From BMW R 1200 RT LC rider to BMW R 1200 RT LC rider...perfect, beautiful and lovely job, you deserve a price. From a little town in Segovia, Spain, congrats.
The Stelvio has acquired so much fame as Italy's highest paved pass that it has become like an amusement park. Bicyclists add it to their palmarès, summer skiers take to the pass's glaciers, Germans come down to get warm and Italians go up to cool off and there are hikers everywhere. But you handled it with patience and skill. As a former bicyclist, I've ridden all three sides of the pass and have watched your videos doing the same. Your approach over Umbrail was a lot more tranquil without the hordes of people and the views from your descent into Bormio were majestic. This is a very special place in the Alps...I really have appreciated seeing it from your moto.
I did the Stelvio from the Umbrial, Swiss side, late September 2016. Went down to Bormio and then back up and over and on towards the Splugen back into Switzerland. I have to say I absolutely loved it in every way. The scenery, the challenge, the sausage butty at the top! Yes the traffic can be hard work at times but I couldn't find anything at all to complain about. I did ten days from England on my Triumph Tiger 800. Would love to do it all again on something like the BMW one day with my partner if she could sit on the back for a few weeks?! Great video and riding. Thanks for sharing
Did the Stelvio with my K1600GTL in 2015 in dreadful weather (we were close to 0 degrees and it was raining and snowing at the same time). Add to that the cyclers who were all over the place (I mean in other people's way) and an historic car event of the Mille Miglia type and you can guess what a struggle it was to get to the top. I made without a scratch or even a lucky escape. This is exactly the kind of moutain road shaped to make you drop your bike (strong gradients, short bends and heavy traffic). If I ever do the Stelvio again, I'll do it from the South (much easier to the top) and definitely on a week day, in the early morning and on a sunny day. Otherwise, this road is just a big mess offering no fun when you're riding a bike... Probably going to the Balkans next summer, quite a long journey coming from Belgium, but I think it's worth it, Montenegro in particular.
I had the exact same experience several years ago. A lot of struggle in a dreadful weather for not much satisfaction. It was an exercise in planning, focus and patience (plus some luck).
I watched this to see how the rt handled, last time I did this was on a zx9, so different. You can't stop on those corners you would just fall off. Good forward planning 👍
so uma obervaçao: o objetivo desses videos nao tem que ser so.mostrar as vias e a.motocicleta. abreviam as vias em alguns trechos e incluem dentro desses trechos de viagens mas paradas panoramicas restaurantes e dicas de alimentaçao coisas a comprarem... etc fazendo isso vc criam uma animaçao maior e interesse de quem que nunca foram a esses.lugares terem a.segurança e interesse de irem. vcs estarao divugando lugares bonitos onde.comerem o.que comprar e um.resumo de custos.. com.isso os seguidores.podem planejar uma viagem a esses locais.. felicidades... W.R.B
Tolles Video , super gemacht. Macht Spass zu zu schauen , aber echt krank was und wer sich auf so einer Passtrasse alles versammelt, BMW aus Dresden und Biker dahinter und andere wahnsinnige. Macht keine Lust da rauf zu fahren.
I'll be there in July '17 as part of an overall trip through the Alps - looking forward to ticking it off the bucket list. Someone should tell the guy in the red lid, you need to lean to get around a corner lol
Thanks for the video. It helped with taking notes for next summer's next ride up. It looks like you were there in Aug. or maybe late July. That traffic was the s***s! And the red helmet guy, fast in the straights (sorta) and ready to drop in the turns. Too lame for words... A few tips for the next time you go: 1) keep the revs up!!! anything below 3K and the motor has no guts. Extended time in the 3-4.5K range isn't going to hurt the motor and it will give you the torque to take you around the corner. You turned in much too soon, which sent you to the median strip (and over it at least once) and to the wall on the other side. Delay the turn and lean /out/ of the turn to get the bike over /further/. At 15-25 k/h you want to use more of the side of the tread to carry the bike around. Leaning into the turns, as you did, made turning harder. Drop down to second or first (high revs are your friend!!) /before/ you get to the turn and motor around it, add throttle coming out of the turn. It'll feel like you're on rails when it comes together. Quickshifter is nice on normal roads but, IMHO, a dead loss on roads like Stelvio. OK, shifting up, once out of the turns, is nice, but downshifts force the bike to shut the throttle just enough to make the shift. And that makes a hash of setting up the frame and suspension for the turn. More than once it very briefly skidded the rear wheel during my test ride with quickshift. No thanks!! My avatar shows me on an RT coming up to turn #20. BTDT - got the hat. LOL
+Richard Emerson Hey thanks for the tips it's always good to get some advice. As for the time I was there in early September and unfortunately on the weekend hence the traffic. As the quickshifter goes I kinda got to like it. You just have to do some miles and it grows on you 😁😁😁 All the best on your trip. And stay tuned as the rest of the videos are coming soon
Working on my schedule for the trip, I realized I'd put Stelvio on a Saturday. Fixed that! The previous time was mid-week and traffic was OK but the only choices this time are Fri. or Sat. Oh well... Keep the videos coming!
tem videos ai que nao entenden o que e estar numa motocicleta e fazer um pilotagem de porto seguro. sao afobados. geram manuntençao de mais nessas maquinas atoa ou e falta de experiencia ou querem ser melhor desnecessariamente. Deus os abençoe e continuem assim👏👏👏🤝
Been there, done that, but it was not that crowded. Asking what date and day was. Everybody is on vacation there in August (don't go) and weekends are always much busier too! I was the in july on weekdays.
This type of uphill, reduced radius tight corner riding shows why you want a bike with torque over horsepower. The boxer engine is made for that type of riding. Also V-Twins are great for that type of riding, like the Moto Guzzi in the pull out near the top. Good ride, but too many bicyclist for it to be enjoyable. I like roads less traveled.
+Robert Metzger Hey thanks for a comment, as the background music is concerned it's implemented in other videos from that trip and in the comments there I found a lot of requests for a PURE SOUND video so there you go, no background music on this one
Question: does anyone know what that alarm/siren was right at the beginning of the video? It sounded to my uneducated ears something like a WW2 air raid siren from the movies.
I think the Stelvio is overrated. It's mostly straights from one hairpin to another, and these tight hairpins aren't fun. Of course the nature is stunning, but that's everywhere in Alps.
+devaidthe1st actually Givi has a flange specific for this bike and now a very costly one. If you want I can find the part number from the box in my garage
+devaidthe1st I think that the previous RT had to have a special tankbag and no flange from Givi was available. The LC has. A flange that I think is the same as the one for GS
Könnte das Video nicht fertig ansehen, furchtbar. Der Mann hat keine Ahnung wie man Spitzkehren fährt, verhaut jede Kurve, vor allem die Rechtskurven - aber der Sound ist wichtig 😮😮
Hans Ek Yes, I agree. He always looks at the front of his bike, instead of looking ahead where to go (for example at the ends of the turns). Should turn his head way more. Dangerous driving, not a good example...
Very painful to watch. Slow, tight, cars going wide, cyclists everywhere. Probably burned more clutch on that pass that I have on my GS over 20.000km. Yes, I know it's kind of on bucket list but it's so overrated. Mental note to myself - don't waste time on Stelvio. Good effort from your side though and thanks for sharing.
MirageGP there is a good pass which ends in San leonardo in passiria italy which we use travelling down from Germany or France as there's a nice restaurant on the river in San leonardo in passirio 👍
From BMW R 1200 RT LC rider to BMW R 1200 RT LC rider...perfect, beautiful and lovely job, you deserve a price. From a little town in Segovia, Spain, congrats.
The Stelvio has acquired so much fame as Italy's highest paved pass that it has become like an amusement park. Bicyclists add it to their palmarès, summer skiers take to the pass's glaciers, Germans come down to get warm and Italians go up to cool off and there are hikers everywhere. But you handled it with patience and skill. As a former bicyclist, I've ridden all three sides of the pass and have watched your videos doing the same. Your approach over Umbrail was a lot more tranquil without the hordes of people and the views from your descent into Bormio were majestic. This is a very special place in the Alps...I really have appreciated seeing it from your moto.
I did the Stelvio from the Umbrial, Swiss side, late September 2016. Went down to Bormio and then back up and over and on towards the Splugen back into Switzerland. I have to say I absolutely loved it in every way. The scenery, the challenge, the sausage butty at the top! Yes the traffic can be hard work at times but I couldn't find anything at all to complain about. I did ten days from England on my Triumph Tiger 800. Would love to do it all again on something like the BMW one day with my partner if she could sit on the back for a few weeks?! Great video and riding. Thanks for sharing
Did the Stelvio with my K1600GTL in 2015 in dreadful weather (we were close to 0 degrees and it was raining and snowing at the same time). Add to that the cyclers who were all over the place (I mean in other people's way) and an historic car event of the Mille Miglia type and you can guess what a struggle it was to get to the top. I made without a scratch or even a lucky escape. This is exactly the kind of moutain road shaped to make you drop your bike (strong gradients, short bends and heavy traffic). If I ever do the Stelvio again, I'll do it from the South (much easier to the top) and definitely on a week day, in the early morning and on a sunny day. Otherwise, this road is just a big mess offering no fun when you're riding a bike... Probably going to the Balkans next summer, quite a long journey coming from Belgium, but I think it's worth it, Montenegro in particular.
I had the exact same experience several years ago. A lot of struggle in a dreadful weather for not much satisfaction. It was an exercise in planning, focus and patience (plus some luck).
ja faz tempo esses.videos.mas.sao tantos a.assistir que nao tem como enjoar ou esquecer😂
parabens p vc irmandade
viajando com prudencia👏👏👏❤🙏🤝
I needed this. As my RT is down and out for the long northern Alberta winter!!!
ZAJEBIŚCIE !!!! JESTEM NA TAK !!!!!
absolutely brilliant
Wow, that’s like city traffic without the buildings and sidewalks. Beautiful ride though, and tough guys on those bicycles.
Those were the days ❤❤
Great bike and great place
Nice video. I like to here the sounds of the bike.
I watched this to see how the rt handled, last time I did this was on a zx9, so different. You can't stop on those corners you would just fall off. Good forward planning 👍
Thanks for sharing....absolutely brilliant
so uma obervaçao:
o objetivo desses videos
nao tem que ser so.mostrar as vias e a.motocicleta.
abreviam as vias em alguns trechos e incluem dentro desses trechos de viagens
mas paradas panoramicas
restaurantes e dicas de alimentaçao
coisas a comprarem...
etc
fazendo isso
vc criam uma animaçao maior e interesse de quem que nunca foram a esses.lugares
terem a.segurança e interesse de irem.
vcs estarao divugando lugares bonitos
onde.comerem
o.que comprar e um.resumo de custos..
com.isso os seguidores.podem planejar uma viagem a esses locais..
felicidades... W.R.B
Tolles Video , super gemacht. Macht Spass zu zu schauen , aber echt krank was und wer sich auf so einer Passtrasse alles versammelt, BMW aus Dresden und Biker dahinter und andere wahnsinnige. Macht keine Lust da rauf zu fahren.
Nicely done....
I'll be there in July '17 as part of an overall trip through the Alps - looking forward to ticking it off the bucket list. Someone should tell the guy in the red lid, you need to lean to get around a corner lol
Thanks for the video. It helped with taking notes for next summer's next ride up.
It looks like you were there in Aug. or maybe late July. That traffic was the s***s! And the red helmet guy, fast in the straights (sorta) and ready to drop in the turns. Too lame for words...
A few tips for the next time you go: 1) keep the revs up!!! anything below 3K and the motor has no guts. Extended time in the 3-4.5K range isn't going to hurt the motor and it will give you the torque to take you around the corner. You turned in much too soon, which sent you to the median strip (and over it at least once) and to the wall on the other side. Delay the turn and lean /out/ of the turn to get the bike over /further/. At 15-25 k/h you want to use more of the side of the tread to carry the bike around. Leaning into the turns, as you did, made turning harder. Drop down to second or first (high revs are your friend!!) /before/ you get to the turn and motor around it, add throttle coming out of the turn. It'll feel like you're on rails when it comes together.
Quickshifter is nice on normal roads but, IMHO, a dead loss on roads like Stelvio. OK, shifting up, once out of the turns, is nice, but downshifts force the bike to shut the throttle just enough to make the shift. And that makes a hash of setting up the frame and suspension for the turn. More than once it very briefly skidded the rear wheel during my test ride with quickshift. No thanks!!
My avatar shows me on an RT coming up to turn #20. BTDT - got the hat. LOL
+Richard Emerson
Hey thanks for the tips it's always good to get some advice.
As for the time I was there in early September and unfortunately on the weekend hence the traffic.
As the quickshifter goes I kinda got to like it. You just have to do some miles and it grows on you 😁😁😁 All the best on your trip. And stay tuned as the rest of the videos are coming soon
Working on my schedule for the trip, I realized I'd put Stelvio on a Saturday. Fixed that! The previous time was mid-week and traffic was OK but the only choices this time are Fri. or Sat. Oh well...
Keep the videos coming!
+Richard Emerson
I had a little service break for myself but I'm working on them now so you can look 👀 forward 😁
Grazie per la gita!
Mountain riding tip . . use the rear brake and higher revs around the tight turns. TOTAL CONTROL!
good job, it’s my dream to take my RT to cross the pass
tem videos ai que nao entenden o que e estar numa motocicleta e fazer um pilotagem de porto seguro.
sao afobados.
geram manuntençao de mais nessas maquinas atoa
ou e falta de experiencia ou querem ser melhor desnecessariamente.
Deus os abençoe e continuem assim👏👏👏🤝
Wow. Ok if there was less traffic.Hard on clutch.Thanks for sharing.
Leaving from Stilfersoch, last time I did it that was coming from the South not from the north !
Top of that road more like a circus than a mountain road
um.forte abço...
...Werther Ricardo Buschmann( BRASIL- RIO DE JANEIRO- RJ)
WOW !
velocidade cruzeiro conforme a via estabelece👍
Been there, done that, but it was not that crowded.
Asking what date and day was. Everybody is on vacation there in August (don't go) and weekends are always much busier too!
I was the in july on weekdays.
This type of uphill, reduced radius tight corner riding shows why you want a bike with torque over horsepower. The boxer engine is made for that type of riding. Also V-Twins are great for that type of riding, like the Moto Guzzi in the pull out near the top. Good ride, but too many bicyclist for it to be enjoyable. I like roads less traveled.
On the RT which was more of a chalenge, The umbrail Pass or the Northern Stelvio pass?
24.11 blisko upadku. Kiedyś miałem podobnie.
Nice ride, is this the stock exhaust?
Great scenery. A bit of background music would be nice. Riders skill - scary! Appreciate the video.
+Robert Metzger
Hey thanks for a comment, as the background music is concerned it's implemented in other videos from that trip and in the comments there I found a lot of requests for a PURE SOUND video so there you go, no background music on this one
0:33 Air raid warning? Because tornadoes are not happening in the Alps :)
Question: does anyone know what that alarm/siren was right at the beginning of the video? It sounded to my uneducated ears something like a WW2 air raid siren from the movies.
In france, firemen test their sirens every first wednesday of the month at noon. Maybe they do the same there
33:32 That 959 thou
Is it the law you have to have a BMW to do this as I have a ZX-14R?
No BSA....No BMW. ( Lest We Forget ). { Up next..? BSA 175cc Bantam D10 Sport monsters the Stelvio Pass!...the first 50 years..and counting...?? }.
I think the Stelvio is overrated. It's mostly straights from one hairpin to another, and these tight hairpins aren't fun.
Of course the nature is stunning, but that's everywhere in Alps.
Felix H , well you kinda have to do it at least once 😁😎😁
Wich kind of givi tank bag are you using? it is a tanklock series?
It's XS 308 Tanklock
I used the givi adapter dedicated for this bike
+devaidthe1st actually Givi has a flange specific for this bike and now a very costly one. If you want I can find the part number from the box in my garage
+devaidthe1st
I think that the previous RT had to have a special tankbag and no flange from Givi was available. The LC has. A flange that I think is the same as the one for GS
what kind of tank bag do you have? And do you like it?
It's a GIVI XS 308. It's Fine Maybe a touch too big but really ok
Nice. Thanks!
Könnte das Video nicht fertig ansehen, furchtbar. Der Mann hat keine Ahnung wie man Spitzkehren fährt, verhaut jede Kurve, vor allem die Rechtskurven - aber der Sound ist wichtig 😮😮
After seeing the traffic, I now have zero interest in that ride.
Nice movie, bad driving
Hans Ek Yes, I agree. He always looks at the front of his bike, instead of looking ahead where to go (for example at the ends of the turns). Should turn his head way more. Dangerous driving, not a good example...
WTF is wrong with the guy with the red helmet @14:10?? When you are scared on a bike you shouldn't ride the Stelvio!! Great video though!!
Indeed, just dangerous. Imagine meeting this guy when you're coming down. Stay in your lane.
terrible traffic
Very painful to watch. Slow, tight, cars going wide, cyclists everywhere. Probably burned more clutch on that pass that I have on my GS over 20.000km.
Yes, I know it's kind of on bucket list but it's so overrated. Mental note to myself - don't waste time on Stelvio.
Good effort from your side though and thanks for sharing.
I agree. I have had better rides within 100 miles of my home here in the mountains of Northern Idaho, USA.
MirageGP the Stelvio is better through the week a lot less traffic people tend to have days out there at the weekends
Thanks Gary, good to know, making mental note. Still, those super tight hairpins are not that much fun on the bike, specially going down.
MirageGP there is a good pass which ends in San leonardo in passiria italy which we use travelling down from Germany or France as there's a nice restaurant on the river in San leonardo in passirio 👍
Awesome - my friend and I are planning Euro trip, every advise counts. Specially from bikers who know local roads.
ale jazde to musisz pocwiczyc. Masz zwinny ,silny motocykl a dajesz jak slabym samochodem
too slow
Boxers sure do have a lot going for them..alas sound just isn't one.
so everyone else's pleasure is dictated by the speed of the cyclists..
Road is here for everyone, not just for users nearing 1HP/KG.
Very slow and painful !!!
J