskustelua, median julkaisuja ja lausuntoja kerätty tänne.Edit 1. february:Lakiesitys tulossa kiireellisenä eduskunnan käsittelyyn viikolla 8!Miksi ihmeessä näin idioottimainen lakiesitys vain etenee ja etenee? Lue lisää täältä! -
Finally the weather was like I could go and test my WLToys v303 drone. Except ofcourse that it was cloudy and everyhting is gray! Yes the camera is not black n white, it’s just the way it looks in Finland.
I was flying 2 times. I thought there was no wind but still it seemed that drone was drifting away all the time. From the first flight I managed to get it down without any harm but then the second flight was a disaster. 3 legs brokes and the body of the drone also cracked. Spare parts will be something like 120 euros!
GoZa Mite 