I'm impressed and more than a little envious of your garage /man cave! Look forward to hearing about your trip. Steve

Just had a few days at home with a lot of rain.
But I had a nice little ride on saturday evening, testing the new TKC80 tyres, and new brakepads, levers, footpegs and the new Hepco boxes.
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...psfhkxxpfi.jpg

The ride went up in the mountains to look at the dams for the powerplant, but unfortunately the company had put up a gate in the tunnell, so I did not come all the way to the top :icon_shaking:
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But the wiew is spectacular from the top (as far as I could go)
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...psgllrjaob.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...psonuxcppi.jpg

A lot of good men gave their lives during the building and extension of the powerplant, here's a memorial plate up on a place by the road.
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http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...pspddnxhqn.jpg

The cows are always around here :-D
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ps9fmvhxy6.jpg

Now I am back at the rig, but in the last weeks of august, I will go for a loong ride. Looking foreward to that

Nice pictures. Such a beautiful country!

Got to agree with Arjen there....stunning views. What time of year would you say is best to visit..? Steve

Best time of year, depends on what you want to see.
In Hardanger region where I live, in may, the fjords are deep blue, as is the sky above, the forrests are bright green, the cherry, plum and apple trees are inn the blossoms. And the snow are still white on the mountains tops, Just fantastic.
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...psvctzx5j1.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...psesvwt4gr.jpg

But the gravelroads in the mountains are still covered in snow in may and june.
Heres a pic from a ride in late may, where I tried to go up to one of the dams. Not much snow in the mountains this year though
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...pslbxuku99.jpg
From july, it is less snow and you can ride the gravel roads in the mountains, and find nice places to camp above the threeline.
In the wester part we dont have so many long gravel roads, but in the east theres a lot of them, the terrain is also different, with big lakes and not so dramatic mountains. Heres a pic from a friend of mine, camping at a lake called Soelen lake (sorry for not having a XT660 in the pic)
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...psstjmmwcn.jpg

So what more to say: Come to Norway:bienvenido:

Been in that area myself this summer and missed my motorcycle a lot. Took the ferry with car and caravan to Bergen and just drove east and the south. But had the MTB with me and got out and looked at some scenery - but could have used an engine..... It is hard work pedalling i,e from Fl�m to Myrdal along the old railway tracks.

Now, my old thrusty Tenere is ready for my trip to the eastern Norway. I have been on several rides in the Mountains lately, along With my friend Stian and his KTM.
Just dropping some of the pics for you to enjoy :080:

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...pss0klgevt.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...psseukj6d9.jpg

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The lunch is Cooking
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Another day, another lunch in the Mountains. But what a wiew from the lunch table :-)
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...psrmj5zz3z.jpg

Now got to og and finish packing my stuff :-)

Brilliant, such nice scenery! Steve

Nice country; nice bikes.

That's me next summer that is.