Day 10 | Chain Maintenance | Ardrossan to Great Broughton | Suzuki VanVan
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2024
- Welcome to episode 10 of Me, Myself & Dad!!
I’m riding round the coast of Great Britain to raise money for St Wilfrid’s hospice in Eastbourne in honour of my dad who passed away from cancer in 2020. Details below on how to donate.
On todays episode I ride the last few miles of Scotland into England. It’s a slog of duel carriageways and a search for chain lube! I end the journey on the beautiful Cumbrian coast within touching distance of the Lake District.
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Love this series, man. I lost my dad to cancer in 2021. He loved motorcycles, but we never got the chance to go on a trip together. Seeing this series is more important to a lot of us than you might know. Keep the vids coming!
Thanks Kevin 🙏 glad you’re enjoying the vids. Sorry to hear of your loss and that you also didn’t get to journey with your dad. It’s not fair is it. 😔
Hope you’re keeping ok. Keep safe my friend and all the best 👍
Scottoiler would be a great addition to the VanVan for the future. I have a motorcycle problem, owning more than 20 of them, and have a Scottoiler on all them that get used regularly, including a 125 Yamaha.
Great videos sir, am enjoying them all, and look forward to getting through the rest of them.
Brilliant again. The Van Van is doing you proud. What a little belter. Cockermouth....hee hee👍
Thank you 🙏 Glad someone else found that funny!! 🤣🤣
Looks like you got stuck behind an Irish truck heading out of Stranraer,
They don't bother with speed retrictors thats why you couldn't get past the joker, you should have pulled over cos that shit could have been anything.
Next time you clean your chain put some old cardboard down then bin it when you're done, could of got an old box from halfords.
Enjoying the vids, done well on that van van👋
Lack of power and top speed scares me when I'm on the open road with the VanVan. Yes, it's part of the bike's charm, but it can be scary if the overtaking is not planned well. One more great video of your epic trip. Enjoyed every second of it ❤️
I know right!! The bike feels out of its depth on highways. But we survived, that’s the main thing 🤣 Glad you’re enjoying the vids!! 🙏
great vid looking forward to the next one
Thanks matey!! 👍
You are such a nice guy. Love this series. Would of loved to have gone with you on a mighty van van. I love em.
Ahhh that’s nice of you to say. Glad you enjoyed the series and thanks for watching! 👍
@@moto-coupe not watched it all yet. I've had 2 mighty van vans. Now I'd love one again. Ended up with a tuned 1200 bandit! But had more fun on my van van honest.
@@peetey249 - that’s funny, I had a VanVan, then a bandit 650 and now the VanVan again! We must have great taste! Trick is to have both I guess 😉
Love your channel, lost my Dad in 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic and my mum just before both were keen travellers but never had the chance to travel with them, I’m taking them tour through the Himalayas on an old Enfield in july.
Hi Ian. So sorry to hear of your loss. What a terrible time for you. Love the idea of taking them to the Himalayas, how wonderful! That’ll be a hell of an adventure, especially on an old Enfield! Is there anyway we can keep tabs on the journey?!
Glad you like the channel, if people are enjoying it it’s worth while!
All the best 👍
Hope you have an amazing trip.
I stumbled across the series well done john gt adventures
Cockermouth is locally known as nobagob 😆 west Cumbrian accent , they are called marras, marraz, it's a very strong accent lol...I'm from.penrith myself and ride vfrs 👍
🤣🤣🤣 Nobagob, that’s made me chuckle!
Thanks for watching and glad you’re enjoying. I have a friend with an old VFR and it was ace. I don’t know the vfrs though, guess it’s a hotter model?
Loving your videos buddy, cracking little bike the VanVan, glad you enjoyed your stay in Scotland, that truck should have pulled over if he knew about the stuff coming from his truck 🤔, just to let you know my friend in the States died last week, he's in a better place now and no pain anymore, hope you're doing well, and thanks again for the entertainment you have given, it's well appreciated 👍
Really sorry to hear about your friend, it’s tough you couldn’t get to see him again. But I’m sure he’ll be there on your shoulder 👍 Hope you’re ok.
Thanks for the thumbs up, really enjoying making the videos and great I can share them and you guys are enjoying them! Makes it worth it 👍👌🙏
@@moto-coupe all good here though I miss him badly & video calls and trips to America, thanks for the response, great channel 👍
Chain issues,Lorry issues and power problems.Another cracking video Jon,very enjoyable.The weather looked fantasic & (the mighty) van van continues to get you where you need to be.Look forward to episode 11..Ride safe.
Thanks Gary! Glad you enjoyed the episode!
I was lucky with the weather for most of the trip and the mighty VanVan is awesome. Love the little nugget!!
Working on episode 11 as I type this message!! 👍😎
I was getting so annoyed with that truck, too. You really should try to find out what that was. I need to know! Also you should check for mutant powers like Deadpool. Well, looks like someone told you what it was, but my I still hope you get some superpowers.
Hahahaa!!!! I’m sorry to report that I am not showing signs of any super powers. I’m really disappointed now 😭
I’m pretty sure the van van doesn’t need anything ultra specific for the chain, use a splash of engine oil instead. And another bonus you’ll only need to carry one lube not two
To be honest anything was better than the paste that was on the chain. Felt good to get some good quality cleaner and lube. Felt like night and day.
Another fantastic video on the mighty van van, really enjoy your travels around the uk. The quality of images is second to none, can I enquire what action camera you use, I'm still using the sony HDR as15 which I've been using for the last 10 year's, keep up with the excellent work.
Thank you so much! Really glad you are enjoying the trip and great to have you along for the journey!!
I’m using a GoPro hero 10 for the bike and a DJI osmo pocket for vlogging. I’m super happy with both of them and hopefully they are pretty future proof.
Reading some of the comments and hearing about the loss of your dad's is so sad, but speaking from another perspective, at least you got to know your father's and how great it can be, I on the other hand never knew mine, so at least you guys (and gals) had the good fortune to make memories, good memories too I'm sure 😊.
Another great video, I've just got a 125cc bike (bullit hero 2018 reg) its so bloody slow though, the slowest 125 ever, I'm lucky to get to 50mph after 10 minutes lol, I want a bigger bike haha 😄.
Thanks for sharing and see you on your next adventure ✌️ 🤟 🤙
I can’t argue with that. I’m super lucky and I appreciate not everyone is. I’m sorry to hear you didn’t know your dad. That’s a tough break.
Glad you liked the video. I just saw your bike on your channel, it looks awesome! Is it really that slow? A friend of mine has a similar bike and we find that if you just keep it in 5th its a bit quicker than changing up to 6th?
Anyways, thanks for watching the vids and glad to have you along for the journey! Enjoy the Mutt!! 😎
@@moto-coupe haha,I only have 5 gears on my bike, you're welcome and I'm looking forward to your next upload 😀
You should have put you feet on the rear pegs and laid down on the tank, worth at least another 5 mph to get past that HGV 😀
Hahahahahaaaa!!! Maybe next time, I’ll superman round the country 🤣🤣🤣
Been looking forward to new episodes and enjoying seeing how your adventure turns out. I've never considered going to the Cumbria coast as would go to the lakes or to Scotland but it looks beautiful. Love that you are doing it on a vanvan proving that you don't need a massive tourer to undertake an epic journey. Look after that chain!
Glad you’re enjoying the videos! Yea the Cumbrian coast was lovely. Like everywhere I went, I wish I could have spent more time there!
For sure you don’t need a flash bike for an epic journey. The VanVan did a great job, but there were times I was envious of the big tourers when they waved at me in comfort! 🤣🤣
The chain was treated like a king for the rest of the journey!! 👌
I’ve enjoyed watching your journey. I have a 2017 VanVan 200 and I’m impressed how well your 125 is doing. It’s given me encouragement to take mine on a small local journey. I would like to know what you replaced your horn with.
Daniel
Ah thanks Daniel! That’s great you’re enjoying the journey. I think these little bikes are really capable, so long as you accept their limitations. You should go for it and do a trip!! The horn came with the bike, I’m not sure what it is, I think it’s like an Oxford Big Horn or something like that?
😂😂😂 the lorry that you was following had a refrigerated trailer that was defrosting so the liquid that was spuing out was just water. Hope this makes you feel a bit better. It wasn't meat juice or anything as disgusting as that but still very inconvenient for someone riding a low powered bike. 😁
Haha!! Yea my imagination ran away with me. Didn’t smell so that was something! 🤣🤣🤣
@Moto Coupe 😂😂😂 absolutely loving the video's, brings back all anxieties that I experienced when I was riding a 125cc. 😂😂😂
Absolutely amazing content. I think that what you did and why you did it is so inspiring. Well done 😉🤜🤛
@@andrewkay114 - thank you so much 🙏 It was a hell of a trip and a real challenge. It’s awesome to be sharing the adventure and glad you’re enjoying the vids! 👍
How many miles has the bike done? Chains last a lot longer than they used to, but sometimes cheap bikes have cheap chains. I hope it holds up. I wonder how much extra shove the VV 200 has.
This is turning out to be an epic trip. My first 'big' trip was from Skipton to Scarborough on my Honda CD175 when I was a teenager - all of 80 miles. Haha! When I started proper long-distance touring, it was on a Yamaha XT500E.
The bikes not done many miles, although now it’s just under 10k thanks to 2022! 🤣 the chain is fine and has loads of life left. It was new for the trip. I just neglected it for the first half of my tour which was dumb. It was ok once I started taking care of it.
80 miles is a long way when it’s the first long trip. I remember my first big trip was my bandit 650 the day I picked it up. Was my first big bike and I rode it 80 miles home. It was an education!!! 🤣🤣
And this is why we buy a bigger bike ;-)
Hahaha!!! Can’t argue with that. Maybe in the near future. But what to get…….🤔
Another great video. Been following your great trip. I start mine on the 20th Feb. How are you finding the beeline Moto?
Thank you 🙏 glad you’re enjoying the trip. I wish you luck with your journey!!! The beeline moto is great for short trips, but I wouldn’t recommend it for a tour. It’s not detailed enough and I took so many wrong turns.
@@moto-coupe awesome thanks for your swift reply. I've got one so I'll use Google maps on my phone if I struggle. Looking forward to see the rest of your trip. Epic!
Is this live each day ? The weather looks quite good for Scotland and Northern England. I'm down south in East Sussex (Bexhill) myself and its 10 degrees today and dry. You are on the home straight now. 9 days to go ? You can't be heading straight back because it's possible to ride from Cumbria back to the South Coast in 1/2 days (dependant upon saddle sore bum / good progress for Van Van). Ride safely.
Hi! No not live, I did this trip last September. It’s just taken me ages to release the footage as I work full time, moved house, life etc!!
But yea only 9 days left!! If I was taking main roads I could ride hundreds of miles in a day. But as I’m following lots of coastal roads progress is outrageously slow!!