Exploring the Black Forest: Africa Twins and Cuckoo Clocks!
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Our Europe tour on the Africa Twins Takes us through Germany into the Black forest as we continue our Home to Rome Motorcycle tour on our Honda Africa Twin CRF1100 Motorbikes. Some of the Best roads in Germany are in the Black Forest including the Famous B500 Road. it is also world famous for its Cuckoo Clocks, Come and explore it with us on the motorcycles. The Africa twins are the Perfect Adventure Motorcycles for touring and we intend to make the most of them. Join us on our Travels around Europe as we ride our way through Germany and into Belgium
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Thanks so much to you all for joining us on the road once more, we cant thank you all enough for your kind comments over the whole Home to Rome tour Series. If you have enjoyed our videos please do give us a thumbs up and say hi in the comments....
Hi Guys, another great video, you two always make me smile when I watch
thats great to hear
thanks so much!@@Freespeach123
Great series, Rich and Ewa! High enjoyable to watch.
Thanks for the enjoyable videos, you two do make me chuckle. I'm looking forward to the last leg. Have you totalled up the toll charges, I reckon I need £200 put by for my Rome trip.
Worth a thumbs up purely for the baselayer in the carpark routine 👍
Bet you cant do that! maybe she will start a trend!
Great ride again…….Just a suggestion:- have you considered applying ‘Rainex’ on your screen? The rain droplets would slide off making the camera view clearer. Stay safe 🇬🇧
Hi Neil, Thanks for the suggestion, We will give that a go and see if it works!
We are loving this series, giving us some great ideas and advice for next summer. 👍
That’s great we will bring you video at the end with lots of lessons learnt!
Had to laugh @ it's 11 o'clock first thing 😂😂😂😂😂
We are famous for it! No matter how early we set the alarm we never seem to leave before 11am! Rich is Self employed and also books his first jobs from 11am! bugt we are happy to ride until Late too so it sort of works out! We are too casual for our own good!
What a wet ride you both had, but still a great video,
Yes it was, but it didn’t ruin our spirits…
You were right to know when to stop and get dry ,warm up and eat have a good nights sleep, off in the morning, thanks for the footage living it with you (wish I was), cannot wait next episode
Thanks so much Ted, we are lucky to have really nice Digs for the end of this day, we got lucky! It always works out in the end for us, perhaps because we have learnt to just accept and go with the flow
Great watch. And at least u r putting that wet kit to the test.
Yes, now we know what bits of our kit need to be upgraded ready for this winter
with the up coming new adventures, the wife will not be getting on the back of my bike, after being on a fully dressed Goldwing), she got spoiled. the adventure bikes (well) I'm on my own. & age is also a Big factor. I'm turning 62 next month & she's 10 years my senior.
You have treated her too well! 🤣
@@ontheroadadventure Richey This is your new song... It's call the "Man Song" ruclips.net/video/t7Y0I91rubg/видео.html
Thats my new theme song! Brilliant!
My bed!! Gosh I laughed! Great vid again guys. Jealous.
Glad you enjoyed it! We do like Germany, wish we had more time there
I too had a pair of Forma adventure boots and they leaked as well. Superbike store swapped them for another pair and it happened to me again. I ended up changing them for Sidi Aria boots and touch wood, they’ve been perfect at keeping out the water.
As you say, no such thing as bad weather, just bad gear. Of all the bike gear available,I’ve yet to find a pair of totally waterproof gloves, that’d be the holy grail!
Yes ewa has Sidi boots that seem to be holding up much better. Like you we have not found totally waterproof gloves, we always have two or three pairs with us so we can change them throughout the day if needed. The RST paragon gloves are the best we have had so far and heated by battery
The home, of Black Forest Gummy Bears.... what I like about where you live is, you can get into another country, easily, for me I have two boards, (One I'll never cross) Mexico, But, The Canadian Board is 1467 miles to the north of me. (on back roads) as I refuse to drive on the highways here. Nor, pay tolls.
Black Forest cake is amazing! Trouble we have is we are in the uk so to go to another country we have to get off the island
Tip put Plastic Carrier bags in your boots & with your sealskin socks dry as a bone . Did a tour of Southern ireland & it was wet in buckets at times .Had scott pro wet gear over my jacket & the leggings bone dry. But everyone has the fav's
We will look up these Scott waterproofs, they have been mentioned a few times now
This is one of the most honest vlogs about motor travelling ❤
Thanks, we appreciate that comment, we think there is too many "Instagram reel" videos where everything is perfect.... We do Reality not Expectation!
another great vid both not nice weather true brits
Idiots abroad lol! We just dont want to admit defeat before the other
Another marvellous vlog....keep it up
Thanks so much 👍👍
Oh, I can feel the cold when looking at you riding in the rain. It could be nice, riding not on motorways with nice weather. But it is not in your hands. But the video was very nice, thanks a lot. Have a save trip.
Some days are harder than others! but we love to do it just the same! Us bikers are a special kind of crazy! Time was against us on this tour, youll see on our other Tours on the channel, we much prefer the slow scenic routes and rarely do motorway if we can help it. How do you find the seat on your Africa Twin?
@@ontheroadadventure I like the seat , even it is a little hard. But i think you have to get use to it.
(I almost made a joke, about how i find the seat...it is on my bike..but i can understand that you're not in for a joke after such weather)
I hope you have more time on your next trip.
haha thats the sort of thing id say too! We often get in trouble for our sense of humour! I have found mine hard for long distance, i will look for some sort of cushion or cover i think. Also we will be looking for a tubeless solution too after the tunnel situation@@StephanCRF1100
@@ontheroadadventure That was really a disaster at the tunnel with the flat tire. I hope it is a ones in a lifetime experiance for you.
I have seen on the i-net some solutions about tubeless rims. Or making them tubeless, but it is not reliable. Only option is to buy the adventure type rims. Unfortunaly.
The ones i have seen just looks like fancy tape over the spokes seems a bit basic to me, but if it works then i am willing to try it@@StephanCRF1100
Another good vlog , just a shame about the weather. Real bikers ✌
Thanks gruff, we dislike rain as much as every other biker but we won’t let it stop us!
Defo a wise decision to pull off the road when you did, great vid...vstrom 650 from Manchester..
Hey Rinkydink! thanks for joining us again. I promise you, those last couple hours were miserable, all our batteries had died and for some reason i think because we were avoiding tolls, we were on a never ending main road with no lights or cats eyes and no service stations, just pull offs for lorrys to park for the night. we had to call it a day when we were shivering and wet through but we hate to quit
You are great 🌹
Thanks 😊
What a pair of troopers you are! Well done for riding in that torrential rain all day. We've had days like that and had to push on. Thoroughly enjoying your adventure, great vlogging.
Thanks Paul, We hate to quit! although sometimes you have to admit defeat and live to ride another day. what do you ride and where are you from?
@@ontheroadadventure Tiger GT Pro. We live in Kidderminster, Worcs. If you ever pass by, please drop in!
Fantastic Bike I loved my GT Pro. Thanks next year we plan to try to create a community of like minded folk and will meet up for rides all over @@paulthetford2004
Hit the thumbs peeps.👍👍👍👍👍
You ready and waiting already?!
Amazing !
Thanks for joining us!
proof that good relationships can do a lot, seeing how you both reluctantly agreed with each other just wonderful 👏👏
Yes we are a team, no need to fight when you are on the same side 👍
Enjoying your videos ! A couple of weeks ago I made a trip from the South of Spain to Ireland and back and had 14 days rain in a row hahaha, you get used to it I must say. Cheers, stay safe
Oh mate, that is unlucky! Bet you still had a good time though overall
@@ontheroadadventure loved it 😊
@@saltybiker252 trouble is it’s addictive, the more you do the more you want!
I share your pain riding long distance in rain, and I think the worst roads to ride in rain are Belgium motorways! they seem to hold a lot of water so the spray is worst than the actual rain.
am enjoying travelling with you both from the comfort of my armchair.
That’s awesome, thanks for joining us on the road (from your chair)!
Ah. cool, Ghent…my mother’s home town! I must go there again sometime! Ride safe! 🏍️👍🍺🇿🇦
Hi Richard, Where are you from?
Born in Hampshire, my Dad was a Londoner and my Mum was Belgian. They decided to emigrate to South Africa when I was a kid. But I’ve traveled to family in both countries, regularly over the years. I consider myself a Brit Belgian Saffa…culturally enriched! 🤷♂️🙈😂🇬🇧🇿🇦🏍️👍
@@richardho5955 That’s awesome, your lucky, that’s a travellers dream start! What’s your favourite country to be in?
@@ontheroadadventure Has to be South Africa,mate! A wild country with brilliant weather and great people! Politicians are as dodgy as your lot, but otherwise it’s still a fine country! 🏍️🇿🇦🍺👍😎
We have been watching itchy boots there…. Seems a bit dodgy at times?!
Germany looked great and that rain looked absolutely delightful! Many many years ago I drove from Ebern in Bavaria all the way home to W-s-M non stop, as one of the guys in the car had a case of food poisoning (hardly cooked bbq pork!). I was probably on the same roads as you and know exactly what you mean about services, we just hit the truck stops every couple of hours, fuelled up, I grabbed a coffee (which was excellent, from a machine for €1.50) and we smashed the miles back to Calais.
Fair play mate its a long old slog! We made the mistake of stopping in one of those truck stops once for a pee stop and was scarred for life lol, so we cracked on lol
Another great episode, loving your journey and so glad you didn’t want to queue at an airport!
Thanks bud, We don’t do public transport! Gotta ride ya bike in a proper manner!
As I am planning a trip into Europe next year, I've discovered your channel and the Home to Rome series, which I've just watched back to back.
Thoroughly enjoyed how you guys make content for the channel, and your commentary is great.
Just subscribed, and looking forward to the rest of your journey.
Thanks for keeping it real. 😊
George.
Amazing, thanks for joining us. Where are you from?
@@ontheroadadventure , up in Yorkshire....but the obvious answer is I'm from Mum and Dad. 🤣🤣
@@AManAstray Sort of stupid thing I’d say! Yorkshire has some nice places to ride. Our trouble in the uk is the 10 rainy months of the year!
@@ontheroadadventure most counties of the UK have their best biker roads, but Yorkshire has the scenery to go with it, once you get out of the major cities.
But, yeah the downside is the weather, especially this time of year. If it's not the storms, it's the leaves falling off the trees and rotting away making the roads greasy. Then when the temperature drops, the gritters come out and spread salt everywhere, which caused me corrosion in the past, so I've stopped riding in winter these days....so of... maybe 😁
@@AManAstray I can’t bare to be apart from my bike for more than a few days, Every winter I promise myself I won’t be here for the next one and il be riding somewhere sunny! Last Jan we flew to Sicily and hired bikes, you may of seen that tour on here? That was a great winter plan
Another masterpiece production. Great editing and utter miserable weather!! I felt wet just watching it (that came out wrong)! 😁
Keep up the great work 🤓
Thanks so much bud, we are learning all the time with the editing skills. We cannot wait until the sun is back! We may have to take action on that as in the uk the weather sucks for months now! We will not be defeated by Water!!
I'm much the same as you mate when it comes to accommodation. I always look for safe parking for the bike, and everything else is a bonus 😂😂
Yes first priority is the bikes always! without them its game over.
Great job again guys that weather looked atrocious I would have given up a lot earlier, safe travels
Thanks, truth is we probably both wanted to quit earlier but neither one of us will be first lol
oh and very impressive stuff with the whole trip you two are made of steel underneath - nice to see normal people rather than pro vloggers
Thanks so much, we are powered by Coffee! Thanks for joining us. Do you ride too? what do you have and where?
@@ontheroadadventure Im down in kent and have an Africa twin adv dct - I did the same journey as you this summer - into the Alps and Grimsell Pass but didnt go into Italy - as you found its a bit of a ripoff - lots of corruption down there ;-)
We did all the Swiss passes etc last year before we started the RUclips, that was a epic trip and ewa had only had a licence 4 weeks before going to Stelvio!@@snorwitz4265
Another nice video guys...you did well in that weather! With the big trips and mileage you do it's got to be worth getting some top notch rain gear..the Scott over jacket and trousers are excellent. Look forward to seeing more adventures! Cheers, Steve
Hi, Yes our gear let us down on this trip for Sure, We will look into this brand as we have not heard of it. Ideally we want something that can go on over the adventure boots without removing them in the rain
Cheers from Norway. For us it is difficult to travel in the eurozone and the uk at the moment due to the relative strength(or weakness?) of our currency. As you say, it used to be a cheap way to travel but not anymore. All the best and have a safe journey home.
Hi, thanks for joining us on the road, Hopefully we can show you some cool places around the uk on the channel as well as this euro tour. I guess there are worse places to be stuck than Norway, you have a beautiful country we would love to come ride there. What do you ride?
@@ontheroadadventure Hi! I would love to see the UK on a motorcycle. I have sailed around Great Britain once. And I love fish and chips:). Yes I suppose we cannot complain as we have a lot of nature and a reputation for being rich. However the common man may struggle here also. Anyway, at least we're not in Ukraine or Palestine. I ride a 250 Rally, used to ride a Yamaha 600 Radian years ago. I would love to meet you sometime. Cheers, Rune.
Check out some of our earlier videos youll see the highlights of the uk and Devon and Cornwall where we are down south. Sadly the cost of living has hit normal working people like us hard here too. We will cut back on most things but not our riding. I had a CRF250l, one of the most fun bikes i owned, it would go anywhere! Next year we do plan to tell people in advance where we are touring, we would love to meet like minded people on our travels@@runeburdahl7141
@@ontheroadadventure Excellent! And thank you for replying. I anchored off Penzance and sailed up the Falmouth estuary on my sailing trip. The boat was a Falmouth cutter or working boat that I built myself. If you come here we must meet for sure. For now the pound is 40% more than normal for us so we will will have to see when I get to travel to the UK again. Cheers
Wow that sounds like you had a cool adventure on the boat! Lets hope the economy improves for all soon@@runeburdahl7141
A cherry 🍒 sort ov 🍰
Its cherries and cream cake
Yes, we Found a famous one on our last trip here and it was a huge piece of cherry cake but it was soaked in alcohol, Very good though!
Lovely trip , is that leafy stick on your das a goodluck charm or just stuck there for a hundred km free ride 😅😅
Yes it found it’s way there and took a ride for probably a good thousand miles lol Didn’t have the heart to throw it away, we became attached over the miles 😂
Heated jackets are definitely what you need ☝️❤️
Funny you say that! Watch this space!
Just found your channel, really enjoying it.👌🏼
Thanks Peter, where are you watching from and what are you riding? Glad you could join us
@ontheroadadventure I'm down in South Wales & ride a kawasaki ninja sx. Love watching adventures and picking up some ideas. My wife passed her test in January and we have already covered 1200 miles in spain a few months ago. My wife rides a honda nc750. nothing better than a bike trip👌🏼 keep up the great work👍🏼
Peter, We are made up for you! Ewa booked her test after we started dating having been on the back a couple times and loved it. 4 weeks after her test she followed me to the alps to Stelvio. You will have amazing times together on the bikes. Your lucky to be in wales, one of our favourite places to ride and have quite a few videos there now@@peterregan6088
Question for you - Are you Shiny side up ? I swear you came up and ceramic coated my Ducati !!
Hi Martin, Hope you are well. When im not Detailing, im Riding.... Motorcycle Obsessed!
😎👍👍👍😎
Thanks and Cool Name!
So it rained a bit? 🤔🌧🌧you both did the right thing to stop, once it's dark in those conditions it just gets too dangerous, especially when you're cold, wet and tired. I think you've done brilliantly, considering it was a spur of the moment thing! Love the line from Eve at the stop in Belgium "Well I could of carried on"! 🤣😂 Bless you both, regards Dennis.
haha Thanks Dennis, She's a character.... We both spur each other on and try to be tougher than the other! We dont half have a laugh on our adventures, but yes your so right, some times you have to call it when enough is enough. Thanks so much for following our Series hope you can enjoy some of the other videos whilst waiting for the next episode.
@@ontheroadadventure I'm binge watching 🤣👍
Thanks bud, we will have to film double time to keep up with you!
@@ontheroadadventure You do!!
@@Hinckley_Biker we doing our best! We try for three a week but it’s so hard in the winter due to it raining on days off for filming content
You are both hardcore. I’ve currently ride a Thruxton R but thinking of a complete swap. Fancy a AT so I can do more miles.
I Rode the Thruxton RS Chrome Edition on a Demo day, Review is on the channel if your interested. Now i love bikes like this, the look and style..... However, they are just not suited to doing distance in comfort. The Africa Twin is a perfect Touring machine and with the honda reliability... so far we are in love with ours
I absolutely adore mine but it’s not comfortable for anything more than one hour. Need something that does everything
Loving your channel
If Pennies allow get a used Africa Twin as well as your Thruxton, the Africa twins are known for reliability, the 2017 models are before all the TFT tech and are now very affordable and every bit as good@@baileykingtv1562
Thanks so much mate, Positive comments like this really drive us on to keep recording and editing!@@baileykingtv1562
Great stuff,I feel for u getting cold& wet,reminds me of my Nc 500 trip in may,day 3 fort William to John o groats last 50 mile I was shivering on the bike, & my digs was my trustie 2 man tent,I lit my trangia,got in my army bag, & had an early night. Keep it up guys look forward to the next one.
Thanks for Watching Neil. NC500 is Stunning if you get good weather but that is as rare as rocking horse poo! What do you do to dry your gear when moto camping? We are determined to get the camping right for next year so we can afford to travel more. But we need tips! our last attempt did not go well! you may have seen the video?
ruclips.net/video/JhvMiRJpmao/видео.html
@@ontheroadadventure yes watched it kinhell FairPlay. Firstly you got to have a good tent,wild country by terra nova is my choice,I dried out my boots by tying then to a picnic bench upside down with my trangia under them, cheap £15 waterproofs over my bike clothes kept most of me dry,hand dryers in toilets,but I will be honest in saying that when I got home from 9 days up there I swore I would never Moto camp again in July I was again on the north cornWall coast widemouth. Attracting lots of attention by my culinary skills. I’m 55 & just got myself a Bmw r1200rs for yep more touring.
So we have a Camping Dilema..... Two of us, and our kit in a small tent seems like a bad idea? Our thinking was we needed one big enough to stand up in and room to move. The downside is its bloody massive and 10kg on the pilly seat... We are thinking to buy a small tent and try it. We are also now looking into cooking kit, we need a stove and some flat plates etc, looking at sea to summit stuff? is there some sort of heater safe for in the tent?@@neilwilliams9844
@@ontheroadadventure most of my gear is back packing gear,they tend to be very compact & light weight,as mentioned I cook on the trangia excellent bit of kit. Good sleeping bags are a must I have 4 ex British army systems which are excellent too. And a £15 pound multi mat to sleep on, the best I’ve had. The sleeping bags are4 different ones for different conditions.
Well done guys you’ve had a tough trip
Thanks Terry, It can be tough at times, but we really do love it, we can never get enough of Motorcycle touring, question is already... Where next?
Yea there’s lots to see we do a few rallies each year which are good fun and a challenge one of them not far from you guys it’s called the South West Peninsular Road Rally and that’s always a full day out it’s just like a treasure hunt I’m sure you two would enjoy it.
Anyway safe travels and really enjoying your videos 👍
@@Z1000Terry that does sound fun, who organises it? How do we find it?
It’s an IAM event but type in south west peninsula spring rally into google and it should come up it’s a good day
Also got the national road rallies they are really good really recommend them too
B500 is not very good it's over rated with mega slow limits. But if you turn off the b500 there are some excellent roads around through the forest. Great video guys
You are not wrong, I got Flashed in this area last year in a small town. The Speed cameras are everywhere around here. Where would you suggest to ride in Germany? We really like Germany and were thinking to head here again in 2024
@@ontheroadadventure I'll have a look on my maps and let you know triberg is great you might have been there . Most roads off the b500 are great . If you go back to Italy the col de sommelier and jafferau, col du parpillion, assietta.are all great off road tracks no too hard . You will be higher than any tarmac roads . . I could send you a map marked up. Keep up the good work
@@martinfretwell Thanks so much il try and look them up. Someone has bound to of made RUclipss there!
A question ive not heard you talk about chain mainrainance what did you do especially with all the rain
Hi, Yes we did carry Chain cleaner and lube. I checked the chains when we discovered ewas oil was low. They didnt need adjusting but i did have the tools to do so. Luckily that Africa twins have centre stands to make life easy
I love you two but you need to read a map not sat nav and try truck stops for a change safe journey
That all sounds very organised?!
Black Forest means pudding surely?!
Sadly not this time!
Do you recommend Black Forest ? I understand you been there before ?
Yes, Germany is a great place to tour on your motorcycle, Black forest is Beautiful but watch out for the speed cameras in all the towns
Nearly a mouse Disaster!!
We thought we were about to see him get squished....Best of luck to Mr Mouse!