Honda ADV 350 Scooter : Touring Europe Part 1 / UK to France
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- Honda ADV 350 Scooter : Touring Europe Part 1
Part 1 : UK to Ribeauville, France
In this video, in which, there is no drama or made up crisis, I ride my ADV 350 over to the Alsace in France. And it's brilliant! I also try to get to grips with a Garmin Sumo GPS.
Places I stayed at are:
Chimay : www.booking.co...
Ribeauville : www.booking.co...
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I took my ADV350 around Wales this year, my mates thought I was bonkers! I enjoyed it as much as I would using any of my other bikes. Fair play for touring around Europe! Safe riding kind sir.
Hello Team Tempest, very good to hear from you today and hope all is well with you. Well, I'm sure you had the last laugh on your ADV trip around Wales - happy in the knowledge of supreme comfort, great economy and bungee straps. What's not to like?
Part 2 is coming in a bit! All the best, thanks again for stopping by, cheers, Phil.
Really enjoyed you bringing us along. Beautiful highlight images and footage. Looking forward to Pt2.
My pleasure Mr.Neutral - part 2 coming soon! All the best, cheers, Phil.
Good food, beer and wine, what’s not to like. Enjoy the rest of the trip
Thanks very much Andrew! I'm back home now and while the weather only improved in the final 2 days (as always) I had a cracking time thanks.
Hope your doing well, have a great weekend, cheers, Phil.
Hello Phil, you completed the stage despite the not at all friendly weather and posted nice pictures, I find that admirable. In Austria and in some other European countries there was flooding in September and I even had to drive on a muddy road with my ADV 350. But she mastered this brilliantly too-> she is a wild workhorse after all- ROOOAAAA 😄😉. I'm looking forward to part 2 and to photos in sunshine, maybe even during the ride. Thanks for showing.
Thank you very much and yes, compared to Austria / Poland it seems I did avoid the really bad weather and unlike you never had to ride on a muddy road 😀 You did well!!
Even better, part 2 does include some (very cold) ☀️! All the best, thanks for stopping by, cheers, Phil.
Thanks for sharing Phil, beautifully made video, I absolutely love these small villages, narrow streets.....all the cafes you can sit and eat in... looks lovely. Thanks again for sharing and safe travels
Good morning Guzziman, hope you're doing well today. Thanks for your kind comments and yes, those little towns and villages with narrow winding streets are just fabulous. I'd love to see what it's like at Christmas. All the best, more coming soon, cheers, Phil.
Wonderful! Nice film making 👏🏽
Thanks so much! Great to hear from you again, all the best, cheers, Phil.
3:12 I like the jacket. I like Belgium. The underseat storage of the 350 must be great when touring. Bad weather for the trip. 9:50 Great place to stay. 11:28 Great old bike. 13:09 Good-looking scooter from the front.
Good video. Nick
Thanks very much Nick - all good with you? The ADV just made everything easy - especially with the inclement weather. The storage was just great though - stop somewhere, stash the helmet and jacket (although I kept the jacket on as it was so cold) and then look like a normal human being. I didnt' really want for more speed either. And yeah the Mirabelle / Ribeauville was just brilliant - thoroughly enjoyed my time there.
All the best, cheers, Phil.
I mashed that Like button so fast when this popped up in my feed :D
Good afternoon Mr. Otley Pootler - great to hear from you again and thanks very much! I sensed it!
All the best, have a great weekend, cheers, Phil.
Great video Phil, good to see the 350 ADV touring. I love mine... touring next year I think. Looking forward to the next 740 episodes of this epic, nay awesome adventure!
ATB Alistair 👍
Hey Alistair, how are you doing? Thanks for your comments and yeah, I'm thinking the ADV is the most versatile, easy, VFM touring bike in Honda's range! It was great. Episode 2 of 740 coming soon :-)
Cheers, Phil.
Ribeauville had some amazing archutecture .Always a treat to come along with your eye for finding the beautiful shots .What Martha Stewart called " the beauty role".I hope you brought flanal for an under layer .. I just dress like I am going alpine skiing when the temprature drops .Someone gave me silk long johns :very light and man they hold the body heat .I hope you are having a blast ...:)
Good morning Guy, glad you enjoyed the architecture and thanks for your comments. And....there's even more and better to come on the return trip - I'm looking forward to sharing it as you'll love it. If you ever decided to branch out and have a pottery in France, the Alsace is definitely the place. As for layers - I ended up wearing my waterproof walking jacket under my bike jacket which worked quite well while the leather jeans kept me warm.
Good to know about your long johns :-)
Have a good day / weekend, cheers, Phil.
Welcome to Belgium 🇧🇪 Forza rider, thanks for sharing. Greetings Erwin.
Good morning Erwin and it's great to hear from you. I had a great time in Belgium - really enjoyed it and Namur on the way back was really nice. I must apologise for all the poor pronunciation though!
Hope all is well with you and your Forza and greetings from the UK, cheers, Phil.
Amazing production, such a high quality - footage, editing, storytelling !
Thanks you very much & great to hear from you again! All the best, hope some adventures are heading your way, cheers, Phil.
Top touring video, Phil. The Germans probably closed the border in sympathy with their Belgian friends over your murdering of the names of rivers, towns & geographical features in general! Thomas is far too polite to correct you, but as a fellow Brit & Guzzista, I can let you know, without embarrassment.
Good morning Hugh, er yes, you're probably right. To be honest I can't even pronounce places a few miles away correctly. Thing is, if I started rolling my R's and using the glottal stop, I just end up spraying phlegm everywhere which in the interests of X-Euro harmony would never do. Especially when there's food around.
I take your observations in the spirt in which they were meant.
I suspect Thomas is going to tell me off though. I probably pronounced his name wrong and everything. Oops.
Have a good day Hugh, cheers, Phil.
@@80eightReviews Ah, the glottal stop. Much beloved by Francophones and strangely enough, certain Yorkshire dialects.. 🤔
Ah yes, and gangsters in Brooklyn. Apparently. Obviously, I've now gone down a Google rabbit hole and found this, which, as I love a good 'zation/sation', cheers me up no end :
"The process of momentary partial or complete closure of the glottis is known as glottalization"
Of course it is!
Too right about scooter protection - changed ADV for the Vulcan and Storm Whats-its-name hit the UK same time as I was doing Torquay to Heysham, you thought you had wet but I had Carlsberg wet!
Nice Travelmentary Phil, but was alarmed with railway tracks, not another portillo show!!!
Good morning Dr. Doolittle - how are you doing? Ha ha yes, I could imagine there's quite a difference between the Vulcan and ADV. To be honest I was thinking a similar thought when I was riding the ADV and very thankful I wasn't riding the Guzzi when it was hosing it down.
Ah yes, there was a bit of rain a few weeks ago down South wasn't there? Hopefully you've dried out...
As for Portillo, ahem, well, there are more trains coming up I'm afraid. I don't wear salmon coloured trousers though so hopefully that's OK?
Al;l the best, have a great weekend, cheers, Phil.
@@80eightReviews Just read this priceless comment from a Tour company I might use one day? Regards, Hugh.🤣
"All in all, the European Assistance did what it was supposed to do, repatriating us and our bike to the UK. The Italian end of things could have worked better, and I was surprised they don't use what3words, although an Englishman telling a Frenchman/woman "neat.figure.banana" (the same location as the Google maps example above) might be fraught with its own difficulties. We also learned that Google Maps has a coordinates facility which might be useful in future, and had a lovely night in Verona prior to flying home!
Your description of the Dutch roads sound accurate lol. Next time hollar when you are around Amsterdam! 💃💃
Good afternoon Motorcycleman and very good to hear from you! Good to know someone else has the same opinion! And I will - I'm on a little Scooter though so don't expect too much :-)
Have a good weekend, cheers, Phil.
What a lovely and interesting trip, despite the weather. These locales are beautiful. I especially enjoyed the village you stayed in prior to traveling to Switzerland. Look forward to the next step of your journey. All the best!
Misheard (and paraphrased) quote of the episode: "It's around 7:30 in the morning, Belgian time... so half six pack at home." That gave me a bit of a laugh.
Hey Rob, how are you doing? Good to hear from you again and glad you enjoyed the video. Ha ha "half six pack"!!! I like it!
Have a good day, cheers, Phil.
I’ve been looking forward to part 1 as an ADV 350 owner too, looks a great start to the trip, ride safely 👍🏻
Morning Adrian, good to hear from you and thanks for your comments. I've just looked at some of your ADV Lake District videos - they are just lovely. For info I got back home safely with no drama whatsoever! All the best, cheers, Phil.
Sitting here now having gone X Poole / Cherbourg on my ADV 350 ,enjoying a beer Spain side of the Pryenees. Great bike, comfortable, bit of a small tank, gotta keep an eye on that side of it and the French motorway work power wise but all in all... Good stuff!!
Hey John, ooh that sounds nice - hopefully you're getting some good weather? The ADV is a great bike and normally I'd say the fuel range is quite acceptable but the thing is I could sit on the ADV easily for 200 miles without stopping so as you say another half a gallon or so would really improve it. Also it's not the easiest to fill up - especially when you're parked up in the shade. That's about it though!
Hope the rest of your trip goes well & let me know how you get on, cheers, Phil.
Good Luck on your Tour.
I have a ADV too.
A real good Bike.
Hey Peter, good to hear from you & thank for stopping by. I totally agree, the ADV is a great scooter and a great bike actually - it certainly feels like one on the road.
All the best, cheers, Phil.
Hi Phil, really enjoyed Part 1 of your travel vlog from your trip to The Alps!Real quality stuff! Strange to think that we were enjoying 30 degree heat in Northern Portugal at exactly the same time! 🤔👍
Good morning Paul, how are you doing? Glad you enjoyed the video and yes, the weather variance is ever so strange! Like, today in Northumberland in October it's still warmer than France in September! Whatever next? Raining frogs?
Anyway, hope you had a good time in Portugal Paul, all the best, cheers, Phil.
Some say we ride to spend some time with our inner self, but you somehow managed to meet your outer self. Cheers to The Clone from the ferry:) I’m a fan of your cinematogtaphy, Phil. Skill cannot be bought, but maybe you can reveal what camera do you use? Greetings from Poland!
Afternoon Rafał, great to hear from again and ha ha, yeah, 'my outer self' !
Thanks so much for your comments on the shots and in answer to your question, all the 'nice' shots are taken with the (much maligned) Panasonic GH6...It's a cracking camera and with a couple of small lenses it's both easy to transport and has everything you need. Recommended and super cheap now!
Hope all is well in Poland and that you were not hit too badly by the floods a few weeks ago, cheers., Phil.
@@80eightReviewsalways nice hearing from you! Thanks for mentioning the floods. We are recovering, thank you. P.S. I will check on the Lumix for sure
Hi Phil. “Part 1” ? Does that mean what I think it means? Oh dear. Never mind. 🤭
Now where’s the play again button……..no really, where is it?
Crap weather for you. 😢
Good morning Jon. Yes, your assumption is correct - Part 1 suggests that yes indeed, there will be another 72 episodes coming up. One of them features the use of green biro's to illustrate Quantum Mechanics and string theory. On that one I've slowed it down so it lasts even longer. It's brilliant - 3 hours long but even longer if you're further away from the event horizon.
You'll love it.
Yeah the weather. And it gets worse - and much colder. Still good though,
Have a lovely day, cheers, Phil.
Amazing footage of beautiful Europe! You should charge for admission 😆!
Thanks very much Edward - glad you enjoyed it! All the best, cheers, Phil.
@@80eightReviews I will be in Wiesbaden, Germany on 23 October for one month. But, you will be gone by then. And apparently you can't get into the country.
I thought garmin has a winding route option. I use the bmw connected ride on winding route and it’s excellent on my c400
Morning Gary, great to hear from you - and yes, the Garmin does have an 'adventurous routing' option but to be honest (though i could be using it wrong) it isn't that adventurous and didn't want to take me along certain very interesting roads I'd identified either on the map or through prior knowledge. Like I say though - it could be user error!
All the best and the C400 looks amazing! Cheers, Phil.
Never heard anyone say Belgian highways are better then Dutch. We Dutch hate the Belgian highways. As soon as we cross the border, the highway is unbelievebly bad.
Hey Joe, good to hear from you - just to clarify - I found the Dutch motorways great in terms of their condition and how well maintained they are - the comment was more about that stretch from Amsterdam to Rotterdam which isn't very interesting to ride and when I was on it, it was very busy with huge trucks and very difficult to make good progress as the traffic was so slow. On the Belgian side yes, they are a little crumbly in places!
All the best, cheers, Phil.
@@80eightReviews thanks for the clarification 🤣🫡
Ha ha - all in the interests of European harmony Joe! Cheers, Phil.