my riding newsletter 2025

[Karol Burger]

Today we covered a little over 300 km. The road was excellent. The weather was partly cloudy, no precipitation. Gasoline can only be refueled with a card and there are gas stations approximately every 100 km. No potholes, just nice asphalt. The hostel for 5 people for 99 euros was also a pleasure. We are looking forward to the next day.

[Karol Burger]

Note the compressor behind us has two two-cylinder cranks connected by gears, just like the four-cylinder Ariel

[Karol Burger]

Today 350 km through the beautiful nature of inland Sweden. We are at the level of Stockholm, but far from civilization. Amazing nature, beautiful roads. We visited the monument to one of the founders of the Indián brand at his birthplace. I had no idea he was Swedish. New adventures await us tomorrow.

[Karol Burger]

Today 270 km and service evening. We are removing minor defects so that we can continue the journey tomorrow. On 4F/1932, the carbon in the spark distributor has disintegrated. B/1928 started to lubricate less and oil was leaking from the Twin again. defects removed. We are continuing the journey. We are currently at 1830 kilometers.

[Karol Burger]

here are a few more photos for your enjoyment.

[Karol Burger]

Another day is coming to an end and here is a little report. 310 km covered with a serious failure of the 4G damper. We managed to fix the error, so tomorrow we can continue in the predicted rain further north. Here are a few photos for your enjoyment.

[Karol Burger]

and here are a few more photos from the trip

[Julian Murphy]

Great adventure.

What happened to the crankshaft drive side nut and cush drive spring?

[Karol Burger]

We are 300 km from the first finish line. Tomorrow we would like to reach the Arctic Circle. The mood is good, even though it rained a lot today with a temperature of 8 degrees. We have covered 350 km and are already vegetating in the camping cabin. From today's failures we choose - a tire died on the side, the magneto on our Twin drowned and we checked the 4G clutch as a precaution. Yesterday we were plagued by mosquitoes and I had the feeling that we had made a mistake somewhere. All the faults have been fixed. Tomorrow we continue. And indeed, we are already in reindeer territory.

[Karol Burger]

Great adventure.

What happened to the crankshaft drive side nut and cush drive spring?

We knocked on a few houses and found a man who had a welding machine. We welded the broken pad and continued on our way. Our friends from the Finnish Ariel Club are already making a new one for us. Ariel has the best community in the world.