125cc Camping Trip in Wales! // Let the trip begin!! 😎// PART ONE

Hey Everyone,
I hope you are all well!!
Late June, Michael, Clifford and I went camping on 2 Sinnis Akumas and 1 Honda Grom.
The plan was to go to:
Bala Lake - Shell island - Breacon Beacons - Back home.
No motorways, all A and B roads and beautiful country lanes.
We'll the trip didn't go as planned but I thought we'd take you along for the ride!!!
Enjoy it :)
Usernamekate 🏁
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[@Nobby77]

Cant beat long distance on small bikes

[@jameshutchins3396]

What an adventure, on 125's no less. As always, thanks for taking us along. I will be soooo glad when the adventure can continue. Bless yall

[@UsernameKate]

Same James, Same! It's taking too long to recover 😫

[@arnohag1]

Had so much fun riding a Suzuki 125 as a loner. Put a massive smile on my dial. Rev the stuffing out of it to keep up to 90k/h down hill. Great vid.

[@UsernameKate]

They are so much fun aren't they! 🤣

[@iainf6]

Think we would get 5 miles down the road and from the back "are we there yet" 🤣 👍 really enjoyed your ramblings Kate and Mike. Definitely a fantastic day for a ride if there were less of those four wheeler thingys....looking forward to Part 2 👏👏👏👏 excellent 👌🙏

[@simondemetriou7750]

Love riding to Wales…………get a great sense of freedom!😁😁

[@johntaylor7592]

Another great video Kate... those 125's look like loads of fun

[@shardlake]

Amazing fun, even on a small bike, they are going to be the future with fuel prices going up and up, looking forward to more mini bike madness :)

[@spikeccx]

I know , thats why i got 2 terrains!!!

[@UsernameKate]

🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@spikeccx]

You go on a lot ov my favorite roads lass and gang, go over to barmouth from balla some time , tiz good Plenty of camping , best beach in the uk 4 me , go autumn ish Get away with rideing on the beach round then !!

[@andrewharrop7932]

Looked great fun, proving it's not what you ride cc wise as long as your having a great time with like mided people's 👍 great roads to Bala, looking forward to next one 👍👍🏍🏍

[@UsernameKate]

Oh I think you'll enjoy the next ones!!

[@andrewharrop7932]

@@UsernameKate oh stop it 🤣🤣

[@TheBez1965]

Another Clifftastic episode ,gonna venture into Wales today,first time in years.heading to the Machloop, then back through Barmouth and Harlech

[@UsernameKate]

Sounds like a good ole run that Bez!!

[@TheBez1965]

@@UsernameKate aye it was good after we cleared al that average speed stuff

[@billemond6695]

That was fun Kate... Good to see you post again, I hope you're feeling better...

[@UsernameKate]

Hey Bill! Unfortunately no improves. Appreciate you asking though!

[@barney3417]

Well done Kate, just goes to show you can have a lot of fun on any bike, its just a different type of fun 🤣

[@UsernameKate]

Bombing up and getting in each others slipstreams 🤣

[@mikearmstrong2488]

Must be fun on them little bikes - 50mph limit by Bala on the road you were on with average speed cameras - best eating in one of the cafes in the town

[@paulfowler6665]

Not been on your channel for a while but just watched this and your Hayabusa test. Sorry to hear your not well and hope your feeling better soon. Love that you did a 125 tour. I used to ride 2 stroke 125s and passed my test on one. Loved them at the time. Not ridden a 4 stroke modern 125 but own a KTM 390 duke which is a blast and perfect for B roads. I think the 125 version might be a bit too slow at times though? Looking forward to part 2

[@UsernameKate]

Yea, the extra poke of a 390 is welcomed haha. It wasn't too bad for me but Mike struggled to make it move 🤣🤣🤣 part 2 is out and part 3 is out tomorrow too 😁

[@siontwowheels]

Looks like great fun!… There are definitely times when I miss my little 125! If in doubt, flat out!!🤣🤪 (Glad you got the Cardos sorted! 😎)

[@UsernameKate]

Well, we had more cardo dramas later on! 🤣🤣 but glad you enjoyed it, I think part 2,3, 4 and 5 are better than part 1! 😁

[@siontwowheels]

@@UsernameKate Well that’s just teasing when we can’t watch them yet!! 🤣 Looking forward to seeing what you guys got up to! 👍

[@paulfindley89]

Can't beat a good 125 adventure!

[@UsernameKate]

You can't can you!!

[@CuriousGoose]

Just got the notification for part 2 and was like what do you mean part 2, where's part 1😅 Motocamping is the best. I'm off on an adventure on Wednesday, I can't wait!

[@keitht3055]

Nice one Kate. That looks like really good fun. I honestly didn't think that you were the camping type, it must be quite a change from the posh hotels with R Kid! Lol. Keep up the good work and keep entertaining us. 😁

[@UsernameKate]

Haha I do like the occasional camp! 🏕 but yes... hannah does spoil me with this hotels lol

[@MauriceTarantulas]

Great stuff! My 125 struggled with the hills. I switched to Euro 5 and it ran better so was able to hit 64ish. Am def going back. Think I found a relative still farming on the border🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (was funny because asked in the pub and the guy was like yeah theres a xxxx down the road, with the same name as my GGG Dad!). Its funny where we are from you can cross the border three times without trying. (I want to go Brecon+Snowdonia+Anglesey).

[@UsernameKate]

Haha yes it makes me laugh when I come back from Wales. Welcome to Wales, Welcome to England Welcome to Wales, Welcome to England 🤣🤣🤣 and the little sinnis struggled with the weight of Mike and the rucksack, but I was like a whippet 🤭

[@MauriceTarantulas]

@@UsernameKate Tell Mike I feel his pain. Am 17 stone plus backpack n chain. I never actually used the damm chain! Next time will prob either camp or make sure get a garage. Plus tracker! Oh would be good to see a quick camping setup vid. What tent and how to attach etc. P.s My trip I covered all the counties we are from pretty much. Montgomeryshire/Radnorshire/Herefordshire/Gloucestershire and Shropshire! (Plus a few others closeby). I think for a lot of my ancestry they would have been unsure if they were Welsh or English. You drink in a Welsh pub one night and an English the next! Not that it matters😂(depends on the lasses and beer😎).

[@johnmccarthy5132]

Enjoying these reviews of the 125 bikes. I have seen the yamaha 125 reviewed by others. But, always prefer your reviews!

[@UsernameKate]

Aw thanks John!

[@mikep.9371]

Nice little ride out. Hope your feeling better too Kate. I will wait patiently for the Supper bike class video. Take care .... oh the chocolate blowing in the wind was epic.

[@UsernameKate]

Hey Mike!! Glad you enjoyed it! No change with me unfortunately, I still can't walk straight :( hopefully not long to wait with the superbike school vlog :) and the chocolate was not good 🤣 it got in my hair and knotted it badly! Ha

[@mikep.9371]

@@UsernameKate Hmmm, Spirits 'n wine make people walk crooked, maybe a little wine and you will walk straighter .... I'm sorry to hear that Kate. Time goes by too fast as we get older, but now I think it seems like time is standing still for you.l Enjoy the weekend best you can and I'm keeping you in my prayers.

[@UsernameKate]

@@mikep.9371 thanks! 🥺🥰

[@Velo-Rides]

Love the variety you have on your channel. Please keep it up. 🏍️💨

[@UsernameKate]

Aw thank you! I appreciate that! 🙏

[@colmanmurphy963]

Ye have a communication system all of ye’er own Kate. Those poor sinnis will collapse after this trip. Enjoying the spin.👍

[@UsernameKate]

🤣🤣🤣

[@56Spookdog]

I don’t know why but every time I see a Grom the song the Gnome Mobile comes to mind.

[@UsernameKate]

🤣🤣🤣

[@lukeowen6511]

Bala Lake need to get over there soon

[@pollekepmtb]

Nice one Kate, and the gang. Have a nice weekend👍👍🇳🇱

[@UsernameKate]

You too!! 😊

[@lynsmith1096]

Good video look forward to the next in your series.

[@UsernameKate]

Thanks Lyn 😊

[@GARdotETH]

😂 "A gaggle of Groms". It doesn't matter if you're on a Grom or not, just tell people your bikes identifies as a Grom 👀

[@thormusique]

Wonderful video, Kate, thanks for sharing! And a great trip as well. Speaking of camping, I would love to hear your take on various cases, like tank bags, top cases, and panniers. I've got my new Triumph Tiger Sport 660 now and in the market for luggage, which I've never had the occasion to think much about before. Cheers!

[@thewelshhobbit6105]

Check out LOMO luggage motorbike range and save yourself a small fortune. I have them fitted to my Tiger 900.

[@thormusique]

@@thewelshhobbit6105 Thanks for the tip! I will certainly do that. Cheers!

[@howardrathbone2120]

Love those roads, my old riding roads before moving to OZ!

[@UsernameKate]

Bet you'd rather be in Oz though haha!

[@howardrathbone2120]

Just as a side note, visited the UK in June and went up the Great Orme in Llandudno off the back of watching you and your dad ride there and realising I hadn’t been to the top! Keep on inspiring people to travel and explore! Cheers H in OZ

[@UsernameKate]

No way! That's so cool!! Glad you got to enjoy the top!

[@gwales10]

Ahhh I've been to this lake a few times the shop is at the top on the right :)👍

[@UsernameKate]

Yup! Nice place to chill :)

[@MsDenver2]

Hi Kate have you put you bell on your bike yet? Well looks like I’ll be fitting a bell on , yes I’ve bought a bike a Yamaha Fj1300 , only done 10,000 miles , 2019 model with the electric suspension in new condition , I’m still in shock , 64 and I’m back on bikes 👍🏍

[@MsDenver2]

Hi Kate unfortunately the deal fell through for my Yamaha fj1300 they changed the goal posts when I came to sign the agreement so I said no

[@UsernameKate]

Donna!! Sorry to hear about the deal falling through! That sucks!! No, I haven't put it on just yet, waiting to get a super small cable tie but I will proudly show it off once on! 😁

[@imitchell6663]

Thinking about getting one of these! For the money they seem awesome!

[@silverstreamfoundry4104]

Great bit of fun. Hope it inspired some newbies.

[@UsernameKate]

So much fun!

[@silverstreamfoundry4104]

@@UsernameKate 🥳

[@DatOldeBiker]

That looked like fun, my biking mates have now swapped for a dingy!!! :>( I'm sending you positive thoughts for your recovery, I bet it's annoying not being able to go out and ride. :>) 🏍

[@UsernameKate]

A bloody dingy! 🤣🤣🤣 and thanks! I just wanna be able to ride! 🥺

[@DatOldeBiker]

@@UsernameKate I'm sure you will be soon. As to the boat well I think the weather has melted their brains lol. :>)

[@davidirvine1087]

Ya said you was hungry I'd have cooked ya all a breakfast as ya passed ours going through Preston Brook 👍 think them little bikes look fun 😁

[@UsernameKate]

Haha no way! There's always next time 🍳 🥓 🤣

[@elijames3041]

Grate video

[@UsernameKate]

Thanks!

[@ollierai2198]

brilliant, whats a bloody gaggle ;)

[@UsernameKate]

A bloody gaggle 🤣

[@CherryPoppinz]

What's the speed limit on these A and B roads? :) And what do these bikes get up to? I really like the idea of not super powerful bikes. But when I had one, i struggled to do 90kph (the speed limit where I'm from). Then again, it was a few kW short from the maximum allowed in a1 category.

[@Hemsley-On-Tour]

A part of your intro / outro looks very similar to a location near me. Is it woodhead pass, Sheffield To Manchester? The part with the bridge low to the water. Or does it just look the same?

[@thaited]

Great stuff. I was just thinking about a camping trip to Wales in a couple of weeks time and this popped up. Very interested to see what the sites and your route are like, so looking forward to the next instalments. Hope you're on the mend now and keep up the great work. Alan.

[@UsernameKate]

Hey Alan!! No improvements unfortunately but thanks for asking 😊 oh you'll love it. South Wales for me is where the absolutely spectacular roads are. B4391 is amazing! You need to find that road!

[@thaited]

@@UsernameKate sorry to hear your not feeling any better. Thanks for the info. Trial camping trip on the latest BMW R1200RS SE. Alan.

[@saab93contdi]

Another great vid….hoping to get out on my bike tomoz just for short bimble over to new Honda showroom in stoke on trendy . Ps .the part you said you liked the roofs is Frodsham . I worked there for two years building 4 houses. Loverly place. Whats your plans for weekend ? Stay safe.

[@UsernameKate]

Hey Andy! Still can't ride so plans this weekend are to edit more vlogs :) and ahhh, I never knew that!

[@8610sarge]

Who says you have to have the big bikes to have some fun, obviously not the SBC, can see this going nationwide 👍. I got talking to a guy up at Caton yesterday, he just bought the Benelli TNT 125, two of his mates have also got them and he said they were great fun, mind you it has to be an improvement on his vespa, anyway I'll have to get myself down to Wales where it rains chocolate, funny how it never did that when i was tabbing all over the Fan when i was in the army.

[@UsernameKate]

Rains bloody chocolate 🍫 how thick am I haha

[@Theorangeman.]

That was me on mt09 at the lake. Small world

[@UsernameKate]

Haha no way!!

[@Theorangeman.]

@@UsernameKate I remember all them little bikes turning up aswell. I had a benelli tnt at the time aswell so small bikes were on my radar

[@keitht3055]

I've just been 'camping' down to the Alps and Dolomite, I got home three weeks ago. I used a really special tent called, HOTELS! Lol. Sod peeing in a bucket! 🤣. I can't wait for the next instalment. By the way, are you ok now?🤒.

[@UsernameKate]

Haha Keith! I don't bloody blame you at all! And no, unfortunately no change in state of health, still can't drive or ride. So frustrating!

[@loconinja7046]

What the gaggle?? 🤣

[@richardsracingmad]

UNK…are you going to do a Acuma review …..? I’m looking for a small light bike for a campervan, : Grom, TNT and the alternatives like Acuma😀,

[@UsernameKate]

I have an akuma walkround in the future! But I would own one after this trip, I loved it!

[@richardsracingmad]

@@UsernameKate you used to have a Monkey didnt you? If so, I can see why you liked the little Acuma😀

[@chema1546]

Jajaja 🤣 ok Kate

[@johnharvey5338]

Is that the new 14.8 hp engine, rode the enduro at the ABR festival, it was great fun and the perfect bike for green laneing as only 130kgs

[@UsernameKate]

No, the 2022 Sinnis Akuma according to their website produces 9.7bhp. And it felt like it 🤣

[@johnharvey5338]

@@UsernameKate I was so impressed with the new engine, a third more power would make all the difference, you will have to try it.

[@YourMajestyTheKing]

Just wondering. If you have considered being a motorcycle tour guide. Probably shitload of insurance though haha. But would be nice to fly to UK and spend time with you. Just sucks that i have no motorcycle license or anything. Probably i can take on a Twizy with you on a CE04 hahaa

[@UsernameKate]

Haha I dont have good enough direction for that lol!

[@YourMajestyTheKing]

@@UsernameKate even better i love just aimlessly exploring. That's how i found the driving road in my province. And even better to explorer with an Angel from the sky.

[@Thegeordiemonkey]

Seen ya on the new dax in your shorts videos, have you done a full review as i cannot find it?

[@UsernameKate]

No unfortunately I only got about 20 mins on it! Just to sample it 😭😭😭

[@janegrieve]

Fabby video 😀

[@UsernameKate]

Thanks Jane! 😊

[@FlashTinlegs]

Gaggle 😀😀

[@UsernameKate]

A bloody gaggle 🤣🤣

[@FlashTinlegs]

@@UsernameKate 😀😀

[@themayorofdipshittery3646]

Rucksacks kill your back when your on a bike, sometimes just a necessary evil though.

[@UsernameKate]

Aye! It wasn't too bad as it rested nicely on the relatively high pilly seat hump :)

[@koolade76]

f knows how you managed to get that far on a 125 I feel like Donkey Kong on one mind you I feel like that on a Ducati Scrambler

[@UsernameKate]

It was a fun trip!

[@Wetangle]

How does he know he's doing 44 if the speedo says 50?

[@trygvethomassen6393]

see you in Norway next year , bring your friends , manny as posible , i meet you in Kristiansand (ferry from Emden in south Germany) then wee drive oll south of Norway ,i have olso 125ccm a honda cbr , you like send me a tomb up ,best from Trygve??

[@ozzyprogdomino8815]

Hi Kate, Great video love small bike, I have a monkey bike called Clyde. Bit cheeky how did you get the cardos to talk to each other? me and my husband have a pair and never been able to get get our friend who has one to join his, we can only get two talking at any one time.

[@UsernameKate]

Hey! What model units have you all got?

[@ozzyprogdomino8815]

@@UsernameKate Ours are a Cardo Freecom 4+ we bought a 2 pack, I am not sure what model our freind has but it physically looks the same.

[@UsernameKate]

This was the message from a friend which helped Mike connect them all: One of the bolds needs to pair to the freecom on channel B phone intercom mode. Then the freecom needs to be in universal pairing mode. Then when the bold and freecom are paired, go into DMC mesh between the two bolds and then finally press bridge to bring in the freecom. On the bold you'll hear it say cardo gateway if you're doing it on the buttons then hold the phone button on the freecom I think and I'll go into phone pairing mode. Much easier on the app though. We had 2 cardo bolds and a freecom. Thanks!

[@ozzyprogdomino8815]

@@UsernameKate Thanks we'll give it a go

[@stevieeplea5611]

Hello Kate r you ok just to say I'm thinking of you hope you are feeling better soon take care lovely from your friend in st Helens Merseyside.. only one username Kate..

[@UsernameKate]

Thank you Stevie! No improvements but I appreciate you looking out for me!

[@stevieeplea5611]

@@UsernameKate take it easy lovely ride safe one day at a time

[@OntarioAndrews415]

[ Like ] :)

[@UsernameKate]

Too kind!!

[@tonydavis5053]

WFO!

[@UsernameKate]

What does that mean 🤣

[@tonydavis5053]

Wide f…open throttle!

[@UsernameKate]

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