Triumph Tiger 1200 Motorcycle Routes in the Pyrenees part 1

[@keyboarddancers7751]

That dirty screen really got me going. The answer for clear screens (cars and bikes) is Rain-X or similar. if you use it in your screenwash regularly, you can drive at 70-80 mph/110-130 km/h in heavy rain without using your wipers because the water instantly beads off the screen surface. I'm convinced there'd be fewer crashes in wet weather if everybody used water repellent screenwash because of the enhanced visibility. Benefits for bike screens are not quite so acute of course because you can see over and round the screen but it's got to be good to have a very clear screen. Anyway, this Pyrenees tour is absolutely excellent viewing and the camera positioning is really perfect giving the viewer a real sense of actually being on the bike.

[@shawngreenwood7825]

Yes! More please Bruce! Do enjoy your vlogs and podcast with guests are awesome. Back on the tiger, that you would never but understand why. I would too! ;-)

[@RJHMotorbikeTraining]

Just found your Channel, subscribed. Pyrenees are FAB

[@teapotone]

Thanks very much 👍

[@nigelcooper8204]

Another entertaining video by the great Bruce Smart .. looking after the boys in Spain ... nicely done.

[@mattward5335]

Great vid as always mate great to relive the trip looking forward to part 2 👍

[@teapotone]

Thanks mate, you take a starring role in most of the series as you keep overtaking 😂👍

[@UncleBobsbikelife]

Great stuff and love the interaction with the other riders between the rides. Love the music too! Makes it more alive!

[@andrewfishy34]

Hi , yet another great video. Suppose to be going over there in September fingers crossed just keep them coming .

[@MotoMengy]

Those roads look amazing, I mean just wow.

[@DOGSABRE]

Great vid, Bruce. Another classic TPO run. I'm still torn between the Tiger XRT and the GS TE, and can't wait until this lockdown is done so I can get that one last test ride decider done. I know you're pro-GS, but the Tiger looks competitive and I'd prefer to stay British (ok, part Thai 😉). The trip through the Pyrenees will be on the list, though we've a run along the E6 from Trelleborg to the Russian border to do first.

[@mmcguireiphone]

Third time I've watched this with 2 edits now? Love it every time 😂😂

[@zakmilas]

teapotone, find your music really loud. I find myself lowering durind music and putting it loud during comments. Now i resorting to fast forward during music session. Nice vid by the way, i think T sounds better than B.

[@teapotone]

Aye my apologies Zakaria, My understanding of the relevant max levels for audio has been wrong, I’ll sort for future vids 👍

[@HalfdeadRider]

It's fine, I'm watching on my PC connected to my TV with stereo speakers and sub, no issue for me.

[@MotoMengy]

I kept turning the volume down on the music parts too, glad to know it wasn't just me! 😁

[@ollierai2198]

This looks brilliant, can't wait to purchase a bike now for such glorious trips, think me and the wife would be uncomfy on the SV ha!, and that Polite Vest!!! poor poor fella

[@Jonas_Fager]

Awesome as always! Just some friendly wishes for the future. Please normalize the volume off the music in comparison to the rest. Take care mate. Cheers! 🍻

[@HalfdeadRider]

It's fine, I'm watching on my PC connected to my TV with stereo speakers and sub, no issue for me.

[@OatCakeProductions]

Cracking video as usual Bruce. Looking forward to the rest of the tour.

[@Kurlach]

Looks beautiful Bruce. Your vids have in part helped inspire me to learn Spanish (three months in) and go myself 👍🏻

[@IanWheldale]

As I said to TMF a few months ago, "Now I remember why I took the windscreen off my Versys" 😉🤣🤣. The bits around the outside of it did look great though.

[@TheGazLab]

Much fun, I had to go do some community support yesterday, took the bike came home the scenic route sorry Boris lol

[@teapotone]

Awesome work Gaz, nothing wrong with that bud. Thanks for doing your bit 👍

[@TheGazLab]

@@teapotone Alzheimer's, carer plus TV remote = breakdown and dark thoughts.. So least I can do is sort the rv remote.. Trouble is ima lump, in bike gear, rubber gloves and a mask lol poor fella thought I was there to take him away.. Lol

[@simonharrison7104]

Got to agree about the intro and music in general.....sorry Bruce.....but everything else is bang on m8 👍

[@dmyers3266]

As always, love the content. Bit of a flight across the pond for me but thanks for putting it out there!

[@gavinfraser7784]

Brilliant as usual TeapotOne but awesome to see you on a decent bike 😂 I wonder if the Tiger was as easy to come off the tongue as GS you would love it more than a GS but you’re right about too heavy looking forward to the next part

[@teapotone]

Cheers Gavin, The Triumph’s a good bike but nowhere near as flickable, fun or characterful as the GS/KTM or Ducati 👍

[@donwalker9767]

Nice vid Bruce. I’ve booked to go Spain in September hoping it will still go ahead not sure tho. Keep them coming 👍🏻✊🏻

[@teapotone]

Cheers Don, I’m due there in September too - fingers crossed 👍

[@johnward3490]

Arr miss riding! Thanks for sharing Bruce cheers

[@teapotone]

No bother John 👍

[@andrew675]

Watching these videos is becoming some sort of self torture. Certainly will be looking into doing this in the future. Great video 👍🏻

[@teapotone]

Cheers Andrew 👍

[@Sean-ml2bu]

Another Grate Vid TPO can i ask a silly Question. Been biking for years but never road in a group & some guys i know planning a trip for after the Covid lockdown. would you ever done a vid on riding in a group. Cause i would not know what tail end charlie does?

[@teapotone]

I plan on doing one on the drop-off marker system which is commonly used for group riding 👍

[@brucekendall52]

Great looking trip.thks.

[@SpikeyOfficial]

I bet that heated seat would feel good on a cold winters morning 😂.

[@OatCakeProductions]

It sure does. I used to think what use is a heated seat on a bike. But after they've been on a while I find myself undoing my jacket to cool off.

[@gregspinks8487]

👍 TP one love the riding videos . love to go on a Spanish road trip with your group.👌 from R1 Greg 😉

[@teapotone]

Cheers Greg, they’re customer trips via ChickenStrips (.co.uk) so come along next year👍

[@alanbstard4]

great machine the tigers

[@simonrobinson7536]

Top video, I think this is when your at your best 👍

[@RevandRoam]

Need to get a touring bike again. GS is calling lol....

[@andyrigby1062]

Hi do you post your routes anywhere. would love to see the whole journey on a map to see if i could do it next year. thanks..

[@Trurl2010]

Beautiful ride. Cracking video. Just a little recommendation not far from this area (limiting Burgos and Vizcaya-Biscaia provinces), for those enjoying nature views: Mirador del Nervión or Salto del Nevión. A little beautiful waterfall 200 meters high. After heavy rain there should be a lot of water falling. After some weeks without rain it can get dry. Access by a trail ending in some parking areas. It's a shame that you britons don't know nothing about hundreds of hidden natural hotspots in Spain.

[@TheGorillaBiker]

Question, if you could and it made financial and family sense would you move to Spain? I think I'd love to live there just aren't many jobs really. But another great trip and seeing sunshine and bikes always cheers me up :)

[@thumper2140]

Elo tea pot great vlog looks like you had fun take care ride safe mate ta

[@norriemasson4080]

Ferry ticket !!! I’ll not say what it reminded me of 😳

[@ticthedog9413]

👍 Great video of some fantastic roads

[@teapotone]

Cheers Tic 👍

[@robertholme3526]

Loved it. Once again great vid 👍

[@teapotone]

Cheers Robert 👍

[@chrisjackson3144]

Inflicting a polite vest on anyone is out of order. 😂

[@xjr13john]

Nice one squirrel, no rear ending then?

[@lynsmith1096]

Good first part Bruce

[@willhoult]

Another top video

[@yepme6484]

Can't deal with the loud music so I'll catch another one of your videos another time

[@VacantInside]

Really enjoyed this trip. Could (and may) spend a lot more time rising in Spain as a result.

[@teapotone]

Awesome, it’s a special place eh 👍

[@Swe-Griffin]

I want to go on one of your trips so bad.... unfortuanly i'm in sweden and that would be a hassle going to UK meet up and then go on the boat with you lot :(

[@PaddyOutback]

Fabulous part of the world. Yet another place on the list of places I want to ride once all this C**id stuff has been sorted.

[@falseneutral7890]

How are the brakes compered to the gen one Explorer? I find to be it’s week spot but other than that i take my big triple over anything every day. It don’t like the hairpins, don’t know about that, I enjoy them, bike is very nimble for its size. You’re to far gone Bruce, GSitis is incurable 🤷‍♂️ hope you’re opinion improves over the next vid’s 😉

[@teapotone]

Brakes are fine, no issues there at all, it’s just nowhere near as nimble or athletic as the GS/KTM/Ducati. Very smooth though, be a great bike to your with a pillion

[@SC8terRiderMotoVlogger]

More power and ride safe KaMotoFriends 🤗 Stay safe 😷🇵🇭

[@OatCakeProductions]

Just watch this again (not a lot else to do). I have to say, you can't compare an out the factory standard bikes performance against Helga, as she has had a good fettling by hilltop as she not.

[@smtsslt7468]

Why do you keep your speedo on mph? Isn’t Spain metric?

[@FoxtrotOscar999]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@leehumphrey3750]

Ive been watching your videos the last couple of days very interesting and very good extremely like the videos of you travelling around the world.But just out of interest are there any good websites or Facebook pages that you can join the advertises short trips around Europe and the UK that are being organised that you can join and ride with other people thanks

[@russellely]

Thay ferry sticker would have done my head in on my windscreen

[@teapotone]

Ha Ha SO many people have said that! I didn’t even notice it 😂😬

[@lyndon2634]

I was wondering what that was !

[@BladeRicsi]

Spain without rain? It's a shame... I just joking, nice trip.

[@teapotone]

Ha Ha, wait for the next few episodes! 🤷‍♂️ ☔️

[@lairdbufflehead]

Hi Bruce Loved your video as always. Looks like an awesome place to ride. Please ditch that "Polite" hi vis vest. It intentionally looks like a real police one and therefore (as you should know as ex police) can get the wearer arrested and and charged with impersonating a police officer. Slange Craig

[@SC8terRiderMotoVlogger]

Shout Out KaMotoFriends 🤗🇵🇭

[@mac46rr]

Nice little visit too Spain for a Friday morning 😁👍 Cheers Bruce.

[@teapotone]

My pleasure Mac, few more episodes to come 👍

[@brianlongimanus9436]

What a drama!!! I thought I was riding back to Plymouth on my own 😂😂😂😂😂 sorry to everyone 😩😩😩

[@Nielsdm]

This convinced me to make a trip to spain in the upcoming trips (after Corona), awesome roads! Btw, what are you using to make these routes?

[@teapotone]

Cheers Niels, for me Spain just can’t be beaten overall for road riding on the bike, it has it all! I used CalimotoApp to plot, navigate and record this trip - there’s a link in the description 😉

[@Nielsdm]

@@teapotone Thanks! You also helped me a bit with the discision with looking into a r1200GS(A) or Explorer, Good that you mentioned that the Triumph is topheavy. You also seemed abit out of comfort with some turns looking at your vids with the GS

[@teapotone]

Yes I just couldn’t ride the Tiger initially, It really didn’t feel planted into the bends, probably due to it being heavier up-top, and also having traditional front forks as apposed to the BMW. However later in this series I figure out you need to ride it more like an enduro bike - you keep your body more upright and throw the bike into the corner rather than lead with your head/body - it totally transformed the bike for me and was a lot more fun. It still didn’t totally gel with me though I must admit 👍

[@Nielsdm]

@@teapotone Can I just say, I love the way you communicate with us(the viewers). Great job! keep it up!!

[@teapotone]

No bother at all Niels, my pleasure 👍

[@CPUspeed]

Please bring down the volume level of the intro. Every time I scramble for the volume when it comes on before someone in the house yells at me. Way too loud compared to the video, keep the levels of music relatively close to the narration. Music contains a lot more frequencies than voice and wind, therefore music seems louder to the ear. Heres a poor analogy. Lets say you had 2 tree branches that represented your voice and wind, and you cut them at a certain level. Then you add music, 12 branches. What you are doing is cutting them at the same level as the other two. However its a 12 to 2 ratio so you have to cut the 12 branches lower than the other two to compensate for the greater amount of branches. In FCPX You can show the levels meter in the timeline. I suggest voice etc, on bike sound, not go over 0 decibels. For music it should not got over -6 decibels. Yes music can be slightly louder in your video but you dont want big peaks and valleys of loud music and soft narration.

[@Jonas_Fager]

Spot on!

[@teapotone]

Cheers, I do actually use the audio levels but set it to a max of -3db for voice and never more than 0 for music - obviously I now know that’s too loud. I’ll be working at around a max of -4db now and less for music

[@CPUspeed]

@@teapotone love the vids! I'm so glad you're back.

[@teapotone]

Thanks man, despite everything going on just now, I’m loving the new life and can’t wait to really crack on once we’re free again 👍

[@garphield]

@@teapotone I love your videos, but unfortunately I've also had to resort to skipping the sections with music. The music (any music these days) is compressed to the nth degree - that means a music track that peaks at -3db will be perceptually massively louder than spoken work peaking at the same level, even though the audio signal of the two has technically the same strength. Put a bit of compression on your spoken word/camera sound (you can do that in Premiere as an audio effect) and always mix the music lower than your voice, that should fix the issues.

[@gerardomusano6919]

Looking at this video makes me go Crazy because we are in Virus mode and we can not ride

[@BhanuTeja2024]

Hi bro you're excellent rider you're riding is awesome 👌👌.

[@corki007]

13:50 I didn't know Tyson Fury rode bikes

[@genuinecomments4008]

I like the music but it is so loud compared to the vid it becomes annoying.

[@BigBadLoneWolf]

Burn the vest

[@paullee6663]

Probably kind of useful for everyone to spot him when you are doing the 'drop off' system, especially at the beginning of a tour when lads are just getting used to each other, and it's all new. (As well as being a bit of fun!!) Great video Bruce been looking forward to a Spanish series!

[@BigBadLoneWolf]

@@paullee6663 it is a " Polite " vest, nothing wrong with hi viz, but to make yourself look like a copper is a different story

[@teapotone]

Ate you telling me you don’t get the point of the polite vest here? It’s even called ‘the Vest of Shame’ - it’s a penalty you’re awarded by the group as we hold a kangaroo court each morning for any misdemeanours that happened the previous day/night. Polite vests are not allowed on any of my tours, except for the vest of shame

[@paullee6663]

Aye Bruce I Know about the Vest of Shame. Just thought from what you said in the video you were using it for both purposes in this instance (as you asked the chap if he'd run 'Tail end Charlie' as he'd got the vestP

[@garycampbell7891]

That piece of paper on your screen is agitating my OCD.

[@BigBadLoneWolf]

That and the dirty screen

[@Fjdy1jd1]

I spent the entire duration wondering WTH it was and why he didn't remove it.

[@frankstocker5475]

Can we have more loud music & less talking, please?