100% you are not preaching - I was a Rospa Gold motorcycle Instructor for 12 years in Edinburgh. Must have witnessed every type of rider and skill level, to the point where I could pre-empt their moves on the road. Its good to pass on your knowledge to other bikers, where you can, keeps everyone safe
Another great video there Bruce, I like the riding tips and look to my own riding making sure I go home so keep them coming 🙂 I can't believe its 30yrs since the Balkan war 🤷♂️
'I could do with some rain'..........Who ever said that on a motorcycle tour before! Another top quality vid there, thoroughly enjoyed watching it. Top work by the lad on the VFR riding all the way down there from Manchester.
As a new rider I find the riding tips very helpful especially with over taking as it is not something that came up in my training so I have tried to learn from the videos you did on the bike safe course you took. Looking out for road signs and side roads etc have kept me more safe than I would have been so cheers.
Another brilliant video Bruce. I’m still in the throws of planning our summer trip to Romania and the Balkans and we are getting some great ideas and pointers from your videos. Cheers 👍
Thanks bud, you’ll have a fantastic time - if I can give some advice about Romania is that I’d head straight to the middle area and East - sort of Transylvania and East, that seems to be where the best roads and scenery are👍 I just found this link, looks like there’s loads of roads I’ve never tried before, may be worth having a look - motorcycle-touring-romania.com/best-motorcycle-roads-romania/
This war showed us again how thin the layer of civilisation is, before men goes completely nuts. We see it now again. But the scenery is beautifull. Thank you. 😎👍
Great video Bruce, good advice on the lorry overtake. The Bosnia war is moving, I have close friends who served over there during that time, and stories are shocking.
A great episode Bruce, well done for showing the memorials on your travels through Bosnia. I’m guilty as most for not really knowing what went on and how it all happened so it’s seeing these videos push’s to find out more. Sometimes it’s a shit world we live in where the egos of a handful of old men can cause such misery for millions. 😢 It was great to see that even when it’s 30c and sunny the rain whisperer still delivers 😅😅.
Hi Bruce. Stopping while on a roundabout was something I was warned about when we hired a motorcycle in Malta in 1988. No one rushed or cut you up, brilliant! And if you saw a vehicle coming at you on your side of the road, nothing personal, they were just getting out of the sun we was warned 🤣🤣🤣...
Well, I had a memory lane motorcycle trip planned there in 2023. Due to unfortunate circumstances, didn't happen. That brought back some memories... I remember the day the UN Grave Diggers found the 1st bones. I was in the U.S. Army MP Platoon stationed at Camp Lisa by Vlasenica responsible for the security of the UN grave diggers. Spent a lot of time in the turrent and driver's seat as a young E-4 admiring the breathtaking views and a lot of the same thoughts running thru my helmet as the one's you mentioned. Different helmet though. Probably wrote too much publicly already.... Thanks for the memory lane tour, Mate!! Good to see the improvements after 30 years and still some not. Just wish it had more influence on mankind not to keep making the repeated mistakes of history. Bottom line though, nothing changes. When diplomats, economics, politicians and religions fail, they send young men to "fix" the problems they created... Thanks again Bruce!! U.S Army Crotia, Bosnia-Herzegovinia, Serpska '95-'96
100% right bud, I don’t that will ever change sadly. But on a positive note, the area is beautiful, the people you meet are friendly and welcoming, I’d have zero concerns going back and exploring more myself on a bike, and hopefully I can work out the time to do exactly that. Get your trip there back up and running bud👍
Loved the potted history of the conflict, I’ve learned something new, thank you 👍. I’ve been to the Nazi concentration camps, and the killing fields of Cambodia it’s just so sad😢 we will never learn it’s usually individual greed at the bottom of it all.
Aye but what astounds me is that it is ‘normal’, every day people like you and I who carry out these deeds - we may not make the decision to instigate it all, but it is normal people who do the actual atrocities to other normal people - how does that happen?! But, I suppose we’ve all just come through the last situation globally where we tolerated being told to stay home, told to wear ‘masks’ that didn’t actually do anything, told to watch as our businesses went under… and a lot of people did just that🤷♂️ It seems we can be very ‘sheep-like’ doesn’t it, we just follow orders and very few question them.
Bruce, If your preaching saves just one life, then keep on preaching. Think the words you were searching for at the beginning were - 'It's becoming more westernised'.
In Bosnia, all three sides suffered. Serbs, Muslims and Croats. If you want to engage in politics and present data, it would be fair to mention the suffering of other peoples as well. You pass through the town of Vlasenica and mention how Serbs committed crimes there, but you don't know that Muslims committed them too. My advice to you is to travel and enjoy yourself and not get involved in politics.
Or… possibly this series makes people look into the conflict and history of the area more, and find out for themselves. But you just sit there at your keyboard and judge 👍
@teapotone I am from the area where you passed and I grew up there through the war and I know very well what I am writing because I found that out the hard way. But you just drive around with a motorbike and presents the data you found on the Internet. 👎
I feel that your point valid as lived through but teapot doesn't have that advantage of personal experiences so can only rely on information to hand as a snap shot of issue not a Chronical of events. Well done Bruce with not only vids but presenting further information with limited resources and time.
@Identifikator.s - please accept my apologies, I’d assumed by your username that you were probably a bot account but I see now you’re an actual person. You’ve experienced this terrible war first hand so obviously have knowledge that I don’t. As stated by my reply, I don’t profess to be an all-knowing entity of this or any subject, I give my personal opinions and thoughts in my videos, and hope others will do their own research if they want to find out more. As with everything in life, there are a multitude of sides to any story or event. Cheers
Just be Patient???? Your second overtake was just down right Dangerous! You had to be doing 70mph +???? No speed to react when you want to stay alive. I am Advanced Rider and driver. That was down right dangerous fatal on a lesser powered bike!!! You would failed ANY advanced test simple as. Add the unknown of riding opposite side, not familiar with road or traffic very dangerous.
Rubbish. Your attitude is what gives advanced riders the often maligned reputation the topic attracts. I was perfectly happy with the overtake and had taken the bikes performance into account after over a thousand miles of constant riding on it, in every weather and road type. I had the vision, I had the space to come in if required, absolutely nothing wrong with it.
I believe that every manoeuvre is carried out with in the limits of the riders experience and knowledge. I believe Bruce has the experience to have made that move considering all factors bike, road and traffic conditions and I see nothing wrong with that overtake and on my bike would have done the same. The space in between the lorries being the pull in if required coming off the power on the bike with the lorries continuing at speed would facilitate that
@@teapotone Down right Dangerous. You forget the Truck Driver and his safety as well. He does not even get a thought in your World. Like I said - I'm OK Jack!!! Sod the rest of them!! Down right dangerous. Farcical in fact. Good luck to you. You need it, you are just one farm tractor pulling out from a trip to hospital.. Like i said you would never be accepted as a Safe Rider by the Police or any other riding authority. Make sure you have very good insurance especially in those Countries. Have a good one!! Publishing Riding Lunacy must be the latest thing?
100% you are not preaching - I was a Rospa Gold motorcycle Instructor for 12 years in Edinburgh. Must have witnessed every type of rider and skill level, to the point where I could pre-empt their moves on the road. Its good to pass on your knowledge to other bikers, where you can, keeps everyone safe
Cheers bud 👍
Preach on brother! Love your safety and driving tips. Always good to remind new and older riders. Stay safe.
Thanks man, much appreciated, and you too 👍
I found this video to be a rollercoaster of moods, lots of fun but also very moving. Some excellent road craft tips too.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it 👍
Another great video there Bruce, I like the riding tips and look to my own riding making sure I go home so keep them coming 🙂 I can't believe its 30yrs since the Balkan war 🤷♂️
Thanks bud, aye I know, where have the years gone eh! 👍
Really enjoyed seeing these countries. Different from the norm. Nice advise on the overtaking Bruce. 👍🏻
Thanks Gav, much appreciated 👍
'I could do with some rain'..........Who ever said that on a motorcycle tour before! Another top quality vid there, thoroughly enjoyed watching it. Top work by the lad on the VFR riding all the way down there from Manchester.
Cheers David, aye what a top lad eh! Bet he had an awesome trip 👍
The rides in the rain and the cold over 40 years and 32 countries, I remember the most
As a new rider I find the riding tips very helpful especially with over taking as it is not something that came up in my training so I have tried to learn from the videos you did on the bike safe course you took. Looking out for road signs and side roads etc have kept me more safe than I would have been so cheers.
That’s good to hear bud - yep observations and actually processing that information you see is 100% your guardian angel 👍
Lot of history there Bruce, Henry Cole did a Greatest Motorcycle Rides episode there and talked about his time during the war as a cameraman
I bet that’s actually a good watch, I’ll try to find that, cheers bud 👍
Another brilliant video Bruce. I’m still in the throws of planning our summer trip to Romania and the Balkans and we are getting some great ideas and pointers from your videos. Cheers 👍
Thanks bud, you’ll have a fantastic time - if I can give some advice about Romania is that I’d head straight to the middle area and East - sort of Transylvania and East, that seems to be where the best roads and scenery are👍
I just found this link, looks like there’s loads of roads I’ve never tried before, may be worth having a look -
motorcycle-touring-romania.com/best-motorcycle-roads-romania/
@ thanks Bruce. cheers , David 👍
Preach away bloody good advice your giving. Another cracking video, thanks.
Cheers 👍
This war showed us again how thin the layer of civilisation is, before men goes completely nuts. We see it now again. But the scenery is beautifull. Thank you. 😎👍
Absolutely, we are merely days away from chaos at any time 👍
Great video Bruce, good advice on the lorry overtake. The Bosnia war is moving, I have close friends who served over there during that time, and stories are shocking.
Thanks Curno 👍
A great episode Bruce, well done for showing the memorials on your travels through Bosnia. I’m guilty as most for not really knowing what went on and how it all happened so it’s seeing these videos push’s to find out more.
Sometimes it’s a shit world we live in where the egos of a handful of old men can cause such misery for millions. 😢
It was great to see that even when it’s 30c and sunny the rain whisperer still delivers 😅😅.
Ha Ha yes mate, you can take the lad out of Scotland… ☔️
Thanks bud, I’m glad you enjoyed it and it took you on a bit of a journey too👍
Hi Bruce. Stopping while on a roundabout was something I was warned about when we hired a motorcycle in Malta in 1988. No one rushed or cut you up, brilliant! And if you saw a vehicle coming at you on your side of the road, nothing personal, they were just getting out of the sun we was warned 🤣🤣🤣...
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A cracking series yet again 💪🏼 thank you
My pleasure bud, it’s great to hear you’re enjoying it 👍
Well, I had a memory lane motorcycle trip planned there in 2023. Due to unfortunate circumstances, didn't happen. That brought back some memories... I remember the day the UN Grave Diggers found the 1st bones. I was in the U.S. Army MP Platoon stationed at Camp Lisa by Vlasenica responsible for the security of the UN grave diggers. Spent a lot of time in the turrent and driver's seat as a young E-4 admiring the breathtaking views and a lot of the same thoughts running thru my helmet as the one's you mentioned. Different helmet though. Probably wrote too much publicly already.... Thanks for the memory lane tour, Mate!! Good to see the improvements after 30 years and still some not. Just wish it had more influence on mankind not to keep making the repeated mistakes of history. Bottom line though, nothing changes. When diplomats, economics, politicians and religions fail, they send young men to "fix" the problems they created...
Thanks again Bruce!!
U.S Army
Crotia, Bosnia-Herzegovinia, Serpska '95-'96
100% right bud, I don’t that will ever change sadly.
But on a positive note, the area is beautiful, the people you meet are friendly and welcoming, I’d have zero concerns going back and exploring more myself on a bike, and hopefully I can work out the time to do exactly that.
Get your trip there back up and running bud👍
Loved the potted history of the conflict, I’ve learned something new, thank you 👍. I’ve been to the Nazi concentration camps, and the killing fields of Cambodia it’s just so sad😢 we will never learn it’s usually individual greed at the bottom of it all.
Aye but what astounds me is that it is ‘normal’, every day people like you and I who carry out these deeds - we may not make the decision to instigate it all, but it is normal people who do the actual atrocities to other normal people - how does that happen?!
But, I suppose we’ve all just come through the last situation globally where we tolerated being told to stay home, told to wear ‘masks’ that didn’t actually do anything, told to watch as our businesses went under… and a lot of people did just that🤷♂️ It seems we can be very ‘sheep-like’ doesn’t it, we just follow orders and very few question them.
That border was much busier last July 😳 and the roads graded on the corners loads of tramlining, made me pucker up a fair few times.
You're not preaching mate 💙
Thanks Moxy 👍
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What bike were you riding Bruce?
No BMW?
It’s a Suzuki 650 VStrom bud
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Was it another religious war.
Those roads look cracking
Bruce, If your preaching saves just one life, then keep on preaching.
Think the words you were searching for at the beginning were - 'It's becoming more westernised'.
Why oh why, do you keep posting great videos. It's only preaching if you take offence
Thanks very much bud 👍
In Bosnia, all three sides suffered. Serbs, Muslims and Croats. If you want to engage in politics and present data, it would be fair to mention the suffering of other peoples as well. You pass through the town of Vlasenica and mention how Serbs committed crimes there, but you don't know that Muslims committed them too.
My advice to you is to travel and enjoy yourself and not get involved in politics.
He's British , and as such, he only knows what's presented to him trough media and narrative that suits ..dare I say globalist agenda.
Or… possibly this series makes people look into the conflict and history of the area more, and find out for themselves.
But you just sit there at your keyboard and judge 👍
@teapotone I am from the area where you passed and I grew up there through the war and I know very well what I am writing because I found that out the hard way.
But you just drive around with a motorbike and presents the data you found on the Internet. 👎
I feel that your point valid as lived through but teapot doesn't have that advantage of personal experiences so can only rely on information to hand as a snap shot of issue not a Chronical of events. Well done Bruce with not only vids but presenting further information with limited resources and time.
@Identifikator.s - please accept my apologies, I’d assumed by your username that you were probably a bot account but I see now you’re an actual person. You’ve experienced this terrible war first hand so obviously have knowledge that I don’t. As stated by my reply, I don’t profess to be an all-knowing entity of this or any subject, I give my personal opinions and thoughts in my videos, and hope others will do their own research if they want to find out more.
As with everything in life, there are a multitude of sides to any story or event.
Cheers
Just be Patient???? Your second overtake was just down right Dangerous! You had to be doing 70mph +???? No speed to react when you want to stay alive. I am Advanced Rider and driver. That was down right dangerous fatal on a lesser powered bike!!! You would failed ANY advanced test simple as. Add the unknown of riding opposite side, not familiar with road or traffic very dangerous.
Rubbish. Your attitude is what gives advanced riders the often maligned reputation the topic attracts. I was perfectly happy with the overtake and had taken the bikes performance into account after over a thousand miles of constant riding on it, in every weather and road type.
I had the vision, I had the space to come in if required, absolutely nothing wrong with it.
I believe that every manoeuvre is carried out with in the limits of the riders experience and knowledge. I believe Bruce has the experience to have made that move considering all factors bike, road and traffic conditions and I see nothing wrong with that overtake and on my bike would have done the same. The space in between the lorries being the pull in if required coming off the power on the bike with the lorries continuing at speed would facilitate that
@@teapotone Down right Dangerous. You forget the Truck Driver and his safety as well. He does not even get a thought in your World.
Like I said - I'm OK Jack!!! Sod the rest of them!! Down right dangerous. Farcical in fact. Good luck to you. You need it, you are just one farm tractor pulling out from a trip to hospital..
Like i said you would never be accepted as a Safe Rider by the Police or any other riding authority. Make sure you have very good insurance especially in those Countries. Have a good one!! Publishing Riding Lunacy must be the latest thing?
@watty - I think there’s a T missing from your username. Complete muppet.
@watty2702 take it you would be joining me and Bruce on a Rideout anytime soon then?