Friday Metal..

A video from a Icelandic viking metal band called Skálmöld. This band started in 2009 and they will be playing at Wacken Open Air in Germany this August. A great band to present in the ever so seldom "friday metal" post from PP-Choppers as it is the Icelandic National day to day ;o)

Up in smoke...

This was my garage..

This is now...



This is what happened when I came back to Norway for the Easter holiday.. (been back living in Iceland since xmas) My workshop gone! With 3 Panheads & one Sporty, loads of tools, parts, 3000+ motorcycle magazines from the 60s until now (Old street chopper, MCM etc..), a Ludwig Super Classic drum kit, all my riding gear and so and so on ;o( I have insurance (for what that is worth..) But want to remind you all that you should have a fire alarm of some kind where you keep your most precious belongings! I sure regret that I didn't!! Life sometimes sucks!!!

Husky Boy..

Moving back to Iceland has not been as easy as I thought.. The economy here sucks and the country is infected with corruption and greed. But the good part is that I now have a toy to play with ;) Got my hands on a almost unused 2008 Husaberg FE450. The bike had 1400 km (about 875 miles) on the clock and for the looks of it only on pavement.. I haven´t had the chance to use it as much as I want because of the snow we had the weeks after I bought it. Therefore I use every chance I get to go riding, now when the snow is gone. Last Sunday I went for a little ride, the weather was ok at first, a bit windy but nothing to worry about (I thought).. All of a sudden the wind got stronger and on two occasions the wind blew me and the bike over. I went on and managed to get to my parents house before the storm hit with full strength. The wind was so strong that 8 airplanes (with about 1000 people inside) where stuck on the runway at Keflavik Airport for 5 hours because they could not park at the terminal or open the doors on the planes due to the strong winds.
You can see a news report from the Icelandic TV channel: Here
The footage of the planes and the car at the airport says it all ;o)

Bikers today...

Basement dayz....

The other day I finally finished what I should have done a long time ago ;o) I sorted out all of my motorcycle parts in the basement. Now I know what I have and, most important, where I can find it!

Showtime..

Last October I went to Oslo Motorshow in.. yes, you quest it right.. Oslo ;o) Not the best show I have attended.. But some few nice things to look at. Here´s some of the thing i liked the most.. Enjoy c“,)

Season´s greetings..

Friday metal...

An old classic from one of my favorite bands of all time, Mudvayne.. What can I say?? DIG it! ;o)

Friday Metal..

Viking Metal at it's best! Amon Amarth from Sweden are still one of my favorit bands! Enjoy!!

How do you like Iceland?

This summer I went to Iceland for my vacation. When there I borrowed my twin brothers KTM 525EXC. I explored some of the old routes we used to ride on back in the day. Many of those routes are used by horse riding people. That sunny summer day there wasn’t a horse in sight! Strange.. Later I found out that most of the Icelandic horses were locked in their stables because they had the horse flue! Well I had a blast riding on old grounds and almost managed to trash both myself and the bike hitting a chain stretched across one of the roads.. It wasn’t there back then!! It all went well and I had to buy a new riding jacket for my brother…

Ó Reykjavík...

How about that!? This is actually the only song I know how to play on my bass guitar ;o) Not metal this Friday evening! But what the hell!! This is my favorite punk song of all times and it’s my blog, so fuck off ;o)

Saxar MC Rally..

Thank god it’s Friday! After a busy week it’s about time to relax and look through some pictures from yesterdayz gone by! This time around I found some pictures from a small motorcycle rally in Iceland in 1994. There where maybe 20 people attending the rally but we still managed to have a good time!

This was probably the first time I met one of Iceland most dedicated biker Heiddi. He was one of few people who had a Harley that wasn’t an old police bike. We all looked up to him and admired his biker lifestyle.. Sadly he passed away in an accident riding his Buell on his way home from a motorcycle rally on the 2^nd of July 2006. RIP!

Fun with friends...

One of my favorite events each year is the annual Wings & Wheels in Lunde, Telemark here in Norway. This time around I went on Saturday to catch up with my friends who were already there..
The weather was perfect and the feeling was good.. The party was, as usual, lots of fun.. On our way home we drove on some winding back roads I have never been on before and the landscape was breathtaking! Great riding experience with good friends.. What more can a man ask for?? (well we all know the answer to that one.. But we were pretty damn close!! ;-)

Friday Metal...

How about some Friday Metal? About time to post something here you think? Been busy whole summer riding bikes, both here in Norway and in Iceland. The riding season is not over yeat, but it's getting there.. Todays Metal video is from a band I like alot.. Old school trash metal if you like.. I like!! Skeletonwitch rules the trash metal world these days.. Enjoy;o)

Be a Pan man...

Well now it’s riding season here in Norway and I don’t use much time in front of the computer screen :o) I have traded my trusty old Sporty with yet another Panhead.. This time it’s a Scandinavian style chopper with 16” over Springer front end, just enough stretch & rake, suicide clutch, jockey shift, and a 15” car tire in the back! A fun bike to ride, but it was strange letting go of the old Sporty that has been with me for the past 15 years! But life goes on and Panhead is what makes my heart pound these days! Went on a little trip to Ski in Vestfold here in Norway with my chop. Drove past the remains from the big forest fire two years ago in Froland. Nature has its way, but recovery takes time..