Now youre back, you have to publish 3 videos a week on YT, 5 videos a day on tiktok & 12 posts on Instagram and you might get given a free pair of gloves made by Chinese children. Nice to see you back. Your videos are never boring.
I think the "What If" idea is a very good one to have. I've found out the hard way that my bones at 46 broke rather than soaked up the impact of a very slow off. I am now the same age as you and I doubt it won't have got better. I like to switch to lane 3, overtake, switch back to lane 1 and then drop back to let them past. After a few loops they either get the idea or I have a giggle. Hope you enjoy your break!
I like the idea of that and sounds fun 🤣 Having dyslexia I read that you had 46 broken bones 😮 but then realised my mistake. Yes at our age its food to take it easy and keep all bits intact 🤣
Hey there! Now I think it's Saturday 😂 You do you, tell em to stuff their schedules 😉 My son has been driving the Megabus up there and the mid lane hoggers drive him nuts. He has to "undertake" them cos he can't use the right hand lane. Exciting about the trip but look, as long as you have your passport, tickets and money paraphernalia the rest doesn't matter. Hotels have most stuff, you can live in the dressing gown and I'm told you can wear the same pair of pants for a week before they weld on 🤣🤣🤣 Have a good one and I'll still be watching your back catalogue tomorrow 😊
🤣🤣 not sure I could survive a full week in the same pants 🤣🤣 but you're so right, everything is available, it's not like I'm riding through Mongolia. 👍
Anxiety doesn't get any better and the older you get the worse it becomes. Wait until you get into you sixties and I have a 240 mile ride on the motorway down to Dover next Tuesday having not really ridden on the motorway for almost 20 years!!!! Nice video by the way 👍
Thanks Alan, 240 miles to Dover, that's a fair old trek, sounds like you're going somewhere nice though? Let's hope the weather is good for you. What are your plans?
Thanks Patrick, back from NYC and had the best time, talk about it in the next vid , stay safe my friend, and loving how the beard is coming on, we could be white beard brothers 🎅🎅
Hello bud great to hear you again, hope you had a fab time in New York, l went through New York yesterday yeah New York Lincolnshire 😂on my way to RAF Coningsby not quite the same. Look forward to part 2 👍
Thanks Mark, ah Coningsby, that was a great RAF camp, I think there was an RAF regiment based there and I had a few mates based there. NYC was amazing, and glad it's been ticked off the bucket list. Maybe I need to add new york lincolnshire to the destination list 😎👍
Glad to see you are back! I've been following your journey for years. I love the trips you take. I hope you keep making videos and don't feel pressured to release them on a schedule. Be well
Good to see you back, Weston, and I hope your trip to the Big Apple goes well. Try not to worry about things as what will happen will happen and no amount of worrying will change that.
Great to see you back. Hope you had a good time in NYC. Being a Gower lad and almost by default a surfer, I spent a lot of time in California back in the day. Fantastic experience. Ps. I do enjoy these 'ride on' videos and a nice surprise to see you upload. Stay safe :-)
Thanks Gary, the west coast is definitely another bucket list destination, will hopefully link it with a ride accross route 66 when we can get enough time of work. Needed a reset but did miss doing the videos. 😎👍
Hi both, NYC was amazing and so much more than we expected it to be. I've enjoyed the reset over thale last 3 months but have really missed doing the vlogs 😎👍
Wind noise. I had the same on my HJC helmet, noise on the left only. Try putting your open left hand at the base of the mirror stem to act like a wind deflector. It worked on my Tracer so I made a wind deflector (plastic) and attached it to the mirror stem from the mirror head to the handlebar. It has worked perfectly and no wind noise. Hope you have a lovely trip.
Hi Mike, thank for the info, hadn't thought it could be deflecting off the bike but I will definitely try that and see if it makes a difference. Had an amazing trio, NYC is mind blowing and definitely worth ticking off the bucket list 😎👍
I am guessing you are back from NY! Hope you enjoyed the experience. Took in a show and seen the sights. It is amazing place. Grew up in New Jersey. It was a train ride away and loved it. The food and the memories! Thanks for a catch up video. Here when you up load.
Hi bud, NYC was epic, and adventure at every turn. Did get to statten Island but only for the ferry ride past the SoL. Sad to come back but got loads done in 4 days there ❤️🇺🇲
@@wsmv after grinding my kneecap down last August in better conditions I'm feeling more cautious too, had a lemon road rage at me this week after driving the wrong way up a one way street! Almost smashed my car up! Good reminder that caution, planning and being an active rider is a good and positive thing! Everything else is for the track! 😜
Thanks bud, I needed the break during the colder months because the pressure I put on myself to produce a video while the weather wasn't the best was getting too much, but I have missed it 👍
It was mate thank you, yeah I've moved up to the ducati ready for the italy woad trip in June, felt it was a bridge too far for the little benelli. Hope you guys are well out there, I have been enjoying the vids 👍
@@wsmv I hope you film some of your Italy trip for us. I have also come to the conclusion that it's time to make vlogs for myself again. My second channel is the reason for that, I make no effort at all on that channel (I'm not even in them) and they get more views!
@SilverfoxJB it's a thankless task making videos, and the only way to be happy is to make them for yourself, anyone can join me but they have to be for my diary and nobody else's 👍
Yeah I have to admit, when I've driven in florida the roads seem much calmer because people just stay in the lane they are in and let everything happen around them. Our roads are just too overcrowded and middle lane hoggers make it so much worse when we shouldn't pass on the left 😡
What a nice surprise to see a vid from you. Always enjoy listening to you talking bollox 🤣 I’ve stepped away from the schedule too. It interferes with life too much.
Thanks SB, it is a struggle to keep up with the youtube tread mill, but actually I feel the pain when you don't upload because its how my Sunday morning starts 🤣 I'm sure in the summer it'll be much easier but I just can't keep putting pressure on myself to upload a video when I just don't have time.... but that doesn't apply to you, you have to upload 🤣🤣🤣
Great to see a vid from you Phil, hahaha... all we all do is talk rubbish on our vids 😀 You could maybe try a little bit of tape over the switch to see if that cuts the wind noise a bit? It could just be the aerodynamics of the bike. Ha... I always undertake middle lane hoggers, almost make a point of doing so as they are so annoying.... so many folk don't use the left lane, it is almost like having your own lane sometimes, which I am always happy to take advantage of. It is so nice now the sun is gradually showing its face a bit more. Enjoy NY mate, I've never been to the USA. I make sure I do plenty of riding without the cameras, but I also use the "need" to make a video as a damn fine excuse to go play bikes... but we all have to do the things we do for fun the way that provides the most fun, so if that means we get one vid a month, or even year from you, that is dandy if it has allowed you to get more enjoyment from two wheels.
Thanks bud, I have missed it. You've never been to the States? Surely in the RN you would have been out there (or did you go without them knowing and can't admit to it 😉 )
@@wsmv As a submariner we never went anywhere, just round in circles under the waves. Did a lot of Europe on my first ship though when I first joined up, but never the USA.
Glad to see you back! It’s nice to have you do an unscripted video. You do your videos your way and only when you want to. We will watch them all. The RUclips treadmill can be quite depressing and draining, so, don’t do it. If doing something makes you unhappy, then don’t do it anymore. I only make and post videos on my channel as and when I feel up to it, and when health concerns make it possible. It’s very easy to fall into the trap of feeling that “I’ve just got to post something this week because I don’t want to lose subscribers!”. Of course, most people stay subscribed between videos because they are following umpteen other channels too, so there’s always something to enjoy between your posts. Anyway, hope you are keeping well and warm and I will be watching your next video whenever it drops!
The youtube treadmill is a great way to look at it, and they do give you the impression that your channel will die away if you don't upload regularly. I did miss making videos the last 3 months though 😎👍
Your casting shade on the majority here dude,by riding when nobody else was brave enough...well besides from the fake cop GS rider! 😂👍 Glad to see your alive & doing well in NYC by now hopefully Phil! 😎✌️
Nice to see you out and about again. I like a good crisp ride now and then, makes me appreciate the better weather. I get bored on a plane too, don't tend to go abroad now. Ahhhh, the old "what if" eh? In my job, I get to see people who are minding their own business, going about their lives in a sensible, careful and safe way. Then someone else, some freak of nature, some unforseen circumstance or a health issue occur and boom, your world comes crumbling down around you. I've seen really fit healthy people who eat, drink and exercise so clinically, and they still collapse while out walking/running etc. You just never know what this world has in store for you, so I say make the most of it while you're here. There's no encores, it's a one way ticket. Enjoy NY, have a great time and stay safe over there.
I always believe in living the life we have mate, I've always said that I'd rather live for another 10 years than be afraid of dieing for another 20. I think I'm more worried about damaging the bike 🤣🤣
Nice to see you back mate! As I suggested before, might be worth trying a screen extender, same as I had fitted to the KTM, to your taller screen?! Yep, middle lane hoggers, annoying! IMO, if there is room to pass (safely) on the left, there's room for them to move over! Hi-viz jackets? I agree, wearing a Hi-Viz (polite) jacket and white lid?! Probably a wanna be, or likes to look like a copper. I know a lot of AMI, advanced riders wear Hi-Viz, out of choice, and others, for safety reasons, fair enough. But, to wear a white (often Shuburth) lid, fit reflective tape to your panniers, etc. Hmm......🤔 We had a guy local to me, rode a white Dueville, fully taped up, polite jacket, white lid, even had extra spot lights/rear lights! Definate wanna be! Good to see you back, keep up the videos, I'll catch up with you soon. Grumps.
Mate you've been doing so well through the winter keeping the vids coming, I've been watching but because I watch on the TV I always forget to go on the phone to leave a comment. We must catch up this summer bud 👍
This is a special event indeed. This has been missing in my life: some WSMV entertaining b#ll#cks about buffeting around the helmet. Thanks for sharing this before your jet-setting. At the age of 51, you no longer consider yourself invincible, and you know how much it hurts and that it takes longer for you to recover. Not many 50-year-old MotoGP riders, are there? They're all young, d#mb and full of ... stuff!? Good grumping about middle lane hoggers and people not driving properly or using roundabouts correctly. There's not definition of "undertaking" in the HC, but if you do pass a vehicle on the left hand side, you could be done for driving without due care and attention. Also, be careful, as you're passing someone driving incompetently on a side they wouldn't be expecting you (not that they have any b....y attention and anticipation anyway). I'd rather do it quickly and giving it a very wide berth (whichever side) than slowly - don't want to be alongside them. Beware of black ice when under 4C
All great advice as always my friend. I've really appreciated all the support while I've been taking a break, and actually the rest has helped me reset. ❤️👍
Now youre back, you have to publish 3 videos a week on YT, 5 videos a day on tiktok & 12 posts on Instagram and you might get given a free pair of gloves made by Chinese children.
Nice to see you back. Your videos are never boring.
Thanks Adam, not sure I need another pair of Chinese gloves made from recycled flip flops, but it has to be worth a try 😁
Wonderful to see another WSM video 😊 and a glorious sunrise 😊 Marvellous
Thanks Taym, it feels right to be back making vids but I did need the reset time 👍
@@wsmv we all need a break sometime 😁
Awesome to see you back, m8. The what if is what keeps us upright as we get older 😆 🤣 😂. Enjoy the trip
Thanks Ian, I have to admit the "what if" in the back of my mind has got a lot more prominent as I've got older and things take longer to heal 🤣🤣
I think the "What If" idea is a very good one to have. I've found out the hard way that my bones at 46 broke rather than soaked up the impact of a very slow off. I am now the same age as you and I doubt it won't have got better. I like to switch to lane 3, overtake, switch back to lane 1 and then drop back to let them past. After a few loops they either get the idea or I have a giggle.
Hope you enjoy your break!
That's one way of making motorway riding interesting!
I like the idea of that and sounds fun 🤣
Having dyslexia I read that you had 46 broken bones 😮 but then realised my mistake. Yes at our age its food to take it easy and keep all bits intact 🤣
@@wsmv 😀 Not quite 46 broken bones but I did have a lot of broken pieces!
Hey there! Now I think it's Saturday 😂 You do you, tell em to stuff their schedules 😉 My son has been driving the Megabus up there and the mid lane hoggers drive him nuts. He has to "undertake" them cos he can't use the right hand lane. Exciting about the trip but look, as long as you have your passport, tickets and money paraphernalia the rest doesn't matter. Hotels have most stuff, you can live in the dressing gown and I'm told you can wear the same pair of pants for a week before they weld on 🤣🤣🤣 Have a good one and I'll still be watching your back catalogue tomorrow 😊
🤣🤣 not sure I could survive a full week in the same pants 🤣🤣 but you're so right, everything is available, it's not like I'm riding through Mongolia. 👍
Anxiety doesn't get any better and the older you get the worse it becomes. Wait until you get into you sixties and I have a 240 mile ride on the motorway down to Dover next Tuesday having not really ridden on the motorway for almost 20 years!!!! Nice video by the way 👍
Thanks Alan, 240 miles to Dover, that's a fair old trek, sounds like you're going somewhere nice though? Let's hope the weather is good for you. What are your plans?
Great to see you back Phil. Hope you have a good time away 👍
Thanks Kev, I think we all need a reset every now and then, thought I was done but really missed making videos ove the last 3 months 👍
Beautiful day on the ride home!!!!Good to see you Phil! Safe travels, if you haven’t already returned home. I’m glad you published this!!
Thanks Patrick, back from NYC and had the best time, talk about it in the next vid , stay safe my friend, and loving how the beard is coming on, we could be white beard brothers 🎅🎅
@@wsmv 😜😜 We could, have… back to a goatee now!
@Motoramblings 🤣🤣👍
Hello bud great to hear you again, hope you had a fab time in New York, l went through New York yesterday yeah New York Lincolnshire 😂on my way to RAF Coningsby not quite the same. Look forward to part 2 👍
Thanks Mark, ah Coningsby, that was a great RAF camp, I think there was an RAF regiment based there and I had a few mates based there.
NYC was amazing, and glad it's been ticked off the bucket list. Maybe I need to add new york lincolnshire to the destination list 😎👍
Glad to see you are back! I've been following your journey for years. I love the trips you take. I hope you keep making videos and don't feel pressured to release them on a schedule. Be well
Thanks Michael, that's awesome to hear mate and very much appreciated 😎👌
Good to see you back, Weston, and I hope your trip to the Big Apple goes well.
Try not to worry about things as what will happen will happen and no amount of worrying will change that.
Hi Jim, and thanks buddy, NYC was amazing and a really memorable experience.
😎👍
Great to see you back. Hope you had a good time in NYC. Being a Gower lad and almost by default a surfer, I spent a lot of time in California back in the day. Fantastic experience.
Ps. I do enjoy these 'ride on' videos and a nice surprise to see you upload. Stay safe :-)
Thanks Gary, the west coast is definitely another bucket list destination, will hopefully link it with a ride accross route 66 when we can get enough time of work.
Needed a reset but did miss doing the videos. 😎👍
Yah, he's back! Hope your New York trip went well. Sunrise over the bridge looked amazing.
Hi both, NYC was amazing and so much more than we expected it to be. I've enjoyed the reset over thale last 3 months but have really missed doing the vlogs 😎👍
@@wsmv I think stepping away from upload schedules makes a great difference.
Make what you want to make, when you want to make it.
Good to see you back out mate, enjoy the time away
Roll on the summer days Buddy
Thanks Rev, I think we all need the summer don't we 😎👍
Wind noise. I had the same on my HJC helmet, noise on the left only. Try putting your open left hand at the base of the mirror stem to act like a wind deflector. It worked on my Tracer so I made a wind deflector (plastic) and attached it to the mirror stem from the mirror head to the handlebar. It has worked perfectly and no wind noise. Hope you have a lovely trip.
Hi Mike, thank for the info, hadn't thought it could be deflecting off the bike but I will definitely try that and see if it makes a difference.
Had an amazing trio, NYC is mind blowing and definitely worth ticking off the bucket list 😎👍
Hi they say in life only worry about whst you can control & not what you can't. :) we all the Current bun in the morning keep smiling buddy .
Rolley 😊
Thanks Rolley, hope you're well buddy 👍
I am guessing you are back from NY! Hope you enjoyed the experience. Took in a show and seen the sights. It is amazing place. Grew up in New Jersey. It was a train ride away and loved it. The food and the memories! Thanks for a catch up video. Here when you up load.
Hi bud, NYC was epic, and adventure at every turn. Did get to statten Island but only for the ferry ride past the SoL.
Sad to come back but got loads done in 4 days there ❤️🇺🇲
Great to see you back! Love the intro! I think with weather like that a bit if caution is good! Take care and ride safe mate 😁🙏
Thanks buddy, yeah even at my age I'm not super confident in bad weather 🙈
@@wsmv after grinding my kneecap down last August in better conditions I'm feeling more cautious too, had a lemon road rage at me this week after driving the wrong way up a one way street! Almost smashed my car up! Good reminder that caution, planning and being an active rider is a good and positive thing! Everything else is for the track! 😜
Good to see you back Phil - I agree that posting schedules can make youtubing no fun.
Thanks bud, I needed the break during the colder months because the pressure I put on myself to produce a video while the weather wasn't the best was getting too much, but I have missed it 👍
Welcome back, you were missed. I'm sure last time I saw you it was with a Benelli and a HD. I love the Ducati! - I Hope New York was a blast.
It was mate thank you, yeah I've moved up to the ducati ready for the italy woad trip in June, felt it was a bridge too far for the little benelli.
Hope you guys are well out there, I have been enjoying the vids 👍
@@wsmv
I hope you film some of your Italy trip for us.
I have also come to the conclusion that it's time to make vlogs for myself again.
My second channel is the reason for that, I make no effort at all on that channel (I'm not even in them) and they get more views!
@SilverfoxJB it's a thankless task making videos, and the only way to be happy is to make them for yourself, anyone can join me but they have to be for my diary and nobody else's 👍
I am always very leary of riding when it’s so close to freezing!!
Always the best practice to be wary of it at that temperature, you never know 🥶
@@wsmv exactly! One spinning of a Goldwing will wake you up!!
@Motoramblings I can only imagine, when that much bike starts moving in the wrong direction it's hard to stop it 😱
@@wsmv exactly! It went so quickly I didn’t even have time to realize something was wrong until sparks were flying!!!
Not using the lanes properly is an issue here too, but if we overtake in any lane, it’s not illegal, unless we’re speeding…..
Yeah I have to admit, when I've driven in florida the roads seem much calmer because people just stay in the lane they are in and let everything happen around them. Our roads are just too overcrowded and middle lane hoggers make it so much worse when we shouldn't pass on the left 😡
@@wsmv yea, that sucks
Good to see a wsm vid again. 👍
Thanks ER, I've enjoyed the rest, especially while it's been a long way from great riding weather, but I dis miss it more than I thought 👍
What a nice surprise to see a vid from you. Always enjoy listening to you talking bollox 🤣
I’ve stepped away from the schedule too. It interferes with life too much.
Thanks SB, it is a struggle to keep up with the youtube tread mill, but actually I feel the pain when you don't upload because its how my Sunday morning starts 🤣
I'm sure in the summer it'll be much easier but I just can't keep putting pressure on myself to upload a video when I just don't have time.... but that doesn't apply to you, you have to upload 🤣🤣🤣
@@wsmv 🤣🤣🤣 you’re too kind 🙏🏻
Great to see a vid from you Phil, hahaha... all we all do is talk rubbish on our vids 😀
You could maybe try a little bit of tape over the switch to see if that cuts the wind noise a bit? It could just be the aerodynamics of the bike.
Ha... I always undertake middle lane hoggers, almost make a point of doing so as they are so annoying.... so many folk don't use the left lane, it is almost like having your own lane sometimes, which I am always happy to take advantage of.
It is so nice now the sun is gradually showing its face a bit more.
Enjoy NY mate, I've never been to the USA.
I make sure I do plenty of riding without the cameras, but I also use the "need" to make a video as a damn fine excuse to go play bikes... but we all have to do the things we do for fun the way that provides the most fun, so if that means we get one vid a month, or even year from you, that is dandy if it has allowed you to get more enjoyment from two wheels.
Thanks bud, I have missed it.
You've never been to the States? Surely in the RN you would have been out there (or did you go without them knowing and can't admit to it 😉 )
@@wsmv As a submariner we never went anywhere, just round in circles under the waves. Did a lot of Europe on my first ship though when I first joined up, but never the USA.
Glad to see you back! It’s nice to have you do an unscripted video. You do your videos your way and only when you want to. We will watch them all. The RUclips treadmill can be quite depressing and draining, so, don’t do it. If doing something makes you unhappy, then don’t do it anymore. I only make and post videos on my channel as and when I feel up to it, and when health concerns make it possible. It’s very easy to fall into the trap of feeling that “I’ve just got to post something this week because I don’t want to lose subscribers!”. Of course, most people stay subscribed between videos because they are following umpteen other channels too, so there’s always something to enjoy between your posts. Anyway, hope you are keeping well and warm and I will be watching your next video whenever it drops!
The youtube treadmill is a great way to look at it, and they do give you the impression that your channel will die away if you don't upload regularly.
I did miss making videos the last 3 months though 😎👍
My helmet is a cheap one, the wind noise is terrible. I wear ear plugs when riding the VStrom
I know I should wear ear plugs but I just feel so disconnected with them in. I should force myself because my hearing is not getting any better 🙉
@@wsmv pretty much why I wear them, I like hearing….😂
Your casting shade on the majority here dude,by riding when nobody else was brave enough...well besides from the fake cop GS rider! 😂👍
Glad to see your alive & doing well in NYC by now hopefully Phil! 😎✌️
Thanks John, yeah NYC was amazing, what an experience.
I've seen you out in some pretty shocking weather mate so I thought I should have a go 😁👍
BTW live for today eveything in life is temporary ❤ lots & sent it .
Rolley 😊
Wise words my friend 👏 👌
Nice to see you out and about again.
I like a good crisp ride now and then, makes me appreciate the better weather.
I get bored on a plane too, don't tend to go abroad now.
Ahhhh, the old "what if" eh? In my job, I get to see people who are minding their own business, going about their lives in a sensible, careful and safe way. Then someone else, some freak of nature, some unforseen circumstance or a health issue occur and boom, your world comes crumbling down around you. I've seen really fit healthy people who eat, drink and exercise so clinically, and they still collapse while out walking/running etc. You just never know what this world has in store for you, so I say make the most of it while you're here. There's no encores, it's a one way ticket.
Enjoy NY, have a great time and stay safe over there.
I always believe in living the life we have mate, I've always said that I'd rather live for another 10 years than be afraid of dieing for another 20.
I think I'm more worried about damaging the bike 🤣🤣
@@wsmv 🤣
Nice to see you back mate!
As I suggested before, might be worth trying a screen extender, same as I had fitted to the KTM, to your taller screen?!
Yep, middle lane hoggers, annoying! IMO, if there is room to pass (safely) on the left, there's room for them to move over!
Hi-viz jackets? I agree, wearing a Hi-Viz (polite) jacket and white lid?! Probably a wanna be, or likes to look like a copper.
I know a lot of AMI, advanced riders wear Hi-Viz, out of choice, and others, for safety reasons, fair enough.
But, to wear a white (often Shuburth) lid, fit reflective tape to your panniers, etc. Hmm......🤔
We had a guy local to me, rode a white Dueville, fully taped up, polite jacket,
white lid, even had extra spot lights/rear lights! Definate wanna be!
Good to see you back, keep up the videos, I'll catch up with you soon.
Grumps.
Mate you've been doing so well through the winter keeping the vids coming, I've been watching but because I watch on the TV I always forget to go on the phone to leave a comment.
We must catch up this summer bud 👍
@wsmv Thanks bud 🙂👍
This is a special event indeed. This has been missing in my life: some WSMV entertaining b#ll#cks about buffeting around the helmet. Thanks for sharing this before your jet-setting.
At the age of 51, you no longer consider yourself invincible, and you know how much it hurts and that it takes longer for you to recover. Not many 50-year-old MotoGP riders, are there? They're all young, d#mb and full of ... stuff!?
Good grumping about middle lane hoggers and people not driving properly or using roundabouts correctly. There's not definition of "undertaking" in the HC, but if you do pass a vehicle on the left hand side, you could be done for driving without due care and attention. Also, be careful, as you're passing someone driving incompetently on a side they wouldn't be expecting you (not that they have any b....y attention and anticipation anyway). I'd rather do it quickly and giving it a very wide berth (whichever side) than slowly - don't want to be alongside them.
Beware of black ice when under 4C
All great advice as always my friend. I've really appreciated all the support while I've been taking a break, and actually the rest has helped me reset.
❤️👍