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I finally found a decent sponsor. Motorcycle Superstore seems cool enough. They have all sorts of Kawasaki Vulcan parts and accessories! :)

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I’m a huuuuge fan of iPhone. I use it everyday for all sorts of things and it’s just one of those things that make you think “how did I ever manage without this?”. I can even blog to BikerThomas.com straight from my iPhone with pictures and everything.

So it’s only fair that I contribute to the iPhone community as well by installing the totally awesome WPtouch iPhone Theme plugin. With this baby installed you can browse this blog in a super-friendly way on your iPhone (and hopefully also on iPad when it’s launched…?).

From the iPhone-version of BikerThomas you can even share articles on Twitter, Digg, Delicious, Technorati etc. and send a link to the article you are reading to others. And you can leave a comment on the article you’re reading and share it on Facebook as usual of course :)

Enter www.bikerthomas.com in the built-in Safari browser on your iPhone/iPhone 3G/iPhone 3GS and check it out yourself!

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I recently came over an article where Jeremy Cleland drove at an average of more than 150mph  (241,4Km/h) over two miles (3,22Km) on an electric bike named “The Mission One”. Now that’s what I call progress!

According to the article (link at bottom of post) the 240 Volt powered bike beat 70% of all the petrol-engine bikes in the competition held at Bonneville salt flats in Utah. Quite impressive!

The bike will be available for consumers this year! …at a price of £42.000 which is roughly US $68.400 – a bit too pricey for my taste, but I’m sure the price for these dream machines will drop drastically in the coming years as competition tightens.

Mission Motors, who developed The Mission One, first showed off the bike at the 2009 TTXGP on Isle of Man (click here for an article on that + early photos).

According to online rumors (now there’s a great source for ya…) the consumer bike will be capable of doing 150 miles (241,4Km) on a single charge. Sounds like the perfect city bike eh?

Source:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1214834/Electric-superbike-smashes-speed-record-breaking-150mph-mark.html

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I found an excellent guide on how to prepare your motorcycle for winter storage. Thanks to TotalMotorcycle.com for writing this guide!

Click here to read all about winter storage:
http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/maintenance/motorcyclewinterstorage.htm

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Happy new year everybody! Even though it’s –10 to –40 degrees Celcius here in Norway and colder than it has been in many years motorcycle season is getting closer by the day – Amen!

I just stumbled upon some a great little video collection by Michael Levin from EverythingMotorcycles.com. They’re more like tiny little video clips really, but they all introduce you to motorcycle maintenance and are great for beginners like me!

Click here for all the 5 videos:
http://www.ehow.com/videos-on_10623_motorcycle-maintenance-tips.html

…or click the individual links below for a specific video:

1. Troubleshoot Motorcycle Starting Systems Issues
2. How to Make Motorcycle Mufflers Louder
3. Reviewing Motorcycle Engine Oil Filters
4. How to Clean Plexiglass Windshields on Motorcycles
5. Motorcycle Repair Tips

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Picture borrowed from the good guys at TopSpeed.com

TopSpeed prepares for Christmas:

http://www.topspeed.com/motorcycles/motorcycle-news/biker-chick-waits-for-christmas-ar81942/pictures.html

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Nice, eh? ;)

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Wednesday 6th of August 2008

I didn’t see any thieves last night… and the weather was great! Time to visit the little mermaid! The little mermaid is a statue very popular with tourists. I didn’t bother with paying for parking this time, I just parked at a random place close to the statue, I mean c’mon the bike takes about half the space of a baby carriage!

It was time to start on my long journey back home to Norway. I rode to Odden and waited for a ferry to Århus. The ferry company was Mols Linien and the ferry was named Mie Mols, a nice fast ferry that did the trip in 65 minutes.

I remember that my mobile phone stopped working (I punched the wrong PIN three times…) and being out of cash… not a good situation to be in! Thank God for Visa :) Always bring a debit/credit card when travelling!

When disembarking the boat in Århus the straps that I had to put on my bike to keep it from falling over and sliding all over the place… didn’t want to come off… once again the knife I brought was really helpful! I figured the ferry company didn’t mind losing a strap as it’s a hell of a lot more expensive to burn an extra 5 minutes of fuel waiting for me to get off (I used to work for a ferry company and fuel is darn expensive!).

Århus to Hirtshals is only 187 KM. From here I took the same boat home as I did on the first day of my trip. Color Line’s SuperSpeed does the stretch in 3,5 hours.

I’m home and a whole lot wiser and my head full of experiences and stories. Riding through Europe is awesome! I’m already planning my next trip and fantasizing about where to go and what to experience. Maybe I should ride over the Alps to Italy, then to Spain and France or maybe all the way to Athens in Greece? I’ve heard Scotland is awesome! What about you, where are you going? The world is full of opportunities – have a good journey! :)

Copenhagen (left), The little mermaid (right)

 
On ,my way to Odden (left), Mie Mols fast ferry (right)

  
A crap attempt at a panorama picture, oh well, it’ll be better next time!

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