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:
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.
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?
(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
It all started in April I think? The first time I went swimmimg (but I don’t have a video of that one). The first time on the sea was 13th of June and that is in the video! (The dip is at 18:14)
Then I have on the video when I’m swimming in Sweden (the dip is at 10:09)
Then going to Lappohja beach (the dip is at 12:03)
Then going swimmimng to the lake that I didn’t go before (I didn’t take the video when I was swimming but the beach and the lake are at 11:38)
Then going to Hanko with bicycle, that was cool! (The swimming is at 02:54 & 12:58)
And then to the Iso-Simi -lake (I didn’t make a video of the swimming but the lake is at 06:55)
For this last video I even bought a thermometer for measuring the water temperature (4€!) because in the news they said that the water on lakes has gone over +25°! And yes, even this very deep lake with very clear water was 25-26°. This kind of temperatures are extremely rare here in Finland! And yesterday it was also Jaakko’s day. According to popular belief, Jaakko throws a cold stone into the lake (and sea) and the water begins to cool down.
Started unscrewing things from my bike on Sunday. I knew the airbox is fractured (broken) from the bottom. Exactly from the place where the breather line is connected to it. So I was thinking if I remove (and chenge) the airbox, maybe there is room enought to remove the fan also? There isn’t! But luckily the removing of the radiator is not so big job! After you remove side fairings from the bike you only need to remove the plastic cover of the radiator (1 screw) and then you can release the radiator itself (2 screws)! Here’s the whole “unscrewing things” video:
And the fan was like this:
And on monday I got the new fan for my bike. I ordered it from Poland. It was 70€ with delivery costs so not a bad price at all! The airbox is also new! I ordered it already last summer when I heard from Biketeam that it’s broken. Now finally I got it changed to a new one! Yesterday I put everything back together in my bike and made a test ride. It was almost +30° C!
This is a big deal for me! I’m almost crying here at home as I sit down for the last night before my trip. The last time I was on a long mc-trip with my ex-wife was in summer 2019. Then we’ drove’re riding 3 weeks to Croatia and back. It was a very good trip and I definitely thought even then that I should go again! Now I can. Last summer I was trying but didn’t make it. That trip had to last at least a few more days than it did. And it ended due to technical problems with the bike. And when I finally got that rear shock working properly last fall so that it could handle longer trips, I started thinking and planning a longer trip in the winter. At first it was in my mind that if it would be north again… But then I started to think all these places and things that are close to Finland. And made them as a bucket list for myself. So it turned into the plan and tomorrow morning I’m leaving to make this plan to come true. For the first time in 6 years, a long bike ride is coming (Baltic Edge Adventure)! (Hopefully there will be no problems with the bike)
It feels like the days are exremely long and time is passing by very slowly for me. But luckily I have few things I need to do for my bike before the midsummer festival and the monday after that weekend. Early morning on that day I will start my Adventure! I will call it “Baltic Edge Adventure” and I even made my own introduction for the videos that I will publish from that trip. Here’s the intro video:
360° camera with excellent picture and video quality! Finally bought this camera and I’ve been testing it few times. The first ride with motorcycle I did about week ago and the video is in Youtube:
I’m very happy that this camera has now the possibility to record 2 audio channels at the same time (same as AcePro 2). But there’s a prolem if I have them both with me and if they are both connected to my helmet phone! But that problem is sorted if I just unconnect the other one (probably this X5 will not be connected). On the next day we made a longer ride in Kiikala area! Now I had both of my cameras with me.
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