Royal Enfield Bullet 500: Over the Conor Pass!

[@grahamcrighton8113]

Interesting and inspiring!

[@Mikethebike721]

Wonderful conversational delivery Brendan, you’re a star!

[@BulletWanderer]

Cheers! 😁

[@chituma11]

Fantastic, perfect bike, scenery, and weather

[@simonchilli2088]

Cheers Brendan for taking us along on the rides. Rain or shine your love for your bike and motorcycling in all aspects absolutely shines thru.

[@BulletWanderer]

Thanks Simon! I think motorcycling and travel can bring out the best in all of us 😁

[@Aspirationstoreality]

19:00 thanks for mentioning INDIA . The Bullet 350 and the Bullet 500 are more of an emotion here in India . you are living the dreams of many . cheers to you for taking us along on the rides . absolutely love Ireland .

[@BulletWanderer]

Of course! Can't talk about Royal Enfield without talking about their home, India! 😁 Cheers!

[@Aspirationstoreality]

@@BulletWanderer ♥️

[@svalson]

Fairplay Brendan. A motorcycle fan from India here. Beautiful landscape but I can only imagine the hardship faced by an average motorcyclist!

[@adrianstrand1120]

These videos are keeping me sane watching while I look after Monty the Labrador pup, as my two bikes are idle during this Indian summer we’re enjoying in Cumbria 👍🏻😄

[@philtwowheels]

Nice one Brendan, we call them cagers because they're stuck in a cage, like in a jail and we are out side and free (to fly over bonnets?). Just spectacular views, you're very fortunate to live near them. I'm so excited to be looking at a couple of bullet 500's for sale tomorrow. There aren't many left on the market now.

[@stepheneldridge6998]

Super video...really enjoyed the ride! Great narrative.. and of course you are riding in my favourite part of the world! Cheers Steve

[@BulletWanderer]

Cheers Steve!

[@unOrdinaryWorld]

Best way to start the day with a cup of coffee before hitting the road 🥰🏍️💨

[@Semi0ffGrid7]

I lived in Dingle in 1982, WOW, brings back memories!

[@felipedourado5721]

It's a releif to see that a serious motorcyclist can also be gentleman. I guess the times of the hoolingan type of biker are gone and your videos prove it in the best possible way. Congrats from Brazil.✌

[@BulletWanderer]

Cheers Felipe! I try my best 😁

[@johnlacaze4811]

That was a helluva run my man! Now to take the critter to the stable n get her freshn'd up for another ride 😊👍.

[@BulletWanderer]

Cheers John! She got a good wash and has new parts waiting to be put on since. 😁

[@briand4000]

Such lush beauty! Oh and 1,400' above sea level? I wish! Here in southwestern USA, I live at 5,000' MSL....my poor Bullet loses 18% horsepower. I would feel like I had a supercharger installed were I to magically transport myself and my bike over the pond. Loving your travels, my bullet brother.

[@BulletWanderer]

Cheers Brian! That much? 😮 You'll have to get yourself and the Bullet over here to get that 18% back 😁

[@shoubhikduttavarman7771]

Adjust the mixer screw to 3-3^1/2 turns to compensate for the thin air and see the power increase, cheers from India.

[@Saddlebags73]

Very interesting as usual. I go through places like that and say “Wow” a few times and bung some music over it. You give us facts and humour - much better 🙂👍🏼

[@BulletWanderer]

To be fair, I just happened to know a bit of history here is all, usually I just say "fabulous" and slap some music to it too 😆 Cheers!

[@Saddlebags73]

@@BulletWanderer 🤣🤣🤣

[@unOrdinaryWorld]

Ireland during WWII series yes please! Have you read up on the B17 that crashed in Sligo? Don't think there's much left of it but plenty of contemporary documents available on the internet 😉

[@marlecmarine5393]

I must say after watching some of your videos Ireland has some magnificent and dramatic landscapes, you really were up in the clouds at the top of the pass, great 'Bullet' country. Excellent music and interesting commentary, thanks for a great ride. l think Daisy deserves a good oil change after that ride.....🙂

[@BulletWanderer]

Cheers! Yes, she got the works, new chain, new oil, new bolt, new rear tyre since this trip 😁

[@MauriceTarantulas]

Great bike for it! Must get my Himalayan over to Ireland one day...

[@saratchand9305]

Love from India ❤

[@Phenn5589]

Really nice video, and great storytelling. Very nice roads for riding, mostly sparse of traffic. I must get over there to do a tour on my meteor next year.

[@BulletWanderer]

Cheers, glad you liked the video! It'd be a great spot to take a Meteor on tour 😄

[@felixVanDiemen]

Beautiful scenery, beautiful country, Thanks for sharing and really enjoyed the history.

[@frankysworld]

Magical - I had the good fortune to cross a few mountain busy "sky scraping" The ole 500 is still the best to get into the thick of it 🙂

[@DunhillCastle]

You will have to revise your geography Brendan. Despite what the Google says it's not the highest mountain pass in Ireland. Not the second highest. Not even the third. But great video. Love your work, and the thrum of that single is music to my ears.

[@BulletWanderer]

What is the highest mountain pass I wonder ? 🤔 I’ll have to get out and find it I suppose as google just tells me the Conor Pass. Cheers 😁

[@DunhillCastle]

@@BulletWanderer Sally Gap, Priests Leap, and the famine road over the Comeraghs, from Power's the Pot into the Nire Valley, in that order. Then, Conor Pass.

[@BulletWanderer]

@@DunhillCastle I'll have to make a video going through them all so! Passed by Power's the Pot many times, didn't realise that area was higher than the Conor Pass! I suppose its just a bit less 'extreme' . Thanks for the info 😁

[@hillbilly4christ638]

The ride kinda reminds me of the TT.

[@tompas11A3n52KkX]

I can see that you do as I do when I'm out riding my 2018 Classic 500 - checking the blinker. We don't wanna leave the blinker on when we are not going to turn do we? Many thanks for letting me ride with you on a wonderful trip on a curvy road and in a beautiful landscape where they make tasty black beer. Oh and I just subscribed to your channel, it's great!

[@BulletWanderer]

It's a bad habit, and it takes me months to shake it, but then I'll be riding with someone and they'll accidentally leave theirs on (or tell me I have!), and i'm back at checking the blinker every 30 seconds again 😂 Cheers Tompas! 🍻

[@tonystone3397]

nice one

[@BulaMeister]

What a fantastic ride! Great watch :)

[@jrm1946]

Really interesting tour, thanks. Different feel to riding on a clear dry day but the dampness does bring out the rugged nature of the rocks as you went through the Pass-Pass. BTW having got a glimps of your boots as you climbed the waterfall they are the sort of thing I've been looking for. Do you mind telling us the brand and how you get on with them? Cheers

[@BulletWanderer]

Cheers JRM! The boots are a pair of Stylmartin Yurok boots my dad got me for Christmas just gone, after the last boots I had started to fall apart in Austria summer 2022 😆 They're a nice sturdy boot it must be said, comfy too! The sole definitely felt thicker than my previous Oxford boots at first, but thats where those boots failed so its good to have a bit more sturdiness to them there. I'll be making a video going over what I bring when i'm touring on the Bullet, might go through my motorcycle gear in it too, cheers for the idea 👍

[@jrm1946]

@@BulletWanderer Thank you.

[@geraldfitzgibbon7428]

Is connor with 2 Ns the sirname where conor is the first name? Iv a bro called conor. And my mother maden sir name was connor. Ur full of interesting info. Keep up good biking

[@BulletWanderer]

Generally that would be the way 🤔 In this case though it's the anglicised version of An Chonair, so it seems to be spelled with one or two n's depending on the sign 🤷‍♂ Cheers Gerald 👍

[@bolindow176]

Beautiful ride, beautiful area. I have to visit Ireland some time.

[@jannerfox9292]

Very interesting video thank you Brendan.

[@Leersv]

Awesome Brendan

[@Team-fabulous]

I have a 2002 500 Bullet and a 2024 Supernova Meteor... Feckin love them... PS, love the video. Iv been to the Applecross pass in Scotland ...beautiful plus the Hardknott and Wrynose passes in the Lake District.. Just wonderful..

[@BulletWanderer]

Haven't had the chance to get to Scotland yet myself, but plan to! It sounds fantastic 😁

[@Team-fabulous]

STay to the west coast of scotland.. Absolutely stunning...@@BulletWanderer

[@thenameisbond0073]

Road is so narrow, I wonder how two cars or Lorries will cross eachother

[@BulletWanderer]

You just have to make sure the way ahead is clear until the next little alcove to pull into 😅

[@1990-t1j]

I have never been to Ireland. It looks stunning. What is your lovely tank bag, please? Great bike. Nick J

[@BulletWanderer]

Thanks Nick! It's the TripMachine tank bag. 👍

[@1990-t1j]

Thanks very much.@@BulletWanderer

[@jeankaminska4473]

magnifique

[@wesleywalton4072]

I have the same key ring. 😅

[@marathireviewer96k]

I don't know whether your mic has a great capacity to record voice at a good baas or the Bullet 500 really sounds that charismatic🤩BTW, if I'm right the gears of your RE 500 are on the left side?

[@BulletWanderer]

Cheers! And yup, you'd be right, the gears on the left side as its one of the last models.

[@marathireviewer96k]

@@BulletWanderer okay, really loved the thump but according to my personal opinion the old bullet was the real bullet which had gears on the right and it has a very unique and heart warming sound😇

[@paulhoughtonhhoughton9188]

Brendan, is that the original seat you have fitted or have you had it re-upholstered (it looks bit longer than the standard seat or am I just imagining it) thanks for a great video.

[@BulletWanderer]

It’s the original seat yup! Might be having the bag on the back that makes it appear longer? Cheers!

[@veociego]

Es Irlanda, ¿verdad? Tal parece que gusta mucho los modelos de Royal Enfield antiguos. ¿De qué año es la moto que aparece en este vídeo? Se parece a la Classic moderna.

[@BulletWanderer]

Sí, es Irlanda, ¡en la costa oeste! Esta moto es un modelo Bullet 500 de 2016, en Verde Bosque. 😁¡Gracias por el comentario!

[@NeuroPirla]

What kind of gear do you wear? It's very cool.

[@BulletWanderer]

Cheers Nicolò! My helmet is a ByCity Roadster II and the jacket is a Halvarssons Trenton. Coincidentally I recently did reviews of both of them if you’re interested, they’re on the channel . The gloves are a pair of Helstons , and my boots, I can’t remember right now 😂 the jeans are Alpinestars Copper V2 Denim MC Jeans . Hope that all helps !

[@NeuroPirla]

@@BulletWanderer thank you very much!

[@alexhogan1]

Hi Brendan, Can you tell me what camera and mic set up you use? I'm interested in doing a little motovlogging in the near future myself 🙌

[@BulletWanderer]

Good man yourself 😁 I use a GoPro Hero 11/GoPro Hero 8 (Carry the two with me and swap em when one's battery dies) with a MediaMod (you'll need that to plug in a microphone, unfortunately). I plug a Rode Lavalier Mic into the GoPro for audio, which is secured into the helmet with good old duct tape 😂 The GoPro is mounted onto the chin of the helmet. But i'll do you one better, i'll make a video going over my motovlogging setup soon.

[@diablolucifer666.]

do you guys have thunderbird 500 at your place? at least in india we did

[@BulletWanderer]

I haven't actually seen any Thunderbird 500s to be honest 🤔 There are a few Continental GT 535's around, kind of similar 'rarer' 500cc platform Royal Enfields.

[@diablolucifer666.]

@@BulletWanderer yes we have the GT 535 and also the old lightning 535 that's pretty rare as well my dad has a Thunderbird 500 in the house the 535 technically a modified version of the 500 it's actually possible to convert a 500 cc into 535 my small modification 😄

[@diablolucifer666.]

@@BulletWanderer and there is one more thing I wanted to ask is the exhaust of your 500 modified or is it stock?

[@stevenmiller184]

I have a RE 500 classic of similar vintage. Why do your mirrors not vibrate into invisibility? I cannot ride mine for more than an hour without numb hands, ass and feet.

[@BulletWanderer]

Ha! They used to, until I broke the left mirror at some point travelling through the alps 😅 When I got home I ordered a pair of these from Hitchcocks: accessories.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/accessory-shop/mirrors/11589 Not as pretty as the stock mirrors, but still look fine, and as you see, don't vibrate into invisibility 😂 I think its cos there's less weight, and a smaller ball joint/stem leading to the mirror. Would recommend if the stock mirrors are bugging you!

[@staryjanek]

Whit Braw :)

[@bolleolympus]

👌👌🌷🌷❤❤👍👍🌹🌹😊😊

[@annawhitis4251]

Do you have to worry about deer , jumping into your motorcycle path , like the United States??? Here in the United States we have to worry about deer strikes. 🦌 😮😊 Kevin Phoenix ✝️

[@BulletWanderer]

There are occasionally signs to watch out for deer, but fortunately I've never come across one on the road, very rare sadly to see them in the wild over here in Ireland!

[@xxxthetruthxxx4765]

absolutely wonderful video. you got yourself a new subscriber.

[@BulletWanderer]

Thank you kindly 😄 Welcome!