Norway 2022

Holy Crap! I've never been quite so envious...also: best edit I've seen in a long time!! Fantastic!!

Beautiful scenery, great video work and soundtrack!

Absolutely excellent video. Had my total attention right through. Big thanks for sharing. I was there in 1980 on a Z1000ST with the Wife. Fond memories. Some Norwegian bikers impressed on me that there should be no speeding. Loss of licence could result. As a result I saved a lot on petrol. In the end I ran out of back tyre and 17" tyres were not thick on the ground then. Now You have me thinking I should go back.

Thanks guys!

Both camera's were on the helmets, but the old one (GoPro Session) was indeed out of level. Colors of that camera were also a bit flat comparing to the GoPro Hero 8, so I have hardly used them (mostly only for shots where my friend with the Here filmed me on the Strom). Engine sound is always difficult, above a certain speed you only hear noise and wind, for all those shots I just removed all audio. I should actually use an external mic to fix this, but that's for me to much hassle and distracting for the adventure. Now I just click the GoPro once in a while for some short shot. This way I only have to switch 1 battery during lunch and makes the editing much easier due the limited hours of film.

There are more video's like this in my website (Motorcycle Adventures) or Youtube channel if you like!

True, for engine sound you'd need external mikes with "dead cat" and or under the seat, close to exhaust. Short 2-3min videos are much easier to edit, then scrubbing through hour long video.

Ideally all group ride participants should have one or two GoPros, one pointed forward and the other one backward, so the person doing the editing would have more footage and also be included with his bike. It's always that the person taking pictures and video, never ends up in it.

But regardless you get an A+ for effort ...I just propped my screen at the angle to compensate or tilt my head (jk)

Emile07,

Thank you for making that trip, recording and sharing it. Excellent!

Very nice. Thanks.
I prefer the music over wind\motor noise.


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@Emile007 You said "Just visited Norway". June? Your adventure roads were high country ones but that low snowline in mid summer?
Envious of the quality of the sealed roads. In Queensland the patches have patches on the patches. Reminds me of NZ's South Island - except that the peaks are usually not that high.

So far I have watched less than a minute and I love it already. Why did I stop watching to write? In the first 30 seconds I saw something that Europeans do differently than us new world riders. Where we will do a low wave (point fingers down) with our left hand to greet oncoming riders, in Europe widely used gesture is to stick out a foot to say hello. The pointing down with the hand is generally to point out some hazard for following riders.

Can some Euro riders confirm this for me, please? It has been 3 years since I have been there.

Cheers,
Glenn

Edit: Spectacular! I thoroughly enjoyed it!

Great video. Thanks for posting it.
I am heading to Norway in a couple of years so your routes will be very helpful.

@slovcan we normaly also do a a low wave in NL and Europe (low one, below the steering wheel), except for UK and other left riding countries (in UK they nod their head to the left).

The foot is only used when there's no time to let the steering wheel loose or when an upcoming rider is on the other side of the road (like on the picture). You don't want to wave with your right hand, so it's probably simular...

Note: Check out my NZ video as well on my Youtube Channel!

Emile007 said:

@slovcan we normaly also do a a low wave in NL and Europe (low one, below the steering wheel), except for UK and other left riding countries (in UK they nod their head to the left).

The foot is only used when there's no time to let the steering wheel loose or when an upcoming rider is on the other side of the road (like on the picture). You don't want to wave with your right hand, so it's probably simular...

Note: Check out my NZ video as well on my Youtube Channel!

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Thanks Emile! I remember seeing the foot also in Europe before. I just want to do it correctly when I am there.

@Emile007 , thanks so much for sharing, that looked like an amazing ride!
I'm curious about a couple things, if you have the info:

1. What range of elevation did you cover? Some of those mountain passes looked pretty high, but judging by the maps with your little red route lines squiggling over them, it appeared you were also at sea level sometimes.

2. What range of temperatures did you experience? (Celsius or Farenheit is fine)

3. Was there anything that stood out to you, good or bad, about your bike, tires, the gear you wore, your luggage, etc.? Anything that you would do differently or replace with a different item if you could do it all over?

Just curious. Hope your week is good!

Hi @Charlie1982!

1. The fjords are sea water and thus sea level. Highest point was I guess Dalsnibba (Geiranger Viewpoint) at 1500 meter, but there were quite some other peaks that reached from 1000 to 1500 meter. Highest number of altimeters (meters we needed to climb) on a day was around 3100 meter

2. 4 - 20 degrees Celcius

3. Happy with my tires (Dunlop Mission Trail) and my motorcycle suit: Laminated Goretex (REV'IT Poseidon 2 GTX). Not cheap, but kept me dry and saved me from a lot of switching from the rainsuit... Also happy with the choice of 'huts' on the camping (In the UK for example I would definitely sleep in a pub, but without the bar culture a hut is much more convenient).

Not sure, but I have also listed some tips at the bottom of my Norway page on my website: Motorcycle Adventures

My last three week were fantastic: I visited your country (Nevada, Utah, Arizona and California) and had a great vacation! (unfortunately without the motorcycle)

Brockie said:

@Emile007 You said "Just visited Norway". June? Your adventure roads were high country ones but that low snowline in mid summer?
Envious of the quality of the sealed roads. In Queensland the patches have patches on the patches. Reminds me of NZ's South Island - except that the peaks are usually not that high.

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Yes, 12 - 19 june. Some passes even just opened on 14th of June... Even Trollstiggen was just open when we arrived!