I'm so sorry but I do not understand your time management. It's great that you want to share your expeditions/ adventures and we will benefit by those ; however pray what is the point of rushing around making for a campsite that is obviously too long a stretch ? You're missing the point of being in another environment , another culture, another experience. Flying around " hauling arse " as you say is just stressful for you and painful to share. You were late at the dealership, you didn't know what time your Train was, you needed to get to a campsite before it was dark : you didn't have time to stop where you wanted ....etc.etc. etc. and now it seems you will miss the last time for booking in to the next stop. You have a tent, you could stop anywhere. You could always do an air b&b at the last minute...Again I'm sorry to be so negative but you perhaps need to stop and plan your time and your adventure , or at least enjoy what is in front of you and pay attention to your pleasure not your frustrations. If you really want to enjoy fully these experiences try "hauling your arse " at 50mph. I've spent a lifetime on a Bike and been so fortunate to have not had a bad accident. But I have to say for your benefit that crossing a single unbroken white line whilst overtaking is NEVER a good idea...Good luck to you and thanks for your journey.
Hey there! I just wanted to share a little encouragement as you embark on your amazing motorcycle trip around Europe. It’s such a wonderful adventure, and I hope you’re enjoying every moment of it! As you plan your journey, it might be helpful to consider a few things. If you have a lot of miles to cover, using highways can be a great option to save time. And don’t forget, a quick lunch at a gas station can keep you fueled up for the road ahead! Remember, it’s all about finding a balance. Instead of pushing for long distances each day, why not take it a bit slower? This way, you’ll have plenty of time to soak in the beautiful sights and experiences that each place has to offer. You’re in a unique position to truly savor this journey, so embrace it! Setting realistic goals can make a big difference. Maybe add an extra 40% to the time that navigation suggests, just to give yourself some breathing room. After all, there’s no rush! Enjoying the ride is what it’s all about, and taking your time can help you stay safe and stress-free. Wishing you all the best on your adventure! You’ve got this!
I have to agree with previous comments, I’ve done a quite a few European trips and it’s about touring, you however seem in rush? Like one of those race across the world game shows, and frankly taking risks in you riding too which I find difficult to watch. Vids are good overall and great editing and god knows how your managing to film and be under what looks like…..well stress. Ride safe brother. 👍
It’s always a hard balance to stop and film (for content) and then get to your destination.. you almost need 2 trips - one for utube and one for yourself 👍🏻
100% but unfortunately I didn't have the time for that 😅 it's tricky though as typically riding 300-400km isn't too difficult nor does it take THAT much time but with stopping and wanting to explore some places (not to mention i rode up and down some of the twisties quite a few times) and before I knew it I was so far behind schedule 😆
Thank you mate and yeah at the time I mean panicking or stressing too much wouldn't help I knew that I'd get the bike fixed and luckily didn't have a set schedule so it was just a matter of when and (the part that did stress me out a bit) how much 😅😂
As a luxemburgish guy, i can strongly suggest visiting Luxembourg an a motorcycle. We have tons of amazing roads. especially the north part of the country!! put it on your bucket list ;)
As someone who suffers from anxiety, I’m finding you hard to watch! 🤣 Consistently running late is clearly self inflicted. You’re overly ambitious as to the miles you can comfortably cover in a day. I aim for 200-250 miles max per day if on reasonably twisty roads, with my average speed hovering around 35-40 mph. It’s not the distance you cover, but the quality of the miles you should focus on.
First of all full marks for following the route you took, so many travellers have been influenced to believe that you have to take a motorway to get anywhere from the Channel ports, you proved them wrong and found a route that followed great roads through beautiful countryside. You learned a good lesson today, don’t force yourself into chasing the clock. 300 km is a good distance to travel in a day on those sorts of roads. Just presume that means six hours uninterrupted travelling time. Before you start you need to build in realistic time for stops, for fuel, for lunch, for sightseeing and filming. All that means perhaps a 10 hour day so to arrive before 7 in the evening you need to be on the road before 9. If you don’t leave before 11 you are going to rush and not enjoy the day as much as you hoped to. There are some well known TH-cam motorcycle influencers who have made the same mistake. I can think of one where a highly organised trip across the USA became a nightmare because they were always behind schedule and attempting to catch up. Their end point was their flight back to the U.K. and the built no flexibility into their travel plans made worse by setting unreasonable daily target mileages. After a couple of days they had fallen behind and the fun and enjoyment disappeared. In reality they should have cut short their planned three night stay in Las Vegas because all they did there was complain about the cost of beer and food. Keep your days reasonable, 300-350km is fine on backroads but you need to think in terms of averaging about 50kmh to make the journey reasonable. A petrol stop can easily be 20 minutes and stopping for a drone flight perhaps 40 minutes. A bit of reality and the stress levels will disappear.
If you’re going to make a habit of motorcycle touring, get a Honda. I know mines got warning lights, I just haven’t seen any of them. I’ve subbed to see if the triumph makes it through the trip 😆👍🏻✌🏻
Hahaha as much as I love Triumphs that's a fair comment 😅 completely agree when it comes to reliability Honda is definitely hard to beat! Also appreciate you watching and glad that you enjoyed the video 👊
Great next episode! I remember this overheating/coolant issue when it happened in real-time. SO glad you wound up in Saaebrucken rather than pushing on to the campground. I dread what would have happened in that scenario 🫣Looking forward to the next episode! 🙌
Thanks, I know things really came together despite considering what happened! And 100% it would have been a pain if I'd ended up at the campsite and would have caused some major delays, I probably would have had to find the closest town with a mechanic and try get onto a motorway/ A road asap so that I could at least ride above 40mph (as that way there'd be enough cool air hitting the bike to keep the temperature's down). Otherwise it would mean riding for 10 mins and then stopping for 20-30mins to let it cool down 😅
Thanks for taking us along the trip, great imagery and story telling, albeit a bit stressful at times due to your time pressure. Les Vosges are pronounced something like "voash".
There's literally like dozens of places you could camp in that part of France and Germany, why stress yourself out racing to get somewhere, not only are you missing the enjoyment of the ride you are probably making it less safe. Just seems a bit of contrived jeopardy to make it more adventurous, it's France and Germany mate not the backwoods of Mongolia 🙄
Fun one! Looks like a coolant hose broke? Not sure how though you seem to have some solid under guards on the bike. Regarding arriving to the camp site after checking you did the right thing of changing plans and I would have looked for an airbnb for something more unique.
You'll find out in the next episode 😉 yeah I would have as well but also my concern was having somewhere secure to park the bike thats ideally not on the street since I was in a city and I dont know what the situation with bike thefts are there (it might be a bit over the top but I'm from London where bike thefts are ridiculous). But I stayed in some cool places via airbnb on this trip as well particularly in remote mountain villages 😎
Probably not a major issue. My KTM failed in Antofagasta Chile on my trip from Portland to Ushuaia, Argentina in 2016. Luckily I had spare parts. The breakdown forced me to spend 3 days in the city, I made friends and had time to explored the city. Those 3 days turned out to be the best part of the trip!
Another awesome episode, well done! Can you pls share which software / app you used to show interactive blue line on the map, looks great thank you. 👍👍
I can relate to that feeling of wanting out for a while, taking a break from modern life to enjoy modern technology - motorcycles, is the best "do nothing" thing a man ca do, just ride and enjoy the view, have good conversations with strangers along the way and return home until the next trip. I rode my 2006 Honda Transalp for thousands of kilometers and never has a single problem, todays bikes are complete shit and make only for looks, bad mechanical design. Be safe.
Thanks mate massively appreciate it. I agree with you and on a "normal" tour this is exactly how I would have done but in my case I knew I had one month max (as thats when my contact lenses ran out haha) and I had to make it through the Alps down to the Pyrenees and then all the way back to London whilst also filming the entire journey solo.
@@dream_o2wAlways Bring glasses, mate. Stopping and meeting people, spending that day in that town is half the point of travelling on a bike. This summer I had the privilege going around the Baltic states for a week. Average day was between 200-350km, took an extra day to see Vilnius proper. Had the time of my life.
Thing to know for Luxembourg: has you said , it looks like Swisserland. In fact, Luxembourg is a little more interesting if you have too much money to put in a bank (like a little Swisserland) and so the bank have to pay "taxes" for the foreign money they have too much. And with those "taxes" they pay... all the road of the country! I let you imagine the mass of "taxes" it represent! And so, they have roads...
I'm so sorry but I do not understand your time management. It's great that you want to share your expeditions/ adventures and we will benefit by those ; however pray what is the point of rushing around making for a campsite that is obviously too long a stretch ? You're missing the point of being in another environment , another culture, another experience. Flying around " hauling arse " as you say is just stressful for you and painful to share. You were late at the dealership, you didn't know what time your Train was, you needed to get to a campsite before it was dark : you didn't have time to stop where you wanted ....etc.etc. etc. and now it seems you will miss the last time for booking in to the next stop. You have a tent, you could stop anywhere. You could always do an air b&b at the last minute...Again I'm sorry to be so negative but you perhaps need to stop and plan your time and your adventure , or at least enjoy what is in front of you and pay attention to your pleasure not your frustrations. If you really want to enjoy fully these experiences try "hauling your arse " at 50mph. I've spent a lifetime on a Bike and been so fortunate to have not had a bad accident. But I have to say for your benefit that crossing a single unbroken white line whilst overtaking is NEVER a good idea...Good luck to you and thanks for your journey.
Hey there! I just wanted to share a little encouragement as you embark on your amazing motorcycle trip around Europe. It’s such a wonderful adventure, and I hope you’re enjoying every moment of it!
As you plan your journey, it might be helpful to consider a few things. If you have a lot of miles to cover, using highways can be a great option to save time. And don’t forget, a quick lunch at a gas station can keep you fueled up for the road ahead!
Remember, it’s all about finding a balance. Instead of pushing for long distances each day, why not take it a bit slower? This way, you’ll have plenty of time to soak in the beautiful sights and experiences that each place has to offer. You’re in a unique position to truly savor this journey, so embrace it!
Setting realistic goals can make a big difference. Maybe add an extra 40% to the time that navigation suggests, just to give yourself some breathing room. After all, there’s no rush! Enjoying the ride is what it’s all about, and taking your time can help you stay safe and stress-free.
Wishing you all the best on your adventure! You’ve got this!
Love those Videos. Awesome Quality
I have to agree with previous comments, I’ve done a quite a few European trips and it’s about touring, you however seem in rush? Like one of those race across the world game shows, and frankly taking risks in you riding too which I find difficult to watch. Vids are good overall and great editing and god knows how your managing to film and be under what looks like…..well stress. Ride safe brother. 👍
It’s always a hard balance to stop and film (for content) and then get to your destination.. you almost need 2 trips - one for utube and one for yourself 👍🏻
100% but unfortunately I didn't have the time for that 😅 it's tricky though as typically riding 300-400km isn't too difficult nor does it take THAT much time but with stopping and wanting to explore some places (not to mention i rode up and down some of the twisties quite a few times) and before I knew it I was so far behind schedule 😆
Another great video!!
John Lennon said :
“the life is what happen while ur making other plans”
So yes, “thats probably adventure” my friend 🤣
Cool video, thank you! For a real adventure, you have to be prepared for a lot of things! You handle the problems really calmly!✌🏼💯🙌🏼
Thank you mate and yeah at the time I mean panicking or stressing too much wouldn't help I knew that I'd get the bike fixed and luckily didn't have a set schedule so it was just a matter of when and (the part that did stress me out a bit) how much 😅😂
Wow I’m adding Luxembourg to the list. Beautiful views!
As a luxemburgish guy, i can strongly suggest visiting Luxembourg an a motorcycle. We have tons of amazing roads. especially the north part of the country!! put it on your bucket list ;)
As someone who suffers from anxiety, I’m finding you hard to watch! 🤣 Consistently running late is clearly self inflicted. You’re overly ambitious as to the miles you can comfortably cover in a day. I aim for 200-250 miles max per day if on reasonably twisty roads, with my average speed hovering around 35-40 mph. It’s not the distance you cover, but the quality of the miles you should focus on.
He is missing the point on travelling by motorcycle, even his motorbike had to tell him to slow down.
First of all full marks for following the route you took, so many travellers have been influenced to believe that you have to take a motorway to get anywhere from the Channel ports, you proved them wrong and found a route that followed great roads through beautiful countryside. You learned a good lesson today, don’t force yourself into chasing the clock. 300 km is a good distance to travel in a day on those sorts of roads. Just presume that means six hours uninterrupted travelling time. Before you start you need to build in realistic time for stops, for fuel, for lunch, for sightseeing and filming. All that means perhaps a 10 hour day so to arrive before 7 in the evening you need to be on the road before 9. If you don’t leave before 11 you are going to rush and not enjoy the day as much as you hoped to. There are some well known TH-cam motorcycle influencers who have made the same mistake. I can think of one where a highly organised trip across the USA became a nightmare because they were always behind schedule and attempting to catch up. Their end point was their flight back to the U.K. and the built no flexibility into their travel plans made worse by setting unreasonable daily target mileages. After a couple of days they had fallen behind and the fun and enjoyment disappeared. In reality they should have cut short their planned three night stay in Las Vegas because all they did there was complain about the cost of beer and food. Keep your days reasonable, 300-350km is fine on backroads but you need to think in terms of averaging about 50kmh to make the journey reasonable. A petrol stop can easily be 20 minutes and stopping for a drone flight perhaps 40 minutes. A bit of reality and the stress levels will disappear.
Cracking advice. 🤟
If you’re going to make a habit of motorcycle touring, get a Honda. I know mines got warning lights, I just haven’t seen any of them.
I’ve subbed to see if the triumph makes it through the trip 😆👍🏻✌🏻
Hahaha as much as I love Triumphs that's a fair comment 😅 completely agree when it comes to reliability Honda is definitely hard to beat! Also appreciate you watching and glad that you enjoyed the video 👊
Honda zzzzzzzz
@@paulcullum1473No the boring one is you. Having a motorcycle that you can trust is the basic ingredient for some great adventures.
@@paulcullum1473 pathetic comment.
Yeah, go Japanese. Bikes are not exciting and emotional because they break down. Don't buy into that crap. Way to go, mate!
Great next episode! I remember this overheating/coolant issue when it happened in real-time. SO glad you wound up in Saaebrucken rather than pushing on to the campground. I dread what would have happened in that scenario 🫣Looking forward to the next episode! 🙌
Thanks, I know things really came together despite considering what happened! And 100% it would have been a pain if I'd ended up at the campsite and would have caused some major delays, I probably would have had to find the closest town with a mechanic and try get onto a motorway/ A road asap so that I could at least ride above 40mph (as that way there'd be enough cool air hitting the bike to keep the temperature's down). Otherwise it would mean riding for 10 mins and then stopping for 20-30mins to let it cool down 😅
Thanks for taking us along the trip, great imagery and story telling, albeit a bit stressful at times due to your time pressure.
Les Vosges are pronounced something like "voash".
What a beautiful places 😻
Thanks Nik and it's only going to get better as the journey progresses 💪
There's literally like dozens of places you could camp in that part of France and Germany, why stress yourself out racing to get somewhere, not only are you missing the enjoyment of the ride you are probably making it less safe. Just seems a bit of contrived jeopardy to make it more adventurous, it's France and Germany mate not the backwoods of Mongolia 🙄
Fun one! Looks like a coolant hose broke? Not sure how though you seem to have some solid under guards on the bike. Regarding arriving to the camp site after checking you did the right thing of changing plans and I would have looked for an airbnb for something more unique.
You'll find out in the next episode 😉 yeah I would have as well but also my concern was having somewhere secure to park the bike thats ideally not on the street since I was in a city and I dont know what the situation with bike thefts are there (it might be a bit over the top but I'm from London where bike thefts are ridiculous). But I stayed in some cool places via airbnb on this trip as well particularly in remote mountain villages 😎
Probably not a major issue. My KTM failed in Antofagasta Chile on my trip from Portland to Ushuaia, Argentina in 2016. Luckily I had spare parts. The breakdown forced me to spend 3 days in the city, I made friends and had time to explored the city. Those 3 days turned out to be the best part of the trip!
Still looks so good this trip 🫡👌🏼
Thank you bro 👊
Another awesome episode, well done! Can you pls share which software / app you used to show interactive blue line on the map, looks great thank you. 👍👍
I can relate to that feeling of wanting out for a while, taking a break from modern life to enjoy modern technology - motorcycles, is the best "do nothing" thing a man ca do, just ride and enjoy the view, have good conversations with strangers along the way and return home until the next trip.
I rode my 2006 Honda Transalp for thousands of kilometers and never has a single problem, todays bikes are complete shit and make only for looks, bad mechanical design.
Be safe.
Great filming. Can't understand why people rush from one place to the next without stopping and taking stuff in en route , surely thats part of it?
Thanks mate massively appreciate it. I agree with you and on a "normal" tour this is exactly how I would have done but in my case I knew I had one month max (as thats when my contact lenses ran out haha) and I had to make it through the Alps down to the Pyrenees and then all the way back to London whilst also filming the entire journey solo.
@@dream_o2wAlways Bring glasses, mate. Stopping and meeting people, spending that day in that town is half the point of travelling on a bike. This summer I had the privilege going around the Baltic states for a week. Average day was between 200-350km, took an extra day to see Vilnius proper. Had the time of my life.
Two days in and two days racing!! Maybe shoulda set shorter goals and enjoyed the ride, instead of stressing over arrival times 🤔
what did you expect? you going to discover Europe with a Triumph.. funny. next time buy something Japan brand for 9k km long trip. nice video!
😍😍🙌🏼
thank you bro 👊
Thing to know for Luxembourg: has you said , it looks like Swisserland. In fact, Luxembourg is a little more interesting if you have too much money to put in a bank (like a little Swisserland) and so the bank have to pay "taxes" for the foreign money they have too much. And with those "taxes" they pay... all the road of the country! I let you imagine the mass of "taxes" it represent! And so, they have roads...
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Thanks mate 🙌
Man, you need to slow down, plan your day with shorter mileage. It always takes way longer than planned. After all, you are on holiday, ride safe👍
Cant watch,maybe a haircut might help
The quality of the road surface is because of the Eu. The roads in Britain are shite