Tenere 700 Transfagarasan Romanian Adventure
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- In this episode Mason and three riders head from Dorset to Romania, and back again, in search of the Transfagarasan DN7C Highway in the Carpathian Mountains, Romania. The bikes for this trip are our formidable Yamaha Tenere 700 and KTM890 Adventure R.
The expected route will take us on sections of the Trans European Trail "TET" consisting of easy gravel sections, high altitude mountain passes with mud, snow and ice, as well as lower level lake and river sections. We also ride some spectacular race track style roads in the mountains with huge twist back corners and views bigger than you can imagine. The route starts at Calais in France, then south towards Lake Annecy in the foothills of the French Alps. Then we head East through the Italian Alps to Slovenia. Followed by a South Easterly direction into Croatia, Hungary and Romania. We have packed all the gear to remain completely nomadic, which means we can travel, eat and sleep wherever we want to. Masons tent is the Vango Halo Pro 200, his sleeping mats are the Exped Down filled and the Vango Trek Pro 3. Why two sleeping mats? Well that's simply because it's ultra comfortable, and the most important thing about travelling, is a good nights sleep. Both of the mats pack away small enough too, so its a winner when carrying all your gear.
On a couple of occasions we did use Air B&B as well as Booking.com to find an affordable house or hotel as a special treat, after all everyone likes a treat on holiday. But most of all we camped, and this we did by simply looking on Google around 2pm everyday, which means by 4pm we were ready to stop and set up the campsite and cook dinner. This in turn gives you a huge amount of flexibility when travelling, and best of all you meet complete strangers in each country, the world is full of kind people so get out there and explore.
Ana VIP. What a trip. Thanks for sharing.
Ana was definitely a very special and kind person 👍
Absolutely stunning scenery! Another cracking video!
Cheers Tony, it sure was a great trip
Great video ! Been looking forward to watching since you announced it.
Keep up the good work Mason! Looking forward to the next vid.
Cheers Tony, kind words my good man
What a brilliant video...really captured the joy of a big trip like that...fab!!. Stunning scenery too...a tad sketchy on the snow lined mountain tracks....!.Superb..thanks for all the efforts filming . And of course the mighty T7 did you proud 👏 🙌 Cheers, Steve
Thanks Steve, fine praise indeed my good man. The scenery sure was stunning, with a few sketchy trails thrown in for good measure 😬
And the T7 sure did do us proud 👍
Im booking this trip masson for next year absolutely 💯 amazing
It’s an absolute must 👍
Wow. David David David..
What a welcome back.. it’s been a while..
Well worth the wait mate. What an awesome video. Beautiful places. Great riding.
I’ve nit even finished watching it yet.
What a welcoming back video..
Did I say that already ?
Well it’s worth saying it twice… just in at 14:45… 👍👍 a narley bit 👍👍👍🏍️🏍️🏍️
Cheers 👍👍 lovin the fact you’re lovin the new video, thanks man
@@masonsruggedroads your welcome Dave 👍 great stuff 👍
Bloody brilliant! 🤘😎
Cheers man
Great video
Cheers Matt
Thanks for the memories mate . Same again next year .. 😁
You’re welcome bud… let’s start planning the next one
Awesome mate. Father son team. Great video mate.. can’t wait for more. It’s been a while. Yes you did say it was going to be..
Thoroughly enjoyed this one.. great editing 👍👍
Thanks 👍👍 yeah my youngest loved coming away as pillion years ago, and now he’s passed his bike test 😀
Great trip and video! Love that last ‘cowboy campsite’!!
Cheers Scott… that campsite is perfect for a stop over on the way into Europe
Fucking love it Mason!!
Cheers 👍👍
Nicely done Sir(s)! Great insight riding down there and thanks for sharing. Did you gpx it by any chance?
Thanks 👍 no I didn’t gpx the route, although I did create some way points in the Garmin XT based on the rough direction of travel before leaving the UK, and then just headed in a rough Easterly direction, planning each days route over breakfast etc
I wonder how many people bought this bike on the back of Motorcycle Adventures.
Many people I’d imagine, and also those who are still longing to seek out an adventure no doubt
@@masonsruggedroads After a trouble-free 190,000km he went out and bought another which was even better. With no sponsorship that says a lot to anyone with any sense who has watch one of his videos. Pavlov, IMO the most respected biker I know and no one comes close.
Fantastic video guys, just a quick question I’ve just bought the Tenere 700 world raid and mounted the Garmin Zumo, XT I’m getting quite a lot of vibration and wobble on the GPS can you recommend the moment to prevent this? Thanks paul
Thanks Paul… I’ve mounted the Garmin using the short RAM Mount which also has a rubber/plastic insert to reduce vibration. I’ll try and find a link and post it here in a bit
Here you go Paul… this is what I use, but make sure you have the collar and fixing plate that came with the Garmin, this allows you to connect it up to the RAM mount
www.amazon.co.uk/RAM-Mount-ram-b-408-37-62U/dp/B01GQE7506/ref=asc_df_B01GQE7506/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=372895728902&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4021999981583249918&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9045676&hvtargid=pla-380516434938&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=78203270324&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=372895728902&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4021999981583249918&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9045676&hvtargid=pla-380516434938
@@masonsruggedroads that’s interesting I went for the rally raid Mount getting quite a bit of vibration
Any gpx files to share for your route?
Sorry to say that I don’t have any gpx files. All of my trips are planned around pin drops or waypoints on my gps, for places and mountain tracks that look interesting. For instance the Col du Sommellier or Mont Jafferau can be found on google maps and then stored in a gps ready for any trip, that’s the kinda thing I do