In 1980 did that road on a Ducati Darmah SS, with a passenger (now my wife) in an absolute downpour.....we were the only vehicle on the road and the water on some of the bends was quite literally running like rivers. The steering lock was so poor that I had to spin-up the rear wheel to get the bike turned on the tighter bends. Not nice when the road was so wet! We made it OK and after some tea and cake the ride back in the sunshine was great.

Ah memories. Went over Hardknott and Wrynose twice as a yoof. First time in spring, it was a white out. Spent some time in the scenery as I had no idea where the road was. Second time in high summer, it was raining cats and dogs and blowing a hoolie. Happy days!

Easy fun on a 125 - drove over in a Ford Galaxy - now that was very hairy 😮😊

The problem with this crash site is that the road surface faces into the sun in the middle of the day and it 'over heats' the surface making it slick when wet and combined with gradient and the sharp turns. Use to be used in the RAC rally before it was fully surfaced. 1958 and 1959 both passes where timed at 30 mph. Try that on a week day without traffic, but still with sheep and cattle. Be good to add to the ACU national rally without the timing.

Can I ask some of the locals.......Has anyone ever considered planting some trees there?

It’s much more fun on a smaller bike. 125’s gobble it up. A 350 Enfield would be just about perfect for it too.

As you turn on to the road there is a red barrier and a sign ? Is that not a road closed sign ? Not judging, merely asking...

When it’s nice to have Twin cyclinder with torque and engine braking. Takes the heat off the brakes and better control

I never bothered with the Hardknott because of the amount of traffic (cars) coming the other way that were not being observant of the old 'traffic coming downhill gives wat to that coming uphill' common sense rule of sensible driving with respect for others..... I saw a young lass do ithe pass one day and turn back to do it again as it was so much fun - her friends on sportsbikes wouldn't follow her back as they said it was too dangerous.... she was still a learner as well.....

Its great at night by yourself. Ive done it a few times and never seen another soul all the way.last time on a lambretta 225cc. It flew over.the small high revving 2T engine loved it.these big multi cylendar bikes are not cut out for this type of road

Looks like a nice play to ride the multi. Why did you get rid of yours? I love mine!!

Nice hill for doing wheelie's up

done it once and glad I can say ive done it but will prob never do again, its such a sketchy road tbh and if u crash or drop ur bike it just ruins the trip

I ridden on roads like this on my old 125 Honda. My mate couldn't keep up with me on his 650. You can definitely go ait faster on small bikes. I have 1200 GS now I can't speed around these roads like on my little Honda. Must seem strange to non bikers seeing these big bikes go slow and little bikes go fast

Hit 70s at one point on here. I like to live dangerously 😂

I am a biker but don't know of the Hardknott pass so was curious to watch. Almost stopped in the first few seconds tho, the wind noise is unbearable and needs suppressing. However I persisted and it's clearly a challenging ride especially on a bigger bike, where the road surface is pretty rubbish. Camera video performance needs upgrading too tho, the video frame refresh is not fast enough, very notch.

Yeah there were signs, but as is often the case in stupid positions, if you are closing a road, put the bloody sign where people can see it 🤦🏻‍♂️

Presumably that's a 'Road Closed' sign at the start, with a gap left to enable access for farmers. I'd probably ignore it as well, just in case.. but if one person does it, everyone copies thinking it must be alright!

I rode over the Hardknott In the early '80's on a Laverda 3CL with a pillion passenger who stupidly had blind faith of my quality as a rider.

Another waste of time LOOK 👀 AT ME 🤮