I went to the Gros Glockner a few years ago on a 2014 Triumph Explorer 1200 fully loaded with wife on the back when it started dropping out of 2nd gear very interesting as you turn into down hill hair pins. Loved the pass, which we crossed in the rain on our way home. Got the gear selector mechanism fixed when we got back but gearbox was never right after that.
@@paulgibson490 thanks for the comment Paul. Dropping out of 2nd on hairpins, hmmm that'll have been fun. Will that have been a worn selector fork or an issue with the gear itself? The main thing is you both got off the hill and home safe. Not long after if left and the bad weather came through, I'd heard it was closed for a day because of the snow. Thx again G
I went to Grossglockner last year in a brand new hire car (had 250kms when I picked it up at Saltzberg airport), on the way down from the top of Grossglockner I noticed an engine warning light on and the car went into limp home mode and wouldn’t do more than 50kph and wouldn’t let me change gear manually (it was an auto), as the day was getting on I thought I’d get off the mountain and then call the breakdown line. The brakes were smoking by the time I got to the bottom and parked in the small car park on the right of the toll booth. The engineer from Mercedes that came out said that the engine had shut down as it was struggling for oxygen at the top and that’s what had caused the problem. Just glad it wasn’t my car!! I definitely want to go back and do it on my bike, it’s an amazing road.
Yes i have agree nice video, looks like you still have good weather and hope it stays nice for you. I see your tent and it looks about the same size as my OEX tent. Hope you get your clutch sorted out and ejoy the rest of your trip.
Thanks for the comment. I completed this trip about 3 weeks ago (dates are at the start of each video) so I'm home back in the UK and working through the footage and creating some videos. The weather did turn bad for a few days Thanks again G
We were last year and it was much busier, great road. Just a wee tip (hope you don’t mind) always leave your bike in gear when parking, that way there’s no danger of it rolling 🫶🏼
Thanks for the comment. I originally planned to come over in July, but with the Euro football and Olympics I decided to wait until September. Yes, less traffic/tourists. 😁 As for leaving it in gear, I don't bother on level ground, but on a ferry and on a steep hill I will....most of the time. All the best G
@ 25min smell off the brakedisk ,i know a story firsthand ,a grandpaS camper changed from manuel gearbox to automatic newer camper ,got downwards the grossglockner speeding down on the brake,s only ,shitting his pants ,stopping for hours to cool down the brake,s doing the day to come over the Grossglockner 😵💫. on the Camping am See Lindlerhof telling to stop crossing alps and get rid of the newer camper @ home ? so i told that oldy you could have used the manuel option on the gear selector using the flippers on the stering wheel to shift up or down while going downwards the hill After showing how to do ,next morning i got a big thumps up 🤗waving them a good bye. and Never seen them again 🤔🙄 (hoping for the best)😘
I surprising how many people with automatic vehicles do not use the paddles to keep it in a low gear for down hill, but use the brakes instead. I wonder if it will be the same for these new automatic clutch motorcycles, the rider will use the brakes more than the gearbox downhill. 😁 Thanks for the comment. G
Nice video, find a Triumph dealer and check the clutch, they should know the reason as the 1200 have had issues with the clutch, i got a clutch problem on my previous 2022 Tiger GT Pro after the service! They came an collected my bike (130 km one way) corrected the service mistake and returned the bike. Did trade it in for a GT Explorer only to get bigger tank as i drive quite long distance just to get to where i plan to explore du to short vacation. Live in north of Sweden and love the Alps.
Thanks for the comment. Yes, I fixed the clutch the next day which will be in the next video. I've been home in the UK about 3 weeks after my trip, and the bike is going to triumph tomorrow for it's first service. They will check the clutch. Yes, being a hydraulic clutch, I have heard they've had issues, but I bought my bike new a year ago and this was the first problem. Sweden is a nice country. I've visited a few times to see friends in Malmö and Trelleborg, but it's been a few years now. Thanks again. G
Nicely done. I was there myself a few days after you and we enjoyed similar lovely weather. We came up as you did and down the other side to Cortina and the Dolomites which was spectacular. I love the little GoPro Sessions and have two. Cracking little cameras in good light. What settings did you use on yours please? 4k or 2.7k? Stabilisation on?
Hope you didn't get caught out by the bad weather. By the time I got to the Dolomites, the weather started to turn with some mountain passes being blocked. I crossed Grimsel in light snow. As for GoPro. 4k, 24fps, standard hyper smooth
Great video. Grossglockner is always nice to drive. Btw, I saw your bike cover at the end. Which brand and where have you bought it? Looks like great quality
Thanks for the comment. I bought the cover from Amazon. It's by a company called "Oxford Products". They have various motorcycle products, and gear. The one I'm using is Oxford 2016 Aquatex Motorcycle With Top Box Waterproof Cover. It's very good, lightweight and packs down well. Thx G
Funnily enough, I did Stelvio last year and, my bike, BMW R1250RS, stalled 2-3 times right at the top🤔. Got to be thin air. As for the Grossglockner I reckon that the glacier is just a big lump of filthy ice😞, it didn't impress me at all.
Yeah, Stelvio is probably going to be a video in it's own right. I was in the wet, fog and mist except when I broke through to sunshine at the top. I'll accept the thin air because of the altitude as a reason for stalling! 😁 A friend of mine just posted me a photo when he did the Grossglockner in 2005. There was more ice on the glacier then....
The air pressure at Stelvio pass is 70 % of sea level pressure. On a fuel injected engine the engine control unit will compensate and give you around 85% - 90% of sea level engine power.
I went to the Gros Glockner a few years ago on a 2014 Triumph Explorer 1200 fully loaded with wife on the back when it started dropping out of 2nd gear very interesting as you turn into down hill hair pins. Loved the pass, which we crossed in the rain on our way home. Got the gear selector mechanism fixed when we got back but gearbox was never right after that.
@@paulgibson490 thanks for the comment Paul.
Dropping out of 2nd on hairpins, hmmm that'll have been fun. Will that have been a worn selector fork or an issue with the gear itself?
The main thing is you both got off the hill and home safe.
Not long after if left and the bad weather came through, I'd heard it was closed for a day because of the snow.
Thx again
G
I went to Grossglockner last year in a brand new hire car (had 250kms when I picked it up at Saltzberg airport), on the way down from the top of Grossglockner I noticed an engine warning light on and the car went into limp home mode and wouldn’t do more than 50kph and wouldn’t let me change gear manually (it was an auto), as the day was getting on I thought I’d get off the mountain and then call the breakdown line. The brakes were smoking by the time I got to the bottom and parked in the small car park on the right of the toll booth. The engineer from Mercedes that came out said that the engine had shut down as it was struggling for oxygen at the top and that’s what had caused the problem. Just glad it wasn’t my car!!
I definitely want to go back and do it on my bike, it’s an amazing road.
I'm not sure I'd want to go over the pass in a car. Too many camper vans where it's difficult to overtake.
On a bike no problem 😁
Yes i have agree nice video, looks like you still have good weather and hope it stays nice for you. I see your tent and it looks about the same size as my OEX tent. Hope you get your clutch sorted out and ejoy the rest of your trip.
Thanks for the comment.
I completed this trip about 3 weeks ago (dates are at the start of each video) so I'm home back in the UK and working through the footage and creating some videos.
The weather did turn bad for a few days
Thanks again
G
We were last year and it was much busier, great road. Just a wee tip (hope you don’t mind) always leave your bike in gear when parking, that way there’s no danger of it rolling 🫶🏼
Thanks for the comment. I originally planned to come over in July, but with the Euro football and Olympics I decided to wait until September. Yes, less traffic/tourists. 😁
As for leaving it in gear, I don't bother on level ground, but on a ferry and on a steep hill I will....most of the time.
All the best
G
@ 25min smell off the brakedisk ,i know a story firsthand ,a grandpaS camper changed from manuel gearbox to automatic newer camper ,got downwards the grossglockner
speeding down on the brake,s only ,shitting his pants ,stopping for hours to cool down
the brake,s doing the day to come over the Grossglockner 😵💫.
on the Camping am See Lindlerhof telling to stop crossing alps and get rid of the newer camper @ home ?
so i told that oldy you could have used the manuel option on the gear selector
using the flippers on the stering wheel to shift up or down while going downwards the hill
After showing how to do ,next morning i got a big thumps up 🤗waving them a good bye.
and Never seen them again 🤔🙄 (hoping for the best)😘
I surprising how many people with automatic vehicles do not use the paddles to keep it in a low gear for down hill, but use the brakes instead.
I wonder if it will be the same for these new automatic clutch motorcycles, the rider will use the brakes more than the gearbox downhill. 😁
Thanks for the comment.
G
Nice ride, beautiful scenery.
Certainly was a wow moment or two.
😁
Nice video, find a Triumph dealer and check the clutch, they should know the reason as the 1200 have had issues with the clutch, i got a clutch problem on my previous 2022 Tiger GT Pro after the service! They came an collected my bike (130 km one way) corrected the service mistake and returned the bike. Did trade it in for a GT Explorer only to get bigger tank as i drive quite long distance just to get to where i plan to explore du to short vacation. Live in north of Sweden and love the Alps.
Thanks for the comment.
Yes, I fixed the clutch the next day which will be in the next video.
I've been home in the UK about 3 weeks after my trip, and the bike is going to triumph tomorrow for it's first service.
They will check the clutch. Yes, being a hydraulic clutch, I have heard they've had issues, but I bought my bike new a year ago and this was the first problem.
Sweden is a nice country. I've visited a few times to see friends in Malmö and Trelleborg, but it's been a few years now.
Thanks again.
G
Nicely done. I was there myself a few days after you and we enjoyed similar lovely weather. We came up as you did and down the other side to Cortina and the Dolomites which was spectacular. I love the little GoPro Sessions and have two. Cracking little cameras in good light. What settings did you use on yours please? 4k or 2.7k? Stabilisation on?
Hope you didn't get caught out by the bad weather.
By the time I got to the Dolomites, the weather started to turn with some mountain passes being blocked.
I crossed Grimsel in light snow.
As for GoPro.
4k, 24fps, standard hyper smooth
Great video. Grossglockner is always nice to drive. Btw, I saw your bike cover at the end. Which brand and where have you bought it? Looks like great quality
Thanks for the comment.
I bought the cover from Amazon. It's by a company called "Oxford Products". They have various motorcycle products, and gear.
The one I'm using is Oxford 2016 Aquatex Motorcycle With Top Box Waterproof Cover.
It's very good, lightweight and packs down well.
Thx
G
@@AManAstray ok, thank you 👍
Funnily enough, I did Stelvio last year and, my bike, BMW R1250RS, stalled 2-3 times right at the top🤔. Got to be thin air. As for the Grossglockner I reckon that the glacier is just a big lump of filthy ice😞, it didn't impress me at all.
Yeah, Stelvio is probably going to be a video in it's own right. I was in the wet, fog and mist except when I broke through to sunshine at the top.
I'll accept the thin air because of the altitude as a reason for stalling! 😁
A friend of mine just posted me a photo when he did the Grossglockner in 2005. There was more ice on the glacier then....
The air pressure at Stelvio pass is 70 % of sea level pressure. On a fuel injected engine the engine control unit will compensate and give you around 85% - 90% of sea level engine power.