Off-road motorcycling through the heart of ICELAND – Part One – Ride With Locals The Girl On A Bike

Off-road motorcycling through the heart of ICELAND – Part One – Ride With Locals The Girl On A Bike

Follow my off-road adv motorcycle adventure in Iceland with this travel documentary style video. I was lucky enough to explore the heart of Iceland on a motorcycle with RideWithLocals. Riding the Husqvarna 701 enduro adventure motorcycle we travelled 200-240 kilometres each day off-road.

Iceland offers motorcycle riding experiences like nowhere else on Earth and I hope this video will help you see why! Footage is from my GoPro, Mavic Air2 drone and iphone.

Over 2.5 million tourists visit Iceland each year to see the big sights. Hot spas, waterfalls, glaciers, geysers, tectonic plates and lava fields. They pack into coaches or hire cars. But riding here with RideWithLocals on off-road bikes changes your perspective. We can discover the must-see spots from the less trodden tracks, skipping the crowds, and seeing things most tourists might only glimpse from the plane window. We rode up close to Hekla, slept below the Myrdalsjokull Glacier, recharged in an abandoned spa, explored huge craters without a soul in sight, picked across lava fields, crossed valley basins and crested mountains, riding volcanic ash berms. It was riding heaven combined with cultural and geological discovery: A trip only motorcycles can make possible.

We did the trip with RideWithLocals, the only Icelandic enduro company and based just a 2h 45min flight from the UK. A fully-inclusive motorcycle Iceland trip on Husqvarna 701s with a support vehicle, fuel, food, mountain hut accommodation, trail snacks, beer and all the local gen from the Vikings running it. We had six days riding, covered roughly 1400km doing 9 to 11- hour riding days and got to see the real Iceland – which is unseen by most tourists. Expect to pay around €4400 per person. www.ridewithlocals.is

#iceland #motorcycles #thegirlonabike

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Edit by Bharath Raj
Music Credits: Epidemic Sounds https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/si5fin/
Tracks:
1. ES_Inbound – Brendon Moeller
2. ES_Castles in the Sky – Across The Great Valley
3. ES_And Then We Fell from the Sky – Across The Great Valley

50 Comments

  1. Traditional Riders on April 12, 2023 at 7:51 am

    nice tour and the place is awesome
    after 10:40 the place looks like DEOSAI THE LAND of the Giants in Pakistan



  2. D X on April 12, 2023 at 7:53 am

    thumbnail is death stranding pic. you need an orange bb



  3. Desktop Diddies on April 12, 2023 at 7:54 am

    scenery in the nordic countries is stunning, great vid this 👌👍



  4. Kristian Cooper on April 12, 2023 at 7:55 am

    So a beautiful and cool woman x



  5. Lavi & Ollie on April 12, 2023 at 7:55 am

    Saw you at the MCN show! Keep up the amazing adventures! We’ll be starting our round-the-world trip in the spring so hopefully see you on the road 😁🙏



  6. SURGE on April 12, 2023 at 7:57 am

    Ah I miss Iceland sooo baaaad! Did 10 days in a 4×4 camper and had an amazing time but looks so cool travelling around on the bikes. Great vid



  7. George Vilà on April 12, 2023 at 8:00 am

    Estas aventuras me gustan mucho!!! Y mucho más con esta. Moto que es la mia….😜 saludos desde España,Catalunya,Barcelona!!!



  8. DO M Y on April 12, 2023 at 8:00 am

    powerful!



  9. FriendlyEllis on April 12, 2023 at 8:04 am

    Just incredible.
    LOVE LIFE!!!!! ❤️



  10. J Alex on April 12, 2023 at 8:05 am

    Wow. Very cool.



  11. John Frost on April 12, 2023 at 8:07 am

    I have to get on one of these trips to Iceland, when I was in Peru we came across on of the hot pools, it was amazing to soak in



  12. danko mijovic on April 12, 2023 at 8:08 am

    Tesko izvodljivo iz BiH otici na ovakvu turu 😀



  13. Graeme T on April 12, 2023 at 8:10 am

    The videography Vanessa and Alex, the videography. Utterly S.U.P.E.R.B.



  14. aleksratlook on April 12, 2023 at 8:10 am

    спасибо, очень увлекательно ! )



  15. World Adventurist on April 12, 2023 at 8:13 am

    Loving the drone shots, very jelous… Well done



  16. Colin Arkinstall on April 12, 2023 at 8:14 am

    One of the best videos I have ever seen!



  17. TheManLab7 on April 12, 2023 at 8:14 am

    19:00 There no bloody way I’d do that incase something slipped and you n the bike ended up in the drink.



  18. Ahsan Mustafa on April 12, 2023 at 8:16 am

    Kool 👍



  19. Jeff Bridges 🇬🇧 on April 12, 2023 at 8:16 am

    I’ve been to Iceland 🇮🇸 as a tourist but I need to do this when I go again



  20. TheManLab7 on April 12, 2023 at 8:17 am

    I LOVE girls who ride 😊
    I do really miss riding but there’s no chance I’ll ever be able to again unless someone launches and catches me. The joys of hitting a lamppost and a road sign which ripped my leg off up to the groin. I can’t even wear a prosthetic as my pelvis is shattered. I also ended up loosing 30mm off my other leg as it was so badly damaged. I was VERY lucky that I managed to keep it as it was touch and go.

    There’s loads of other bits that happened to me, like my groin being ripped open, shattered pelvis, internal bleeding, collapsed lung, brain injury aaaaaand the list goes on. But this was a while ago mind.
    I used to be an electrician because it’s all I’ve ever done, apart from gigging which I really enjoyed doing along with my job. You have no idea how shit my life is with me still not being able to find work. Loosing all of my friends and half of my family. Not being able to walk because I need a very specific specialised operation. Suffering from crippling unbearable agonising pain for years on end and hating my life because of it.
    Even though I love riding because it’s in my blood. I really wish I’d of NEVER of gotten another bike because it really wasn’t worth it in the end. It’s completely fucked my life up and turned it into absolute shit!! 😡🤬
    FML
    I should of listened to my nan

    Every biker’s knows what might happen so you take precautions. But no matter how many precautions you take, a lamppost will always win against a leg. I don’t even know what happened and it’s the not knowing that kills you. But I just wished I’d of just bleed out on the scene because I’d of died doing something I loved 😍🥰

    I’m sorry for the short story. But I thought I’d just tell other random biker’s, that all 😔



  21. Man Bike Swag on April 12, 2023 at 8:18 am

    I hope my daughter can live an adventurous life like yours when she grows up (just 6) It’s great to see a woman getting out there and enjoying the adventures of life on a motorbike.



  22. Mountain Turtle Adventures on April 12, 2023 at 8:20 am

    Would Love to experience that trip !



  23. Gio Giovanni on April 12, 2023 at 8:20 am

    Very nice scenery



  24. Tango Tango on April 12, 2023 at 8:23 am

    well, that put me off of ever visiting Iceland, may as well rode around Wales, Scotland and Cornwall and then Tierra Del Fuego in the Winter.



  25. Dave Lee on April 12, 2023 at 8:23 am

    🤩✌



  26. Craig Shaw on April 12, 2023 at 8:23 am

    Awesome



  27. KBear Productions on April 12, 2023 at 8:24 am

    Beer and motorcycles? Not a good combination as far as I’m concerned!



  28. IDCL on April 12, 2023 at 8:24 am

    Amazing expedition. The only way to explore the island. You’re an inspiration to women.



  29. Little Pony 67 on April 12, 2023 at 8:24 am

    What a Experienced Great Adventure 👊🏾👊🏾



  30. Matjaz Kalc on April 12, 2023 at 8:26 am

    Hi! I lived in Iceland for 20 years. With a Suzuki DR 750 Big. Would like to go back for a ride. Can you give me the contact to the guys you rode with?



  31. KittVR on April 12, 2023 at 8:26 am

    This looked amazing! I hope you had fun I wish I could do that!



  32. Bali Bhai on April 12, 2023 at 8:27 am

    Hi beautiful very good video



  33. Larry Laffer on April 12, 2023 at 8:28 am

    Well … add another place to the list of places I want to ride I’ll probably never be able to ride …. LoL …. Nice vid 😉



  34. De Jure Claims on April 12, 2023 at 8:29 am

    From the thumbnail I thought this was a mod for Death Stranding.



  35. Пётр фигнёй страдает on April 12, 2023 at 8:34 am

    Ok, you convinced me. I am going!



  36. Riyanus Riyan on April 12, 2023 at 8:36 am

    You like tour in INDONESIA



  37. Marc Gear on April 12, 2023 at 8:37 am

    Pool needs a clean 🤣



  38. Jennifer Schanuth on April 12, 2023 at 8:41 am

    What a dream!



  39. Pj Mack on April 12, 2023 at 8:41 am

    Where was the motorcycle riding part all I saw was a "girl with a selfie stick" 👎👎



  40. Sam I Am on April 12, 2023 at 8:42 am

    I’ve been to Iceland 3 times, but never on a motorbike. It’s on my bucket list!



  41. David Mumladze on April 12, 2023 at 8:43 am

    We need more gals like you to ride and have fun on the trails.. Would be so much better!



  42. SAVITA VLOGS on April 12, 2023 at 8:43 am

    Wow 🤩



  43. Thordur Hognason on April 12, 2023 at 8:45 am

    In 11:10 .22:36 you are driving off-road and violating Icelandic laws in a bad way the fines for this is thousand of dollars



  44. T-Rex on April 12, 2023 at 8:45 am

    £4.5k for a 6 dayer 😳



  45. j VanSchie on April 12, 2023 at 8:46 am

    Awsome I live by Niagara Falls in canada ,but the water falls in ice land are very stunning ,what a great trip ,on the bucket list .Thanks.



  46. Stig Mörk on April 12, 2023 at 8:46 am

    Ja det var ju ingen Itcy Boots precis , ett helt gäng med sig , jag gillar det inte, väldigt bottenlöst



  47. Michael Bennett on April 12, 2023 at 8:46 am

    Great vid!! And tectonic talk!!!!! First see, looking forward to more, keep up the great work.



  48. Mohammad Abid on April 12, 2023 at 8:47 am

    Wow amazing you are 👍



  49. Roy Upton on April 12, 2023 at 8:48 am

    Tectonic plates collided with your mascara by the looks of it



  50. Jeroen de Sterke on April 12, 2023 at 8:49 am

    I went to Iceland in 2005 to celebrate my 25th wedding anniversary – but nothing like you guys. One day I’d like to return – and do what you guys have just done and hopefully are still doing.