Hi there
For this episode we went to visit our good mate Sly
To pick up some pretty unusual vehicles
Here goes with the intros
This one is a Motobecanne
It goes uphill too slowly and downhill too fast…
Then,
the 104 Peugeot,
Following on from the 101, 102, 103
It’s heavier; normally it goes fast but right now, not so much
The Cauldron!
The AV89 Motobecanne
A highly sought-after model
First version with the fork rocker arm
It’s worth a fortune: 300 quid online
As a ski developer for Salomon
Sly is also part of the Mobyboys gang
The Badboys of Annecy who swing by the bars and Pétanque courts on their hot rods
It gets me every time I fire her up
We wanted to bring in Jango for this episode
But he was already busy filming for Royal Canin dog food
So we had to make do with his owner, Adrien Coirier
This one, I reckon, is for me
Just so you know, riding these bad boys won’t make you part of the Mobyboys. Alright?
Guys, safe trip. I need to tend to my Cassoulet…
We had our mopeds and were feeling ballsy. We could take stock on a parking lot in Thônes before heading off into the distance
We just needed to divvy out the mopeds and pack them up with all our stuff
I’ve got the brown one!
Rock, paper, scissors
But mine is the Mobyboys’ leader’s one
And even on his moped, Adri was still competitive from his Freeride World Tour days
I’m raring to go, I’m gonna win this race!
I’ve always dreamt of putting my sleeping bag on a bike!
The tanks were full, the engines adjusted…
We were aiming for a record climb up to the col des Aravis
Off we go, “Born to be wild”
Wild on pedals...
I’m flying
Under the speed limit
You’ve gotta get a moped!
My moped couldn’t go as fast as a Tour de France bike
So I pedaled like a maniac to reach the col
After hours on the road and 10 kms in the bag
we were back on home ground…
We had a little prayer in St Anne’s (the patron saint of travellers)
Long may I not have the duff one…
We went to set up the Bon Appétit Motorcycle Club HQ
All real bikers who love freedom 
are always willing to set up camp anywhere for a good night’s sleep
It doesn’t look like ideal camping weather
We’ll see…
You a biker, or not a biker?
A biker has a pop-up tent
I’m not sleeping without my girl
And there we are!
Once the camp had been set up, it was time to get the sausages on; those that make you burp all night
How to make life hard for yourself: that’s what happens when you watch too much of Mike Horn on TV
To the stake with them!
Cheers! To our last night before the cold kills us off
A BBQ in winter isn’t exactly easy
We were teasing the ‘Kosovars’ but now
Now, it’d be them laughing
This is the highlight of the day…
It’s true what you get with Bon Appétit!
You could be bored at home in front of ‘Bruce’s Price is Right’ 
We aren’t bad here eh?!
Have you seen my room baby?
Laters guys, see you tomorrow!
After our mess tins of cold sausages and polenta 
We could hit the sack in the col des Aravis’ ‘Carlton Hotel’
Didn’t really sleep too well
Camping isn’t exactly ideal
He looks like a Chink!
I’m going to find a Formule 1 Hotel in Maglan. I’ll wait for you over there
It had been a chilly night for everyone
We got ourselves into gear at the same speed as our mopeds
And to top off all this luxury
We had invited our major Mitch Lanne - a high mountain guide
to spend the day with us
Sleep with you? Are you having a laugh?
We fired up the ‘Bon App Heli’ and head to the Pointe de l'Etale
Looks like Hossegor on August 15th 
That one in the shade
Mountain goats… beautiful
He said, “I’ll take you to a south-facing couloir,
but don’t worry, it’ll be fresh powder!”
We followed…
I’m not sure about this
They were slow three years ago…
and well I never, they’re even slower now!
The mountains are great, I should do this more often
Extreme couloir!
I’m almost starting to enjoy this drivel!
And there we are, the Summit of my Life!
And that’s Mitch Lanne’s snowfall analysis
So having Mitch meant we had a guide, PGHM and a snow expert all in one
We could head down the couloir in total peace of mind...
We’re gonna set one foot in there and it’s all gonna go
Les Aravis… beautiful!
So, Adri showed us how not to fall for 400m when you lose a ski 
When passing the glacial rock bar 
I was relieved to find Mitch Lannes’ dead rope
This guide is good
We came out of the canyon in one piece and could hit the last part of the couloir
It’s changeable but could be worse
And this is what happens when you have a bad night’s sleep in a tent  
Everybody’s wiped out
When’s it gonna end?
These hikes are never-ending!
This nightmare is my sport!
Did I really have a choice?
We head down an awesome couloir
before going back to our new-found love
of getting our arms ripped off on our Dragsters
We can go back and open our tents
After 1,000 metres climbed 
and a night of chattering teeth
the Moby-Camper spirit was no more
So we went to find a cosy bed in Val d’Arly
Damn it…
Be strong!
Thank you for today!
Strength and Honour!
It was a good day, but their trip… not for me!
They seem happy!
In Flumet, we didn’t feel up to doing the Arly gorges by night
So we head to a bar to find a little hotel
And then, disaster struck… 
Whilst we were in the local, a little asshole stole a moped
The best one of our squadron
What sort of moped was it?
Better than these two here... 
They were down in the dumps
After posting on Facebook
and having searched for the moped until midnight
We went to bed hoping to find it the following day
I’m not sure if I slept more than in the tent…
I’m not leaving without the moped
Social media miracle
The Sherlock Holmes 2.0 of Facebook passed on the message overnight 
James, the butcher in Flumet had found it
My butcher, my hero!
So if you’re in Flumet one day
Veggie or not
Go and buy a steak and say hi to him from us
After this emotional rollercoaster ride, 
we were finally back on the road
We weren’t exactly ahead of schedule
I still had to repair my bike’s spark plug 
before racing off into the distance
The letter closest to A
gets the best moped!
T
R
You’d better pick out a Y!
A
Beauty!
And since fixing the spark plug and pumping up the tyres wasn’t quite enough
I had to sort out the mudguard, which was touching the wheel
And only then could we go
And two cars overtaken 
We rode towards Saint Nicolas de Véroce
And when you are going at an average speed of 20 km/h 
journeys can take a bit longer than expected
Am I stuck to the floor or what?!
So we arrived in St Nicolas around midday
Where Mathéo Jacquemoud was waiting for us
For those of you who don’t know this guy
Mathéo is a mountain machine
He’s done 9 years of alpine skiing, one of which FIS
He qualified as a mountain guide
and in the meantime won everything he could have won
in ski mountaineering
A ‘Bon App Heli’ king!
And since he’d only done 3,500m this morning
he decided not to take the lift with us
See you on the brow!
He gives me the heebie-jeebies…
He’s gonna beat us because of the queues at the chairlift!
The king made it to the top at the same time as us on the lift…
I lost!
Not by much. Two minutes max!
He was going to be able to show us around
Pleased you came! Look at that!
Less of the chatting…
We’re actually keeping up with him. Easy
They’re on my tail
I think he wants to go faster…
What’s he doing?!
He’s going to hurt himself!
See... beautiful hey?!
Right guys, we took two hours longer than normal…
With us, he has to layer up on the climb up
I took two jackets!
Mathéo showed us his favourite little couloir
and that he was pretty hot on the descent as well
Mathéo Jacquemoud’s glacial rock bars are nice
All that was left to do was the local classic, the Mont Joly
Look, there’s Mathéo in twenty years’ time!
I wanted to go for a nap, but we’re going skinning…
Who’s that at the front again?
I’ve really got my work cut out
The Mont Jojo is niiiice
Normally, you can’t see the orientation table with the snow
We’re gonna get skiing cos we’ve got some moped action to get
Mathéo, after you for the World Championships
The next time I go skiing with you, I’ll tighten my boots
It’s awful!
With my skis, it’s better here than up there!
When you ski better with matchstick-thin mountaineering skis,
you know it needs to snow before the end of the season
Fancy a beer?
After a small local beer
It was time to get back on our faithful mounts
No time for breaks when you’re a biker
It was cool!
This time, we had to hit the road for a long trip 
Don’t give a damn about avoiding the Arly gorges at night 
We head to Ugine!
As we came out of the gorges, we had our fan club behind us...
But before that, it was breakdown-time
a little reminder of what it’s like to be in the Club
An air bubble or something 
After two hours of riding at 3 degrees
the Moby-Campers were still feeling down
So we found a cosy place to kip in Faverges
My back hurts!
My back hurts!
With the mopeds in the garage and a beer in the belly
we hit the sack before our last day of skiing in La Sambuy
Let’s go!
That one’s making noises now then?!
The morning’s little ritual
Drawing the cards to decide on the mopeds
You’ve got the duff one again eh?!
Spring’s broken
I’m using the Joker
Since we couldn’t face fixing anything this morning
We got our Joker out for the last day
There we are!
With half a leg of horsepower
the Joker moped wasn’t going to get us very far
I can’t keep it going
So we used some moped-mountaineering techniques to go uphill
Stop. It hasn’t started!
Let’s give up!
And since it still wasn’t working
We used a technique recommended by the police
Towed by the sweeper car
60 km/h on the way up!
I tuned mine with a Land Cruiser, it worked well!
We’re gonna see the local
Apparently, he knows everything!
Great to see you here!
Today, you’d be better off on racing skis!
Considering the local’s optimism, we knew the conditions wouldn’t be great
We went to conquer the local summit, the Pointe de la Sambuy
I’ve got more horsepower than my moped
You see Jacquemoud, he was worn out; he didn’t come the second day!
We’re gonna do the Bec des Rosses in La Sambuy
We’re hiking, my batteries are fading but I am a finisher
From the top of Annecy’s Everest,
we had a fantastic view over the sea and Bauges Massif
We’ve summited!
Without any oxygen
That’s a typo: it’s an 8
We’ve got saucisson, we’re not gonna eat dried fruit!
We won’t pretend that it wasn’t a bit of a minefield,
and all we wanted to do was get back on our mopeds!
Come on Adri, the ski’s nasty, it’s ski Bon Appétit!
Show us what you’ve got!
Heaps of snow!
I’m on rocks!
How good is this!?
With this heat, we’re gonna go wakeboarding!
Adri, even for the Freeride World Tour they’ve never made you race in such bad conditions 
Yes, I think they have!
We were pleased to see our mopeds
But we were running out of gas
We had to siphon our own mopeds!
And none of us wanted to sacrifice a metre of pure happiness on their mount
The cheapskate!
I’m empty, it won’t start!
He’s being over generous!
Incidentally, these few days of moped riding
brought out our inner selves…
What the hell are they doing?
Even if the snow wasn’t great
we had a great time on the road with our mopeds
Special thanks go out to the Mobyboys for trusting us
All the mopeds have been returned home safely
See you in three weeks for the next episode
You can take this one out with you to the pub
A demo?
The portable moped!
You walk into the pub, you put it down
Three beers please!
