Following a BMW GS: Crazy Local in the Alps
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- I had a wonderful time chasing this dude for 45mins in the French Alps. He had his bike for 1.5 years and did already do 50 000km. In multiple corners his panniers touched the ground. One of the best riders I've ever followed.
His line is incredibly clean, never saw someone ride that smooth. He never blindly cuts into the other line or leans into it, always approaches turns at the right speed to dodge a cyclist around it and on top scraps the cases. This really is perfection I guess...
It was a joy to follow him! The guy did 50 000km in 2 years, all traveling around nice roads like this. You can tell practice makes perfect, right?!
He literally blindly took the first right turn. Watch him again as he overtakes the black SUV.
@@gorkemumutinan He probably knows there's an hairpin left right after and has a visual of what's on the road coming the other way
@@dlul_ But you can't see past the trees. No visual at all
@@gorkemumutinanyou were there?
Classic example of "Passion has no language barriers" ♥️🏍️
One big family! ❤️
Cormet de Roselend, one of the funniest roads in the french Alps. The guy seems to know well the road, no hesitation even without sightseeing of the second part of the turns. I drive a GS1200 and, when I got it, my buddies said to me "hey, you have improved your driving skill". This bike has such a perfect suspension design that you can apply the brake in the middle of a turn, if you are surprised, without any loss of trajectory. When you have understood that, you can enter the turns 5 or 10 km/h higher than other bikes with traditional suspensions.
Positions, vision, lines and head movements. He’s a retired motorcycle cop 👮.
No,just a guy who knows how to drive, and know the road, so it rules out about 70% of all bikers
@@hedning003 The way he speaks, the helmet and mic models. As a French motorcyclist, I'd say there is a 70% chance he is or was a motorcycle cop
Je suis d'accord, mon poucentage monterait à 9 chances sur 10..
Pour que son ancienne bécane fut bleue..
Les vieux étaient du genre
" joueurs"😂😂😂. @@guerriosPG
Just watched the first few minutes and headed into the comments section to say just that. I'd wager a lot of money on him being an ex-police rider.
@@FFVoyager
His riding has “roadcraft riding” written all over it, smooth and progressive but never looked rushed.
I wonder how often that guy goes through brake pads. I have a 2019 R1250Gs and this is proof that the bike is way more capable than I am.
Wherever you are, it is always a good idea to let the 'local' rider lead......he's familiar with the roads he knows.
Less risk & more fun following.
Respect to the older guy.
The guy in front is a real pro. He never lost the safety line. Smooth riding. Perfect!
I thought you rode well as he got away after passing the car at the start . Well done fella 👍👏👏👏
Thanks! I can tell he wasn’t waiting for me :p
Beautiful lines. This has a professional touch. He does a lot of moves I've seen the police do. Race track instructors would ride differently - he does more of pushing the bike into turns, rather than hanging off.
Exactly!
He countersteers, that's less effort.
@@DakarBlues You are countersteering whether you hang off or ride straight up. The faster you ride the quicker your steering inputs have to be to get the correct lean and radius for the turn. You have to be on your A game to ride fast on a road like that.
Faith in bikers restored, after I watched some recent videos from Stelvio.^^
Having a local rider like him ahead is always a great chance to learn. Appreciated, if they share their skills in the way he does... :)
What a rider the one in front 👏 my respect!
2nd gear for them switchbacks, it's what this bike is all about. Noticed the bike twitching a lot from 1st to 2nd. You did well to stay with him, he's a great rider
3:23 is gold!
Excellent riding by you both respect there are a few GS riders that are so good i love to overtake super sportler with well over 150hp on the twistys
Once again for the doubters, the GS is an incredible machine.
Meh!
It's not the bike people doubt, it's the people who buy them.
@tomnorris1734 One could say that about many bike rider/owners, any vehicle rider/driver for that matter.
@@twothen yes, and people do.
Just not that reliable. Buy Japanese.
Imagine what he's like on a fast bike.😊
He rides like the Japanese motorcycle cops on timed courses 😂
I like how French use legs to say hello and thank you.
That's how we do it in Germany too. Where are you from?
And in Holland too btw 😂
Same in Italy
Wonderful compilation of your Alps tour😍😍. It is really wholesome to see you enjoying so much. Like and support from Bangalore
Thank you! 🙏
Impressive, safe and fast too!
Don’t think it’s the first time he’s ridden that road 😂 Brilliant 👍🏻
When I’m retired, I want to be him!
I came upon this awesome video while researching how to get confident taking corners. I can see the rider in front was counter steering, brilliantly so. I thought your ride was extremely technical and showed a lot of confidence and planning without hesitation. Can I ask you if your preference was to lean into the curve of counter lean?
Hi Steve, thanks for the comment! Generally I like to counter lean in the slower corners and lean into the curve on high speed corners. On a road like the one in the video, counter leaning was probably the best for most corners. If you are looking for some more riding tips, you can also watch some other video’s on my channel, I have a few vids with riding tips and tricks. Thanks for watching!
The crazy French grandpa...
No crazy ...just very good
I loved the title! Crazy local in the alps!!!! Hahahah
Slow in, fast out. Ever was it thus.
Love the engine sound and curvy roads...subscribe!!!
Thanks!
i'm not such an experienced rider , but own an old R1100r and it just seems to me you could take a lot of these corners staying in second gear and some others in 3rd without passing the first thats what these bike are made for , lot of torque . would make the rythme different . but thanks nice ride
I was in the alps once on my fjr1300 riding steadily and over taken by 2 red bikes super Moto looking. I thought I d give chase - only ever saw their back wheel. Locals defo. Small bikes but couldn’t catch them
What sort of gearbox has he got on that bike? I didn’t see him use the clutch lever once, perhaps I’m just completely out of date with modern bikes.
It’s called a quick shifter. You only need the clutch to start. Once you are riding you can shift up and down without using the clutch. There is a sensor on the shift lever that senses pressure. So when you put pressure on the shift lever your ignition is cut for x amount of time and the gearbox will shift. Works brilliantly, specially in higher rpm’s.
So regular clutchless changes with a bit of assistance then.
@@bendenisereedy7865 Exactly. And the downshifting is an automated blip of the throttle (bike with a ride by wire throttle can have this implemented together with the quickshifter)
A person which is obviously driving already a longer time.
Good driver.
Indeed, it doesn’t happen often to meet a guy like this when riding.
Unterschätze nie einen alten Mann auf einer GS...☝🤭🤗
Ich glaube, dass die BMW etwas tiefergelegt ist, denn dann schleifen die Koffer früher...!?🤔
very smooth 👍
Sans toute cette électronique embarquée, ça donne quoi au guidon ?
Nice technique, but won't he lose his socks through the holes scraped in his panniers? If this guy ain't got time to smell the roses, he needs to enter the Oliver's Mount road races at Scarborough. Same road width, road surface, elevations and shrubbery.
Mate did well l can’t ride corners like that
Belle route cette D902 👍
I loved it! Will ride it again this year.
@@ChasingCurves. Il faut prendre le col du Pré depuis le lac de Roselend 👍
What a ride!
Which tyres do you run for alpine roads?
I was using the Metzeler M9 RR’s. Not very long lasting (6000km’s) but loads of grip in all situations. The guy in front was riding with the stock Anakees.
🔥🔥🔥
@@ChasingCurves.wow 😳even so, he’s so fast! 🙈
Very cool video to watch. I didn't see any clutching at all, maybe you were using quickshifter. Personally that attachment you have on top of your windscreen would drive me nuts. It's right in the line of vision. I'd rather have the wind buffeting!
Indeed, I was using the quick shifter. The wind deflector is not in my line of sight, it’s because the camera is mounted lower then my eyes. I look over instead of through it. If I didn’t need it I for sure wouldn’t use it because I too think it’s kind of ugly…
@@ChasingCurves.…they make larger windshields that will solve the ugliness problem. I just replaced mine with a Madstad and it look awesome. Like it came off factory floor. Thats too nice a bike, and too expensive to have crap hanging off it like that
That was far from crazy; just normal.
I need your help too
Did you rent the bike over there, if so, who did you you use?
No, it’s my own :)
The clip of your upper windshield has to be removed - its terrible - covering the hotspot every time -
I know! If I would have knew before that I would meet this guy and film this cool trip I would have. But I did 3500km in a few days so the comfort was important on this trip.
Suggestion: Position the camera so that the image is not filtered through the windshield.
You know how to ride a motorcycle and above all, you know how to curve and use the entire tire (no chicken stripes at all).
Beautiful road and excellent curves.
Thanks for the tips and the kind words! Camera position on the GS is always a bit of a compromise because I don’t wanna have it on top of the helmet because if the wind drag. It’s a shame that UA-cam compressed this video to this bad quality for some reason… if the video quality was a bit better it would have been nicer to watch.. I’m still learning so please forgive me :)
WHY do you cut ALL the right turns???
What do you mean by cut all right turns?
Late apex, wide in, tight out, gives room on the exit. Savest way. If you hit the apex in the middle you can run wide at exit, with all the risks. This goes for left and right.
The fact that you were able to close the gap means you are the quicker one.
Some of his choices to pass and his corner entries were somewhat questionable.
The roads are not your own private race track.
The GS has always been a quick machine, stout chassis and plenty of well controlled suspension.
What bike do you ride ?
ua-cam.com/video/D6FBZuYof3s/v-deo.html
This one, English subtitles available. At the end of the video you can see the bike in detail. Thanks for watching!
After a few days on these roads the ideal speed just sets in. The GS-hog is for fat old man though. 701 SM is much better there
Yay
The GS rocks... Its my bike...
Dans le respect des limitations de vitesse ?
Je ne me plaindrai pas si je suis arrêté par la police :)
3 things
1) Got to wash the wind screen, i am not fully satisfied looking at the old geezer carving the road.
2) Get a 4k action camera, maybe the dude got sparks when he scraped the road
3) Asked for his contact so that you guys can do it again.
Enjoyed the video Cheers
I’ll keep it in mind for the next time! Thanks for watching!
@@ChasingCurves. Should be thanking you instead, really enjoyed it.
Don’t forget to like and subscribe and watch some of my other videos then :)
Reminds me how much I dislike those wind deflectors 😢
Yeah! They suck for the looks but they do work so good! I wouldn’t want to ride my GS without it
Suprised at how fast the bike reads 100km/h.my tvs 125😂😂fastest is 40 on climbing😂one day i will own 1250gs
Demonstrates a badass bike is not required to ride fast.
...and then we read in chronicles about another oldtimer on GS crashed...
what tires is he on...
Michelin Anakee Adventure. I was very surprised when I saw that he didn’t even have sticky road rubber on it. I was riding with the Metzler M9 RR’s.
@@ChasingCurves. Those Michelins are actually the tire I want to try next on my 800DE... nice.
Great! You just saw it’s a very capable tire! Enjoy!!
I had anakee on my CRF250L wow sorry grippy... Even in the wet
Too fast on the blind corners..
😎👍
😊
Way too risky. Honking before a curve won6 save this „smooth driver in front“.
Würde da nicht mitkommen 😊
You riding so slow because of dirt windshield
Very few motorbike riders know to take turns using the "security trajectory" (exterior-exterior-interior) like he does, most bikers look at moto GP and think the "race trajectory" (exterior-interior-exterior) is the best suited on the road. He is likely to be a retired cop, or he must have taken some good training (the cops also regularly give free trainings to motorcyclists as part of the "prevention" mission)
That "dirty piece of shit" windscreen is blocking most of the view. Get rid of it!
I bought the very same model - a 1250 GS Rallye from 2022 - a few weeks ago and since then I lost a lot of respect for everyone driving such bikes. It's so easy to handle, it's like riding a bicycle. Still it's really fun to ride, but yeah, riding my GSX-R from 2008 is really difficult compared to a GS.
The Cormet de Roselend, one of my favorites !
Oh man, those tight rotes and switchbacks had me white knuckled just watching!
I wonder if he's riding a low-suspension GS. My Rallye with the tall/sport suspension, panniers never scraping with the tire ridden to the very edge.
Can’t tell for sure but I think he had a lowered version since the guy was pretty small and he could put his feet comfortably on the ground.
Cop!
Er beweist, das drücken oft besser ist als legen
So green.
...all about being smoooooooth... Nice ride.
The GS is an amazing machine in the hand of a skilled driver.
I've never noticed that this attachment of the upper windshield dances so around the focal point of the line of sight. Lucky the person who can totally ignore this in real life.
It’s because the camera is lower then my eyes. In reality you look over the screen.
Cormet roseland 🤠
no bodymovement? should a hang off/on not give better performance?
I did a few trainings with a guy who trained the motorcycle cops and they specifically tell you to not move, and in slow corners counter balance. So basically the complete opposite of track riding or fast riding on the road.
On small roads like this this riding style is for sure safer/quicker. On very big, track style roads hanging off might be quicker/safer. Probably also has to do with type of bike. I can imagine on a sports bike you aren’t going to ride like we do.
I can only highly recommend you to do a advanced training, it’s big fun and you will learn a lot in a very short time. Enjoy chasing the curves mate!
Yes. And he's scratching the cases a few times. This isn't the fastest possible way of riding. He does a lot of counter balancing, pushing the bike away from him, into corners. It's what the police are doing a lot.
GS-riders never move.
@@Knilch58 😜
@@ChasingCurves. well - I also did some trainings - with real racers - and they all hang of to be the fastest - as well as other curve technic… might not look so nice, but they were always way faster than me ;)
When you want, you can come to italian appennines between emilia romagna, liguria and tuscany. There aren't ten meters straight and there are also a lot of riders, some more crazy than him :D
Italian alps are better for landscape, but appennines are over the top for bike rides
Sounds like a plan!
@@ChasingCurves. When you are ready... we wait for you haha. Cerreto, Lagastrello, Cisa, Abetone are some of the mountain passes with nice roads :)
@@ilmercantediliquore We keep in touch! Would love to ride there with a good guide :)
Look how little he is on the brakes !!!!
Steep climb plus an engine with good braking. Why would you use the brakes?
Thats what motorcycles are for !!!😊
He is really good driver, followed perfect lines, but you were dangerously close following him.
Has anyone of the commenters recognized the bike in front?
Defenetly not a GS, but R1200R💪
The guy that I was following was riding a R1250GS Adventure.
Crazy? Just normal.
No doubting he's a skilled rider with experience but whats the rush?,especially in that stunning environment.
I also question some of the lines taken.. some straightlining and corner cutting puts you in a more dangerous zone... As the great Barry Sheene used to say to new riders .. " this is not a racetrack, ride with imagination" .. other bikes go quick too .. and even the opposite way.
He is showing off… not a good guide to follow
nice one!