This strikes straight to my heart and soul! It was so close that I put my name in there right away… But it’s better to ride the the summer 2016 first before getting in to 2017. But I will remember this -Oh yes I will!
Over 1 month riding in the alps… UUh! http://alpenbutt.com/
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Quite many riders from Finland have been riding in Estonia too. But usually it’s only riding through as fast as you can! Riders from Finland are coming to Tallinn by ferry and then they ride straight to south!
But what if you’d stay for awhile?
It is true that there are not too many roads with nice corners in Estonia! But it doesn’t mean that riding here would be totally boring. The best curvy roads are in the coastline east from Tallinn (https://goo.gl/maps/n7Ej8PAaqb92) but you will find some nice roads also in Otepää area and in the Hiiumaa and Saaremaa islands. Sadly it is also true that if you find a nice curvy road it is quite possible that the pavement is not in very good condition.
But what is it then that makes the riding not boring? There are few good answers to this:
1. Estonia was a part of Soviet Union before 1991. There are many very interesting places to see: some abandoned nuclear missile bases, military fortresses, harbours, military airports or a submarine base.
2. Tallinn and Tartto are old Hansatowns. That means there are so many historical spots to see. There is also an old castle in Pöltsamaa, Haapsalu, Kuressaare and many, many other places too! (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_castles_in_Estonia)
3. Prices are very cheap! Last summer (2015) me and my friend stopped to eat something in Rakvere. We parked the bikes in the centrum and we saw a restaurant. The price for a russian kind of meal (some potato sallad, vegetables and a meat-saslik) was about 8 euros!
4. The nature is surprising! There are some cliffs, waterfalls, beautiful lakes, forests, very nice sandbeaches and so much more surprisingly beautiful places.
5. Huge motorcycle meeting in July in Jögeva! Usually something like 2-3000 motorcycle riders meet every year.
Curvy road from Leesi to Hara
…but I can’t find that corner!!
I went to my garage anyway to install new levers. They are beautiful red!
And then I took the bike out and started it first time in 2016 like this:
This was one of the first rides after my crash in Romania last July. I had my Honda waiting for me in Finland when I had to leave the XR far away from home.
It’s also a big surprise that I haven’t taken this road to the video before?! It’s very good road very near to Mäntsälä and there is one corner where I’ve seen quite many crashes. It is more than 90 degrees to the right (in this video 03:50) but here I’m taking it very easily because I’m still careful after my crash.
Here is Vanha Soukkiontie:
And here is the video:
Sehe’s quite young girl from Melbourne Australia! And for some reason she desided to come to Europe and make a 3 months roadtrip here. And what a wonderful trip it was!!
http://www.bikergirl.me/

Here’s the route she made (or I think this is the plan):

This was also in the Helsinki motorcycle show! They are the Diorios Globe of Death from Brazil.
Helsinki motorcycle exhibition 2016 started today.
Honda Africa Twin

KTM 1290 SuperDuke GT

Yamaha MT-10

These were all in the house! And there were few other bikes too!
Check all of my photos here!
I’m sorry but I just can’t stop laughing!

Sold!

Mulla hetken käytössä ollut loistava matkapyörä!
Tsekkaa vaikka erään ulkomaisen kuskin arvio tästä:
I still have this for sale but if you’re not from Finland it’s better check the Crosstourers from your local dealer.
A girl from Finland going around the world… what is so special about this? She has a rare muscle condition called SMA and she needs a personal assistant almost in all of her daily routine. She’s been telling about her experiences many years now and now she’s about to go around the world! Check http://www.palmuasema.fi/ (also in english)

