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The Usual Suspect
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Registrace 21. 07. 2020
Harley Davidson rider, specialist beer drinker and man about town. The Usual Suspect, on rides, refreshments, rants, fun and a smattering of mayhem. The channel with rides, beer, kit and muppetry...
Welsh Gold
A full on mountain ride around Snowdonia, taking in the amazing B4407... a little bit of Welsh gold.
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Manchester Harley Ride 1
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A day ride to Machester Harley Davidson's opening day... Bands, Bars, Burgers and a lot of Bikes. A great day with 500 Harleys
The New Bike Video
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The Usual Suspect is back... with a new ride. A trip to the Gasket on a Road King Classic
Hire Bike Test Ride
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First video back after an 8 month break... A short video of a test ride on a hire bike, while Lucifer is in for repairs after the accident in France.
Brisky's Stelvio
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Brisky and his Road King Special 'Ralph' tackle the Italian giant. From Bormio to the top of the Stelvio Pass.
Going home - PART 10 - EIGHT NATIONS ROAD RIOT
zhlédnutí 264Před 10 měsíci
This it... the final part of the eight nations road riot. Two guys, two Harleys, more miles and more beer. The guys leave Nancy and head for Calais and the Pirate pub once again. Then back to blighty, will they make it without incident?
Is this the end of Lucifer!
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The team are on their first stretch home... when disaster strikes! Is this the end of Lucifer... Much swearing ensues (mostly from Brian).. We're pretty sure another beer will help with the pain!
Bikes, Beer Halls, Banter and Bull... THE 8 NATIONS ROAD RIOT - PART 8
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The team move away from the Alps and the castles, and head towards the Munich beer halls, Munich HD and Dachau concentration camp.
What the actual!.... 8 NATIONS ROAD RIOT - PART 7b
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Coming down from Edelweisspitze and making our way through the Alps to Schwangau.. Wacky races in the Alps... Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and a few more beers!
The Best Road On Earth - 8 NATIONS ROAD RIOT - PART 7
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Part one of two... The team tackle the Grossglockner High Alpen Pass... Possibly the best road in the world!
The Staller Pass - 8 NATIONS ROAD RIOT PART 6
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The guys go from Italy into Austria on the most glorious of days. They get lost and discover the Staller Pass. The roads just keep getting better and the steins start to arrive! czcams.com/users/TheUsualSuspect
Stelvio Claims Another - 8 NATIONS ROAD RIOT PART 5
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The journey down from the Stelvio Pass and Stelvio claims another rider. (Parental advisory). Closed camp sites, fine dining, fabulous whisky and some more beer... A rollercoaster of a day. (Accidents, bad language and drinking) czcams.com/users/TheUsualSuspect
The Stelvio Pass - 8 NATIONS ROAD RIOT PART 4
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The team hit the Alps for the most amazing days riding. Julier Pass, Bernina Pass and the mighty Stelvio Pass (front and rear views). This is worth the watch! czcams.com/users/TheUsualSuspect
The Black Forest - 8 NATIONS ROAD RIOT PART 3
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The guys cross the Rhine and head through the Black Forest to their first night of camping on the banks of Lake Bodensee... Beer, burgers and bloody loud snoring! czcams.com/users/TheUsualSuspect
B-Road Arse Death - 8 NATIONS ROAD RIOT PART 2
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The team hit France, Belgium and Luxembourg, Harley Davidson Luxembourg, the worlds smallest hotel room and much beer... too much beer. czcams.com/users/TheUsualSuspect
Bloody Typical - 8 NATIONS ROAD RIOT PART 1
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Bloody Typical - 8 NATIONS ROAD RIOT PART 1
THE NORMANDY LANDING BEACHES - PEGASUS TO UTAH pt 2
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THE NORMANDY LANDING BEACHES - PEGASUS TO UTAH pt 2
THE NORMANDY LANDING BEACHES - PEGASUS TO UTAH pt 1
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THE NORMANDY LANDING BEACHES - PEGASUS TO UTAH pt 1
Crackin ride this Phil brilliant video mate 👊👌
Thanks again for watching and for your kind comments Steve. Got a great Scotland video on the way too.
Cracking vid Phil
@jasonhall2245 Cheers Jason. It's a great road, and some great follow on roads. There's a min Scotland ride coming up on the channel in the next week or two. And another big tour is planned for next year.
nice video,whats your camera and mic setup.
Hi and thanks so much for watching and for commenting on the video. The camera and mic set up is two go Pro 7's a 'Smallrig' handlebar mount and a Ulanzi vlogger mount on the chin of the helmet with a small Lavalier style clip mic run in the rubber seal of the base of the helmet. I also have a go pro session I sometimes use for rear facing shots and am in the process of setting up a mount for the rear of the helmet as the rear of the bike vibrates too much for that camera. I have a kit video in amongst all the my vids that has some of the kit in it. Hope this helps. Thanks again.
A really nice ride that 😀 Might have to do that next time we visit friends in Anglesay 👍Also, enjoyed a little visit to The Gasket on our way back from the Lakes in July. Great place and thanks for the heads-up 😎
@paulstokes393 thanks so much for watching and for your comments. Glad you enjoyed the video and the Gasket. Stay tuned as there is a great Scotland ride due.
We did it on vespas. 10" wheels and 7.5 bhp is all you need 😉
i did it the other direction in my car today. weather was really wet, couldn't imagine doing it on a motorbike! czcams.com/video/ufbqSVGqsOQ/video.html
I'm 76 years old and have ridden this road on a multitude of bikes. If you can ride and look ahead it is no problem. Itis just a road!!
14 of us did that yesterday morning - the opposite way to this. Three of us went down at the turn you were looking into at 33:30. Mine was a fully dressed and fully loaded FJR and I’d stopped to help the guy in front. Not enough beans, stopped going forwards = start going over - then you are NOT going to stop it! Took three of us to right it and a lot of something to carry on up! Lots of rain and cloud didn’t help either!
@jonchilds1637 Thanks so much for watching and for your comments. It is a bit of a monster. I've been back a couple of times since and been fine, gonna have to take the new bike over it though. Check out the rest of the channel for more amazing mountain roads.
Well you overcooked that one by arriving WAYYYYYYY to early then when it was busy not a lot of footage at all. .......................
@user-zg5bb5gp6o thanks so much for watching and for your comments.
Live Band not Plural bands !!!!
Wow!
Awesome glad you didnt come off this time, Ive been up n down Wrynose and Hardknott a few times this last month its a really good run out.I normally turn left at the King George pub and head on up over Birker Fell To The Crosby snack shed for coffee and a BLT bun,there is parking, tables and a toilet lol. After that i carry on and head towards Broughton Fell. But now I want to do the 6 pass run .Thanks for sharing.
@Fahren67 thanks so much for watching and for your comments. Been over the Birker fell route too. Great ride. Check out the 8 nations series for all kinds of Alpine shenanigans.
What a turn out, some brilliant bikes on your video Phil. Nice one mate 👌👊
@stevenjohnson365 thanks so much for watching and comme ting Steve. Much appreciated.
You captured my billet silver Roadking in your video 👌 It was a fabulous day, should make it an annual event 👍
Hi Phil. Glad things look like they are going well. I'm in a similar situation, trying to work out if I need to sell one of my bikes to help with a house buy. Keep safe mate.
@adamhuxley1129 hi adam, hopenthings are going OK for you. Drop me a message on linkedin. Be good to catch up.
Cheers Suspect 😎 Nice ride 👌 I don't know the Harley range, so what's the main difference between a Fat Boy and a Road King? Liking the look of the gasket, riding past on the M6 in a week or so, will try and plan that as one of our stops. Have a great weekend 👍
Oh....and will Briskey be featuring in any vids, or have you moved too far away 😁
Hi Paul, Thanks so much for watching and for your comments. The King with its bags, comfort and better handling is more for touring and the Fatboy, although you can tour (as I have) is more of a shorter ride bike. Yeah check out the Gasket... Coffee is really good! Only moved about a mile away from where i was (long story), but unfortunately Brisky will not be joining me for any further adventures. Looking for a new maniacs to join me on the big rides.
Been there! Done the Stelvio pass with my heavy Harley Davidson. For sure a place to use your brains riding there !
Thanks so much watching and for your comments. Please check out the rest of the channel, subscribe, comment, and like. Lots more great rides coming soon.
Good to see you back on the Tube 😎
Thanks so much Paul. It's good to be back. Loads coming up.
Wow that bike of yours sound wholesome and meaningfully meaningful.. Great video and I loved very mile so it..
Thanks much for your comments and for watching. Please subscribe and check out the rest of the channel for lots more great roads
if you had gone up the great langdale valley you could of got blea tarn pass in aswell ,,, cheers ride safe 👍 😎
I'll hit that this summer, cheers for that. Thanks so much for watching and for your comments.
Gawd! The rear-pointing camera best reveals the angle and steepness of the road at 33:33
Thanks so much for watching and for your comments. It's really steep! Been back and done it again without falling off. Check out the 6 passes video and the 8 nations series for more great roads.
@@TheUsualSuspect Thanks mate, keep the wheels down.
That Harley sounds just like a garden rotavator I used in the 1980's!! Hell that thing is really agricultural! Ive always heard how torquey Harley were supposed to be!
Great ride , fantastic roads and scenery on my doorstep.
Thanks so much for posting, what an epic ride.. it’s given me the kick up the rear to do this myself on my bike. Looking forward to seeing the rest of your videos 👍
Thanks so much for watching and for your comments. Please do subscribe and check out the rest of the channel, especially the 8 nations series around Europe.
....not called Hardly Ableson for nowt.
Great video , not really a Harley road though.
Thanks so much for watching and for your comments. I'm not sure, you know. I went back and did it again, but without being a dick, and managed it fine. Along with 5 other passes. Check out the 6 passes video and the 8 nations series for the Stelvio Pass and Grossglockner.
Suspect who built those roads romans look mental cyclists and cars pain in arse lol
that looks scary in the snow were is this usual suspect ?😇
Its the stelvio pass in the Italian Alps. And there is another video at a place called Grossglockner.
Looks amazing lucky to do you get around ride safe 🏍👌
Suspect im. Glad your doing again nice videos i can not wait myself to these i will get a couple days down there
The camera flattens the road out a lot, you need first gear early on and stay in it, watch your line and take it easy, you may need to use your clutch as well and you need torque.I rode it in the mid '50s and it hasn't changed from what I remember. There is more traffic now The road was first made by the Romans in about 110AD
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If you ride a Harley Davidson which is just shiny American junk, you ask for trouble
Use the right motorcycle for the job nice motorcycle for motorways glad your ok ride safe
The right motorcycle?? Please watch the rest of the channel. The right motorcycle for who, for what, for when. I get lots of comments like that from people who've never had mixed experience. I have, I just made a bad choice of gear on that day.
@@TheUsualSuspect you have sport bike you have plodders then you have motor cross as I said right motorcycle for the job and y would be in the wrong gear for the hill most motorcycles do over 90 in first 🤔🤔🤔
What gear did you use when you went over the Hardknott Pass?
@@TheUsualSuspect not done yet doing this year just looking at a couple of videos first to get idea got to get motorcycle serviced etc first 🤔 will be posting I’m on tik tok
@scottdiver36 just love getting peoples opinions on how to ride that road when they haven't ridden it themselves. Looking forward to seeing you go up at a 100 in first.
Brilliant...👊
Nice ride Would you do it the other way round and on the same bike or a lighter one [in case you find wrong gear again]?
Thanks so much for watching and for your comments. I have done it couple more times since. Once the other way. Check out the rest of the channel. Loads of great roads across Europe on there.
Imagine being a pillion going over that , Squeaky bum time 😂
Thanks so much for watching and for your comments. It is a really steep ride. Check out the 8 nations series on my channel for amazing mountain passes like the Stelvio and Grossglockner.
@@TheUsualSuspect will do 👍
I hope you enjoyed that, I know I do when ever I hike over that route each year for my tour of Ennerdale. I have done that from the age of 21 yrs old until last year age 65 carrying my 30kb back pack for my two weeks relaxation tour of Ennerdale. Tony in Essex.
Thanks so much for watching and for your comments. I did. It was a great ride. Can't wait to do it again soon. Check out the 8 nations series on my channel for even more amazing roads.
Congratulations for even trying to ride that old pig on a tough road.
Thanks so much for watching and for comments. Old Pig???
When you take a brick to a knife fight 😂😂😂😂😂
Thanks so much for watching and for your comments. I will try and be a little bit more awesome like you timmytackle9181 😂😂😂
@@TheUsualSuspect every man should have a dream !
@@timmytackle9181 yes indeed.
what a lovely sounding bike
Thanks so much for watching and for your comments. Please subscribe and check out the rest of the channel. Lots more content coming including a new bike!!!
Good video of the run down Stelvio. Hope to be heading there in July so nice to get a sneak peak before getting there.
Thanks so much for watching and for your comments. One of the best rides of my life. Check out the Grossglockner high Alpen pass videos from the same series.
Simple reason for no traffic on the Staller Pass, an alternating one way system. Knew that as soon as I saw the traffic light at the bottom. The Panoramastrasse off the Grimsel is the same, direction depends on the time of day.
Thanks so much for watching and for your comments. Please subscribe if you haven't already and check out and comment on my other videos.
Well done my friend for uploading it, many wouldn't have, all respect, don't be hard on yourself, as Wrynose & Hard Knott catches out hundreds of very capable riders every year going up and down both ways.
Thanks so much for watching and for your comments. It was a school boy error on my part. Been and done it again since (see the 6 passes video) and then took her over the Stelvio pass this summer on an 8 nation alpine ride (see 8 nations series).
Loved your video! Nice, leisurely pace……and a great phone conversation 😂
Thanks so much for watching and for your comments. Glad you enjoyed plenty more great episodes on the channel to watch and much more content to come.
Great Video. May I know which bike you are riding.. great sound…
Thanks so much for watching and for you question. It's a Harley Davidson Fatboy
have you not been riding for long?
Thanks for watching and for your comment. I have been riding for quite a while, just new to the Harley and never rides anything that steep before, it was an error in judgement at the time.
Thanks so much for your comments... you might be right!
I did it on a Yamaha 1100 Dragstar Cruiser towing a trailer with all my camping gear in, to say it was challenging is an understatement, I won't ever do it again towing a trailer that's for sure.
Thanks so much for watching and for your comments... check out the rest of the channel, I go back and go to the Alps too...
The number plate is illegal,that would not pass an M O T
Thanks so much for watching and for your comments.
Thanks so much for watching and for your comments. I have taken quite a lot of hate for that video... so it's great to get a positive comment. I do go back in a later video and stay upright. Please check out the rest of the channel for loads of great roads and rides.
Respect to you mate for ‘baring all’. Also I’ve watched many of these Hardknott Pass vids, yours is the first to really show to me the severity of the drop on ‘other side’. Cheers.