Looking forward to the videos of your trip, destinations, and hearing more about your father. My dad never talked much about his service in WWII. I do know he was in a US Army “tank destroyer” battalion and somehow ended up back in the US at an Infantry replacement training center for the US Army. Tough men that survived tough times.
Indeed, my father never talked about it either, it was only on his last year as dementia got worse that he started blurting things out. It’s been quite a challenge piecing his story together.
Much respect and honor to your father who did his share in defeating Hitler's Nazi Germany, God bless him and those who served. My question for you relates to what navigation program you used, I know you used a Garmin XT, but did you use BaseCamp or another program. Thanks, Bill (South Carolina, USA)
Thanks Bill, I mainly used the TomTom MyDrive web based route planner and exported a gpx file into the Garmin. I also used some parts determined by the Garmin XT itself. I now tend to use MyRoute-app quite a bit.
Hi Tony, I know that this is an 'old' video with your old bike.Quick question, the MRA spoiler on your screen is it the sport or tour version? Only asking as I have the 790 Adventure and I've fitted the sport screen after seeing your review (it's excellent) but like you I'm still getting a slight vibe on my crash helmet peak and I think the spoiler will solve that.I see that MRA have three versions of this spoiler hence my question. Cheers :)
Its a VSA Typ C spoiler. I still own the KTM although it is up for sale, I did also try the MRA Touring screen and that solved the buffeting issue completely for me. I have it tucked away in the box in my garage.
Hi Tony - Sorry a bit late to this but found this trip series moving & informative. Random left field question- noting the Kriega rack OS rack loops on your 790. Have you fitted an aftermarket rack? If so - which one? Looks tidy…cheers 👍🏻
Great looking bags, where did you get the lockable straps from. I have the same issue with my Givi soft panniers, lockable to the frame but easy to open as not lockable..
wish you have more time for that long trip, say hello to Slovakia if you get a chance to ride over, ready, set, go, have a wonderful and safe trip, cheers V!
Hello Tony - I'm looking forward to your forthcoming video as my father was also a prisoner in Stalag VIIIB. He went to France in 1940 as part of the BEF and his unit some distance inland fighting the Germans when the Dunkirk evacuation took place so he was a prisoner for close to 5 years. I also enjoy your reviews and I'm thinking of getting the Lomo panniers except it looks a bit of a faff to attach and remove them, but then there's the price ....Cheers Mike in Powys.
Good luck Tony, really enjoying your content great channel, will be good to see you uploads from this trip, I'm torn between getting a 790 second hand , 890 new or a 2019 VFR800 for the sort of biking you are doing on this trip so it will be interesting to see how the 790 goes. Great content, good luck with the trip.
Don't know why you have a tyre plug kit when your wheels aren't tubeless on the KTM. You could be packing less as you'll not be needing the compressor also.
@@mancavemoto my apologies 🙏🏻... I assumed with the central spoke design they weren't, must be a sealing strip inside or similar method of not letting air out. Have to say though I'm really enjoying your videos of your recent trip to the POW camp your Dad was in, must've been a hard trip to make on your own. Very poignant
I'm a little late to the party... However I'm curious as to if the SW Motech City tank bag reduces the steering range as it's not listed on SW Motech's website for the 790? If so how much does it effect steering? Cheers
No problem, it can touch at the extremes of the bar turn, but only the side pockets. The good thing is that you’ve got the adjustment in the base to counter it
Will look forward to seeing it. Sounds very interesting. Even just silent riding is fine, don’t feel you have to edit it out, it can be quite relaxing for the viewer.
I went to the same camp a couple of years ago as my grandad was there for three years and also survived the long march. It was out of season so I had the museum to myself and the young lady working there was very helpful. Do make sure to go further up the main road from the entrance where the museum is, and you'll find Chestnut Alley which was the entrance to the English quarters. You can ride the bike on the cobbled road and you'll see some overgrown buildings amongst the trees. Your dad will certainly have trodden the same cobbles.
@@mancavemoto The largest in Germany I think. He was originally in an Italian camp, escaped at the time if the Italian capitulation and was taken to 7A after recapture.
First of all I look forward to the trip. That's quite an Agenda you have got ahead of you, wish you all the best. Be aware that filtering isn't allowed in Germany, a new law lays it on the motorway out as illegal use of a rescue lane - fine is I think a couple hundred €€€. I am also interested in your visit to SW-Motech, I like their stuff. I am ex Forces, got left behind here in Germany, I think the Stalag will be an interesting destination. Have fun and ride safe.
Thanks for the tip, I didn’t know that so you might have saved me some money! I’m looking forward to the trip, but I have set myself some long days in the saddle!
My dad was in airborne too, his glider went down in the sea just off Arnheim during market garden and he was recovered and brought back home, lived a long and happy life thereafter
I’m so pleased to hear that your father survived that ordeal. The great march was one of the most cruel and painful ordeals POW’s were ever forced to endure. Most we’re suffering from countless afflictions as a result of malnutrition, those who couldn’t keep up were just left by the roadside or shot. We owe so much much to that generation. Hope all goes well on the trip.
First thing i've learned (the hard way) is that if your bike has a CANBUS and you plug the pump into a 12v cigarette style socket, it will blow the fuse within a couple of minutes! So now i've put a replacement fuse in the bike and fitted an Sae cable to the battery.
@@mancavemoto awesome! Hey man, thanks for being so friendly and for making great videos. I bought a bunch of gear because of your reviews. Brands should support you more!!! You are by far one of the best motorcycle review channels out there
Wow, I'm a sub with bell, yet this is the first vlog I've seen from you in a year!
Oh, somethings not right then, I’ve been posting at least one video a week!
Looking forward to the videos of your trip, destinations, and hearing more about your father. My dad never talked much about his service in WWII. I do know he was in a US Army “tank destroyer” battalion and somehow ended up back in the US at an Infantry replacement training center for the US Army. Tough men that survived tough times.
Indeed, my father never talked about it either, it was only on his last year as dementia got worse that he started blurting things out. It’s been quite a challenge piecing his story together.
Much respect and honor to your father who did his share in defeating Hitler's Nazi Germany, God bless him and those who served. My question for you relates to what navigation program you used, I know you used a Garmin XT, but did you use BaseCamp or another program. Thanks, Bill (South Carolina, USA)
Thanks Bill, I mainly used the TomTom MyDrive web based route planner and exported a gpx file into the Garmin. I also used some parts determined by the Garmin XT itself. I now tend to use MyRoute-app quite a bit.
Hi Tony, I know that this is an 'old' video with your old bike.Quick question, the MRA spoiler on your screen is it the sport or tour version? Only asking as I have the 790 Adventure and I've fitted the sport screen after seeing your review (it's excellent) but like you I'm still getting a slight vibe on my crash helmet peak and I think the spoiler will solve that.I see that MRA have three versions of this spoiler hence my question. Cheers :)
Its a VSA Typ C spoiler. I still own the KTM although it is up for sale, I did also try the MRA Touring screen and that solved the buffeting issue completely for me. I have it tucked away in the box in my garage.
Hi Tony - Sorry a bit late to this but found this trip series moving & informative. Random left field question- noting the Kriega rack OS rack loops on your 790. Have you fitted an aftermarket rack? If so - which one? Looks tidy…cheers 👍🏻
Cheers, glad you found it. It’s the KTM accessory rack
Thanks for the video. I like to ride fast, around 170/180km. Will these bags hold at those speeds? Did the manual say anything?
The bags do have a disclaimer in the instructions of a max 130km/h speed. I have exceeded that on the autobahn, with no ill effect
Great looking bags, where did you get the lockable straps from. I have the same issue with my Givi soft panniers, lockable to the frame but easy to open as not lockable..
I ordered them from the Kriega website.
wish you have more time for that long trip, say hello to Slovakia if you get a chance to ride over, ready, set, go, have a wonderful and safe trip, cheers V!
I've now added an extra couple of days so I can make some of the legs a bit more relaxing!
Do you happen to have a video of the pro city bag on a Tiger 900?
Sadly not no
Hello Tony - I'm looking forward to your forthcoming video as my father was also a prisoner in Stalag VIIIB. He went to France in 1940 as part of the BEF and his unit some distance inland fighting the Germans when the Dunkirk evacuation took place so he was a prisoner for close to 5 years. I also enjoy your reviews and I'm thinking of getting the Lomo panniers except it looks a bit of a faff to attach and remove them, but then there's the price ....Cheers Mike in Powys.
Another great informative video mukka
Cheers
Good luck Tony, really enjoying your content great channel, will be good to see you uploads from this trip, I'm torn between getting a 790 second hand , 890 new or a 2019 VFR800 for the sort of biking you are doing on this trip so it will be interesting to see how the 790 goes. Great content, good luck with the trip.
Good luck T enjoy your trip ride safe.
Cheers Gary
Don't know why you have a tyre plug kit when your wheels aren't tubeless on the KTM. You could be packing less as you'll not be needing the compressor also.
But the wheels are tubeless. They are tubeless as standard. Why else would I pack a plug kit and compressor?
@@mancavemoto my apologies 🙏🏻... I assumed with the central spoke design they weren't, must be a sealing strip inside or similar method of not letting air out.
Have to say though I'm really enjoying your videos of your recent trip to the POW camp your Dad was in, must've been a hard trip to make on your own. Very poignant
Safe trip Tony, wish i was going on another trip! Plenty booked for next year. 👍
Cheers Bud, you've had some good ones though! I intend to do more next year too,
All the best Man Cave. I’m excited for you and as my Father was in WW2, I can identify with this trip. Farewell.
Cheers from NZ.
Looking forward to your trip and the forthcoming videos.
As you would say, stay safe.
Nice setup. I’m looking forward to the videos.
Have a great adventure Tony, looking forward to seeing your travels! 👍🏻🇮🇪
I'm a little late to the party...
However I'm curious as to if the SW Motech City tank bag reduces the steering range as it's not listed on SW Motech's website for the 790? If so how much does it effect steering?
Cheers
No problem, it can touch at the extremes of the bar turn, but only the side pockets. The good thing is that you’ve got the adjustment in the base to counter it
@@mancavemoto Okay thank you for the information. Very helpful. 👍🏻
Hi have you bought this tank bag for KTM 790?
I also consider buying it, does it affect the steering range?
@mancavemoto
@nairamize4996 :)
Will look forward to seeing it. Sounds very interesting. Even just silent riding is fine, don’t feel you have to edit it out, it can be quite relaxing for the viewer.
Have a good trip, Tony. Looking forward to future updates.
Sounds like a great trip, looking forward to the videos 👍
Looking forward to your trip Tony! All the very best for your journey!
Have a great trip, love my SW-Motech kit too👍
All sounds interesting, looking forward to seeing this as it comes along.
Fabulous Tony, looking forward to it all.
I love those MRA Screens, I wonder where you bought that.
It works well. Heres the review th-cam.com/video/NE_YKVb2970/w-d-xo.html, I bought it from BikeHPS here in the UK
@@mancavemoto thanks, i’ve watched it. This would be a great help. It feels awful with my stock screen.
Looking forward to this one. Good luck. 👍
I went to the same camp a couple of years ago as my grandad was there for three years and also survived the long march. It was out of season so I had the museum to myself and the young lady working there was very helpful. Do make sure to go further up the main road from the entrance where the museum is, and you'll find Chestnut Alley which was the entrance to the English quarters. You can ride the bike on the cobbled road and you'll see some overgrown buildings amongst the trees. Your dad will certainly have trodden the same cobbles.
Thanks for the info, yes I definitely want to see more than just the museum.
Safe trip dude
Cheers
Looking forward to following your trip Tony, a nice adventure, but with a very poignant background to the journey. Cheers, Steve
Cheers Stephen
All the best for the trip, safe and uneventful I hope, with happy riding too !.
Thanks ✌️
Sounds like a great trip and what a motive for doing it. Really looking forward to seeing it. Enjoy the adventure.
Can't wait!
Awesome! Looking forward to this trip 👌🏻👍🏻
Cheers Clive
Best wishes for your trip.
Looks like an awesome trip, and i hope you have lots of fun while doing it.
Thank you, I will
Very envious! Have a safe ride Tony and look forward to your vlogs!
Thanks 👍
What a great trip. Reckon it will be quite emotional.
Could be, its a place i've wanted to visit for years
Always fancied seeing my father's camp - Stalag 7A, he was captured at Anzio in Feb 1944. Been near several times on European tours, time I went.
That was a massive camp I believe? I'm sure it would be an emotional event
@@mancavemoto The largest in Germany I think. He was originally in an Italian camp, escaped at the time if the Italian capitulation and was taken to 7A after recapture.
First of all I look forward to the trip. That's quite an Agenda you have got ahead of you, wish you all the best.
Be aware that filtering isn't allowed in Germany, a new law lays it on the motorway out as illegal use of a rescue lane - fine is I think a couple hundred €€€.
I am also interested in your visit to SW-Motech, I like their stuff.
I am ex Forces, got left behind here in Germany, I think the Stalag will be an interesting destination.
Have fun and ride safe.
Thanks for the tip, I didn’t know that so you might have saved me some money! I’m looking forward to the trip, but I have set myself some long days in the saddle!
@@mancavemoto after 2 COVID years, I think it will so good to get out.
That side thingy: too fussy. Give me a box on an adventure bike. Looking forward to your trip, though.
For the extra effort - the difference is weight saving. For a "safe" trip enviro, it makes sense.
Had solid boxes on my GSA, never again as they are too heavy, you lose a bit of security but they weigh so much less.
My dad was in airborne too, his glider went down in the sea just off Arnheim during market garden and he was recovered and brought back home, lived a long and happy life thereafter
Our Dads were the lucky ones, despite what they went through
You must be so proud of your father, those guys were the bravest, the odds of them returning home were stacked against them from the outset.
Safe travels and I look forward to tagging along.
cheers
may i ask why you choose the 790 over the 890 please as looking at both of these, many thanks
That’s easy, I bought the 790 before the 890 was released.
@@mancavemoto ahh ok thank you, looking forward to your trip
I am excited to see this trip 🥁🫡
I'm excited to go on it!
Safe travels Tony🙏
Cheers Lloyd
Have a great memorial trip!
Thank you! Will do!
I’m so pleased to hear that your father survived that ordeal. The great march was one of the most cruel and painful ordeals POW’s were ever forced to endure. Most we’re suffering from countless afflictions as a result of malnutrition, those who couldn’t keep up were just left by the roadside or shot. We owe so much much to that generation. Hope all goes well on the trip.
Yes, please do the review of the air pump!
First thing i've learned (the hard way) is that if your bike has a CANBUS and you plug the pump into a 12v cigarette style socket, it will blow the fuse within a couple of minutes! So now i've put a replacement fuse in the bike and fitted an Sae cable to the battery.
@@mancavemoto good to know. Great advice. But do you like the pump?
Yes, pretty quiet but powerful and quick to inflate
@@mancavemoto awesome! Hey man, thanks for being so friendly and for making great videos. I bought a bunch of gear because of your reviews. Brands should support you more!!! You are by far one of the best motorcycle review channels out there