European Motocycle trip, part 4, Stelvio pass

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27 күн бұрын

Road trip adventures are exciting at any time and any age, this is our trip to the stelvio pass in Italy, travelling through France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium.
is the ducati multistrada 1200s , the right machine, do we have to worry about any Italian fragility or reliability.
testing brand new michelin road 5's

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@Motoramblings 14 күн бұрын

Just wow! I mean WOW!!!

@wsmv 14 күн бұрын

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@Banditmanuk 25 күн бұрын

Well done. It looked tricky conditions up high. You have an extra layer of responsibility with a pillion. Great job with the reassurance. What a great record of the day. That pass is on our must do list

@wsmv 25 күн бұрын

I genuinely thought you had already done it on your picos trip. Its a must to do once. My only advice is leave it until late July or August because it was under 12" of snow the day before we rode it 😱 Thanks both 👍

@Motoramblings 14 күн бұрын

How incredibly beautiful!!!!

@wsmv 14 күн бұрын

Such a stunning place 👍

@icedidi 25 күн бұрын

Amazing. Karen did so well, it's bad enough looking at that we road and ice, let alone being pillion! Great job to the pair of you

@wsmv 25 күн бұрын

Thanks bud, it was sketchy at the top but she was an absolute trooper, great experience but don't need to do it again 😁👍

@spotty_cat26 26 күн бұрын

Wow! Look at that.. Oh no, don't look at that.... Classic! Lol. I've been up and down loads of Cols in France, Italy etc, but I don't think i would have enjoyed them so much if I'd been a passenger! Another cracking video. Have Fun!

@wsmv 26 күн бұрын

Thanks buddy, I'm with you on that, there is no way could I be a pillion or even a passenger in a car on roads like that. She did really well 😁👍

@Motoramblings 14 күн бұрын

Amazing memories made!!!

@wsmv 14 күн бұрын

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@iantownsend17 26 күн бұрын

Great stuff Phil. Gee it looked slippery on the way down. Fantastic looking road though. Well done mate 👏

@wsmv 26 күн бұрын

Thanks Ian, it was a bit at the top, there were small patches of ice but I didn't tell the Mrs until after we got to the bottom 🤦‍♂️

@mikethebikemt07tracer 24 күн бұрын

Well done both of you. A big bike with full luggage and two up was a great achievement. Slow and steady wins the day. I bottled out some years back when three of us went down to Italy from Austria. We passed Trento and kept going, I had wanted to do it but not as brave as you.

@wsmv 24 күн бұрын

Thanks Mike, but like you said, if you take your time it's achievable, as long as theres no snow 🤣🤣

@garyrauter8240 26 күн бұрын

Tell Karen the Stelvio Pass hasn't got anything on Nurse's Corner and the 'switchbacks' through the middle of Penclawdd ;-) Nice video and well done. Look forward to Pt 5 🙂

@wsmv 26 күн бұрын

🤣🤣 I'll tell her to look out for them the next time we visit family 🤣🤣

@garyrauter8240 26 күн бұрын

@@wsmv 😂😂😂👍

@Motoramblings 14 күн бұрын

What an incredible road, and you did it!!

@wsmv 14 күн бұрын

👍

@GrahamWotton 26 күн бұрын

Morning Phil another great video

@wsmv 26 күн бұрын

Thanks Graham 👍

@tojj29 26 күн бұрын

Absolutely stunning Phil, and great that you got to do that together. My wife would never do a trip that long on the back, so fair play to Karen👏👏👏👏 Something every biker should try once in their riding lifetime, that Stelvio.

@wsmv 26 күн бұрын

Thanks bud, yes definitely once, and possibly once is enough especially if you're a passenger 🤣🤣 We did have a plan that if the weather was too bad I would ride it the day before without her but it was 12" under snow the day before 🤦‍♂️ we were lucky it was open 🙏

@lisaholloway888 24 күн бұрын

i wished my hubby rode would love to do more riding abroad but not brave enough on my own , im alway envious when couples ride together

@wsmv 24 күн бұрын

@lisaholloway888 my Mrs didn't get on the back of a bike for 25 years but after I managed to talk her into it she now doesn't want to get off. Be great if your hubby could start to learn and share adventures with you. Perhaps buy him a motorcycle training course for his birthday 😁👍

@lisaholloway888 24 күн бұрын

you did a bloody amazing job doing that pass,i would also have my eyes shut and i ride my own bike so not the best lol so scary that wall right next to you,well done both

@wsmv 24 күн бұрын

@lisaholloway888 I must admit I couldn't be a pillion, but as long as you take it slowly it wasn't too bad. We did it the slightly easier way too, up the south face and down the north. Thanks for watching and commenting Lisa 😁👍

@CalmBiker 26 күн бұрын

Superb road and scenery. I wouldn't want to be one of the cyclists heading upwards!

@wsmv 26 күн бұрын

I thunk it was worse when they were overtaking me on the way down 🤣🤣

@CalmBiker 24 күн бұрын

Definitely a good idea letting them go, especially with the snow and ice risk! @@wsmv

@wsmv 24 күн бұрын

@CalmBiker absolutely mate, I had precious cargo 😄

@exeterrider 26 күн бұрын

No wonder Mrs w is on edge after that bloke who couldn't make up his mind. Another one ticked off the list and a sticker at the top to prove it😎👍

@wsmv 26 күн бұрын

Absolutely mate, I think we both kind of panicked when we saw each other amd went all British on each other 🤣🤣

@LordBilious 24 күн бұрын

I was there a week after you and going down was not nice. We had a heck of a lot of traffic coming up too. Well done to you both for doing it.

@wsmv 24 күн бұрын

Thanks buddy, it's something that I'm glad ove done but don't need to do it again. The south part was a nicer ride than the north that gets all the attention. Well done you for doing it, 👏

@Motoramblings 14 күн бұрын

Oh hell! I’m jealous as can be that you did that ride! I know exactly why you did this!!!

@wsmv 14 күн бұрын

Thanks Patrick, it was pretty awesome 😁

@johndiehardmclean23 6 күн бұрын

Oh Phil,I don't mind telling you this mate,but I got a slight semi while watching this!!! 😮🤣✌️

@wsmv 6 күн бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@jimsadler8704 25 күн бұрын

Superb vid, Weston. I'm surprised you didn't chuck a few snowballs at Karen. We did the Stelvio many, many moons ago but it was in a car as we couldn't get three on a bike.

@wsmv 25 күн бұрын

3 on a bike? Sounds like a challenge to me Jim 🤣

@jimsadler8704 25 күн бұрын

@@wsmv Definitely, Weston, but the Italian plod wouldn't have seen it that way. Been OK in India though.

@NooBiker 26 күн бұрын

Bawn journo, Bawn journo, Bawn journo 🇮🇹 ❤😂

@wsmv 26 күн бұрын

❤️🇮🇹👍

@lisaholloway888 24 күн бұрын

fab video may be a idea to link your partners mic into the videos so we can here her too, but lovely place yourve gone

@wsmv 24 күн бұрын

@lisaholloway888 thanks Lisa, I wish I had connected her mic, she comes out with some hilarious stuff sometimes. 😁

@Motoramblings 14 күн бұрын

That’s a long way up there!!!

@wsmv 14 күн бұрын

Not for anyone with a fear of heights 🤣

@Motoramblings 14 күн бұрын

@@wsmv I was nervous just watching it!

@wsmv 14 күн бұрын

@Motoramblings 🤣🤣 you can imagine how Karen was 🤣🤣

@Motoramblings 13 күн бұрын

@@wsmv panicky comes to mind! She can forever say she did it!!!

@wsmv 13 күн бұрын

@Motoramblings 👍

@SAB-iq1kp 24 күн бұрын

Stelvio is just hard in any conditions. Its a challange, that's all. The views are indeed nice but for pure riding experience and fun there are plenty of passes in Italy. I enjoy Pordoi and sella and Fedaia the most for the views and riding experience. Stelvio is just a sticker you show off. I keep doing it every year with my wife as passenger and at the end i keep asking myself "why?" 😂

@wsmv 23 күн бұрын

🤣🤣 I absolutely agree with you, now I've done the stelvio I have no need to do it again, but there are so many other roads that I want to ride that are much better and more rewarding around Switzerland, Italy and Austria 😍👍

@HippoDrones 25 күн бұрын

I thought he said tomato too, but think it was "senso vietato" which is "wrong way" LOL.... they drive on the wrong side of the road and Italians have no buisness complaining about driving! 😀 Hahaha 😀 The views are quite distracting, must be hard to keep an eye on the road 🙂

@wsmv 25 күн бұрын

I felt quite bad for driving the wrong way, but I blame Google maps directions 🤣 Mate the scenery was just too much, and the scaled down youtube compression really doesn't do it justice 🤷‍♂️

@mrdygga6 3 күн бұрын

Senso Vietato was indeed what was said- The road is one way against the route taken. There were signs to turn right and no entry but, at the end of the day, no animals were harmed and no-one died. Glad you enjoyed yourself, Ill be treturning here in a couple of weeks to enjoy more roads around Bormio.

@Motoramblings 14 күн бұрын

Tourists going the wrong way on a one way street!!! 😂😂😂😂😂

@wsmv 14 күн бұрын

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@NooBiker 26 күн бұрын

WTF was that dude doing!?!? 🤦 Good job tip toeing around those damp hairpins. Karen 🙈🙈😂 tell her you got your knee down 👍

@wsmv 26 күн бұрын

If I'm honest I think we both panicked a bit and that's where it all went wrong. Yeah Karen was really nervous so taking my time was the only option, I didn't say anything at the time but there was small patches of ice at the top but I didn't want to worry her. Amazing experience and now I've done it I don't feel I need to go back and do it again 👍

@Oelala879 23 күн бұрын

The kawasaki's line would've been good if our rider here had stuck to the outside of the turn, not cut towards the apex without visibility of oncomming traffic. "Damn good at switchbacks" - not yet you aren't. Some were decent, but some were too early on the apex.

@wsmv 23 күн бұрын

Please see my previous post, we both made mistakes, the ascending traffic has right of way so if he had taken a wider arc and aimed for the corner apex it wouldn't have been an issue. I am f**King awesome at switchbacks and you aren't qualified to tell me otherwise 🤣🤣

@NooBiker 23 күн бұрын

@@wsmv 😂😂