Brilliant! I really enjoyed the trip. Im thinking of going down to the South of Spain on my Bike and catching the ferry Portsmouth to Bilbao, and then straight down through Spain. Your experience has given me the encouragement to start planning it. Thank you.
andrew simkin I’d definitely recommend doing the ferry to and from Spain. It’s an easy an relaxing way to do it. I did that since this trip and it was great.
I have a finca just a couple of hundred metres from your mum and dad's "upside down house" in Benissanet and am doing the trip this month, on a Kawasaki ZZR1200. Just over 1200 miles from our house in UK to Benissanet, so it'll be a test for me on that ZZR, as the longest trip to date has been less than 100 miles total. Stop-offs will be Orleans and Vielha (we'll approach via the Pyrenees south of Toulouse. I;m considering leaving the bike over there 'for the use of' whenever I'm over and flying back. I wouldn't be surprised if we eventually meet over there, Mark, as I've spoken to your mum and dad before in Victor's Bar Sole!
Hi good film , top tip , helmet with a visor that flips up , get a small windscreen , stay off the motorways , it's far more interesting on the A roads , I particularly like the ride down the west coast it's beautiful ; )
Very good video and commentary. So many people just put their video to their own taste in music, which I dislike. I want to hear the bike’s engine and listen to some commentary - well done!
Finished watching today, things did get interesting haha! Good to see the Scrambler coping with the terrain. I imagine having a pillion makes the sand a bit easier. As far as I know, you're supposed to keep more weight over the back wheel, don't go too slow and let the bike find traction and do the work. A great video of your successful trip! It has definitely made me want to get out there soon.
great video ..... good attempt for first try... maybe fiddle with the volume a bit as it seems to go loud and then quiet quite a lot .... keep biking and put up a google map of your route if you can
Mark Simon Thanks! Yeah the audio is a bit inconsistent. I think it was because the mic would sometimes shift position slightly when taking off/putting on my helmet. Capturing external audio is also one of the weaker elements of a GoPro which isn’t as easy as it should!
Love the video Mark, thanks for sharing. Did you stay over at any hotels between Calais and your friends house? I'm used to sharing a drive of that distance, but unsure how realistic it is to cover that distance in a (very long) day....
robinwatford yes we stayed over in Paris and Clement Ferrand. Starting from the midlands, it took 8hrs to get to Paris. From there you could make it to the south of France in one hit I’d say
Wilswood#69 We entered Spain from the South of France and basically followed the coast past Barcelona, but If you’re going direct to Spain it’s probably best to tell you our route in reverse as we ended at the ferry. From Bilbao (which was very nice as we stayed one night there) we made our way South West way through Zaragoza (which is lovely) down to Mora d’Ebre and we stayed in the town of Benissanet. It was a cracking route from the Ferry as the terrain is so varied. We went from lush Green Valleys, to Barren Flats to Mountainous roads, all over the course of 5 hours. From Benissanet, we just ventured out in different directions each day. Highlights included a route from Falset to Gratallops, and the Beach we went to was Punta de la Banya.
Mark Gansbuehler thanks mark , yes we are heading direct to Spain . We are heading down to bolnuavo in the region of Mercia , taking 2 nights 3 days to cross Spain, with a week down there with family and then taking the same amount of time to travel back Zaragoza was somewhere we were thinking of staying and then from there to Valencia , we are wanting to avoid using the motorways as much as possible as well :-) If you can recommend and routes from Bilbao then that would be wonderful thank you ( as this is going to be our first time touring abroad 😊) Thanks again 👍🏻
Nice one Mark. I notice you have the Oxford pillion handles on, how does Katie get on with them as pillion? I've got some for my wife to use but we haven't been out yet. I'll admit I haven't watched all of the video yet, ran out of time @10:00 so I'll have to come back and watch more later. So far it has kept my attention. Your Scrambler looks very nice! Riding through the train looks fun haha. I would love to do a trip into Europe on my Scrambler, hopefully I'll get the opportunity to this year.
Phil480 Thanks Phil! The more interesting stuff starts from around the 30 minute mark. The pillion handles are great. Most importantly Katie really likes them and I don’t feel them or Katie holding on at all. The only bad thing is it sits across my jacket pockets so get into the can be tricky ha ha
C a r b o u m e n As I talk about in the vid, I’m sure those bikes are a far superior for this sort of ride. But they just look and ride a bit too generic for my personal taste. I’d prefer the Triumph Scrambler any day!
I used the GoPro Audio adapter with a small lavalier mic stuck inside my helmet. Then tweak as best I could. Worked fairly well but there’s some sections where the audio was louder/quieter than it should have been.
rob banks difficult to say for sure as I filled up more regularly than necessary as you never quite know where the next petrol station is. However, the fuel light typically came on around 90 miles.
We very much enjoyed the journey with you...simple & to the point...but very informative, well done..hope to see more soon, Gimo & Susan (GS riders)
Mark what a great ride and well made video, love your style. Kind regards.
Blackpool Tower, that did make my chuckle... great vid :)
What a great video. I can't believe I sat through all of it but I couldn't turn it off.
Great video cheers. Just the right amount of talk, bike and scenery to keep a viewer amused for an hour, huge well done.
Thank you Mark for sharing trip and experience, it was wonderful and serene.
Brilliant! I really enjoyed the trip. Im thinking of going down to the South of Spain on my Bike and catching the ferry Portsmouth to Bilbao, and then straight down through Spain. Your experience has given me the encouragement to start planning it. Thank you.
andrew simkin I’d definitely recommend doing the ferry to and from Spain. It’s an easy an relaxing way to do it. I did that since this trip and it was great.
Very good vid. Just goes to show ,you can tour on any bike thanks for sharing
I would like to echo Gimo D. Thanks for sharing the view, the tips and the entire ride! Great presentation!
Great video Mark! We really enjoyed the trip! 😀👍
Loved this trip got myself an r1 after 13year of no riding as want to do a European run. hopefully I do get chance to do it.
Great journey totally inspiring I’m gonna be off away
Thank you
Great trip and video bud very inspiring,was looking to do my first tour similar france, Spain maybe Portugal, your bike sounds brilliant
Great video, loved it through out
Excellent! Very interesting and informative. Well done.
Great video again Mark , said it before and I'll say it again I love the sound of that bike 😁
Great video
Really enjoyed this video Mark and by the way I live in Northampton too ☺️👍
Nice report Mark 😉
Very informative video, as I’m thinking of doing my first euro trip on a street triple
Triple Bunch Thanks! I’d imagine a Street triple would be pretty good. Not too sporty so pretty comfy, yet good power.
I have a finca just a couple of hundred metres from your mum and dad's "upside down house" in Benissanet and am doing the trip this month, on a Kawasaki ZZR1200. Just over 1200 miles from our house in UK to Benissanet, so it'll be a test for me on that ZZR, as the longest trip to date has been less than 100 miles total. Stop-offs will be Orleans and Vielha (we'll approach via the Pyrenees south of Toulouse. I;m considering leaving the bike over there 'for the use of' whenever I'm over and flying back.
I wouldn't be surprised if we eventually meet over there, Mark, as I've spoken to your mum and dad before in Victor's Bar Sole!
Jemmy H awesome! Where are you leaving from in the UK? You’ll have to let me know how it goes!!
@@markgans9248 - We're leaving from Haydock, halfway between Liverpool and Manchester. I'll keep you posted!
Super. Simple but powerful.
Hi good film , top tip , helmet with a visor that flips up , get a small windscreen , stay off the motorways , it's far more interesting on the A roads , I particularly like the ride down the west coast it's beautiful ; )
Well done mate . Really enjoyed it good running commentary all the way through . 👍👍
Very good video and commentary. So many people just put their video to their own taste in music, which I dislike. I want to hear the bike’s engine and listen to some commentary - well done!
Brink1957 thanks! I’m off to Wales tomorrow so will be doing another one soon!
Great vid well done! I got hood jeans and they are fully kevlar lined, but yeah they get hot in summer so probably no better off.
Really good video 👍👍
ahah the thermal lining issue made me laugh, definitely the kind of thing my partner would do also!
That was a great vid. Awesome trip. I'm from Spain myself and I live in Catalonia: bikers paradise :P
Yo he estat a Catalunya cada any depres 2006 en moto exepte aquet any ( covid) M'encanta! Saludos desde Gales.
Finished watching today, things did get interesting haha!
Good to see the Scrambler coping with the terrain. I imagine having a pillion makes the sand a bit easier. As far as I know, you're supposed to keep more weight over the back wheel, don't go too slow and let the bike find traction and do the work.
A great video of your successful trip! It has definitely made me want to get out there soon.
Phil480 Stupidly, I’d not previously considered the effect of a pillion, but that makes total sense! Thought it was a bit easy! 😂
Dude what area is that road leading to the church? It looks absolutely fantastic. Gotta say you got balls riding two up on that road, very cool video.
Excellent trip!!
Iv also got a prosthetic left left so going for kliktronic gears.
great video ..... good attempt for first try... maybe fiddle with the volume a bit as it seems to go loud and then quiet quite a lot .... keep biking and put up a google map of your route if you can
Mark Simon Thanks! Yeah the audio is a bit inconsistent. I think it was because the mic would sometimes shift position slightly when taking off/putting on my helmet. Capturing external audio is also one of the weaker elements of a GoPro which isn’t as easy as it should!
Love the video Mark, thanks for sharing. Did you stay over at any hotels between Calais and your friends house? I'm used to sharing a drive of that distance, but unsure how realistic it is to cover that distance in a (very long) day....
robinwatford yes we stayed over in Paris and Clement Ferrand. Starting from the midlands, it took 8hrs to get to Paris. From there you could make it to the south of France in one hit I’d say
Really enjoyed your film , we are looking at touring in Spain next year, could you let us know the route you took on this trip :)
Wilswood#69 We entered Spain from the South of France and basically followed the coast past Barcelona, but If you’re going direct to Spain it’s probably best to tell you our route in reverse as we ended at the ferry. From Bilbao (which was very nice as we stayed one night there) we made our way South West way through Zaragoza (which is lovely) down to Mora d’Ebre and we stayed in the town of Benissanet. It was a cracking route from the Ferry as the terrain is so varied. We went from lush Green Valleys, to Barren Flats to Mountainous roads, all over the course of 5 hours. From Benissanet, we just ventured out in different directions each day. Highlights included a route from Falset to Gratallops, and the Beach we went to was Punta de la Banya.
Mark Gansbuehler thanks mark , yes we are heading direct to Spain . We are heading down to bolnuavo in the region of Mercia , taking 2 nights 3 days to cross Spain, with a week down there with family and then taking the same amount of time to travel back
Zaragoza was somewhere we were thinking of staying and then from there to Valencia , we are wanting to avoid using the motorways as much as possible as well :-)
If you can recommend and routes from Bilbao then that would be wonderful thank you ( as this is going to be our first time touring abroad 😊)
Thanks again 👍🏻
Nice one Mark. I notice you have the Oxford pillion handles on, how does Katie get on with them as pillion? I've got some for my wife to use but we haven't been out yet.
I'll admit I haven't watched all of the video yet, ran out of time @10:00 so I'll have to come back and watch more later. So far it has kept my attention.
Your Scrambler looks very nice! Riding through the train looks fun haha. I would love to do a trip into Europe on my Scrambler, hopefully I'll get the opportunity to this year.
Phil480 Thanks Phil! The more interesting stuff starts from around the 30 minute mark. The pillion handles are great. Most importantly Katie really likes them and I don’t feel them or Katie holding on at all. The only bad thing is it sits across my jacket pockets so get into the can be tricky ha ha
Very good video. The trip looked awesome. BTY what sat nav did you use on the I phone?
I just used google maps. Worked flawlessly.
You asking for a bmw gs.....honda africa twin.......and adventure motorbike is what you need. My recomendation is honda Transalp xl700 with ABS
C a r b o u m e n As I talk about in the vid, I’m sure those bikes are a far superior for this sort of ride. But they just look and ride a bit too generic for my personal taste. I’d prefer the Triumph Scrambler any day!
Great video, wasn’t expecting to watch the hour. Really enjoyed it. How long was ur overall trip?
Ryan Courts thanks for watching, it was just over 3,000km!
Almost 3 minutes looking at you at the beginning was more than enough for me!!!
Carlos Google Maps Well they do say that people lack the attention they used to which is fair enough. So I can understand why it’s not for everyone.
Carlos Google Maps thats a mean comment
What were you using to record audio for commentary? Sounds very clear. Did you record it while riding or is it a voice-over?
I used the GoPro Audio adapter with a small lavalier mic stuck inside my helmet. Then tweak as best I could. Worked fairly well but there’s some sections where the audio was louder/quieter than it should have been.
Do you have a breakdown of the costs involved?
What year is your scrambler ? Have you had mods done to cosmetics ? Looks more blacked out than other scramblers.
One question, do I really need an ECE approved helmet for Spain? I have DOT and SNELL
Loved the video, how many miles was you getting to a tank?
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rob banks difficult to say for sure as I filled up more regularly than necessary as you never quite know where the next petrol station is. However, the fuel light typically came on around 90 miles.
What bike ?
Where are the black gloves from
They’re RST Cruz summer gloves. Not bad gloves but probably better ones out there from a safety perspective
@@markgans9248 they look amazing
@42 where is this
Ryan Courts this was Camí de la fontcalda
@45 what road is this
Ryan Courts this was the T-710 on the way to Gratallops. Fantastic bit of road!
It's pronounced Bezzy-ay. Not Bezzy-air. Cool vid.
Tudur Morgan thanks! To be honest I had no idea how to pronounce most of the places we went to. At least I wasn’t to far out.
BARCELONA
@48 what road is this
Ryan Courts I think this was the TV-3021 near Rasquera