Euro road trip on a Benelli TRK502 Route to Dunkirk and Bruges on an A2 motorcycle 

I took my 954 Fireblade on a jaunt back in the day, rode to Portsmouth in fantastic summer weather in the UK and caught the ferry to Bilbao to then push on to Andalucía. On arrival in Northern Spain the heavens opened up in a biblical deluge that made the journey pretty terrifying. I got just north of Madrid before giving up and booked into a hotel, I was soaked and freezing and had to spend 20 minutes in a hot shower to thaw out. The next day it was all clear blue skies, super warm and sunny and had a great ride, though when I arrived the bike needed a ruddy good clean.

Stumbled across your channel, love it. Easy going and enjoyable to watch, subbed :)

Great to see you abroad! The weather is a bit hit and miss but it's all part of the experience! Take care and looking forward to the next one! 🎉

Great to be along, thanks for sharing your adventure 👍

I like your attitude when things don't quite go as planned.... it's an Adventure! Oddly, it's those things that make the trip memorable. Ride safely and enjoy.

So awesome y’all are riding together on the bike!

Cor you both had easy paper-rounds... thought you were both much younger than me! #FunFact That tunnel at 06:28 (but going the other way) is where I recorded my intro clip! The truck queues to Dover and other ports are disgusting, there is no need for them to even be a thing. That really sucks when lorry drivers use their lorrys as a weapon, so flipping dangerous! I'm really not a fan of northern France, terrible driving and the place is soooo bleak and boring too. Roll on Bruges 🙂

We’ll have a great time both of you Take care ride safe and look forward to seeing the vids 😎😎😎

Bonjour Bonjour Bonjour 😂 Real shame the weather wasn't so great, but like you said it's an adventure. Shame about the crazy French lorry driver. Carol says you've got one of the nicest clearest voices in motovloging 👍👍 Think I'm too South Derbyshire!

Nice vid, Weston. Pity about the weather. You should have a word with the same Cornish Piskies that Saddlebags uses. We lived in France for 10 years where tailgating and cutting corners by any type of vehicle is a national pastime despite tailgating being highly illegal.

Travelodge, whoa you certainly know how to treat a lady 😉 to be fair you can't go wrong for £30ish for the night. Mate fair play to you both, especially your other half, I'm sure neither of you would have wanted to of travelled through that crap weather but you fought on 💪 Driving on the wrong side of the road, and you lot call me dodgy 😉 That lorry driver seems a right c***, hope you and the other half managed to just relax after this incident. Great video mate, looking forward to the next part

After watching a few reviews on the trk and trk x ill be buying one for my travels around Europe.. great video mate

Oh so when's the ADV style off-road section? 🤔😉👍 Just playing catch up Phil, so I'll crack on & get to the next part...Although still got the very last part of saddlebags Ireland to go & now seem yous have been over there aswell! 😮🤣👍

Saddlebags might be about to run out of luck with a trip to Snowdonia 🥴 I don’t doubt the capabilities of the bike. Sounds like a scary experience with the bike hating trucker 😳 Sound was fine throughout, by the way. Look forward to the rest of this trip 😎👍🏼

Well done Mrs WestonSuperMotoVlogs! My love of bikes came from riding pillion with my dad. You've had a baptism of fire with the weather or just a baptism 😁 That was proper scary with the truck driver,, what a fooking bumhole. Knobs in every country. Hope you got your snack and a chance to steady your nerves. ❤

Hi have great trip & on the going down of the sun I hope it comes out tomorrow. & the adventure begin.

Had the same experience in 1993 coming home from the Vendee with my family in the car 😮 I'm sure French truck drivers hate us. The thing that you did wrong was to have a British number plate on your bike. ARSE HOLE is spot on. Any way I have ordered Sun for next Saturday 👍

I think Karen sabotaged the intercom so she didnt have to talk to you 😮 Your bike definitely handles fast roads better than mine does.

A 'Proper' adventure.....!! 😮 Crappy weather, failed technology, dodgey drivers, and limited experience of riding on european roads....... What could possibly go wrong?! 🤔 Fair play to both of you, quite a challenge, euro tour, new bike, limited experience (riding abroad and not riding pillion for a while). You're both doing brilliantly 🤘 Looking forward to the rest of the tour 😎 Grumps

Excellent adventure. I have only done one trip to France on my bike so far and found that drivers tend to tailgate you when they want you to go faster. I took to slowing down, indicating right and letting them past, which seemed to piss off a couple, don't know why. I also had an odd incident with a French truck driver outside Pozieres Cemetery. To get a decent photo of the stone entrance I had to walk out onto the D929 a short way. I looked up and down the road and the only visible traffic was a truck maybe half a mile away. I walked out, got several shots and walked back to the bike. About a minute later the truck I has seen slowed and pulled partially into the car park, I was reviewing the photos in some shade by the cemetery wall, I looked up and the driver, a chap in his 60's was angrily waving and gesticulating at me, he then drove off. Maybe I did something wrong... maybe he was just an angry and frustrated man, but there was certainly zero danger of him hitting me when I was on the road, he was much too far away.

Really looking forward to this.. i keep looking at the Benelli. Hope the weather improved, also, hope you and the Mrs werent shook up too much by the stupid lorry driver.

You did everything right mate in reference to the lorry driver, best thing to do is just get behind them. By switching lanes, defo dont want a ahole like that up ya jacksee. Hope it didn't spoli your trip.

brilliant video, shame about the wnkr lorry driver.. Can't wait for part 2

Great trip so far, minus the drivers and weather! Keep the shiny side up! :D

I really admire you both👍👍👍... I'm currently considering selling my Himalayan to replace it with TRK502X for a trip to the picos in Spain next April, it seems very good value bike??.... Really enjoy your channel all the best💯 🍺🍻

Seems everytime i go away as well it rains lol

You and I had the same weather! Next time let's kidnap Saddlebags and take him with us as a dry weather charm I need to learn that song 😂😝 They do like to drive right up your chuff in France. I guess there are ar$e wipes everywhere, but in the main my experience of drivers in France was extremely positive and most of them are very considerate of bikers. Such a shame that one throbber can spoil the experience for everyone

Good for you both , it’s been over 40 years since I last rode a motorcycle, I’m thinking of buying a Triumph 865 . That’s awful did you get his number plate. Try and forget him and don’t let him spoil your trip , he was obviously a bully.

Your adventures are getting bigger 😂, bognor then Europe, what's next RTW 👍👍👍

Loving the new bike and where it's taking you. Did you turn auto rotation off on your phone? Locks it in whatever orientation it is when pressed. I get annoyed with the moisture detection, I'm considering getting the wireless Quad Lock mount to stop that happening. It's best to forget bumholes as soon as possible, like you said it tainted the moment. Don't let them ruin your trip, forget them immediately and continue living your best life.

Saddlebags did have some amazing weather in Ireland!!

Was it like watching Bruce Lee in Fist of Fury with your mrs getting off at the service?😁😁 Nothing worse than motorways in the rain! Getting moisture in the charging port is a phones only downside for using it as a sat nav. One of our lads had that when we went to Scotland. How did you find driving on the right? I actually preferred it in France. That is of course, until you get a truck driver like the Tosspot that you experienced. Nice vid, nicely edited. Look forward to the next one.

Bloody hell m8 . What a nutter the frog was. Looking forward to the rest of the trip. Looks like the bike is going well. I got out on mine today. The new model must have different gearing because I'm pulling 5000rpm at 100k which is the speed limit here. Shhhhh but i sit at between 5500 and 6000 😆

Boy did we get drowned on the way back from England recently. So I can relate. Hope you've got over the rude lorry driver. Not nice at all, let alone in a big vehicle. 😮 Hope you enjoyed your travel lodge. I loved the bed. 😂 I must be easily pleased. I look forward to the rest of your adventure. Hello Karen! 😊 Ride safe, LJ

That is one clear wind screen!

Not the best start to your first time abroad on the bike like you said it's a adventure getting wet and the French way of driving .

That's a big queue of trucks! Why did your opener across the channel remind me of Del Boy? Hope the lorry driver didn't spoil the trip. Maybe it was nothing to do with speed and he just doesn't like the British.

Hi there, good video enjoyed it. I have the same bike(even the same colour 😮) out of interest. How do you find the front end fully loaded 2 up ?

Hello from Athens.. Which brand is your windshield?looks tall and nice.I bought just a few days a brand new 502x it has hard suspensions I hope they will get more comfortable..

This video was part of my reason to actually go out and trade in my CB500F for a TRK502X! I was wondering, what did you use to mount your phone to that windscreen bar? I was looking at quadlocks motorcycle mount but it seems the diameter of the bar would be too small for that to fit.

I like the bike. Just wondered if it's able to keep up on motorways speeds with a passenger and luggage?

What phone holder are you using?

Hi how are you finding it 2 up for a 500 ?

At least you have a bike that you don't mind getting wet so much now. The worst thing about idiots like the lorry is when you have someone on the back, you can find your self thinking, "this could put her off future trips" and just the responsibility of a pillion is enough pressure. Still you done it and lived to tell the tale 👍🍻

Hi mate,how’s the Trk handling two up, and can I ask for your combined weight

Wait, what? Wrong side of the road? You’re in the right lane, so if that’s the “right” lane, then the other side had to be the wrong side…. Logic Mr. Spock!😂😅😂😂

Lorry drivers drive 90km/h from my experience. Some drivers are propper assh*les, usaly not truck drivers. Mabey he had a bad day. Shame he kind of ruined yours. I realy like your bike! I bought myself a TRK502 to. Realy like it but didnot had the chance to put som miles on it. I like to visit England some time! Greetings from the Netherlands

l think you may have found an arsehole who doesn't like Brits bud, don't let it ruin your trip. My wife is just the same when getting on and off the bike legs and elbows everywhere 🤣Looking forward to the next instalment 👍

Lovely video... yes its always a shame when you ae on an exciting adventure and you come across a complete muppet of a dangerous driver or a foul mouthed local who clearly is having a bad day

You all believe that saddlebags73 is real. He is a God! remember that

A baptism of fire there, bad weather and an idiot lorry driver, hope it didn't spoil the rest of your trip.

Idiot drivers are everywhere! That sucks

hoow r u?! bravo. pro trip-have a good one. Westonsupermotovlog-

Just bought one of these with 1200 on the clock so just run it at a guess Very interested to see how you get on back to the vid Cheers !!