Our Journey to the North Kapp 2012 - 10950km - 5 week Trip - THE MOVIE

WilsonGermany · Nov 12, 2012

Hellooooo!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp6sO9aEx3k&feature=channel&list=UL

5 weeks as a pair on a klr 650 motorcycle -- anticlockwise around the Baltic Sea -- Czech heat -- Polish serenity -- Lithuanian vodka with bear hut -- beautiful Latvian beaches -- traditional Estonian food -- Finnish reindeers -- Norwegian whales -- Swedish café visits -- Danish sea shells - an unforgettable adventure!!!

I hope you enjoy it

WilsonGermany · Nov 13, 2012

this was our route.... The Start was in Germany :)

Deuce · Nov 13, 2012

Thanks for sharing. What bike did you ride? Looks like you had lots of fun together. The best way to travel.

V-Twin-Maniac · Nov 13, 2012

scheenes video!

grüße aus mannem!

muss man am nordkapp wirklich soviel eintritt für den tunnel und das nordkap selber zahlen?

wie war das wetter in norwegen?....auf dem video siehts ja nicht grad freundlich aus

ar1814 · Nov 13, 2012

Nice ! I really enjoyed watching your video, and I NEED to go there one time (it's a little bit farther, as I'm from southern Switzerland...).

Thanks for sharing !

V Saarela · Nov 14, 2012

Nice trip and fun video to watch
4:26, it seems that we went for same bikemeet in Oulu.....

WilsonGermany · Nov 14, 2012

Thanks for the comments!

yes we had a lot of fun on our trip
The bike is a Kawasaki KLR 650 from 1987.

I also read many stories that you have to pay a lot money for tunnel und entry. The pay station for the tunnel was empty, so we didn’t have to pay anything. For the Northcap we paid 20€ per student. I think it were 30€ for “normal” people. After you paid you have a stay permit for 48 hours and you are allowed to camp there.

About Oulu: This little city was not very interesting (only some small statues were nice to see) and it was pure coincidence that we were on a wednesday there. Every wednesday the bikers around Oulu meet there. On this day there were around 30 bikes. One of the guys told us, that on good days there are more than 200 bikes… but we have to say: very nice and friendly people

WilsonGermany · Nov 15, 2012

This was on the first day of our trip in czech rep. :)

Horton · Nov 15, 2012

Sauber! Auch eine Tour die wir mal machen wollen. Demnach habt ihr Russland ausgelassen!?!

GAS GUY · Nov 15, 2012

Cool video.
And 2 up on a Klr is pretty impressive.

WilsonGermany · Nov 16, 2012

Day two on our Trip...it was a little bit windy at night....no problem for us, but for other people

come on, only one round....after that back to the street

Russia maybe next time

WilsonGermany · Nov 17, 2012

Day 3 on our Trip.... on the border of poland

have a break...

bad weather, bad traffic, but good roads

WilsonGermany · Nov 18, 2012

Day 4 on our Trip....

...next stop in....

...sweet?...

sewarion · Nov 21, 2012

Da hauts da ja den beidl aufd seitn! Great trip, great report! Funny enough.. I am planning on doing almost exactly the same trip - 2 up to the North Kapp via the Baltic states, on a '90 Yamaha XTZ 750. So I feel very much encouraged by your report, seeing that it is absolutely doable. It seems that the most 'offroad' you had to go were some gravel roads, or did I miss anything there? Because that's all the offroading I would want to do when riding with a passenger. How did you get food, how expensive is it? Did you go to restaurants, supermarkets? More wild camping than regular campsites? Can't wait to see more pictures. Great video, btw! Greetings from Vienna, sewarion

potski · Nov 21, 2012

Hi Guys,
What a great trip and 2 up too...Looks like you prepared the KLR very well; nice looking bike and set up.

Enjoyed very much your excellent and imaginitively put together film; it brought back some good memories of our trips many years ago to Norway. Isn't Geiranger fantastic.

Thanks for taking us all along.

Ride safe both

Cheers
Potski

WilsonGermany · Nov 21, 2012

Hi,
you definitely need time for this trip. More Time = More Fun = More Adventure
To the Roads: In Poland some of them were not so good. In Skandinavia you have the choice: Either you drive the hole time on normal street or on gravel roads How you like ...
At the Baltic states you can eat out in restaurants because its cheap and tasty. But in Skandinavia its quite expensive! Especially in Norway. Gas over 2/L and food was very expensive - even in the supermarket! The "rema 1000" supermarket was the cheapest one. But if you want to go to a restaurant its heavy, for example: one pizza for ONLY 20 In Finnland you have to go to the ABC Gasstation. Sounds strange but eating there is cheap and tasty - all you can eat buffet for 9,60 :)
Camping was great. Good Tent = dry = happy :) campingprices between 9 (Poland) an 30 for 2people with one tent. If you stay longer there buy the campingcard:) wildcamping = no shower only cold rivers and lakes :) but definitely possible and no problem.
You need a kredit card, very important! helpful for some gasstations...
I hope we could help you. If you have more questions or need some more tipps, give it here! :)

sewarion · Nov 21, 2012

Hey,

Thank you very much for the details on costs. I know it will be bad, but that sounds a little bit disencouraging. On the other hand, I am planning on doing wild camping for most of the time (have no problems with river showers ) so that would help saving a lot of money in turn.

Still there is a lot of planning to do, but also a lot of time as we think about starting around June. Late enough for moderate climate and polar nights, early enough - hopefully - for avoiding the real big tourist crowds, and the mosquitos. I was thinking about 4-6 weeks, so the fact that you two did it in 5 is very much encouraging. Did you stay longer in certain places, or did you do it more 'rhythmically'?

Just two more things.. First, what you said about gravel roads and the possibility to choose sounds great. Which maps did you use to navigate, in particular when it came to gravel roads? (or did you go for good fortune and gut-feeling?) And second, what can you say about the differences between Finland, Sweden and Norway, regarding costs/money and roads/nature?

Keep it on!
sewarion

Loutre · Nov 22, 2012

Weiter so )

Nice video! Thanks for the mail!

Tom - Loutre

WilsonGermany · Nov 22, 2012

Hey,

most time we drove further every day, apart from the cities and the Lofoten, there we stayed each 2 days.
For the planning beforehand we used normal maps from ADAC. We took them always with us in the tankrucksack (is it the same in English than in German??:huh) for a rough orientation. And of course we used a navi :) Thats enough.
I think in Sweden it was more reasonable than in Finnland and Norway. The prices in Finnland were a bit higher than in Germany. And Norway was unbelievable expensive!!! And alcohol is all over there expensive, as well as gas.
The roads in Finnland and Sweden were good and in Norway there were only bad at the beginning. Sometimes there were longer roadworks, which were proper gravelroads for almost 30 kilometers.
Nature was sometimes quiet different but always wonderful. Every country had some highlights like the Trollstigen in Norway for example and all the Fjords!

By the way: we saw the first reindeers at the middle of Finnland wonderful creatures!! But keep your eyes open and take care.

WilsonGermany · Nov 23, 2012

Day 5 on our Trip....

Good morning, hello world....

Break....

On the border to Lithuania...

Greeting Lithaunian style....some more vodka?

Bike change? Nooooo....

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