Breaking A Sweat... and other things in Papineau Labelle
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- Опубліковано 17 січ 2022
- Frédéric on his Honda CRF250 Rally, Ivan on his KTM690 Rally and Riley on his Husqvarna 701 Enduro headed out to a park a few hours from Montreal call Papineau Labelle. W e decided to trailer the bikes as it was going to be a hot and humid day and a nice air conditioned ride home would be nice after a dusty day on the trails. Ivan had created a GPS route using his collection of collected tracks as well as some abandoned roads he found on some old school paper maps. It started with some great riding, washed out bridges, rocky climbs and lots of bushwhacking through overgrown routes. then it all went sideways.
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These videos are as rare as Hens teeth but when they drop, they're bangers.
I wish I could like this more than once, so happy to see new awesome players content!
Thanks Keelan. Appreciate it.
Too bad about Frederics arm but that was one helluva adventure for telling grandkids about.
A great tale always some level of suffering. Fred was a real trooper and thankfully has healed up 100%.
This is a true Player's adventure. The only thing missing might be a drowned bike. Amazing teamwork! Glad to see a new video Riley ,and glad Fred has recovered. He has great taste in bikes.
Hi Bill. That little Honda has seen some action. On some of our camping trips it has run at pretty much full throttle for hours.
I like the Klondike Korneleous look with the shades and cranial sun shade . 🏍🇨🇦
Gotta shade the noggin. Ball caps aren't cutting it.
This was more exciting and harrowing than many of the recent adventure-bike guy TV series. Amazing work taking care of your friend
Thanks. Fred never complained. One cool customer.
Missed you guys a lot! Glad you're back! hope Frederik is well again. best regards from Austria!
Fred is 100%!
Thanks for your kind words, I'm doing great. still ridding with the players has often has I can. I'm really happy to have found some really great guys like them.
@@FredCharlebois that's awesome! Glad you're riding again.
I only got cadaver parts for my destroyed knee, Fred got Titanium upgrades. Rock on Fred 🏍🇨🇦
Always a fun to ride with you, thanks.
Free cadaver parts!
Its fortunate there were three of you to get through all that, even with the injury. Well at least someone has a good memento of the trip.
With two we could have got out with a lot more pain and suffering. And we were not so far that we couldn't have walked out if we really needed to.
Good to see you back, you guys are -- Awesome!!
Thanks. Fred was the star. No complaining at all.
I think I accidentally removed your reply, sorry (is this even possible?). Fred was heroic, all the best to him. I was unaware he broke his hand when I first commented.
Thumbnail almost looked like Henrik. Ah....the good ole days.
I don't know if I should be flattered or not 😆. I never got the chance to meet Henrik. But yes I tough about the same thing when I saw the thumbnail that Riley put up. BTW I'm Fred from this video. Glad you liked it.
@@FredCharlebois Glad to hear you healed up nicely.
Hell of an adventure! glad Frédéric is doing okay!
I broke BOTH of my wrists (motocross) back in 2003, one fracture and one break with a cast for 2 months but didn't need surgery.
It gave me a whole new appreciation for having to go to the bathroom lol
That must have been brutal. Glad it worked out. Sounds like you found out who your real friends were!
@@AwesomePlayers yeah for some reason they all shied away from helping me in the bathroom. 😂
Watched this one in one go. Brill to hear that intro music again. Cheers Riley
Thanks Paul. Nice to hear from you.
a True Friend told our group about this channel. Just went thru the catalog. Cannot wait to see where they are. The last video was a change. The rambling voice of Riley is the voice you hate to love. And home before noon. Indeed.
In this case we were home before midnight.
@@AwesomePlayers And there was fireworks!... And train tracks!... and flying F150 pulling trailer with bikes! sadly no video :(
And I was in a cast 2 hours later.
You have been missed, my friends.
Hi Dex. Welcome back.
That was a proper rescue mission. Great buddies that you can rely on. I hope the CRF rider is OK now! Cheers.
Fred is 100%. All he has now is a cool scar and good story.
I love Ivan's OVR2 shirt!
He has a newer one now.
And that's the story of why now I always keep the passenger foot pegs on my bike.
Mine are back on!
Finally you gues are back! 😍
You have been missed by this swede! 😳
Thanks Christian. Cheers.
Riley is back! Nice :)
Quite the adventure!
We learned a few things and would probable do some things differently but it worked out well and Fred is back to being 100%.
G'day from Aus fellas, Classic Players vid, really stoked to have you back ! Keep em coming.
Thanks Millsy. Was having a hard time just finding the time to sit and edit but things are calmer now so should see more content coming out. The last two years we did a ton of great riding since we couldn't do anything else!
made my night!
Oh man, i missed your videos. Nice seeing some footage. Amazing how well Frédéric held up. I would have been squealing like a half dead pig with that wrist...
Tu as un coeur de lion, Fred! ;-)
He was truly tough. I could tell when we hit a bump or branch that it hurt but he only screamed out that one time.
Thanks Jan, honestly I was in survival mode. With the heat and trying to stay balance on the back of the bike. And Riley always have a way to bring a smile with his comments.
A blast from the past! That Petro-T in Namur is no longer a Petro-T :)
Silky saws are a great idea, think I'll get one as we do end up doing some ambitious bushwacking sometimes.
Mention honorable au sens des priorités de Fred, la pizza et la bière #1
The knockoffs really are garbage compared to the real deal. Fred is awesome!
at 8:56/9:10, "[the GoPro] is not doing this hill justice ..." Perfect timing for the reminder! I was thinking of how I'd have just powered up that baby head ridge, and likely discovered the sudden lack of ground below me as I overshot the trail. 'Cause I hadn't been thinking 'climbing going on here' ... or for that matter, consequences in general! Yep, it became a seriously hard climb - good skill set there fellas! That section is above my pay-grade now ... 13:49, how I love finding a route! ("there has to be a way?")... why did you not splint the arm before riding out? Such calm and teamwork. It's so obvious that you all trust each other immensely. You're still the best! Most original, most down to Earth, totally Canadian!
To be honest, I don't know why we never though about using a splinter. Maybe if I was screaming a bit more we would have done things differently. Couple of branches and tiewrap would have done the job.
I was thinking the same. I think if the arm had been all floppy we would have.
I'm sure I asked Fred and he said not to touch his arm, that he would support it. If it were flopping around it probably would have been different.
Super fun to watch
Good to see you again in action. Nice video. Regards from Madeira Island, Portugal.
Thanks Vitor. Cheers from frozen Montreal.
@@AwesomePlayers Victor probably doesn't know what "frozen" or cold mean.
Hi Riley&the Guys, cool you're back!! kind regards from Suisse. And @Fred: Get well soon!!!
Thanks. Fred is back to normal... whatever that is.
Thanks, my wrist is fine now, all is good. No major sequel, I'm back on my little 250 and buzzing along.
good to see the fellas again
Hey Longrider. Nice to hear from you.
Yeah another video 🏍🇨🇦
Awesome to see the Awesome Players on the trail again.
And off the trail...
Memorable day! And a great reminder that it’s always best to off-road with a buddy.
Would have been along nasty walk solo. Waiting for help would have taken forever.
Wow after all those weekly Sunday live sessions again a video from you guys in 1.5 year gap
We don't want to flood the market.
your videos are like a therapy . And missed you humorous commentary.
Waiting for the rest of the videos.
@@durgaprasad_adp3760 Thanks Durga. More coming.
I'm hoping to make my way out there next year, I'd love to spend a day or two in my journey across Canada to explore some trails with you guys
Drop us a line you can find our info at APORMC.com
Poor Fred.
Well done to you all getting out of there.
Great entertaining vid Riley. Glad I found you guys before UA-cam algorithm hides all the decent channels :)
That's the best way I could hope to get injured in the middle of the woods. The guys were calm and it helped alot
@@FredCharlebois Hope you had a speedy recovery. Still able and willing to ride with Awesome Players? :)
@@bluenapalm123 yes thanks I'm fully recovered from the fracture. I've done my exercise well and I'm all up and running, 2021 was a great ridding season with the Awesome players.
great adventure love it .. Awesome
Glad you enjoyed it
Crikey, what a day! Hope the recovery is going well at this point
Fred is 100%. But on his next ride something happened.... but that is for another video.
@@AwesomePlayers oh no, doesn;t sound like he has had much luck :(
@@CarparkCarl He truly believes in one of our mottos. Bad riding makes good video.
@@AwesomePlayers The videos where nothing happens are the boring ones :D glad to see him taking it to heart and really putting in the effort for your viewers hahaha
@@CarparkCarl let just say I made sure 2020 was a bad year in almost every possible way. But 2021 was a blast, so it's not always drama.
Cheers from Wolverhampton- great video again!
Glad you enjoyed it. There was actually even more silly stuff that happened but we stopped filming at one point as the day was getting long.
@@AwesomePlayers three grown men in the woods with motorbikes- what could possibly go wrong?! Hope recovered from the injury
@@daveyjones7004 Fred is 100%.
Nice Job, What a ride!
What a ride guys.. Well done. 🇳🇴☕
Thanks Toby. As odd as it may sound I think we actually a pretty good time. Fred didn't enjoy as much as the rest of us but was a real trooper.
@@AwesomePlayers 😀 l think enjoyment dissapare when you brake something. He was a trooper thoe.💪🏻
Good to see you guys!!!!
Thanks Aadam. Nice to hear from a familiar name.
@@AwesomePlayers best day Ever!! Another successful self inflicted extraction…. Love it.
Great adventure again Players! I’m glad Frederik has healed up well.
Fred and the Honda are both rolling at 100%.
With a 250 it's full throttle if I want to keep up with the 690 & 701
Didn't seem like much of a stack but just goes to show it doesn't have to be. Lucky he had the awesome players around to help him out.
Beer and pizza on the way was a nice touch. Cheers 4 sharing sir.
Later in the fall after his cast was off Fred had a big spill where he flipped the bike and went down into a deep rock filled ditch. He was fine.
@@AwesomePlayers oh wow that's no good
@@JustTex No that wasn't fun, I was already low on confidence but with a great folks like the players I mange to get back on my bike and enjoy the trails.
@@FredCharlebois Good to hear the confidence is coming back
Don't you think it might have been that GoPro mount on the back of Riley's 701 that spurred Ivan to comment on the CRF "comfy seat" each time he got off the Husky?
Great video as always guys!
Could be. It was really odd that they never mentioned it till the very end. I guess they aren't complainers.
The 701 with a RAM ball gopro mount is rather comfortable, Fred's CRF250 is very comfortable (in my opinion) but the Italian made KTM Rally seat on my bike is absolute torture. Everything is more comfortable than that thing. I have somewhat fixed it and now and have great respect for people working in the upholstery industry.
Awesome (players) adventure. Loved to see more videos!
Hey 8bit. Life is calming down a bit so should have more time to edit.
Well done guys! Cheers from Quebec-city.
Thanks Allan.
Awesome to see you guys back on the UA-cam machine! Glad Fred is OK. You Knucks have beer down solid, but not so much on the socialized medicine. Hope the US doesn't follow suit.
No system is perfect for sure. A friend has done 7 1/2 years of cancer treatment and the biggest expense was parking at the hospital.
@@AwesomePlayers I hear ya, my northern brother.
Awesum numberplate! Nice you´re back guys!
Hey, thanks Luz! Long time. Hope you are well.
@@AwesomePlayers Well Covid hit over here. But Family is all well again! Haven´t ride my bike in two years. Can´t wait for spring! Geetings to all the guys!
@@LuzGettingLost 2 years! That sucks. Here the only thing we could do was ride so we did a lot fo it.
Such an enjoyable video & Fred was a trooper. Bet you all slept like babies after that.
I'm sure they did, but for myself it took a couple of days after the surgery to sleep better. The cast was not shaped for comfort but it got my wrist back straight.
@@FredCharlebois Glad you healed up o.k. Did that make you ride slower, or more cautiously when you eventually got back on a bike ?
@@nosherz my first ride on the road was fine, but I'm more careful on the trail but that doesn't mean I'm better. Confidence and focus is key.
More on Frédéric riding on the road in a future video....
@@nosherz future video of the Awesome players will answer your questions. Make sure to hit the notification bell so you don't miss it 😁
Amazing video 😱 what a disaster
Nice to hear from you again.
Great video from start to finish. I appreciate how you guys just roll with adversity and find your way out of it. Got to love an advanced medical system too!
It is nice when you don’t have to worry about paying some huge bill after an accident. We were chill because Fred was chill.
And I was chill because Ivan and Riley were chill too.
Biggest adventure ever!
Biggest adventure yet, you never know what I could do next.
@@FredCharlebois Please do something unrelated, like buying a winning lottery ticket!
@@greghudzik3770 everything always worked out at the end, we just need to make the best of all that's happening.
They aren't called the Awesome Players for nothing
Nice one to watch!
Let's do this again in a few months, but without injury....
Hopefully sooner. Cheers.
When I went down hard last time, I broke my arm too… had to ride 500km after that, of which around 400 was with a cast… not fun
Just did a big 3 day event with Fred this weekend. Can confirm that he and the Honda are 100%. I actually had a torn muscle in my arm so Fred was helping me lift my bike every time I dropped it.
Hmmmm, two videos now I've seen with injuries, blown out knee in Dacre(Eastern Ontario) and now this wrist, does the club give out bravery awards? What are the wives thinking, is he coming back today in one piece? Hats off to you Canadians from a Brit, breaks his arm, but stops for beer and pizza on the way to emergency! LOL.
Ivan also broke his foot but he was alone so no video. Wives are so happy we are gone all day they live with the risk.
My wife has close to no compassion for me, so she's not worried at all on how or if him coming back in one piece. As for the pizza, we were so hungry after all of this and I knew that I wouldn't eat at all when I would get to the hospital, so at that point I would just endure it for a great pizza. Riley and Ivan got themselves a free dinner on my behalf so they couldn't refuse.
Now that was an adventure! Glad the arm healed up just fine. Where did you enter and exit the park? I've been in there a few times on my 1150GS and Super Enduro but didn't try anything as rough as you guys did. I even took my RT in there last year on Chemin Des Lacs from Duhamel and headed down Route 3, gave up after a few kilometers though and turned around.
Fred Trail was not that rough as it was once a road. Just the few obstacles. Ivan is the GPS master so I have no idea where we really were. Hopefully he will chime in.
We entered from the south on R03 and then onto R02-R25 and zig-zagged in the middle of the park. When we exited from Fred's trail we were back on to R03 and booted south to get back to the truck.
Nice to see new AP content. How can a chain be tight in "just one spot"?
I think they mean one spot of suspension travel
No I actually mean in one spot. I have seen it a few times. You check the chain tension and it seems fine. You rotate the wheel a few turns and it is super tight. Some directions actually say to check in the tightest spot. It starts to happen I think when then chain is getting worn.
@@AwesomePlayers Huh. I never heard that nor ever seen it nor ever read it in a manual. I can't even visualize the mechanism. Some bizarre kink? Well, whatever. Ride on, you crazy diamond. lol
@@keelanbarrette529 I thought that was possible too, but not what he just said.
@@f18a One of those things that is easier to check on a bike with a centre stand for sure. I keep my chains on the loose side not a big issue for me. Pretty common. www.motorcycleforum.com/threads/chain-tight-spot.87133/
I miss the HP2.
Rumour has it Chris and the mighty HP2 may be back in 2022.
@@AwesomePlayers Looking forward to it. I knew the lack of maintenance would catch up to Chris eventually lol. Hope Fred is doing well.
@@mmaaddict78 Fred is 100%. Looks like the HP2 needs another final drive.
@@AwesomePlayers Glad to hear Fred is Okay, I guess Chris didn't learn the virtues of grease from your previous offseason maintenance videos lol. Bet he had a leaky drive boot or two. You'd think a guy who hates getting his feet wet as much as him would know better!
@@mmaaddict78 thanks, I'm back 100% with the big 250.
Ivan's hand at 28:00....
Would be tough to fit two guys on the back of my bike.
@@AwesomePlayers True. I meant his hand was on the rear tire just before ti started spinning. I froze.
Is there a change we can get a gpx file :)))))))
Ivan's GPX files are top secret!