Surviving 6 Motorbike Drops on Colle del Sommeiller 

😂 tks for sharing mate. ADV bikes are very capable machines but they do require a lot of experience to handle the height and weight. Any 125 CC bike , even road ones, would have reached the top with zero drops.

Dogged determination. Well played. I can understand why Nathan Millward promotes A2 bikes for dirt road adventure. Light, easy to handle, plenty of grunt, low cost, and enough pace to eat the miles on the transit legs. I've covered 15k miles this year on a G310GS with Rally Raid Level2 suspension etc upgrades. Ireland, Scotland, Alps Maritine.

I drove it 30 years ago with a Suzuki DR 350 without any problems. You are a marketing victim.

Mate them roads/trails looked amazing sat on the sofa never mind from your perspective. Great video pal shame about the drops that was close to the edge too. Top drawer edit buddy 👍🏻👍🏻

The roads were bad enough without the snow. Well done the lot of you. Courage and persistence 10/10. It’s amazing how those skill sets evaporate when the going gets tough, and you’re a couple of feet away from an unhealthy drop off. My handy tip- better to drop the bike in the opposite direction to the drop off,than to fly off into the wind in immaculate style. 😂 More seriously I think one of the riders was on road tyres if I heard right- bit silly tbh.

I'm happy that you came to me, as far as I could see the hill was still closed, I mean that they hadn't yet cleared the road of both the snow and the bigger boulders. Towards June it depends on the snow they open it by cleaning the road... but it doesn't matter this is an adventure....bye

One drop can happen. 6 drops is a sign that the rider is way above his skillset. If something happens we are one step closer for the road to be closed for motorized vehicles. In the interest of the offroad community train somewhere else 😉

I'm lost for words except much respect for this "insane" adventure, unfortunately I only have a small experience in Alpine pass and when I thought that the tremola was a nightmare, well I was totally wrong 😝

I've been up it four times, we just ride up (my boy on a 30 year old Kawasaki 125), last time I lead a Mosko Moto tour up with the usual collection on monstrous Beemers. The high point was watching a guy on an ancient GSXR 750 on semi-slicks passing them all and then a family of four in a bog-standard Fiat Panda hanging on the horn as they blocked him on every corne and t1wo up on a 125 Piaggio. Adventure bikes make easy riding an adventure. 18minutes from the toll gate to the summit is good.

Audios like this are a good reason not using a communicating systems.

Hi Billy you’ve got pretty good off a road ability (Iceland and the tet and other stuff I’ve seen you do ) - away above mine . However when I watch you or Richy Vida ( another very capable guy ) I can help feeling that while I might do a bit of off road in Scotland - I find it too risky to do it over seas - the chances of seriously injuring yourself or severely damaging your bike seems to big a risk to me - plus if the worst happens you are in a remote area, Getting out of something like that wouldnt be easy at all. I salute you for your endeavour and bravery- but not for me - in Scotland yes abroad no - that’s why I’m going with Bruce to the Picos and not Rich. - just my thoughts - but as I say I don’t have your expertise - enjoyed the vid - my heart was in my mouth for most of it. Well Done 🏅 Whisky Out 🥃!!

I admire your persistance. Is this the first time off road for you guys? You are obviously on the wrong trail for your skill level butglad no injuries!

Went up there with my xrv 750 fully loaded with lugagge and bags 15y ago. No prob at all. But wet conditions is something different. But this looks like you guys were a bit beyond your limits 🤣

Tough day in the office guys!!!

Great vid. What time of year? July?

Respect +++

Amazing - some of the group members can't do basic off-road, can't lift their bikes ( barely, even together ), and still go riding THERE ! ..... And - WHAT is THERE ??!!?? - mud, snow ? Well, apparently, to some it's a GREAT adventure 😆

Too bad you couldn't reach the summit after such an effort. Did it last year with my wife on the back on our 1290 SAR with full set of panniers and street tyres, albeit no snow.

I went up there on my GSXR750 back in the day. Didn't quite make it to the top due to snow though

I would be terrified there with novices on bikes which are obviously too big for them to control! This sort of terrain is not what big adventure bikes are for!

Good effort on heavy bikes. Short lad looks like his bmw is too big for him

nice trip! how was it riding Italian highways? 1500 km in one go? impressive :)

when have you been there ?

its funny