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Glad I could help!

From Disentis, we got as far as the Santa Maria Restaurant after the lake, but the weather turned really bad and with the San Bernardino Pass shut, we headed back over. The Splugen pass would have been a good choice though!

they certainly didn't!

Glad it was helpful! I still think it's my favourite. Did you do the Klausen pass? Thats was amazing, apart from the bumpy road section lol!

@@gonetouring no we didn't do klausen, we did albula,susten, grimsel, furka, julier, stelvio and some other ones that we came across but don't remember the names.

Fantastic!

There may be better designs from aftermarket companies for the more serious off roader.

That's fantastic.. you are very lucky..Northumberland is a wonderful area.. we'll definitely be back again! Thank-you for taking the time to leave a comment, it's very much appreciated

I have to agree 100%. I`m also in Northumberland, and there are so many incredible roads off the beaten track. Sundays can be "busy" relatively speaking, but weekdays on the back roads it can feel like you`ve been gifted the roads to yourself. The next time you visit the area, I would suggest exploring the Otterburn ranges. Miles and miles of incredible scenery, good condition roads .(but watch out for sheep poo) , and often not another car for hours on end. there are also some nice forest tracks to ride, and the gravel is finer than the Keilder drive. It is so quiet you might think you`ve gone deaf. Rothbury is lovely, and very biker friendly. Northumberland has so many nice roads, and great places to explore that one visit is never going to be enough, in fact I think you should just move here 😁. I`ve loved watching your videos, and just subscribed.

Hi, thanks for that info, you're very lucky to live in such a beautiful area! thanks for subscribing!

@jonnytimerider Fully agree. I was up past Holystone onto the edge of the Otterburn moors recently and made an ASMR video of it. But what's happened to the nice autumn weather? It's been abysmal this last week lol.

Another short summer !

Those one-Side-open- Tunnels we call them "Galerie". they are in Places that just by Terrain wouldn't call for a Tunnel, but the Road needs to be protected from frequent Avalanches or Rock/Mudslides and they are also found on many Railroadlines. Avalanches and Slides can just go over them without ruining the Road/Railroad everytime they occur. I've heard Canadians calling them Snowsheds, but I'm swiss, so I don't know if that Name is used in all english speaking Places.... Greetings from Switzerland.

Hi, thanks for that... every day is a school day! Love learning different things.

@@gonetouring you're welcome :) For the bumpiness, well there's not much that can be done. the Mountains are in constant Movement, in Winter there's Snow for a long time, Rockfalls or Rocks that are moved by the Snow, Meltingwater that gets into Cracks formed by the moving Mountains... that's the natural Side of it. Those Passroads don't serve any real Purpose anymore nowadays where there are Tunnels under the Alps with fast and easy all Year round open Roads... History, Tourism, alpine farming and Hydropower (Grimsel) still use them to a small Degree. It's way too expensive to repair them to absolute Perfection, just to be bombed by Avalanches and Stones again most of the Year. They aren't important and used enough anymore to justify huge renewing Projects. Plus the Bumpiness slows down Motorists considerably, which helps reducing the huge yearly Number of fatal Accidents on those Stretches. That's why there are so many "SLOW DOWN" Signs posted along the Routes...

Absolutely agree, we aren't aware of those things in the UK, makes sense now you explain it though, thanks

Arghhhh... good info, wish I'd known that.. Might pop back up but this time on my Scooter!

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for taking the time to comment.

Grazie mille, guarda il video in arrivo presto

It was!

You are very lucky! We have just been back to finish off the N250, so watch out for that soon.

Lol... part C. .. actually, number 4 in the series should be uploaded in the next few days, hopefully. Thanks for leaving a comment.

Yes.. it's a good stopover on the way up through Scotland, too. It usually rains on our tours.. wait until you see our European adventure! Lol might be a few weeks before they start to appear, though.

I bought the Official Map for the route, then planned around that. Should have taken another day or 2 to visit some of the recommended places though.

Thanks for the info! I guessed there would have been a lot of storm damage, but I was just so surprised around that bit. So that's interesting to know. Thanks

@@gonetouring The figure I have - my son works in forestry - is around 16 million trees were lost across Northumberland and the Scottish borders, a lot of these around the A68 - which leads past Kielder up to Carter Bar. That's about 8000 hectares, which is about 20,000 acres - it's lot of wood. The docks at Berwick are still stacked now, I noticed when I was there last week, and it's being shipped across to Europe for processing (we probably buy it back, as processed particle board and wood pellets).

That's amazing... shocking even! So much damage! LOL, yep, we probably will import it all back in.

Great roads!

That's great. Cheers

You'll enjoy it! Lot of miles if you're 2 up fully loaded, but great fun riding solo

@@gonetouring doing it solo this time so just me to worry about.

Perfect! Enjoy!

They are HEED bars.

Cheers, next one is longer so will need a lot of editing LOL!

Yes, you can!

Yep..totally is 👍

Hi. The screen and spacers were already fitted when I bought the bike, so I'm unable to help further

Thank You

Thank you for the comment, that is very appreciated.

Yes.. you're absolutely right! I've retorqued the nut to 180 and updated the description. Thanks

It's a great bike! And ready to go to the Swiss Alps in just a few days time.. I've put the touring screen on rather thsn the small carbon one. For me, it works better with my noisy helmet. Cheap bags from AliExpress lol Cheers

Yes, I couldn't find any figures which were consistent so I went for a higher figure. Since then I've reduced it to 190 Nm. Thank you for that information

Seems still allot man ...my yamaha r1 needs just 110nm rear...grts from belgium 😊

yep, I was surprised too!

Very good spot! I put them on to mark alongside where my punctures where, taken them off once I remembered they were still on..

@@gonetouring Great idea! I have the same bike and I love those red wheels, but they are a chore to keep clean!!

Yep, especially the inside bits of the spokes!

Glad it was helpful, and thank you for taking the time to leave a comment.