Southern Norway round-trip

Just to share a few pics from my recent round-trip southern Norway.
My son who studies in Oslo, called for help so I saddled up my tower-grey beast

Shortest route would be over the mountains, but the forecast showed low temps, so going east I took the longer coastal route.
Nice weather, dry roads, temps between 43 and 67, mostly round 57.
Riding time east 9 hours.

Going west I took the mountainroute, not that chilly, only for an hour an a half maybe.
Riding time west 7,5 hours.

It is now evident that my personal monsters don`t like riding motorcycles, so I soon found myself at peace and in good spirits.

Stayed with my son for five nights, and we had a really good time.
(Wish I had that relationship with my dad....not entirely his fault I guess...)

Enjoy!
Stu

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Day started foggy. View from ferry quai.


Only bike on the ferry.


Nice riding conditions.


A lake at Notodden.


Flatdal ( Flat valley ) coming up.


Melting snow made a lot of beautiful waterfalls.


Not much traffic.


Warmer than it looks.


Nice to even out the tire-wear.


More water. Almost tipped over to the right, due to gravel and sand on the roadside. Severely rise in heartrate.


More waterfalls.


Got pretty soaked passing this one.

Enjoyed that, would love to do Norway some time. Jim.

Nice write-up and lovely pics, Stu! Glad you had a great ride and a good time with your son!

Patty

I've been to Norway twice for cold weather training when I was in the Marine Corps. Would love to see it as a civilian. Although there is really nothing quite as exhilarating as riding in the back of a tracked amphibious vehicle when it starts sliding backwards on a snow/ice covered road with nothing between you and a very long drop into the fiord. We were very busy removing rubber track pads after that one.

schlep1967 said:

I've been to Norway twice for cold weather training when I was in the Marine Corps. Would love to see it as a civilian. Although there is really nothing quite as exhilarating as riding in the back of a tracked amphibious vehicle when it starts sliding backwards on a snow/ice covered road with nothing between you and a very long drop into the fiord. We were very busy removing rubber track pads after that one.

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Ooooooops!
I could really feel that one.....

Nice report. I really liked the road in photo #9 - nice place to get to use that expensive rubber on the sides of the tires that all too often goes to waste.

Norway is on my bucket list. Nice pictures

Great shots..

Thanks Stu, nice piccies.
I have been fortunate enough to visit the West Coast of Norway but not on a bike. Now there's an idea?!?
Unfortunately there's no ferry anymore from Newcastle so it's a long way to travel before you get to Norway, but I suppose that is what ST's are for.
Thanks for posting.
Upt'North.

Thanks for sharing, great pics!

Retiring next year and planning a trip to Norway, Sweden and Finland. Hope to go all the way to Nordkapp.
Been planning this now for a few years. Hope it all comes together next year.
Taking my 04 ST1300.

No ferry from Newcastle! Wow. I didn’t realise that. I enjoyed that trip across to Bergen in 1975, then four days on to Oslo. (No not on my bike).
A beautiful few days, still vivid in my memory.
D

My mother was born in Norway and came to the US as a teenager. I've only been there once for a two week vacation. It's a remarkably beautiful country. I'd love to go again.

These days the dollar has been strenghtened by some 35% vs local currency.....
Come on, come over ! ( Anyone know this song by Jaco Pastorius ? )

Thanks for the great pics - I would love to see it in person . My Mother was from Tonsberg.

After my Norway tour in 2018, we had a Norway run planned prior this years Gathering in Sweden...

STooRay said:

Come on, come over ! ( Anyone know this song by Jaco Pastorius ? )

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Yeah by a very shy bassist. I first knew of him from Weather Report then found he played with a bunch of jazz greats.

Nice!
I once went to a consert with him in Boston, but he didn`t show up...
Night before he had started a fight with some of the audience
He overdosed just after that. Beeing that brilliant musician (or anything else...) probably has some downsides to it.

Nydelig