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  • MP Messut 2019

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    Helsinki Motorcycle exhibition 2019

    This time it was very interesting! There was so many new models it felt like there’s no time enough to get to know all of them. Luckily I’m not a big fan of sportbikes… So few bikes wasn’t so interesting to me.

    1. KTM 790 Adventure
    Maybe the biggest group of interested viewers was around this bike. It’s no wonder. The bike looks very good! It has hew parallel twin engine that KTM introduced last year. The engine has little bit less power than in 790 Duke but of course the torque is better is all rpm’s. Bike has almost all possible electronics: traction control, cornering abs, offroad abs, ridemodes and so on. It has 20 litres tank that gives the bike easily more than 400 km’s range on the road. Tank is placed around the engine so the center of gravity is very low. Price for this bike is 18500€ in Finland!

    Tank around engine
    It was difficult to take pictures of this bike! There was so much people all around it all the time.

    2. Yamaha 700 Tenere
    Another adventurebike but totally different kind of idea! This is simple, not too much electronics and it looks more ready for an OffRoad ride! It’s almost 6000€ cheaper than KTM! The final price is still open but they said it will not be more than 12800€! 200mm travel is not much but they’ve tested this bike quite long time so I guess they think it’s enough. 16 liters tank gives this bike more than 300 km’s range.

    It should’ve been white-red bike in the show!
    But this look very good! It calls me to make an offroad ride right now!

    3. BMW R1250GS
    And here is another adventurebike but yet again totally different kind of thinking. This is legend of all touring/ adventurebikes but now it has bigger engine, more power and torque and it’s again more expensive. It has simply everything you can ever imagine the bike could have… -Ok, no reverse gear or automatic gearbox but anyway.
    The price for adventure version is more than 31000€ in Finland

    Big bike to make long rides and tours

    4. Suzuki Katana 
    Suzuki makes a nice return to interesting and “modern” bikes. But the funny thing is that the design is very retro when it is based on 80’s Katana.
    The engine they take from GSX-S1000F so it delivers very nice power and easy riding. And the way it looks it will always give strong feelings to all pure motorcyclists!

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    5. Triumph 1200 SpeedTwin
    Triumph presents new line with 1200 Twin engine. The bike still looks totally retro but the engine is now more like modern and sporty. It delivers 96 hp with 112Nm torque in 4950rpm. Compare this with T100 engine: 64hp and 80Nm in 3800rpm -you can say that there is a big difference.

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  • Corsetour Day 5

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    Unfortunately we didn’t have time to get to know the city of Ravenna -I bet it would’ve been beautiful!
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    We took the big road to south and San Marino. The streets of San Marino are full with very expensive cars! We stopped on the “Other side of the mountain” when we saw some possible places to park the bikes. But there was no cafe or even a grocery store!
    The roads on the westside of San Marino… OMG! They are nice! There’s a corner after corner, twist after twist and some very nice views all the time!
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    Ducati Monster went straight to Ducati service in Ravenna. They couldn’t fix the starter but they did fix the rear brake! (Not the brakedisc though…)
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    From motocaching we marked “as found” these:
    San Marino from southwest, Passo dei Mandrioli and SR70 Consuma
    But the whole route from San Marino to Livorno is excellent riding!! There’s not much traffic, the scenery and views are great and you will certainly enjoy riding! I really recommend these roads!
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    The pink decorations are there because it was the 100th Giro d’Italia this may.
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    Video compilation of the day 5:

    This was the route for the day 5:

  • Hottest bikes of 2017

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    I could do some demonstration of the bikes (and I probably will do later) but here are all the new interesting bikes for season 2017, shown to us by 44teeth.com (with BaronVonGrumble and his face! -You don’t see that too often!)

  • Group Ride once again

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    But today without me. I had to go to work (what a pitty!)
    But I had the time to visit the starting point and go to the corner few km’s after the start.
    24 bikes passed me like this:

  • Yamaha MT-07 Cage test ride

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    I went to the motorcycle store to take a test ride on MT-09 Tracer. But of course no bike to ride…
    So I took this:
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    Yamaha MT-07 Cage (edition) and this actually looks very cool!
    So I sat down to the seat and noticed my knees were almost in my chin! Ok there’s not a lot of space here…
    Then I turned the engine on and started to smile a little bit. It sounded so nice (for a small bike!).
    Took a short test ride and noticed how very easy it was to handle with the throttle quite sensitive but it was easy to learn how much you can twist it without bike attacking like crazy.
    And actually when the bike is so light (not more than 170kg’s) and it has this new 2-cylinder engine it was so much fun to ride!
    It really felt like a sport bike and like a big bike at the same time! Just because it gives so much power even from the lower rpm’s.
    And then if you look at the price of the bike you finally realize how much there is to do for the other brands to compete this…
    Amazing cheap, amazing power and very easy to ride…. Big recommendation from me!

    Yamaha MT-07 Cage (-15)
    Aprilia Dorsoduro 1200 (-11)
    BMW G650Xmoto (-07) (my current bike)
    BMW R1200GS (-14)
    Aprilia Tuono V4R (-12)
    BMW S1000R (-14)
    BMW R nineT (-14)
    Suzuki GSR600 (-08)
    Honda NC700X (-12)
    Honda CBR1100XX (-03)
    Honda CB600F Hornet (-07)
    Triumph Tiger 1050 (-08)
    KTM 1190 Adventure (-13)
    Honda VFR1200XD Crosstourer (-12)
    Aprilia Caponord 1200 ABS (-13)
    Suzuki SFV 650 Gladius (-09)
    BMW F650GS Sertao (-13)
    BMW F800GS (-13)
    Kawasaki GTR1400 ABS (-09)
    Yamaha XT1200 Super Tenere (-11)
    BMW S1000RR (-12)
    Triumph 1200 Tiger Explorer (-12)
    Kawasaki ER-5 (-04)
    Husqvarna Nuda 900R (-12)
    BMW K1200S (-06)
    Suzuki VX 800 (-91)
    KTM 990 SMT (-11)
    Yamaha FZ1-n (-08)
    BMW K1300 S (-11)
    Honda VFR1200F (-10)
    Honda X-4 (-02)
    Honda CB1300 (-07)
    Yamaha BT1100 (-04)
    Honda CB1100 SF X-Eleven (-02)
    Yamaha FJR 1300 (-04)
    Honda CB1300S (-06)
    Yamaha V-Max (-99)
    BMW R1150R (-01)
    Suzuki GSF-1200 F Bandit (-03)
    Suzuki GSX-1100G (-95)
    Yamaha FZ6-S (-99)
    Yamaha XJ600 (-82)
    Harley Davidson Sportster 883 (-95)
    Suzuki GS 500 (-91)
    Yamaha RD 350 (-84)
    Honda cb 750 Four (-77)
    Yamaha Virago 535 (-91)
    Suzuki LTD400 (-85)

  • Yamaha MT-09 Tracer

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    Yamahan uutuus kaudelle 2015 perustuu viime vuonna julkaistuun MT-09 malliin, mutta käytännössä yhteistä on vain moottori ja vanteet. Loput on kokonaan uutta!
    Vaikka hinta onkin 5k€ korkeampi kuin perusmallissa on kyseessä silti järjettömän halpa pyörä! Alle 14000 eurolla voi kaupasta hakea seikkailuhenkisen matkapyörän mistä löytyy ABS-jarrut, Luistonesto ja 3 erilaista ajomoodia. 850 kuutioisesta 3-sylinterisestä moottorista löytyy vääntöä aivan alakierroksilta asti ja tehoja jopa 115hv!
    Esimerkiksi tehottomampi BMW F800GS on 2000 euroa kalliimpi ja tuhat kuutioiset seikkailupyörät selvästi kalliimpia!
    Joku kysyy “Miksi se on niin halpa??” Ja kysymys on aivan oikeutettu ja ymmärrettävä. Yamaha on selvästi panostanut näihin uusiin 3-sylinterisiin malleihin ja oikeanlaisella suunnittelulla hinta on saatu pysymään erittäin maltillisena!
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    Pyörästä on 3 eri värivaihtoehtoa: valkoinen, tumman harmaa ja punainen. Omaan silmään valkoinen näyttää parhaalta lähinnä noiden värjättyjen vanteiden takia!
    Ja koska olen myynyt edellisen pyöräni (BMW S1000R) niin saattaa hyvinkin olla että tämä on seuraava…