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Christmas 2025

Posted by gozamite on 24.12.2025
Posted in: adventure, BMW G650XChallenge, dirt bike, Insta360, motorcycling in winter, TransEuroTrail. Tagged: , , , . Leave a comment

After fixing my steering bearings I can ride again!!

I tried already on monday (22nd of December) but there wasn’t enough juice in the battery. So I had to charge the battery full and now I’m hoping it will still be ok at least for this winter (and spring – summer) because it’s already 2 years old battery.

So this morning (The morning of 24th of December) I took a ride with my motorcycle! It wasn’t too cold but it was little bit slippery because of the light snowfall. Everything in steering was working as it should!
Video here:

I wish you all will have a very merry Christmas!

Changing the steering bearing of XChallenge

Posted by gozamite on 15.12.2025
Posted in: adventure bike, BMW G650XChallenge, Moottoripyöräily, motorcycle. Tagged: , , . Leave a comment

Noticed in November that I had a little bit of Jamming in my steering. So I started to look for spare parts.
Luckily the bearing is the easy one to find! Found it (them) from Germany and ordered 2 bearings.
But soon I realized that maybe there is only 1 (??!!) Here is the picture from service manual:

Number 9 there is the bearing. But how on earth does it stay together at the bottom of the steering shaft? It’s a mystery to me? I didn’t open it yet… maybe I will soon.
This is how my bike looks at the moment:

Without the front wheel

Raaseporilainen Soppa

Posted by gozamite on 19.11.2025
Posted in: Raseborg - Raasepori, Uutiset ja politiikka. Tagged: , , , . Leave a comment

This post only in Finnish!
Viime vuosien aikana on paljon puhuttu Raaseporin eri päättäjäpiireissä että Kaupungin pitäisi säästää kustannuksia opetuksessa. Ensimmäisenä lopetettavien koulujen listalla olisi Billnäsin koulu.Tätä tukivat monet asiasta tehdyt tutkimukset ja vihdoin maanantaina 17.11.2025 Kaupunginhallitus äänesti Billnäsin koulun lakkauttamisen puolesta. https://yle.fi/a/7-10088273
Mutta mutta… Koska asiasta on jo keskusteltu ja riidelty vuosia niin eihän se nyt tähän jäänyt! Kaupuinginvaltuuston jäsenet eivät nielleet hallituksen päätöstä vaan vastustavat sitä!
https://yle.fi/a/7-10088337
Kuvaan astuu Raaseporin kaupunginjohtaja Petra Theman joka ilmoittaa vastustavansa kaupunginvaltuuston vastustusta! https://yle.fi/a/7-10088370
(Linkit valitettavasti vain ruotsinkielisiin artikkeleihin koska niitä ei ole julkaistu Suomeksi!)
Jäämme odottamaan seuraavaa siirtoa!!!

Edit 25.11.2025 Billnäsin koulun kohtalo alkaa nyt olla sinetöity! https://yle.fi/a/7-10088353
Ja löytyihän suomenkielinenkin uutinen! https://etela.com/2025/11/19/yhteistoimintaneuvottelun-tulos-vahvistettiin-raasepori-vahentaa-45-tai-34-henkilotyovuotta/

November riding 2025

Posted by gozamite on 15.11.2025
Posted in: adventure, adventure bike, BMW G650XChallenge, dirt bike, gravel road, Insta360 AcePro 2, Video, Youtube. Tagged: , , . Leave a comment

I was riding in the 8th of November but was it the last time?

It was in July 2024 when I had made the route in Bromarv peninsula for a short adventure. And I went there with the camera… but I forgot to take the spare battery! So I couldn’t shoot everything that time.
Finally now I made “the same” and now I had spare batteries for the camera.
There is also this one “famous” Padva beach on that Bromarv peninsula.

EICMA 2025

Posted by gozamite on 10.11.2025
Posted in: adventure bike, BMW, BMW motorrad, kawasaki, Off-Road, TransEuroTrail. Tagged: , , , , . Leave a comment

This year the Legendary Motorcycle exhibition in Milan offered only 2 interesting new models!
Kawasaki KLE500 and BMW F450GS. They are both in the same competition than almost every other brands are: Middleweight bikes that you can ride with A2 license.

Kawasaki KLE500 has 451cc parallel twin and 21″ front wheel (17″ rear). Almost all other specs are still unknown.

BMW F450GS has 420cc parallel twin. It weights 178kg and it has 48hp.
Front wheel is (only) 19″ and rear is 17″. Ground clearance is 22cm.
Here are some more bike brands and bike models that were in EICMA 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-s_KmtGM9E

Updating TET Finland Section 13

Posted by gozamite on 26.10.2025
Posted in: adventure, adventure bike, BMW G650XChallenge, gravel road, Insta360 AcePro 2, TET Finland, TransEuroTrail, Youtube. Tagged: , , , . Leave a comment

I’ve been riding around Karkkila – Pilpala area now already 2 times to find the new route for section 13!
First time was 11th of October and second time was 25th of October.
In the map those 2 times look like this:

And luckily now I can say that Yes I have found the new route for the section 13 and the update will be published soon. I can definitely say that the area near Cafe Lättis has some very nice roads and tracks and now I know the area quite well.
Ofcourse I made the videos and you can watch them here:

Make sure you will always have the latest version of TET tracks when you go riding!
Download the TET Finland here: https://transeurotrail.org/finland/

Updating TET Finland Section 5 (my baby)

Posted by gozamite on 6.10.2025
Posted in: adventure bike, BMW G650XChallenge, Finnish Nature, gravel road, Insta360, TET Finland, Youtube. Tagged: , , , . Leave a comment

I’m calling this as “my baby” because it goes so close to the place where I live.
But the section 5 was updated quite many times since it was published with it’s full length.
It has “south part” from Siuntio to Turku and it has “north part” from Mynämäki to Räyskälä.
Now it was time to make the north part at least little bit better!
The section has mainly quite big gravel roads all the way from Mynämäki to Somero. Now I decided to check is there better and smaller roads between Heikin Laavu Lean-To shelter and Somero. This is only about 30km’s.

The new part of section 5 starts at 10:10

BMW Motorcycle club meeting

Posted by gozamite on 9.9.2025
Posted in: adventure, adventure bike, BMW G650XChallenge, BMW motorrad, Finnish Nature, gravel road, Insta360, Moottoripyöräily, Video, Youtube. Tagged: , , , , , . Leave a comment

BMW Moottoripyöräkerhon alueiden tapaaminen

This post in Finnish only/ Eli kirjoitan tämän postauksen Suomeksi
Muutaman vuoden oltuani BMW Moottoripyöräkerhon jäsen oli ehkä vihdoinkin aika myös osallistua kerhon toimintaan. Eli päätin ajaa alueiden tapaamiseen Punkalaitumelle (ja takaisin kotiin myös).

Aikamoinen sumu oli aamulla! Näkyvyys oli kuitenkin riittävä ajamiseen mutta kypärän visiiri ei pysynyt kirkkaana eikä myöskään 360-kameran linssi (tai linssisuoja).

Ajoin menomatkalla Jokioisten kautta. Kartanon pihapiiri on kyllä täynnä upeita rakennuksia ja tämä Tapulimakasiini niistä se kaikkein kuuluisin!

Humppilan ja Jokioisten välillä kulkee myös kapearaiteinen junarata ja Jokioisten päässä on tähän liittyvä museo jossa ehdottomasti kannattaa käydä.

Sumu hälveni vasta reilusti kymmenen jälkeen!
Kuvasin tietenkin myös videon tästä reissusta, myös tällä videolla puhun suomea.

Riding in August

Posted by gozamite on 24.8.2025
Posted in: adventure, adventure bike, BMW G650XChallenge, gravel road, Insta360, Moottoripyöräily, Off-Road. Tagged: , , , . Leave a comment

I was expecting that I wouldn’t have too much energy or will to ride after my long trip around the Baltic Sea. But I was wrong! I’ve been riding like crazy!
In the beginning of August I was riding back home after visiting Helsinki area. This video is in Finnish.

Then I started to think that maybe I should do at least 1 group ride because I know so many riders would like to join! Started to plan the route… But this ride ended in big embarrassment!

Took another ride for planning the route:

And then one ride with a friend:

And yesterday I took a ride in Hanko Peninsula (Some amazing tracks!)

And there’s still 1 weekend coming!!! Maybe for the group ride?

List of the ferries on my Baltic Adventure

Posted by gozamite on 5.8.2025
Posted in: adventure, BMW G650XChallenge, Matkustus, Moottoripyöräily, Travel. Tagged: , , , , . Leave a comment

(And one bridge)
1. Kokkila Ferry
For Free, 5 minutes, Kemiö island – Mainland

2. Nauvo Ferry
For free, 15 minutes, Mainland – Nauvo island

3. Korppoo ferry
for free, 5 minutes, Nauvo – Korppoo

4. Korppoo (Galtby) – Kökar – Överö (Åland)
17€, 5h 20min, 2 separate ferries, No cabin, So called archipelago ferry to Åland
You need to buy 1st ticket Galtby – Kökar and then another ticket Kökar – Lumparland

5. Överö ferry
For free, 1 minute, Överö – Finnholma Ön

6. Degerby (Föglö) ferry
For free, 30 minutes, From Föglö to the main islands of Åland

7. Eckerö – Grisslehamn
33€, 2 hours, No cabin, Shortest ferry between Åland and Sweden

8. Vaxholm – Rindö
For free, 10 minutes

9. Rindö – Stenslättens
For free, 10 minutes

10. Öresund bridge
33€, 15 minutes ride, Bridge from Sweden (Malmö) to Denmark (Copenhagen)

11. Rødby – Puttgarden
87€, 45 minutes, Ferry between Denmark and Germany

12. Gdansk – Nynäshamn (Polferries)
295€ with cabin (155€ bike + me and 140€ cabin + breakfast), 18 hours, From Poland to Sweden through the Baltic Sea

13. Stockholm – Mariehamn – Turku (Tallink)
109€ with lunch, no cabin, 11 hours, Ferry from Sweden to Finland

These were the prices in the summer 2025.