A Triumph Bonneville T120 and the NC500 - Moto Camp Day 1.
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- I'd been looking forward to riding my Triumph Bonneville T120 around Scotland on the NC500 route for a while; I finally got a chance to do it.
Touring the NC500 on a motorcycle is a true classic ride, however over the past few years, the growing popularity of the route means that doing the ride in the height of summer means the roads are often choked with campervans and cars, spoiling tracks that seem as though they were designed to be ridden on two wheels.
Going early in the year means that although it can still be a little cold, in April the roads are gloriously empty and the notorious midges haven't arrived en masse yet giving clear roads and clean visors, which in my opinion is how the NC500 was meant to be experienced.
In this video, I've skipped the motorway ride up to my starting point in Inverness, where I stayed for the first night. From there I travelled along the coastal road up to John O'Groats and then on to my stay for the night at Durness. It's a great ride and quite easy to do in one day.
I hope you enjoy the video and if you're planning on doing the NC500 yourself, I hope you find the place markers helpful.
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Bike Riding Gear:
Motorcycle: @OfficialTriumph Bonneville T120
Helmet: Arai Profile V
Jacket: @belstaff Tourmaster Pro
Trousers: Merlin Chilton jeans
Boots: Merlin G24 Legacy Outlast Boots
Music tracks in this video:
Oceans - Flight - Encounter by Zac Nelson
Limonada Kara by Dapun
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Absolutely mesmerised watching this film. Never ridden a motorbike before but this kind of journey gets me wanting one now!. Thanks for posting 👌🏻. I have since subscribed too 👏🏻👏🏻
Well thanks for the sub sir, glad to have you onboard. I very much recommend riding a motorcycle to everyone, it's a unique way to explore the land 👍🏻
@@ClassicRides there is a riding school only 1.5 miles from me, so I’m starting my own journey 🤦🏻♂️😂😂👌🏻
@@Redfox_UK That's a strong effort, well done 👏🏻
Simply fantastic
Thanks Steve 🙌
Awesome ride! Would be even more perfect if we could hear the engine sounds the through the music 😄👍🏻
I agree, it would be nice to get the engine sound. I haven't found a practical way to do it yet because of how I film and how quiet the bike is. I'm working on it though!
@@ClassicRides Stick a voice recorder in that saddlebag
@@tojj29 I've tried that, it doesn't sound good.
@@ClassicRides Bugger. Just admiring your bike. Got me looking at them on Auto trader now 🤦 Has it been reliable?
@@tojj29 It's been absolutely faultless, can't recommend one enough.
Great inspiring video to do this tour now with my Triumph Bonneville T100
I highly recommend you do.
Espectacular y envidiable ,saludos desde Chile
Hey there Oscar, I’m sure Chile has greater roads to ride!
Reminds me of the Edward Turner and company's ride I've read about from Land's End to John O' Groats on Terriers. Wonderful read. Enjoyed your ride!
I haven’t read about that, I’ll have to add it to my list of adventures to read about. Thanks for the recommendation 🙂
Love this.
So glad you do 🙏
Takes my breath away every time. Amazing 👏
In a good way I hope! 😁
Love your videos
Thanks Ray!
Most welcome. Is your bike tubeless?
@@rayryder4940 no it’s still tubed, tubeless rims for a T120 are pretty expensive!
Same with tubeless rims for my RnineT
You’ve done it again Matt! Just brilliant! You just keep epitomising the adventure of what it is to ride a motorcycle and a classic at that.
Thanks for the kind words John, glad you liked it!
A fantastic adventure, fabulously produced
Glad you liked it Peter!
Mate yet another great watch, love how you include the single shots of your Triumph.
Glad you liked it, I’m biased but I think my bike deserves a closer look sometimes 😁
I’ve just got back from 4 days touring the highlands, on my 97 Honda VFR 750. I had a 2016 T120 when I lived in Canada, Vancouver island, and have been looking at sports tourers, adventure bikes for next year. But seeing this just reminded me of how much I loved my Triumph. I love what you’ve don’t to the bike and you’ve got a great set up. 👌
Thanks Jeremy! There’s so many other great bike options out there, especially for touring. But there’s something about setting off on an adventure on a Bonnie that just invokes your inner Ted Simon 😁
Lovely cinematography and a great ride, thank you!
So glad you enjoyed it!
Another great video Matt, I’ve never been to Scotland but after watching a few NC500 videos it’s whetting my appetite.
Thanks again for sharing.
I really recommend it Les, you can safely give the east side of Scotland a miss, but the West coast is incredible.
Superp film Matt can't wait for 2nd episode thanks so much
Glad you liked it Ian, should have the next one ready for this weekend 🤞
@@ClassicRides Great watched the first one 4 times already superb scenery how many episodes will there be ?
@@ianclarke4814 haha thanks Ian! There'll be three, the next one is from Durness to Skye, then after that it's Skye down through Glencoe on to home. The scenery in the next two videos is epic!
Thank you for posting. It’s what riding a bike means for most motorcyclists; open road, freedom and carefree attitude to accompany the excitement of the journey. Hoping to do the smaller Borders 300 first then the 500 later, both trips on my Guzzi V85TT.
Seems like you have the perfect bike for the trip! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Just gets better and better Matt…amazing adventures footage and scenery. As a spectator you are able to fully immerse in your journey just love your videos. Stay safe and best wishes Dan 👍🏻
My work here is done then Dan, that's just what I was hoping for!
You inspired me to do a 5 day solo trip on my T120 my first ever solo trip everyone thought I would last a day if it wasn’t for work and commitments back home I would still be riding , loved it thanks to you.
That's great to hear Jack, I'm really happy you've found your inner Ted Simon!
Beuatiful scenery, beautifully take footage.
Hey Edward, glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for inspiration video, i love it!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful footage. Keep up the excellent work!
Thanks Jason, glad you liked it!
A real treat the NC500.. Green with envy mate, big thanks for taking me along too. 😎👍.. What years you T120. 👌
Glad you liked it Peter, mine’s a 2017 plate.
Superb vid Matt, has me planning my next Highland fling !! Still in awe of your editing skill .thanks ✌️
Thanks Richie, I’m already planning mine too! 😁
Amazing ride! Looking forward to the next vids ! ;-)
So glad you liked it Timo!
Superb! Well done you.
Thanks Mark!
Once again, just incredible scenery and artfully filmed. You seem to have been very lucky with the weather!
So glad you liked it. A little bit of a damp start and quite cold, but not getting rained on was very unexpected!
Hi Mat, I never cease to be amazed at the quality of your videos... one better than the other and it's a pleasure for me to see them, I wish you good routes, take care of yourself and let's go for more. best regards to you and your community
Hey Julian, good to hear from you. Glad you liked this video, hope you're doing well!
Hi Matt, I think you're now making the best-looking motorcycle videos on TH-cam. The combination of framing, editing and music selection is setting the standard for others to aspire to.
That’s jolly nice of you to say Simon, thank you. Hopefully one day I’ll get access to those press bikes the other channels seem to get, it’d be good to add in some variety of bikes I think.
Done this ride absolutely fantastic ride
It’s a really great route 👌
Excellent video Matt. True biking freedom and your videos always capture that. I hope to do the NC500 myself, in the not too distant future and on my own Bonnie.
You'll love it Lee. If you go a bit earlier in the year like I did you get the roads all to yourself, almost!
exelente trip
So glad you liked it!
nice rides have fun...
Thank you, I will Omer! 😁
I’ve been on dual sports and adventure bikes the last few years. I can’t handle a tall bike anymore (I’m 74) so I’ve been looking that the Triumph T120, Royal Enfield 650 and Kawasaki W800. I think they would be fun to travel on plus they’re very low.
I think you’d enjoy any one of those bikes 👍
Buenas,preciosos lugares,como siempre un placer,un saludo desde España.
Hi Eduardo 🖐🏻 Glad you liked the video!
Nicely done sir. Great editing and footage. A bit quieter than when we did it in June 2021. The Bealach na Ba was bonkers, the hairpins were chaos that day. Great trip though, and always good to watch others trips on YT as well as our own.
Ride safe buddy
Thanks, I'll have to have a watch of your trip. We did it in summer in a car and roads were horrendous, especially the pass with people taking campers over it, which was a big part of the reason why I decided to go a bit earlier in the year on the bike, even then though I was surprised at how quiet it actually was.
@@ClassicRides It was crazy with campers when we went. The biggest problem seems to be they rent them to anyone, they get out of their tiny little peugeot 107 and get in a 6 Berth camper! There was a massive group of old Yamaha RD250/350's we passed on the hairpins too👌
@@tojj29 seems like a cool group of bikes and totally agree on the type of folk that rent the campers, they mostly don't seem to fully understand the size of vehicle they're driving, it's nuts that it's allowed really.
NC500 ride (every biker bucket list must ride) on an awesome T120 with video editing from Matt? Off course it will be awesome to watch! 👍👍
Haha thank you Nelio, I hope you liked it.
Nice one, off to Scotland in June, can't wait....
I bet, hope you don’t encounter too many campervans!
Hello Matt , Excellent video good quality time it didn't look very warm how was it keep the good work up ,Ride safe keep safe Pete.
Thanks Pete, it was really really cold actually, still a great trip though!
I think going up the east coast and down the west,as you did,is the better way to travel the NC500.I went with two mates ,four years ago,and we went the opposite route.Having ridden all around these routes in the past but never stringing them together,the east coast then central southward is slightly less interesting than returning via the west coast.That being said, Pitlochry and Perthshire is one of Scotland's most scenic areas and one of my favourite go to places on a bike.
I think if you're doing the NC500 specifically, then east to west is way to go as the scenery gets more and more spectacular as you go. Having said that, there's nothing wrong with the east, it's just not as epic as the west 😁
Superb production as always, I'm doing part of the NC500 in May, I'm going clockwise though. Starting off with a few days camping in The Lakes first.
Sounds like a good way to start your trip to me!
Wonderful video. I stayed at the same campsite just outside Inverness when I rode the NC500 last Sept. I took a different route North to Lairg in order to miss some of the A9. JOG was pretty busy and misty when I was there so I couldn't do the obligatory 'by the post' photo instead I got a few 'been there' pics and moved on to Dunnet Head. I camped at the hostel in Tounge, but there was no view the day I was there, nor the next as the weather was being very Scottish. Really looking forward to the rest of your ride.
I’m sure you had great trip though, despite the weather. I got lucky with the signpost as the whole place was pretty empty when I got there, though a tour bus pulled up seconds after I started to push the bike off. I also took a detour to Lairg, but from Durness, so I didn’t quite do the NC500 in it’s entirety.
@@ClassicRides I had an amazing trip thanks. As the weather prevented spectacular (or any other) views when I left Tongue, I took the wonderful A836 to Lairg and turned right to pick the NC back up at Ledmore Junction by which time the weather had brightened a lot. I still ended up in the clouds at the top of Bealach na Ba, but for me that is one of the pleasures of Scotland.
Hi classic rides, looks like you got the weather and the scenery was amazing . I was wondering whot short of puncher tools and patches you have and how do you manage with out centre stand , I look forward to your next vid Paul
Hi Paul, I have a centre stand on my bike, I think it’s a shame the newer bikes don’t have one as it’s incredibly useful.
Beautifully shot. The music is good, and really matches the footage. That said some more engine noise would be welcome. This is a purely selfish comment as I work overseas and my bike (CB1100RS, minor point of no particular interest!) is in storage. Hence my biking is done vicariously through Classic Rides!
I'm glad you're getting your biking kicks from my videos 😁. I'm currently still trying to find a good way to record the exhaust sound, how I film the trips and that my bike is quite quiet present a few problems when it comes to getting decent exhaust audio. I'll get there in the end!
2:42 looks like Dunrobin Castle, is has beautiful gardens. 4:55 - is that the Cromarty Bridge A9? The west coast section is stunning. Great video.
Yes that's right on both counts! And I totally agree, the West Coast is amazing, that's coming a later video :)
@@ClassicRides We have been to Scotland a couple of times (from South Australia) and have driven a lot of the roads in the Highlands. I would like to get back at some point and do a ride. The roads are fun, even in a hire car.
@@overlander123 you Auzzies get everywhere! 😁
Excellent footage, keep up the good work. Are the Day Tripper bags available to those of us in the U.S.?
Glad you liked it Wayne! I can definitely ship to the US, it’s just a little pricy at the moment though.
Nice adventure with beautiful landscapes👍🏻 Was it very windy?
It was OK actually, camping right on the coast was fairly breezy but nothing that would have worried me. It was surprisingly cold though, glad I brought some thermals just in case!
Hi..great video...gonna do this next week...where did you camp in Durness?.....
Thanks Rob, glad you liked it. The campsite was called Sango Sands Campsite, you can’t miss it as it’s the only one in Durness 😁
Lovely Ride Matt simply lovely
Love the quality top draw
Is that a Shoei helmet by any chance only I’ve been looking at similar today on the Moto Legends site
Hi Phil, glad you liked the video. The helmet’s actually an Arai, it’s the Profile V which has been discontinued although I think there’s a new one that looks almost exactly the same, I think it’s called the Debut V.
Would love to ride in a place with wide open spaces like that. Where I live, it is heavily wooded. While many people think that is a good thing, the downside is that you might not see animals coming until they dart out in front you on the road (especially deer). I've had more than a few close calls that way. In the terrain on this video, you should be able to see an animal coming a mile away.
I can understand that, for the short while I lived near the New Forest in England, large animals appearing in the road, seemingly out of nowhere was always a risk. Open space is much more relaxing to ride in 😁
I hope I can make videos as good as this one day, it seems everyone on youtube is a film making expert 😬
Well I'm definitely not an expert 😁. Just keep making videos, you'll naturally get better the more time you spend making them.
Another brilliant film Mat, you capture the true essence of motorcycle pleasure ! What tent is that you are using ? I'm off for 2 weeks camping in Spain and Potrugal in the summer on my Guzzi V7. That looks like a nice compact tent.
Glad you liked the video Richard. The tent is a Two Second Tent from Decathlon. There are tents that pack down smaller, I find this fills up a 35 litre duffle bag, but the ease of putting it up and packing away is a winner for me. Plus it’s a black-out tent so it stays cool inside when the sun’s out.
@@ClassicRides Thanks Mat, I shall take a look. Can't wait for the next episode !!!
Wow! Love those spot lights. Where did they come from and did you wire them to yourself?
Thanks Barry, I got the spotlight from eBay so I’m not totally sure what make it is, though I think it’s from Harley Davidson. And yes, I had to make my own wiring harness for it, wasn’t too difficult though.
Hello, I really liked your video. Nice editing and goofdfitting on the bike. Could u tell me something about the setup with the blinker in front and in back. I also see a shortened mudguard? Seems like motone? Wondering what u used. Well done, geat inpiration for my T120 as it is under constant modifiction
Thanks Maarten, yes you've identified them correctly, the front and rear mudguards are Motone, as are the indicators. The front indicators are mounted to a relocation bracket also by Motone. The rear indicators are a bit more complicated as I've used a pair of shock mount brackets from Motone, but I've mounted them to a screw hole in the bottom part of the grab rail. Because I removed the top part of the grab rail, on the bottom part you are left with two holes on each side where the top rail screws in. So in one hole I attached the indicator bracket, and in the other I put a luggage lug that helps with attaching bags to the seat.
@@ClassicRides thank for the reply. I will look into it further after I receive my saddlebags so I can work around them. I like the rear fender a lot. To bad we have to use a big license plate.
Hi, Beautiful videos. Which tent do you use? Looks very classy too :-)
It’s a 2 Second Tent by Quencha, I really like it, it’s very well built.
Hi im planning on doing this trip starting from lancashire. including travelling upto inverness and home how many days did it take? Great videos as always
Hi Stu, if you bash the miles out you can do it in four days, day 1: get to Inverness. Day 2: end at Durness. Day 3: end around the bridge to Skye. Day 4: home.
There’s a short blog I did on the trip on my website if you’d more details and actual daily mileages.
Hi Matt thanks for the reply. I ve had a read of your blog, great write up and given me plenty to think about . Thanks 👍
Love from Manipur,India. Can't wait for the next episode ❤️
So glad you liked it dude 👊🏻
Great vid. Where'd you get the auxiliary light?
Glad you liked it Craig. I bought the light from a breaker on ebay, so unfortunately I can't tell you were you could get one like it.
Hi, really liked the video, what tent were you using?
Glad you liked it. The tent is a Two Second Tent from Decathlon.
Thanks for that I’ll have a look, can’t wait for the next video.
Great video and gorgeous bike! Which luggage system are you using? It looks very good!
Thanks! The bags are actually my own brand, Classic Rides. If you'd like a bit more info, you can find them at www.classic-rides.co.uk/shop 😊
Thank you, I’ll check out those for sure!😊
Feet on bike at end😂class act.
Have you finished the trip, or still doing it.
We are off May 18th to do NC500, can’t wait.
A footrest is a footrest in my book 😁. I’ve finished the trip now, back home warming up as it was bloody freezing. Hopefully it’ll be a bit less Baltic when you go!
@@ClassicRides Look forward to more vids of trip, how did you store footage of film.
@@waltermatthews1155 Just lots of memory cards :)
Ciao Matt. What brand is the curtain you use? It seems very practical to me. Thanks
Hi Gianluca, sorry I’m not sure what you mean by “curtain”, do you mean the tent? It’s a Decathlon Two Second Tent, sorry if that’s not what you mean!
@@ClassicRides It’s a Decathlon Two Second Tent. Perfect. Thank you
Bellissima la tua Bonni mi piace molto la modifica del posteriore ho anche io una T120 e mi piacerebbe fare lo stesso sulla mia. Mi sai dire dove trovare il fanalino e il parafango. Grazie!!!
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Could you please tell me where you got your motorbike helmet from and boots what names are they and I will be doing the 500 on my Royal Enfield 650 Interceptor
Hi Barrie, the helmet is an Arai Profile V with the Pro Shade Visor system. And the boots are Merlin Heritage Tall boots. I got both items from SportsBikeShop, but both have been discontinued now so you might have to do a little searching online to find them.
Pls tell me, How to buy wind shield for triumph same this video? I love it😂❤
You can find it at Motone Customs 👌
Noticed traffic free roads when did you do the trip
I got back last week. It’s still a bit cold but the campervans haven’t arrived en masse yet so the roads are pretty clear.
How many days to do thenc500
Hi Alan, from my home near Manchester it took me four days and was a little under 1300 miles.
@@ClassicRides ok do you have the nightly route stops and did you camp each night I think it would be same for me being from Fylde Coast cheers
@@alangoffin3599 I only camped for two of the three nights, the last one I needed a socket to recharge my camera gear. Both campsites I used in Inverness and Durness are named in the video, so if you check out the start and end of the video the info is there.
How make you these video? Therese is another Person whit u? Very beaufifull
Thanks, I make them on my own, all it takes is a bit of patience 🙂
@@ClassicRides really beautifull.. The last questione sir: i always loved this triumph bonneville, i want to buy it, but is it confortable for ride? Much love from Italy
@@leonidasleonidas4833 yes, this style of bike is very comfortable, people have ridden round the world on them 🙂
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