I took my family to lynmouth a few years ago and it is a lovely place. We went to Dartmoor and Cornwall after, great place to be. And that's from a French guy. I just love the UK, be proud of your country guys !!
Always enjoy your channel, bikes or farming, very much. Trying to convince my mate (mostly road riding) to buy the GT-Pro over the Rally-Pro, I shall direct him to your review. He might listen 👍
Thanks Farmer that was a nice tour. I like the unhurried burble the 1200 scramble makes. Sounds much more refine than the clatter I get from my RE Himilayan! I've been on that cliff railway and Lynton/ Lynmouth A friend of mine moved to Lynton some years ago and brought a hardware shop there. Prior to that he lived in Swindon and ran a motor cycle shop called Swindon Classic Bikes. I brought a Royal Enfield Bullet 500 from him. It was the old style with seprate gearbox and right hand gear change. Sandy
Great film Farmer, the Triumph sounds great burbling along. I went to the Adventure Travel Film festival years ago when it was held in North Devon, on my XR650R. I took the long way back to West Sussex and discovered that road...bliss!. Hopefully head down that way in the Autumn. Great video! Cheers, Steve
Fabulous. Riding up the hill from Porlock requires some thought as to gears and throttle. Riding down the hill into Lymouth is where one discovers if ones gentlemans parts are arranged in an appropriate configuration for braking downhill or if the next three minutes are going to be a test of arm pump. Also, the road out of Lynmouth to the west has an absolute beast of an uphill hairpin where the inside line must be close to 45%. Great film.
That hill looks amazing.i did hardknott pass in lake district on an old GS 800 flipping holy cow that was steep!!! Had my nephew on the back as well,great fun!!🙃🤙steve.
Another fantastic upload thanks FT! Only just got round to watching this. As you mentioned, we'll never see it so deserted again after lockdown. A real memory for you to look back at when 'normality' returns.
Great roads and Lynmouth is stunning. There's a fantastic tapas restaurant in Lynton too, which my partner & I discovered when we stayed in the area back in 2018. Must visit again soon. I'd love to ride those roads, thanks for sharing! ☺
One of my favourite drives. Brought back many happy memories driving back and forth from Bristol to Ilfracombe. I'm itching to get another bike now (or am I too old)? 🤔
Between 2019-21 I reviewed a lot of the latest big bikes - I had to decide wether to push a full motorcycle channel - vids were getting up to 100,000 views but didn’t want to go in that direction and with falling views I recently removed all the bike vids as they seemed to affect who saw my other photography/ countryside work, which is the way I’ll go now on. No bikes at the moment but might….but roads are so bad and worst of all, driving standards are appalling - like you I’m debating another bike
Totally agree on driving standards. You need your wits about you these days due to so many people taking crazy risks. Not sure if I'm too old to hustle a big bike around these days but would'nt mind a street scrambler type thing for pootling around the Cornish contry side with my box Brownie. 🙂 @@FarmerTorque
I have ridden that road a few times, great scenery, we used to stay at the Bath Hotel with a group of bikers on tour, until it changed hands and bikers were no longer welcome.
waw waw such a nice trip over there !!! you very lucky to live in such a beautiful country with roads forever in full nature and tranquility .... nice !! thanks !! I really admire your very pro video editing skills !!! waw ! good ! for my next reincarnation I will decide to come live up there hahaha ! with a Rocket 3 Roadster !!! (of course !!) (AND a BOOM trike with a 2000 cc engine ... ???) !!!
Fantastic Farmer! I was planning to go from Portsmouth to Crackington Haven this Saturday, with an early start. I’ve had my GS1250 since October, and not recorded a single adventure yet, having had to abort my May Berlin trip to the Motorrad factory. But I think a trip to Porlock is on the cards now. Cup of coffee in Shell station somewhere and home in time for dinner!! Thanks for the video.
Go for it Glenn 👍 check out the toll road at Porlock and I think take-away fish and chips at Lynmouth - oh , make sure you stop where I did top of Porlock Hill 😊
No cars, no caravans, no camper vans.... no other traffic apart from one intrepid cyclist... wow. If a symbol of lockdown were needed... that ride would be it. By comparison, W-s-M sea front on Sunday was PACKED.... I was just passin thru... on a bicycle. Thanks FT, wonderful reminder of a road I have used a lot in the past.
Just the bike for your roads - we always make a bee line for the double arrow lanes on the OS map (remember them?) great fun until someone stops in front of you in the wrong gear!
Hi there Mr Torque, its been a while since we last saw you bumbling about on the Scrambler. What gives? have you sold the beauty? Why no more two wheeled posts?
Apologies for the tardy reply - complicated 🙄 but sold the scrambler 15months ago so no bikes. However A new Scrambler has arrived this week so video soon - some pics on my ‘Tarmactrails’ instagram
Hey farmer torque, just a question for you regarding your exhaust setup with a Vance & Hines two into one pipe... Do you find that it generates a healthy amount of heat? Is it more or less so than the OEM set up? Thank you
@@FarmerTorque amazing! One of my text who happens to specialize in Ducati is concerned that it might dispense some serious Heat. I thought otherwise since we were going to be getting rid of the catalytic converter. Thanks for proving my point! And the power? Did you notice a shift in character in a positive way?
Have you ever tried to explain to a non motorcyclist why a run such as this fills us with joy and how we derive so much pleasure from motorcycling? Not easy if they have no soul and Britain's got talent is the highlight of their week!! ( bit cruel......maybe?)
Thanks so much for this therapeutic video. We've visited this place every year, for over 30 years, and never get tired of these views! Amazing!
Fab thoughts to read Tony, hope you enjoy some of the other Tarmac Trail vids 😊👍
I took my family to lynmouth a few years ago and it is a lovely place. We went to Dartmoor and Cornwall after, great place to be. And that's from a French guy. I just love the UK, be proud of your country guys !!
Wow, kind words. We’re good at knocking our land, but it’s not so bad 👍
Awesome views and like u I love lynmouth and the little railway, the pasties are to die for. 👍
Beautiful. Last visited in 1970. Brought it all back. I was a little boy! 😁👍
Codger Biker - Great reading comments like yours 😊 glad you enjoyed the vid 👍
Always enjoy your channel, bikes or farming, very much. Trying to convince my mate (mostly road riding) to buy the GT-Pro over the Rally-Pro, I shall direct him to your review. He might listen 👍
Wow that’s brought back memories, I spent two weeks on a camp site at the top of that hill, summer of 76, Suzuki GT500, happy days, 😊
Happy days indeed John - been trying to do this one for a while 👍
I have driven that road many times, but not on a bike. Very jealous. It's on my bucket list.
Great roads amazing scenery on a fantastic bike it can't get better than that lovely video stay safe 🇬🇧👍🏻
Seems to me very reasonably points you make there Richard 😂😂😂 more to come I’m afraid 🤔
@@FarmerTorque 👍🏻
One of my favourite Exmoor roads. Video just cannot demonstrate how steep and tight that hairpin is! Stunning coastal views too.
One of my favourite roads too - pleased this one is in the Tarmac Trails ‘bag’ 😊
Thanks for showing this road. i have now ridden it on my st1100 . What an absolutely fantastic road.
Pleased you enjoyed 👍
Thanks Farmer that was a nice tour. I like the unhurried burble the 1200 scramble makes. Sounds much more refine than the clatter I get from my RE Himilayan!
I've been on that cliff railway and Lynton/ Lynmouth
A friend of mine moved to Lynton some years ago and brought a hardware shop there. Prior to that he lived in Swindon and ran a motor cycle shop called Swindon Classic Bikes. I brought a Royal Enfield Bullet 500 from him. It was the old style with seprate gearbox and right hand gear change.
Sandy
Apologies- I thought I’d replied to this but apparently not 😳 thank you and really interesting hearing your thoughts 💭 👍
@@FarmerTorque No worries Farmer no need to apologies
what a lovely area to live and ride
Not going to disagree with you Michael 😜
Good Ride! Thanks!
i did that hill out of Porlock in a 17ton fridge truck. the hairpin nearly done me. i need to do it on my 03 Speedy. great vid Farmer.
Lovely ride- beautiful place
Cheers - Farmer
Great film Farmer, the Triumph sounds great burbling along. I went to the Adventure Travel Film festival years ago when it was held in North Devon, on my XR650R. I took the long way back to West Sussex and discovered that road...bliss!. Hopefully head down that way in the Autumn. Great video! Cheers, Steve
Good to hear from you Steve - it is indeed a special road ! Fingers crossed you can make it 👍
Brilliant vlog farmer . Love Devon and Cornwall.👍
Thanks for that David, more planned, One day 😳👍
Love this place
Seems to be a lot of love for this area! More to come:)
Fantastic video - makes me feel very homesick!
Sorry about that Kevin, but glad you enjoyed the vid 😊 have you seen my recent ‘Exmoor Jewels’ vids?
@@FarmerTorque I certainly have - some glorious scenery!
Fabulous. Riding up the hill from Porlock requires some thought as to gears and throttle. Riding down the hill into Lymouth is where one discovers if ones gentlemans parts are arranged in an appropriate configuration for braking downhill or if the next three minutes are going to be a test of arm pump. Also, the road out of Lynmouth to the west has an absolute beast of an uphill hairpin where the inside line must be close to 45%. Great film.
That hill looks amazing.i did hardknott pass in lake district on an old GS 800 flipping holy cow that was steep!!! Had my nephew on the back as well,great fun!!🙃🤙steve.
Hi Steve, Wrynose/Hardnott are wonderful passes (and a target for Tarmac Trails) - think you’d enjoy the 39 😊
Hey Farmer. Great to see you out and about again :) Too bloody cold here!
Ha ha - it’ll get warmer where you are very soon 😊 quite a few trips planned - let’s see if I can make them happen 🤞
@@FarmerTorque looking forward to seeing more
Fantastic thank you
Thank you, pretty good subject matter though 😜
I love walking the Coast Path from County Gate to Lynmouth, and back along the river. The best walk in the UK in my opinion. Great shots there Farmer.
That’s a fabulous walk you describe 👍 cheers 🥂 Farmer
Clearly in your element during that excursion, sir... thanks for taking us along!
A pleasure Joe. Thanks for coming along!!! - Farmer
Lovely ride and scenic road, as you say very quiet as there is nowhere to stay, will have a weekend down your way when places start to open again.
You could choose worse places to go John - Over the next month I hope to cover more roads/routes here in Devon/Somerset.
Another fantastic upload thanks FT! Only just got round to watching this. As you mentioned, we'll never see it so deserted again after lockdown. A real memory for you to look back at when 'normality' returns.
You’ve done your bit for the Lynmouth tourist board ! Nice ride thanks for sharing
Does look a bit like that Gerry!!! All part of the service :)
Great roads and Lynmouth is stunning. There's a fantastic tapas restaurant in Lynton too, which my partner & I discovered when we stayed in the area back in 2018. Must visit again soon. I'd love to ride those roads, thanks for sharing! ☺
Interesting Trevor I'll have look! Thanks for looking in :)
One of my favourite drives. Brought back many happy memories driving back and forth from Bristol to Ilfracombe. I'm itching to get another bike now (or am I too old)? 🤔
Between 2019-21 I reviewed a lot of the latest big bikes - I had to decide wether to push a full motorcycle channel - vids were getting up to 100,000 views but didn’t want to go in that direction and with falling views I recently removed all the bike vids as they seemed to affect who saw my other photography/ countryside work, which is the way I’ll go now on.
No bikes at the moment but might….but roads are so bad and worst of all, driving standards are appalling - like you I’m debating another bike
Totally agree on driving standards. You need your wits about you these days due to so many people taking crazy risks. Not sure if I'm too old to hustle a big bike around these days but would'nt mind a street scrambler type thing for pootling around the Cornish contry side with my box Brownie. 🙂 @@FarmerTorque
Use it or lose it I guess Sid 😜
Thanks for sharing, that looks like a great road
It is Ian - can’t say it’s the best road but it’s certainly one of the best!
I have ridden that road a few times, great scenery, we used to stay at the Bath Hotel with a group of bikers on tour, until it changed hands and bikers were no longer welcome.
Kevin Westwood - Umm getting a good place to stay never seems easy 🙄
@@FarmerTorque I always enjoyed lynmouth one of my favourite places.
One of mine too - especially with fish and chips 😊
Stunning views, great roads, great weather, loved it. Must get down there sometime now I finally have my gs.
Don’t think you’ll regret it Glenn! Really appreciate your thoughts 😊
My favourite run being a local lad. Great road - will be doing it this weekend. Great pasty available in Lynmouth as well!
Sounds a pretty compelling combo Duncan - enjoy 😊
Nice bike 2
Roads to die for,roads to live for,home from home,take me there,sweet chariot
You seem to have summed it up nicely there Jeremy. Really pleased you enjoyed, thank you, Chris 👍
Porlock is in Somerset. In fact you are in Somerset until exactly 10:00.
waw waw such a nice trip over there !!! you very lucky to live in such a beautiful country with roads forever in full nature and tranquility .... nice !! thanks !! I really admire your very pro video editing skills !!! waw ! good ! for my next reincarnation I will decide to come live up there hahaha ! with a Rocket 3 Roadster !!! (of course !!) (AND a BOOM trike with a 2000 cc engine ... ???) !!!
Looks like you’ve got it all covered there George 😂😂😂
My favourite bit of road. Did it on the RC24 a couple of days ago.
Not a bad bit of Tarmac, is it 😜
Good video and that was e great road I'm still on look down so can't get out on my bike
Thanks Lyn - hopefully not to frustrating 🙄
Fantastic Farmer! I was planning to go from Portsmouth to Crackington Haven this Saturday, with an early start. I’ve had my GS1250 since October, and not recorded a single adventure yet, having had to abort my May Berlin trip to the Motorrad factory. But I think a trip to Porlock is on the cards now. Cup of coffee in Shell station somewhere and home in time for dinner!! Thanks for the video.
Go for it Glenn 👍 check out the toll road at Porlock and I think take-away fish and chips at Lynmouth - oh , make sure you stop where I did top of Porlock Hill 😊
No cars, no caravans, no camper vans.... no other traffic apart from one intrepid cyclist... wow. If a symbol of lockdown were needed... that ride would be it. By comparison, W-s-M sea front on Sunday was PACKED.... I was just passin thru... on a bicycle. Thanks FT, wonderful reminder of a road I have used a lot in the past.
It was a special experience for me I have to say 😊 doubt I’ll experience that again - was early though 😂
@@FarmerTorque If there's daylight, then there are usually caravan's and camper vans on the move / crawl.
Just the bike for your roads - we always make a bee line for the double arrow lanes on the OS map (remember them?) great fun until someone stops in front of you in the wrong gear!
I do/did exactly the same LOL - Hardnott/Wrynose - Appledore - all on the Tarmac Trails list and more
1:15-1:22 what a great cut scene! Wow! Is this where you rode the KTM 690? I just purchased a 2016 690 two weeks ago. Pleased.
Yes, your right, The 690 lives in Minehead, just down the road from Porlock - Wouldn't mind one in my workshop !!!!
Hi there Mr Torque, its been a while since we last saw you bumbling about on the Scrambler. What gives? have you sold the beauty? Why no more two wheeled posts?
Apologies for the tardy reply - complicated 🙄 but sold the scrambler 15months ago so no bikes.
However
A new Scrambler has arrived this week so video soon - some pics on my ‘Tarmactrails’ instagram
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Hi! Why is the dash dark all time?
The dash has two modes, light and err Dark - just prefer the dark 😊👍
@@FarmerTorque thanks! I was think that screen is influencing the light sensor. So, there is a way to set the dash light. Nice!
Hey farmer torque, just a question for you regarding your exhaust setup with a Vance & Hines two into one pipe... Do you find that it generates a healthy amount of heat? Is it more or less so than the OEM set up? Thank you
Loads less Danny - different world 😊
@@FarmerTorque amazing! One of my text who happens to specialize in Ducati is concerned that it might dispense some serious Heat. I thought otherwise since we were going to be getting rid of the catalytic converter. Thanks for proving my point! And the power? Did you notice a shift in character in a positive way?
Have you ever tried to explain to a non motorcyclist why a run such as this fills us with joy and how we derive so much pleasure from motorcycling? Not easy if they have no soul and Britain's got talent is the highlight of their week!! ( bit cruel......maybe?)
Well I've never ever seen Lynmouth so empty lucky yu ..cheers from dave in a fake showering cumbria a few spits n nowt😂😂
It was genuinely weird Dave, but good at the same time if that makes sense - and yes, grass is literally dying here 😡
No Pork Pie and a Shandy or Chicken in a Basket, Farmer Talk! ...... everything’s closed !
Aaah - Not quite.. As I was leaving a lot of places were opening for take-away meals....Nowhere to stay though