Nordkapp

Verdigris says...

At the moment I'm not sure I do. The T/ace is off the road so I'm on my
CB250RS. Does that count?

 

sweller says...

Humm tempting, how many petrol stations are there...

 

It should be sufficient to get you more than eight miles from one or both
Bonwicks.

 

Verdigris says...

You're hoping, aren't you. It's time I put the spare camshaft in this
engine.

 

I mentioned it last night. you probably heard the chuckle.

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I was thinking along other lines. Capo Nord, it's got the right name.

On a more serious note, I fail to see where Nordkapp comes into
the picture as motivation for getting an "adventure" type bike. Most
roads in Norway are more curvy than bumpy. Unless you get large
scale maps like me and really search for the rough stuff.
Probably very good bikes for comfy two up touring anywhere, so
I'm not saying the idea is bad at all.

 

A bit of detailed planning and a spare can might be advisable.

 

.... and there I was thinking it was to do with the vibratory qualities
of Aprilia pillion seats, which have been reported upon by a number of
female pillions as being quite pleasurable.

 

OH- says...

So a bike with a 70 mile tank range is probably not recommended...

 

I read about someone who rode one of these choppers with a really
small tank. He developed the art of reaching for bottles of petrol he
stored somewhere on the bike (or possibly in his backpack) and
emptying them into the tank while riding.
It was in a rather fun article with the conclusion "It doesn't matter
how large the tank is - when it's empty". The writer told how he had
an embarrassing empty tank stop in the middle of Stockholm on a
BMW desert special with supertanker size tank.

 

Paging Big Tony...

 

The BMW seems like a logical albeit expensive choice as it has a
decent tank range, good service intervals with comfy seat and pegs for
two up riding. Alternatives would be an Aprillia or maybe the Tiger,
however the latter may be limited (see above)

We would be looking for the more relaxing and diverse route back
after a mad rush up through Sweden and Finland, so we are planning on
coming back via part of the west coast of Norway, sadly my only
experience of Norway so far has been Oslo and Lysaker and the roads
were obviously very good, however I look on Norway as being like the
UK, the further north you get the worse the roads get, is this really
the case? The inspiration came whilst riding around Jutland for two
weeks, however I can safely say I never really experienced bad roads,
and really only got shaken around when we hit the UK again (heavily
laden Daytona in super tanker mode) and I want to keep my teeth intact
whatever I do next.

 

Is that a yes then?

 

On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 23:37:26 +0100, Ovenpaa wrote:

To what do you refer? The Tiger can hold its own in any company.

 

Plan to be there for around June 21st next year.
Fancy a meet


(Also an open invite to UKRM to tag along)

 

Any tests I have ever seen seemed to compare the Tiger favorably but I
was concerned about tank size and service intervals these myths were
dispelled at Clay Cross this weekend, however they work on the 'if
you want to try it buy it' principle. I ride a Daytona so I know the
engine in principle, and the Tiger sure felt good to sit on. however
it would be nice to try one first, I also looked at the Honda,
Kawasaki etc. but they seem to pale in comparison to the Tiger.

I still want to look at the BMW.

 

Yes, which way do you plan to go?

 

Ferry to Bergen, then head straight up (using Hytte to stop over) and
bimble back down the coast(ish).

 

How many days are you allowing for the trip?

 

Ah, that's alright then. Shame about the lack of test ride. Might be
worth looking at other Triumph dealers. I never had a problem getting a
test ride, (on my 885, and later on a 955, which I didn't buy).

I tried a V-Strom and quite liked it: the new Kawasaki is essentially the
same, of course. Still preferred my Tiger.

I haven't tried it, but I've heard good things of the KTM 950 Adventure.

All of the big adventure tourers seem to offer much the same, on paper. I
think it's only the Triumph and BMW that have a 6000 mile service
interval, which is a bit of a plus on a bike which is going to cover a lot
of miles. I'm not sure what the build quality and durability of the
others is, but the Tiger is pretty good.