3 Days in Wales on the BMW R1250GS Adventure
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- čas přidán 3. 08. 2024
- 00:00 Intro
01:49 Day 1
14:16 Day 2
33:20 Day 3 (Heading Home)
37:41 Outro and Stills
I recently took a 3-day weekend trip around Wales. The weather was stunning and the Company great, hope you enjoy the trip too!
Below are links to the 3-day .gpx files (one for each day) if you wanted to do the route yourself
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Whatever, ride safe and stay safe
Nick
Below are various links to kit I use or items referenced in this video.
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I'd be really grateful if you are buying any of these if you used the links and help support the channel.
Thank you
Nick
Accessories on (or used for) My R1250GS
Motorcycle Dryer
Bruhl MD1400 1400W Motorcycle Dryer - amzn.to/33NGA79
Horn
Denali Soundbomb Horn - amzn.to/2qUA4Ni
Battery Charger (Dual Standard Connect and Canbus - Fits Din Socket to charge)
Optimate 4 - BMW Canbus Edition - amzn.to/2phUAXN
Din/USB Twin Outlet Adapter
Optimate Dual USB Charger - 3300mA DIN Plug - amzn.to/2CJEl99
Tank Bag
Givi ST602 Sport Tanklock Bag - amzn.to/2CGK13G
Tanklock Ring for above (R1200/1250GS) - amzn.to/2QmYXvR
Protection
ACF50 Rust Protector (with buddy bottle, aerosols are poor) - amzn.to/2NKL5tJ
Clothing I wear
Crash Helmet
Shoei Neotec II - amzn.to/2rKw8zk
Waterproof Jacket (Over Rukka Textile)
Tucano Urbano Nano Rain Jackket - amzn.to/2NNCnLe
Waterproof Trousers (Over Rukka Textile)
Tucano Urbano Nano Rain Trousers - amzn.to/33ZCed6
Equipment I use to film videos
Main Helmet Camera
Go Pro Hero 7 Black - amzn.to/2CKUmvo
Mirror Mounted (rear-facing) Camera
SJ Cam SJ4000 - amzn.to/377slwc
Fixed Front and Rear Cameras (supplementary footage)
Innovv K2 Dual Camera Kit - amzn.to/2CJAngU
Adapter needed to add supplimentary mics to GoPro Hero 5/6/7/8
GoPro Microphone Adapter - amzn.to/378aSU8
Case for mounting GoPro and Mic Adapter
Ulanzi Multi-purpose GoPro Case - amzn.to/32JIkgA
BOTH MICS below have leads for Mobile Phone (to use GoPro Adapter with these you need a TRS to TRRS Adapter)
Rode Phone Accessory (TRS to TRRS Adapter) - amzn.to/2CHKJh1
Helmet Microphone (needs GoPro Adapter) and Tie-pin mic Indoors
Aufgeld Lavalier Microphone - amzn.to/375WVpX
Indoor Microphone (GoPro and Phone Cameras)
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Few days in Builth Wells did the Day 2 route today... absolutely fantastic I've never encountered a pheasant farm ride through before... Elan Valley is amazing, from the ancient fir tree lined roads to the memorising scenery.. cheers Nick an awesome ride.
Hi Adrian. Good news. I’m back today and stopping now in Brecon. Just a quick overnight up and back. Ride safe 👍🏻
Dear Sir, professional riding , beautiful quality pictures taken of a beautiful country side, total information ,good music. Old yamaha fjr 1300 rider the netherlands, chapeau.
Thanks Antoon. Glad you liked it 👍🏻
Fabulous ride nick stunning views many thanks for taking us along 👍
Thanks Anthony… a pleasure 👍🏻
Thanks for the GPX files Nick
No worries Keith 👍🏻
I was there last weekend we went south from Brecon up to the north to Aberystwyth, it's stunning I would say that I live in Wales
Hi Martin. I love that ride. Was always tempted to stick to the coast but it is lovely through there. Although we are doing the west coast in September after kids have gone back 🤣👍🏻
Great footage Nick, i told my wife i was going for “an over nighter” last Monday in the Yorkshire Dales,
i stayed out till Sunday, she’s very understanding! 😁
did Kielder Forest, Loch Lomond, Fort William & the Cairngorms, it’s always good to get away on the bike 👍
Fair play Chris. That’s almost ‘walkabout’. I’ve always said push the limits. The telling off is the same often if you’re 5 minutes late so why not 6 days 🤣🤣 ride safe 👍🏻
@@nickhodgeUK very true Nick, you too 🏍👍😁
Wow, thank you for sharing that ride. Those roads were absolutely breathtaking. I wish we had scenery like that over here in the US.
Thank you. If the pandemic has done anything good it’s made us explore our local areas 👍🏻
Yama 86 You do ! Head to any National park !
Great footage thanks for posting!
No worries Brad 👍🏻
Another excellent video.
Thanks Ian
Absolutely stunning scenery and a great insight to the Elan Valley and surrounding areas... Wonderful tour...
Thanks Adrian. It was wonderful 👍🏻
I'm in Rhayader this week on the GS with the wife... Stunning around tge Elan Valley.. Will be back for sure.. Great footage Nick 👍.....ps the chap who owns the cottage we're saying in pronounces it Raider.. He's from Bristol so can't say he's right 😀
Hi Jason. Enjoy. Hope the weather holds for you. I’d never expect to get Welsh place names right. I was more confident on Llandrindod Wells 🤣🤣 Ride safe 👍🏻
@@nickhodgeUK will do, cheers Nick 👍
There are no pumps involved in the Elan Valley project, an incredible feat of engineering…. Water moves from Elan Valley to Birmingham under gravity and siphon only…. Superb place to ride a bike, the weather isn’t always as good as you had !
Yes I think on my return I learned they were ‘straining towers’. Glad I was right with the Birmingham bit as I do waffle sometimes and once you’ve said it in live commentary 🤣🤣 👍🏻
Hey Nick,
Great vlog . You are quite right the Elan Valley does supply sunny Birmingham with our water. The Elan valley, you just can't beat it it's our go to place.
Ride Safe !!
Hi Matt. I was right on that point but since learned there are no pumps. Just gravity and a pipeline that slopes at 1:2300 to supply it. Arrives in Edgebaston apparently 👍🏻
I was at Elan Valley at the end of May and it's one of my favourite places to go for a ride and all the dams were overflowing then so looks like the Brummies have been thirsty. IIRC the pipeline that is fed from the tower by where you turned left after going to Claerwen Dam goes to the reservoir at Edgebaston and it's completely gravity fed which is quite an feat of engineering
Hi Adrian. Read up quite a bit since I came home and it is a feat. I remember Dad telling me it went to Birmingham when I was a kid, so that came from 50 years back 🤣🤣. I also learned the water from Lake Vymwy supplies Liverpool. The drop in the pipe to Birmingham is 1:2300. Amazing. There is a pump at Garreg Ddu Dam but that lifts it to the next water course in the valley so technically from the last reservoir it flows by gravity to Birmingham. Loved reading about it all after the event. Cant wait to go back now 🤣👍🏻
I enjoyed that Nick and glad you got lucky with the weather this time. You collected your bike the same day I collected mine at North Oxford. My GSA has just been written off following a hit & run, so I’m heading back to North Oxford this weekend to sort out a replacement. Keep them coming Nick.
What happened Jose? Hopefully you weren’t on it?? Glad you’re back to get another though and glad it’s from NOG. Say hello to them for me, be back for a service next month. Triple Black for me BTW if you’re having a new one? Ride safe 👍🏻
@@nickhodgeUK Driver pulled out in front of me Nick whilst I was riding on a quiet Hampshire village near Hook. I was able to avoid his wing but he ploughed into my left side. I was doing 28 mph in a 30mph. He continued up the road for about 30mtrs then abandoned the car and me in the middle of the road. Car not insured, no MOT or tax. Police unable to trace driver or last registered keeper. Car stank of weed according to Police. £15,700 of damage to my bike. Had I not have done several weeks of my IAM it would’ve been worse as my road position would have been less advantageous. Not going to bore everyone with the injuries, and my insurance is responding, but these criminals are out there and it’s actually shocking how regular this is now happening on our roads based on the research I’ve done. It would have even worse had I been on any other bike than a GSA (or boxer engined bike) because the cylinder & crash bars took the impact, not my lower left leg. Non-fault but no doubt I’ll be paying for it on my insurance for a while!
Don’t think I’m going new this time Nick. Think I’m going for a white, blue & red 2020 GSA TE with less than a 1000 miles on it. Full,luggage & Akrapovic too. And run in for me as I have a trip down to Malaga in September. Hopefully NOG can transfer over my Denali set up.
@@JoseSanchez-ht4cc it’s shocking. I’m thinking of starting IAM. I’d consider myself fairly good and was ‘fortunate’ to have had my major motorcycle accident aged 19 when I could recover but that makes you realise how easy it is and how much it hurts. Glad you’re ready to get back on the horse though. There are so many criminals (as that is what they are) out there 250,000 more police are needed not 40,000. Ride safe mate 👍🏻
@@JoseSanchez-ht4cc good luck with it 👍🏻
Fabulous, great video Nick as always thoroughly enjoyed it.
Thanks Ian. It was a lovely trip again and this time the weather was great (bordering too hot but I’ll never complain that!) 👍🏻
Great video, very informative and useful as I’m in Wales for my first welsh trip next week for 3 days... you’ve given me some ideas of places to dead towards, thanks for uploading 😀
No worries. Hope you enjoy your trip. Ride safe 👍🏻
Great trip, probably covered the best roads in Wales. Thanks for posting 👍
Cheers Steve. That Day 2 is very hard to beat in that weather too 👍🏻
Hi Nick. Thank you for uploading this great ride. I was amazed by how well motorcycles sell in the UK and the huge motorcycle fan base there, considering how bad the weather is most of the year, and then I watched this. I guess when you can have even a few weeks of weather like this, one does not mind having two wheels in the garage.
We fortunate that in South Africa, most of our winter is great weather, and summer is just too hot. (for me anyway).
really loved your footage, ride safe bud 👍🏼.
Thanks Zunaid. When the UK is ‘on song’ there is nowhere so blue and so green. I am bias though 🤣 you ride safe too 👍🏻
Great friends, great riding nothing gets better!! Thanks for sharing 👍.
Thanks for watching Glenn. We had a blast 👍🏻
Great video Nick thanks for sharing, Wales has some beautiful scenery and I’m fortunate to ride into wales most weeks. Take care and enjoy the rest of summer. 🤙
Thanks Stuart. We had a great time. Ride safe 👍🏻
Another great video Nick, looking forward to our mini tour in August, maybe I’ll get to feature on your next video??
Watch this space…. 🤣👍🏻
G'Day Nick, looks like an awesome trip, thanks for sharing. Our group is heading off into the Aussie bush for a weekend's wild camping on the mighty Murray River in Victoria, hopefully it will also make for a great video. Keep up the good work champ!
Cheers Nick. Enjoy yours and ride safe 👍🏻
Thanks for the GPX files Nick, you are a true gentleman - just grabbed them. Was thinking of heading to Aberystwyth in a couple of weeks so might have a look at these for a detour. Another cracking video
Thanks Paul. Day 2 is VERY doable from Aberystwyth. (I did it for the first time last year from there). Starts by Devils Bridge in the North of the route which is probably less than 30 minutes out of Aber. Ride safe 👍🏻
@@nickhodgeUK Thank you sir. All 3 are already in the NavVI. You too
great footage nick pleased you had a good time!!!
Thanks Jim. One of those ‘perfect few’ 👍🏻
09:15 took exactly the same picture of my bike, on the same spot last Friday! Great trip!
Spot on a week apart then as mine was Friday 16th July. Great days 👍🏻
Shropshire for three nights next week, Ludlow loops one day (out of Bikers Britain) and Mid Wales the other😀, Snowdonia and North Wales next year.
You’ll have a blast. Just planning a western UK tour for a week in early September (Lakes, Yorkshire Dales and North Pennines. Blast to Snowdonia, mid wales (again), Pembroke peninsula and Beacons 👍🏻
@@nickhodgeUK You should try my backyard, Northumberland and the Borders. Based near Hexham so I’m spoilt for great riding😆
@@IanTed we did that last September on our way around the lower UK. Made the mistake of not blasting to Newcastle and picking up the Northumberland Coastal route north of there. Tried picking our way through all the ‘kids me quick’ hats up the lower east coast. I will do it again though as wanted to do Bamburgh Castle and Holy Island neither of which we did as castle was shut and ride in on island. We did do Kilder and in and out the borders though and that was fun 👍🏻
As you said, stunning scenery......weathers gods smiled upon you on this trip compared to your Northern Ireland ride.
It did. It’s tough to get a balance and I’d never complain in heat but 31 degrees at one point. 😥👍🏻
Great roads to ride and beautiful scenery. Would have liked to see some of the towns and villages you passed through.
Thanks. I’ll try and include some next time 👍🏻
Love to watch your videos as usual, could you also include more footage of your breaks, restaurants, scenic spots?
Glad you like them. I’ll see what I can do on other activities 👍🏻
Hi Nick fantastic video. Loved the what 3 words app function in the corner of the video. Is this something you chose to put on at random times of the video. Brilliant 🏍🏍
Hi Andrew. Thought I’d try it to see response and if people used it. It is at random cuts in the video when I’ve materially changed position. It is pretty time consuming finding where clips are though. Have to drop them in dashcam viewer. Go to edited portion and then into W3W site to replicate. Glad you spotted it though. Thanks 👍🏻
It’s really good Nick. Thanks for your time and effort 🏍🏍
Hi Nick Just watched your trip to Wales. Really enjoyed it and thanks for taking the time to make the video, we’re itching to go! I’ve just tried to download the Gpx files but they don’t seem to be there? Could you share again please? Thanks Sandra
Hi Sandra. Glad you liked it. When ‘our island’ is on song you’ll struggle to beat it. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Done them all. No idea where the GPXs went but I’ve replaced them so let me know you got them. They are ‘as recorded’ so beware wrong turns we made but it’ll give you a start I hope. Enjoy
Sunshine? How rare is that? :) Beautiful countryside.
Not all that rare, between July 17 and 18th 🤣🤣. It was stunning 👍🏻
Excellent use of what3words.
Glad you noticed. Only the 2nd who commented 🤣. Thanks 👍🏻
@@nickhodgeUK I think it's a brilliant app, and wish more people knew about it. I'm going to start doing what you did in my videos (if I ever make any more).
Lovely well produced and informative video yet again. Well done Nick. Do I see a Givi Top Box sans Panniers on the GSA? ;-)
Thanks for watching. No they are Bumot Evo top box and panniers. There’s a video on the channel reviewing them. They’re ‘heavy’ duty but I’m loving them 👍🏻
@@nickhodgeUK Sorry nick, the top box looked like the big boy and no panniers in the still I saw. Just goes to show that 2+2 doesn't always equal 4 when one leaps to conclusions. Stay safe and well my friend.
Ah. Maybe the rubber pad on top confused you. In fairness the Givi is an expensive ‘bike bits’ storage box in the shed. Shame on me 🤣👍🏻
@@nickhodgeUK Bad boy :-). I have a garage full of Kak acquired over the years which when the wife asks, I of course use all the time. Anyway good news from the UK government yesterday. It seems I can ride back to UK now without having to quarantine, as they now accept my double Pfizer from Austria. Sadly I can't get away until the 1st week of September but then I'll be hot foot on the Chunnel heading around UK for a grand tour of the sights and a relative or two, praying for an Indian summer. Fish and Chips, get in there ;-) ;-)
@@bigt1767 still confusing though as we can’t go the other way (which was my hope as we were planning Spanish Pyrenees (which of course includes France). Now I’m praying for an Indian Summer too as it’s UK for us AGAIN from September 11th. (Just check on France as you’ll be transiting through there as they’re still on the UK quarantine list currently due to Beta variant.) 👍🏻
Nick is it possible to share the route through the elan valley please. Cracking vid thank you.
Chris. There’s a link in the description to the GPX files. They’re all in on folder by day but it’s Day 2 you need. You’ll see it’s a bit weird as we had to drop back to Rhayader to meet a friend and then attack it again. Good luck 👍🏻
Thanks Nick
Hi Nick, hope all is well, noticed you've not made many vids over the last few months.
Hi Paul. Yes thanks for asking. All good. Just winter and Covid on NYE. Hope to be back at it shortly 👍🏻
@@nickhodgeUK Great to hear, I'll look forward to it!
Hello. I am riding a GS of the same color in Japan. The scenery of Europe is wonderful everywhere. It seems that there are few shops, but is there a gas station?
Oh there’s plenty of fuel although as you know, we have more on board than many 👍🏻
Company couldn’t have been fantastic, I wasn’t with you 😁
Well alright… it was ok 🤣👍🏻
Great ride Nick, I have the same bike and just wondering how you find the BMW gps, I am currently using my mobile phone as a GPS, but contemplating buying the BMW gps but in Australia they are not cheap $1200
Jack. £600 here too. I’d stick with your mobile phone!! It’s too complicated and I’d ditch it if I could get the BMW connected app to stay connected. In my eyes it’s good for two things. Recording the route (that’s where the .gpx files in the description came from) and showing telemetry from the bike. You’ll see that at the start of my Northern Ireland trip. You can have up to 16 indicators. I usually have 4. It’s OK but certainly not worth the money IMO 👍🏻
@@nickhodgeUK thank you for saving me $1200 I will keep using the BMW navigation app on my phone which also shows me the turns on my dash, by the way I am 58 years old owned more than 30 bikes, brought my first Gs1250 in April and now I know what all the fuss is about, it would have to be the most comfortable bike I have ever ridden, and the power is unbelievable, I think this bike will be a keeper.
@@jackchristodoulou197 most criticisers haven’t ridden one. They are very accomplished. You are lucky your TFT and phone stay connected. Expect you either have an android phone or an older iPhone?
i know its a few years ago, the files are not there, is there any chance of sending me them or re uploading them. It looked fantastic ride, would love to do it.
Not sure what happened there and more by luck than judgement I still had them so try now and let me know if that works 👍🏻
Why the need for trips to Europe with a covid passport when we have scenery like this on our door steps? In Wales & Scotland. And when you've done those there is always the Wild Atlantic Way from the north of Ireland down the west coast to the south. A 1600 miles scenic route.
I agree. This is my 5th UK trip since the pandemic. All good. I’ve done all 4 nations of the UK. I must do the WAW but am unsure of the status of the Republic. I know you can cross from NI but not sure if that’s ok if you’ve been in GB in the last 10 days?? I know some have done it recently but the fines are big if they decide they are going to enforce the EU regs?? 👍🏻
Surely you need a Covid passport to do the Wild Atlantic Way? It’s in Europe!
@@richardbrooks4549 hi Richard. It’s tough to know. I’ve not gone for that reason but you have free travel from NI to Republic so that’s allowed and you can dock in Republic and go to NI as long as you don’t stop overnight in the Republic. Then ‘Rule 1m’ should apply. I’ve not been brave enough to risk it though (some have) as the fine is €500 I think. 😱
Do you know the answer to this question Nick my gps on the BMW app will only display in Portrait not Landscape, which won’t work with my phone holder I even went to the BMW dealer and they can’t fix it either
I CZcams and found the answer once the bike starts moving it changes to Landscape
Hi Jack. There is a setting in the app of auto/portrait/landscape BUT. This does NOT change the view until you start on a route. Even when you press go, until you actually set off and the screen goes to just the route with blue arrow and ‘close’ button that setting has no affect. Maybe you have not got that far presuming, as I did, that changing that setting would be immediate or at least when you press ‘go’ for the proposed route? Let me know and ride safe 👍🏻
@@nickhodgeUK thank you very much Nick you would think the BMW dealership would know that, I was trying to change it while the bike was stationary, got frustrated and just switched to google maps, which of course you then don't get turn by turn signals on the TFT dash which I find great.
All the way to Wales for 3 days and you didn’t venture the GS off-road at all???
Once by accident 🤣👍🏻
@@nickhodgeUK 😂 Well at least that’s something.
Hi Nick. You've disappeared?
I’m still here. Thanks for checking though. GS has now gone (just released that video with thoughts) and there’s a new one in the shed…. Just editing the video reveal as we speak 👍🏻