Hippo-Drones

YouTube video by Hippo-Drones Getting A New Bike & Heart Attack Recovery Update

Another update video for you all to suffer through, this is a "proper" video, as in not a short. I talk about the good bits and bad bits of my current recovery situation... AND a new bike! :-D
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YouTube video by Hippo-Drones The Yamaha XSR900 GP is Back Baby!

After my Yamaha XSR900 GP being tucked up safe & sound through winter, I finally got to take it for a spin on a lovely day...
Spring is nearly here! 😎
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It is an awesome motorcycle :-)

I'm feeling proud and disappointed with myself...
I've deleted the mint Suzuki RGV VJ22 from my watchlist on eBay....😢

YouTube video by Hippo-Drones Ride Through Winnie the Pooh Country to the Waterside Cafe | Suzuki V Strom 800

I am so lucky where I live to have such lovely routes to ride & biker cafes to go to.
In my latest video I took a spin with Mr Fish down to the Waterside Cafe through Ashdown Forest 🧸
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YouTube video by Hippo-Drones Dominator Silencer Test Ride | Suzuki V-Strom 800

I love my Suzuki Bikes UK V-Strom 800, but in stock form, it is way too quiet...
Here is my first test ride with a Dominator silencer fitted to a Black Widow decat header pipe...
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utterly... nothing quite like messing about in puddles! :-D

YouTube video by Hippo-Drones Aprilia Tuareg 660 Group Ride | #ApriliaTuareg660 #AdventureBike #TrailRide

I LOVE MY APRILIA TUAREG 660 😍
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YouTube video by Hippo-Drones Twisty @calimotoapp Route ft @Mrfish2015 | Suzuki V-Strom 800

Have you tried the calimoto app yet? Sometimes it can lead you up a garden path, but most of the time, it finds you some incredible routes to play bike on...
Thanks to Mr Fish for leading this route 😎👍
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Damn it, just finished editing a vid and got distracted by my phone... put phone down and then closed the editor on my PC as I thought I'd already rendered it...
NOPE, all gone... now to start again! :-D

same back at ya :-D

Great shot! :-)

WHOOP, first trackday of 2025 booked for me and my Yamaha XSR900 GP over at Brands Hatch Indy with No Limits Trackdays in April.
Here is hoping it is a dry one else I may end up on one of my ADV bikes for it! 😃

YouTube video by Hippo-Drones Suzuki V-Strom De-Cat Exhaust

Fitted a Black Widow Exhausts de-cat link pipe to my Suzuki Bikes UK V-Strom 800RE.
Sounds good, and a decent weight reduction too! :-)
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Finally some time off work...
Parts to fit, MOT's to get done and insurance to sort. Should probably look at booking in my Aprilia Tuareg 660 for it's 12,000 mile service too seeing as my bank balance is gonna get a bashing anyways!

YouTube video by Hippo-Drones First Ride of 2025 | Suzuki V-Strom 800

I always like to end the year and start the new year as I mean to go on...
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YouTube video by Hippo-Drones Q&A Christmas Special, 8yr Channiversary

Ho ho ho, Merry Christmas to you all 🎅
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YouTube video by Hippo-Drones Aprilia Tuareg 660 UK Owners Group Trail Ride Dec 24

I led a group trail ride for the Aprilis Tuareg 660 UK owners group around some of my local green lanes.
It was a cracking fun day, but very muddy and wet! 🤘😎👍
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What an awesome fun soggy day. The water (Temporarily I hope) killed my phone, & had my GoPro complaining a bit....
But what doesn't drench us makes us stronger right? 😃

YouTube video by Hippo-Drones Aprilia Tuareg 660 | Scoping Trails

I am leading an Aprilia Tuareg 660 owners trail ride later in the month, so have been out scoping a suitable route for us to ride on our awesome adventure bikes!
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YouTube video by Hippo-Drones Veridian Cruise - Cruise Control Install Suzuki V-Strom 800RE 800DE 800SE GSX-8S GSX-8R

Can you fit a cruise control to a Suzuki V-Strom 800, GSX-8S and GSX-8R? Yes you can, and it's easy, and you can get a discount on the Veridian Cruise - cruise control kit too...
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YouTube video by Hippo-Drones 2025 Fantic Motori Minarelli MM125 & MM460 Imola | #FanticMM460 #MM460 #MM125

I've started posting the shortform vids up on YouTube from Motorcycle Live up at the NEC.
Not gonna share them all on here, you can check them out on YouTube if of interest, but here is my favourite bike from the videos I've shared today and possibly of the whole show 🙂👍
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Thank you

Hit a nice milestone on my YouTube channel today... 2,000,000 views. Small-fry for the big channels, but am chuffed with that! :-)
#Motovlog

YouTube video by Hippo-Drones Trail Ride with Mr Fish | Tumbles & Getting Lost

Do you like to trail ride your #Motorcycle For me it is what keeps me sane through the winter months... although sane is relative to the company we keep! 😆
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I thought the e-ticket option was free, might be wrong... the posted one was a cost option, but yeah... £28 is a bit steep compared to EICMA etc... still fun to go to though :-)

It is bike specific and needs to be ride by wire throttle

Been looking forward to this arriving a hot minute... its the Veridian Control cruise control kit for my Suzuki V-Strom 800.
I'll be showing how to install the kit & how well it works on my YouTube channel once I get my bike back from getting it remapped to suit the exhaust & air filter upgrades.

YouTube video by Hippo-Drones EICMA vs Motorcycle Live | Can you do them for the same cost? | #EICMA #MotorcycleLive #Motorcycle

With #EICMA just happened and #MotorcycleLive currently happening, which is better value, and can you get all the way to EICMA in Milan for the same cost as going to Motorcycle Live up in Birmingham?
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