
If you happen to’re the kind of rider who makes jokes about parked bike syndrome in the course of the winter, then you already know simply how robust the urge could be to get out for that first vital trip of the season. For these of us who don’t trip all winter lengthy, it may be a severe distraction. One the place you need to get different issues finished, however you simply can’t cease feeling additional agitated as a result of your bike is sitting there, ready to go—even in the event you can’t get out and discover but.
Build up that type of pressure makes it all of the sweeter when eventually, you’re in a position to have your first good trip of the 12 months. It’s even higher on a brand new bike, after all (and by ‘new,’ we imply ‘new to you’), and that’s precisely what moto traveler Runa Grydeland reveals us on her YouTube channel, Off She Goes.
This video was shot in early April 2023, when temps had been about eight or 9 levels Celsius whereas Grydeland was out driving her new Husqvarna Norden 901. For these preserving observe within the Fahrenheit-using elements of the world, that’s about 46 to 48 levels—which after all can really feel considerably colder relying on how briskly you’re going.
Right here, Grydeland takes us on a chill (and chilly) day journey to indicate off some beautiful roads in Rogaland county, Norway. It’s her house nation, and as she tells us within the video, she was surprised by the fantastic thing about the realm when she first moved right here in 2019. That’s why she wished to indicate viewers among the pure magnificence for themselves.
It’s late winter/early spring, so after all the bushes and vegetation aren’t of their full glory simply but. Nonetheless, there are many mountains, fjords, and beautiful (if considerably grey and moody) views to understand, along with scoping out the attractive roads that look made for motorcycling.
Each every now and then, when she stops to share a focal point, she additionally reveals us some little little bit of greenery beginning to break via. We additionally see some child lambs frolicking at one level, which is bound to place a smile on most peoples’ faces. Simply trip and benefit from the present—and if that present occurs to be part of Norway that’s lovely with or with out greenery popping in excessive summer season, a lot the higher.