@@Paul-kp1tu That's kind of you. Maybe not the best forum, but it was 1995, we (mum, sister and me) took a taxi, which was covertly being trailed by a second car with 3 guys in it. Our taxi driver took us to the middle of nowhere and the three guys tried to drag me out at knife point. I refused to budge despite being jabbed with the knife, so they got in the car (mexican VW Beatle taxi: front passenger seat removed, so they're in that space) drove around, attacking us, threw my sister out the moving car. They realised they had gone down a very long dead end road so by the time they backed up to where my sister was jettisoned, she'd screamed loudly enough for the locals to have come to her aid and blocked their escape with a car of theirs. The kidnappers drove back to the dead end and 2 fled. I noticed the knife had disappeared so I fought back. Eventually held onto one of them, with aid of locals, until the police arrived. Like I say, Freddie would do it justice, I'm merely listing events.
I have to say...i think you have the hands down absolutely best channel on YT....its not just the bikes...its where you take us...the scenery...the history...the stories behind the quaint little towns...the little shops...Monica's editing and choices in music...you two just amaze me with every video...as always...cant wait for the next one...
Freddie, what a beautiful video. Relaxing, soothing, engaging. Your enthusiasm is infectious. The old man (mr darcy) said you’d fall in love with the R18. Looking forward to your full review. Beautiful filming from Monica.
When bikes get in your blood theres no getting it out and every bike will bring out a different emotion, and every ride a love for the next. As years pass our tastes change for the looks of the bike but never the emotion it evokes. Great video and love that a bike has reverse, why not 😁
My old GoldWing had the same thing. Reverse is actually powered by the starter. My Ural had an actual mechanical reverse that converted the output to reverse in ALL GEARS!😮. You could theoretically go full speed in reverse. Love those old Land Rovers. ❤
I love your videos man. Not only the bikes, the scenery and your storytelling talent are amazing, but the picture and sound quality are top notch. Pure joy.
Thank you for the videos. I love motorcycles and absolutely enjoy learning new things about all make and model bikes. You present information in a very interesting way!
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What a cracking little vlog. Superb content, editing and informative. Am I watching a motorcycle vlog, tourist information vlog, cafe blog, or… a lifestyle vlog. Whatever it is, you and Monica have nailed it👍👍
nothing like watching a Freddie Dobbs video with a cup of coffee at 9 before my lectures :) If i had the money, id get that bike. not singularly because i love it, but my pa used to ride very classic looking bmws, so id love to just see him smile.
Wow! How far have you come in the last 2 years. The production quality, camerawork and style of the videos are so good now. Content as good as ever. Even my wife watches these - I think she likes the way you look 😂 Keep them coming Freddie.
That reverse gear configuration is something honda developed for their Goldwings in the 80's. It's exactly the same tech. Still strongly advise you do a goldwing series riding all the generations. It would be both popular and fun.
to be honest I skipped the first 5 min. but after that, your video was so enjoyable. feels like a little holiday! thank you so much and the bmw r18... love it!
Amazing video !! Don’t agree with the statement that the R18 is beautiful but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Keep raising the quality of your vids.
. New apartment or you've moved in above Kingdom Motorcycles ??😂 You always manage to capture the sheer beauty of what was once such an amazing country. . "Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.." they say but with you two we are transported to a bygone golden age of what was once the Great Britian of my youth. A joy as always ❤ Loved the cliff hanger ending too btw !
I thought I’d just save myself future heartache and time and move in above Kingdom Mitorcycles😆 Thanks Richard- really glad you enjoyed it! I hope all’s good in Tenerife🏝️
"It's still summer weather in essence, 24 degrees" I'm watching this video while sweating in my room it's so frickin hot here in Indonesia, 37 degrees. I am so jealous.
Unfortunately not a place for locals to live now. Per sq ft Walberswick is one of the most expensive places to buy in the UK. On another note there is a footbridge to southwold just a bit further up the estuary from where you were parked. Loved the videos as always, keep up the good work Freddie and Monica!
Love your work, your love for Cruisers and Monika's love of the Suzuki. Next time you guys want to get away, come to Australia, you can tour on my Goldwing or the Jeep Wrangler. Just give us a holler. Keep up the good work.
I also love how he uses the same gear for very different bikes, like wearing a classic waxed jacket with an adventure bike and a cruiser. Not everyone wants to be decked out on Klim or a shell suit all the time.
Your videos are an incredible source of joy, passion, and pure enjoyment for me! Every time I watch your content, it's like a burst of inspiration, making me want to try new type of bikes and explore exciting adventures. Keep those awesome videos coming! 🚴♂📺😄 By the way, I'm curious, could you share what brand of gloves you're using in your biking videos?
That sequence to engage and activate reverse is very clunky! Not sure I would ever want a bike so big that it required a reverse gear anyhow! Great video as always!
i'm across the equator and down under... but watching your videos of travelling around the UK, makes me want to close the office door, jump onto my little royal enfield scram (i wish it had a better name) and tootle off down the road for a ride , and a coffee... Cheers from Geelong
Hi Freddie, if you’re looking for a Jimny look for the new 2 seater ones, they are technically commercial vehicles so you can claim vat back through your company.
i didn't realise how close that was to Southwold until i saw the lighthouse in the distance. there are works on a little bridge going into Southwold which meant quite a tailback to temporary traffic lights. when i can sort my bike phone charger will have to visit Walberswick, and the quieter roads off the A12
My goodness, so your telling me that 1800cc flying fortress needs a starter motor so big that it CAN be the motor!? 🤯 It looked like that starter had power to spare too 😳
Absolutely loving the R18 a stylish design indeed in my opinion! Freddy I’d hate to shatter any illusions you may have of old Landrover, I wonder have you driven one? Unfortunately they don’t drive as good as they look. A friend of mine had an old series two and he had to wear ear defenders while driving it! 😮. I’ve had many modern Landrover, Defenders 90& four 110 Defenders as well as a couple of Discovery’s unfortunately these days with the price of fuel and their poor fuel efficiency I’ve had to give up that very expensive habit☹️☹️☹️. Great film 👍👏😀🏍
Before the internet and mobile phones i used to buy the Autotrader it was the Midlands version as i then lived in Milton Keynes and read from front to back . Also exchange and Mart. All a very good read not just cars but for all your spares.
Next time try the black dog deli on the way in, nice coffee and food said the wing foiler in your video 😅 .. my dog is gutted he didn’t make the cut .. keep on riding and making great TH-cam content
I think the R18 is the value in the used market. They are expensive new, but used with a couple hundred miles, there’s a huge price drop. More than any other premium brand motorcycle.
I took advantage if that (ie new bike for 2/3 retail).... now having had it for 5 months.... in a new world I'd pay full retail to get one if I had to.... it is one of the top 2 bikes I've had out of 15 or so in 40 years.... the 1100 Katana I got new as a 22yo would be the other.
I always enjoy your ride out reviews, you go to some great places, as for reverse gear on the R18, BMW have been fitting reverse gear to their heavyweight bikes for years , I've got reverse on my 2005 K1200LT (and an electric centre stand) and I wouldn't be without it, often wonder why Harley never fitted reverse to their Grand Tourers.
You're video's are excellent Freddie, a total de- stress in this currently crazy world 🙌, As for the Beemer, it suits your style , maybe you need it as a stable mate for the Bonneville ?
On a completely trivial note, I see you have the exact same Bean-to-Cup Coffee machine as us. We love it and it produces excellent coffee. Having said that, the coffee is still not so good as real Italian coffee, of which we also had plenty this last week or so, staying in Italy at Sorrento. I of course took cameras with me and photographed as many Bikes, Vespas and anything at all two-wheeled that I could. I'll then find a way of shoehorning them into a video somehow! Anyhow, back to BMWs and Hmmm apart from cost although a gorgeous bike, just too big and heavy for me!
On one hand you say you’ve been visiting this town for 34 years and then in the next breath you say, I hope they have a cafe and then you add the cafe has a great reputation for their coffees. So you did know they had a cafe. 😂
What about looking at the Panda 4x4's ? Probably cheaper than the Jimny and just look up a few videos of them off road I dare say they will feel a bit more friendly to drive like the 500 you already have.
Because you have a non standard exhaust on your bike this can cause increased fuel consumption so If you put the standard exhaust back on you Bonnie and get the ecu remapped. I had two 865 bonnevilles both standard and both did 60+ to the gallon I put a non standard exhaust on one the consumption fell to low 40s I went back to standard and fuel consumption went back to 60+ once I had the bike remapped
The reverse gear is directly driven by the big starter motor, hence its very positive and direct feel and why you press the starter motor button. Simples.👍
I do wish my Rocket 3 had a reverse gear sometimes. Muscling 400 kilos backwards can be daunting, but just have to plan ahead to where it's not needed.
nice video as usual, will have to try Walberswick instead of going to Southwold for a ride out. i Had an 09 Bonnie , my mpg was usually around 55 or sometimes 60 on a run, and not because i was bimbling, makes me wonder why your mpg is much lower?
Hey Freddie - really enjoying your videos! Thinking of taking a roadtrip up from Dorset; are there many good biking roads in your part of the world? Thanks to you an Monica; looking forward to more 👍
Yessss! Orford, Long Melford, Bury St Edmunds, Pin Mill, Lower Holbrook, Constable Country, Manningtree. If you use the Calimoto app, it’ll do an incredible tour around these areas with no motorways and no dual carriageways. It’s stunning around here, and beautiful villages every 20 minutes❤️
Can't see a way of stretching my legs out past the bulging boxer engine, though, for the long hauls. On most cruisers, you can attach an engine guard and place some pegs on them to stretch your legs out. The protruding boxer engine looks like it will prevent that mod on the bike. My extra long legs look like they will feel cramped on the R18 during a long haul.
cracking video as per normal, yes too am amazed by the weather in uk,, been so warm,, was out the weekend on my bike,, would normally have heated grips or big gloves on in October but didnt need, you do live in wonderful part off UK so near the east coast,, just a thought never had bike with reverse gear but if runs off starter motor do you need the engine running,
I have an R18. Yes. The engine must be running. When reverse is physically selected you cannot use the forward gears, they are isolated. As soon as you put the lever from R back to F the forward gears are available again and the dash shows N or 1st if you select it. It works really well, not needed on flat or hard ground but on say gravel it’s amazing.
@@jfro5867 i was worried if Freddie knocked gear lever it could take off forward, course as expected BMW fit a lock out,, its wonderful looking bike almost a work of art. nice one
When underway it turns really well... but.... when doing tight u turns I find you need to steer like the police are trained..... you stay upright but lean the bike down into the extra slow turn..... on fast corners at extreme speed I hang off it into the turn like a normal bike..... really quite normal.... but the lean it down whilst staying upright seems a bit more exagerated thean normal in tight shopping centre car park type stuff.... but it doesn't want to stall so it soon becomes second nature.
Love the look of it and it appears to be a real quality item. Problem as i see it is, having a low seat you need forward pegs to stretch your legs out. Minor issue of having 2 x 900cc cylinder heads in the way. Wound love it if they put that motor in a roadster style bike..
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You have a talent for story telling. You managed to make the reverse gear story more absorbing than my telling of the time i was kidnapped in Mexico.
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Very very true
@@Paul-kp1tu That's kind of you. Maybe not the best forum, but it was 1995, we (mum, sister and me) took a taxi, which was covertly being trailed by a second car with 3 guys in it. Our taxi driver took us to the middle of nowhere and the three guys tried to drag me out at knife point. I refused to budge despite being jabbed with the knife, so they got in the car (mexican VW Beatle taxi: front passenger seat removed, so they're in that space) drove around, attacking us, threw my sister out the moving car. They realised they had gone down a very long dead end road so by the time they backed up to where my sister was jettisoned, she'd screamed loudly enough for the locals to have come to her aid and blocked their escape with a car of theirs. The kidnappers drove back to the dead end and 2 fled. I noticed the knife had disappeared so I fought back. Eventually held onto one of them, with aid of locals, until the police arrived.
Like I say, Freddie would do it justice, I'm merely listing events.
Great vid as ever. Random thing is I went to Walberswick on the 8th and chose the tea hut that you used. Awesome latte there btw.
That is the greatest TH-cam comment ever.
I have to say...i think you have the hands down absolutely best channel on YT....its not just the bikes...its where you take us...the scenery...the history...the stories behind the quaint little towns...the little shops...Monica's editing and choices in music...you two just amaze me with every video...as always...cant wait for the next one...
You've put my exact thoughts into words!
8:05 "Electronical"... Put a smile on my face.
Went to Walberswick a few months ago on your recommendation - saved the idea from one of your earlier videos. Beautiful.
Freddie, what a beautiful video. Relaxing, soothing, engaging. Your enthusiasm is infectious. The old man (mr darcy) said you’d fall in love with the R18. Looking forward to your full review. Beautiful filming from Monica.
You look cool as hell on that bike. It's not just the bike. Together it just works the size and your size just works perfectly.
Your excitement of finding out you had a reverse gear Freddie & that happy chappy schoolboy grin had me chuckling away for sure! BRILLIANT!
When bikes get in your blood theres no getting it out and every bike will bring out a different emotion, and every ride a love for the next. As years pass our tastes change for the looks of the bike but never the emotion it evokes. Great video and love that a bike has reverse, why not 😁
My old GoldWing had the same thing. Reverse is actually powered by the starter. My Ural had an actual mechanical reverse that converted the output to reverse in ALL GEARS!😮. You could theoretically go full speed in reverse.
Love those old Land Rovers. ❤
@@christga100it uses the starter motor like the BMW.
Another lovely film. Beautifully shot and edited.
I love your videos man. Not only the bikes, the scenery and your storytelling talent are amazing, but the picture and sound quality are top notch. Pure joy.
Thank you for the videos. I love motorcycles and absolutely enjoy learning new things about all make and model bikes.
You present information in a very interesting way!
Full marks for the excellent video editing, camera work and ofcourse the story telling.. 👍
Great production.... Monica
Beautifully filmed and edited by Monika. Lovely area of the Suffolk coast.
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It’s got a reverse gear! And you move out of view. Nice touch. Most entertaining.
Great video as always, Freddie. Thanks
What a cracking little vlog. Superb content, editing and informative. Am I watching a motorcycle vlog, tourist information vlog, cafe blog, or… a lifestyle vlog. Whatever it is, you and Monica have nailed it👍👍
nothing like watching a Freddie Dobbs video with a cup of coffee at 9 before my lectures :)
If i had the money, id get that bike. not singularly because i love it, but my pa used to ride very classic looking bmws, so id love to just see him smile.
Wow! How far have you come in the last 2 years. The production quality, camerawork and style of the videos are so good now. Content as good as ever.
Even my wife watches these - I think she likes the way you look 😂
Keep them coming Freddie.
The canvas bag looks cool and the bike looks and sounds ace
Really enjoyed every moment.
That reverse gear configuration is something honda developed for their Goldwings in the 80's. It's exactly the same tech. Still strongly advise you do a goldwing series riding all the generations. It would be both popular and fun.
Walberswick ! Such a lovely place and a good ride out to there from Ipswich
to be honest I skipped the first 5 min. but after that, your video was so enjoyable. feels like a little holiday! thank you so much and the bmw r18... love it!
One of the few channels where I hit the Like button in the first 30 seconds. Always with no regrets.
What a great video. Love catching up.
“Evolved”… come on Freddie you can’t leave us on a cliff hanger like that 🤦🏻♂️🤣. The r18 is looking good value on second hand market now.
Amazing video !! Don’t agree with the statement that the R18 is beautiful but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Keep raising the quality of your vids.
Needs to be appreciated in peeson.
I had the R18 for a weekend when we hosted DGR this year, and it was fantastic.
. New apartment or you've moved in above Kingdom Motorcycles ??😂
You always manage to capture the sheer beauty of what was once such an amazing country. . "Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.." they say but with you two we are transported to a bygone golden age of what was once the Great Britian of my youth. A joy as always ❤
Loved the cliff hanger ending too btw !
I thought I’d just save myself future heartache and time and move in above Kingdom Mitorcycles😆
Thanks Richard- really glad you enjoyed it!
I hope all’s good in Tenerife🏝️
Great video Fred and Monica 🙏☝️
Got a 2021 R18 this year. Other than being quite heavy while stationary, it is a dream to ride and especially to look at!
Ditto that ! I've got a 2022 one and I've just toured Ireland on it . Just love it !
"It's still summer weather in essence, 24 degrees"
I'm watching this video while sweating in my room it's so frickin hot here in Indonesia, 37 degrees. I am so jealous.
Love Walberswick - try finding Covehithe, remote but lovely - no coffee though ! Great video as ever !
Hmmm, I’m not sure if I’ve ever been to Covehithe, but the name definitely rings a bell… I’ll definitely visit
Unfortunately not a place for locals to live now. Per sq ft Walberswick is one of the most expensive places to buy in the UK.
On another note there is a footbridge to southwold just a bit further up the estuary from where you were parked.
Loved the videos as always, keep up the good work Freddie and Monica!
😀 I love style and this bike has it all over.... Standing still too
Great video, Freddie! Love your laid-back, introspective style.
Same here, I love browsing for vehicles that I could buy, while knowing that I won't buy any.
Love your work, your love for Cruisers and Monika's love of the Suzuki. Next time you guys want to get away, come to Australia, you can tour on my Goldwing or the Jeep Wrangler. Just give us a holler.
Keep up the good work.
lovely photo shooting as usual ;;
I didn't know you had a cat! Beautiful :-)
Bikes are the perfect idea of diversity. There's something for everyone.
Ride safe and happy travels 👍
Completely👌🏻👌🏻
I also love how he uses the same gear for very different bikes, like wearing a classic waxed jacket with an adventure bike and a cruiser. Not everyone wants to be decked out on Klim or a shell suit all the time.
another lovely video . always interesting and relaxing.
As always.... excellent video Monica and Fredie ❤ hi from Holland 🙏
Thank you, and hi!👋🇳🇱
So you're leaving us hanging, but I think I can guess. The R18 has evolved up a notch from great to, Love.
Thats the first bike ive seen with an accelerator 😂😂 lovely machine that!
you have very good presenting skills. Enjoying the content and that BMW is a very cool bike indeed🙂
You, your outfit and this BMW go very well together. A beautiful motorcycle for gentlemen.
More ‘style’ over substance……🥸
I wonder how Monica never gets jealous Of Freddie’s all day long praising for motorbikes 😂
Your videos are an incredible source of joy, passion, and pure enjoyment for me! Every time I watch your content, it's like a burst of inspiration, making me want to try new type of bikes and explore exciting adventures. Keep those awesome videos coming! 🚴♂📺😄 By the way, I'm curious, could you share what brand of gloves you're using in your biking videos?
I need this this morning.
Ron, Yosemite.
Have a good day, Ron!🇺🇸
@@FreddieDobbs You made my day, Freddie.
How? By being you, and Monika too!
Excellent💯👍
I like your vids. Production is outstanding 🇨🇦😎
That sequence to engage and activate reverse is very clunky! Not sure I would ever want a bike so big that it required a reverse gear anyhow! Great video as always!
It’s a very fair point. Really glad you enjoyed the video!
i'm across the equator and down under... but watching your videos of travelling around the UK, makes me want to close the office door, jump onto my little royal enfield scram (i wish it had a better name) and tootle off down the road for a ride , and a coffee... Cheers from Geelong
Hi Freddie, if you’re looking for a Jimny look for the new 2 seater ones, they are technically commercial vehicles so you can claim vat back through your company.
Very good point that I was looking into just last week. The VAT saving is very tempting
He’s got no intention of ever buying a Defender or a Wrangler or anything to be honest, he just says these things to keep people hooked. 🙄
great video as always
Once again a very entertaining video and long may it keep going
i didn't realise how close that was to Southwold until i saw the lighthouse in the distance. there are works on a little bridge going into Southwold which meant quite a tailback to temporary traffic lights. when i can sort my bike phone charger will have to visit Walberswick, and the quieter roads off the A12
My goodness, so your telling me that 1800cc flying fortress needs a starter motor so big that it CAN be the motor!? 🤯 It looked like that starter had power to spare too 😳
Absolutely loving the R18 a stylish design indeed in my opinion! Freddy I’d hate to shatter any illusions you may have of old Landrover, I wonder have you driven one? Unfortunately they don’t drive as good as they look. A friend of mine had an old series two and he had to wear ear defenders while driving it! 😮. I’ve had many modern Landrover, Defenders 90& four 110 Defenders as well as a couple of Discovery’s unfortunately these days with the price of fuel and their poor fuel efficiency I’ve had to give up that very expensive habit☹️☹️☹️. Great film 👍👏😀🏍
Love this video Freddie. What a beautiful spot for a day out. And yes I agree pure art a stunning bike. Ps love your shirt, what brand is it please?
Before the internet and mobile phones i used to buy the Autotrader it was the Midlands version as i then lived in Milton Keynes and read from front to back . Also exchange and Mart. All a very good read not just cars but for all your spares.
The smooooothest sponsor section I’ve ever watched. Didn’t even know I was watching a sponsor ad for a hot minute there.
Next time try the black dog deli on the way in, nice coffee and food said the wing foiler in your video 😅 .. my dog is gutted he didn’t make the cut .. keep on riding and making great TH-cam content
I think the R18 is the value in the used market. They are expensive new, but used with a couple hundred miles, there’s a huge price drop. More than any other premium brand motorcycle.
I took advantage if that (ie new bike for 2/3 retail).... now having had it for 5 months.... in a new world I'd pay full retail to get one if I had to.... it is one of the top 2 bikes I've had out of 15 or so in 40 years.... the 1100 Katana I got new as a 22yo would be the other.
I always enjoy your ride out reviews, you go to some great places, as for reverse gear on the R18, BMW have been fitting reverse gear to their heavyweight bikes for years , I've got reverse on my 2005 K1200LT (and an electric centre stand) and I wouldn't be without it, often wonder why Harley never fitted reverse to their Grand Tourers.
You two have the same exact vehicle taste as me, and we are on the opposite side of the world.
You're video's are excellent Freddie, a total de- stress in this currently crazy world 🙌,
As for the Beemer, it suits your style , maybe you need it as a stable mate for the Bonneville ?
On a completely trivial note, I see you have the exact same Bean-to-Cup Coffee machine as us. We love it and it produces excellent coffee. Having said that, the coffee is still not so good as real Italian coffee, of which we also had plenty this last week or so, staying in Italy at Sorrento. I of course took cameras with me and photographed as many Bikes, Vespas and anything at all two-wheeled that I could. I'll then find a way of shoehorning them into a video somehow! Anyhow, back to BMWs and Hmmm apart from cost although a gorgeous bike, just too big and heavy for me!
Electronical…… not heard that one before 😊
One of many many Freddie gaffs!
For a minute I thought the entire video was going to be of Freddie riding the country roads of England in reverse gear!
That Suzuki is what the new Ford Bronco should have been. All of the Ford Bronco now is pretty cool.
Great video Freddie 👍it's an awesome bike 👍👍
If one is handy with gears, cogs, belts, and chains, it would be great for powering grain mills, water pumps, machineryy, compressors, etc.
I love the R18! It’s stunning. I’m not really into cruisers but I would definitely have one…. If I could afford one!
On one hand you say you’ve been visiting this town for 34 years and then in the next breath you say, I hope they have a cafe and then you add the cafe has a great reputation for their coffees. So you did know they had a cafe. 😂
and, and......oh come on, you can't leave us hanging!
What about looking at the Panda 4x4's ? Probably cheaper than the Jimny and just look up a few videos of them off road I dare say they will feel a bit more friendly to drive like the 500 you already have.
Because you have a non standard exhaust on your bike this can cause increased fuel consumption so If you put the standard exhaust back on you Bonnie and get the ecu remapped. I had two 865 bonnevilles both standard and both did 60+ to the gallon I put a non standard exhaust on one the consumption fell to low 40s I went back to standard and fuel consumption went back to 60+ once I had the bike remapped
Some maintenance would help reliability and fuel consumption.😂
The reverse gear is directly driven by the big starter motor, hence its very positive and direct feel and why you press the starter motor button. Simples.👍
I do wish my Rocket 3 had a reverse gear sometimes. Muscling 400 kilos backwards can be daunting, but just have to plan ahead to where it's not needed.
Too much chrome on valve covers. But afew quick corners should take some off
Looking forward to this video
I hope you enjoy it, Malcolm. Have a good evening🙂
nice video as usual, will have to try Walberswick instead of going to Southwold for a ride out. i Had an 09 Bonnie , my mpg was usually around 55 or sometimes 60 on a run, and not because i was bimbling, makes me wonder why your mpg is much lower?
Excellent video. Who does the editing, Freddie or Monica?
Hey Freddie - really enjoying your videos!
Thinking of taking a roadtrip up from Dorset; are there many good biking roads in your part of the world?
Thanks to you an Monica; looking forward to more 👍
Yessss! Orford, Long Melford, Bury St Edmunds, Pin Mill, Lower Holbrook, Constable Country, Manningtree.
If you use the Calimoto app, it’ll do an incredible tour around these areas with no motorways and no dual carriageways. It’s stunning around here, and beautiful villages every 20 minutes❤️
Can't see a way of stretching my legs out past the bulging boxer engine, though, for the long hauls. On most cruisers, you can attach an engine guard and place some pegs on them to stretch your legs out. The protruding boxer engine looks like it will prevent that mod on the bike. My extra long legs look like they will feel cramped on the R18 during a long haul.
cracking video as per normal, yes too am amazed by the weather in uk,, been so warm,, was out the weekend on my bike,, would normally have heated grips or big gloves on in October but didnt need, you do live in wonderful part off UK so near the east coast,, just a thought never had bike with reverse gear but if runs off starter motor do you need the engine running,
I have an R18. Yes. The engine must be running. When reverse is physically selected you cannot use the forward gears, they are isolated. As soon as you put the lever from R back to F the forward gears are available again and the dash shows N or 1st if you select it. It works really well, not needed on flat or hard ground but on say gravel it’s amazing.
@@jfro5867 i was worried if Freddie knocked gear lever it could take off forward, course as expected BMW fit a lock out,, its wonderful looking bike almost a work of art. nice one
The side view of that bike and the fork rake🤪😳😳😳😳😳😳will it turn at all 😂😂
It’s extreme… but it does turn (quite well😆)
When underway it turns really well... but.... when doing tight u turns I find you need to steer like the police are trained..... you stay upright but lean the bike down into the extra slow turn..... on fast corners at extreme speed I hang off it into the turn like a normal bike..... really quite normal.... but the lean it down whilst staying upright seems a bit more exagerated thean normal in tight shopping centre car park type stuff.... but it doesn't want to stall so it soon becomes second nature.
Love the look of it and it appears to be a real quality item. Problem as i see it is, having a low seat you need forward pegs to stretch your legs out. Minor issue of having 2 x 900cc cylinder heads in the way. Wound love it if they put that motor in a roadster style bike..
Freddie! No. No. No. On that damaged car!
I pause the video, so I know I'm probably jumping ahead of myself, and you said this is October 7th.
Yikes.
Even for me, it’s too far gone😳
Great shout. No damage cars only
At least we can ff on the car vertical crap.
Nice village. Those cylinders stick out a bit too far for me. I'd prefer the Harley 117 Heritage, better looks, more style.
Shocking mpg on the bonnie. my 900 gets 60 with hard riding. But the bonnie looks better than my bike!
Walberswick
You will surely miss Suffolk....
Hey Freddie, Cheers from Kansas!
Cheers!🇺🇸