ATV Racing..

In the early 90s me and my twin brother started racing our ATV’s in the Icelandic Championship series. Well actually we started the series by convincing the Motocross championship comity to let us compete on the MX tracks. The events in those days where not sponsored and the level of security and other things where at minimum ;o) But it was fun and I can’t recall any accidents during this period. After a few years of racing most of the guys went riding off-road or MX bikes and the ATV series was dropped! A great period in our lives with many great people and lots of fun both on and off track!

Friday Metal...

Blood Red Throne from Kristansand her in Norway is one of the best Death Metal bands around. The guys are amazing artists and musicians! I went to see them for the first time in December 2009 and they blew me away! The band has been around for some 10 odd years now and they have 5 full studio albums out. The last one called “Souls Of Damnation” is an awesome album that every death metal fan with self respect should have in his or hers collection!
Find out more about Blood Red Throne here: http://www.myspace.com/bloodredthrone666

Euro bikes...

A few pictures, of bikes that I like, that have participated in the European Championship of Bike Building. I like the European style in bike building better than the American because they actually ride their bikes. (Not so many trailer queens over here ;o)
The Swedish style is always cool and I love the bikes “Greven” at Hogtech makes.
These pictures are from the 2006 and 2007 championship. All photos taken by one of Europe’s best motorcycle photographer Horst Rösler.

Snow bike fun...

Today I got a visit from two of my off-road riding buddies from Kristiansand.
They had converted their bikes in to snow-machines with belt and ski kit from Explorer. I was sceptic as usual and didn’t think this was any good! Well, as it turns out the converted bikes where a blast to ride and I haven’t had so much fun riding off-road bikes during winter in a long time… The Ski-Doo (snowmobile) didn’t stand a chance in the deep snow and the bikes handled amazingly easy with the conversion kit. I want one to! ;o)
Thanks to Paul and Ivar for a great day in the snow…

Friday Metal...

I saw Iced Earth and Tim ”Ripper” Owens at Sweden Rock Festival in 2004. He has an amazing voice and, as I have heard, a big ego! He got sacked from Iced Earth and is now singing with Ingwie Malmsteen!? Well what can I say about the Ripper… He’s a screamer ;o)

Forty-Eight...

I can’t say that I like everything the Harley factory is making these days! Many of the new Harleys are ugly as hell (the Rocker-C for instance is one of the ugliest bikes on the market today;o) But once in awhile the designers at H-D come up with something cool. And this time it’s a Sporty. I have always been a Sportster fan, and I was very disappointed when H-D decided to put rubber mounts on the Sportster engine and at the same time making the bike almost as heavy as a big twin! Anyhow I have to admit that the new Forty-Eight is one of the nicest looking Sportys to ever come out of the factory. It still has the bullshit rubber mount on the engine (which in my opinion takes away the Harley feel of the bike) but its cool looking and has lots of attitude!

The Champion....

Congratulations to Pål Anders Ullevålseter who came in 2nd place at the Dakar 2010 rally.
A great achievement from the Norwegian who has been competing in the Dakar rally for 8 years now. The Dakar rally is held in South America and not in Africa due to terror threats.
The riders drive through 9000 km (about 5600 miles) of though terrain in the Atacama Desert. With temperatures reaching 50 degrees Celsius during the day, this has not been an easy task for the Norwegian. The best part is that Ullevålseter is not a factory rider as the KTM factory thinks he is too old (41 years) to get a contract. Well next year he will hopefully win the race and proof them wrong!

Friday Metal...

Friday metal is back after a holiday break! Today’s video is from a band called Killswitch Engage. A band that I really like! I think they perform better live than on album. And I have seen them play this great cover song live ;o) This is a classic metal song from the godfather of metal Mr. Ronnie James Dio. Sadly I heard that Dio recently was hospitalized with stomach cancer. Sad news as he is one of the greatest and most genuine heroes of metal.. Hope you get better soon Ronnie and can make us happy with your music for many years to come! A great tribute from Killswitch Engage to a true hero!

Caveman....

What better way to start the New Year than with some pictures from the cave-gang from Trondheim! Those guys are the funniest bunch you can ever imagine! And some real good friends! They do not take things serious no matter what… Which’s one of the things I’m going to try to live up to in 2010! Life is funny if you want to;o) Happy New Year!!

What can I say?! I love the white stuff...

Here in the south of Norway we have been blessed with the white stuff from above to give us the proper holiday spirit ;o) And of course the opportunity to get out and play with mother nature… The pictures are taken today as me and my brother went for a spin with the KTM and the Sled. A perfect day and some nice shots from my backyard ;o)

God Hjul og en riktig lang gaffel...

Huuummm.....

Ok.. About time to post something here on this fabulous blog! Been busy with the holiday blues the last couple of weeks. I personally think the x-mas holidays has turned into this stupid commercial happening with more or less no reflection on the real reason we celebrate Christmas! Ok I understand that this is a special time for many people and specially children. Which is a good thing.. But remember that the suicide rate in the world goes up during this shopping craze we call Christmas! The less fortunate once in our society that don’t have any family or friends have an extra hard time during x-mas. Remember this when you spend thousands of dollars, yens, euros or kroners on useless things for people that actually don’t need them! With this moral speech in mind you can enjoy these bike pictures from the campsite at the 2009 Custom Bike Show ;o)

What's up! Side down..

Crazy.... What's next??? Backflip on a Electra Glide!! Anyone??

Sad Mans Tounge..

Since we are in Denmark this Friday (last post) it’s appropriate to dedicate today’s Friday Metal to Volbeat from Denmark. They incorporate Rockabilly and metal in a way that you can’t dislike! At least I love it… Enjoy..

Swap meet..

In 2005 me and my pal Øystein“Doctor” went to a swap meet in a town called Herning in Denmark. The Herning Stumpmarket (Swap meet) is one of the biggest second hand markets in Scandinavia. Here you can by everything from motorcycle parts to porcelain!
50.000 people attended the market this Saturday in March and it is only for one day.
Afterwards me and Doc where invited to the local Harley-Davidson club for a nice party with live music from the house band and some exiting dancing from a local beauty queen!