First Spain Ride Out - Scary Biscuits!!
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- Time to fire up the Kawasaki Retro bikes and head out for Carole's first ride in Spain!
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Absolutely breathtaking ride, and it was amazing to see Mrs. Flyer holding her own even though she was a bit nervous according to her! Outstanding video TMF, my Wife and I really enjoyed it! 😎🏍️💨🇺🇸✌️
Thrilled you both watched - thank you!
Well done Carol!
I'm loving the opportunity to vicariously enjoy a ride in sunshine with the both of you!
not welcome, stay in your island
God I’m jealous! It’s like getting a reminder to grab a bit of leisure amidst all that’s going on in the world. Thanks both and more of this please … 👍🏻
Plenty more to come Guy! Life is here to be enjoyed if you can - don't miss out being too busy!
Wonderful video & incredible scenery! Hope you enjoy your vacation from the soggy weather...I lived in England for 4 years back in the 1970's when I was a kid, but these days I watch all your videos from Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA...Really enjoy all your reviews & rides & look forward to more of your great work! Cheers!
Welcome to Spain. If you want a nice evening meal, go to the Sandpiper in Los Boliches, Fuengirola. The owner there is Jason, who is a big fan of yours
Excellent - good man obviously!
What a lovely thing to do together! Good on you Mrs Flyer.
Thank you.....
Greetings from the USA.
I have sunshine envy! Mid winter here, 0-10 C, and windy, snowy.
I've been off the bike since early December, so I am missing riding.
Thank you for letting me enjoy your trip to Spain vicariously.
Enjoy the sun and fun.
Ride safe.
Thank you!
Excellent ride out and it looks like a stress free first ride for Mrs. Flyer. The restaurant looked idyllic. I also loved the sound of the bike, just the right level of overrun.
Exhaust popping on the overun childish..... Nonsense we ALL love it 😁
@@sarge2665 Of course and it puts a smile on our faces!
How about that! What a nice ride in a warm and dry climate! Back here in Norway it started to snow again today! Jealous, jealous and still jealous!👍
It is really nice to see you riding together, especially in such a lovely part of the world.
Glad you enjoy it!
Whenever I'm abroad enjoying heat and bright blue skies, a naked bike feels sooo right, especially the wonderful z 900rs.
Yes it's a brilliant bike for over here.....
Top tip, when out together on two bikes link the two locks through each other and the wheels, it makes it less likely that they will pick a bike up and put it in a van, still no guarantee obviously but worth doing 👍
Good idea. And when they leave at 12:33 there's a nice big van with an open back door.
Hi both, what a tonic for the mind body and soul, not jealous at all ha-ha. Thank you...
Great video, you're a lucky fella having a Mrs interested in bikes as well, safe riding
I am!
Great weather
Great scenery
Twisties and
Burbling exhausts on the overrun = Biking Nirvana!!!
Hi Andy, great little vid. Bikes look like they are in their natural habitat.
The location and weather serve as a reminder of why we all love biking.
No mention of The shoulder !
The warm, dry weather has healing properties. 👍🏻
Take it easy guys.✌️
I wish it did! Thanks for watching and for stopping by….
Good on you. I'm overwintering with my Triumph (and the missus) at Mar de Pulpi in eastern Andalucia (Almeria). Cheaper area than where you are. Modern apartments with underground parking garages, 500m from the beach, and a Carrefour Express. What not to like!! Sunny most days. Loving riding the bike in the sun and saving on heating bills at home.
cool!
Beautiful, omg is that what the sun looks like , love these videos , and great to see Carol again, have fun and keep these going , I’m so jealous.
More to come!
Have to say I’m very envious of the weather, I love these vids. Has to be said that MrsFlyers bike looks stunning in the green and gold
Does doesn’t it….
Hi Andy & Carole. Great to see you both loving life out there in the warmth and sun. Bikes look magnificent. I’m occasionally staring longingly at mine up on its ABBA stand in the garage lubed and polished up while the wind and rain continues unabated in Geordieland. Can’t wait for a decent day to get out on it, but not before I sort out getting the conservatory roof fixed, which thought it would go hangliding in last weeks storms. Keep the videos coming to cheer us less fortunates up.😢
Good luck with the roof Steve and fingers crossed for some sunshine soon! Thanks for watching once again...
My wife only rides as a pillion on my motorcycle. She gets a little annoyed at home when I watch motorcycle videos on YT. However she enjoys your channel, I think because of your interaction with Mrs. Flyer. It’s obviously the off season here in Canada so we get to live vicariously through you two. Please keep these rides coming…..it eases the winter blaws here. BTW Spain looks beautiful.
Oh wow that's brilliant - love it when I hear other couples watch....
Lovely to see the bikes in the sunshine. Am I the only one watching Andy’s mirror to check Carole’s still there?
😂 no mate I was doing exactly the same😂
@@PhilC184 Same here. She was way behind sometimes, made me quite nervous... 😃😃
No, we’re all doing it! 😂
I was definitely checking his mirrors to make sure she was alright back there! She was giving me the jitters and I am in the 🇺🇸 States!!! 😅🤣
Aww thanks all....
I've been riding almost 50 years and I agree with Carol about getting your riding legs after some riding downtime. Having 5 motos, they all seem different in clutch and throttle engagement. To be by the beach in January was a treat. Just to see the sun, blue skies, and the warmth was very nice. Snow and ice here in the states, but inside projects are getting done. YEA.!! 👍👍
Nice one….
Looks great.
And those bike really do shimmer in the sunlight.👍
Great video, as always.
Thanks 👍
Love watching little videos like this, inspires me into booking a bike trip so thank you and well done Mrs flyer pretty daunting as a new rider , looking forward to the next video 👍🏍
Glad you enjoyed it
Another great video Mr & Mrs Flyer. I love point 11 on ‘the small print v6’ 😂😂
Still one of my favourite RUclipsrs. Easy watching and easy listening👍🏻👍🏻
Carol you’re doing really well. Confidence comes with miles, at least you’ve got your FULL bike licence and that’s the main thing👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks for the kind words - we bumped into another brummie, sorry black country, lass today as it happens - funny accents all over the place!!
A Brummie 😮 how very dare you😂😂 👍🏻👍🏻
Keep them coming buddy and take no notice of the WUMs (wind up merchants) sadly they walk amongst us 🤦♂️
@@TheMissendenFlyer Brummie 😮 how very dare you. I’ll let you off with that one 😂. Looking forward to the next instalment👍🏻
Great seeing the two bikes shinning in the sun shine, with some fantastic looking roads to ride on. So glad your enjoying your time out there, and looking forward to seeing Mrs Flyer's next ride out in Spain.
Thanks for your encouragement as ever Gary!
Well done Mrs TMF👍 Keep extending those comfort zones as it keeps you young. Could feel the warmth from the vid and very jealous. Enjoy your time over there☀️
Thank you! Will do!
Your "golfist" reference reminds me of the old Jeremy Clarkson crack about the size of the boot on Jaguars at the time. He remarked that Jags are "quite popular with golfists and apparently they need room for their bats". 😂😂😂
I love that.....
Sitting here in my lunch break with a bowl of soup watching your video.
Just looks a fantastic thing to do in winter.
Enjoy yourselves.
Thank you - we are!
The wife and i absolutely loved this video! We were going... "hey look at that" and "remember that place" etc. We know La Cala very well because we used to own an apartment just along the coast at Riviera. We used to stroll along the "boardwalk" to La Cala at least 3 times in a ten day trip. We sold it after 22 years of ownership and after watching this video, are starting to think that we might have made a mistake. 🤔Spain is indeed a lovely place! Edit, Went back for another look and was pleased to spot Carole in your mirrors, she is doing really well!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Looks great. 😎 Watching at work from a cold, dark and damp Leeds. Mucho jealouso (Fluent Spanish).
Nice language skills!
Hi Andy …. Wow !!! Green with envy here… just got through yet another storm in North Devon 🥶…. Total respect for Carol riding so well in Spain … Love these films with you both on foreign travels … Just brilliant … Thanks Mike
So pleased you like them Mike - you are one of the select few!
Andy you and your misses have been an inspiration, feeling cold and miserable here in the UK I’m now planning a bike trip in sunny Spain 🙂
Nice one....
Glad to see you enjoying your time here! We've been here for 20 years and always appreciate the great roads and weather. Looks like the rain is stopping now so looking forward to getting back on the bike again :)
Another great video. Nice to see sunshine bike rides to get me through the winter months. Long may it continue. Best wishes to you and Mrs Flyer!
Thanks, you too!
Fantastic videos as usual. To be honest, one reason I am changing my bike from V-strom 650 to Z900rs is because of your great reviews, etc... Keep up your amazing work and I hope you and Misses have a wonderful time in Spain. 👏👏👏👏
You'll love the Kawasaki - very different from the Suzuki (not necessarily better, just different!)
@@TheMissendenFlyer Thank you ☺ looking forward to riding my z900rs... I should be collecting her this Saturday. will be the first Kawasaki I've ever owned so I can not wait. Thank you for your amazing videos again 👍
“I can think of worse things to be doing on a Wednesday afternoon “ whilst you were doing this, it was cold, wet and grey here. I said it before and I’ll say it again…you lucky sausage 😂😂😂.
Thank you!
Little tip for riding overseas on opposite side of road. Put watch on opposite wrist to normal. Dont leave it on that wrist all of the time just when you're riding. I found it helped. Let me know if it helps.
Just don’t put your ear ring in the other ear
If you allow me a piece of advice, go to the neighbouring province, Granada or Almeria there are many wonderful roads that are much less busy and with very few people compared to Malaga. The Granada coast, or the Alpujarra, or the A348 road are a good start. Greetings of a spanish biker
@@LuisLee Much less busy than seemingly devoid of all other traffic? I’m on my way!
Don’t come
GREAT Vid Spain is Lovley I'd love to live There some Great Roads There too no Potholes there if you lived There you could be out Biking all year practically Enjoy Ride safe keep up the Great Vids
Thanks Ian - will do!
I have been living here since Brexit and rarely see people locking up their bikes or scooters. It seems that there is a lot less bike theft here and lots of people leave their rides parked on the pavements at night. It is a great country to ride in. ¡Disfruta de españa!
Great to see some sun! Well done Mrs F 👏
Never heard the term "golfist" before, way better than "golfer" 😂. I'll be riding in Spain for the first time this summer, looking even more forward to it now. Thanks Andy :)
You'll love it!
Another great vblog Andy and Carole. Beautiful sunny views of the mountains and the sea. Meanwhile back in the UK the weather is still winter rain followed by winter rain! Enjoy your trip and keep sending the videos to cheer us up .
Will do Graham! If it makes you feel better, it's actually raining here at the moment!!
Another great video has always andy and carol 👍
Thanks 👍
Nice to see another episode. Great to see your both having fun. Plus missing the weather in blitey. Certainly looking forward to the better weather at home.
It'll cme (I hope!).....
Nice to see you both out and about on the Kawasaki's. Enjoying the sun and beach, Looks like a lovely place.
I stopped in Gibraltar 45 ish years ago. Great place for a quick visit. Lot of nice english pubs.
My goal, the traditional challenge to have a pint in all of them. I think I did memory was a bit fuzzy.
I went swimming unintentionally, on my return. Causing a bit of a fuss, After I hauled myself out. The Chief decided I need first aid in case died of hypothermia. Which would have been hard to explain. The treatment a tot of rum. A bottle of Pussers apeared. After the first tot, we had several more JIK. Until the bottle was gone.
I enjoyed Gibraltar, had a great time. The next day not so much. Definitely recommend Gibraltar for a quick visit.
The pint in every pub, swimming and a bottle of rum. Might not be such a great plan if you visit by MC. 😎
As it happens we have now visited Gibraltar! Stay tuned for the video soon(ish)!
Fair play on you both, manoeuvring yourself into a position to spend the depths of winter in Spain👏🏻
Good job you’re not a golfist with that shoulder. 👍🏻
Yes one would think my handicap would be no good for my handicap!
Great vibes and beautiful scenery. Yes, the two Kwakas look great! It's amazing how different the Spanish weather is compared to good old wet and cold England...
Yes, shame we can't move the UK down a bit - maybe alongside Spain.....
Bike sounds lovely with the new exhaust. Have a great time exploring.
Thanks 👍
hi, just as you come into the beach town where you go straight over the roundabout.. well, if you went right... up past the Aldi, is a motorcycle tyre fitting and repair shop.. hopefully you won't need it, but good to know.. cheers 🍻
Thanks for that!
Carrefour nm = crossroads. Prononciation impeccable, monsieur. And a tip: Whenever you've briefly stopped somewhere, remind yourself to ride on the right (or in the UK, ride on what's left).
The Kawasakis are looking great in the sunshine.
Looking forward to the rest of the series
Thanks for watching!
So you go for a sun filled trip to the beach and I have to go to work in miserable grey January London.....yeah...that's just great😂😂.
Really sorry about that!
@TheMissendenFlyer I think every morning you should get dressed and then stand in a cold shower for half an hour with ice cubes down your trousers, to remember what those of us left in the uk are having to put up with!
Lovely weather Andy love that part of Spain looking forward to the next one !!!
More to come! Stay tuned!
I must say I'm a tad envious of you in all that warmth and sunshine, but happy for you none the less!
It occurred to me that you're bikes might be more secure if you padlocked them together, which would make it not so easy for them to be stolen as they couldn't easily be lifted into a van or indeed rolled forward.
Bring back some sunshine with you please!! 😃👍
Will try our best Gillian we really will!
God you’re a right show off, here’s me north of England fighting fence panels, bikes not been out in weeks! Love the Channel pal, obviously jealous 🤌😂
One of my favourite places to eat is in the town of Mijas at The Secret Garden. Great food. Beautiful atmosphere.
Yes I saw that a couple of days ago when we went to Mijas Pueblo and wondered if it was worth a visit....
Loved the video Andy and Carol. Looks a really nice place to stay.
Pleased to hear that....
Nice series of vids, very entertaining & a great idea to get away for a while on the bikes for some winter sun. You won't be surprised to know the weather's still hopeless here. Sigh.
Thanks for watching and for stopping by!
Great video,that cheered me up no end sitting here in the UK,Thank you,as you say what’s not to like.
Glad you enjoyed it
Looks fantastic and very nice weather
You guys are so cool. Love from Australia.
We’ve never been called that before! Thank you…
as a "GOLFIST!!!" those courses even from a distance looked a LOT BETTER than mine at home which is wet and muddy. Enjoy
Looks delightful, absolutely adding that to my list of places to ride
Blue skies and dry roads i am not envious one little bit!!
Bikes look amazing in the sun!
Don't they - but then everything looks better in the sun!
Thank you for the blue skies and stress free ride, a very relaxing moment viewed here from a rainy Paris... It is "Carfoor" for the pronunciation...🙂
Thank you for that!
WOW, fantastic,
Biking, great weather and golf, heaven, what's not to like.
Your bike's look good too.
Great video, enjoy your selves.
Great bikes, beautiful scenery and lovely weather. Very jealous man! Enjoy!
Well done 'The Flyers'. Got me thinking about a ride down from Geordieland to Cadiz.
Do it!
Great video can't wait to get there this year 👍
Have fun!
Big thumbs 👍 up Carole well done on being brave and venturing out, sometime we need to be scared to realise what we are capable of doing, and the beach bonus at the end well worth it, very jealous stuck here in the uk 🇬🇧 with chilling temperatures.🥶
It sure beats shoveling snow and scraping ice off of car windows... 😉
For sure!
Welcome to Spain, last time I posted I was living to Wales and invited you to visit our holiday lets. We are now living in Spain in Almeria province near Mojacar enjoy the fantastic weather and amazing roads this area offers.
Very nice too mate, i cant wait to get back out there. We were staying in a villa in Mijas in the mountains…you must try going up there in the evening, it really is fantastic.
Yes we went to Mijas Pueblo yesterday as it happens!
We have just bought a small apartment in Santa Pola on the Costa Blanca , we thought it was a lot better for us both mentally and physically to have somewhere to escape the gray than have the money in a bank . Also only about 4 hrs door to door . I am not some rich guy and his wife,😆 just a normal struggler but I never found it boring at all .
Lovely destination and roads. Just back from Malaga for similar reasons, lovely weather and climate. Easy on the head too! Ride safe
Enjoyed watching that Andy - i am lucky enough to have a place a few miles from there in the hills. You picked a good spot to park!
Thanks 👍
Beautiful weather for a ride out. My Carol says she prefers riding her bike than driving the car whilst on the wrong side of the road.
We're definitely interested how you find the temps in mainland southern Spain compared to the Canaries.
If you can aford it, this is definitely better than riding in a UK winter.
Couple of degrees down maybe but compared to the UK at this time of year it’s flippin lovely. Did an 8 mile walk along the beach in t shirt and shorts yesterday, felt like a beautiful day in an English summer….
What stunning part of the world!
Andy, I hope you and Carol come to visit and ride here in San Francisco. The food, the roads, and the weather are all elements you would enjoy. I'd volunteer to be your tour guide.
We love San Francisco Mark and have visited many times, in fact we spent our honeymoon there and for a while I worked there!
Excellent vlog 👍🏻
Thank you 😊
Excellent stuff Mr Flyer I think I got some vitamin D just watching that ! Thats La Cala you went to by the way. Mijas itself is a village up the mountain a bit. Worth a visit to see the Flamenco but cant remember what night it is. Mijas is the locality or postal town if you like. There is a great little bakery/cafe next to the castle in La Cala you were parked near if you fancy and early ride you can enjoy a coffee and a Croissant with Mrs Flyer.
Look lovely 👍 I was there in September wishing I had my bike with me. Can’t wait for the next episode.
If you think it's pretty there, you're in for a treat at Mijas Peublo, Frigiliana and Nerja.
Happy riding and thanks for another great video
Thanks for the tips!
The weather looks stunning and those kwackers are gorgeous. I worked for a French company a few years back and Carrefour is pronounced car four as you said.
Lovely to see the sun
that ride out makes my afternoon treating my bike with ACF50 a bit miserable lol
No need for rust prevention out there enjoy 😅
No, it has struck me how clean all the cars are (except mine!!)
You made me bloody envious stop video in beautiful Spain and get back to depressing UK😢😢
Sorry Nigel - quite a bit more riding to do here yet!
Soooo jealous of the blue sky and dry tarmac… it’s dark and grim in the UK, as I sit here watching this in a house coat with my coffee.. 😂. Looking to get out on the bike this weekend, however Clacton won’t quite have the same appeal…. Great video Mr & Mrs Flyer x
Sorry to hear that John! You know what to do 😉
Spent a few weeks nearby in 2022, highlight of the trip was the Caminito del Rey. It's a day hike, nothing to do with motorcycling other than the twisties there and back, but absolutely a Not To Be Missed. A few hours of "Loooook a' that!!!", like Ronda on steroids. I recall Mrs Flyer is a bit wary of heights but not to worry, walkways feel much safer than they look in the pics.
She doesn't fancy it - tried that already!
Keep going, Carol. Your body language says it all...... I got this 😊
Great Video TMF. I have been riding to Spain every year since 1999 (covid excluded) and never get tired of the roads. I stay in Mijas Pueblo as my base. My Holy Grail. Your too experienced to offer advise to.. but 😀try and head to the cafe Venta El Madrono on the 397 heading up to Ronda. Great road, and on a Sunday it's 'Bikers morning' and a great Bikers cafe. You can watch the Spanish playing as they 'impress' riding past at some pace.. on occasions chased by the boys in blue (or rather green in this case)😁. Great ride out & great coffee and Spanish snack... will be there in June
great vid. enjoyed the views, and the banter.
Much appreciated
Spent loads of time riding around the mountains of Mijas on enduro bikes
Love this area!
Me too.....
Oooh, that blue sky, though! What a lovely little ride. Nice
Yes it was a great intro for Mrs Flyer - we've done some much longer and more spectacular rides since....stay tuned!
The best junctions are those where you take the righthand lane to turn left, then ride across the front of all the traffic. Or better still the slip roads onto a slip road before joining the motorway or dual carriage way, or even better still the slip road from the fast lane of one dual carriageway onto the slow lane of the next dual carriageway.
It’s so strange seeing you ride into La Cala. It’s like my second home. Mother lived in the area for 10 years. Lovely area. Stunning riding around Andalucia. Have a great time.
Life is good ... glad you are enjoying your newly found Januaries //feb great work Mrs F .. always a bit nerve racking getting back "en mode"
Looked lovely, really good market at La Cala on a Wednesday and we liked "El Gusto de la Cala" for eats. We land on Monday and the forecast looks great.