Comments on: Dangerous and Beautiful Road

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 03:39:46 +0000

In reply to Scootaholic. Dreams are good though I'm not sure I want to stress myself out with a bucket list. For now I'll let the days unfold largely unplanned...

By: Scootaholic

Scootaholic — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 17:09:53 +0000

Wow!…another exciting road for the bucket list. AMAZING & ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. I hope we all get to travel that road someday and some great videos of the ride will be posted. Ahhhh, dreams.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 02:04:44 +0000

In reply to RichardM. It's everyday riding for an Alaskan.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 02:04:21 +0000

In reply to Paul Smith. I try to avoid stark terror and stay just below exceptional concern. I'm with you though -- I feel a bigger rush of life on the scooter than anything else I've ridden.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 02:03:25 +0000

In reply to David Masse. You've got the focus aspect of riding down David and would easily navigate the Atlantic Road. And maybe lack of sufficient focus could cause a Vespa rider to travel with the throttle wide open on a hot day and find an anti-freeze leak. ;)

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 02:01:08 +0000

In reply to David B. Brake indeed!

By: RichardM

RichardM — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 22:17:12 +0000

Cool video! I’d ride it…

By: Paul Smith

Paul Smith — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 18:04:34 +0000

I think a bit of stark terror now and again is what keeps me riding. It’s one of the reasons I enjoy scooters over bigger bikes. Sure, big bikes offer higher speeds and such, but I never feel quite so alive on them as I do on a little bike or scoot weighing half as much.

By: David Masse

David Masse — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 12:58:57 +0000

Focus truly is the key. I would definitely ride that road in those conditions if it were between me and my destination. I would stop and observe until I felt I understood the rythm of the surf. I would travel at a slow speed that let me thread through the surf, avoiding the largest surges. Then I would go for it.

That would be thrill enough and I would be very focused. I think the risk would be calculated, not hare- brained. If I couldn’t see a safe path through, I would wait until I did see one. After all, it would be about an amazing road trip in Norway, not merely braving that short stretch. If you got swept off your bike, that could end the trip.

I know what it’s like to ride without sufficient focus. It happens when the joy of riding is highest, when bliss is carrying my mind to a happy place…. I know I have lacked focus because the damn turn indicator is flashing a mile after the last turn.

By: David B

David B — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 12:21:08 +0000

I’d love to ride/drive that road and then get a bumper sticker that read: “I brake for waves”.