Exploring Estonia’s Wild TET on the BMW R 1300 GS!

Join me as I take the BMW R 1300 GS deep into the Estonian wilderness, riding the rugged Trans Euro Trail (TET) toward Lake Peipsi. This epic adventure motorcycle travel vlog features stunning off-road terrain, technical trails, and real-world testing of the new R 1300 GS in challenging conditions. Perfect for BMW GS fans, big bike off-roaders, and ADV riders looking to explore the Baltics. Whether you’re into motorcycle touring, enduro riding, or moto camping, this ride delivers raw adventure and travel inspiration. Subscribe for more dual-sport motorcycle content and gear reviews from the trail!

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What’s up, guys? Welcome back to another episode. Today, I’m heading towards a campsite right about here. I’m currently half an hour out of Talon. It is 5:03 p.m., so I’m going to get to this campsite quite late. I have a couple of new things on the bike that I wanted to test, and I kind of just wanted to get out. I wanted to get out and camp. I wanted to get out and use these new things on my motorbike. So, I thought, what better way to do that than to ride 200 and something km out of my way to find a campsite to stay the night only to come back the next day. Although, I may make it a two-day camping trip. We never know. We’ll find out. Anyway, soon enough I should start hitting dirt roads. I’m using Osman Maps or OS Maps. I say Osmond to navigate me. Now I’ve got it navigating as uh preferred dirt roads, so we’ll see how that goes. Anyway, join us for the ride. Well, so far Osmond has taken me on some questionable routes, I must say. Now I’m under some power lines, which is fine. This one’s fine, but it was taking me like through some uh not so not so public friendly routes, if you get what I mean. Anyway, now we’re under here. This is all right. I’m uh getting close to where the Ted is. So, I might join up with the Ted and uh do some of that cuz actually where the campsite is, the T goes straight past it. So, it’s uh it’s very handy for me. Oh, bit of water. Yeah, as you can see, and as you would have known in the last episode, I’m wearing my new armor, which allows much more air flow for me. So, it’s uh 26° currently. And it’s 5:30 in the afternoon, so that’s pretty warm. Bit of mud. Oh yeah. I hope this isn’t a sign of what’s to come. Well, this is fun. Big ruts. Don’t like ruts. Ruts are not my friend. So, I am fully loaded as well. I’m kind of testing. So, I have everything that I would have on like, let’s say, a one month trip, even though I’m only gone for one or two days. It’s just like a shakeddown, a shakedown ride to see what I actually need, what I don’t need. So, in true Tommy fashion, I forgot to fuel up as you can see. 46 45 km to go. Uh, so I’ve had to jump off the trails and I’m going straight to a fuel station because where I was on the trails, there was no stations near me for 30 km. So, I kind of had to make the decision to jump on the road. I’ll head straight to a petrol station. The good thing is uh where it is is really close to the trail that I want to rejoin. So, I’ve just skipped a bit of trail and then I’ll rejoin it there, but I’ve still got uh 15 km to go to the petrol station and 44 km left on the fuel gauge. So anyway, true Tommy fashion, it wouldn’t be a Tommy journey without a fuel issue, would it? I just fueled up and as I was finishing, someone rode in and I recognized him or I thought I recognized him. I was thinking, hm, is that who I think it is. Anyway, she rode she rode by me, went and stopped somewhere, had a look, looked back at her phone, had another look, and I was looking at her. I was like, I think I know you. And I was going to go say hello, but you took off. Uh, and it turns out it was you. So, uh, I might be saying this wrong, but Mr. Margarita, good to meet you. I I saw you. That’s the main thing. Anyway, maybe one day we’ll meet up for a ride. I’m going to continue along. I’ve just joined the Tet now. Anyway, so that was pretty funny cuz then I texted I said to her on uh Instagram, I said, “Did I happen to just see you at the service station?” She wrote back, “Damn it, I thought it was you.” Anyway, pretty funny. Hey, if any of you ever think that it might be me, just come and say hello. I’ll be happy to ch talk to you and I’ll feel cool because you recognized me. Anyway, you’ve missed opportunity. Oh. Anyway, now we’re riding T. Maybe I’ll see some more riders. Who knows? I think I have ridden this section before. I’ve ridden it all the way to a place called Roella. Roella. I think it’s called Roella. Anyway, it’s not that far away actually, but I do remember last time a logging truck had gone through the trail and I was on terrible tires. I was on the um Anarchy Adventures. Horrible tire for logging trails. So, but that was that was a year ago now. So, hopefully the logging trail is gone. I didn’t listen to myself. I didn’t just And it’s a much nicer trail to ride. So, let’s see. Okay. Well, it’s not exactly a promising start to some of these trails. I’ve already had some logging stuff in front of me, but I do have the right tires for this now at least. So, let’s see how they go in the mud. Well, I’m not I’m not the biggest fan of overgrowth, though. bit wet. Not too bad. I think I remember doing this and I think I remember it being a similar wetness. Oh, that’s deep. Oh, yeah. Nice and wet. Whoa. Okay, here comes some ruts. Let’s go this side. I mean, it’s still a logging trail. I don’t know exactly where I am compared to when I did it last time. Oh, that looks like some lovely water. Yeah, like I don’t know exactly where I am. Actually, I could be in a similar spot to where I fell over because it just it looks a little bit different to last time. But yeah, you never know. I just remember that it was like the hardest it had gotten kind of right near Roella. I think that was the name. But I was also on some pretty terrible tires at that time. Terrible tires at that time. Oh yeah, there’s a deep one. These tires are much better, but I’m still not much of a mud rider. Let’s go this way. Yeah, mud and ruts are not my favorite. Let’s say that. I think that wasn’t the section cuz I think I remember this. We turned right up here. I think this was all good road last time I was here. Bloody logging trucks, eh? They ruin everything. I’ll have a little sit down. Thank you very much. Yep. I remember doing that last time as well. I remember missing that turn. And then there’s a trail here. That’s right. Yeah. And this is a cool trail. I like this one. Beautiful little single trail. But you got to watch out cuz there is obviously this one path. So it means if people are coming from the other direction, they’re probably using the same path. So just be careful while riding here. And then we turn this way. Yeah, I really like this little little path. It’s uh been wellkept since last time I was here. Last time it was a little bit overgrown. I think it’s only freshly mowed. I think my lights have gone a bit skew whiffy. Oh yeah. So cool this path. I like it. It’s really fun. It’s just a It’s a really nice little trail this one. Really like it. Might just stop in here for a moment. Look at those lights. They’ve gone so skew whiffy. Let’s just see if I can fix them. There’s too many mosquitoes here for me to muck around. Like I did just turn the lights and they’re in the right spot now. I remember this dip. Yeah, they’re in a pretty decent spot now. But uh the bolt isn’t tight enough on them, so they’re probably going to jiggle a little bit. Need to get a good spanner onto them. Watch your head there. Ah, I really like this trail. I remember it from last time. It’s just so pleasant to ride. Like if I had to travel a country and it was just like this the whole way, I think I’d just be happy. Be like a pig in really. It’s just beautiful trail. I remember that from last time, too. Just all of a sudden dreams are ruined. Trails ended back to this muddy crap. I just want to stop somewhere where there’s not so many mosquitoes, which is probably just here in the sun. Let’s see. I’m just going to tighten these lights up and then I’ll get back on the road. Okay, lights tightened up. Time to get some air through the gills again. Oh, that feels amazing. Oh my god, I’m so surprised at how little I see riders on these trails. Like, I ride these quite often and I think I’ve seen like I don’t know four or five people total in my time riding these trails. I mean, it is 7:15, so maybe everyone else is being logical and not riding at this time, but um yeah, I don’t know. I suppose I just expect to see a bit more action happening. Maybe they’ve all found their campsites and they’re settling in for the night. Oh, now that I think about it, there is like an old army base thing that I’ve got to go through. Oh jeez. Oh, big stick across the road. Don’t get impaled. Yeah, there’s like an old uh Soviet rocket base and you’ve got to go through one of the barracks which is a bit scary for me. I don’t like that. Lately, I’ve uh I’ve been riding with people. And so, my riding style is very different when I’m with others to when I’m by myself. And that’s for obvious reasons. Like, when you’re by yourself, if you have a crash, you are the only one to pick yourself back up. So, you learn to just ride with a bit more caution. Whereas when you’re with others, you tend to take a few more risks, you tend to get a bit braver and maybe to the detriment of yourself. Like maybe it’s not such a good thing to have that happen because you can really hurt yourself. Anyway, so what I’m trying to say is I’m going slow for a reason. Rest the feet cuz I think there’s some difficult stuff coming up or some more technical stuff. Maybe not so difficult. Oh, you bastard. The stick just flipped up into my leg. That did not feel good. I’ll survive though. Ooh, slippery. A little bit overgrown. Just a little big rats. I did this on Anarchy Adventures, man. That’s crazy. This is so slippery. Little big rock there. Don’t hit that. Oh, so many rats. Rats are not my friend. Oh, yeah. Nice and easy. I am on a big heavily loaded adventure bike after all. Got to take it steady and I’m by myself. What I’m riding in right now is like a rut and so it catches you off every now and then. Catches your front tire out. I’m probably just plowing this grass with my pant ears as well. It’s pretty funny. I still got them. Yeah, they’re still there. I do remember this, but I don’t remember it being so overgrown. Like, I remember it being reasonably overgrown, but not this much. Well, that was fun. Tight little trail. I’ll get to the end of this and I’ll just check all my bags. Make sure everything’s attached. Bag’s still there. Bag’s still there. Got some bugs on me. Get rid of the fluff. Yeah, we’re all still good. Good to go. Cool. It’s a bit hard to see out that corner. Well, that’s still not the section I remember. Well, actually, sorry. That’s still not the section I was thinking of. Whoa. Uh-oh. Y’all regret that. So I know yal ratas is like bicycle. So is there a bicycle race here? Let’s have a look. Hello there. Oh hello. Thank you. Cuz there’s actually a rally Estonia here this weekend. Uh but I mean I don’t know. Attention. Bicycle race. Okay. Surely it’s not on at 7:30 at night. So, I will carry on. It doesn’t say no entry. It just says attention bicycle race. Anyway, let’s carry on. I might actually Let’s change your position, shall we? Bit of a different perspective for you. What do you reckon? Okay. Well, it says attention bicycle race, but it doesn’t say no entry bicycle race. And I kind of assume that the race is already done or it’s happening over this weekend. So carry on, shall we? I can be the um the photographer for the bicycle race. And I just saw that arrow said this way. So I’m only going to catch up to bicycles. I’m not going to run into them head on. At least not to start with. I mean, surely the bicycle race isn’t still going at the moment. Anyway, I think this tape is to signify it’s you’re still going the right direction. But I wonder if it was just on today at some stage. They haven’t brought in all the gates yet. I don’t remember any of this, but I mean it’s not overly rememberable. Rememberable? Rememberable. Is that how you say it? Okay, good. We’re all going left. Bicycle race goes left, too. We got another sign. Oh, the bicycle race goes to the right. Okay. Well, I’m not going that way. Any bicycles? I don’t see any bicycles. Well, anyway, I’m out of the bicycle race. I’m no longer racing. Tree. No one’s behind me. No bicycles are chasing me. I don’t know where I am. I’m just doing the T. Yeah, at one stage I got to look at the map and check when I need to cut across to uh Lake Bipsy where my campsite is for the night or where I think my campsite is for the night. Depends. Could be overcrowded cuz it’s the first real week of summer and it’s a Saturday. Yes, I chose to ride out late to camp on a Saturday. Yes, that’s correct. Oh, someone’s been on this dirt road and I’m following it. Fantastic. I think the trail goes over there somewhere. Yeah, it does. Lovely dirt. Mm. No need for dinner tonight. The hell was that? There was some like blood riding on the road and it said boom. Wa. Far out. That was a big pothole. Oh man, that was not nice. I still feel like I uh have a circular tire though. So, we’ll carry on. I haven’t lost any air. Bloody hell, that was a big pothole. You guys probably didn’t even notice it on the camera, but that was a big whack. You know what I haven’t thought about in a while is the fact that there’s bears. There’s bears here in Estonia. And I am in a region where there’s bears. Actually, I think there’s bears all around Estonia. But riding with someone the other day, he was talking about how this area is full of them. So, I don’t know if he was just pulling my leg trying to scare me because he knows I was uh nervous about bears cuz he watched watches my channel and he’s heard me rave how I’m scared of bears. He probably was to be honest. Mik, were you talking uh lies? Were you just trying to scare me? I think you were honestly. said the place is loaded with them. That freaked me out a little. Anyway, I hadn’t thought about it in a long time and now I’ve just thought about it and I’m going camping. Um, yeah. So, now I’ve just freaked myself out about bears. Well, there’s a big pothole. So, anyway, do I need to tie my food up at the top of a tree or something? Oh, that was a Did you see that? I got to go back and see that. Don’t fall over. It was a It was a gate post. A boom gate. I don’t know what that says. Says don’t come in here. Maybe it’s a shooting range. Look at the boom gate. That’s a pretty cool boom gate. I don’t know if I should be sitting here, though. Maybe they’re going to shoot me. Anyway, I mean it’s uh Hey, if you’re Estonian, tell me what that says. I know obviously it says stay out, but uh does it say does it say I’ll shoot you on site? Comment down below, my Estonian friends. Anyway, I’ve had a pretty fun day so far. It’s 7:45. I have no idea how long until my campsite, but uh we’re going. Oh, joining a road. Watch out for the cars. We’re in the Estonian countryside. That guy had a spa. That was pretty cool. Can I have a spa at your place, please?