Congratulations on a top drawer first video. I've been watching YT videos of motorcycle touring for years. Yours was one of the most refreshing, honest videos. No bravado, no silly riding, no swearing. Spot on!! The isolation is what bike touring is for me, much like yourself. Realistic daily miles and chilling in the evening. Also, really important to ride the bike that you're comfortable on. It doesn't have to be a GS. I toured on an R1200RT for years before being honest with myself, appreciating it was far too heavy and now have a manageable Tiger. It's about how you feel. Once again, well pitched video. Best of luck going forward. I'm subscribing now! 👍
Excellent video, and I'm enjoying your other ones as well! I know we all take inspiration from yours and other peoples videos, and I really appreciate people taking the time to film, edit and post them. For me also, Long Way Round gave me the initial inspiration, and then it was some time before I actually took my test and started riding, but I do love it, and I've now done 3 couple of week trips in europe. Thanks very much!
@@freedom-machines Good, there are a web site that you should find a bout Norway, i can not write it here, for some strange reason. But it is about visit(ing) Norway! It has everything you need to plan your trip!
Thanks for getting out there and being honest and producing an enlightening video, its always good to plan ahead but always be prepared to take what may come your way, but remember your on an adventure and part of being on an adventure may lead to making new plans, new experience's and meeting new people and enjoying your motorcycle, its not the miles you cover but the experience's along the way. so have fun enjoy. keep safe and looking forward to your next adventure.
Excellent video for your first attempt, fair play! Good choice of route, too. I did it from where I live in South Wales (Llanelli) on the 20th May, in that lovely weather we had, before it turned to crap! Went via Llangollen, Ruthin, Rhyl, along the expressway (as you did), around Anglesey (short break at Amlwch, in the old harbour/port), then home via Porthmadog, Dolgellau, Machynlleth, down the West Wales coast, then Lampeter and Carmarthen etc. That was a 464 mile day, spread over 12 hours, on my little Tracer 700...not bad for an old fart of 56, riding for 40 years! Anyway, great video, mate, and I've subscribed already! Keep them coming, and good luck with that back of yours! 😁👍
Hi, nice trip. I live in mid Wales and have riden most of the B roads of Wales lol my best navegation way is no GPS just my braib and road signes , Thanks Gus
Good on you getting out there and keeping it real and raw. Dont know that much about bikes but this seems a goodun. Enjoyed this first of three and will watch the others too. Good luck. Wales is where I live and love seeing it on film. 👍
Great vid and can relate to what you are saying about living in the North. I am an ex Londoner now living in North east and the area is perfect for riding the best roads in the UK. I also have an 890 adventure same colour as yours and just completed a tour of France and Spain ,Andorra in June and the bike was faultless. I camp mainly and do it all year round. First European tour was in 1979 at the age of 19. It's definitely a therapy for me. Enjoy and keep up the vids.
Thanks for the comment, that sounds amazing I’d love to have a catch with you about your trip! I’m planning a European trip in spring it would be great if you had any advice. Great choice in bike as well 👍🏻
the trip was great. the scenery, the roads are extremely beautiful. you have a good motorbike and its sound is so exciting i love everything in your video.
For a first video i thought you did ok very watchable i will keep an eye out for more loved that you kept the tripod falling over in . Hope you have more adventures planned keep it shiny side up and ride safe
Nice vid my man calm and relaxed not like most out there. Really good picture quality as well your a born film director. 😅loving the vibe keep up the good work. I feel so calm and relaxed after watching that. By the way thought you were pushing the round trip of Anglesey, 😅 people don't realise how big the island is. Ride safe Joe. Regards Dale.
Nice to see another local lad getting out and about😎 calimoto app or I've also used my drive app, great first video, look forward to seeing more. Ride safe.
Your video makes appreciate living in Australia even more. As you said, we can travel all day on dirt roads and barely see a soul. A mate and I are leaving for 1-2 weeks travelling the Victorian High Country in a weeks time. Camping in the bush every night. Can't wait. I often struggle to understand that in most of Europe you can't even have a campfire let alone pull up and camp almost anywhere. Anyhow keep at it and I look forward to watching the rest of your series👍. I use OsmAnd maps on a mobile phone and find it quite good. I still prefer paper maps though😂.
Hi, enjoyed the wales series I've toured Wales a couple of times and will definitely be going back, A suggestion for navigation on your phone would be calimoto I've used it the last few years and find it very easy to use for navigation and route planning you can also import and export gpx files, looking forward to future videos 👌🏍👍
I'm from South Wales have family in Manchester. Recognised every bit of road from your door step. I often go around the Brecon Beacons for a blast on the bike most weekends. Good luck with your venture 😊
Nice one mate! Started my channel back in March only 6 months after first sitting on a bike so totally appreciate the 'make mistakes along the way' type content. Love this for a first video though! Spot on!
Really enjoyed your videos of your Wales trip, thought you did a good job for your first attempt, good content and some beautiful backdrops in your videos, good job and well done 👏.
Great job maté for your first video I only past my test in November last year at 60😂 I’ve got a Triumph speedmaster and a Honda 300 rally but I fancy a transalp instead of the rally so I can do some touring 👍
I don’t think that would be a bad idea. Touring is where most of us really get the benefit of motorcycling in my opinion. I used to have a triumph t100 and I loved it but it was very one dimensional. I miss the looks don’t get me wrong but you want a machine that does it all.
Great first video. Only thing I’d suggest, don’t show everyone your home location or where your bikes stored and which locks you keep on the bike. It did look like a secure car park, but would still be a target by scumbag thieves. Maybe it’s just my paranoia kicking in, but I wouldn’t want everyone online knowing where my bike is kept. +1 for quad lock. Great bit of kit. I’m using the wireless charger head on my T7. They sell a tripod, I might make a purchase soon.
@@freedom-machines that’s good. Can’t be making it easy for them. Where’s your next adventure? Me and a few mates have been talking about the NC500 or head over into Europe.
Nc500 looks great and it’s definitely on the list, I think a 2 week trip through Europe or with a tour company. Weighing some options up right now. Any invites going? Haha
Great start mate! I was using Calimoto for navigation and trip planning for my Cornwall biketrip, good maps and reliable navigation too, I can only recommend it.
Subscribed. Just getting my full license and looking at adv bikes and I have had problems with herniated discs so I'm curious how this pans out for you, fingers crossed it's no issue and that will give me the confidence I need to go adventuring as well! Good luck, great video so far.
Sub’d on the basis of your excellent sound levels. Many YTers you can hardly hear them but you are coming through loud and clear. Nice bike the KTM890 Adv. I rode one back in 2021 but hated the screen as I got TREMENDOUS buffeting on my helmet. I’m quite short only 5’7” as well, but the rest of the bike I loved. Thinking of trying again with one although since my last attempt I believe KTM has annoyingly brought in subscription for its tech pack which is QS and cruise control. Anyway good first video. Hopefully the first of many. You are a good presenter. A+++.
Thanks Alex, yes a called a dealership today about the tech pack it’s not cheap. The screen could do with an upgrade I’m currently exploring options. Thanks for the positive review. Hopefully I will be out with a new video this week
@@freedom-machines I only rode it home from where I bought from it in torrential rain for 190 miles but in all honesty quiet impressed looking forward to some better weather reviews were good hence the purchase.
For a first video, I thought that was really good mate, looking forward to watching the rest of the trip. Not that there’s anything wrong with your riding, but can I recommend doing some advanced rider training? If you’re going to be doing more miles on unfamiliar roads, it will help keep you safe and to be more progressive on the road. I’m 31 and I’ve done advanced training with the IAM in the past year. I would say I’m a fairly decent rider, but the advanced training really bumped me up a notch. (Not a criticism, just a recommendation) 👍 I’m based in the Peak District, so might bump into you one day. Good luck with the channel. Subscribed 👍
Excellent first video, well edited, and good use of music. Only constructive comment is to try and address wind noise on the mic, don't know what the answer is but other well known youtubers seem to have cracked it.
Definitely 👍🏻 I’m trying to figure out solutions to this. I use the bell mx1 helmet that doesn’t come with a chin curtain. I always have a microphone mouse that I can trail. Thanks for the feedback and comment 🙌
Good video Joe. Would like it better if you can put place names at the bottom of the screen as your passing through. By the way, are you a red or sky blue? I am a born and bred a liverpool red.
I used to work for Manchester United for my sins so I would have to say red. I will make sure I start to add location names and accommodation links moving forward
Get rid of that silly big bag, get some pannier racks like the outback motortek x frame ones £250 and get some bags like the cheap lomo 30 liter pannier bags or the enduristan monsoon 30 liter bags, you want the weight of you luggage down lower , bike will move and corner so much better for you, I do quite alot of road tours to offroad tours around the tet in the uk, also get some vps bark busters as they will save your levers if you do ever drop the bike 👍I live in wales and you don't really see the beauty of Wales unless you get out into the sticks and up into the mountains and the offroad trails and your 890 is a great bike for riding the trails around Wales 👍
@@freedom-machines the outback panniers are heat, I use them.on my ducati desert x and 3 of my mates use them aswel , rock solid and very well made and they not silly money
Thought the thumbnail was a 390 tbh. Had my last trip into Wales at wknd. All fine and dandy if the a55 is your kind of thing. The back roads and 20mph zones have ruined it. Good luck with the channel.
I bought an old andriod phone. Downloaded for free google maps so you can use it off line. Then use that phine as my designated sat nav.. You dont need a sim card as all its using is the gps. I also loaded all my music onto it so i use ir as my bluetooth mp3 player while riding.
Oh and I saw your reply about off tarmac training. Id highly recommend you consider joining the Trail Riders Fellowship who offer lots to novice riders and there will be a local group to you in Manchester with lots of welcoming friendly people to offer help and guidance and advice for you and the bike. The single biggest improvement you can make to your bike Id suggest is tyre choice for riding off tarnac depending on what you plan to ride. Gravel, Forest Roads, Mud, Sand, Rock and more. I guess your back is going to be a factor to consider. Make sure you make a donation to Air Ambulance. Have fun. Ride safe. Stuart
Well done you for giving it a go. Some suggestions: MyRoutes for navigation, fantastic for those like me who aren't tech savvy and easy to use and easy to share with mates or publicly. Research Perhaps try some research about great things to see before you set off. You passed one of the greatest cafes on the planet IMHO and Llanfairfechan. Stunning thrice cooked chips, wonderful home made cake and right on the beach too. There are over 600 castles to see in Wales. The railway bridge at Barmouth is legal for motorcycles to ride the boards. One of the top 10 UK must do on an adventure bike (yes with road tyres) IMHO Ambitions Travel more slowly, your mileages looked hugely ambitious to me who rides Wales daily. Take things at a less ambitious pace and sit and enjoy the views and have time to take a turn you hadn't thought of and see where you end up. You lost Anglesey as a result. Less is most definetely more. Try the cross country routes, there's many more stunning routes that the M56. Try Llanberis Pass to get from Manchester to Anglesey. Good luck, keep going and have fun. I'll check in again to see how the videos progress. Oh and the KTM issues...well they don't call them Keep Taking Money for nothing. Each to their own though you meet the nicest people in a Honda. Once you've put a few thousand on a bike you may be better placed to decide if you really like it or the grass might be greener. Ride safe, have fun. Stuart
Stuart thanks so much for the comment and advice. I have heard a few bits about the KTMs like that. I’ll have to see how we get on like you say. That was my main take away, less mileage. It’s hard as I have a very demanding job so time away for trips is always difficult.
@@freedom-machines all 30MPH in Wales are now 20mph because the Welsh keep throwing themselves under cars. They may as well go back to the man with the red flag.
great video. wish vloggers would put up the gpx routes, so people can jump on them. Cheers
Congratulations on a top drawer first video.
I've been watching YT videos of motorcycle touring for years. Yours was one of the most refreshing, honest videos. No bravado, no silly riding, no swearing. Spot on!!
The isolation is what bike touring is for me, much like yourself. Realistic daily miles and chilling in the evening. Also, really important to ride the bike that you're comfortable on. It doesn't have to be a GS. I toured on an R1200RT for years before being honest with myself, appreciating it was far too heavy and now have a manageable Tiger. It's about how you feel.
Once again, well pitched video. Best of luck going forward. I'm subscribing now! 👍
Very kind words, thank you 👍🏻 I’m just winging it haha. The tiger is a fab bike 🏍️
Excellent video, and I'm enjoying your other ones as well! I know we all take inspiration from yours and other peoples videos, and I really appreciate people taking the time to film, edit and post them. For me also, Long Way Round gave me the initial inspiration, and then it was some time before I actually took my test and started riding, but I do love it, and I've now done 3 couple of week trips in europe. Thanks very much!
A good start to your You Tube career. If you want to ride alone, come to Norway, we don`t have people here either 😉Keep up the good work!
Considering Norway for a spring 2024 ride 👍🏻
@@freedom-machines Good, there are a web site that you should find a bout Norway, i can not write it here, for some strange reason.
But it is about visit(ing) Norway! It has everything you need to plan your trip!
That’s great I’ll have a look tonight 👍🏻
Thanks for getting out there and being honest and producing an enlightening video, its always good to plan ahead but always be prepared to take what may come your way, but remember your on an adventure and part of being on an adventure may lead to making new plans, new experience's and meeting new people and enjoying your motorcycle, its not the miles you cover but the experience's along the way. so have fun enjoy. keep safe and looking forward to your next adventure.
Absolutely, thanks for the comment 🙌
Great first video matey. I'll watch the rest of the trip after watching this one. Great Stuff.
Nice one mate, appreciate it
Well done on your 1st vid, from my neck of the woods enjoy your trip, try the Northumberland 250 when you get time amazing scenery
Quite a brilliant first effort Joe and a great choice of routes for a few days away. Think I'll tag along.........Cheers 👍🍻
Welcome anytime, thank you for the comment and sub 🙌
Excellent video for your first attempt, fair play! Good choice of route, too. I did it from where I live in South Wales (Llanelli) on the 20th May, in that lovely weather we had, before it turned to crap! Went via Llangollen, Ruthin, Rhyl, along the expressway (as you did), around Anglesey (short break at Amlwch, in the old harbour/port), then home via Porthmadog, Dolgellau, Machynlleth, down the West Wales coast, then Lampeter and Carmarthen etc. That was a 464 mile day, spread over 12 hours, on my little Tracer 700...not bad for an old fart of 56, riding for 40 years! Anyway, great video, mate, and I've subscribed already! Keep them coming, and good luck with that back of yours! 😁👍
Thank you so much, I really appreciate the kind comments and support. Hopefully get another video out this week 👍🏻
Hi, nice trip. I live in mid Wales and have riden most of the B roads of Wales lol my best navegation way is no GPS just my braib and road signes , Thanks Gus
Nice for a first one! Looking forward to the next...
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Well done Joe, good first vid, look forward to joining you on your journey. I use Scenic which hasn't let me down.
Awesome, thank you!
Good on you getting out there and keeping it real and raw. Dont know that much about bikes but this seems a goodun. Enjoyed this first of three and will watch the others too. Good luck. Wales is where I live and love seeing it on film. 👍
My kind of vid. Keep them coming. Well done Joe.
Thank you 🙏🏼
Great vid and can relate to what you are saying about living in the North. I am an ex Londoner now living in North east and the area is perfect for riding the best roads in the UK. I also have an 890 adventure same colour as yours and just completed a tour of France and Spain ,Andorra in June and the bike was faultless.
I camp mainly and do it all year round. First European tour was in 1979 at the age of 19.
It's definitely a therapy for me.
Enjoy and keep up the vids.
Thanks for the comment, that sounds amazing I’d love to have a catch with you about your trip! I’m planning a European trip in spring it would be great if you had any advice.
Great choice in bike as well 👍🏻
Great video, thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Brilliant effort for your first video . Carl Nottingham
Thanks Carl 👍🏻
the trip was great. the scenery, the roads are extremely beautiful. you have a good motorbike and its sound is so exciting i love everything in your video.
O M G!! FIRST video on YT and you already have 7.1K views and 500+ subs!! That's something! Congrats!
Thanks!!
For a first video i thought you did ok very watchable i will keep an eye out for more loved that you kept the tripod falling over in . Hope you have more adventures planned keep it shiny side up and ride safe
Awesome thank you!
Nice vid my man calm and relaxed not like most out there. Really good picture quality as well your a born film director. 😅loving the vibe keep up the good work. I feel so calm and relaxed after watching that. By the way thought you were pushing the round trip of Anglesey, 😅 people don't realise how big the island is. Ride safe Joe.
Regards Dale.
Really appreciate the kind comments. I’m getting packed for the NC500 tomorrow 👍🏻 more content coming soon
Try Calimoto as your bike navigation. Good luck for your channel. Greetings from Austria 🤘🏻
Thanks bro, I’ve downloaded it! I really like it ! 🙌
Nice to see another local lad getting out and about😎 calimoto app or I've also used my drive app, great first video, look forward to seeing more.
Ride safe.
Thanks 👍
Good one. Good luck with your future efforts.
Thank you 🙏🏼
Your video makes appreciate living in Australia even more. As you said, we can travel all day on dirt roads and barely see a soul. A mate and I are leaving for 1-2 weeks travelling the Victorian High Country in a weeks time. Camping in the bush every night. Can't wait.
I often struggle to understand that in most of Europe you can't even have a campfire let alone pull up and camp almost anywhere.
Anyhow keep at it and I look forward to watching the rest of your series👍.
I use OsmAnd maps on a mobile phone and find it quite good. I still prefer paper maps though😂.
So jealous are you’re absolutely right, I lived over there for 2/3 years and at my age now I’d love motorbiking there. Have a blast and ride safe 🙏🏼
@@freedom-machines Cheers. You're welcome back any time👍.
Hi, enjoyed the wales series I've toured Wales a couple of times and will definitely be going back, A suggestion for navigation on your phone would be calimoto I've used it the last few years and find it very easy to use for navigation and route planning you can also import and export gpx files, looking forward to future videos 👌🏍👍
I’ll look now 👍🏻, thanks
enjoyed first vid,i did anglesey this year loved it.i bought a garmin xt great sat nav
Thanks Jon, I’ll check out that sat nav. Thanks for watching, I really appreciate it
Great vid, very easy watch. I look forward to watching the channel grow. Subscribed!
Much appreciated!
Good stuff, thanks
I'm from South Wales have family in Manchester. Recognised every bit of road from your door step. I often go around the Brecon Beacons for a blast on the bike most weekends. Good luck with your venture 😊
Good man ! 🙌
Nice one mate! Started my channel back in March only 6 months after first sitting on a bike so totally appreciate the 'make mistakes along the way' type content. Love this for a first video though! Spot on!
Great effort!
Really enjoyed your videos of your Wales trip, thought you did a good job for your first attempt, good content and some beautiful backdrops in your videos, good job and well done 👏.
Thanks so much! 😊
Glad I’ve found you on ya first video. Looking forward to what’s to come. Waze is a good nav app.
Awesome thank you!
Great job maté for your first video I only past my test in November last year at 60😂 I’ve got a Triumph speedmaster and a Honda 300 rally but I fancy a transalp instead of the rally so I can do some touring 👍
I don’t think that would be a bad idea. Touring is where most of us really get the benefit of motorcycling in my opinion. I used to have a triumph t100 and I loved it but it was very one dimensional. I miss the looks don’t get me wrong but you want a machine that does it all.
Great first video. Only thing I’d suggest, don’t show everyone your home location or where your bikes stored and which locks you keep on the bike. It did look like a secure car park, but would still be a target by scumbag thieves. Maybe it’s just my paranoia kicking in, but I wouldn’t want everyone online knowing where my bike is kept. +1 for quad lock. Great bit of kit. I’m using the wireless charger head on my T7. They sell a tripod, I might make a purchase soon.
Thanks for the tips! It’s not where the bike is stored. Yes the tripod looks great 👍🏻 big fan of all the quad lock gear
@@freedom-machines that’s good. Can’t be making it easy for them. Where’s your next adventure? Me and a few mates have been talking about the NC500 or head over into Europe.
Nc500 looks great and it’s definitely on the list, I think a 2 week trip through Europe or with a tour company. Weighing some options up right now. Any invites going? Haha
Great start mate! I was using Calimoto for navigation and trip planning for my Cornwall biketrip, good maps and reliable navigation too, I can only recommend it.
Thanks for the tips!
I highly recommend Calimoto too, and it leaves a blue line of all your routes which gets addictive
Excellent video, subscribed to your channel.
Thanks for the sub!
Good luck with your channel, mate. Don't be coming to Wales with the new 20mph limit unless you're on a mobility scooter 😂😂
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Excellent start. What’s your audio set up?
Subscribed. Just getting my full license and looking at adv bikes and I have had problems with herniated discs so I'm curious how this pans out for you, fingers crossed it's no issue and that will give me the confidence I need to go adventuring as well! Good luck, great video so far.
Welcome aboard! My backs still going strong, it sounds weird but it almost helps my back 👍🏻 let me know how you get on
Sub’d on the basis of your excellent sound levels. Many YTers you can hardly hear them but you are coming through loud and clear.
Nice bike the KTM890 Adv. I rode one back in 2021 but hated the screen as I got TREMENDOUS buffeting on my helmet. I’m quite short only 5’7” as well, but the rest of the bike I loved. Thinking of trying again with one although since my last attempt I believe KTM has annoyingly brought in subscription for its tech pack which is QS and cruise control.
Anyway good first video. Hopefully the first of many. You are a good presenter. A+++.
Thanks Alex, yes a called a dealership today about the tech pack it’s not cheap. The screen could do with an upgrade I’m currently exploring options. Thanks for the positive review. Hopefully I will be out with a new video this week
Good job well put together video x
Glad you enjoyed it
My vote would be for Calimoto but many of the guys I ride with use Scenic - both will import routes
Great vid fantastic adventure sometimes riding alone, bought the same bike as you 2 weeks ago keep us updated on how you think it performs 😊
How are you finding it?
@@freedom-machines I only rode it home from where I bought from it in torrential rain for 190 miles but in all honesty quiet impressed looking forward to some better weather reviews were good hence the purchase.
For a first video, I thought that was really good mate, looking forward to watching the rest of the trip.
Not that there’s anything wrong with your riding, but can I recommend doing some advanced rider training? If you’re going to be doing more miles on unfamiliar roads, it will help keep you safe and to be more progressive on the road. I’m 31 and I’ve done advanced training with the IAM in the past year. I would say I’m a fairly decent rider, but the advanced training really bumped me up a notch. (Not a criticism, just a recommendation) 👍
I’m based in the Peak District, so might bump into you one day. Good luck with the channel. Subscribed 👍
I think that’s a great idea Sam, I think I will do just that and some off-road training courses
Excellent first video, well edited, and good use of music. Only constructive comment is to try and address wind noise on the mic, don't know what the answer is but other well known youtubers seem to have cracked it.
Definitely 👍🏻 I’m trying to figure out solutions to this. I use the bell mx1 helmet that doesn’t come with a chin curtain.
I always have a microphone mouse that I can trail. Thanks for the feedback and comment 🙌
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Another vote for calimoto, I pay the yearly subscription but well worth it.
I’m having a look 👀 👍🏻
Congrats on the channel mate, just discovered it. What mount are you using with the quadlock? I need one for my 790 adventure
Good video Joe. Would like it better if you can put place names at the bottom of the screen as your passing through. By the way, are you a red or sky blue? I am a born and bred a liverpool red.
I used to work for Manchester United for my sins so I would have to say red. I will make sure I start to add location names and accommodation links moving forward
Get rid of that silly big bag, get some pannier racks like the outback motortek x frame ones £250 and get some bags like the cheap lomo 30 liter pannier bags or the enduristan monsoon 30 liter bags, you want the weight of you luggage down lower , bike will move and corner so much better for you, I do quite alot of road tours to offroad tours around the tet in the uk, also get some vps bark busters as they will save your levers if you do ever drop the bike 👍I live in wales and you don't really see the beauty of Wales unless you get out into the sticks and up into the mountains and the offroad trails and your 890 is a great bike for riding the trails around Wales 👍
Thanks 🙏🏼 I have some side panniers however I didn’t need them for this. I will check out the pannier racks you have mentioned though 😎.
@@freedom-machines the outback panniers are heat, I use them.on my ducati desert x and 3 of my mates use them aswel , rock solid and very well made and they not silly money
Thought the thumbnail was a 390 tbh. Had my last trip into Wales at wknd. All fine and dandy if the a55 is your kind of thing. The back roads and 20mph zones have ruined it. Good luck with the channel.
Thanks 🙏🏼
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I bought an old andriod phone. Downloaded for free google maps so you can use it off line. Then use that phine as my designated sat nav.. You dont need a sim card as all its using is the gps. I also loaded all my music onto it so i use ir as my bluetooth mp3 player while riding.
Oh and I saw your reply about off tarmac training. Id highly recommend you consider joining the Trail Riders Fellowship who offer lots to novice riders and there will be a local group to you in Manchester with lots of welcoming friendly people to offer help and guidance and advice for you and the bike.
The single biggest improvement you can make to your bike Id suggest is tyre choice for riding off tarnac depending on what you plan to ride. Gravel, Forest Roads, Mud, Sand, Rock and more.
I guess your back is going to be a factor to consider. Make sure you make a donation to Air Ambulance.
Have fun. Ride safe.
Stuart
Thanks again Stuart, great advice
I was thinking of liking and subscribing but then you stopped at a Starbucks.
Seriously though, good luck with the channel.
Haha I’m afraid I love a starbucks for my sins
Well done you for giving it a go.
Some suggestions:
MyRoutes for navigation, fantastic for those like me who aren't tech savvy and easy to use and easy to share with mates or publicly.
Research
Perhaps try some research about great things to see before you set off. You passed one of the greatest cafes on the planet IMHO and Llanfairfechan. Stunning thrice cooked chips, wonderful home made cake and right on the beach too.
There are over 600 castles to see in Wales.
The railway bridge at Barmouth is legal for motorcycles to ride the boards. One of the top 10 UK must do on an adventure bike (yes with road tyres) IMHO
Ambitions
Travel more slowly, your mileages looked hugely ambitious to me who rides Wales daily. Take things at a less ambitious pace and sit and enjoy the views and have time to take a turn you hadn't thought of and see where you end up. You lost Anglesey as a result. Less is most definetely more.
Try the cross country routes, there's many more stunning routes that the M56. Try Llanberis Pass to get from Manchester to Anglesey.
Good luck, keep going and have fun. I'll check in again to see how the videos progress.
Oh and the KTM issues...well they don't call them Keep Taking Money for nothing.
Each to their own though you meet the nicest people in a Honda.
Once you've put a few thousand on a bike you may be better placed to decide if you really like it or the grass might be greener.
Ride safe, have fun.
Stuart
Stuart thanks so much for the comment and advice. I have heard a few bits about the KTMs like that.
I’ll have to see how we get on like you say.
That was my main take away, less mileage. It’s hard as I have a very demanding job so time away for trips is always difficult.
Under 500cc is perfect. I think they should be free tax and lower VAT to get people out of cars
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200/220 miles at 20mph in a day…..really!?
I appreciate its residential areas only …..but even so!😟
Not for me 20 mph I love my bike to much
I’m not aware of this 20mph thing? What is it?
@@freedom-machines all 30MPH in Wales are now 20mph because the Welsh keep throwing themselves under cars. They may as well go back to the man with the red flag.
No way! I didn’t realise this
Nice video. Too bad you are not camping. Hotell is for sissies😉🤣
Haha all in good time 😂
Haha all in good time 😂