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Hi guys - I had four great days on my bike, going up and down through the western parts of Norway.
Traffic is low in those parts of the country, so I really had fun. 900 miles of constant twisties [moto]

Norway has 7 out of the world's 10 highest waterfalls. This is not one of them.
(http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l394/stopintime/2008009.jpg)

Can you see the traffic? Not a car in sight for miles - vroom.
(http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l394/stopintime/2008013.jpg)

Troll-tindene. Up to about 4,000 feet free drop - paradize for base jumpers.
(http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l394/stopintime/2008012.jpg)

Trollstigen - a very heavy climb
(http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l394/stopintime/2008015.jpg)

One of the peaks up in between the glaciers - around 40 degrees F - but a great view
(http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l394/stopintime/2008026.jpg)

Nice  [thumbsup]

How are you of for gas stations in those parts?

There are small villages quite close to each other - built for only a handful of houses/farms, but they depend on gas being locally available so there's typically a combined grocery/pharmacy/post/gas pump shop in every village. Going back to eastern Norway (capitol Oslo) is over vast uninhabited mountain stretches. There might be no gas for more than 100 miles, so that requires some planning.

Our country is 1,700 miles long - with a population of about 4,5 million - you can imagine the distances between cities.  [moto] 8)

Awesome man!  Can't wait to get out there sometime...

Thanks for the pics.  I never knew that Norway was so mountainous. 

It will cost you, but you know you're welcome [thumbsup]

The greatest part is the lack of traffic [moto]

Our mountains aren't very high, but in the western and northern parts of the country they drop more or less straight down into the fjords or the ocean, creating a dramatic scenery and the need for twisties - vroom vroom

That's some fantastic scenery you have there, stopintime! Reminds me of the west coast of Canada - mountains dropping down into the ocean. A question about your bike: Those are Rizoma mirrors, correct? How are they mounted? It doesn't look like a normal mirror mount to me.

Going to have to plan a riding trip there now after those pics  ;D

Beautiful scenery!  Thanks for sharing.

(http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk269/lucazuma73/DMF/norway.jpg)

... a few years ago i drove up to NordKap from Kiruna...in  A2  :o with ice tires (nails) in January :)

we were Northenlight hunting...amazing scenarios!...

Rizoma Impulsive, yes. They are mounted on SW-Motech wideners from TwistedThrottle - listed for Yamaha. I did a review of this set up. I guess you'll find it by searching "wideners" or SW-Motech? They are now about an inch wider than stock, on each side. Very nice rear view, even around my 3XL body.

(http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l394/stopintime/mirror2.jpg)
(http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l394/stopintime/mirror.jpg)

I had the same thought - could you think of a more spectacular way to go?

Not exactly a conventional lifestyle? Good for you [thumbsup]

...

...nøyaktige!

The things you can do online [clap]

... ;D jag bodde i Sverige för två åren och mötte många norvegeans. huvudsakligen flikarna...men utom min svensk är fattig (?)

 ;D

Thanks for the nice close-up pics and info, stopintime. I guess I missed your original review.

Skål för flickorna  [beer]

Beautiful pictures, thanks for sharing.

I'd love to visit some day.  [drink]   [moto]  <- not necessarily in that order

Thanks for the response guys  8)

First DMLer to win the lottery will arrange a chartered flight with all the bikes [moto]--->[beer]

I'm supposed to catch up with an OZ-DMLer tomorrow - he's here for a conference. Who's next?

That is really beautiful...seems like I have to take the ferry to Oslo and see those mountains by myself.
By the way...we are almost done working on "Fritt Vilt 2"  [popcorn]
http://www.frittvilt.com/ (http://www.frittvilt.com/)

From Oslo it's like 400km to the middle of the goodies - you should try it [thumbsup]

Great pics stopintime!  8) [moto]

So... any chance we can have a ride reports board for threads like this one? It'd be nice to have them all in one place.  [thumbsup]

Man, am I pissed off I ended up having to work at the conference all day yesterday. My original plan was to get a bike and spend a few days getting over to Bergen and back.

Stopintime, I'll try to be in touch once I finish polishing up the next presentation. Someone from my work got sick and I've stepped up to give all of their presentations. Got another two tomorrow :(.

Nice countryside though. Reminds me of where I grew up in Australia (we do have coldness and wetness there, too, just not on most of Australia). Beautiful women here too!

That was my guess - work swallowed you.
I'll be out of town today, possibly tomorrow and then start working on Tuesday night. I don't work normal hours, so we'll find some time to catch up.
Let me know your plans.

If the weather permits I'll be doing my first track day on Friday 15. I'm allowed one guest ;)

Great pictures, thanks for sharing. ;D

Guess who helped me work up the courage to learn the skill of posting pictures?

 :)

Very nice country, nice ride [thumbsup]

Fantastic! Thank you for sharing!

Ignore the hellacrap mobile phone video and the Australian 'yep' :). Caught up with stopintime, completely randomly, on Karl Johan's Gate this evening. Chatted for a couple of hours, and here's him riding off.  [bacon] [bacon] [bacon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyrwA-8SuFA

Most certainly need to come back to Norway. Lovely country, nice people. Off to Finland in a day! Man I love my job. Sometimes.

Dad - look - I'm on telly  [cheeky]

A fine evening - two hour ride, catching up with OZ DMFer Ellingly and now a coffee and some DMF chatting. First track day Friday [moto]
Life is great [thumbsup]

PS the horn on the video is my Rivco duals.

Somthing wrong with my computer. I don't have those letters on the keyboard ?

Dolph     ;D

Stointime,
 Your horn sounds as loud as a car horn only better.

I need to get one of those.

Dolph   :)

I like it too, it really gets cagers attention. The sound is loud and the note is somewhat "aggressive Italian" which suits the Monster fine. Much more refined than the Stebel.
The manufacturer recommends a relay, but there is plenty of juice through my stock wiring.
http://www.cyclesolutions.net/index.php?option=com_store&manufacturer=1&item=ELCHRN (http://www.cyclesolutions.net/index.php?option=com_store&manufacturer=1&item=ELCHRN)

amazing pics, thanks for sharing.

Hi
I just love to ride in Norway (live in Sweden) nice twities and the scenery is just breathtaking. Just remember one thing DONT GET CAUGHT SPEEDING.

Like Arnold says/said: "I'll be back"

Skall vi prata eller skall vi supa?  ;)    Silly question really...  [beer]

Great post! Thanks for showing us that beautiful mountainscape.

Just out of pure curiosity...
Why the warning about speeding?

Extreme  [leo] reactions (my answer from another thread....
http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=26237.msg463323#msg463323 (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=26237.msg463323#msg463323)

OUCH!!!!
Are the speed limits reasonably high in rural areas?

 [bang] "Reasonable"  ???

62.5 mph on the newest class A highways. 50 everywhere else.
The cop/mile ratio is very low, so we don't see much of them though.
As I said before, there's a time and place for everything [thumbsup]
If I avoid the typical squid behaviour and obvious speed/Leotraps, I'll be fine - so far so good.