What a great time we had at the ABR Festival 2024!
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- The ABR Festival is my favourite biking event of the year and 2024's Festival did not dissappoint! Here's a flavour of what went on if you weren't able to go this year....
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This does, I think, without me having been there, give as good a flavour of the event as a video can. Spot on.
Thank you Ken!
Had a bloody great time, this year. Really top notch, and a damn good laugh!
Let's do it again in 2025!
A great immersive video of the event 👌🏼 We were invited but the visual impact of all those beautiful adv bikes might have been too much for us 😎
You two would go up in a puff of smoke!!! Seriously….it’s not just about adventure bikes….I think you’d actually love the event…
Great video and appreciate you being so disciplined in sharing this great event with all of us. The English countryside always looks so beautiful and pleased to see the weather cooperated. That’s a cute caravan you brought to the party and certainly a lot more comfortable than a tent. Thanks again from NC/USA.
Our pleasure!
Great video Andy, and thanks for the pint atop the Fork and Sprocket. See you next year.
Thanks Alun - Congratulations to you and the whole ABR team for another corker of an event, see you next year for more of the same....PS mines a Guiness ;0)
TMF, you bring a great, energy, wit and spirit to the ABR festival, the content you put out week in, week out is fantastic, keep it up!
Wow - thank you very much!
Brilliant!…..thanks Andy and Carol 🎸🇬🇧🍺👏🏻⭐️
Our pleasure!
Great insight in what seems a great weekend. Far bigger than what we would get in New Zealand. It may be worth coming over for 2025. I am very please for you and your wife, Carol, in how popular you have become. Your hard work ethics and professionalism has paid off. Life should always be an adventure. Enjoy your summer and keep up the great work. I hope to have a good day to get the Diavel V4 out for a ride. Regards from the deep south.
Thanks James - appreciate the kind words!
Looked like a fantastic event! Wish they had something like this in the states!
But you have Sturgis, Daytona (not quite the same I know…)
It was really good of you both to stop and talk to us this year Andy. I've said hello to you both a couple of times before at ABR while you were already engaged in conversation with other fans, but this year I caught you both alone. Cheers Andy (and Carol), I enjoyed the banter.
Nice to see you again!
Stuck in the states. Sure looked like a wonderful time. Nice to see all the manufacturers and vendors turned out. Seems like Europe is where everything in the moto world starts. Wish I could have been there in person. Thanks for the walk a round with you and Mrs Flyer. 👍👍🙋♂️
My first ABR. I had stopped going to festivals in the 1980s due to the general squalor and filth of it all. ABR was fabulous, clean tidy and friendly. I’m already looking forward to next year. Talk bikes , rides bikes all day great live music in the evening. I arrived on the Thursday and still in recovery mode on the Tuesday after as I didn’t want to miss anything.
Told you it was good Neil!
I’m in this video. 15:27 guy with the long hair, bandana, sunnies and the cigarette. Nice vid Andy! Had a great time watching you and the missus on stage with Simon and Lisa 🤙
Thank you!! ….and well spotted!
Looks great Andy! One day I will go...
You should - it's a top event!
Carols looking very chic in her straw hat and sunglasses. You're punching there Andy!
Sure am!
He's not called Handsome Andy for nothing !! 😉😉
Sadly that's the first time I've been called "Handsome Andy"
I've never fancied going to the ABR
BUT
Your video Andy, really makes me want to give a try next year.
Thx for sharing your experience
You should! It’s a great show! Super friendly and unlike any other I’ve been too…
Hi Andy, great video (bonus that im in it twice), it was great to meet you both and thanks for the advice on my fledgling channel.
No worries - good luck with the channel and great to meet you!
No mention of the great trials riding available, and the thirty plus fantastic food venues offering round the world food choices, great event , will be there next year all being well
Yep - see you there!
Shame I have to miss this year, will hopefully see you next year 👍🏻 looked mega again
yes you were missed Gaz!
I entirely enjoyed piggy-backing on you to get a good feel of ABR 2024! One of these days (years) I might drag my sorry behind over there to experience it for real. Virtual beer and virtual chit-chats are never as good as the real thing, so that should motivate me.
Thanks for sharing, Andy! 👍
My pleasure!
During that last band I got to speak to Lord Hertford who was watching on. He was a lovely man and I said thanks for letting us stay in his garden.
Wow - How did you know it was him I wonder?
@@TheMissendenFlyer A new friend I’d made at ABR had seen him and got chatting en route to the toilet. Came back and asked if we wanted to go and have a chat, so we did. I told him how badly we’d done in the pub quiz and he started coming up with some more questions. The family still live at Ragley Hall albeit just the first floor. He’s a wheelchair user and was just to the left of the bar tent.
Put your shoulder out bouncing around the dance floor like that 😂 what a great video made me feel like I was there well done guys
Glad you enjoyed it
Excellent! Great overview of the event. Wish we had one in the midwest USA!! Thanks for the effort!
We do it’s called sturgis
Our pleasure!
You Brits really know how to put on a motorcycle event! Wow!
I'm glad you liked the look of it Bill!
Thanks for this Mr+Mrs Flyer.
Yet another fantabulous few days of respectful motorcycling fun at the ABR. Absolutely the highlight of my summer. See you there again next year✌️
Looking forward to it already!
Wow Well done to You and the Misses, and the other contributors. A great insight on a great event. It appears to be good fun and very welcoming to those who ride and those who would like to give it a go .Cheers from Australia. 🏍🍻🇦🇺🦘👍
Cheers! ….and yes a very good natured event this one….
Fantastic Andy. You forgot to mention that you had an interview with me! 😂 I know forgettable experience. Keep up the good work 👍
Cheers Mert - was good to meet you!
I would love to go back to the UK ( from Australia) to go to this . Looks awesome.
It is!
Hi Andy, Hi Carol. I expect you are inundated with messages and so many requests. You may or may not recall speaking with me. I was the Police officer that spoke to you on the Thursday of the ABR. I Just wanted to say it was an absolute pleasure to meet you and Carol, thank you for taking the time to speak with us. I also wanted to find out how Carol was doing with her mod 2 ? Jess ( beginner2baddassbiker) passed her test and it got me thinking about Carol taking her test. If she hasn't yet taken it then we wish her the very best of luck. Thanks again for taking the time to speak with us. Safe riding both.
Hi mate - great to hear from you! ...and good talking with you at ABR...an update on Carole's riding progress coming soon!! Stay tuned!
Thanks for the look around. Certainly gave us a flavour of the event.
As virtually every other motorcycle UA-cam channel except us has been at the ABR, I suspect there will be loads of vids from there about to drop.
I thought I’d get mine out quick for that reason!
Looks great fun and nice selection of things to do.
It was!
How come I missed this episode, what a perfect event. ♥♥
It was! …and I don’t know…??
What a great representation of what was the a fantastic event, I was there at 7.30am on the Thursday and left at 4pm Sunday and loved every minute of it, it's my second year and yet again everyone was so friendly and in good spirits. I managed to test ride a CF Moto 450 MT and loved it, ordered one today, and as luck would have it the dealer has one coming in two weeks with my name on it.
Great stuff David - Congrats on the new bike!
Never been to the ABR Festival, looks like a must event for the future. Enjoined the insight into what its like, except for the porta loo! Well done
To be fair the portaloo was an exception - in the main the loos are of the "posh" type and kept very clean....
Absolutely chuffing marvellous! What a huge amount of fun that looked like! Gutted not to have been able to make it, but really grateful for this superb capture! Good on the pair of you!!
I’ve just been to the ABR..virtually 👍🏻
it's better in reality!
Great to see such comprehensive coverage of what appears to be a great event. Great that you and the missus stayed for the entire event... thanks 👍👍
Our pleasure!
Great to see you both having so much fun. Carol wearing her Cassington t shirt. We spoke at Cassington and discussed the ABR festival, I said it seemed too expensive. After watching this I now realise how wrong I was. It looks amazing and I will definitely be going next year. You warned that this might be a bit haphazard- I felt it was one of your best. So many smiles and laughs from so many people. Excellent, keep up the good work and hopefully we may meet up again some time soon.
Wow thank you for the kind words! ....and coincidentally I'm wearing my Cassington T-Shirt as I type!! (that video is due 24th July - sorry for the wait!)
Great video Andy! Could of used a flash of your accommodations. Very nice looking trailer.
Thanks 👍
Great video, good insight into what goes on definitely on the list for next year...
Thanks for watching! See you there next year!
Great video this, I’ve thought about visiting the festival, but never managed to get there but after watching this I will definitely be there next year. I have been to all the big bike shows over the years, including the bike shed show this year, but this looks the business,
Thanks for sharing.
The bike shed show is my second favourite biking event of the year 😜
Looks a fantastic event - I've been to a fair few of this kind of thing over the decades and they're always good fun with mates or even on your own
Thank you Mr. and Mrs Flyer for giving us an in depth look arounf the ABR festival. After watching this video, I am determined to try and get to at least one in the future. Everyone seemed to have a smile on their face, and genuinely looked to be enjoying themselves. Obviously helped by great weather.
Yes the weather makes ALL the difference! A great event….
This is pretty much exactly how I would have wanted to do my own ABR vid,but got carried away & just enjoyed myself HUGELY while there! 🤣👍
Great vid Andy & I'll have to look harder to find you next year mate! 😎✌️
We'll be there!
That was an excellent video, couldn't have been a better advert for the festival. Inspirational, just what biking needs.
Glad you enjoyed it! It was more fun than we made it look!
Simply excellent. ABR have a great ambassador (unofficial) in You and Mrs Flyer
Looked like a great event with very little litter !
Yes - spotless
Looks like a great event. I like that it's not 100% Adventure Bike focused and more of a general bike enthusiast gathering. Would be a great trip to spin over from Ireland and camp for the long weekend.
Yes there was a large Irish contingent there who did just that!
That looks great. Im having some of that next year👍👍
See you there!
Looks like great fun and a decent crowd. I like that you put all the days in one video so we are not left hanging. Fantastic job.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you from JHB SA.
Our pleasure!
That shirt is certainly an adventure Mr Flyer 😎
Yes I need to pay more attention to what I look like before I press record!
@@TheMissendenFlyer all good mate, you wore it well
Right on thanks a lot here in Canada
Our pleasure!
It looked like a good rally. You struck gold with the weather. Not really my thing though. I used to do Kent custom bike show and the bulldog bash. Both sadly long gone 😢.
Yes a very different feel to your classic bike meet or show.....
I was at the Bulldog Bash the year that Motorhead were the main band - I never made it to the Kent Custom one though which is ridiculous as I live in Kent !! 👍🏽
Absolute cracking weekend, 🏍👌🍺👍
Wasn't it just...roll on ABR Festival '25!!
Great video Andy, looks like a fantastic event, if only there was a road focused event with the same format.
Well there are road rides at the ABR festival too!
Great overview of an excellent event. Really enjoyed your (and Mrs F's) talk with Simon & Lisa - most entertaining :)
Glad you enjoyed it - thank you so much for coming!
It was great to meet you and Carol. Another really great ABR.
I think you really managed to capture the scale and spirit of the show in this video.
Keep up the good work Andy.
Thank you - and great to meet you too!! Next year??
@TheMissendenFlyer oh yeah we will be there. Hopefully get my wife to come along to.
Great video! It seems you guys really enjoyed yourselves I will be sure to go next year.
See you there!
Unusual video for you Andy but nevertheless brilliant, really makes you want to get up and go next year. As a GoldStar owner of just over a year i hope you get your hands on one for a couple of weeks, I'm sure like me and Uncle Stu you will love it. Mrs Flyers next bike ?
Yes I'd love a bit of time with one....they did look great at the show.
Looks like an amazing show. Thanks for sharing Andy and Mrs Flyer.
Good ride down from N. Wales absolutely cracking festival far better than I expected nice to say hello to you both and a good ride home. See you next year. 👍👍.
Great to meet you - see you there again next year!
Met Mrs Flyer with Kieran on Saturday.. The Video gives a great overview of the event. Have a fantastic time.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Superb video on ABR Fest. Really enjoyable. Thank you!! Great to see all the exhibits .
Many thanks!
Summed up the ABR perfectly. A superb event.
Looking forward to next year's already.
See you there
Will do Richard - it's in the diary!
Hey TMF, you are certainly a celebrity at the festival. But you have worked really hard to get there so I give you my congratulations for having created such a great channel. Well done Sir!
Thank you very much!
This was enjoyable from start to finish. Thanks for taking us along.
I was only a bit let down when I saw UserNameKate (happy), but she only got to wave and that was it. :(
Other than that, it was all good. :)
Apologies!
I thought you were talking to Dolph Lindgren there for a minute, on the top deck 😂😂😂
This really does capture the essence of the ABR festival. It was our first time this year, but we're already booked for 2025 as it really is that good. I even managed to get round the Bridgestone Trail on my Tiger 1200 (first time it and me have been offroad) without breaking anything!
Well done - see you there next year!
Brilliant review Andy really enjoyed it 👍
Thanks 👍
What a great festival flavour video Andy. Looks like it was a brilliant event. Thank you
Nice vid. I like the way you put it together as it feels more natural & authentic. Looks like a genuinely great event too. Never been but one day hopefully.
Thank you - appreciate the kind words!
Enjoyed reliving the weekend through your video Andy. It was great to chat with you both after watching voices unlimited, we thought they were fantastic.
Yes great chatting to you too - not a dry eye in the house after that!
Thanks for the video ....ive never heard of this event before 😂....looks good fun !..
It is!
Absolute belter! Loved it
The show you mean?
I didn't know you did caravan holidays as well. You get around. Looks like you were having fun.,
It's bad enough for my miniscule street cred that I ride a Goldwing - I'm not going to shout about being a caravanner!!!
Absolutely brilliant Andy think I must join in and visit next year....😊😊😊😊
You should!
Hi Andy. Great to see you and Mrs Flyer at the show. Nice to see you included my picture at the end. Shame my eyes were closed. First ABR for me but not my last.
Great to meet you too - see you next year!
Great vid Andy, it was nice to meet both you and Carol. Already bought the ticket for next year, cant wait!!!! The bodyguard from Uxbridge here.... 👍
Great meeting you too - see you next year!
Fantastic, but I must point out Andy that I’m the only follower wearing a TMF shirt in this vid 👊
Anyways what lovely genuine people you and Carol are, a pleasure to meet you.
Lovely to meet you too and I only noticed the shirt when I was editing this video!! Can't believe I missed it!!! Great fun wasn't it.....
My first time there and already booking next years today…. Great early bird discount
@@corruptionisrife Did you try "TMF5" too??
No !!!!!!!
Hi Andy, it was my first ABR and was amazed by the sheer scale of it, no wonder I didn't see you to hello! What an amazing time and I hope to get back next year!
Hopefully se you there next year!
@@TheMissendenFlyer I hope so too I had to work the Thursday which would have given me the best chance of spotting you both!
Very enjoyable video Mr and Mrs Flyer😂. That must take some organising I must say! So much to do and see.
Good to see you again :) get those guzzi reviews going will ya!
Good seeing you too - next year??
Thanks for the gloves 😉
Well done again!
That was great to see all that 🤓😎🏍💨💨💨💨💨👍🏻🇨🇦🍻
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great vid that captrured the flavour of ABR Andy, my first visit this year on the Friday but thinking next year to do the whole weekend👍
Gotta be done gary - a lot of the magic is in the evening (IMO!)
Brilliant..enjjoyed that, looks like Carol had fun...
Thoroughly enjoyed watching this with my morning cup of coffee 😄👍
Delighted to hear that!
What a great summary of the ABR festival from your perspective.
It occurred to me that for 3 days in the year yourself and Carol turn into a celebrity couple at the ABR. Must be a bit odd having 14,000 mates who think they’ve known you for years !?! Superb job both.
Yes it is quite weird (in a good way!)...takes a few days to come down from it...and for our throats to recover!
Enjoyed that thank you. It cheered me up, I have had a meh day.
Sorry to hear that buddy, glad if this helped in some small way!
So sorry I wasn’t able to make it this year and say hello again to Carole and you Andy. Hopefully will get to travel over from N Ireland next year for my 4th ABR.
You were missed Gareth!
Haphazard, never, sometimes slick can be too much, this video was fantastic and really gave us the flaour of the place (Richard the Thirds in the portaloo included). What a great couple you make. I really don't think you both could have done a better job. Thanks for going to the trouble to take us along ATB Big Dave Scotland
Wow thank you David - that's very kind of you....
Ah, the good and the great. For some reason I always find myself riding past over that weekend, must make the effort next year.
What an awesome event wow fantastic.. looks brilliant guys 😊😊 Pete
It was!
This makes me want to pack up my bike on Air Canada and attend next year….
You should!
Looks like a great event, nice walk around Andy (gorgeous). 🙂
Many thanks
Hello Michael from Folkestone thats my area to lol
Looks fantastic there and a real good laugh
Great video Mr Flyer❤
Thank you very much ;0)
Nicely done mate
Thank you sir!
@@TheMissendenFlyer I work for liking I’m no sir hahahahaha
Always welcome on the MidWeek Mumble mukka
A great video. Not my thing, too many people, but great to see everyone enjoying themselves and support from manufacturers.