Scottish Moto Vlogger. (Go Places, Create Videos) Ultimate goal is to travel Europe and the States but until then ill just keep doing the thing i love while making people happy.. Simples!!
Stunner of a looker. And my lord the sound. Looks like I’m going Fuel exhausts on my upcoming “25 ATAS DCT. Won’t go black unfortunately, cause I’m getting Pearl Glare White. MIDI for sure.
Just doing my seals and new pistons on the vfr. I couldn't believe how much crap was under the seals. I'm going to have to find something to scrape it out next job. Thanks for the video!
Great video, some really beautiful footage. Rode the pass just last week east - west on my Bonneville T120 (with my pal on his 1969 Daytona!) - as others have said, it’s no sweat if you concentrate and control your gears properly. That said, it was dry and sunny for us - not sure I’d want to try it in heavy rain let alone snow or ice !!
Great video, some really beautiful footage. Rode the pass just last week east - west on my Bonneville T120 (with my pal on his 1969 Daytona!) - as others have said, it’s no sweat if you concentrate and control your gears properly. That said, it was dry and sunny for us - not sure I’d want to try it in heavy rain let alone snow or ice !!
Hi all. Did this last weekend. It is definitely challenging, especially as my first jaunt out after passing my DAS a couple of weeks before. A lot of firsts for me, first on motorway from London. First on all the passes in Cumbria. Did the knot both ways,and the videos don't do it justice. I dropped the bike on the third try as was in second. Definitely going to do this again
Nice one mate. It's been a while. Guessing moving house etc has soaked up a lot of time? Loved Skye when we were there - pretty lucky with the weather too. Cheers, Mike (cat pish yellow 1250RS) 😂
I did it twice last week, when visiting the lake district with six motorcycles. I rode my 2016 Triumph Tiger Sport 1050. The first time, visibility was so bad due to the clouds and dense mist. I could hardly see 3 metres in front of me and my glasses (that I need) were useless, so I had to remove them. It made it a lot more challenging. The second time, we did it in the opposite direction and the weather was superb and clear. That was much easier and I could actually see what we had done the first time. It is epic
Do you get any warning codes since the exhaust valve is disconnected? I’m trying to work out if I need to buy an exhaust servo eliminator or I can just leave the servo wired into the bike but not opening/closing anything. Thanks
There are 2 cables that connect the valve on the exhaust to the servo. Just disconnect the cables from the servo and leave it plugged in. Happy days. The bike knows no difference
Last summer i took my family to the district and not paid enough attention to the signalling of the steepness of the road (direction towards boot). A fiat doblo 1.4 petrol loaded with 4 adults and full boot. I was shitting myself honestly. Probably will want to go back ok two wheels on my own though.
I rode Hardknott and Wrynose both ways quite a lot in the mid 1950s mostly on a 1955 Ariel Huntmaster 650cc' I don't see what all the drama is. Keep your revs up watch yoyr line and use the gears and clutch. You need a torquey engine to make it easier. There wasn't so much traffic then which made it easier
I live 15 minutes away from here, regularly ride and drive it. Its amazing how many incompetent people get stuck in cars and vans on this road. I've had to leave my car several times to get other people to the top.
No idea who these people are riding these bikes but they really need to consider if they should be riding bikes at all as most of the reasons for failure seem to be wrong gear, inability to feather clutch/throttle control or target fixation.. I am no bike trainer but a day session with a good trainer would resolve most of these issues
I am no Charley Boorman, but I road this a good 20 years ago fully loaded GSA with a pillion, on a trip from Hampshire to the Isle of Sky Sorry its not that difficult or is the road to Applecross which I forget it's name. Just do it
