As it happened, last weekend made up my mind and ordered new smaller bike. I have been looking this kind of bike for a while to get into even smaller roads where my BMW R1200GSA is too big. And this seems to be a perfect fit! Weight (without fuel) 112.5 …
IBA Finlandilla on oma foorumi, jonka tarkoituksena on ollut olla keskustelukanava jäsenistölle: Tämä keskustelualue toimii ensisijaisesti IBA Finland ry:n jäsenten keskinäisenä mielipiteiden ja tiedon vaihtovaihtopaikkana. Käytännössä kuitenkin kaikki IBA Finlandin hallitusta, toimintaa ja muuta kritiikkiä esittävät kirjoitukset sensuroidaan sivustolta säälimättä. Ja jos ei sensuroida heti, soittaa IBA Finlandin puheejohtaja perään …
20 Iron Butt ajon jälkeen on aika tullut lopettaa yhteistyö IBAF:in kanssa. Talven aikana on tihkunut erinäisistä lähteistä tietoa, että pienellä sisäpiirillä on omat säännöt ja sääntöjen tulkinnat. IBAF toki haluaa, että perusajoja ajetaan mahdollisimman paljon ja pitää yllä illuusiota puoluettomasta tarkastustoiminnasta, mutta todellisuudessa kulissien takana tapahtuu paljon enemmän. Osa …
I had already set my mind few months ago that this winter I will drive one Iron Butt ride. First trial was set for New Years Day, 1st of January 2012. Date came but at last minute I decided to cancel the ride. Reason being mainly that weather had been …
Everything now ready, just getting few hours of sleep and tomorrow morning 07:00 (GMT+2) we start the Artic Butt 2012 Experience. SPOT link to track progress on this event will be this: http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0KOp1xylV0FWckluNrarG8lVyc8EkJ1nx
This years first adventure is going to be ~1000 mile (actually this is 1624 km) ride in less than 24h in a route above Polar Circle. For the ride I will be using my BMW R1200GS Adventure with special tires with spikes. We will start the ride around 17th of …
This week I was fed up waiting for fix to battery drain that was happening with my mobile phone and since people had been telling that www.cyanogenmod.com had returned their phone back to normal I decided to give it a try. First rooted my Android phone and then installed CyanogenMod …
As a series of post and things to clear out, collection of visa requirements for possible countries to visit from citizen of Finland point of view. Morocco No visa required for tourist trips. Finland has official representation in the country: http://www.finlande.ma. Mauritania Visa is required and can be acquired through …
My original plan for 2012 summer was to do a short two weeks trip to Crimea, which was my target for this year as well, but missed it because I could not get into Abkhazia. But as time goes by this evolved into a bigger trip and now target is …
This is from Georgia.
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