Picos De Europa. European Motorbike Tour 2014 - Day 1 (of 16)

[@robertheber3871]

Thanks for the video, and for showing the map on which you marked your route. It looks a bit challenging to determine your exact route from the shot of that map, but it may be enough. The scenery is outstanding, and that road did look so nice that you could forget having to watch for potholes and other problems and just enjoy the scenery. The Sierra Nevada mountains here are similar, but without bronze statues and lovely villages along the way. Keep the rubber side down, and via con Dios.

[@RichyVida]

Cheers Robert. Exactly, totally outstanding scenery. Really does knock your socks off. I did the Sierra Nevada's in 2012 on a month tour with my Dad. We cut through on our way to Jerez, 25°c at the bottom, and -1°c and snowing at the top! Scared me to death! I can work you some rough routes out if you like. Cheers

[@derbyshireweddingevents3113]

Richy, I love your rides every route is amazing. Can I suggest something which I am really certain all fans would really appreciate? Why not publish your routes on line to enable other adventurous bikers to find the wow rides you go on? Just a suggestion mate! Well done, thanks for sharing again, keep the great movies coming mate!

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[@francisalec610]

@Lorenzo Karter instablaster :)

[@lorenzokarter4100]

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[@lorenzokarter4100]

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[@francisalec610]

@Lorenzo Karter glad I could help :D

[@misslesley60]

stunning vids mate keep them coming , really enjoyed this set, me and my partner are following in your foot steps all booked for july 2015 cant wait ! love the way you present the vids and with great laughs to look forward to next upload just brill thanks Perry and Lesley................

[@RichyVida]

Cheers Lesley. Where are you heading in July?

[@misslesley60]

RichyVida we heading into the picos mountains then andora then france onto milau to see the bridge then back home trough france cant wait it just looks fantastic , two wks of motorcycle heaven keep them vids coming I need to see Norway when we get back Lesley

[@andrewjones6732]

Great to see another video from you Richy...appreciate yr efforts in bringing this to the small screen. Roll on Day 2

[@beverke7]

Awesome roads and scenery, I put this one on my touring list for sure. ☺️ Thx for sharing ! Great trip you guys made.

[@npr1300A8]

Are we glad we came across you! Love your European tour! Would we love to take our FJR there!

[@RichyVida]

Thanks Paul. Very kind of ya! There's tonnes of vids for you enjoyment :-) welcome to the mad house!

[@alrightdave6135]

Great first episode. Picos is on my list!

[@1234nagel1582]

I spent a week hiking the trails around Potes in March 2015. It was fantastic, one day I'll get back there, bit next time I'll be on a bike for sure.

[@deanchild9848]

Yes please, I would love to come along on tour LOL.....once again awesome watch

[@mickyboy1747]

Great videos mate, love watching your tours on the bikes. Keep it up.

[@RichyVida]

Cheers Michael.

[@peteandnics6805]

Great vid again! You made the right decision to turn back into Spain, we were doing are first ever euro trip heading down to the alps the same time you were in Spain, we got soaked every day. Ferry for Spain is booked for this august, never heard of the picos, so thanks a lot for your vid, it's number one on our list of places to see now, thanks a lot and great crimbo vid! Keep the vid's coming!

[@RichyVida]

Cheers, Pete. Glad it's helped Ya for this year. Thanks for watching the Christmas vid too ;-)

[@chari27]

I come from Asturias and living in the Netherlands I have this drive many times with the motorcycle and the car, it's beautiful greetings from Chari

[@tonylovejoy5712]

Me and two mates are going there in June 2017. Can't wait. We're staying at that hotel you went past at 6 minutes

[@BeTouring_Bulgaria]

In those long winter nights while waiting for the summer this is fuckin' brilliant. Every night before falling asleep one episode is the best treat u can ever get :)

[@volvot5boy]

Class mate, i got to get my pennies saved up for a tour in the future...can't wait until next video. Even if was just for a short tour... that road looked amazing.

[@78tomke]

Brilliant job mate, awsome roads.shocking ... I love your vids. Thumb up :)

[@RichyVida]

Thank you Sir! ;-)

[@moamoasu]

Great video! Thank you very much.

[@Bogstandardbiker]

awesome video, awesome roads - must go there

[@copper426]

Hi Richy any chance you could post me your favourite routes and camp site (hotels) on your journey as I'd love to go next year many thanks for your troubles. Picos trip...

[@stephendyson.burrows1773]

Thank you for posting I am going to be on that road after the Jerez moto gp at the end of April,getting very excited now after seeing this

[@RichyVida]

You will LOVE it!!

[@stephendyson.burrows1773]

shipping my bike from Manchester to Barcelona then heading down to Malaga before going to the moto gp at Jerez april 24 then north up to Santander deffo going on that road

[@RichyVida]

You want the N621 to Potes ;-)

[@stephendyson.burrows1773]

cheers

[@creagthomson3193]

nice vid looks great! i was wondering the route you took? looking to do a trip next summer trying to decide where to go and this is up there!

[@mikeonabike8531]

Hi Richie, great video... me and a couple of mates are in the first days of planning a trip to the Picos for next year... could you give me any details on the ferry crossing you took and your route to Cain

[@Wimvanhal]

Richy this is for me your best tour on video, so for my motorbike friends i share him on my Facebook.

[@RichyVida]

Thank you, my friend!

[@JohnG11000]

breath taking vids Richy.

[@RichyVida]

Cheers John!

[@derbyshireweddingevents3113]

Loved it especially Egoo having to abseil to get to bed! :)

[@markmcdonald470]

We will be on these very roads on 1st June 2015 & looking forward to it.

[@RichyVida]

Good man. you will love it. As I say in the vid, one of THE best roads I've ever ridden!

[@markmcdonald470]

RichyVida 2 weeks till we ride these roads :)

[@RichyVida]

I'm excited for you, mate (and a tad jealous)

[@wyvernbiker]

Wow this is just the first day. Bloody awesome.

[@RichyVida]

Stay tuned @Wyvernbiker its a fantastic tour!

[@AMTM1980]

The roads look amazing!

[@michaelsmith1885]

Been to the Pecos now 5 times thanks to Alpine TT for taking me and several buddies there several years ago, you'll go along way to get much better. trying to keep this area a bit of a secret so not to much info Please!!!

[@patyogi99]

Hi Rich what cam are you using, good shots and love the vids. So kay just scrolled down the other vids and found out it was a Drift Ghost, the one I've been looking at last week. What do you think of it in the field.

[@RichyVida]

Hi Patrick. It is a super camera mate. We all use them. Great battery life on the Ghost (3hrs - filming at 1080/25fps) I would recommend it all day long, and it's a great price now too! Rotating lens so you always have a level horizon no matter how or where you mount it. I would advise buying the external mic too. All action cam's have shit onboard mics. I have it routed through, into my helmet, so it's nice and clear. Here's the link to it. Tell em I sent ya! www.actioncameras.co.uk/drift-hd-ghost

[@vialniashpiktaz5891]

hello guys nice video. I have this question in 20:37 i see no bafflers in exhaust in one of a bikes. Did you had some trouble with local police because of it ?

[@RichyVida]

No trouble at all..

[@megafonvfr4738]

GREAT TRIP.NICE VIDEO..VFR!!!!!!!!

[@jamesgreen3417]

Great work Rich and guys. I've one Q. Why did you start to film only from the ferry not from home as normal. Loved seeing you all meet up and set of on tour.

[@ashigargalo]

I know exactly why you go like mad. I did that road 5 years a go, Out of this world, has to be done to appreciate. I'm planing in doin again very soon with my xjr 1300.

[@2wheelswideCoUk]

Great start to the trip... Look forward to seeing the rest of them.

[@kevb7963]

Might be a stupid question Richy, but how do you get the audio from your intercom onto the video while your riding? I'd love to record some of my rides.

[@RichyVida]

All audio is taken from each persons camera feed, and sync’ed in post production with some editing wizardry 👍

[@kevb7963]

Ah right. nice one! Thanks for reply mate. Might be a bit too technical for me, but keep doin the videos Richy. Really great viewing and well made!

[@andymarr8239]

hi bud great vid again going over via santander 2nd of june 15 on a blade with a gixxer thou cbf and cbr6 f these roads look absolutely brilliant cant wait to get on em

[@RichyVida]

Mate, you will love it! It is as good as you could only hope it to be. Enjoy!

[@andymarr8239]

RichyVida hi bud do you stay on the n621 all the way to the monument or do ya turn off?? cant wait for the trip and your vids are giving us plenty of ideas for the future thanks again my email is [e-mail]

[@RichyVida]

Yeah just stay on the N621. Superb road.

[@andymarr8239]

cheers buddy

[@johncoyle1096]

RichyVida When you took the N621 did you go via A8 to Potes me and a few m8s are doing a 4 day tour in the same area next May. Regards John Liverpool

[@eman19487]

Here we go again doing catch up on your tours.🙄👍

[@veryAngryandy]

great!!!! looking forward to the rest :-)

[@darkhackersploits]

Dear Richy, I love your videos I think you guys are one of the best youtube publishers I watched other videos but you guys are awesome however my comment is regarding tours currently My side I like to do a tour around Europe to be honest it is first tour I will ever do on my bike but what worries me is costs example I like to do tour from UK to Slovenia croatia, Dubrovnik, Serbia, Bosnia, down to turkey and then back toward UK can you give me some advice regarding costs example how much money did you guys spend on the way on your journeys do you do also group tours or just with your friends I own a suzuki RF 600 RV here Like I say it will be my first tour here so I dont know really all the things of it Any advice would be very appreciated Richy. You guys really awesome I love watching your videos I hope to hear from you

[@shiftyblake3038]

Are you happy with the Ghost S video quality?

[@RichyVida]

In the sunshine it's perfect. If there's is cloud cover, the sky acts as a giant soft box (photography) and the camera gets very contrasty. This can be sorted in post production though..

[@shiftyblake3038]

Thanks Richy. I just brought one and I am struggling with settings for riding.

[@Bogstandardbiker]

quick question if I may, what video editing software do you use for your vlogs

[@RichyVida]

I use Sony Vegas Pro mate.

[@dyankwant6901]

Which camera did you use?

[@leighhodgson1573]

Richy how do I get that info from you regarding gorges du tarn and millau bud

[@RichyVida]

Leigh send me an email - [e-mail] and I'll try and sort it for you.

[@leighhodgson1573]

Legend

[@MemoryLaneCinema]

Me again :). Just love your vids. Wish I had some lads to ride with. Boring car-friends ;)

[@RichyVida]

Glad to have you here! You are more than welcome to join us on one of our adventures. We're currently working on a short tour early next year, taking some lads to this exact place for a few days. Absolutely fantastic. If you're interested in joining one of our tours, drop me an email on WildbadTouring.com - Ya always got someone to ride with!!

[@MemoryLaneCinema]

RichyVida We from Bergen if you remember :). Well. I speak english due to me living in southampton for a couple of years, so we would be able to communicate hehe. Cheers for that. I will send you one. Just have to decide which bike to buy.

[@RichyVida]

MemoryLaneCinema Aah! Of course! I apologise.. It was you that enticed me into your beautiful country next year!! ;-)

[@MemoryLaneCinema]

RichyVida Yes yes :). Haha. WTF was up with that we we stuff in my last reply ;)

[@heretoshare612]

What are the names of the three bikes? Is the red one a hayabusa.?

[@RichyVida]

2 Honda VFR's (red & silver) and a Kawasaki Z750

[@heretoshare612]

Tq very much.

[@stevefreeman7411]

good vid, great roads ! I rode that deer aswell

[@RichyVida]

+steve freeman It's mandatory!

[@stevefreeman7411]

+RichyVida ride safe pal see you around espania

[@markbould1280]

Still great lockdown viewing rich but slowly running out of videos to watch 😂👍

[@RichyVida]

Wow.. there’s over 500 to choose from! Haha thank you for your time 👍

[@markbould1280]

@@RichyVida thank you for creating great content and inspiring people to get out on 2 wheels and see the world. Got loads of trips planned all thanks to the channel. Stay safe 👍

[@mikethebikesmith0]

Lot better with the sound turned down. You haven't even touched the surface.

[@asharsumari9313]

beautiful sunset

[@ericbusa]

Glad u liked it

[@miraloenYT]

Parece que te ha gustado, jajajaja, son impresionantes las vistas, creo que las mejores vistas en todo el mundo países que se viaje son los puertos de montaña, igual da que sean de África, europa, eeuu, latinoamerica, los puertos de montaña te dan unas vistas espectaculares.

[@soldadosdovento9205]

Nice vídeo 😜👍🇵🇹

[@alexmorgan3435]

Richy, You passed within whiskers of the monument al Oso Pardo - a giant cat over looking even more stunning views. www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Monumento+Al+Oso+Pardo just off the N621 about 5 minutes further on from where you stopped to mount the statue of the young buck.

[@RichyVida]

+Alex Morgan Wow, how did we miss THAT?! Only a whisker away.... a whisker... hahaha a whisker! ;-)

[@alexmorgan3435]

+RichyVida Richy my error it is a monument to the region's brown bears not cat as I wrote above. Have watched all your tours - 4 days it took me and for me although your Norway tour and also tour of Europe were brilliant, this one was the best for me even with your fruity commentary .... ;@). So I now plan to go in early June on my VFR to ride there roads. Shall hopefullyl also ride a bit further west than you went further along into Asturias mountains. On the way back ride up some of the high mountain cols of the Pyrenees - if they are open .............1st June they are supposed to be. The ferry to Santander is flippin expensive though and you HAVE to book a cabin which adds even more cost so thinking of going to Caen in Northern France and riding down. I think you and the guys shared a cabin. The footage of Egone in his bunk with boots and safety belt on is hilarious. You, Egone and Paul make a really good team. I hope some production company picks you up as you are better than Clarkson, Captain Slow and the Hamster. Maybe start your own production company? Thanks again for posting your videos. They very enjoyable and well made.

[@petrinacook9338]

Why don't you introduce members of your touring party at the beginning. I take it you egone and jim are riding. Only recognise Jim from Norwegian video. 10 mins into this video and hes not mentioned yet seen several times.

[@prestwickfella]

Did the Picos in 2013 right across to cap finisterre & back, possibly the best biking roads in the world for my KTM950sm, had an amazing time with friendly people & no bloody British tourists...except for us ahem ;)

[@jakesimmons5578]

I think if all people would spend at least an entire day on the street on some form of motorcycle it would make riding way safer. Then everyone would be more aware. Most the near misses I've had since I started riding involved someone in a car not paying attention.

[@clicgear100]

Awesome!

[@rjart4]

going in May

[@FoxtrotOscar9]

👍👍

[@Byrnie333]

I'm not having it that you get paid to do this? I always thought footballers had close to perfect jobs but you sir have won by a mile. Those views are ridiculous. Some tales for the grandkids when you're old mate!

[@RichyVida]

Cheers, was a super tour this. Would recommend the Picos mountains to anyone, over and over again! I do have to do other stuff as well as this, if that makes ya feel better! ;-)

[@eternallovedos]

5:47 *Potes (Cantabria)* 11:48 The Pale Rider! hahaha *(Puerto de San Glorio)* Closely together the monument to the bear .. the sights are magnificent! es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_de_San_Glorio#mediaviewer/File:Monumento_al_Oso.jpg

[@RichyVida]

Boom! As I say in the film, this is one of - if not THE best road I have had the pleasure of riding!

[@eternallovedos]

RichyVida I am made happy by much that you have liked... Spain is not alone a beach with chiringuito!! Chapurreas (you speak) something in Spanish, good! I am writing with the translator... :(

[@RichyVida]

EternalLoveDos Me gusta probar mi español , y me encantaría ser capaz de hablar con fluidez . Creo que sería recogerlo rápido, si pongo mi mente en ello . Gracias ;-)

[@eternallovedos]

+RichyVida Tú hablas muy bien el español.. sigue así! Yo para los idiomas soy una negada... una lástima! Saludos!

[@RichyVida]

No, no, yo solía Traductor de Google para eso! Yo sólo puedo hablar lo básico .