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  • Service done for my XChallenge

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    We’re actually going back in time to September 25th when I was riding with my friend Lauri from Karjalohja to Muurla direction.
    This was one of the best rides this year!

    Here’s the video of that days ride!

    But after about 150km’s My bike wasn’t running properly anymore! The idle running was ok but when I tried to twist the gas it started banging and didn’t take more rpm’s. My friend behind me said that there is gas smelling.
    We had some tools and we opened my airbox to check if the problem is there? It wasn’t…
    So I decided to give it a try and that was the correct decision because after few km’s I was able to ride normally…

    Trying to give more GAS!

    So we were able to ride the whole day but the problem didn’t disappear!
    One friend of mine took the bike and I asked the he would do “full service” in the same time as he was trying to find what was the problem.
    He had the the error reader so he just plugged the tablet that was connected to my bike and we got this:

    The Speed sensor (RPM) is actually the same than so called crankshaft position sensor that gives the signal to the ignition. So it was no wonder that the engine didn’t run properly anymore. But was the sensor broken? Or was the problem somewhere else?
    After the engine cover was taken off from the right side it was easy to see what was the problem!
    The whole sensor was covered with some small parts of metal or metal dust.
    I had done the last oil-change already more than 2 years ago (and 8000 km’s) so it was a good warning about what happens if you don’t do service often enough!
    After new oil (Motul 5100 4T 15W-50), new oil-filter, new spark plugs, new air-filter and new coolant water my bike was running perfectly again!
    So no sensors were broken.

  • Enduro autumn 2018

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    On august 17th I bought a new enduro bike! This time I chose BMW G650 XChallenge! It has the same 1-cylinder 650ccm Rotax-engine than in many many other bikes. It is known to be very trustful and you don’t have to make service all the time.
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    I rode the bike from Lappeenranta to home and I really was enjoying enduroriding again!
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    During this autumn I’ve been riding few times with friends also and I’ve had videocamera with me. Here are some nice videos:

    This was 2nd of september. We were riding mostly quite big roads/ easy roads so everyone could join the ride!

    The roads in Kiikala area are very nice!! You really can enjoy the speed and essence of Finnish nature and adventure motorcycling!

    This one is from Vihti/ Karkkila/ Lohja area (Rausjärvi). It is also a part of Trans Euro Trail route that I planned last spring. In this video there is a scary moment in 06:45 when a car comes from the yard straight in front of me! Luckily I had enough time to ride aside!

    In the end of september we had a little bit different ride. This time mostly OffRoad. This was already in the beginning of the day… The most difficult parts! I can say that I was sweating like a pig… or a horse!

    This path is quite well known route in Vihti. Not too difficult, almost quite ok for ordinary roadbike too.

    This is one sandpit near Lohja. There is also nice small pond and we are riding around it two times.
    And the last route is an old railroad (without rails) in Pikkala. The railroad was built by Russians when the area was part of Russia after the WWII.

    In this video there is short break to take pictures under the bridge and then riding over the log. This log is not that difficult anymore…