Epic mini series thanks for sharing

Wales lanes look epic and not far from me but I’m not as brave or nuts as you two I’ll stick to roads on my GS 1200 Well done guys great to see mates having fun n taking the pish 😂

This video has made me want to go laning in north Devon that first lane is beautiful is it the one near ilfracombe ? 😁

Great video, I live near Ken and he has just started taking me out on the lanes. Hard enough on my little crf, I admire your skills on the big GS

nice

you can ride over to Barmouth on the bike on the railway bridge but if you have paniers you will to take one off at the Barmouth end, a good novelty ride for the hell of it

Great road, some bonkers corners, have had a few close calls going the other way, fast left followed by a tight 90 degree right, one day I will get it right.

I have 4000 miles on my Triumph 400x in just over 3 1/2 months on metzeler karoo 3 tires and not much sign of wear. I am riding 110 miles per day commuting here in New Mexico with 20 of that on gravel/hard pack, which they are not very good on. A lot of drifting, both front and rear, so hoping the karoo 4 solves that issue. The 3's are good on tarmac but poor on the rockier off road for sure. Being a lighter bike at about 390 lbs, the wear is less than the mid weights, but I do quite hard on/off road. So thinking about what's next. Motoz tractionator adv or Dunlop trail max or even shinko 804/805's. Any suggestions?

Treat the local farm animals with more respect. It's behaviour like that gets us ADV riders a bad name.

Great vid Marc! So much fun to watch! Hey, at least you are there participating mate! Keep going and practice, practice, practice! Ride safe from South Texas! Subscribed!

What campsites did you use? Looks like a great route

Doing until the stand breaks and the bike falls😂

Great series of videos Marc, really inspiring. Are you uploading the route to your bmw nav for the off road sections or using something else? Cheers

making all the Harley bagger guys (me) jealous

WOW that was some bike history. Very entertaining and interesting. I haven't the patience or resilience for long bike tours mainly because I hate carrying too much luggage on a bike. I trailer the bike with my Landcruiser for the longer trips and ride around when I feel like it. Still I now have 10,150 km up on my 2021 S1000RR m package which is my most used bike and considering I have 6 and some classic cars is a lot. Dealer has been nagging me to upgrade to the new one and when I asked about it a few days ago they said BMW are not taking anymore orders for the current S1000 as it seems an all new model is about to be released for 2025.

That first climb, nasty on a big bike. Tration control on or off?

I went with Sure Pass 15 year ago. Great guys.

You did well on the first part of Bomber lane. Theres an alternative access to the lane that misses the knarly section and joins at the fork. 8:08 on the vid

Great video. Shame you didn't include any shots of the climb onto the golf links at Rhyder (10:14). How was the lane with the ford ? (13:40) heard reports that it's badly erroded after all the rain. Does the route include any of the trails around Nant Y Moch ? if not it's well worht a vist.

Can you also expain how is this competition rated? By time?

Have you tried the TKC 80’s and how do these compare to the Conti’s ?

Hey dont be going over to the dark side, BMW pistons go right and left, never up and down! 😅👍

New bike?

if you only could pick only one of the tires .Which would it be the Karoos 4 or the wilds?

Awesome video, I’m aiming to do this next summer on a Honda monkey 👌🏻

On the ACT route map, where exactly does the first trail start. Thanks

Two mates and I have just done the ACT UK but we started in Whitby and headed to wales! Two of us were on T7 World Raids and one on KTM 890R, we did go to IOM too, and I’ve got say that if you get the chance to do the trails over there I highly recommend you go! They were epic! It’s an incredible route that ACT have put together. Some of the trails were really washed out which made it particularly challenging at times. Well worth doing! 👌

Well done mate. 😊 Bigger bike an more gnarly trail than I could handle! 😅 You did great an learning ever step is a bonus..👍

How did you get the routes in Portugal especially the dirt and trail parts I'm in the Guarda district

Good effort on the Rhino 😂👍

Are you asthmatic??

Excellent vids guys. Go the MIGHTY GS.

These or dunlop raid mmm 🤔

its a BMW what would you expect lol

PS mates well with the Karoo 4

Yes its quite an evolution from the stunning landmark 1250GS. My order finger is hovering

Hi Marc, You have a great attitude and spirit!

What a funny little man..

Great riding, i was on a KTM 890R and i decided i was a little tired and deserved a lie down TWICE on this little stretch @ 17:25 and 18:00 time stamps in your hill climb.

Was his name Rob?

So cool video . did this sound is cooling sistems sound ? while driving slowly

Me and my mates are doing the ACT UK in May 2024. I have the GPX file but it V4 that dose not have the first off road section you talked at 4:38 in to the video, would you have the GPS coordinates for the location as I really want to give this a go. Cheers.

Karoos Karoos

Thing about it too, is even riding sections or bits or maneuvers that you can do in your sleep, there in that environment combined with being carefully scrutinized and / or timed, can put your mind in a whole new space. As in most, more "professional" sports we all watch, the mental game is more important than the physical. Yes, of course we must perform, but our minds can work for us or against us... real mental discipline is shown in such events. Thank you for sharing, a mate and I are practicing for the next Challenge, as we just missed them here in the US.

What are they like in mud compared to other similar tyres you have used? Thanks.

😮 someone using a BMW off road! Well done!🍻

Perhaps those people who you are unwilling to listen to are simply telling the truth. The track you were riding down at the start of your moan was fine for a GS but it would have been so much more fun on something lighter, more manageable and agile. You could drive your Mercedes truck on a racetrack but that doesn’t mean it’s suitable for that environment. I also need to respond to your, perhaps they’re jealous (sic) comment. Really? You believe that? Get real. Perhaps they are more interested in ability over pose value.

OMG, I was wet through with sweat watching that video! Not only challenging yourself to traverse your nemesis but you did it twice

hoping to try this on a tiger later this year if all things go to plan great work some tricky spots for sure and i know it never shows how steep the hills are on camera

Too be fair, you didn't achieve anything with this video, to rate a set of tire like this you need to run then on tarmac and dirt, forget the hard gravel, all tires are ok with that. I watched this because im looking for a new set of tires, all i managed was to waste 15 minutes of my life