Love how the channel grows steadily in it's home country! Hopefully in the near future we have our chance from Greece (Mr. SYM maybe) to show support as well...

@RideWithAlex

Ай бұрын

Do you mean Mr Gorgolis as "Mr Sym?"

Nice trip, scooter for life!🤠

Greetings from borneo malaysia, have been following this channel for few weeks now & binge watch the older videos.

@RideWithAlex

Ай бұрын

Thank you, more crazy adventures to come :D

Very enjoyable video, as always, Alex! Keep this up!!😊

@RideWithAlex

Ай бұрын

Thank you 😁

FYI the audio is really good on this video 🙂

@RideWithAlex

Ай бұрын

Thank you :D

Chiar aveam nevoie de un clip lung la care sa ma uit azi!

Frumoasa calatoria! Si eu detin un Honda Silverwing 600 ABS din 2007 si cam tot cam asa e consumul . Insa franele si suspensia fata sunt din secolul trecut comparativ cu AK 550 Premium. Ride safe!

I hope you don’t feel that you HAVE TO speak all the time, it’s just as enjoyable when it’s quite, just the engine and the ambient sound. Just enjoying the trip.

Faci ce trebuie. Imi place sa te urmăresc. Poate mai usor prin localități. Bafta!

@RideWithAlex

Ай бұрын

🤫🤫🤫

Great video, every time you make it interesting, please note that at 32:15 when you entering a tunel dashboard doesn't blink.

@RideWithAlex

Ай бұрын

Also at night the camera changes shutter speed and the dash stops flickering :)

Buna treaba cu Lukoil 😂. Keep it that way

Nice one Alex 🙂

@RideWithAlex

Ай бұрын

Thank you! 😁

Hello Alex! Finally a touring video, thumbs up!😊 You had quite a luck with the weather. Curious to see what was wrong with the heated grips. Be bad, cheers!😊

@RideWithAlex

Ай бұрын

It's still a mistery but tomorrow the second video of the trip drops another one hour ordeal of a video. 😁

@gergobozsik1614

Ай бұрын

@@RideWithAlex I just can't wait!😁 If you could choose from this and the 350E. Hands on heart, from a realistic point of view without the price tag...which one would you choose for yourself?

@RideWithAlex

Ай бұрын

@@gergobozsik1614 it's clearly better then the 350E but it's like 15-20% better for double the price it's hard to take price out of the equation but if I would take price out st the moment it's the best scooter I have ever ridden, but keep in mind I have never ridden the Yamaha T-max, hopefully this year I'll get a chance to ride it, I don't know if I can get it for a week but we'll see.

@gergobozsik1614

Ай бұрын

Thx for the answer!

Si un,, opa-sa" e foarte bun la vremea lui😂

The fact is , you keep doing what you love doing .. the numbers will come naturally... Good luck. How do you compare the AK550 with the SYM 508 TL?

@RideWithAlex

Ай бұрын

I go into more details about comparing the AK to the TL in my review video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eqGDz8x8opCnf5s.html

Nice ride i really enjoyedthe video..I hope you are going make a long ride videos with Fred 😊

@RideWithAlex

Ай бұрын

For sure, I bought him for long distances not for the city 😁

Așteptam un clip din asta lung 🎉. Ce aplicație e aia de pe telefon? Ride safe. Mă pregătesc de video 2. 😂

@RideWithAlex

Ай бұрын

Igo Navigation.

Bro, I am catching your breath

Veliko Turnovo /Great Turnovo/ Has old city part of the hills.. With castles walls and everything from the middle ages. It was the capital of Bulgaria back then.

@RideWithAlex

Ай бұрын

Nice, I didn't know that. 😁

I'm interested to see if you get the heated grips sorted out...

@RideWithAlex

Ай бұрын

Tomorrow the second video drops!

I really wish my X-ADV had cruise control. If the AK was cheaper I would have got one purely down to it having cruise. I guess Honda don't want to take sales away from their Touring bikes by fitting cruise to their smaller bikes. That's so true about finding time for yourself. Which Navigation app are you using?

@RideWithAlex

Ай бұрын

I used IGO Navigation. Honda doesn't want to fit cruise control even on the transalp. And that has a throttle by wire system so cruise control for that it's just a set of buttons and software.

@TheDervMan

Ай бұрын

@@RideWithAlex same with the current X-ADV model, it's ride by wire but still no cruise control. Thanks Honda 🤣

@andrewbozhozr

Ай бұрын

Just wait... Voge, Zontes and the rest of the Chinese are coming, and melting their ego...

@RideWithAlex

Ай бұрын

@@andrewbozhozr I have no doubt thinks will evolve and the Chinese are going to come out with some mind blowing scoots and small engined bikes

To turn on/off heated grips, you hold the button for 3 secs - sure you hold it enough?

@RideWithAlex

25 күн бұрын

held it for 3-5-10----- 2 minutes :)). They came back to life on the second day, it was magic.

When you conect your phone with scooter...is it possible to manage cell phone on the handlebars remote control bottoms??

@RideWithAlex

Ай бұрын

Didn't try it :(

Could you show us how you fitted and mounted the quad lock on the bike?

@RideWithAlex

Ай бұрын

It's the quad lock brake rezervoir mount, it's specially made to be mounted there.

@mbloy613

Ай бұрын

@@RideWithAlex Thank you, I’ll try that on my scooter.

How does kymco behave for you on a high speed, particularly when it is wet? Asking because mine feels very unstable, particularly on a wet service and I cannot figure out the reason (changed tyres to Michelin already but tiny difference).

@RideWithAlex

7 күн бұрын

It didn't feel unstable to me :/

@anastasme

7 күн бұрын

​@@RideWithAlex thx - in video u say yourself that rear wheel at one point of time on the wet felt slippery - I feel it all the time when it rains on a highway - I guess will have to keep looking for the cause. Otherwise I am starting to think of selling since there is no way I would tour with that behaviour of the bike.

@RideWithAlex

7 күн бұрын

@@anastasme all bikes move arround a bit underneath you. If you bought it second hand I would suggest changing all the bushings for the rear swing arm and suspension, they can start having play and give you the sensation the tyre is slipping when in reality the body of the scooter is moving left to right and the wheel is perfectly still.

@anastasme

7 күн бұрын

@@RideWithAlex I bought it new and have been having it for a year (6k km) That is why I didn't seriously consider 'bushings' as a potential cause because the bike was new. My guess was the cover I am using which serves a bit like a sail and thus impacts the stability or straightforward the wrong balancing of the bike cause it is and feels heavy. I have had many motorbikes and Honda forza 300 scooter and none of them had such issues so kinda know something is not ok.

@RideWithAlex

7 күн бұрын

@@anastasme if you have experience with scooters then it's probably something, I didn't feel any more instability then any other big maxiscooter. Of course all move a bit underneath you and for someone with no experience might feel a bit unstable. But if you have experience and say yours is worse then any you have ridden the yeah, it's a particular problem to your scooter, I had it up to 185 km/h and it feels better at that speed then my BMW R1100GS

What u use for app navigation ?

@RideWithAlex

Ай бұрын

Igo Navigation

Alex, what pants is the other Alex wearing?

@RideWithAlex

Ай бұрын

I think they are some Macna touring pants.

Hello Alex! did u buy it?

@RideWithAlex

Ай бұрын

No, I don't have that kind of money, this was part of my 1 week test.

@mariossp6137

Ай бұрын

Me neither but its awesome! Please we want more with FRED ZONTES like this one !drive safe 🙏

Is 5'4 height super tiptoe sir??

@RideWithAlex

24 күн бұрын

You have to try it for yourself but I think you would tip toe.

Will you say Donnye good by?

@RideWithAlex

Ай бұрын

Never, Donnie is getting ready for his 2025 adventure, my most ambitios undertaking ever.

@alexkolushev514

Ай бұрын

@@RideWithAlex very interesting to see big scooter vs light scooter from you

Did not catch what’s wrong with Lukoil

@RideWithAlex

Ай бұрын

Personal preference.

gata te-ai dat cu kymco acum cand ma convinsesei sa iau un zontes 350e

@RideWithAlex

Ай бұрын

M-am dat cu kymco o săptămână, nu e ca si cand l-am cumpărat, nu am 11k asa una doua 😂

@vrejoiu

Ай бұрын

@@RideWithAlex dupa ce imi achita firma de leasing 350e-ul ne vedem la schimbu de 5000

@RideWithAlex

Ай бұрын

@@vrejoiu al meu E are deja 2000 km :))

hello alex, i hope you're doing fine, can i have the name off maps app ?

@RideWithAlex

Ай бұрын

Igo Navigation

at min 21:03 the road signs show 50 and you go 108 more than double the speed limit 58km/h to fast in my county the police will ask you to surrender your drivers license for everything over 50km/h to fast

@RideWithAlex

Ай бұрын

Same here 🤫

Did you just really skipped Lukoil just because it is Russian?

@RideWithAlex

Ай бұрын

I've been skipping lukoil for the past 10 years :)