The Norway trip...

...got cancelled due to really crappy weather and we decided to stay in sweden instead, riding east, away from the rain. Shame, we've kind of seen Sweden before... but we'll do the fjords some other time, had a great time anyway and we found some pretty decent roads (also a lot of not so fantastic gravel roads...(fun on the beemer, but hard for the rest, someone should really update the maps to give you a hint of what's what!)). Mine and Olas bmw didn't want to come home with us unfortunately and we had to leave it with a horrible sounding clutch problem, it's back home now, but will need some love to get back in shape. Looking forward to the next trip! 

CB650 Seat

Just picked up the seat for the CB650, very nicely done and not too expensive, the guys at Posh made a good job (in opposite to the crap one we had made while we still considered to have the Dunstall-tank...).  Can't wait to see it on the bike!

Zoomer

Had some things to take care of around town today so I did some hand-held iphone filming while I was scooting back and forth. It's so much nicer to be on the Zoomer instead of the trains, even though they air conditioning on the trains are quite nice on stinking hot days like we have now...

Check around 1.40 for some badass style!

Rain and BBQ

Been away riding with some friends from work yesterday and today, we went to a volcanic lake where you could see nothing because of the mist and rain. Then we went to a panorama-viewing spot where we also could see nothing else than a white wall of clouds... Then I lost my central stand on the Ducati. And after that we got caught in a massive rainfall and got completely soaked. But the BBQ yesterday night made up for all that and what does some rust on the brake discs matter when your boots are still soaked from the day before anyway?! And it seems that it's just a matter of time before my sidestand will collapse, but all in good time, no need for concerns yet, the bike is lighter, hence faster, without the central stand anyway.

Arigatou 96 for the 45.

CBs getting ready!

Heading over to Norway in a few weeks time for riding (weird what's going on there right now, but not much one can do about fanatics like that...), the CB650 is back from being fixed at the painter after it caught fire a while back, it's all good again and I'm waiting for a phone call to go pick up the new seat for it as well. Also Andis CB (top) is pretty close to it's comeback on the road after a loooong absence (only ridden once??). Christians BMW (bottom pic) is always ready I guess, maybe just some fresh glue to keep some parts together?? And mine and Olas BMW are also ready for action after Olas little crash earlier this year, it even has a horn now! We might even have a guest or two for some part of the trip, would be fun! I can't wait to get going, I have even managed to get super-mega-extra-long summer vacation and I'm so looking forward to spend most of it on a bike!

Ola goes panorama wild

My very bestestest friend Ola came over a little while ago, was really good to spend some time together, we rented a bike for him and finally got out riding together here in Japan. Great 3-day trip, which on the last day had me almost crying in pain from riding the Ducati over 500km in a day. Doesn't sound so bad? Well, those 500 took us from 14 hours with only around 2-3 hours of breaktime for food and fuel. Still not so bad? Ok ok, listen, my tank is the original S2 tank which is supposed have a much higher seat fitted and the edges at the back are pretty sharp and get quite wide at the base, they cut in to your groin pretty nicely and gives your package a rather solid beating over time... If I had the same leg proportions as a Playmobil-figure it'd be no problem, but then again -if that was the case, how the hell are you supposed to shift and brake if you can't bend your knees??

Anyway, wonderful fantastic twisty roads with almost no traffic and beautiful surroundings. And I learned that there's a certain chain of mountains that you can't cross over but have to ride around, good to know for the future. Ola learned knew things as well, his camera has a panorama function which he went all out with meaning I had to wait all the time for mr Panorama to finish being a tourist... And he learned that it makes sense to bring a second set of pants when you go riding, you'll see what I mean as soon as I finish a little video I'm cutting together from the riding.

 Ola, oh so hostile while taking his bath, bad bad manners...

Svensk midsommar :)

Suzuki Tzar

For Ola, from me, from a friend who knows the guy with the bike. Eh...

Tokyo flight

Flying from Martin Petersson on Vimeo.


I went for a little flight with a friend living in my building who's got a pilots license, really really spectacular to see Tokyo from birds eye perspective, it's huge of course, dense to say the least and it also gives you a little remainder of your own size and importance on this planet...