Royal Enfield Himalayan VERY Wet Off Roading In North Devon With Ken

Royal Enfield Himalayan VERY Wet Off Roading In North Devon With Ken
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[@exeterrider]

I accidentally released this a day early... Not even set up yet, hey ho enjoy the video and drop a "like" would be ace.... Have a good week everyone 👍😎

[@NooBiker]

That's a beautiful R80 GS❤

[@exeterrider]

We agree!

[@Saddlebags73]

Only one thing beats a day in the lanes with Ken…a day in the lanes with Ken, on knobblies. I thought that was my bike you were throwing in the hedge until I saw the blue/white tank 🤣 Fair play with the puddles mate 👏🏼 I hope Nick the Duck is watching. You know I have an aversion to water, but I do ride The Witch, which is of course soluble. “Saddlebags did it in the summer, I did it full legend” ??? I’m gonna let that slide 😳 Brilliant video and always nice to see Ken 👍🏼

[@exeterrider]

Yes, it was wet when you went wasn't, I retract that comment , not even sure why I said it, maybe it helped my self confidence ha! Yes it was a col/wet but good day : )

[@Saddlebags73]

Nah, you were right. Blue skies and dust everywhere for me. But don’t pi55 on my parade 🤣

[@NooBiker]

@@Saddlebags73 Exeter Slider is always in full legend mode

[@Saddlebags73]

@@NooBiker 🤣

[@Stefan_trekkie]

It seams that you, Jeff - SB73 and Steve - Old wild and free are taking turns who is going to be tortured by Ken 😁😁😁

[@Saddlebags73]

🤣 He certainly gives you a workout. Amazing really given his age 👏🏼 I suppose his experience makes a little easier for him but even so, very impressive.

[@kenbrooks7794]

😂😂

[@kenbrooks7794]

@stefan_trekkie , Not forgetting that Epic Motorcycle Adventures has had several grillings, Oh and Hippodrones, he's been for a thrashing as well! 🤣🤣 All great lads... 👍

[@Stefan_trekkie]

@@kenbrooks7794 I had a great laugh on EMA's channel with his gs 1300 .. The electronics was saying that the rear tire is deflated .. You where looking funny at him at that time 😀 .. Hippo-drones is riding Beta enduro bike, almost cheating.

[@oldwildandfree]

🤣🤣🤣

[@EpicMotorcycleAdventures]

Full legend. Bloody good effort splashing through the muddy lanes. Glad you had a great time.

[@exeterrider]

You have the best lane in Devon, no contest there👍

[@economicalrides]

Oooh Oooh Oooh ! Can't wait to watch this later today, with pipe ( hi Blake ! ) and whisky ( hi Scotland ! ) in hand. A bit busy today. Lots to get done. But this is bound to be a real treat at the end of the day !. Hi Ken ! Hi "Steve" ! Love from Provence, Graham.

[@kenbrooks7794]

Hi Gary, Hi Ruby (whichever one you are).... 😛

[@economicalrides]

@@kenbrooks7794 😂 It was actually me this time ( Garry ) 👍🏻

[@kenbrooks7794]

@@economicalrides 🤣🤣😛

[@chrisbittlestone9264]

I’ve seen him ride with others and he is bloody amazing!

[@exeterrider]

He sure is 👍😎

[@kenbrooks7794]

Thank you Chris! You must've seen me on a particularly good day though, as usually i'm under the bike! 😁👍

[@dctdave.buttybach]

I’ve got to say ER that you are a true LEGEND doing it in all that wetness and on Road Tyres as well 😂 Great video mate and it made me laugh a lot 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Ride Safe Ride NC DCT Dave & Butty Bach 🙂

[@exeterrider]

Glad you enjoyed it, it was quite a workout! Great fun and Ken was brilliant .

[@neilclark2245]

This is the kind of thing which makes you think "WTF am I doing?" while you're doing it, but afterwards in the pub it was fun

[@exeterrider]

Exactly Neil😂👍

[@BlakesPipes]

Well done sir. Not sure that was beginner track, but I was laughing the entire time thinking, better him then me!

[@exeterrider]

Its a fun challenge. it was the right bike as well...very cold and wet though!

[@paulegan7250]

Hiya, excellent video, one of your best I think. Well done mate.

[@exeterrider]

Thanks Paul. It was a challenging ride but good fun at the same time 👍

[@Saddlebags73]

Oh! Thanks for the link 🍻

[@exeterrider]

Any time!

[@simonbowen6653]

Brilliant fun to watch.

[@exeterrider]

Good, thanks Simon🙏👍😎

[@HippoDrones]

Ken took you on a good route there, looks the same or similar to what I did when I met up with him and Marc. Them stock tyres are def the first thing to change on that bike if trail riding it. You done great mate.... some of that was super slimy! Def full legend mate! 😀

[@exeterrider]

I remember seeing some of the lanes on your video. It was a fun challenge. Thanks Pete 👍📹

[@HippoDrones]

@@exeterrider Hope you get to try the new Himmy on the same? 🙂

[@exeterrider]

Yes its coming, but I'm not sure if want to risk it tbh. Maybe if it's a bit dryer but I wouldn't want to send it back with dents tbh.

[@HippoDrones]

@@exeterrider aye, not conducive to being allowed to borrow more bikes that 😁

[@flatcapcaferacer]

When I get in tight riding I usually fall back on twisting the throttle a bit more of course nothing bad ever happened to me using that technique 😄😄 My breathing riding the Monkey last winter in the snow was much heavier.

[@exeterrider]

You just made me think, I'm guessing you don't have any lanes like this do you? Our little island is covered with them. The snow monkey vid was hilerious 🙊

[@economicalrides]

Well, first of all Exmouth, I thought you did a brilliant job with the standard tyres ! That was a level of mud and slime that they aren't really designed for. So well done matey, great effort. Secondly, you did not disappoint on the heavy breathing front. Listening to you trying to keep up with Ken reminded me of the many memorable nights I have spent with a certain "Dave". In defence of Ken, I am guessing that those trails would normally be classed as easy to intermediate but of course with the amount of rain that you've had, they were considerably more tricky than they would have been had they been dry ! I loved it when you went full send and got your boots full of water. That's what it's all about. Well, according to HippoDrones anyway. Don't fancy it myself. Ken's legendary status clearly rubbed off on you as you most definitely did go "full legend" on this ride Steve. Ken, as always, was just Ken and made it all look like it was just a walk in the park ! I liked your add on at the end with your thoughts about the new Himalayan and the old 411. Very much how I feel about the situation. I think that it's a real shame that the 411 Himalayan couldn't continue alongside the 450, at least for as long as it still gets through the emissions requirements ( as they are doing with the Scram ). It is a different option. A more tractable engine makes it the better choice for people like myself who want it primarily for off-road malarkey. It's also cheaper to buy and probably cheaper to repair whenever you inevitably drop it and damage something. Following my test of the 450, it definitely feels like it was conceived with more of a road bias than the 411 and I think the engine characteristics and the way it responds to throttle inputs will make it a bit of a handful on slow, technical trails. Anyway, a fun video as always. We could tell that once the initial panic subsided, you really started to enjoy yourself. Your squeals of joy as you rode through those deep puddles were hilarious ! Thanks Steve and Ken, great stuff. Maybe make this a series ? Love, Brian and Rupert in Paris ( we're on a mini-break ! )

[@exeterrider]

Hey up Brian, I did find it very challenging with those tyres, but the practice/experience was good fun . Kens a good leader, and knows peoples limits and does his up most to make it a enjoyable challenge. You know what its like thought, the Gp Pros make everything look flat, even the rutt of doom was over a foot deep in many places but it didn't show that! I am hoping to get a long term 450 at some point so will see how that fairs up on some rougher stuff. I'm really looking forward to your video on it. It left a good impression on me for sure. Thanks very much for your viewage sir. Yes it would be good to make this a series, but the bank account said no..!?!? ha! Cheers ,el outro amigo to you and Rubes

[@kenbrooks7794]

Ha Gary! You say I make it look like a walk in the park but the camera doesn't see my look of terror and panic whilst in the lanes! 😂

[@exeterrider]

I thought I smelt something. I thought it was me 😳

[@kenbrooks7794]

@@exeterrider Now you see why I put a little castrol 'R' in the petrol, that 'speedway' smell masks all! 👍

[@exeterrider]

Good plan👍😂😂

[@motomallen]

That looked liked great fun, fair play to you, abs, the wrong rubber and on a Royal Enfield, not the easiest thing to be doing in the wet on those surfaces. Big love from Ilfracombe.

[@exeterrider]

Ilfacombe is one hell of a pretty place. Yes , not the best conditions for the set up on the bike...I'm surprised there was only one fall TBH ha!

[@lilynorthover8378]

That was brilliant, well done 😁

[@exeterrider]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@kenbrooks7794]

I hope the day wasn't too much of an ordeal, it was really slippery, about as wet as it gets TBH. You can see that by the state of the river behind you on your final shot, its usually very calm and benign through there. Even the simplest of the lanes up here can catch you out when its like that. Saddlebags will be gutted to see all those puddles that he missed out on... 😁 It was great to have you up for the day anyway, good company and a few laughs (mainly at ourselves!) 😂 It occurs to me that a day out in the lanes with You and Epic Motorcycle Adventures would sound a bit like a steam engine rally! At least you had a bit of a workout 👍

[@exeterrider]

Loved it Ken, always a good challenge and really good to see you again, Thanks for taking me out and about up there. Brill day!

[@Saddlebags73]

Puddles? Lakes, you mean 🤨

[@exeterrider]

ha! I'm sure you and the witch would have loved doing that lot : )

[@Saddlebags73]

Nope 😭

[@kenbrooks7794]

@@Saddlebags73 I know that you don't like dirty puddles, i reckon the ford @ 7.35 would be more up your street...... 😉

[@markpercy4277]

You shall now be known as full legend 😂that was great stuff you did bloody well bud 👍

[@exeterrider]

Thanks 👍Yes looking back on it that was tough! Coming off only once was surprising ! very close to it 100 other times : )

[@craigyllyn]

Blimey! That was a fun watch wonderful conditions for our entertainment too. You lot down there are good at this off road malarkey. I’ll let you argue who is talent central “😂

[@exeterrider]

Not me thats for sure. It's also the first time I have said some of those words Graham.

[@craigyllyn]

@@exeterrider I’m exactly the same spouting out those same words in the same way. I thought you did brilliantly.

[@davericketts9101]

Extra `man points` duly awarded. Looks like you could do with a drop of rain there, like here in Somerset. 😏

[@exeterrider]

Oh yes! It was a wet one!Best way though for such riding isn't it : )

[@oldwildandfree]

You certainly gave yourself a challenge that day, and I thought you done exceptionally well. I have EO7's on my Himmy, even so, in those conditions lowering the pressures down to 10psi make a big difference. It's impossible to Greenlane with Ken without swearing from time too time😂

[@exeterrider]

You will have to try it sometime 😂can't beat a old wild free swear word bike drop😂👍👍

[@kenbrooks7794]

And there was me thinking that you suffered from tourettes! 😁🤪

[@oldwildandfree]

I thought I only suffered touretts when out with you, you cheaky old git. 🤣​@@kenbrooks7794

[@jimsadler8704]

You were right about the heavy breathing, ER. It sounds like you've just run the London Marathon twice. Everyone to their own but I've never been able to see myself risking life, limb, and machine sliding around in all that goo.

[@exeterrider]

Yes it was quite a workout Jim, and those tyres I had on were not much cop at all....just one fall which is surprising looking back on it. I may be out PETROC Wednesday but see how the wheather fares, its a bit hit and miss I think.

[@jimsadler8704]

@@exeterrider Weather looks a bit iffy for Wednesday but if you do make it and have time please give me a bell and pop in for a coffee and a chinwag.

[@exeterrider]

@@jimsadler8704 yeap, I think I'm canceling, buckets from the sky Monday to Thursday

[@jimsadler8704]

@@exeterrider Shame, but we do need the rain, don't we!!

[@EpicAdamMotovlogs]

This seems oddly familiar 🤔 & I think its giving me ptsd Hilarious video

[@exeterrider]

😂👍

[@NooBiker]

Only 2:10 in and I'm already getting the vapours 😂😂😂

[@exeterrider]

😨😫😂

[@NooBiker]

That is a great lane by the sea, I'd love to go there some day. Have you got your own Himmy now or were you sliming and sliding on a loaner?

[@NooBiker]

I was somewhat confident that the model you had (with the tripper) has switchable ABS 🤔 Yes the stock tyres are rubbish on mud

[@exeterrider]

Hows it switch off? in settings?

[@exeterrider]

Always loaners!

[@NooBiker]

@@exeterrider I thought there was a button or switch on the handlebars, from the ones I was shown

[@lilynorthover8378]

I'm used to the heavy breathing, I just wish you'd stop phoning me at night and doing it 🙄 😂😂😂😂😚

[@exeterrider]

Its once a week Lilly, not like its everyday...you should be grateful😂👍

[@Saddlebags73]

🤣

[@NooBiker]

You as well? What's your day? I'm Mr Wednesday I believe

[@lilynorthover8378]

@@NooBiker I'm Miss Monday, pleased to meet you 😊

[@exeterrider]

Mr Darcy here

[@roberthallas349]

I hope that you have recovered from your f--ing !? Ride, I went on a days enduro ride in North Somerset, fell off seven times! 😎🏍😁👍

[@exeterrider]

If your not falling off, then your not doing enough....Good work sir : )

[@roberthallas349]

@@exeterrider all part of the world we know and love, called motorcycling. 😎🏍😁👍

[@volt8684]

A 2nd hand beat up cheap himmy got be best off roadie for cost etc smash it who cares. You got previous himmy hate - poor SB. If the bmw 80 anything like weight of my 1100r couldnt do it. Fred dobbs does thos puddles on a bonny come on😂😂

[@exeterrider]

😂No the R80 is really light , nothing like the lumpy beemers nowadays. Lovely machine : ) I can't compete with Dobbsys level of riding lol

[@volt8684]

Thank god