Shot a quick video of the Dingle Peninsula in the SW of Ireland on a pre-season motorbike trip to the west. Hope you enjoy !!!

I got away for a few days riding in late October. Our summer season had finished and it was a good opportunity to get in some riding while things are quiet. I flew to Malaga, Spain and hired a GS Adventure from GS Heaven (Great Company) and covered around 1200km in 4 days. The roads are great and very quiet, a prefect place for some late season riding.

Another motorbike journey video for your viewing pleasure, this time it’s the South Coast of Ireland. Starting from just outside Dublin it goes through the Wicklow Mountains taking in the beautiful Powerscourt House then along the South coast past Waterford and Tramore. Then the route dives inland to ‘The Vee’ before heading South to Kinsale then West to Mizen Head. Music by the up and coming Irish band The Farriers.

While doing some run-in miles on the new BMW R1200GS Adventure I found myself on what is probably one of the best roads in Ireland for motorbikes. It’s the Causeway Coast Road which runs from Belfast up the East coast and along the North coast of Northern Ireland. I thought I would take a few video clips to give you a taste of it. Sights along the way are Carrickfergus Castle, Carrick-a-reed rope bridge, Giants Causeway, Bushmills Distillery, Dunluce Castle and Mussenden Temple among others.

I made a quick trip to County Donegal last weekend and took some video from the bike. The weather was great and I toured the Inishowen Peninsula up to Malin Head which is Irelands most Northerly point. I then looped back and checked out Glenveagh National Park which is stunning and finally down through the Blue Stack Mountains to Glenties for the night. The next day I travelled up the West coast along the N56 which is a great ride and took in the Rosses and Bloody Foreland. All in all it was a fun trip with good roads and little traffic. This North west corner of Ireland is sadly often forgotten but has scenery second to none and should be incorporated into any trip to Ireland.

Here is another video from the KTM guys doing their tour of Ireland with lots of great on bike footage from their motorbike cameras. The video shows the twisty roads of rural Ireland which as you can see are great fun to ride. The KTM guys certainly seem to be enjoying them.

If you would like to do your own motorcycle tour of Ireland, why not rent one of our motorcycles?

I found this great video on YouTube showing a couple of guys on their motorbike tour of Ireland. It looks like they are riding a KTM 640 Adventurer and a KTM 690 Enduro. They certainly did the full tour because I spotted Dublin in the East, the Cliffs of Moher in the West and Portrush in the North. Along the way they seem to have found some of the smallest roads and lanes in Ireland to test out their KTM’s rough road handling.

Their motorbike trip finished up at the North West 200 which is Ireland’s premier motorcycle road racing event. Held every May in Portrush on the North coast, it attracts more than 150,000 spectators as well as some of the biggest names in motorcycling including Michael Rutter, Steve Plater and John McGuinness. The North West 200 circuit runs between the towns of Portrush, Portstewart and Coleraine, in an area of outstanding natural beauty which includes the world famous Giant’s Causeway. The triangle circuit is one of the fastest in the world and in 2005 Michael Rutter recorded the fastest speed in the history of the event at 201.1mph.

If you would like to taste the thrills and spills of the North West 200 or do your own motorcycle tour of Ireland, why not rent one of our motorcycles?