The number of A- holes who don't understand you ALWAYS give way to uphill traffic astounds me! love those passes!

It's a lovely road and awesome to see it from a biker's perspective. That hairpin at 18mins is always underestimated. Congrats to all bikers who do it, especially without an engine!

Did all these as a learner on a c72 250 honda in the late sixties no problem for a sixteen year old

Thank you for sharing, amazing scenery.

Very well done Ash

Yea, we all had the same thoughts on that bit! Thx for the share.

Done it that way twice now... both times really wet and first time on my Hayabusa, it was Interesting to say the least.... That hair Pin certainly makes you focus !!! Nice Video mate.

Well done, man. I've driven over several times in a car and to be honest I've never really understood what all the fuss was about, even though I was a biker for 15 years or so, but it looks a hell of a lot tougher on a bike. Biggest problems I found were people not pulling over that were coming the other way - those of you who are going to have a go, remember if you're going downhill you're supposed to stop, you don't want to risk of the guy going uphill rolling back. Road surfaces are dodgy, be careful of potholes and missing chunks of road at the edges, especially on bends, and don't risk it if you don't have a decently powerful, well maintained car because you'll be putting it under a lot of strain that it's not used to. If you haven't don't risk it. I did see a 1 ltr VW Polo with a burnt out clutch once, but there were about 7 people in it. I'll leave it to you to imagine where they were from, but you'd probably be right. I've also seen a couple of EVS struggling which seemed a bit off as I thought they had a lot of torque? And sheep will keep out of your way but cows do have a tendency to wander in front of you. Luckily you don't see many. And finally, of you have done the first bit (Wrynose) and don't fancy the harder Hardknott pass, go left instead of right at the Eskdale signpost, down the right side of the (farmhouse?). It's a long flat run, goes on for quite a good few miles but you see even less cars so it's a really pleasant run and a good alternative. Where were you on the video just after the 30 minute mark? The part with the lake on the right and the mountains in the distance ahead? That's one of the best views I've seen from the road, in a county that's full of amazing views. And by the way guys, let the bikers through, they can't hold the machine on a steep hill easily if they need to stop, you don't have that problem in a car.

Fantastic road, one of my personal favourites, well done matey 😎 👍

Did them both. What an epic journey!

Loving your description going through that tight hairpin 😂 but seriously… well done 👍🏻 It’s still on my bucket list!

That bit at 14.10 really showed the gradient and your commentary really made me laugh! Brilliant mate.

Drove Hard Knott a few years back -never heard my Mrs swear like she did on that trip and she has never forgiven me haha ,my language was pretty colourful too -Great video thanks for posting

Good video brought back many memories. Last time I did it there was a group of about a dozen bikes all went up there camping. We rode the passes e of the local riders was a friend who only had a 125 cruiser and was worried her bike would make it. She decided she would ride pillion with my mate but as he had never rode it before she decided to pillion with me. 2 of us on a CBR 100 blackbird made it ok. One of our party had a moment on that hairpin bend and how they never went over I will never know. It was about 12 or 13 years ago and didn't have action camera back then such a shame.

Really enjoyed the video & commentary like to do that hardknott pass myself on my NC 750X.thanks mate.

Scared the crap out of me. Even walking pace would end in tears

In the valley , Wyrnose Bottom, is the 3 shire stone .. it marked where the 3 counties of Lancashire, Cumberland and Westmorland used to meet. Yes, Lancashire was much bigger once upon a time!

Good honest video enjoyed it WELL DONE

You were lucky. No oncoming traffic on the inclines. In the Alps, uphill has right of way. In GB you don't know that. Nice Video. I was there in 1982 or 83. With my Beemer and girlfriend. . .

Nice video. I did the Hardknott and Wrynose in August this year, when I was on my motorcykle vacation in Scotland and Northern England. Did them the other way thoug,on my Flying Brick, a BMW K1200 LT. Wasn't so bad,only the bike almost overheated on the way up Hardknott.

got this booked for next June. can not wait

Just back from doing the 4 passes. Kirkstone, Honister, Hardknott and Wrynose. Came at the last two the opposite way to you and with my wife as pillion! Last couple of hairpins were scary to say the least. Loved all of them, but a Fantastic sense of achievement completing Hardknott. Stunning views at the top of all passes for and added reward.

Cool shots! I drove all these three passes back in 2018 when I took a detour to the lake district after a roundtrip of scotland. Great scenery. Loved the 1000 shades of green sliced by these curvy roads. You wouldn't expect such challenging roads in the UK.

What a cracking video mate. What a wonderful country we live in eh. Well done on those passes, big tick off your list. So glad you got that beautiful weather to appreciate the area. All the best.

it's pronounced, "Rinos Pass" Wrynose pass as in rhinoceros. You picked a blooming beautiful day to do it :) nice one.

Brilliant footage mate! Looked like a fun ride..

Was supposed to go on this other day chickened out. I accidentaly went up newlands pass from honister pass and it scared me. Loved this video thanks for sharing.

Great video, roads and scenery. I had to subscribe after I heard one of the best comments yet,I'm Bloody Shitting It.Take care, ride safe. 👍🏍🏁

Brilliant video and spectacular scenery... Myself and mate did Wrynose and Hardknott in the summer of 1977 on unrestricted 50cc Mopeds.! The following year, both on my 200 Yamaha we camped for the night half way up Wrynose and overnight it snowed, that was fun riding back down, 2 up with camping gear!

You’ve come in from easy side. Come in from Eskdale when it’s raining 😂 brilliant.

Excellent choice of bike to use for Hardknott pass. Your comment @22:16 made me smile... Last year I accompanied my friend over Wrynose and Hardknott passes @biking-northwest on a Honda Cbr125R (who captured it on camera) and me on my 1997 Yamaha Yzf1000R. Recently, I have been seriously been thinking about taking my wife over the passes on the back, sometime this year. Take care and enjoy the ride. Best wishes from the Lone Wolf in the lakes. 🕊

Enjoyed this one, pal. Done Hardknott myself and total respect. It's not for the faint-hearted. Keep up the good work. Also subbed 👍👍

...try going the opposite direction for that notorious hairpin! Down is the 'easy' route lol. As you say, you cannot afford to be distracted for a second on the tricky parts, or be in the wrong gear.

Looks like a nice place to ride

The road surface on Hardknott is alot better than when I was up there last (many years ago). Going the opposite direction to you, the hairpins could be 'fun' on the old road surface when wet.

Even better on a push bike!

Thanks for the video. Brought back some (scary) memories from August this year. Went over Hardknott the same way as you for the first time with luggage and my good lady on the back. F**k me, but that was intense! Box ticked. Never doing it again lol :P

Not a bike rider but have driven these passes. Hardnott Pass is by far the toughest road i've driven (driven Atlas mountains, Philippines Mountain Provence, Switzerland and few others). Sat nav took us over it a few years ago in my Fiat 500 was not prepared for that. Done Wrynose twice now once in Fiat 500 and last week in my Peugot Expert campervan. The wife wouldnt let me go over Hardnott again she hated it scared her. What makes Hardnott so tough is the lack of distance between hairpins, the steepness and blind summits. Just been over te Bealach Na Ba which by comparision felt like driving on a motorway.

Nice ride man. Think I would be worried as well trying that one on my Ninja 1000SX

Love doing these passes on my bike. Scenery is stunning! Nice video thank you 👍

Some great shots mate. Was much slower in the arl berlingo jalopy !

Nice ride Bike Soul, I have done that three times, twice on the bike (CBR 1000) and once in the car with the wife but in the opposite direction from Ravenglass, honestly we found the drive in car more scary than on the bike, some of the hairpins on the way up the road totally disappears and all you can see is the bonnet you haven't a clue which way the road is going. Thanks for the video, ride safe. Best wishes Pete and Jan.

That is one hell of a road I think I’ll give it a miss though till I’m used to new bike.

for doing that hairpin you get my Sub ...

Brilliant I shit it watching, i did it in a transit van and that was bad enough

Years ago I was on a European tour riding in the alps maritime amazed at the competence or madness of the foreign adv bikes absolutely caning me on my fjr1300. Every hairpin up or down was a scary experience until one day me and my group were talking to some Italians and the subject got round to bike control on these short sharp turns with horrendous drop offs. Since their advice I have never had a problem. Their method they told me of is trail braking. ( feathering rear brake as you ride. So on wobbly bends you apply the rear brake just enough for it to tie the suspension up and you have the brake applied throughout the bends at the same time as some slight throttle) try it -it really works and practice it on slow manoeuvres around the car park with a nd without the brake on and see the control difference then learn it as a skill. It takes practice to feel you have it right. Its also great for high speed bends when you are worried about judgment. Now as an aged old git riding a v strom650 and light and manoeuvrable and can do everything the big bikes can do imo but in a more manageable form.

Just back from doing the Hardknott and Wrynrose passes and I am glad I didn’t watch your video before I went as I wouldn’t have done it 😂. I did it on a GSF1250 Bandit so more or less same bike too. What and awesome road which videos don’t do justice a truly incredible last few days for me.

I live up here guys and the best and most practical type of machine to ride Hardkott etc etc is something like a Brit 350 or 500cc machine providing the brakes are ok. Far easier than luggin a modern touring or sports bike etc across and I’ve seen many many, come off and not a few, badly hurt’ Safe riding guys !

You do right stopping well in advance in a safeish spot if you see a car coming down. Saw a vid of a guy that met a car on a corner and he tried to put his feet down but couldn’t hold the weight of his bike on the camber.

Been holidaying in the lakes for over 30 years. Done these roads a few times in a car, but not on a bike.......until this year. Did these and a few others on a 4 day trip. Awesome. Hardknott definitely an arsenal twitcher. God the lakes look so different on a bike, think the passes are easier on bike to be honest. Mint video, commentary made me laugh. Going back next year with 3 mates can't wait. 👍🤪

Thanks posting that, my hands went clammy reliving some of that. 👍 I did Hardnott and Wrynos last year on my oil head GS. we did it West to East. Unfortunately, at the steepest hairpin I had not choice but to pull over to the right and stop, to let 3 guys who were "committed" to taking the bend coming Down, on my side of the road, they had no choice as you probably know, as that spot is about 1 : 3 !! And tight as he'll, I then from a Standing start had to go Up and Right round the hairpin, bit of a challenge on GS that I'd only ridden for a couple of months. Needless to say, the clutch wasn't happy and I was Bricking it ! 😝😝😝 Not for the faint hearted that road. Roj Preston

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These passes are on my bucket list to do on my Dualtron Storm Electric Scooter. At 6640 watts and 72v DC it is specced to chew up gradients of 70%.

The sheep is a Herdwick. A typical hardy animal commonly farmed in the fells as they are very hardy and overwinter well with little support. They are as hard as nails if you have a brush with them. They stand their ground as if to say just try it mate. Looks like you had a ball on those roads.

Cycled this a couple of times and it's brutal. I also have a zx6r and the thought of being up there on that literally gives me nightmares

Scared the hell out of me too…and I was in a car. Nothing would make me want to tackle the double hairpin on a bike, especially going down

We did two up those two lethal drops after bridge brilliant experience

Well done 👏 it’s a defo no from me, I’ve got a Kawasaki vn2000 I don’t fancy my chances

Never actually driven up Honister, I live in Lancashire, so the natural route leads me downhill.

That first bend on the descent from Hard Knott always gives me a buzz lol

Fair play... imagine in winter in the wet! How did the old cars and bikes get up this years ago?? Also how tough and scary on a push bike.. dunno how they get up there... looks beautiful up there though

Did that hairpin today on a Multistrada and it really is a scary moment. 😦

SUBBED!

I ride Tholt-y-Will in the Isle of Man most days. There are a couple of such hairpins in close succession. After a while you just take them in your stride.

I was traumatised as a kid going up it with my family many years ago now.. since then as an adult I've never been able to go up this pass. A shame, but absolutely terrified.

Twisty

I freeked out watching

You should come to Portugal and drive from Manteigas to Seia in Serra da Estrela to check what really is a hard mountain pass... Anyway, nice video 👍🙂🇵🇹

I thought Devils staircase was mad midwales that what u did is a whole other level u get my sub

I did this yesterday on my z1000! Still shaking lol 😂

cracking video mate, funny you should mention the Hairpin on HardKnott, i stupidly did do it a few year back with a pillion, fucking shite myself when I realised it come at it from the wrong side and had to go UP it rather than down... DEFINITELY won't do that again i tell you!

Jeez! Brought back memories of doing it on an ST1300 Pan European. Seriously heavy bike. I was shitting it on the hairpins.

Nice one buddy, how long you been riding when you rode it ??

try it on a nimble middlweight or lightweight bike it's a pleasure then, my sv 650 loves roads like this.

Nice one mate done it last year was busy as fk with cars, on my ninja 1000 same direction as you it was flooded with rain well done, steep as fk 👍

How does it compare to Apple cross pass.

Holy Moly 😂😂

some of those narrow roads are really treacherous. You can’t get any rhythm at all. A sport bike would be the last type of bike I would want to be on, on some of those roads. I think an Africa twin would be better suited to those rough roads, but a trials bike might be the best. Great scenery though. What country are these roads in? I noticed you’re riding on the left..

Very nicely filmed. You had perfect weather and it seems you'd had the road closed to all other traffic. :) - except the one "dickhead" who had the audacity to come from the other direction.

Ace

9th Sep 2022. Went up Hardknott pass to the top to do Hardknott fell and unfortunately both up and down met German motorcyclists ( two different groups) who thought parking on the steep hairpins was a great idea for photo opportunities and encouraging people to come through on the inner bends and take their sumps out. Not very bright. One of them managed to spill his bike on the way up from eskdale when he came up to the last big hairpin when he was unbalanced.

There must be brake dust all across the valley...!

if you're going up you have got the right of way because he can hold coming down which you can not because you're coming up

That Line of diesel on the road is pretty annoying for you....!

oh oh where is petro station .......

"Wrynose Pass" - not "Win-nose"; (pronounce it like "Rhinos".) The name originated from "Wrenhaise Hill" which developed from "reini hala" being a combinaiton of the old Norse words: "reini" (stallion) and "hala" (ridge). "Hardknott Pass" - the name Hardknott originated again, from Old Norse being the combination of "hartr" (hard) and "knutr" (craggy hill).

I don’t understand why you felt the need to call the driver of the Volvo a Dick***d ?

Would have been better normal speed to get a true feeling of the pass but parts of it if length of the video was as issue. Thanks anyway

Really don't understand the fuss some motorcyclist are making about Hardknot Pass, did it on a Lambretta GP200 in 1972 and a Suzuki GT380 in 1975, really not that difficult or scary.

LOL you alright there mate? Clearly you've never ridden in India. These are what they'd call call 'good roads'

Would be a great road if it was for motorcycles only, the last time I went over it the pass was full of muppet car drivers that didn't know the width of the vehicle they were driving.

Wry nose not Winnose

Wrynose pronounced 'rye nose'

I subscribe to a lot of bike channels, sadly your language and the insult to the car driver who probably had no idea how hard those passes are on a bike mean I won’t be subscribing to yours. Pity, I love riding those passes, enjoyed the colours from the time of year you did it, but your language ruined it.

Not bad video but shame about your language, suggest you make silent videos from now on in.

Great scenery. I stopped watching because I just got tired of the constant swearing. 👎

Try the Applecross pass

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