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Hey Steve, sounds like a fantastic experience and always fun driving with a group of friends. The Jaguar XK is a lovely car indeed and that's great you can convert them to hand controls 😎👍. Clearly this is not like any other road (there is literally a car hanging off the edge of the road lol) and as you say yourself your group went there to challenge themselves and their driving abilities hence it's not like any other road and anyone that rides or drives this stretch of road can feel proud of themselves. Glad you had a great time exploring the lake District and we wish you many more great drives 😎👍

A well deserved round of applause 😎👍You should be proud it's a really challenging road to tick off 😊

Yeah the Lake district is a really beautiful part of England 😊👍

Not really they roast their own beans. Tire was finished, probably had 500 Km max until was completely down to the metal, the tire is literally the most important thing keeping you upright why would anyone want to take a risk for a day extra use 😆

Hi Craig, haha I can imagine 🤣 don’t think we would fancy tackling that road on a super sports bike! You’re welcome, the amount of kind comments and encouraging words mean a lot to us! And it’s nice have this community that appreciates the channel. Thanks again for your support and we hope you enjoy heading North again 😎👍🏻

Hi Janet, glad that this brought back fond memories 😊. So true traveling together like this is very special indeed 😊

Hi Brian, yeah it was really bumpy and distorted which doesn’t help when riding slow -speed was defiantly a help 😁. Thanks very much and thanks for watching 👍🏻

It’s great to hear you have such fond memories with the Lakes -reminds me of childhood holidays in the caravan too 😊 The rain definitely keeps the area green and good to top up the lakes! I can totally see how getting up there from down near Stonehenge would be a bit of a trek as we started our tour in that area, but we hope you still get the chance to visit whenever you can! The route down to Yorkshire was amazing, and we’re really looking forward to sharing that part of the journey. Thanks again for watching, and we appreciate your thoughts! 😎👍🏻

Thanks Paul! Glad you enjoyed the video. Yeah a lot of trust and bravery to do this one as a pillion 😊 We had such a good day riding through the Lake District! 😎👍🏻

Cheers David, we are used to riding two up but certainly a challenging road with a bumpy surface 😆 we ended up riding it a couple of times to get the footage 😊

Thanks Colin, was a fun ride for us both 😊

Haha did we go to the same school? 🤣

🤣🤣 bet lots of sat navs have taken people on mystery tours of that road 😆

🤣 my worst nightmare !

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Thanks Gary! Yeah it was a bumpy ride 😁 certainly a challenging road but a lot of fun too. I think the most impressive is that Emily was piloting the drone whilst we were riding to the top 😁 (we did it twice -once with the drone and once with the onboard)

@@SeanandEmily Wow! Twice! That's even more impressive 👌👍

Thanks John, we ride everywhere two up so both are well practiced 😎👍🏻 That 660 tiger must be a nice bike to ride 👍🏻 -yeah the GSXR might not be the most suitable lol 😆

Well I don’t think we made them look like hard work but at the same time the Hardknott can be a tricky road as it’s steep with a very uneven road surface so not exactly a straight flat road that most ride daily. That said if you find it easy and don’t get why it can be tricky then a big well done to you -you’re the man! 😉👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Have been over several times as a pillion - first time in my first year on a bike, age 55. Looks like it has been resurfaced since we were last there! Most male riders wouldn't have the bottle (polite biker, me) to ride pillion over a pass like that one!

@@SeanandEmily to be fair you made it look easy 👍

Thanks! Emily Is flying the drone from the pillion seat 😊 (not sure how she manages that and stays on at the same time lol )

Cheers Bobby, yeah we did it wasn’t so busy -ended up riding it twice to get the drone and onboard footage 😁

Haha that sounds like the Wife version of fight club 🤣 -think that should be turned into a quick reference flow chart 😁 This was a fun day on the road!

Hey Jeff, yeah pretty narrow that one 😆 -didn’t notice the scenery whilst riding up that road lol

Haha did you breath in as you went past 😁

Breathing in isn't the reaction I remember!

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Thanks very much for your kind words! -and the new Scottish word 😊 it really was an adventure and lots of fun! Yeah so true that the pillion plays an important role and both rider and pillion need to trust each other. If you look closing to the drive shots you will see Emily flying the drone whilst ascending the pass 😁. Wow just googled the James 125 -that would be a lovely motorcycle to have today! Thanks for watching 😎👍🏻

Hi Ruud, this was a fun ride and spectacular scenery . Yeah think you would enjoy this one and it’s one where you earn your dinner 😊. Out of interest (as we have no experience with sidecars) is it possible for a sidecar to tip over with the camber of steep roads 🤔

@@SeanandEmily Hi, no I don't think so. As my sidecar is rather low and wide and also stans on car tyres, which makes it very stable. I have done the Stelvio and Timmelsjoch easily. But the Hardknott Pass is very narrow, so that will be a greater challenge.

That’s great! I think I got the idea that they did because of the sidecar racers -those guys are crazy!! The Stelvio is a great test so must have been a great ride, thanks 😎👍🏻

Hi Steve, it’s really encouraging to hear that yourself as a none biker enjoy the videos as we hope they are useful to everyone 😊. We were thinking so many times we would hate to bring the car over these passes as it’s so narrow and looks like it would scrape the underneath…..the car hanging off the edge was the last convincing we needed lol 🤣

Hey, great rides aren’t they? 😎👍🏻 Ahhh really! Thanks for the info …..just as well we didn’t know as there’s no way we would have pronounced that right and would have been bombarded with ‘you didn’t pronounce that right’ comments 🤣🤣 Great to hear you’re loving the Videos-here’s the entire playlist so far: ua-cam.com/play/PLl_mRzVHVQ0zUtFe7yIi6rO-2-k465D31.html&si=vCs6dYNgvgy9_lHL

Hi Kate! Thanks very much and always nice to hear such kind feedback. Yes, my parents liked the Irish spelling of Sean so gave me that 😊. All of the episodes are out into a playlist in order. If you watch them from the playlist UA-cam will continue to play them in order. Once we have finished adding to the playlist we might add the numbers to the first line ##of##. Anyway for now if you click the following link it will take you to the playlist and they will all be in order 😊 -hope that helps ua-cam.com/play/PLl_mRzVHVQ0zUtFe7yIi6rO-2-k465D31.html&si=vCs6dYNgvgy9_lHL

@@SeanandEmily Thank you soooooooo much for that link, it helps "big time", much appreciated. I'm following it now, thanks again guys (even though I've watched some already) 😘😘❤❤❤❤

You’re very welcome ☺️ if you need the link again don’t hold back from asking 😊 looking forwards to hearing your thoughts on the places we visited 😊

Haha the range anxiety kicked in after the mad steep road anxiety left 🤣🤣

Yeah it really does!! Have to remember to focus on the riding at times 🤣

Hi Keith, yeah 1st gear is for sure a friend on this road 👍🏻. Friend of ours has the RS and loves it! -you don’t see so many of them on the road. Interesting you find Rain mode best, personally I like the sharp response of the throttle in Dynamic mode but great that that works for you. Totally agree with you there, I don’t think we have encountered anything more technical in Europe -they tend to be a lot wider. Congratulations on the new bike! Heard good thinks about the Meteor and the Hardknott is a great test for it 😎🙌🏻

I use the rain mode as it increases the traction control and gives a softer throttle response, a few years ago I had the 1200rs and, with everything on dynamic throttle response, I nearly shit myself as it just wanted to go! With the result that I stopped after the 1st hairpin and changed the settings 😆.

🤣🤣 that’s an experience that doesn’t need to be repeated lol -they sure do go! I had a reminder of that on the GS off road training when I forgot one time to keep a couple of fingers on the clutch …had the same reaction 🤣

Most educated comment we had to google award goes to you 😁🏅

Haha yeah it was fun indeed! Might have been laughing at how mad this road was 😆 it really has a lot going on -narrow, bumpy and oh so steep!

Thanks Gary! It’s a tough one indeed and probably a baptism of fire for a new rider 😆. We actually had to go back and do it twice to get the drone shots lol

Not sure …you could be the first 😉 Would be a tragedy to drop a goldwing on that road! although the power you must have it would fly up those inclines 😎👍🏻 Thanks 😊

Cheers Davie! This area was spectacular and such a fun ride. Haha that’s exactly how it felt 😁 -like we had hired a group of extras to cheer us on 🤣 Thanks for watching!

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Thanks very much, yeah a spectacular landscape and a joy to ride 😊

Haha thanks!!! -although it would certainly get more views if we had come off 🤣 The big GS definitely makes these tight roads a bit more manageable, and you're spot on about the torque-it's a real lifesaver in those tricky situations. That’s a nightmare having to stop and park up midway so well done helping out without falling yourself! Haha yeah it does feel like that’s it so steep. And yes, listening to the wife is definitely the best advice, haha! Thanks again for watching and sharing your experiences 😎👍🏻

Yeah it’s more crazy than we expected! Also we had to do it twice to get the both the drone and onboard footage 😁

Hill starts on that can’t be fun!!!! -clutch is gna suffer 🤣

Hold on tight 😉

Thanks very much! The second part is out now 😎👍🏻

Cheers! Yeah the boxer doesn’t mind to be revved and no point in fumbling between 1st and 2nd 😁 Thanks for watching 👍🏻

Certainly not easy well done 👍

And we had it on a calm day! 😮 -we did wonder if bikes fall over in rough seas 🤔

Thank you so much for your kind words! Emily’s smile and laughter are truly infectious, and we’re so glad that comes across in the videos. Thank you for following along on our journey!

Thanks and all the best to you too! Awesome to have people from Mexico watching the channel too 😎👍🏻

Thanks Mark!!! Hardknott episode just gone live 😎👍🏻

Haha it’s true!! We do seem to get more of our fair share of good weather! -we are still in a state of disbelief 🤣 Haha wasp in the lid might trigger panic stations 😁