Transfagarasan. Is It REALLY The Best Riding Road In The World?

[@davidmarichal1602]

Finally someone who can actually ride a motorcycle smoothly in a mountainous area. A real joy to look at your video’s. Your comments are gold. Keep up the good job. Ride safe.

[@AndyManCam]

Thanks David, very kind of you to say so. I shall do my very best!

[@mattmutane5502]

Couldn't agree more in all regards!! :)

[@AndyManCam]

Cheers Matthias.

[@mattmutane5502]

@@AndyManCam Welcome... though the OCD indicator cancellation impulse still needs some attention... ;) :p :D :D

[@johankolver9272]

Was very excited to feast my eye balls on new AMC content! Thank you very much.

[@AndyManCam]

Very happy to have provided the feast mate! Thank you!

[@FatherCez]

Finally! Mate, we've missed you! Dynamic Duo is back!

[@AndyManCam]

Happy to be back mate! I’m just happy that i got this series out in the same year that the trip happened!

[@FatherCez]

@@AndyManCam Whenever Im watching any of your vids, I develop an urge...dark urge to ride somewhere myself :) Keep on doing what you're doing mate. Good stuff!

[@AndyManCam]

@FatherCez that’s exactly the kind of response i want to elicit! Cheers!

[@mikejgriffiths]

Real old school AMG. Love it! Well done Andy. The wanderlust is strong with this one.

[@AndyManCam]

Thanks very much Mike. Really enjoyed everything about this trip and i really think it shines through in the vids! 😊

[@emilenossin5098]

Great roads, great flow, great humor, great music, great editing! Loving it, thank you!

[@AndyManCam]

Thanks very much indeed Emile!

[@VishnuPadmanabhan]

An AMC video on a Saturday is an absolutely welcome refreshment!

[@AndyManCam]

I’m very happy that i could add something to your Saturday mate! Cheers!!

[@mattmutane5502]

And a whole series of them to boot - unexpected Saturday marathon of AMC to help us in our winter-fug-lack-of-riding-malaise... ;) :) :D

[@matmoore74]

Belting vid, awesome road and the usual quality editing. Setting the gold standard as usual Mr Mancam 👌

[@steveball2307]

A welcome return Andy with the added bonus of Pingu with sub titles! Timely too, landmark year for me next year and had been considering Romania. So far, very tempting - looking forward the the next two parts.

[@AndyManCam]

Cheers Steve! You could do a lot worse than seeing Romania for your landmark. Get there nice and early and you might even have it to yourself!

[@michaelneve3223]

I love your tour videos, great quality editing and always make me smile with your sense of humour!

[@laurencemartin5333]

Wow what a great ride. You've created a fantastic video, great editing 👍

[@AndyManCam]

Thank you so very much Laurence 🙏🏻

[@wb4367]

Awesome entertainment. You don't have to love bikes to love your vids. Nevermind, I do love my T7, but not so much anymore after watching the tuareg shift & corner.

[@AndyManCam]

Thank you very much mate 😊 Yeah, the Tuareg is a real weapon both on and off the black stuff! And all that on OEM tyres!

[@wltrlg]

Happy to see you both back in the saddle! Excellent riding and boy the Aprilla sounds so nice!

[@AndyManCam]

Thanks Walter! The sound really is glorious, isn’t it! 💕

[@jimsadler8704]

Spectacular first episode, Andy. Weather wise all you needed to complete the set was a couple of tornados.

[@AndyManCam]

Thanks Jim. You're not wrong there mate! Seems we had pretty much everything else!!

[@FourIntoOne]

That road- Wowser! Thanks for bringing it right into my living room👍

[@AndyManCam]

Absolutely my pleasure mate! Thanks for inviting me in. Nice sofa btw…

[@ioandragulescu6063]

@29:19 right before this tunnel, high on top of the mountain side you probably saw the ruins of a fortress. That was the castle of Vlad Tepes also known as Vlad Draculea ... you know who I'm talking about :)

[@AndyManCam]

Ah yes! I knew it was around here somewhere, but didn’t think we would actually see it! Maybe I’ll be able to pay more attention next time. And take the Garlic…

[@bfc_clarky]

Welcome return Andy. Another fabulous video, great choice of music. I travelled from Bucharest to Sibiu to do the Transfagarasan Highway a few years ago. Superb road, sadly I didn't see any bears, but it's well worth the effort. 90+ km of enjoyable experience. There's talk that it may have an extended opening from next year instead of the typical 2-3 months/year.

[@AndyManCam]

Thanks very much mate. Agreed, 90+ km of pure joy, with or without bears! Longer opening times might ease the traffic a bit, but surely they'll have to work way harder to clear it in time?! Could be a Toll charge coming to ride....

[@markosrides]

I live like 600km from this place and for the past 5 years I cannot organize a quick blast there for various life crap that's been piling on... Weekends are off because there are a million people on those roads so maybe next year I'll get to finally do it on a regular weekday, who knows... Looking forward to watching this Andy! Cheers!

[@AndyManCam]

I know the feeling. I‘m 250km from the Harz mountains here in Germany, but it took me over two years to finally go and ride there. Adulting ruins everything!!

[@alanoswin8827]

Great video amazing the weather difference, been a Sena user for 10 yrs, now I'm a cardo biker just a different world.

[@AndyManCam]

Thanks very much Alan. The switch from fog to sun was so surrreal that i thought people would be calling fake at the TV screens!

[@Gsrider65]

Hi Andy, what a great video and a stunning road ! Have to go and do it won't I 😂 only problem I have with your channel is there's not enough ! Keep up the great work 👍

[@AndyManCam]

Thanks buddy! You do have to go there! Everything you see on youtube is 10 times better in real life! I know the problem with the quantity! If only those bills would pay themselves, I'd have all the time on the world for vids!! 😅

[@garthmctavish7335]

Can't believe you went without me. Well done, I ll have to go myself 😎👍

[@blueyondermoto]

I was only thinking the other day ....we haven't had an AMC vid for a while....then 2 come along. Great stuff. Will watch Part 2 later.👍

[@AndyManCam]

It’s almost like I read your mind! 😜 Thanks very much! Enjoy part 2 (and 3!)

[@blueyondermoto]

@AndyManCam a brilliant Trilogy AMC, great riding and I hope Ian is enjoying the big Tiger.

[@AndyManCam]

@@blueyondermoto Cheers very much! Ian is really loving his Tiger. It's a bike that he'S wanted for a long time, so he's living the dream. I think he would have preferred if it was a little bit lighter on this trip though!!

[@hannesgottinger9284]

"Na Mädls, alles in Ordnung? 😎" Haha lovely trip mate! I am glad the weather cleared up when you came out of the tunnel!

[@AndyManCam]

It had to be said! 🤣 Cheers Hannes. The weather change was like a gift from the gods!

[@markmundy3435]

The things you do for your art, and us!

[@AndyManCam]

A true labour of love and gladly done!

[@mattmutane5502]

Looks like you had a lot of fun, keeping the "faster" boys at bay... ;) :) :D :D What a fantastic trip - just reinforces the fact that I've been meaning to get to do this lot for at least 10 or more years... MUST....GET....THERE.....SOON.... (for malleable values of soon! ;) (in the next few years, I guess... ;) :) :D )) LOVE IT, Andy! :)

[@rationalityfirst]

Hey, Andy! Glad to see you on our little road. I hope you enjoyed the potholes that by now I fell I know too well, lol.

[@AndyManCam]

Haha! I did enjkoy them very much thanks! The suspension on the Tuareg made it all FAR more enjoyable than if I'd have come on the Honda, that's for sure!

[@RE650NZGraeme]

Well done Andy, been missing your rides and vids - reminding me I need to get out and ride some NZ roads around me!! Lovely constant radius corners, rough surfaces - great for the Tuareg! Magnificent views and thanks for the humorous commentary! Good to have Ian along again as company. Keep it up, Graeme NZ

[@AndyManCam]

Thanks very much Graeme! We always need to get out there and ride some more roads! They do sound like good curves for the Tuareg. If only it was easier to get it down there!

[@RE650NZGraeme]

@@AndyManCam The Transfăgărășan certainly has it over most NZ roads - most of the country is boring A Class roads and some expressways. The more rural enjoyable roads are tourist roads are full of cars LOL! I was actually trying to describe your ride there and back - a great motorbike road for sure,

[@AndyManCam]

@RE650NZGraeme Ah I see! That’s a shame. I always imagined NZ to be a haven of mountain twisties. But i guess it makes perfect sense with the tourists. Norway was exactly the same. 🙄

[@RE650NZGraeme]

@@AndyManCam Drive for an hour from a major centre and then you can find the twisties for perhaps two days in series. So there are still some good roads to have. Actually just 30 mins from Auckland centre and you can start on the curvy roads in two directions. south anyway, similar from Christchurch in the South Island.

[@AndyManCam]

@@RE650NZGraeme You would just have to live in Hamburg for one season, and you'd drive however far you have to, to get to ANY kind of twisty road!! 🤣

[@jag1970s]

Hi again! Nice! I had to clench once or twice on that thick white paint.

[@AndyManCam]

Seemed like it was ok when it was dry. Deadly when damp! The awesome bike made it all very manageable though!

[@Mototherapy_online]

Another awesome one Andy 🤩🤩👍✌️ Thx 🙏

[@AndyManCam]

Thanks very much mate!! 🙌🏻

[@ElGreco291]

Didn't know, how much I missed your videos and all the laughs. Thank you for that! Really needed that. Sadly I missed Ian and you, since I was in Romania the weeks right after you... I always hate the long ride till you get there (especially boring Hungary). But the landscape, the people and of course the "three Trans.." make up for it. (Or five if you have time to also visit the Transapuseana and Transrarăul) I just love this country.

[@AndyManCam]

Thanks mate. Sad to have missed you! Yeah we really wanted to get more of the Transes in but we’re sadly limited for time. But i agree, the long ride down there is well worth it. Cheers!

[@Gsrider65]

Well quality over quantity any day 👌

[@AndyManCam]

Always! I try my very best! 😊

[@cport955]

Woohoo an AMC video with added Ian 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@AndyManCam]

Hahahaa! Added Ian! 😆

[@thewoodster8607]

Rode it and the Transalpina in September on a hired 1300GS. Both are great roads. I have no idea if it is the BEST in the world. I actually preferred the roads leading to and out of the Transalpina but it's each to their own. I do rate Romania for riding overall as well. Great filming. Thanks for posting!!

[@AndyManCam]

I totally agree mate. Episode 3 of this series will likely have something for you 😉

[@Daforcedk]

To bad the roads in a large part of Transfagarasan is so bad, we did it in september on a MT-07 and a VRF 800 and did really look forward to the Mountainroads but i was not a pleasure. but the views and wildlife was really nice tho. we were told that the Transalpina was alot better, so that must be next time, and is looking forward to see you video on that after this one :) But i would like to thank you for all the videos, we did a tour the southeast europe this august/september and used your videos as inspiration for a great part of it :)

[@AndyManCam]

Yeah the Transalpina road surface is definitely better. Though for me the secret was to take a bike with longer springs! 😜 Very happy to have been of assistance mate. Glad you had a good trip!

[@MarkJames61]

It's so beautiful riding in mist. Stog complaining. Then you got your reward. Oh ye of little faith. Nice episode, Ty.

[@AndyManCam]

I wasn’t complaining! I even said that there would be sun on the other side! 😜

[@MarkJames61]

@AndyManCam ok, l give you that one. Looking forward to The Two Ronnies on the next one.

[@AndyManCam]

Haha! You don’t have to wait long, it’s already out there! 😘

[@darrylcoomer1539]

YAY, you and Ian are back again!!! What happened to his Ninja??

[@peterowberry4390]

Brilliant

[@AndyManCam]

Thank you kindly Peter! 🙏🏻

[@johnmoser1162]

Great stuff !!!

[@AndyManCam]

Cheers John!

[@michaelzar7279]

fantastic !!!

[@AndyManCam]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Kradmelder24]

u musstest dasselbe Schicksal ertragen wie ich: es gibt nicht beide Pässe, Transfogarasch und Transalpina, bei Sonnenschein. Naja, zumindest nicht auf der gesamten Strecke. Nebel hatte ich 2017 dort auch. Dieses Jahr 2024 war es wesentlich besser. Die Bären dort sind inzwischen so zutraulich, dass sie zum Problem werden, hat man uns im Hotel erzählt. Tolles Video! DLzG

[@debbieclegg2485]

Fabulous 🎉... 😁👍

[@AndyManCam]

Thanks Debbie! Totally agree, it’s a stunning place to visit!

[@debbieclegg2485]

@AndyManCam hoping to do that .. its on the bucket list 👍

[@AndyManCam]

It’s well worth the trip!!

[@debbieclegg2485]

@@AndyManCam cherrrs Andy.. and great to see you n Ian on the telebox tuner again ✨️

[@AndyManCam]

Cheers yourself! Thanks for having us on!

[@stevesteve1965.]

You wait all year and 3 come along at once.!🧐

[@AndyManCam]

Ha! All year! You cheeky sod! I thought all at once would be a nice treat! Also trying this out to see if it reduces the trailing off of views as a series progresses. We’ll see!

[@stevesteve1965.]

@AndyManCam ,trailing off.!.. traitors..., honestly the lack of loyalty is outrageous.. OUTRAGEOUS.!!!! 🧐

[@AndyManCam]

You’re telling me mate!! It’s a little bit heartbreaking each time! 😆 💔

[@chasonbikes]

Andy, have you had any issues with your Aprilia? Also how do you think the Tuono 660 compares to your tureag ? Especially on this trip

[@AndyManCam]

Not a single problem mate. The bike has been tremendous. I’ve never ridden the Tuono 660, so it’s hard to say. Though on paper it has more power, but it comes in much later so might be more of struggle on the super steep twisty bits compared to the Tuareg (Unless you keep the revs high the whole time). I can also speculate and say that i reckon it would be quite uncomfortable to do this trip on a Tuono. The roads were on the whole very rough indeed. The long travel ADV suspension of the Tuareg just ate it all up, but a small, taught, sporty road bike might struggle a bit to maintain its composure!

[@davidmallia628]

I was wondering if the Aprilia Tuareg 660 has been reliable. I know it is a fun performer, but what about durability? Romania is one of the best motorcycle destinations in europe. I did both the Transalpina, and Transfagarasan. Epic!

[@AndyManCam]

I’ve had no troubles yet David. 15,000km on the bike so far, including a week of almost entirely off roading in Italy. Going strong! I did break the cruise control button off, but that was my clumsiness and it still works!

[@davidmallia628]

@AndyManCam seriously considering this bike over the T7 which I find top heavy, and thus cumbersome, not to mention the Tuareg road superiority, comfort, and utility. Thanks for sharing your experiences, and insights. Many people appreciate that. Cheers, and happy bike days.

[@mattmutane5502]

Just imagine if bears DID have opposable thumbs - jeez we'd be in trouble!!! ;) :D

[@AndyManCam]

Only if they were faster than us! They’re pretty heavy! 🤣

[@mattmutane5502]

@@AndyManCam ..but they are apparently pretty smart - they would be getting their knee's down pretty soon, and makings us look like pussies... ;) :) :D :D

[@johnsteel4719]

Ah man it’s so nice to have you and Ian bombing around the twisties. Not sure if I could deal with audio of Ian’s voice having gone this long with squeaky fart noises coming out of his mouth… I need to get abroad and ride some of these roads. Only driven around Wales so far which is not too shabby but need to get further afield and have an adventure..

[@AndyManCam]

Cheers John. You get used to the farts and whistles eventually! One day we’ll figure out the audio and then you’ll be wishing for the SFX again! 😅 Adventuring further afield is definitely good for the soul, in my humble opinion. Can’t recommend getting out there enough. Although Wales is already a pretty epic starting point!

[@mattmutane5502]

Wales is pretty darn good and nearly as good as most of the best stuff Europe has to offer - it's just a bit too small and you get to know all the good bits too fast... Europe is fairly endless when it comes to quality AND quantity!! :D

[@AndyManCam]

Very true.

[@denismustafa4225]

❤❤❤

[@AndyManCam]

🥰😙😊

[@TheKlimaUredzaj]

Hey there. At first it made me laugh because you go to Norway and have the best posible weather all the time and you come to eastern Europe and it rains pretty good. I said to myself is it even posible for you to have bad weather 😅. Anyway i found Transalpina to be more fun and pleasure to ride. They are both amazing to see once in a lifetime but hell no the best roads. Maybe one day when they make a new road surface...They cant be compared to alpine gems like Grossglockner,Timmelsjoch, Furka/Grimsel/Susten,Stelvio etc. I was in Romania in 2019 and 5 years later they did not changed anything 😢

[@AndyManCam]

Hey! Yeah the weather gods have been pretty good to me on the whole! I know what you mean about the road surface. I’m just so very glad that i had the bike i had, because it meant i could still enjoy the roads just as much as the smoother alpine passes. 👍🏻

[@cpuuk]

[Checks bike] ah, recent travels 🙂 Anyhoo, you didn't fight in two worlds wars to be kept awake by a camp couple bangin' ¬_¬ You mean Ian the chipmunk voice, isn't really a chipmunk?

[@AndyManCam]

Yep! This year recent, very nearly up to date! 😆 You know what they say… „if the tent‘s a rockin‘, then it hasn’t been pegged out properly…“

[@clivegreen2663]

Brilliant tour series. Eastern Europe, especially Romania, is a total revelation! Ps - I have no problem with the part-EU funded campsite, I voted to stay! 🇪🇺

[@Tony-Buzz]

👌👌👌👏👏👏

[@martythompson6509]

I can't believe you passed up the opportunity to stop and ask that Bear the million dollar question........💩

[@AndyManCam]

I know, I've let us all down! I guess that while protected with bike gear is probably the best time to have a one to one with a terror-teddy!

[@mattmutane5502]

@@AndyManCam Yep - important Ursine defication habits in wooded areas need answers to important questions!! ;) :D

[@themikevlad]

12:10 there's no point paying for camping in romania. Wild camping is free, and "wildly" available.

[@ElGreco291]

That is true. IOverlander is a big help. But if you prefer the occasional shower, a campsite or hotel is the better option 😉

[@AndyManCam]

I did fancy a bit of wild camping, but when one of the group has a transplanted kidney, a chest infection and is almost 70, it's nice to have some creature comforts! 😅

[@Doddsy-IoM]

Hello Andy…

[@AndyManCam]

🫡

[@lonely_trans_girl]

That reverse clip you put in messed up my brain a lil 😂 What an absolutely stunning ride 😍🏍️

[@AndyManCam]

Gotta do my best to keep you on your toes! 😜