Well ridden! Smooth and controlled As a TDM rider, I find it satisfying to see how well most modern bikes will respond on the open road, if they are sypathetically ridden. No need for 150bph and race cans. All the best and hope you enjoy TT 2010 Pete
Great planning ahead, no risks in my opinion, holding back when needed, great lines and great throttle control, I've been an instructor for 26 years, it's not very often I'm this impressed, well done!
It's fantastic to see a GS riding like the wind! Currently i am a R1 '04 owner and after 10 years of racing i'm getting a bit fed up with it. Recently i tried a GS 1150 and despite of low hp's and the heavy weight it rides marvelous. Unfortunatly there are no sport tires available for the GS. Alloy wheels of the r1100s would seem like a solution. Did you have to make any modifications (to the brake discs?). Or did the wheels and breaks just fit? Greetings from Holland
Plenty of decent tyres available, Dunlop Roadsmarts have all the grip you'll ever need!! use them on mine and are as good as any sports tyre ive used except racetecs or supercorsas...
Nicely ridden mate. Do you still have the 1150 and are you going next year? I run an r1200s (couple of vids on here and an 1150 adventure.Bloody love the thing. Would be god to meet up and do some filming.
A adept performance from the "Ride smarter, not harder" school. Still the tach is very buried for a good deal of the run. It is nice to see what a excellent rider can do with a machine that is not held up as the paragon of speed.
The windshield must work well because the rider apperas to have a dirtbike style sun visor on his helmet I like the way he cleans up the bikes from Kates to Creg
@schwantz037 It shows the difference between a biker and someone who rides a bike, you're presumably the later going by your comment. No oncoming traffic was inconvenienced, that I saw. Observation was brilliant, the most obvious bit which shows this was passing the bike and van coming out of a sharp right hander @ roughly 9 minutes. This guy had looked down the road, was out and passing before the other bike had even looked!
You take chances. There were times when I thought the m/c riders you were sharing lanes with could not predict your actions. That said, you clearly have some serious skills. There is no way I could follow you on a faster bike.
amazing riding fungusgs, would of been good if you had let the camera run on a little longer so we could laugh at all the sportsbikes you obliterated as they go past :) 5/5
can people stop criticizing the rider who shot this? there's a time and a place for everything, and fungusgs rode a bmw appropriately quickly around the TT course. i liked the bit where a ducati got passed.
What would be funny about that? Even if it was illegal and endangering others. Are you one of those morbid guys who get a kick out of watching accidents or something? By the way "fungusgs". Nice riding. I have a GS myself but I could not have followed you. Maybe I could, but I don´t think I would dare try. How many practice passes did you do to get this fast?
Have you counted how many sportsbikes he passes? 20. And how many bikes pass him? 1. I'm sure all the bikes he passes arent CBR400's. The r1150gs is a brilliant bike in the twisty stuff, and can hold its own with most sports bikes. When the road opens up to straights its a different story though.....
I think the Manx police would take a pretty dim view of riding at 50mph in a 30mph zone, where there are likely to be pedestrians and children about. Enjoy the mountain, but riding like that in town is putting lives at risk.
But not nearly as funny as you choking to death on a chicken bone while sitting safely on front of your computer making pious judgments on things you have no understanding of. Karma really is a Bitch ya know;) Great Vid by the way. I have dreams of one day visiting the IOM.
Honestly, that was fast riding, but all that time spent in the oncoming lane passing slower blokes was more chancy than I prefer with the volume of traffic. Hard to justify triple digit speed on that busy a roadway. 7:00am on Sunday morning it might have been OK
congtrats to your riding! now those stupid EU bureaucrats can see that limiting the engine performance to 100 horsepower has nothing to do with the actual speed the rider choses to ride at. those inline fours could leave a boxer in the dust on the straights when their riders could and dared to ride as good and as fast as you have _CHOOSEN_ to do. this is so typical stupid lawnmover-thinking: regardless of weight-performance ratio, torque, anything, they want to cut performance without thinking.
i didn't see any law breaking josh, and why would it be funny if he hurt himself? might i suggest that you spend more time brushing up on your spelling/diction and less time making immature statements on the internet.
congtrats to your riding! now those stupid EU bureaucrats can see that limiting the engine performance to 100 horsepower has nothing to do with the actual speed the rider choses to ride at. those inline fours could leave a boxer in the dust on the straights when their riders could and dared to ride as good and as fast as you have _CHOOSEN_ to do. this is so typical stupid lawnmover-thinking: regardless of weight-performance ratio, torque, anything, they want to cut performance without thinking.
"It ain't what you ride, it's the way you ride it."
Lovely road positioning and lines.
A good example of how smooth and precise = quick and safe. Excellent.
Superb riding, Loved your film. Thank you for posting
This is a awesome ride. Totally impressed. Going there next year!
Nice ride and good to see you passing all those sports bikes on a big beast!
Well ridden!
Smooth and controlled
As a TDM rider, I find it satisfying to see how well most modern bikes will respond on the open road, if they are sypathetically ridden. No need for 150bph and race cans.
All the best and hope you enjoy TT 2010
Pete
Nice and smooth. Nice to see the clouds over the mountain again.
Great riding and an excellent video, I love it. GS rules
That's just fantastic. Am loving the bit when the sports bike cedes to the patient but superior rider behind. Nice one.
Great riding, great scenary, great video!
Respect man, you're alive
Great ride. Amazed to see so many fast riders shafted.
Love you work, keep it up.
Be safe.
Fantastic! You feel like you're along for the ride!
Superb ride - Very smooth
Great planning ahead, no risks in my opinion, holding back when needed, great lines and great throttle control, I've been an instructor for 26 years, it's not very often I'm this impressed, well done!
Nice vid quality fast riding sweet...
was there this year again and fall in love every time..
Yeah right! Absolutely great! Seeing that makes me wanna jump on my GS asap!
I'm in awe!
You can certainly ride that bike!
Bravo! much respect Bro.
Great vid
Smooth ride. Great vid.
WOW!!! loving it!
Nice one mate. I fuggin love the GS range
That's some great riding mate, nice one
its a very great ride on a great bike !
Good work fella!
Nuff said!
Wonderful!
I love the sports bike rider getting fed up and letting you past! On a great big touring bike too!
Excellent!
omfg 15 days till TT!!.. Nice riding. I've just passed my CBT today, might see you out there! haha :P
Great riding, loving the way you embarressed the sportsbikes!
great rideing great vid 4*
Great ride :)
Any advice on my first bike? Thinking about a Yamaha TZR 125
Wicked man!
Would love to see what you can do on a R1200S!
I liked how the dude on the sport bike passes you when you're near the town... then wave you on when the road opens up...
awesome video - you can tell when the adrenaline starts pumping cant ya? what speed is that up the hill there?
WOW ~~~ 120 mph and reving at 8500 rpm...
You de' man !!! De' Rocket Man...
Jim
Long Island, New York
BMW MOA
R1150R
It's fantastic to see a GS riding like the wind!
Currently i am a R1 '04 owner and after 10 years of racing i'm getting a bit fed up with it.
Recently i tried a GS 1150 and despite of low hp's and the heavy weight it rides marvelous.
Unfortunatly there are no sport tires available for the GS.
Alloy wheels of the r1100s would seem like a solution.
Did you have to make any modifications (to the brake discs?).
Or did the wheels and breaks just fit?
Greetings from Holland
R1150gs....the BEST allrounder
wicked man!
I would really like to see what u can do on this road on a R1200S!!...
An awesome ride on the world's greatest bike (the same bike I have!). Proof that not all BMW riders are in the pipe and slippers brigade!
Plenty of decent tyres available, Dunlop Roadsmarts have all the grip you'll ever need!! use them on mine and are as good as any sports tyre ive used except racetecs or supercorsas...
The bike who drives fore him, have a awesome sound
Redlined most of the back half. Good riding.
Nicely ridden mate.
Do you still have the 1150 and are you going next year?
I run an r1200s (couple of vids on here and an 1150 adventure.Bloody love the thing. Would be god to meet up and do some filming.
Nice ride.
nice vid - reckon that bike getting past you got the blood up :) Is the IOM busy with bikes most of the year?
A adept performance from the "Ride smarter, not harder" school. Still the tach is very buried for a good deal of the run. It is nice to see what a excellent rider can do with a machine that is not held up as the paragon of speed.
You could say you were the fastest man on the island that day :-)
GOD"S HAMMER ON THE ROAD..
BEEMER GS ONLY THE BRAVE..!!!!!!!
Nice job, the loudpipe keeps on looking in his mirrors and lets you wisely pass :)
The windshield must work well because the rider apperas to have a dirtbike style sun visor on his helmet
I like the way he cleans up the bikes from Kates to Creg
he has got to be old bill!! smooth & quick though!
@schwantz037 It shows the difference between a biker and someone who rides a bike, you're presumably the later going by your comment. No oncoming traffic was inconvenienced, that I saw. Observation was brilliant, the most obvious bit which shows this was passing the bike and van coming out of a sharp right hander @ roughly 9 minutes. This guy had looked down the road, was out and passing before the other bike had even looked!
woow!
Clearly this is like 2 years old atleast. They have made the mountain one way now during TT, which I think is much better.
Young Hooligan!
These Peugot Speedfights are quite nippy...
Just wait till I tell his parents what he's been up to...
Thrashing the bollox off it!!!
What tyres were you running out of interest?
i really wanna go to TT in 2011, does anyone know when it is?
he didnt even seem like the beemer was trying that hard to keep up with the CBR 4
Dude. Wow. This is ridiculous. I almost didn't believe that this was a GS. Maybe I'll try this on my 1150GSA next time I'm out that way...
At low speeds your GS sounds just like mine.....notchy gearbox and diesel like qualities.
Alsome riding dude
what the hell have you done to the engine lol
You take chances. There were times when I thought the m/c riders you were sharing lanes with could not predict your actions. That said, you clearly have some serious skills. There is no way I could follow you on a faster bike.
Haha,, GS! Great! :o)
can't you bypass the limiter?
very nice, you've done that before.
Going through Guthries at 3.39 is a very silly thing to do.
azz che manico!
BOXER CITY!
i have a 1100 gs, i feel small.....
amazing riding fungusgs, would of been good if you had let the camera run on a little longer so we could laugh at all the sportsbikes you obliterated as they go past :) 5/5
Theres nothing like carving up sports bikes on a 250kg dirt bike.......
can people stop criticizing the rider who shot this? there's a time and a place for everything, and fungusgs rode a bmw appropriately quickly around the TT course. i liked the bit where a ducati got passed.
What would be funny about that? Even if it was illegal and endangering others.
Are you one of those morbid guys who get a kick out of watching accidents or something?
By the way "fungusgs". Nice riding. I have a GS myself but I could not have followed you. Maybe I could, but I don´t think I would dare try.
How many practice passes did you do to get this fast?
Have you counted how many sportsbikes he passes? 20. And how many bikes pass him? 1. I'm sure all the bikes he passes arent CBR400's. The r1150gs is a brilliant bike in the twisty stuff, and can hold its own with most sports bikes. When the road opens up to straights its a different story though.....
And I thought Beemers were slow LOL !
Hey, you passed 22222 on the odometer
your crazy balls of steele
I think the Manx police would take a pretty dim view of riding at 50mph in a 30mph zone, where there are likely to be pedestrians and children about. Enjoy the mountain, but riding like that in town is putting lives at risk.
id say thats a scary place to drive, in a car lol
I bet you even can't afford a GS!
Gulp.
la madre que lo pario al tio... ....
But not nearly as funny as you choking to death on a chicken bone while sitting safely on front of your computer making pious judgments on things you have no understanding of. Karma really is a Bitch ya know;)
Great Vid by the way. I have dreams of one day visiting the IOM.
Honestly, that was fast riding, but all that time spent in the oncoming lane passing slower blokes was more chancy than I prefer with the volume of traffic. Hard to justify triple digit speed on that busy a roadway. 7:00am on Sunday morning it might have been OK
No consideration for other road users, ie, oncoming traffic.....
congtrats to your riding! now those stupid EU bureaucrats can see that limiting the engine performance to 100 horsepower has nothing to do with the actual speed the rider choses to ride at. those inline fours could leave a boxer in the dust on the straights when their riders could and dared to ride as good and as fast as you have _CHOOSEN_ to do. this is so typical stupid lawnmover-thinking: regardless of weight-performance ratio, torque, anything, they want to cut performance without thinking.
brilliant, seeing the sportbike wannabees being defeated by a gelandewagen LOL
i didn't see any law breaking josh, and why would it be funny if he hurt himself? might i suggest that you spend more time brushing up on your spelling/diction and less time making immature statements on the internet.
congtrats to your riding! now those stupid EU bureaucrats can see that limiting the engine performance to 100 horsepower has nothing to do with the actual speed the rider choses to ride at. those inline fours could leave a boxer in the dust on the straights when their riders could and dared to ride as good and as fast as you have _CHOOSEN_ to do. this is so typical stupid lawnmover-thinking: regardless of weight-performance ratio, torque, anything, they want to cut performance without thinking.