Royal Enfield Bullet 500: Over the Conor Pass!

Finishing off this summer 2023's videos is a ride over the Conor Pass in County Kerry, before heading back home to Kilkenny! Bit of a wet summer in Ireland, really, so I didn't get out quite as much as I'd have liked to! But rest assured there should be a few more videos over the quieter next few months, as Daisy and myself tackle more local roads. 😁 In the meantime, thanks for coming along for the ride over the summer! I hope you had bluer skies and sunnier days yourself, and i'll talkcha in the next one after, bye!
Enquiries: brendanwalshtramore1994@gmail.com or
Instagram: / bullet_wanderer94
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Come along with me on the motorcycle that's travelled through time, proving the humble Royal Enfield Bullet 500's capabilities as we journey around Ireland, the UK, and beyond! We'll see lots of beautiful cities, rich history, vintage motorcycles, cars, planes, trains, and much more! If that takes your fancy, gwan, subscribe and join me, Brendan, and Daisy Bell, my faithful friend, the Bullet 500.
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  • @simonchilli2088
    @simonchilli208810 ай бұрын

    Cheers Brendan for taking us along on the rides. Rain or shine your love for your bike and motorcycling in all aspects absolutely shines thru.

  • @BulletWanderer

    @BulletWanderer

    10 ай бұрын

    Thanks Simon! I think motorcycling and travel can bring out the best in all of us 😁

  • @svalson
    @svalson10 ай бұрын

    Fairplay Brendan. A motorcycle fan from India here. Beautiful landscape but I can only imagine the hardship faced by an average motorcyclist!

  • @Aspirationstoreality
    @Aspirationstoreality10 ай бұрын

    19:00 thanks for mentioning INDIA . The Bullet 350 and the Bullet 500 are more of an emotion here in India . you are living the dreams of many . cheers to you for taking us along on the rides . absolutely love Ireland .

  • @BulletWanderer

    @BulletWanderer

    10 ай бұрын

    Of course! Can't talk about Royal Enfield without talking about their home, India! 😁 Cheers!

  • @Aspirationstoreality

    @Aspirationstoreality

    10 ай бұрын

    @@BulletWanderer ♥️

  • @Mikethebike721
    @Mikethebike72110 ай бұрын

    Wonderful conversational delivery Brendan, you’re a star!

  • @BulletWanderer

    @BulletWanderer

    10 ай бұрын

    Cheers! 😁

  • @chituma11
    @chituma1110 ай бұрын

    Fantastic, perfect bike, scenery, and weather

  • @saratchand9305
    @saratchand93059 ай бұрын

    Love from India ❤

  • @adrianstrand1120
    @adrianstrand112010 ай бұрын

    These videos are keeping me sane watching while I look after Monty the Labrador pup, as my two bikes are idle during this Indian summer we’re enjoying in Cumbria 👍🏻😄

  • @Leersv
    @Leersv5 ай бұрын

    Awesome Brendan

  • @stepheneldridge6998
    @stepheneldridge699810 ай бұрын

    Super video...really enjoyed the ride! Great narrative.. and of course you are riding in my favourite part of the world! Cheers Steve

  • @BulletWanderer

    @BulletWanderer

    10 ай бұрын

    Cheers Steve!

  • @johnlacaze4811
    @johnlacaze481110 ай бұрын

    That was a helluva run my man! Now to take the critter to the stable n get her freshn'd up for another ride 😊👍.

  • @BulletWanderer

    @BulletWanderer

    10 ай бұрын

    Cheers John! She got a good wash and has new parts waiting to be put on since. 😁

  • @felipedourado5721
    @felipedourado572110 ай бұрын

    It's a releif to see that a serious motorcyclist can also be gentleman. I guess the times of the hoolingan type of biker are gone and your videos prove it in the best possible way. Congrats from Brazil.✌

  • @BulletWanderer

    @BulletWanderer

    10 ай бұрын

    Cheers Felipe! I try my best 😁

  • @Team-fabulous
    @Team-fabulous7 ай бұрын

    I have a 2002 500 Bullet and a 2024 Supernova Meteor... Feckin love them... PS, love the video. Iv been to the Applecross pass in Scotland ...beautiful plus the Hardknott and Wrynose passes in the Lake District.. Just wonderful..

  • @BulletWanderer

    @BulletWanderer

    6 ай бұрын

    Haven't had the chance to get to Scotland yet myself, but plan to! It sounds fantastic 😁

  • @Team-fabulous

    @Team-fabulous

    6 ай бұрын

    STay to the west coast of scotland.. Absolutely stunning...@@BulletWanderer

  • @Saddlebags73
    @Saddlebags7310 ай бұрын

    Very interesting as usual. I go through places like that and say “Wow” a few times and bung some music over it. You give us facts and humour - much better 🙂👍🏼

  • @BulletWanderer

    @BulletWanderer

    10 ай бұрын

    To be fair, I just happened to know a bit of history here is all, usually I just say "fabulous" and slap some music to it too 😆 Cheers!

  • @Saddlebags73

    @Saddlebags73

    10 ай бұрын

    @@BulletWanderer 🤣🤣🤣

  • @marlecmarine5393
    @marlecmarine539310 ай бұрын

    I must say after watching some of your videos Ireland has some magnificent and dramatic landscapes, you really were up in the clouds at the top of the pass, great 'Bullet' country. Excellent music and interesting commentary, thanks for a great ride. l think Daisy deserves a good oil change after that ride.....🙂

  • @BulletWanderer

    @BulletWanderer

    10 ай бұрын

    Cheers! Yes, she got the works, new chain, new oil, new bolt, new rear tyre since this trip 😁

  • @philtwowheels
    @philtwowheels9 ай бұрын

    Nice one Brendan, we call them cagers because they're stuck in a cage, like in a jail and we are out side and free (to fly over bonnets?). Just spectacular views, you're very fortunate to live near them. I'm so excited to be looking at a couple of bullet 500's for sale tomorrow. There aren't many left on the market now.

  • @JulianCoogan-zl1ru
    @JulianCoogan-zl1ru3 ай бұрын

    I lived in Dingle in 1982, WOW, brings back memories!

  • @phenn6376
    @phenn63767 ай бұрын

    Really nice video, and great storytelling. Very nice roads for riding, mostly sparse of traffic. I must get over there to do a tour on my meteor next year.

  • @BulletWanderer

    @BulletWanderer

    6 ай бұрын

    Cheers, glad you liked the video! It'd be a great spot to take a Meteor on tour 😄

  • @briand4000
    @briand400010 ай бұрын

    Such lush beauty! Oh and 1,400' above sea level? I wish! Here in southwestern USA, I live at 5,000' MSL....my poor Bullet loses 18% horsepower. I would feel like I had a supercharger installed were I to magically transport myself and my bike over the pond. Loving your travels, my bullet brother.

  • @BulletWanderer

    @BulletWanderer

    10 ай бұрын

    Cheers Brian! That much? 😮 You'll have to get yourself and the Bullet over here to get that 18% back 😁

  • @shoubhikduttavarman7771

    @shoubhikduttavarman7771

    2 ай бұрын

    Adjust the mixer screw to 3-3^1/2 turns to compensate for the thin air and see the power increase, cheers from India.

  • @unOrdinaryWorld
    @unOrdinaryWorld10 ай бұрын

    Best way to start the day with a cup of coffee before hitting the road 🥰🏍️💨

  • @jrm1946
    @jrm194610 ай бұрын

    Really interesting tour, thanks. Different feel to riding on a clear dry day but the dampness does bring out the rugged nature of the rocks as you went through the Pass-Pass. BTW having got a glimps of your boots as you climbed the waterfall they are the sort of thing I've been looking for. Do you mind telling us the brand and how you get on with them? Cheers

  • @BulletWanderer

    @BulletWanderer

    10 ай бұрын

    Cheers JRM! The boots are a pair of Stylmartin Yurok boots my dad got me for Christmas just gone, after the last boots I had started to fall apart in Austria summer 2022 😆 They're a nice sturdy boot it must be said, comfy too! The sole definitely felt thicker than my previous Oxford boots at first, but thats where those boots failed so its good to have a bit more sturdiness to them there. I'll be making a video going over what I bring when i'm touring on the Bullet, might go through my motorcycle gear in it too, cheers for the idea 👍

  • @jrm1946

    @jrm1946

    10 ай бұрын

    @@BulletWanderer Thank you.

  • @geraldfitzgibbon7428
    @geraldfitzgibbon742810 ай бұрын

    Is connor with 2 Ns the sirname where conor is the first name? Iv a bro called conor. And my mother maden sir name was connor. Ur full of interesting info. Keep up good biking

  • @BulletWanderer

    @BulletWanderer

    10 ай бұрын

    Generally that would be the way 🤔 In this case though it's the anglicised version of An Chonair, so it seems to be spelled with one or two n's depending on the sign 🤷‍♂ Cheers Gerald 👍

  • @tonystone3397
    @tonystone33976 ай бұрын

    nice one

  • @jannerfox9292
    @jannerfox929210 ай бұрын

    Very interesting video thank you Brendan.

  • @tompas11A3n52KkX
    @tompas11A3n52KkX9 ай бұрын

    I can see that you do as I do when I'm out riding my 2018 Classic 500 - checking the blinker. We don't wanna leave the blinker on when we are not going to turn do we? Many thanks for letting me ride with you on a wonderful trip on a curvy road and in a beautiful landscape where they make tasty black beer. Oh and I just subscribed to your channel, it's great!

  • @BulletWanderer

    @BulletWanderer

    9 ай бұрын

    It's a bad habit, and it takes me months to shake it, but then I'll be riding with someone and they'll accidentally leave theirs on (or tell me I have!), and i'm back at checking the blinker every 30 seconds again 😂 Cheers Tompas! 🍻

  • @felixVanDiemen
    @felixVanDiemen10 ай бұрын

    Beautiful scenery, beautiful country, Thanks for sharing and really enjoyed the history.

  • @BulaMeister
    @BulaMeister10 ай бұрын

    What a fantastic ride! Great watch :)

  • @frankysworld
    @frankysworld10 ай бұрын

    Magical - I had the good fortune to cross a few mountain busy "sky scraping" The ole 500 is still the best to get into the thick of it 🙂

  • @bolindow176
    @bolindow17610 ай бұрын

    Beautiful ride, beautiful area. I have to visit Ireland some time.

  • @wesleywalton4072
    @wesleywalton40722 күн бұрын

    I have the same key ring. 😅

  • @thenameisbond0073
    @thenameisbond007310 ай бұрын

    Road is so narrow, I wonder how two cars or Lorries will cross eachother

  • @BulletWanderer

    @BulletWanderer

    10 ай бұрын

    You just have to make sure the way ahead is clear until the next little alcove to pull into 😅

  • @DunhillCastle
    @DunhillCastle10 ай бұрын

    You will have to revise your geography Brendan. Despite what the Google says it's not the highest mountain pass in Ireland. Not the second highest. Not even the third. But great video. Love your work, and the thrum of that single is music to my ears.

  • @BulletWanderer

    @BulletWanderer

    10 ай бұрын

    What is the highest mountain pass I wonder ? 🤔 I’ll have to get out and find it I suppose as google just tells me the Conor Pass. Cheers 😁

  • @DunhillCastle

    @DunhillCastle

    10 ай бұрын

    @@BulletWanderer Sally Gap, Priests Leap, and the famine road over the Comeraghs, from Power's the Pot into the Nire Valley, in that order. Then, Conor Pass.

  • @BulletWanderer

    @BulletWanderer

    10 ай бұрын

    @@DunhillCastle I'll have to make a video going through them all so! Passed by Power's the Pot many times, didn't realise that area was higher than the Conor Pass! I suppose its just a bit less 'extreme' . Thanks for the info 😁

  • @jeankaminska4473
    @jeankaminska44735 ай бұрын

    magnifique

  • @MauriceTarantulas
    @MauriceTarantulas10 ай бұрын

    Great bike for it! Must get my Himalayan over to Ireland one day...

  • @staryjanek
    @staryjanek10 ай бұрын

    Whit Braw :)

  • @unOrdinaryWorld
    @unOrdinaryWorld10 ай бұрын

    Ireland during WWII series yes please! Have you read up on the B17 that crashed in Sligo? Don't think there's much left of it but plenty of contemporary documents available on the internet 😉

  • @user-sw2lv3zp6o
    @user-sw2lv3zp6o10 ай бұрын

    I have never been to Ireland. It looks stunning. What is your lovely tank bag, please? Great bike. Nick J

  • @BulletWanderer

    @BulletWanderer

    10 ай бұрын

    Thanks Nick! It's the TripMachine tank bag. 👍

  • @user-sw2lv3zp6o

    @user-sw2lv3zp6o

    10 ай бұрын

    Thanks very much.@@BulletWanderer

  • @paulhoughtonhhoughton9188
    @paulhoughtonhhoughton9188Ай бұрын

    Brendan, is that the original seat you have fitted or have you had it re-upholstered (it looks bit longer than the standard seat or am I just imagining it) thanks for a great video.

  • @BulletWanderer

    @BulletWanderer

    Ай бұрын

    It’s the original seat yup! Might be having the bag on the back that makes it appear longer? Cheers!

  • @alexhogan1
    @alexhogan110 ай бұрын

    Hi Brendan, Can you tell me what camera and mic set up you use? I'm interested in doing a little motovlogging in the near future myself 🙌

  • @BulletWanderer

    @BulletWanderer

    10 ай бұрын

    Good man yourself 😁 I use a GoPro Hero 11/GoPro Hero 8 (Carry the two with me and swap em when one's battery dies) with a MediaMod (you'll need that to plug in a microphone, unfortunately). I plug a Rode Lavalier Mic into the GoPro for audio, which is secured into the helmet with good old duct tape 😂 The GoPro is mounted onto the chin of the helmet. But i'll do you one better, i'll make a video going over my motovlogging setup soon.

  • @NeuroPirla
    @NeuroPirla5 ай бұрын

    What kind of gear do you wear? It's very cool.

  • @BulletWanderer

    @BulletWanderer

    5 ай бұрын

    Cheers Nicolò! My helmet is a ByCity Roadster II and the jacket is a Halvarssons Trenton. Coincidentally I recently did reviews of both of them if you’re interested, they’re on the channel . The gloves are a pair of Helstons , and my boots, I can’t remember right now 😂 the jeans are Alpinestars Copper V2 Denim MC Jeans . Hope that all helps !

  • @NeuroPirla

    @NeuroPirla

    5 ай бұрын

    @@BulletWanderer thank you very much!

  • @veociego
    @veociego7 ай бұрын

    Es Irlanda, ¿verdad? Tal parece que gusta mucho los modelos de Royal Enfield antiguos. ¿De qué año es la moto que aparece en este vídeo? Se parece a la Classic moderna.

  • @BulletWanderer

    @BulletWanderer

    7 ай бұрын

    Sí, es Irlanda, ¡en la costa oeste! Esta moto es un modelo Bullet 500 de 2016, en Verde Bosque. 😁¡Gracias por el comentario!

  • @diablolucifer666.
    @diablolucifer666.10 ай бұрын

    do you guys have thunderbird 500 at your place? at least in india we did

  • @BulletWanderer

    @BulletWanderer

    10 ай бұрын

    I haven't actually seen any Thunderbird 500s to be honest 🤔 There are a few Continental GT 535's around, kind of similar 'rarer' 500cc platform Royal Enfields.

  • @diablolucifer666.

    @diablolucifer666.

    10 ай бұрын

    @@BulletWanderer yes we have the GT 535 and also the old lightning 535 that's pretty rare as well my dad has a Thunderbird 500 in the house the 535 technically a modified version of the 500 it's actually possible to convert a 500 cc into 535 my small modification 😄

  • @diablolucifer666.

    @diablolucifer666.

    10 ай бұрын

    @@BulletWanderer and there is one more thing I wanted to ask is the exhaust of your 500 modified or is it stock?

  • @stevenmiller184
    @stevenmiller184Ай бұрын

    I have a RE 500 classic of similar vintage. Why do your mirrors not vibrate into invisibility? I cannot ride mine for more than an hour without numb hands, ass and feet.

  • @BulletWanderer

    @BulletWanderer

    Ай бұрын

    Ha! They used to, until I broke the left mirror at some point travelling through the alps 😅 When I got home I ordered a pair of these from Hitchcocks: accessories.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/accessory-shop/mirrors/11589 Not as pretty as the stock mirrors, but still look fine, and as you see, don't vibrate into invisibility 😂 I think its cos there's less weight, and a smaller ball joint/stem leading to the mirror. Would recommend if the stock mirrors are bugging you!

  • @annawhitis4251
    @annawhitis42517 ай бұрын

    Do you have to worry about deer , jumping into your motorcycle path , like the United States??? Here in the United States we have to worry about deer strikes. 🦌 😮😊 Kevin Phoenix ✝️

  • @BulletWanderer

    @BulletWanderer

    6 ай бұрын

    There are occasionally signs to watch out for deer, but fortunately I've never come across one on the road, very rare sadly to see them in the wild over here in Ireland!

  • @xxxthetruthxxx4765
    @xxxthetruthxxx47659 ай бұрын

    absolutely wonderful video. you got yourself a new subscriber.

  • @BulletWanderer

    @BulletWanderer

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you kindly 😄 Welcome!