IRELAND MOTORCYCLE TOUR (Episode 2/3) on a KTM 1290 Super Adventure R & BMW R 1200 GS

What a beautiful morning. So we have an early start today. It's eight o'clock local time and we'll be taking a ferry across that water gap there and just got to the other side. So I guess we'll have to wait here. So on to the ferry we go. All the way? I can pay this together? Yeah. It's one way, yeah. So guys, we just made it on to the short ferry to just get across this two kilometer water gap. This takes about 10 or 15 minutes of riding and it's a cool experience. I mean, this just goes to the other side, stays there for a couple of minutes, loads and unloads, does this every day, all day long. Yeah, it's pretty cool. Yeah, you see in the background, this is where we're staying last night, a tiny little sort of harbor town. It was pretty cool. The place is quite a happening place too. So today we're going to do the Ring of Kerry. We did the first part of it yesterday and we can do the remaining part this morning, hopefully avoiding the masses of tourists that you can expect here. That's at least what I read about, that this is the most popular area in Ireland. So having an early start is going to help us, plus it's kind of a long day today. If things go well, we'll be hitting the Inch Beach. That's a beach where you can take your motorcycle onto the beach. That should be really cool. So hopefully there's the right conditions because the bikes are loaded, they don't really have the proper tires on there, but maybe we can tour on the beach a little bit. Cool. Nice and easy. What a beautiful day. Yeah, there's something to be said about leaving earlier in the day. It's quite nice when it's so, so calm. Some of these places have quite a bit of traffic. I was quite amazed by how many cars in this small town had some traffic jams in the middle of nowhere, really. So we're going to make a few miles now and then I'm sure we'll find a place to have breakfast. It's going to be late breakfast. But some of these places serve breakfast so late that if that determines the time schedule, that really sucks. So yeah, we decided to just keep going. Yeah, how cool are those lights, right? Yeah, you're already getting irritated. But they also have such cool motorcycles. I've never seen them. That's awesome, man. KTM. What is this here? That's the Wishing Bridge, right? Ah, there it is. All right. So we're heading up to one of the main tourist attractions, Gap of Dunlow, the Wishing Bridge. Yeah, you can see it here. Tourists are getting brought up by a horse carriage because buses are not allowed up here. And the guy at the store said that it gets really crazy in about half an hour. So if you want to beat the crowd, it's better to go now. We're hoping for a little better weather to let the drone fly. I'm not sure if this is going to be good enough. But you can see there's all this horse ---- and it's very slippery on the road. Well, it's a great start into the day. It's only 10.40 at the moment, and we already have the first 100 kilometers under our belt. And it's a nice mix of smaller roads, nature parks, and some of the faster roads like these. Really cool. So after we made a lot of kilometers this morning, we keep pulling over to just check out the amazing views that you get here. And the road is kind of nice, too, for a change. You can actually see the road a couple of turns ahead, which you can't with all the hedges around. Ah, it's beautiful here. So this is a nice change of pace, a nice mountain road like you find it in other places in Europe. A bit faster and a bit easier to see. Wet, though, of course. Yeah, there's been sort of the occasional rain here, but it's nice. So lots of variety in today's tour, from sort of the mountain passes, coastline, national parks. If things go well and the weather plays along, we'll be hitting the beach as well. Oh, there's Inch Beach to our left, that little, you know, that's the beach. And supposedly you can go there with motorized vehicles, so I'd be very curious what the sand conditions are, how that is on a motorcycle. And people are just on the beach. That is weird. And it's busy, too. It's quite busy. Yes! Alles okay? Oh, hier ist ja voll weich. Krass. Nee! Ach, die Scheiße. Ja, wahrscheinlich gute Idee. Ja, weil da ist gut. Mach ich auch mit den Beinen rein. Sehr schön. Yippie! This cute little town, you can definitely tell there's a lot more tourism in this area here. Look at this. Looks quite nice, actually. So, we fueled up the bikes and we washed them down because we had lots of salty sand on the bikes from a little excursion to the beach. Now, riding on the beach, that's always like a bucket list item for me. Always something I wanted to do. There aren't many places in Europe where you can take your motorcycle onto the beach and just ride it along the beach. Inch Beach, it's part of Ring of Dingle. Right after you go clockwise, come from the Ring of Kerry and go into the next peninsula, that's where the Inch Beach is. So, we just saw the Duncan Pier. Seems to be quite a tourist attraction for some reason. It's just a pier going down the cliffs into the water and we just sat on the cliffs, had a coffee. We're just coming off the Connor Pass and this side seems a lot more interesting because it's much smaller of a road. The other one was just a fast road. I like these better. And the view is just absolutely spectacular. So, maybe not the most exciting pass to go up and down but the view is great. Guys, we made it to our accommodation location today. Forgot the name of the town. It's good ending it so fast. So, 5.30, that's early for us. And it's on the water, which is great. And it's quite happening. Seems ice cream is popular. So, I'll be staying or Bobby will be staying at a bed and breakfast and I guess there's plenty of places to grab a bite to eat. Man, that's a brand new helmet. Just got it a week ago. Almost. I was like 8 years old or something. That has to be the most useful thing to bring along, a roll of tape. Most beautiful thing on this helmet, yeah. If you have a BMW, you have to bring two rolls of that stuff. It is 8.40 in the morning. It says 9.40. So, CT time. So, without us knowing, we were witness to quite the tragedy yesterday. We saw a helicopter coming in. We didn't know what it was. Now today we know it was a Coast Guard helicopter with two adults that drowned in the ocean. Apparently, one of them went in, was struggling and then her brother came to help. And in the process, they both passed away. Quite sad. Made the national news this morning. We saw it at the breakfast. So, anyway, we've got about a half an hour ride to a short ferry. About a 20-minute ferry. I was going to shortcut today's route a little bit. The last 100 kilometers weren't really that exciting, to be honest. It was just fast roads, not even along the coast for most of it. So, the biggest highlight today will be the Cliff of Moher. So, that's probably the best known sort of cliffs in Ireland. This is our ferry. It's going to get us across in about 20 minutes. Oh, got a nice snack shop here. How cool. Yeah, we met another biker from Italy. So, one of the few bikers that we saw on this trip. Hi. Good. How are you? I'm good. You know, you're driving right to the very top here. Okay. Yeah. This is where you are. Yeah. And at the gate here at the corner. Yeah. Follow that path up along and you can park at the highest point. With a bike? With a bike. Oh, that is awesome. Yeah. Very good. And it's five euros? Each. Okay, no problem. So, we're here and we just go that way. And park up here then. Oh, wow. And then you can go for a little walk to the left. Yeah. And you can say you've seen the Cliffs of Moher. Perfect. That's very good. You actually can walk back to the very end and come back. Sounds good. Cool. Coming down. Oh, coming down? Okay. All right. Thank you very much. We'll have a look. Where are you from? Germany. Oh, very good. Yeah, Germany. So, we get to ride the bikes up all the way basically to the top to see the Cliffs of Moher. That is awesome. So, secret little tip. Don't take the big parking lot. The one exit, one beforehand. And then you get to go all the way to the top, which is really cool. And we're not the only ones here. Haha, yes. Yes, yes, yes. How awesome is that? That was the recommendation from the other one, right? Yes, but it's awesome. All the way up here. Mega awesome thing. I mean, there were like two cars and us as two bikes. And this is where you could go instead with all the freaking tourists. So, yeah, that was definitely the better choice. So, we're on a small little by-road to the main road that takes us along the coastline. It's quite beautiful. Good road conditions for a change, too. And the landscape is definitely changing quite a bit from the earlier areas we've seen to this now, this sort of bare mountain top. It's almost like there's snow on top of that mountain. Of course, it isn't warm enough. But it's pretty interesting scenery around here. Also, I like it when the area opens up a little bit. You know, the hedges and all the greenery. That's great. But you can't really see and appreciate the landscape around you. Here, it is great. You can get a good view of everything. I've got this really interesting rock here. It looks very different to the other parts of the island that we have seen so far. It's really bare, but beautiful. Check out this town here. And the houses and construction, the landscape. It's really cool. It's a very diverse-looking island. This looks like a very, very different part of what we have seen earlier. So, guys, we're in Clifton right now. That was a cute little town, but there's so many of those smaller places. It's not even a very small place. But they're really busy with traffic. So, Sky Road is next. That is supposed to be a very scenic drive. The moment we leave town, we should hit the Sky Drive. I'm very curious to see what that's all about. It's in the Sky Road. It's about an 11-10 kilometer loop. So, I'm about 10 minutes out from my accommodation tonight. And because Sebastian booked his accommodation so late, just a week before we left, it was a short-notice decision to come along to this trip. Tonight, we don't have the accommodation in the same location. So, he has his about 10-minute drive away, which is on the route. So, we're going to say goodbye, and we're going to have some solo nights. And then find something to eat. And then I'll have to leave a bit earlier tomorrow and pick him up. It's been an amazing day. Lots of variety so far. And we're lucky with the weather. I hope it's going to stay like this for a few more days. But it was a fantastic day to see the island. Oh, the pub here is supposedly the only place where you can get something to eat. If we find it. Oliver's. Oliver's Pub. Perfect. Bye, Estonia.