Why I Ride Pt. 9 'LATE NIGHT PONDERING'. Solo vs Group Motorcycle Trips.
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
- The more I travel with Lisa or solo, the more I've reflected on past trips with larger groups of friends. Man, we had fun... but it did come with a price.
No need for the video here. Listening to you ramble on is poetry.
I ❤that !
Too kind ..
tbh I had man flu all week ,
So found this footage from last winter I had not used , so I never had to get out of bed to do it .
My wife says the same thing about a lot of the videos, she says you can just close your eyes and see it all!
@@travisp683 that’s amazing!!
@@LeanIntoTheWindwell you made my day, got me through work, looking forward to more listening
Awesome story. We can relate!
yeah man.....loved that!...ride safe..
@@neilmurdoch6049 thank you 🙏 take it easy mate
Fantastic
Thanks mate
Enjoyed a couple of ya vids so much I'm working my way through the whole lot. Lovely listening to you , some one who 'gets it' just rambling. Can't remember the last time I had a dude on the back but I've lost track of the number of bikes let alone trips I've done with the mrs on the back since 83. Meet up with guys maybe a couple of times a year, always lovely to see them but just as lovely to leave them. I was out riding on my own today, scraping the bottom of the summer barrel. Stay safe bud & keep 'em coming - vids like yours help me through the winter.
@@marcmuggings9217 That’s a great comment to wake up too .. and much appreciated. Glad you enjoy the videos . Best wishes and happy safe travels to you and the Mrs .
I just did 9,500 miles alone across the USA on my UK Multistrada Pikes Peak. It was amazing and I love the solitude and way you only look outwards when alone. I often get asked "did you go alone!?" in a shocked and in some part pitied way. I left New York with no other plans than to do around 250 miles a day and roll into small towns around 6pm and look for a place to stay for the night. I loved it so much, I'm going back in April 2025 as still so much to see.
Bloody hell what an Epic trip ..
good on you ! That’s just incredible.
I know that sympathetic look they give haha .
That first bit about the group ride had me on the floor, this is great.
You know it all too well then !
Had a break from the Rat race 😄 But now I am back at work 😪 Catching up with your great, refelctive & inspiring videos 😄Thanks Mark
@@jc5944 good to hear (the break I mean) !! Cheers for coming back ..
best wishes mate
More wise words, rode at night last night for the first time in years. Some scary moments on unfamiliar roads with no street lights, car headlights so bright that beyond them was just a black void had no idea where the road would go. But I made it home having had a great evening making new friends and eating awesome food. Thanks for the inspiration. Stay safe
Thanks mate . Night riding definitely needs to be done with upmost guard eh .
Especially on un-lit roads
Happy safe travels to you
Spoken like a true outlaw not a gangster not a crim but a rider who without his horse is just another nobody....LOVED IT BROTHER!
@@davidvanbeek7761 thank you 🙏 dude .. that’s a killer comment .
@@LeanIntoTheWind well deserved i say the way you can summon my imagination is why I ride and I ride to imagine ...deep I think I will smoke some nice hash and reflect on your story and give thanks that I know very well exactly what you are rambling on about
@@davidvanbeek7761 🙏 to that !!!
@@davidvanbeek7761 the free 1%.
Ride to live
Live to Ride
This was great man
Thought that was Brighton, lived there 16 years,just subscribed
Thanks for the sub . We love Brighton . I used to go there late 80s early 90s to skate the vert ramp on the level . Great place
Poetry and images that make you want to take the motorcycle and just ride and ride.
❤ thank you 🙏
Perfect . As usual
I read the comments and my mind is already there. Thank you again and yes you are a poet
Thank you dude …
This type of content is beautiful ❤
@@kenthjasareno really appreciate that !
Best wishes from us both .
Totally agree
@@adrianbullen3458 Unbelievable!
I should have gone with you hahaha
Your videos never cease to amaze me! Excellent story and you're a great storyteller! I agree, a small group of 3-4 guys travelling together is the way to go. I try to make sure the group is all likeminded and wants to travel at the same pace. Good stuff!
@@BigSmittyRiding Thank you 🙏 dude . Keep it small and less drama . Spot on .
Happy safe travels bud
I am with you Man.
"Holding their warm nuts" literally had me guffaw!!
Not too bad, until you realise I was in a coffee shop at the time, listening to this through my airpods.
Thank you very much for the giggles.
And definitely a reminder why I prefer solo rides.
Stay fabulous matey and thanks again.
Steve Mac.
@@Glasshousebc haha … okay so you was just another crazy nut laughing alone in a coffee shop !!!!! They all still talking bout you …. Best wishes bro 👊
❤❤
@@kenthjasareno cheers dude
You were put here to live the life you’ve lived and now tell us your stories. Thanks
@@darrenpallett9353 Lisa bored of them , I had to tell someone !
Cheers man
So with you on that! Get up and ride, minimal faffing!
@@jhb0510 🙏
The best one of your videos so far. The final section about pillions was pure poetry.
@@chrisjackson3144 Too kind , thanks 🙏 mate
Love hearing your stories man, so entertaining, liberating....and hilarious.
@@Tsuyoikaratekai1998 thank you 🙏 dude … best wishes
I ride bout 4k per year on my 2020 softail. I ❤ to moto camp. I've watched a bunch of ur vidz. My favorite is ur Italy trip. But I'm biased being half Italian. Anyhow u r a true poet bro. I can listen to u ramble. For me nothing beats a ride to anywhere. Cheers . Ride forever 💪🤘😎👊🏍⚡
Good on you dude . Thanks for kind words , my favourite was Italy because it was magical !
Happy safe travels bud
'This fragile beautiful life' is never so true today.
Those words of yours forged in the night by the machina Milwaukee 8
Ramonas poet master ...
Keep writing brov, like the mans says ......
'One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple'.
J Kerouac
Great video Lean into The Wind
@@johnyoung6498 I always love reading your comments..
never fail to leave me wearing a smile .
Thanks 🙏
Absolutely ! A great story that I’m sure resonates with plenty of us.
Thank you mate .
I did 25yrs off and on as a motor cycle courier so I know plenty about riding alone.
But also can totally relate to riding with others,, you did make me laugh 😀 thankyou for yet another very very cool video. Pure poetry. 🙏
@@janetowen3042 That’s a good stint of solo!!!! Nice one , cheers for that
bloody brilliant brother of the road purely my people you are a fucking great writer I could go on
Don’t let me stop you 😂!
But seriously.. too kind .
Thank you ❤
Bloody brilliant love your videos run with mates sometimes like today. But on your own you see more stop when you want go when you want. Thanks could listen to your wonderful ramblings Thankyou
Nice one , much appreciated.. hope you had good run today . Best wishes
The service station story was stressing me out 😂. Brilliant video by the way.
@@CJD1984 haha … thank you
So very true. Love you two. Nick.
Best wishes from us both !
I've watched a lot of' why I ride' videos. Yours are the best Mark.😊
@@mickdukes2732 Ah that’s a good read for me right there !
Haha thank you dude
Thank you so much ❤
Storytelling at its best! 👌👌 Well done mate!
Thank you mate
Made me smile...thank you.
You’re welcome . Cheers for watching
Thanks man love your vids keep um coming
@@JohnGuy-m8o 🙏 cheers dude
I can identify with everything you’ve said. I’ve had the dubious honour of organising and leading groups of riders - like herding cats! These days solo is great, 3 bikes the max. Any more - here’s the destination - here’s my route - meet you there.
3 is a magic number for a trip with mates .
Brilliant. Not that I needed it but you’ve reminded me of why I always ride solo. Probably my many years of being a despatch rider, just me in my helmet talking to myself and singing my heart out. Bliss. Thanks for another great film. IanP
Ah man when I’m on my own I’m a bloody jukebox ….. nice one Ian
Best wishes mate
Damn. I got a little teary eyed at the end
Haha , I think writing gets me excited, and as the excitement burns down , emotional… hence by the end I find im from the heart
Just binged the whole 9 piece. Much appreciated. Godspeed
Salute Bradda
'05 VTX1800C, everyday, any weather.
@@BangChief_AllIsOne ah mate … I love that ! I hope good times & beautiful roads come your way around every bend !
Busting a gut at the goings on, then the last twenty seconds broke my heart. Wonderful stuff. Thank you 🙏 😊
I ain’t ever gonna leave you laughing . ;)
Thank you ..
@@LeanIntoTheWind ain’t that the truth 😂
Mate - you have encapsulated my experience of group riding - and yup… rather get up and get going than fanny about - I’m a professional insomniac and go to the ends of the earth to ‘meet up later’ rather than feel tied because I am also British and just used to swallow it. I totally get what you are describing! 🙌👍 And I have loved every single one of your videos - Thanks 🙏🏻👏
From one insomniac to the another ….
Thank you . Glad it ain’t just me .
Many a true word ……. Fabulous, thanks .
Thanks you dude !
Yep…… ride alone! 🙏
I can relate and agree 100%, the older you get the less amount of people you hang with, time is more precious and you become more selective on who you share it with and the capacity of bullshit also becomes less, things that were once amusing are now extremely annoying, with time I have also learned that finding someone on the exact same page as a riding partner is damn near impossible and one annoyance I might add is the one that competes , who sets the tent up quicker, who fills the bike up faster, the one up man ship, that gives you murderous thoughts in the night, I don't miss this at all, great content as usual !! cheers!!
Hahaha bang on .. the competitive type
How’d I miss it , … haha that made me laugh .
@@LeanIntoTheWind 😆
Love it,,,, the last chapter was ace,,,, true words and private thoughts all the way,,,
Biker to biker
Well done bro
Thank you again bro !
Best wishes
Excellent again, absolutely I thought I was the only one that thought bad thoughts about the unknown body wanting to sit upon my escape shovelhead 😅 but sometimes I have had to endure the gerbil shit 💩 smoking guy 🐹 saying it’s to old for him 😳 and then his bike won’t start due to he forgot to get a new battery
Keep it coming
You 2 go hand in hand
Ah THE BATTERY !!!!!!!
how many times ..
‘New battery ? It’s only 4 years old ffs!
Poetry in literal motion ❤
Thanks mate !
Superb as usual! I reckon we would make great travelling companions....on separate bikes of course!😁
Haha .. you must be a right freak !
@@LeanIntoTheWind Absolute Nightmare!🤣
Got all you were saying,been there done that many times and got to say solo rides are hard to beat!!
Yeah I think you just take it all in so much more .. it’s more immersive.
Time ? Yeh that time is ours and ours alone ,cant be any other way when you are in the last third man ..why i ride alone or with one like minded soul ,thanks Mark
Right on !!
Lovely poetry story pal ❤
Thanks again mate !
i could relate to so many things u mention in this video my friend !
@@hobbs7ly yeah I think many will ..
best wishes mate
Road to no-where?
Road to now-here.
The Zen of riding (especially while cooked 😂)
Haha amen !!!
So true. Me and my wife ride separate bikes together and that’s great. We know our riding styles perfectly and pretty much know what we’re thinking. When to pull over, when to eat. (Most of the time) and what views we want to see. A few years ago we had a friend who introduced us to her husband who was also a biker. When he heard we were going to Cornwall for a holiday he said. Do you mind if we tag along. I thought fuck off mate this is me and my wife’s time but of cause being English we said. Oh how lovely please do. However I did explain that during the day we do our own thing and we meet up in the evening. Sure he said that’s cool.
Well as sure as the night follows the day he turned out to be a complete knob who couldn’t understand why we as a couple wanted to spend time together. The holiday was a nightmare.
I love riding in groups for day trips but as for long haul I prefer just us two. I feel so blessed that my wife rides and does all her own servicing. A top bird is the best way to describe her.
We also have a Shih-tzu that sits on the back and is a proper petrol head.
When we all hit the road I’m in my happy place. Bikes loaded up with camping gear and open road and no plan I hate plans.
Great video Mark. Keep em coming.
Wow you three sound amazing , by three I mean you , the top bird and dog in the top box ….. not tag along shadow knob .
That’s so cool your Mrs rides too , makes it a bit easier for gear etc and that you can take the dog . Since Lisa don’t ride , I have to take everything on one bike and no room for our dog , he stays with our daughter so very spoilt , but I have to carry Lisa’s toiletries which weigh the same and a medium size dog . But Lisa could never ride a motorcycle, if you’d ever seen her on a bicycle you’d understand haha and as for sense of direction, she’d get lost before we got off our driveway .. but she is the best pillion in the world and we get to shout at each other all the way into the sunset ,
WOW
LOOK AT THAT
FUCKK
IM HUNGRY etc . Wouldn’t change a thing .
Anyway rambling on , good to hear about you guys . Best wishes and happy safe travels always
@@LeanIntoTheWind Ahhh perfect. Well even though we are on separate bikes I am still being shouted at. Haha. Usually at traffic lights where she reminds me that I’ve left my indicator on for the last mile. She has a certain poetic way of doing it bless her usually including a few how shall we say unnecessary words. Even Frankie (the dog ) rolls his eyes.
I’m amazed how you guys get so much gear on your bike, however that being said it looks like you got it down to a fine art.
Seriously though Mark all three of us here (yes including Frankie) really enjoy your videos. Very well put together and thought out. We can tell you’re a great lyricist through your story telling. It’s an art to be able to tell a good story and you have it down to a tee.
Hoping you guys get out during the winter months so we get more adventures from you. We personally go out until temp drops below 5 degrees and then we wimp out but we have been caught out in -3 and that ain’t no fun.
Have a great week and send our very best wishes to Lisa.
@@zozoa1 haha the dog rolling it’s eyes killing me !! Thank you for the kind words .. sitting on top deck of ferry and mountains of Spain just came into view .
Blue skies ! Best wishes back at you
@@LeanIntoTheWind Have a great time 👍🏻
Looks like Brighton. Lived there over 20 years. Lovely video :-)
Good memory .. 4am Brighton in December..
Great stuff Mark. Stay free. 👍🤘
Thank you Johnny … good times to you bro !
Another great upload. I used to ride with big groups, sometimes as many as fifteen or twenty. All over UK and Europe. Had some right ding dongs with those lads :-) but we had a couple of rules, even as knobhead youngsters. We used a second man drop off, we had a gobby bastard shout "two minutes!" before we left anywhere and if you weren't moving you were left behind. Tough shit. Oh, and everyone rides their own ride. That was it, for "rules". Amazingly, it actually worked and it ended up being some of the best of times, with the closest of mates. Still see a few of them even though we were from all over the country. I'm not sure I could do that again, definitely a young lad's thing. I think it's just something that comes with age, like getting up for a piss in the night, or making a noise when you stand up. We like what we like, we don't like having to accomodate other people's foibles, we are incredibly aware of the arrow of time hurtling in only one direction and fuck that to wasting any of what free time we have left. Then again, a two or three bike trip with those real close people from back in the day, it's class. I feel blessed to have the choice really. Ride safe and free.
Very well said . I concur’3’ is a magic number.
Stuck in their sleeping bag 🤣
This happened !
@@LeanIntoTheWind I don't doubt it 🙂Every trip has a Captain Fuckup on it. Ideally, it's a hat that gets swapped around evenly. If it's just that one guy...
I guess I'm a freak as well. I am up between 4:30 and 5:00 AM everyday no matter what. There is nothing better than watching the sunrise. A special treat while doing an early ride. Oh yeah, stopped drinking 40 years ago.
@@HarleyGeezer1954 ah yeah you sound like a real freak haha !!
That’s beautiful man
@@LeanIntoTheWind I liked the video a lot.
Another cracking video pal, with so much we all can relate too 😊 that why me and r lass like to travel on our own nowadays, just 2 bikes and stop when we like 😊
@@robindalton1790 thank you fella ! Good to hear .. happy safe travels to you both
@@LeanIntoTheWind same to you both pal , keep making beautiful and videos, 😀
Well we benefitted from you having man flu Mark, its so thought provoking listening to you wax lyrical about biking and life , Pulp fiction, i can just listen to the film 🙈 enjoyed your story Mark, get well soon 🙏 ✌️❤️🌞 FTW live for now 👍
@@markshawreflections850 Thank you 🙏 Mark . Best wishes
Agreed.
Agree 100% wife and I are on the same flow when we ride together, we don’t care much for ever doing group rides, did plenty enough in our late 20s and it was the same BS you described,made me laugh 😂
@@travisp683 Good when you got it sussed together!
Its a time tested theory, if you get six people together in a group at least one is an idiot. Its not that i dont like people its just the human condition. Ive taken extensive polls on this theory...its bona-fide
So i ride alone tank to tank, eat what i bring, play my guitar to whatever nature leaves lying around. Its not most peoples thing, but im too old to change now. I would consider binge watching all your videos on a camp, but thats where i draw the line for company
Thanks again Mark..Tank.
Hahaha!!! I fucking like you Tank !!!!!
Did 7,000 miles around Europe years ago on my own wouldn’t have wanted in any other way, did an organised trip around parts of India with a group on Enfields bit of a trial. Nice vid.
Both sound like pretty epic adventures!!
India looks like a trial in itself no mater who you with . I’d love to do that though, sounds very special!
Thanks man
@@LeanIntoTheWind Yes both were great trips in their own right, keep up the good work. Four wheels move the body two wheels move the soul👍
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Ideal riding group size, one.
Stuck for time this weekend so just had an hour round the Cotswolds this morning at half eight. Sheer chilly Bliss
Hope your enjoying Spain
@@patrickpowell7317 gotta love those fresh country rides !!! Thanks Billy . Best wishes
Thanks Mark.
@@robertdaley1194 Cheers Robert !
You musta been staying at the tallest building in Brighton! How many flight of stairs? Great vid 👌
Yeah I’d forgotten how tall until I watched video … on the front at Kemptom, they all that high . There was one more floor above us !
Cheers mate
Solo for me 😎
@@donaldelsey2066 🙏
"They didn't think you were actually serious about all that shit..." LOL! I had the opposite. I'd only been riding a couple years. Went on the first long trip with a friend I've know since we were kids, he's been riding since he was a kid. "We'll just wing it", he said. Turns out his idea of winging it, involves the list of shit you were talking about. LOL! "NO, Brian! I don't have a fucking dry bag, what the fuck is a dry back?" I swear, I think the guy was planning on sleeping in a tree...
Hahaha what you got against sleeping with squirrels??? Haha ..
very glad that I subscribed could you try the music level a little lower as it is a tad distracting because your story needs no distraction
I concur...
Thanks for feedback, I’ll pay more attention to that in future,
Tbh I had man flu all week and made this in my death bed ..
probably being bunged up affected my judgement..
But I’ll try hard to sort it in future
Hi have loved this series of vids always enjoyed the solo trips save the socialising for the camp that night always someone walking by wants a chat been on group rides not quite as bad as the one in your story but close not for me any more as you say unless you know your all on the same page everything is a compromise you ride free
@@Leonard-kd7uj thanks mate , glad you’ve enjoyed the series . I haven’t done a group one for so long I’m almost ready … for another crack . Haha
Love your videos I’ve showed all my riding buddy’s - what town are you riding through in this video? I recognise parts I’m sure
Thank you mate , appreciate the sharing .
This footage from Brighton, it was in December last year , was bout 4am
I couldn’t sleep so just went to see what was happening,
Not a lot tbh .
Hence I’d never used the footage .
@@LeanIntoTheWind ruclips.net/video/DPxME9I6egQ/видео.html this was us lot last weekend, your video was literally an Attenborough explanation of our yearly weekend away haha! keep it twisted!
@@anthonypittaway2815 haha subscribed ! Amazing dude … and CCR!!!
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I agree with everything you said there brother .... except one thing. You ain't no freak Mark, definitely not
Thank you dude !!
I know well what you speak of. I always bring what I need. If I run out I would never ask anyone to make up for my lameness. I will happily do without. Many men are as helpless as pups.. just saying
@@swiftcaution5170 Adventures of a babysitter.
Nope, i wound say something ... when we ride in a group ... we have plans that we stick to it, and we are stopping for fuel or food it's planned ... up early, avoid the traffic, you can bang out 200 miles by lunch time lol
Good to hear dude ! That’s how to do it .
Beginning of the video. Brighton, my stomping ground.
@@yodab.at1746 Yep … the whole video in fact . Hard to see as dark .. 4am ish in December…. Just had the footage that I hadn’t used .. I have man flu and needed to make a video from my bed haha
I used this , bit dark , but it’s all about the narrative… I thought I’d get a lot of comments moaning how dark footage is , but so far getting away with it .
I’ll make up for it on
Why I ride part 10.
I’m
Filming it in Spain in the sun haha
@@LeanIntoTheWind nah, the footage is excellent. Exactly fits. Your narrative.
Brighton is special when the streets are empty. I used to live so near the sea, with my windows opened in summer, I could hear the waves. And in the back garden someone had put some beautifully tuned solid metal chimes. I think you captured something most people miss.
Because I know.
Mine too, a northerner in exile!
@@LeanIntoTheWind get well soon 🙏👊
@@yodab.at1746 nothing like sleeping with the waves
Superb as always. What camera was it mate? Quite clear for low light
@@oceanwerk thank you 🙏. GoPro 11 .
Street Lights helped a lot ..
@@LeanIntoTheWind magic! Thanks for the reply, going out for a ride just now.
@@oceanwerk enjoy !
I'd of left him there,hate people with no social etiquette
@@vinnyOdea878 yeah I’d probably be same but friend of a friend, it gets awkward..
Know where you are coming from, too many people, too many choices, too many distractions. Given the video is riding around Brighton at night, is this an analogy of the Rat Race?, given during the day these Roads are carnage, Watching, catching up on your work, on a Friday Night. Really inspiring stuff, Dyna ready for next Adventure. I ride alone, EASY.
@@russellmanning4439 nah I’m riding around at night because I’m an insomniac, I had been riding all day too , just happen to wake at 4am and thought , bet it’s nice out , it was very cold .. but Christmas lights were on and it was just interesting… seeing who out , what’s going on , thanks glad you enjoying the videos , happy safe travels .
Best wishes mate
Not really ridden much with others....everyone tells me i'm too slow 😅....rarely do long journeys, I just take off and rattle about for 2 or 3 hours, ride home and feel better ☺
Nothing wrong with taking your time , you see more !!!! Sounds perfect .
me too.... I was not born to follow.... never ever
I reckon I knew that about you and we never met !
Good on you man
Oh FFS.. Next video!
@@gregparker1012 🙏
You should of left the mugg .
@@newroundheadcommandos2589 My vote would have gone that way
One of my biggest regrets in regard to riding is buying a Cardo blue tooth device for my helmet this year. I enjoy listening to Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings as I ride, but then my solace is disturbed by a freaking phone call. I’m tempted to get rid of it, but the damn thing cost me $400! Half the time I don’t even turn it on. It’s tough to unplug when you’re plugged in. Great video, brother. Good reminders given. Thanks.
@@MrEmoor I’m with you . Me and Lisa bought a pair of intercoms while on the road trip through Italy , we used them for one day and put them back in box .
Was just distracting..
and I like shouting at her through the wind .
Turn ph call volume down to 0