Royal Enfield Meteor 350 - Buddy enjoys a rare BREAK in the WIND - Part Two
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- Опубліковано 12 жов 2024
- Fortunately, on Wednesday of last week, the winds briefly dropped and the sun came out.
So I grabbed my helmet and saddled up Buddy, my Royal Enfield Meteor 350, and we set off to film the road to Uleila del Campo.
The footage I got was enough for two videos, so not wanting to test your patience too much, I have split the video into two parts.
This is the second and final part of the ride.
You can check out my interview with Quinn from the Quinn Peaks Biker channel here if you want to : @quinnpeaksbiker
Thanks due to Dave Ricketts for the W650 (!) and Willow pictures !!!
Congratulations due to Mike Hatswell following collection of his new Meteor 350.
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i think Buddy is the best choice of a bike for the area you live! i was looking at the area you live and it is perfect for your roads and terrain. i am not sure of your highways and the land you cover on a normal year. looks like the way you film, it is non traveled roads with no lines in the middle. i hope to get out my three vids and move on as i want to do a video to OBX of North Carolina which is a 90 min ride for me with a bridge to an island that millions come from up north every year for vacation and i want to do it before it is 3 hours of stop and go to get on the island. and the north comes down (where i am from... New Jersey) the attitude changes as they are the loudest of people to spoil an afternoon. Virginia and south of me is called the south and they are more slow ( mentally and physically) and the quick and rudeness of the north works its way down. which is why i like this area. yes i am still a north guy with the abuility to be southern!
Hi Blakester !
Yes, Buddy is perfect for these roads. The lazy nature of the engine ensures that you don't really have to touch the gearbox very much as you sweep through the bends, just rolling the throttle off and back on again. It makes for a really relaxing, enjoyable ride !
The bridge and the island sound exciting, so I look forward to the video of an obnoxious northerner putting noses out of joint down south 😝
Talking of a clash of cultures, you can't get much more extreme than the change in cultures I took on.
I came from living 13 years in Germany, where everything is regulated and everybody tries to adhere to the rules all of the time, to living in Spain, where despite regulations, hardly anything gets enforced and the people basically feel like they can do whatever they want !
It took some getting used to but now I do actually prefer the Spanish approach. It's more like things used to be. A bit more Wild West. Spain of course has its government and regulatory statutes in place but if you live in a rural area, it's as if they don't exist.
Like you, I have now found myself able to adapt and embrace their more laissez faire attitude. A simpler life is definitely better for the soul !
Cheers Blake and good luck getting your three vids finished.
Give Zeevee a hug from the pair of us !
Garry & Ruby
fetish Dave lol, he looks so familiar . Lovely ride on a cool bike Baz,
Perfect "meaty" roads tbh
Hi Dave, sorry "Steve".
Yes. I often think that I'd rather be leisurely swinging Buddy through those bends than wrestling with something bigger and heavier, which also expects me to shift gears all of the time. A road like that is third or fourth gear on Buddy. Get him in the right gear and then you can more or less just leave him there, rolling on and off the throttle as the bends dictate. It really is a relaxing way to ride ! But then you know that yourself of course, having had an extended summer affair with RE UK's Meaty.
Glad to hear that you enjoyed the ride Steve and hopefully you liked this video too 🤗😇
I will get Quinn to film and record all that happens on your debauched night out with Ken. He loves doing that sort of thing 😂
Dave is a handsome man, no doubt about that. It's just a shame that he's so shy about showing himself on the internet, he really shouldn't be 🤷♂
Cheers Brian,
El Outro and Robert in France
great weather ,lovely smooth roads , not a pothole to be seen . look forward to you trying a Shotgun in the future . Ruby looking as cute as ever . look after yourselves .
Hi John,
glad you enjoyed the ride. Part one and part two together form a nice little circuit for me. Probably one of the best circuits I can ride without going too far afield. I hope to ride it more often this year because all of the roads in it are beautiful to ride.
I should be seeing the Shotgun tomorrow, the dealer has one in. Unfortunately, as usual, not for test riding. But at least I should get to see one in the metal, sit on it and touch it ! I shall make a video about it.
Stay safe you two and look after each other 🙂
Garry & Ruby
Thanks, here’s some cash for Ruby’s Sossidge fund! Also love from Bugsy, my big black tomcat! Xxx
Awww thanks TNT !
Ruby is very excited.
She recently received sossidges from Dave from Mercia Moto and now she has received some from you !
Very kind and they will surely be appreciated. You will of course get a mention when your sossidges' number is up !
Thanks again 👍🏻
Garry & Ruby
Just like the roads in Somerset, NOT.
Just like the weather in Somerset, NOT.
Same amount of traffic as Somerset, NOT.
Green with envy Garry.
( W650 Garry😂)
Love to Ruby
Dave and Willow 🐶
😂
Terribly sorry Dave 😇
How's that W600 of yours going ? 😝 Are you getting out on it or is the weather still too yucky ?
A lot of love for that bike in various comments. Many of us here are very envious. Especially since you own one of the extremely rare 600s, when most of them were either 800s or 650s. You are indeed extremely blessed Dave, finding one of those is literally like finding a needle in a haystack ! 😂
Apologies for my annoying video Dave 😉😇
Love to you both from Spain,
Garry & Ruby
@@economicalrides That`s okay Garry, I know that your area of Spain seems to be the only place on the planet, that Kawasaki sold a W600 🤷🏻♂😃
I`ll have to look back at that video and read the comments.
Yes, I`m lucky to have found one of those rare 600s. I have managed to get out for 2 rides this week and hopefully a short one again this afternoon, if the weather Gods behave.
None of your videos are annoying Garry.
Love from Somerset
Dave and Willow 🐶
@@davericketts9101 Back at you both !
Garry & Ruby ❤🐕"Hi Willers !!!!"
Thank's again for a lovely ride in Spain 😀
Cheers to Ruby & ER 🍻
Evening William !
You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed coming along for the ride. I notice that Fetish Dave also managed to sneak himself into this video. I think that after I flashed his picture up that ONE TIME and ONLY FOR A FEW SECONDS, he has decided to go all in and just put himself out there.
So in a way, I feel as though my unfortunate mistake has actually helped him to come out of his shell somewhat. So it was probably a good thing after all 😇
Take care William 🙂
Garry & Ruby
@@economicalrides😅😂🤣
Absolutely awesome roads again! I think if I was in your area for long, I'd end up hurting myself! All those sweeping blind bends, just waiting for someone like me who's ambition exceeds their talent 😁🤣 I get the underlying feeling that Ruby thinks one sossige is not quite enough? 🥰
I'm much the same Ken as you know, we should go out drink beer and have a blast!
@@exeterrider That'd be an event to remember (or perhaps we wouldn't remember if it was good enough!) 🤪🥴😂
Ah well Ken. Stay tuned because I am pondering getting a bit more of a naughty boy bike in the future.
As much as I love my little REs I do miss being a bit of a hooligan from time to time.
When I do it on Buddy or Norman, it's still fun but it feels like I shouldn't be doing it.
But for now, when I do go a bit mental, I'm at least not going terribly quickly 😝
I think you are probably right with the sossidge thing Ken.
Ruby says you are very perceptive ❤🐕
Cheers to you and the girls,
Garry & Ruby
@@exeterrider If it happens, I'd like to be a fly on the wall 😂
Actually, I can just send Quinn over. He likes to document raucous nights out 😝
Cheers you two,
Garry & Ruby
Hi Garry, ja du hattest Recht, die Abfahrt ist genau so schön...
Und ganz wichtig, keine Autos im Bild.
LG Stephan
Hallo Stephan.
ja, ich habe wieder für meine Dreharbeiten die Straße sperren lassen. Teuer aber die Mühe lohnt sich 😝
Schön dass die Strecke Dir auch gefallen hat. Die zwei Teile zusammen machen eine schöne Rundtour für mich. Müsste ich öfters fahren aber momentan fehlt immer die Zeit oder das Wetter ! Ich will dieses Jahr mehr fahren, weiß nur nicht wie ich das anstellen sollte !
LG
Garry & Ruby
Ich würde auch gerne wieder fahren aber mit der BMW klappt es zur Zeit noch nicht und bei der Vespa hat sich gestern herausgestellt das an dem Wandler was kaputt ist. Kostet auch wieder ein kleines Vermögen. Ich muss die Vespa auch noch komplett zerlegen weil ich sie lackieren will. Also muss ich mich bei Zweirädern aufs Fahrrad beschränken.
@@stephanl.4857 Oh, das tut mir leid Stephan ! Ich drücke Dir die Daumen dass Du bald wieder fahren kannst, entweder Vespa oder BMW ! Zum Glück spielt bei euch meist das Wetter eh nicht mit, von daher verpasst Du gerade wahrscheinlich nicht so viele Fahrgelegenheiten ! Ein kleiner Trost 😝
Ich fahre gleich zu meinem RE Händler um mir die Shotgun 650 anzuschauen ! Habe extra dafür den heutigen Tag frei genommen 😇 Werde nächste Woche berichten. Leider nur gucken. Kein Fahren erlaubt, wie immer !
Alles gute und LG
Garry
Aktuell ist bei uns schönstes Mopedwetter😓
@@stephanl.4857 🤬🤬🤬🥲
LOVE IT! Have we been on this road before?
Hi MAMRE,
well, if you go far enough back, to the early days, then yes.
One or two of my earliest on bike videos were filmed on this particular road, although I was coming up it, rather than down it.
I think that was still pre GoPro, filmed with my cheapo camera and with barely functional audio 😂
Part one and part two combined constitute a circuit for me, so it's a really lovely ride whenever I have the time ( which is like never ! ).
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it too 🙂
Cheers MAMRE,
Garry & Ruby
Bloomin marvellous Garry, perfect watch for a Sunday evening 😀The Brucie bonus is I got to see what a well maintained road looks like compared to our pot hole ridden hellscape! 🤣
Hellscape !😂 😂😂 Sums it up nicely !
Thanks for watching Dave, glad you enjoyed the video. Safe travels and good luck avoiding the potholes !
Garry & Ruby ❤🐕
Hola Garry y Rubita bonita.
Mesmerising...those sausages 😛
Another fantastic blast along a dream like road 👌
Ruby is definitely a "sossidge" enthusiast, of that there can be no doubt. I recently changed brand and was brave enough to try one ( the previous ones should have been classified as "for animal use only" if you ask me ! ). Anyway, the new ones actually taste quite decent and now I will be eating one from time to time, so Ruby finally has some competition 😂
I do love riding Buddy on roads like these.
Definitely balsam for the soul ! Now I just need the weather to be like that more often and I can maybe do the odd ride without simultaneously vlogging, which would make a nice change ! At this time of year, every ride needs to be a vlog if I want to stick to my schedule !
Thanks Jeff, glad you enjoyed tagging along.
Love to you both from the two of us !
Garry & Ruby
Fantastic roads, fantastic surroundings, great bike for the job and great soundtrack - nowt much more to be said really Garry, except roll on October! 😎
Thanks Martin ! Yes, bring some time with you when you are here and we'll try to take in some of the best bits !
I agree. Riding Buddy on roads like these is so easy and so relaxing. You can pretty much leave him in one gear and just concentrate on enjoying the bends and the views. He's the perfect companion for the type of road riding I enjoy.
I recently rode the trail from Calar Alto to Alto Velefique ( the one you rode, the one with quite a lot of deep gravel ) and then continued on from Alto Velefique ( the trail you began riding when you were up there ) to PURCHENA !!! Yes, I was able to ride home from Alto Velefique using trails. From Alto Velefique it was 30km on the trails and I emerged in Purchena, right next to the road that takes me home. Awesome ride. Loved it. Video on the hard drive waiting to be bashed together for the week after next ! I can now do a 50/50 circuit. I can ride up to Alto Velefique from Tabernas on the roads and once I get to Alto Velefique I can ride the 30km trail home. How cool is that ? This is what the Himalayan is for !
Cheers Martin, take care and look forward to seeing you in October !
Garry
No worries Garry, Blizzard's panniers will be full to overflowing with time as there's so much unfinished business for me in Almeria! 😎
That's one thing I miss about having sold Thumper, my old Bullet - just leave it in one gear (when I eventually found one!) and just ride.
I've had a closer look between the sellotape on my map, and can see exactly what you mean about the circuit from Purchena round and back on road and trail - exactly what I mean by unfinished business!
Take care in the meantime Garry, and I'll see you in the next one. 👍😎
I ❤ Spain…my favourite biking destination 😊. People, culture and food equally fantastic….should be back in 2025 👍
Hi Pete,
totally agree. I ended up here by accident, not knowing if I would want to stay but once you get used to the way things are done over here, it really is a wonderful place to live. I can't see myself living anywhere else. As you say, the people, the food and particularly here, the roads, are really great.
If your route takes you into Almeria province, let me know and maybe we can meet up somewhere 👍🏻
Thanks Pete, take care.
Garry
What a cracking ride Garry, that’s a fabulous route, a great road with fantastic views, must be brilliant to be able to ride it and it’s so suitable for the meteor 👍 all the best buddy 👍
Thanks Mike !
Yes, part one and two together form a circuit which brings me back home again, so it really is a fantastic ride whenever I have the time.
I haven't timed it but I would imagine that if I wasn't filming it would be about 2.5 hours to do the whole trip. I'd like to ride it more often but unfortunately I struggle to find that much spare time.
The Meteor is great on these roads because you can generally leave it in third or fourth gear and just roll off and on the throttle to adjust your speed through the bends. It makes for a really relaxing ride and of course, on these narrow roads, more power is probably only going to get you into trouble, be harder work. Another advantage of the Meteor is that the fuel consumption is so low that I could probably do this ride three times on one tankful, which appeals to the tight side of my personality ! 🥰
Good luck getting your new baby run in Mike. I hope you get a decent amount of compatible weather 👍🏻
Cheers Mike. Glad you enjoyed the video !
Garry & Ruby
@@economicalrides I’m enjoying the running in progress, just doing short runs for now, about 25 to 35 miles at a time as I’ve always understood that’s the best way but I can’t wait until I can start doing some decent distance on it, it was meant to be a second bike but it’s starting to become the first choice as it’s such fun to be on 😂
@@mikehatswell3961 Hi Mike. Yes, shorter rides and lots of heat cycles are supposed to be beneficial in the early days. Unfortunately I never managed that with either bike, since I am always tight for time, so when I ride, I need to be filming, so it always ends up being a long ( usually hot ) ride. But so far, both Norman and Buddy have done okay without it. But definitely stick to that if you can !
I know what you mean. I'm sure that if I had another road bike, Buddy would still be my favourite. He's so easy to deal with and just so relaxing to ride. As I get older I will probably find that he's the only bike I can still deal with, so yet another reason why I don't think I'll ever sell him. I can see myself still enjoying Buddy well into retirement age ! 🙂
Cheers Mike and good luck with the running in !
Garry
it's hard to understand your weather reports when all we see on the screen is brilliant sunshine ,, one day show us a clip when it's bad .. this may hurt but don't take it personal ;; === that buddy is by far the best bike you own , and even off road i could ride that 3 times as fast as you could ride norman ,, no i am not a top rider by any means , but the basic no frills approach of that bike is the way to go in my eyes ,, and watching another channel [ bingley wheeler ] = a 650 twin enfield in the style of buddy is a sensible bet ; == amazing what high strength whisky and 6.5 real ale to take the pain away from my back will make me say .. put trail tyres on buddy and you can turn off those trails and ride up the banks ;;; ==i am sure ;; sossidge on way for appologes for my rambling , just trying to excite a bit , sit patiently ruby ;;
😂 Whisky and beer. Not a great combo in my experience. I hope you are feeling okay this morning Simon !
Buddy would definitely be up for some more off-roading, he's up for anything, but I'd feel bad putting him through it. That's what Norman is for. Norman likes a good beating, he thrives on it 😂
You certainly don't need much to have fun off-road. Norman is a very simple bike really and of course he has a lot more ground clearance ( although still not ENOUGH ! ) than Buddy, so he won't injure himself so easily on those pesky rocks. I would prefer Buddy's seat height off-road though, that would certainly give me a lot more confidence ! I can see where you are coming from. A second-hand, beaten up Meteor to convert into an off-road tool is quite appealing. Strip everything off that isn't needed and get some decent wheels and tyres on it. Ride it in the mountains and improve it where necessary. Eventually you would have a manageable little thumper for the trails.
Unfortunately I'm not an engineer and would probably make a right hash of it. So I think I will have to give custom builds a miss Simon.
With regard to the weather, that's the bizarre part. The weather here has generally been terrible and then between two prolonged spells of stormy weather, we'll suddenly have one or two perfect days, like the one in this video. You can see how many good days we've had by the number of videos I've posted because if it has been riding weather any day this year, then I have been out filming !
Ruby is now very excited Simon !!! 😝🐕
Cheers Simon and I really hope that your back pain subsides soon. I have had spells of that myself and when it happens it is a right PITA !
Get well soon Simon,
Garry & Ruby