Sunday bedtime viewing once again 😂 I spent the day hooning around the Peak District on my 1290 and it's good watching you enjoy the Lakes... And who doesn't love a wholesome video with childish pops and burbles from an exhaust 🎉
Makes me laugh thinking that your other half is sitting there wanting to go sleep... "NO we are watching Sam's vid before bed" 😂 It's a great place! Definitely worth some more jumps ha
Enjoyed that series mate. Fair play to Emma following you in the car. Bet you got a bollocking after the camera was off for the 2nd go over Hardknott? 😂 Agree with your thoughts on travel by motorbike. It is the best way to experience a journey. The 1290 makes it even better. Especially 3rd gear power wheelies.
Haha thanks! I was surprised I didn't, she was too busy gloating that she was a "f**king master at driving" 😂 Yeah its genuinely been the best purchase I've made! Power wheelies, 250-300 miles from a tank, heated seats and exhaust pops 😂
Great vid again thanks Sam. I was ducking and weaving watching that 360 camera scrape past those hedges and walls 😉 I'm very fortunate to live "up north" and the lake district certainly is gods playground. I can highly recommend Hartside Pass (A686) next time you're up this way.
Haha! Yeah I forget its on a lot of the time! Nearly hit it on the floor the other day 😂 Ahh nice! I'll have to head back up (what a shame right?!). Definitely want to spend a bit longer up there next time
I’m fortunate to live relatively close to The Lakes and I’ve done Hardknott & Wrynose on many occasions during the last twenty years or so. It’s interesting on a Bank Holiday, beautiful on a sunny day and challenging on a wet winters day. If you ever venture up this neck of the woods again, be sure to visit Wastwater which is just a few miles further on from the Woolpack Inn where you turned around after doing Hardknott the first time. 👍
Very fortunate! What a fantastic place to call home! I'll give that a shot, I definitely need to come back up. This trip seemed a tad rushed so would love to spend longer up there. Thanks for watching!
Now imagine roads like that with multiple hairpins and sheer drop offs to the side, that'll be the Canary Islands. Well worth a trip and you can hire a motorbike whilst there.
Brilliant, I remember doing passes or other stretches of road twice or more for lesser reasons than mere direction issues! 😅 Keep the good stuff coming! Cheers, Lupo
Great video. Is this the future? Artistic and informative. Hats off to Emma for driving the passes. I have done both on a bike as well as in a car (not at the same time) and she done good. It’s better in Summer at 5:00am as the light is so different and no other nutters are up at that time. Glad you seem to enjoy your trip.
Haha! I think I'll go back to power wheelies and giggling like a school girl! Yeah she definitely did well, wheel spins and all sorts but my clutch is still in tact from what I can tell ha! Getting up there for sunrise would be incredible
Great video Sam, love your unpretentious style! :) I rode Hardknott July 2021, and I think you had better weather! Prior to riding it I watched loads of Hardknott vids, and yours is the most entertaining.
Epic. You have quite a naughty giggle. Your SA sounds awesome. Great pics. No pics of your car with a view though? Emma did really well driving it up and down the Hardknott, twice.
Haha yeah it's a naughty school boy laugh isn't it 😂 My cars getting on a bit now and needs a bit of TLC, so it rarely gets involved with pics anymore. Plus bikes are better than cars haha! Yeah she did well! And no dents or burnt out clutches!
Can only say mate, you're doing hardknott the easy way buddy. I have to agree with Emma, Cumbria looks different every day. I love it round there. I need to do those passes again as I've not done them this year yet. Doing it in the dark is good fun. You should come back in August and tackle it from west to east when camper vans are trying to tackle it. That's a challenge!
Haha! Was great to do it both ways! I loved being able to do it with no other cars. I think we saw one other car on the whole thing which is great! Wouldn't like to do it with a load of other drivers there.. especially knowing some of those rental camper van drivers won their driving license from a cereal box 😂
On the to do list went years ago for 4 days in the car certainly didn't have time to explore much but next time will be on the bike for sure . Love the scenery this time of year very dramatic .
Great video Sam. You really should have told her you needed to go back over again. The expression on her face the first time was great. The second time would have been even better! Thanks for taking the time to make the videos. Looking to get my LC8 purring again in a couple of more weeks. We still have snow here in Canada.
😂😂 I think she would have forced me to drive the car! That look on her face was priceless! No problem, thanks for watching. I hope it clears for you soon!
Fab video, what stunning scenery. Well done to Emma, don't think I would want to do it (she's a good un - keep hold of that one 😜 🥰). Saying that I would rather drive it than run like that bloke - omg what a legend
Great vid again 😊. The camera just doesn't show how steep the Hardknott really is! definitely a fun ride . And watch out for those cattle grids they can get a bit sketchy in the wet 😂
Thank you! It really doesn't! I put the 360 cam on in a hope that it would look more life-like, but that flattened it out even more! Haha yeah I probably shouldn't have accelerated on it either 😂
Many years ago I travel to UK transporting strawberries from Spain to many places in England and Scotland Very nice views The problem (my problem) it’s the whether, this rain never stop there 😁😁 Now I live in Switzerland, just like there , one day come the rain , another day come the snow (Forgive me my english) Like about 3 weeks I’m the luckiest owner of a KTM 1290SAS Just do 300 km until now
Thanks mate! Yeah the adv bikes are just so easy to do it on! You can do it on anything, but it's so much easier on a bike with suspension travel, comfortable position, and torque!
@@SamVBikes I agree, it would be okay on my hornet or FJ but adv bikes make it a breeze with their versatility. I think they would be more comfortable for my old arthritic body too. I still think I will have a GS at some point.
@@SamVBikes looked like the poor owner twatted the boxer engine on the corner rock and flung them the opposite way. See some sights up there. Looking at buying a KTM 1290 same as yours. Just watching the Ireland trip. Looks epic
Great vid Sam, stunning colours! Any issues running the bike in rally mode with the msr set to one ? ( I would have thought you’d be getting lots of wheel spin ? ) Also how did you rate the Michelin Anakees vs the Pirelli scorpion str’s ?
Thank you! Nope no issues at all! Was really surprised as I'd have thought the tyres would slip but it was solid all the way up! Tyre wise... They are both very good, both handle the same off-road. The Anakee Advs are smoother on the road, with less road noise. The Scorpion Rally STRs might handle slightly better but very very close! Same kind of mileage out of them although the STRs square off quick. Either are great though!
@@SamVBikes great, thanks, doesn’t sound like there’s much between them, heading down through Portugal next month and going to try some of the ACT , new boots needed
9:24 was the bit I dropped my bike (going to other direction) cos my mate in front of me went down due to a walker being stood in the middle of the road 😡 1mph drop, pride the worst thing damaged and two motorists helped up stand the bikes back up and get them to the sides of the road. The pass is not to be taken lightly!
@@SamVBikes I was hoping you'd have power wheeled and made some walker jump into a field and face first into the sheep droppings that were everywhere! 😂
@@SamVBikes i have the same was as you, but i do not do youtube, i take it with me on trips to watch certain roads again lol like i said before, i'm not computer savvy at all and it would probably take me forever to edit something...but, i plan on a photography class soon after i get a couple ADV classes in, i'm on the smaller side so I figure I better get some skills knowledge
The thing I love about Lightroom is that it makes it so easy to edit pictures well without needing to be so tech savvy, so hopefully that will help you too! The presets are pretty good too!
Watching your vids have me seriously considering trading in my gs 1250 for a super adv 1290. Love your content 👌btw what do you use for anti fogging for your helmet?
Haha! I'd definitely recommend it, it's a lot of fun! Thank you! I've got an antifog pinlock insert in the visor, but I also ceramic coated the visor which seems to help with stopping static water building up on it
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Sunday bedtime viewing once again 😂 I spent the day hooning around the Peak District on my 1290 and it's good watching you enjoy the Lakes... And who doesn't love a wholesome video with childish pops and burbles from an exhaust 🎉
Makes me laugh thinking that your other half is sitting there wanting to go sleep... "NO we are watching Sam's vid before bed" 😂
It's a great place! Definitely worth some more jumps ha
The look on her face when you told her you have to go back. 😂 great video really enjoyed it
Haha it was gold wasn't it! Thanks for watching!
I’ve watched Gogglebox…this is like ‘Giggle’ box 😂😂 love how your always chuckling along in your adventures 😂 great vid Sam 👌🏼👍🏼
Haha that's a new one! Love it 😂
Cheers bud! Appreciate you watching 🙌🏼
Enjoyed that series mate. Fair play to Emma following you in the car. Bet you got a bollocking after the camera was off for the 2nd go over Hardknott? 😂 Agree with your thoughts on travel by motorbike. It is the best way to experience a journey. The 1290 makes it even better. Especially 3rd gear power wheelies.
Haha thanks! I was surprised I didn't, she was too busy gloating that she was a "f**king master at driving" 😂
Yeah its genuinely been the best purchase I've made! Power wheelies, 250-300 miles from a tank, heated seats and exhaust pops 😂
Great vid again thanks Sam. I was ducking and weaving watching that 360 camera scrape past those hedges and walls 😉 I'm very fortunate to live "up north" and the lake district certainly is gods playground. I can highly recommend Hartside Pass (A686) next time you're up this way.
Haha! Yeah I forget its on a lot of the time! Nearly hit it on the floor the other day 😂
Ahh nice! I'll have to head back up (what a shame right?!). Definitely want to spend a bit longer up there next time
Have to say, I love you haven't saturated the s**t out of the scenery, I'm liking the moody tones.
Yeah I think the moody tones really set the tone for the weather etc. Brings a realness to it!
When I rode Hardknott , my memory card had filled up, so I got nothing :-/ Sam and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance ;-)
Ahh mate! That's so annoying! You'll have to go back and do it again haha
I’m fortunate to live relatively close to The Lakes and I’ve done Hardknott & Wrynose on many occasions during the last twenty years or so. It’s interesting on a Bank Holiday, beautiful on a sunny day and challenging on a wet winters day. If you ever venture up this neck of the woods again, be sure to visit Wastwater which is just a few miles further on from the Woolpack Inn where you turned around after doing Hardknott the first time. 👍
Very fortunate! What a fantastic place to call home! I'll give that a shot, I definitely need to come back up. This trip seemed a tad rushed so would love to spend longer up there. Thanks for watching!
@@SamVBikes You can't go far wrong anywhere up there, it's all pretty stunning. 👍
Now imagine roads like that with multiple hairpins and sheer drop offs to the side, that'll be the Canary Islands. Well worth a trip and you can hire a motorbike whilst there.
Yes 100%! I can't wait to go. Hopefully I can get a trip in this year, if not next!
Such a brilliant series, and them views are incredible ❤
Thank you mate 🙌🏼 it's definitely somewhere I want to go back to. Was like a mini Scotland
Brilliant, I remember doing passes or other stretches of road twice or more for lesser reasons than mere direction issues! 😅
Keep the good stuff coming!
Cheers,
Lupo
Haha! What a way to get lost! Thanks for watching mate! Safe riding
Great video. Is this the future? Artistic and informative. Hats off to Emma for driving the passes. I have done both on a bike as well as in a car (not at the same time) and she done good. It’s better in Summer at 5:00am as the light is so different and no other nutters are up at that time. Glad you seem to enjoy your trip.
Haha! I think I'll go back to power wheelies and giggling like a school girl!
Yeah she definitely did well, wheel spins and all sorts but my clutch is still in tact from what I can tell ha! Getting up there for sunrise would be incredible
Great video Sam, love your unpretentious style! :) I rode Hardknott July 2021, and I think you had better weather! Prior to riding it I watched loads of Hardknott vids, and yours is the most entertaining.
Haha thank you! I wouldn't have wanted to do that in any worse weather for the first time so kudos to you!
Watching your vids on my big smart tv and subwoofer speakers, your bike sounds immense ….so jealous 😊
Haha! You wait until next week's vid... got a few seconds of me just revving it like a yob listening to the pops 😂
Epic. You have quite a naughty giggle. Your SA sounds awesome. Great pics.
No pics of your car with a view though? Emma did really well driving it up and down the Hardknott, twice.
Haha yeah it's a naughty school boy laugh isn't it 😂
My cars getting on a bit now and needs a bit of TLC, so it rarely gets involved with pics anymore. Plus bikes are better than cars haha!
Yeah she did well! And no dents or burnt out clutches!
Can only say mate, you're doing hardknott the easy way buddy. I have to agree with Emma, Cumbria looks different every day. I love it round there. I need to do those passes again as I've not done them this year yet. Doing it in the dark is good fun. You should come back in August and tackle it from west to east when camper vans are trying to tackle it. That's a challenge!
Posted too soon. Bugger ! Well done dude. I disagree that east to west is harder but everyone is different. Great vid.
Haha! Was great to do it both ways! I loved being able to do it with no other cars. I think we saw one other car on the whole thing which is great! Wouldn't like to do it with a load of other drivers there.. especially knowing some of those rental camper van drivers won their driving license from a cereal box 😂
@@SamVBikes 🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣🤣
On the to do list went years ago for 4 days in the car certainly didn't have time to explore much but next time will be on the bike for sure . Love the scenery this time of year very dramatic .
Yeah we had the same.. felt a bit rushed so definitely want to go back! Didn't help wasting a day finding a new tyre haha
Great video Sam. You really should have told her you needed to go back over again. The expression on her face the first time was great. The second time would have been even better!
Thanks for taking the time to make the videos. Looking to get my LC8 purring again in a couple of more weeks. We still have snow here in Canada.
😂😂 I think she would have forced me to drive the car! That look on her face was priceless!
No problem, thanks for watching. I hope it clears for you soon!
Another great video, this was a great series to watch. Seeing and hearing the enjoyment the 1290 causes, think I know what my next bike is.
Thank you! Haha yes it's my favourite purchase I've made!!
Loved the pictures
Cheers bud!
Nice one mate..been on my list for sometime, now! Must get it done.👍🏻
It's well worth doing! Could do the passes in a weekend easily (if you dont get a piece of slate through your tyre ha)
Fab video, what stunning scenery. Well done to Emma, don't think I would want to do it (she's a good un - keep hold of that one 😜 🥰). Saying that I would rather drive it than run like that bloke - omg what a legend
Haha yeah I don't want to even imagine running up there! She did well!
Great vid again 😊. The camera just doesn't show how steep the Hardknott really is! definitely a fun ride . And watch out for those cattle grids they can get a bit sketchy in the wet 😂
Thank you! It really doesn't! I put the 360 cam on in a hope that it would look more life-like, but that flattened it out even more! Haha yeah I probably shouldn't have accelerated on it either 😂
Excellent Sam, really enjoying !
Thank you! 🙌🏼
Salut ,j adore tes vidéos ces magnifique cette région,le décors est superbe,merci😊
Merci! J'adore ces endroits ! Ils sont superbes
Many years ago I travel to UK transporting strawberries from Spain to many places in England and Scotland
Very nice views
The problem (my problem) it’s the whether, this rain never stop there 😁😁
Now I live in Switzerland, just like there , one day come the rain , another day come the snow
(Forgive me my english)
Like about 3 weeks I’m the luckiest owner of a KTM 1290SAS
Just do 300 km until now
Haha yes! The views are amazing but the weather is not great!
Congratulations on the new bike!
Might have to give that a go in the summer looks mega ❤️
Great isn't it! Maybe a sub ride out 😏
@@SamVBikes Wouldn’t be mine 😂 got more on my onlyfans 😂
😂😂 jealous... no one wants to sub to mine. Apparently a fat hairy hobbit isn't appealing 🙄
Nice one Sam, you're right about the adventure bike, I wouldn't fancy it on my blade, it would be such hard work.
Thanks mate! Yeah the adv bikes are just so easy to do it on! You can do it on anything, but it's so much easier on a bike with suspension travel, comfortable position, and torque!
@@SamVBikes I agree, it would be okay on my hornet or FJ but adv bikes make it a breeze with their versatility. I think they would be more comfortable for my old arthritic body too. I still think I will have a GS at some point.
Yeah something like that would work a treat! A GS is a great bike to explore on. Way more comfy than the blade haha!
@@SamVBikes agreed, the blade only makes sense when riding quickly. Have a good week mate 👍
You too mate! Thanks for watching as always
Found a crashed BMW rt1200 up there off the hairpin. Hit a rock on the corner and flew over the edge. Hard Road to ride so cudos.
I'm not surprised! It would be very easy to make a small mistake and it become a big loss! Thanks for watching!
@@SamVBikes looked like the poor owner twatted the boxer engine on the corner rock and flung them the opposite way.
See some sights up there. Looking at buying a KTM 1290 same as yours. Just watching the Ireland trip. Looks epic
Ahh poor guy! Only issue with having those massive cylinders hanging out the side!
Amazing! Do it! Well worth it in my opinion
Lol you're errr 'added audio' is giving such a better idea of what it's like then other videos
Haha! It really surprised me
Umas vistas maravilhosas
Aquí en Suíça também há muito boas vistas
Nice vídeo
Great vid Sam, stunning colours! Any issues running the bike in rally mode with the msr set to one ? ( I would have thought you’d be getting lots of wheel spin ? ) Also how did you rate the Michelin Anakees vs the Pirelli scorpion str’s ?
Thank you! Nope no issues at all! Was really surprised as I'd have thought the tyres would slip but it was solid all the way up! Tyre wise... They are both very good, both handle the same off-road. The Anakee Advs are smoother on the road, with less road noise. The Scorpion Rally STRs might handle slightly better but very very close! Same kind of mileage out of them although the STRs square off quick. Either are great though!
@@SamVBikes great, thanks, doesn’t sound like there’s much between them, heading down through Portugal next month and going to try some of the ACT , new boots needed
Yeah really not a lot in them! I've currently got the Conti Trail Attack 3s on which are really good too! Sounds great!
When you went sideways on the cattle grid there’s a video on RUclips where a Honda CB 500x didn’t get away with it !!
It's so easy to do! Was the rider okay?!
@@SamVBikes Yes he and the bike were ok thankfully 👍🏻
What camera app are you using mate, pics look unbelievable. Just bingeing all your vids 🤣
Haha! Thanks! I normally use Adobe Lightroom to give them a little touch up
9:24 was the bit I dropped my bike (going to other direction) cos my mate in front of me went down due to a walker being stood in the middle of the road 😡 1mph drop, pride the worst thing damaged and two motorists helped up stand the bikes back up and get them to the sides of the road.
The pass is not to be taken lightly!
Too right mate! All I could think about doing it was you saying you'd dropped it there! Killer! It's a stunning place but not for the new rider!
@@SamVBikes I was hoping you'd have power wheeled and made some walker jump into a field and face first into the sheep droppings that were everywhere! 😂
😂😂😂 I'm a responsible KTM rider.. I wouldn't do such a thing 😂
what app are you usin to edit those still photos of the bike? they look great! that 360 view on those tight turns was pretty cool! sláinte
All on Adobe Lightroom! Really easy to use! The 360 camera is so useful for getting a lot of shots with one set up!
@@SamVBikes i have the same was as you, but i do not do youtube, i take it with me on trips to watch certain roads again lol like i said before, i'm not computer savvy at all and it would probably take me forever to edit something...but, i plan on a photography class soon after i get a couple ADV classes in, i'm on the smaller side so I figure I better get some skills knowledge
The thing I love about Lightroom is that it makes it so easy to edit pictures well without needing to be so tech savvy, so hopefully that will help you too! The presets are pretty good too!
@@SamVBikes right on! i will be checking that out! thank you!!
Watching your vids have me seriously considering trading in my gs 1250 for a super adv 1290. Love your content 👌btw what do you use for anti fogging for your helmet?
Haha! I'd definitely recommend it, it's a lot of fun! Thank you! I've got an antifog pinlock insert in the visor, but I also ceramic coated the visor which seems to help with stopping static water building up on it
You need to do Black Bear pass in Telluride hehehe. Hehe huhuhhu hegheehhehuujuhj
Emma rocks
Haha yeah! I'll add Black Bear pass to the list!
Video doesn’t do the gradient justice. I’ve been over it in a fwd 100bhp movano overloaded to about 4 ton in the pissing rain 😬
It really doesn't does it! Just flattens it out! Haha brave! I'm surprised it got up there
What brand of GPS you using?
Garmin Zumo XT!
@@SamVBikes Looks good
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