Hello mate! I am pleased you enjoyed the video. Portugal is very close to my heart and the country I visit the most. For biking it has everything! It is 1st class for adventure riding.. The food, The people are lovely. Great place to visit or live. All the best, Ric
Nice one bud! Yeah it's a right ball ache mate. I missed a ton out too.. Anyway you'll enjoy the Pyrenees trip in a few weeks. Wish I was coming :). At least you got your 890r going again!! :)
Hello Michael. Thanks mate appreciate the kind words. Pleased to hear you like the channel and my little vids. Yep hope to be around more so too.. Am off to the KTM 2024 Adventure Rally in October so all being well will have some interesting stuff to bring back :) Cheers Rick
Hey stranger! long time no see. As for the ACT ride it was wicked. And as for the your comment on the drone. It is the star if the show as they say. It does do some awesome clips. 👍
Hiya Rob. Yes mate for sure.. I am back out there in October as managed to secure a spot on the 2024 KTM European Adventure Rally :) Now that should be fun! Good to hear from you.
Nice video, i still have to finish it, but time and and other things didn't match to make it. Just one recomendation if you didn't tried yet, get a windslayer for the gopro, it's not perfect but it's cheap, you can still capture the engine sound and avoid allot of wind noise.
Hiya Bruce ! All well thanks mate.. been busy with work but I’ve now cut back my days. Hopefully more time now to catch-up! And I sold my 1290 to fund my next project… which isn’t something particularly of any interest to most.. it’s a MotorBike Camper Conversion!! From bare bones can to full comfy accommodation along with bike containment 👀.. may post a little clip up soon!
Hi Ian thanks for that. Mate you will love it!!!!! I didn't look for camp sites but to be honest I don't think you will struggle. If you do struggle then booking.com is your friend and stuff is really well priced there :)
Bonjour mon ami ! Merci pour ton commentaire et oui, ça a été trop long. Le voyage était incroyable. C'est probablement le voyage le plus amusant que j'ai eu. Tu devrais absolument le faire ! Bonne chance, Ric
Hi ric great footage of the ACT . I live in portugal and going to do the ACT in the next few weeks . The glamping site was that on first day of the route?
Hi mate. Thanks for watching and great feedback. You lucky thing living over there!! Good luck with the trip. The Glamping site was at the end of day 2. This is the place Vale do Rossim Ecoresort Enjoy!! Cheers Ric
Absolutely stunning video we all just need to get out there . I part exed the 1290 for the norden 901 last and have had no regrets , then currently all I see on you tube is story after story of camshaft failures . Do you have any thoughts or heard of these problems ? Cheers Gary
Hiya Gary! Thank for liking the video. As for the Norden its great bike (one of my colleagues has one). But I am with you on your concerns for sure. Being an 890 owner (same bike pretty much as the Norden 901). In the nearly 3 years I have been at the KTM dealer I have heard of two cases. So not a lot from my point of view but nevertheless they exist. I have not had any issues with my own bike regardless of what I throw at it. But I have 1 year left on warranty... After that I don't know how I feel. The problem is there is no bike out there that ticks my box like the 890R or Norden. They are a phenomenal bike that does everthing with a big fat grin... I'll roll the dice and just keep regular services I think and keep it. Although I do miss my 1290R..... I would be lying if I said I wasn't considering going back to one haha... But so dam expensive to change bikes so often!! All the best Ric
Hello! I have owned a 1290 for a few years and after having the 1290R on the Pyrenees ACT I decided to sell it after. I enjoy solo adventures and I think the 890R is more manageable with still more than plenty of power. I still love the 1290 and may buy another at some point. But for now I stay with the 890R :) I wait and see what KTM brings in 2025!
Hi there ! I joined the Adventure country Tracks website / organisation. They produce trail routes in several countries. Similarly like TET trails but assured to be big bike friendly. However they provide all the advice on travel for each country and route as some are more technical than others and more remote. Some routes not recommended alone. Anyway here it is a wealth of information and options on their site 👍 All the best Ric! 🙏 adventurecountrytracks.com/
From Portugal, thank you for sharing these types of videos.
Very nice!!
Portugal is the biggest! ❤ thanks
Hello mate! I am pleased you enjoyed the video. Portugal is very close to my heart and the country I visit the most. For biking it has everything! It is 1st class for adventure riding.. The food, The people are lovely. Great place to visit or live. All the best, Ric
Such epic videos. The editing must take you forever!!!! Need to put this one on the list!
Nice one bud! Yeah it's a right ball ache mate. I missed a ton out too.. Anyway you'll enjoy the Pyrenees trip in a few weeks. Wish I was coming :). At least you got your 890r going again!! :)
Super video. Now I ALSO want a 890 ❤
Hi Hans!! Haha that’s funny… I have to say though so am very happy with my 890R. I think I found my unicorn bike finally 🙏
First video in a while glad your doing videos again, really enjoy your channel 👍👍👍
Hello Michael. Thanks mate appreciate the kind words. Pleased to hear you like the channel and my little vids. Yep hope to be around more so too.. Am off to the KTM 2024 Adventure Rally in October so all being well will have some interesting stuff to bring back :) Cheers Rick
Great vid Ricardo, worth the wait.
Cheers mate :)
very cool. Thank you for sharing
Thank you kindly for the feedback! And a big thank you for the work behind putting these routes together for us! 🤝
Top notch footage 👌
Thank you my friend much appreciate the feedback! All the best, Rick
A lovely edit, it was worth the wait. Some great footage of the ACT Portugal, my personal favourite country...The drone avoidance - so cool👌
Hey stranger! long time no see. As for the ACT ride it was wicked. And as for the your comment on the drone. It is the star if the show as they say. It does do some awesome clips. 👍
@RicardoYeep I really enjoyed it, looked a bit cold though
Further south you go it did warm up!
Looks amazing, Ric. If you lived out there, you'd be out every day 😊 Great to see another post, mate 👍
Hiya Rob. Yes mate for sure.. I am back out there in October as managed to secure a spot on the 2024 KTM European Adventure Rally :) Now that should be fun!
Good to hear from you.
That's great, Ric. I hope you do some posting of that. It would be great to see 👍
awesome trails the portuguese tourist board should pay you for this video
Hello Simon!! That’s a wicked comment 😃🙏. Cheers bud !!
💪🏻
Nothing like the smell of wood in a morning - what are you like!! LOL
🤣🤣 I know mate.. it’s only when I said it I couldn’t stop laughing to myself.. gutter humour 😝
Nice video, i still have to finish it, but time and and other things didn't match to make it. Just one recomendation if you didn't tried yet, get a windslayer for the gopro, it's not perfect but it's cheap, you can still capture the engine sound and avoid allot of wind noise.
Hello and thank you for watching and comment. And cheers for the advice too. I will look into it :) All the best, Rick
Das hast du gut gemacht 👍
🙏🙏🙏🙏 Thanks you mate! All the best, Ric
Awesome looking solo trip.Have still got your 1290?Glad to see you are still alive and well.Cheers.
Hiya Bruce ! All well thanks mate.. been busy with work but I’ve now cut back my days. Hopefully more time now to catch-up! And I sold my 1290 to fund my next project… which isn’t something particularly of any interest to most.. it’s a MotorBike Camper Conversion!! From bare bones can to full comfy accommodation along with bike containment 👀.. may post a little clip up soon!
Brilliant vid , worth the wait , off to do this in October , cant wait . We are hoping to camp did you see any campsites ?
Hi Ian thanks for that. Mate you will love it!!!!! I didn't look for camp sites but to be honest I don't think you will struggle. If you do struggle then booking.com is your friend and stuff is really well priced there :)
Salut..il était temps de sortir une bonne vidéo...bonne route
Bonjour mon ami ! Merci pour ton commentaire et oui, ça a été trop long. Le voyage était incroyable. C'est probablement le voyage le plus amusant que j'ai eu. Tu devrais absolument le faire ! Bonne chance, Ric
Hi ric great footage of the ACT . I live in portugal and going to do the ACT in the next few weeks . The glamping site was that on first day of the route?
Hi mate. Thanks for watching and great feedback. You lucky thing living over there!! Good luck with the trip. The Glamping site was at the end of day 2. This is the place
Vale do Rossim Ecoresort
Enjoy!!
Cheers
Ric
@@RicardoYeep Nice one 👍. Will check it out
Absolutely stunning video we all just need to get out there . I part exed the 1290 for the norden 901 last and have had no regrets , then currently all I see on you tube is story after story of camshaft failures . Do you have any thoughts or heard of these problems ? Cheers Gary
Hiya Gary! Thank for liking the video. As for the Norden its great bike (one of my colleagues has one). But I am with you on your concerns for sure. Being an 890 owner (same bike pretty much as the Norden 901). In the nearly 3 years I have been at the KTM dealer I have heard of two cases. So not a lot from my point of view but nevertheless they exist. I have not had any issues with my own bike regardless of what I throw at it. But I have 1 year left on warranty... After that I don't know how I feel. The problem is there is no bike out there that ticks my box like the 890R or Norden. They are a phenomenal bike that does everthing with a big fat grin... I'll roll the dice and just keep regular services I think and keep it.
Although I do miss my 1290R..... I would be lying if I said I wasn't considering going back to one haha... But so dam expensive to change bikes so often!!
All the best
Ric
Hi way you didn't go with 1290 ?
Hello! I have owned a 1290 for a few years and after having the 1290R on the Pyrenees ACT I decided to sell it after. I enjoy solo adventures and I think the 890R is more manageable with still more than plenty of power. I still love the 1290 and may buy another at some point. But for now I stay with the 890R :)
I wait and see what KTM brings in 2025!
Hi Ric, How can I get a map of the route, would love to do it on the 690R.
Hi there ! I joined the Adventure country Tracks website / organisation. They produce trail routes in several countries. Similarly like TET trails but assured to be big bike friendly. However they provide all the advice on travel for each country and route as some are more technical than others and more remote. Some routes not recommended alone.
Anyway here it is a wealth of information and options on their site 👍
All the best Ric! 🙏
adventurecountrytracks.com/
@@RicardoYeep Hi Ric, Thank you.