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Hi everyone,,,,, welcome to my first ever forum post! It's my lucky day!
I'm interested in riding up through Sweden and Finland to the top of Norway, then back down through Norway. Riding away from the sun doesn't seem to be the done thing and I can't find much info about such a trip.
Here's the deal, I'm getting very close to buying a standard R1200GS (not Adventure), and I'll have about 3 weeks max to do the trip, is that enough time to go right to the top?
Your thoughts and recommendations would be much appreciated!
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i am planning the same route in July
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I am planing to do the same trip this summer also. as i have info 3 weeks for this trip would be o.k.
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My trip to the NorthCape
Last year I drove from my home in the Netherlands to the NorthCape and back in 2 weeks on my BMW F650GS so 3 weeks should be no problem.
Here is my trip report:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~jkrijt/trips/n2g/index.shtml
I can recommend it. It was one of the best trips I ever made!
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3 weeks is plenty time but remember the roads in Finland and sweden are very long and lots of trees not much of a view, Norway on the other hand is spectacular but the roads are very slow and the route goes on forever. I my self would recommend sticking to Norway up and down or cutting across from central Norway through Sweden up to the top via sweden and Finland then back down through Norway. Just on a bike the scenery is so much better and the roads more interesting in Norway.
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Arctic Highway book
For lots of info get "Norway's Artic Highway" by John Douglas. published by Trailblazer guides-www.trailblazers-guides.com. Am also hoping to do the trip this year ,but not sure exactly when. Stanfords in London is a good sorce of maps.
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Originally Posted by jkrijt
Last year I drove from my home in the Netherlands to the NorthCape and back in 2 weeks on my BMW F650GS so 3 weeks should be no problem.
Here is my trip report:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~jkrijt/trips/n2g/index.shtml
I can recommend it. It was one of the best trips I ever made!
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I'll agree with that statement !
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Originally Posted by Horsedribble
Hi everyone,,,,, welcome to my first ever forum post! It's my lucky day!
I'm interested in riding up through Sweden and Finland to the top of Norway, then back down through Norway. Riding away from the sun doesn't seem to be the done thing and I can't find much info about such a trip.
Here's the deal, I'm getting very close to buying a standard R1200GS (not Adventure), and I'll have about 3 weeks max to do the trip, is that enough time to go right to the top?
Your thoughts and recommendations would be much appreciated!
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We did the Norkapp thing in 2005, great run. We did Bergen -> Nordkapp and back.
You get a bit bored on the E5 , but there are not many route choices. 3 weeks is more than enough
Have a gander out our trip
http://www.ytc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/...orway2005.html
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