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Sleeping rough on the road
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When I get home
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Gonna roll up the sidewalk
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Comin' round to meet you
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The long way up
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In 2004 and 2007,
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I did two motorcycle trips
with my best friend, Charley Boorman.
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We called them Long Way Round
and Long Way Down.
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We rode across Europe, Russia, Mongolia,
and North America in Long Way Round.
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It's either get across it,
or this trip ends.
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We don't have to solve problems like this
in everyday life.
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And then down through Europe and Africa
in Long Way Down.
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We did it!
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I always felt in my heart of hearts
that there would be three Long Ways.
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But life got in the way.
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I went back to work and moved
to the States,
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and Charley and I just sort of lost touch.
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And then something happened that
reminded me what was really important.
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I got a text saying that he'd had
a horrendous motorcycle accident.
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Broken his legs and his pelvis
and broken his left wrist,
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and I think because of this,
we just sort of found each other again.
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And now we've decided
to do another epic trip,
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riding 13,000 miles
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from Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego
in the southern tip of Argentina,
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crossing South America,
Central America, Mexico,
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all the way to Los Angeles in California.
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And we've got just three months to do it.
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It's a lot to do.
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We had to get the old team
back together again.
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We've got Russ and Dave
producing and directing.
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I'm good to go when he is.
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We've all been waiting for it
for about 12 years.
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So it's great the team are back together.
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Ewan and Charley will have cameras
and microphones on their helmets,
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so they can actually film themselves
when they're not with the team.
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We'll link up with the boys at borders,
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but otherwise, they'll be on their own.
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We'll ride through
the brutal Patagonian winter,
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the extremes of the Atacama Desert,
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the vast salt flats of Bolivia...
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before witnessing firsthand
the endangered jungles of Central America,
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and Mexican communities
torn apart by cartels.
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And if that wasn't enough of a challenge,
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we wanted to see if we could do it
on electric motorcycles.
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-This will be a problem for that.
-Yeah.
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If we can't charge the bikes,
what are we gonna do?
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I'm really a bit worried about
whether or not this is possible.
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We're calling this one Long Way Up.
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I was dreaming of doing a trip for years,
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just leaving LA and riding to the very tip
of South America, Tierra del Fuego.
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I bought all my kit,
and I built a bike for it.
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I'm gonna try and see if we could start it
using some starting fluid.
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It just became really apparent
that this journey should be shared with--
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you know, with him.
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-I'll spray, and then you start.
-Okay.
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There's something very attractive
about being on the road.
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You yearn for adventure
and not knowing what comes ahead.
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There's a bit of fire.
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Maybe we should've taken that off.
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At least we got it started.
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There's this whole big area over here,
the Americas, that we haven't explored,
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and that's hugely thrilling.
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I'm dying to get out there.
I want to be on a trip again.
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See, it must be--
I haven't turned the fuel on.
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-Do you think that would help?
-That would help, yeah.
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Oh, my God!
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The main thrust of the prep for me is,
what are we gonna ride?
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The idea of doing the trip
on an electric bike
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wasn't something
that I'd immediately considered,
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but I realized that it was something
that's part of my life.
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So, that's it. Twelve panels.
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So then it gets fed over here into this.
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This is the solar hub.
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I run air-conditioning
for the trailer, TVs, washing machine.
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And I've got 12 solar panels
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and never ever used more power
than I'm making, not ever.
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And there's nothing quite like
throwing a switch
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and knowing that the light bulb came on
because you collected the sun.
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I'm having my old beloved 1954
Volkswagen Beetle converted to electric.
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It's definitely the future.
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We'll all be driving
in electric-powered vehicles, I'm sure.
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Do a little... solar experiment.
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He's charging a phone.
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The whole idea of going electric
is really interesting.
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Ewan and Charley do solar.
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Cars, it seems like they're getting
a real handle on it,
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but in the motorcycle world, they're not
as far ahead as I thought they would be.
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And so,
that makes it even more challenging.
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Boom, USB.
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So, we just need a bit of-- I just wonder
what size of this we would need
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-to charge, say, a motorcycle.
-A motorbike.
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I'd say a bit bigger.
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Charging.
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That's it.
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Back together. Lots of things have
happened in 12 years. We've all got older.
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David and Russ are back on board
to film the trip.
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But first of all,
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we need to figure out the practicalities
of going on electric motorcycles.
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So, devil's advocate,
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another part of Long Way Round
and Long Way Down that was very special
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was riding and being between cities,
being between settlements,
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and going, "Let's stay here tonight."
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And we would put our tents up,
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and then we'd wake up in the morning
and we'd take off again.
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If you've got to charge a bike overnight,
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then we wouldn't be able to do that.
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I think some of the best parts are
when you're doing just what you're saying,
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and going out and into it.
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-So, I wouldn't want...
-Us to be tied.
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-...to sacrifice that.
-It's worth experimenting.
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You can say it to the kids as well.
They're like, "Oh, that's the way forward.
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-That's the way the planet should be."
-Yeah, yeah.
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No, no, I don't want to be
the negative electric guy. I'm not.
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I just want us to think about all of
the things that could and might go wrong.
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I just don't want it to fall into
this whole thing of being this...
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-Stressed.
-...this whole electric kind of mission.
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We've spoken to Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki--
It's like we are well ahead of the curve.
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'Cause they're just not ready for it.
The fact is there's not many--
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Tell us good news.
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It's very good news, 'cause there's not
many frontier moments in motorcycling
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when you haven't ever
done anything before.
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So you'd be the first people to go
this sort of distance charging as you go.
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Central America.
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It's quite exciting
looking at maps again, isn't it?
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-Yeah.
-I'm quite excited.
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Charley and I are gonna focus
on the bikes.
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Finding the right bike, building the bike.
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So Russ and Dave
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But first we need to plan our route.
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I'll tell you what we miss is Machu Picchu
and a lot of Chile.
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And what's this here?
Where would you turn right?
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These are the ice fields of Chile.
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-Ice fields?
-Well, the glaciers.
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-We're on motorcycles, man. Are you nuts?
-Are you mad?
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-Crossing the ice fields on two wheels.
-This is the Atacama, which is stunning.
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-Mazatlán?
-Into--
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We've got to learn Spanish.
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Yeah, we've got
plenty of time, haven't we?
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-I don't know.
-Eight months.
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-No, to plan, I mean.
-I thought you meant to do it.
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We've got eight months for the journey,
haven't we?
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-No? What?
-It's not a huge amount to do.
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Eight months? We're going on
an electric bike, you idiot! Eight months!
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We'll have to find a game
that we really like.
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Just something to do while we're charging.
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-I don't know what it is.
-Cards.
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-Uno--
-Strip poker.
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Strip poker. Maybe strip poker.
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Charley and I have arranged
to ride some road going bikes,
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electric bikes, to see how they handle.
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Oh, my God, it's really sexy. Look at it.
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So, you just turn it on and that's it.
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All right. Sounds amazing.
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Or it doesn't sound amazing.
There's no loud noise.
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We started thinking about
being on the road again.
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It's a lovely feeling saying,
"Let's go here" and then off you go.
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You know, with a friend.
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It's been a long time since we did this.
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I mean, what a great thing to do.
To travel and see the world.
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And also, I've reconnected with Charley.
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I'm most happy
when I'm on the back of a motorcycle.
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You know, when you look over your shoulder
and there's your best friend,
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that's something that I've really
missed over the years.
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Charley? What mode are you in? Eco?
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Sexy mode.
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They're great fun.
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It's much better
than I thought it would be, the ride.
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-It feels great.
-And we can talk to each other.
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-Yeah, it's pretty cool.
-And you can hear the birds tweeting.
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And...
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It's so good. You know what's interesting
is you can really feel the road,
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'cause you've got-- there's nothing
vibrating, and there's no engine.
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So, you really feel-- you just
really feel the road under your wheels.
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And it's fast, and it's really fun.
It's nice.
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See ya.
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Because of Long Way Round
and Long Way Down,
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I experience a sort of zen-like experience
when I ride a bike anyway,
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'cause I spent so many hours riding them,
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and it puts me in a sort of trance
in a way, and I love it.
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It's my meditation, I suppose.
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And the experience
of being on an electric bike
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just made me feel even more like that.
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So, I think this is the way forward.
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It was great to be riding along
with you again.
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-I know. This is awesome, isn't it?
-I love it.
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-Thank you.
-Yeah.
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We're just about to arrive at EV West.
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My friend Michael who runs EV West--
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I'm gonna pick his brains about
electric-powered things.
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Motorcycles really.
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He'll put electric power in anything.
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He converts Porsches and Ferraris
and loads of VW stuff.
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-How's it going?
-Good to see you. You all right?
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I recognize that.
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Michael's converting
my 1954 oval VW Beetle to electric.
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Yeah, this looks brilliant.
This looks so trick, doesn't it?
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They gave me a little Obi-Wan key ring.
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So, you guys are getting ready
for a wild one.
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-Yeah, yeah, I know.
-We wanna pick your brains about it.
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'Cause we're gonna be coming across
South America, Central America.
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What do we do?
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You know, the first weekend we got
our electric dirt bikes,
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we went to the desert and rode
until the battery was--
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Like, we literally limped the bikes back
to the truck.
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And I was like,
"I thought we'd have some more juice."
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Oh, yeah, it's cool. So cool.
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Beautifully made, isn't it?
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These are just an absolute
engineering feat.
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I mean, that's why this is gonna be
so tough for you guys,
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because the best bikes out there,
you have a 72-mile range.
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We're gonna get 70 miles at best,
you think, on anything?
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Yeah.
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I think it doesn't sound too good.
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-It doesn't sound good, does it?
-No.
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And he's saying 70 miles.
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-On anything.
-On anything. Yeah.
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I think at that range, if we're having to
achieve 160 to 180 miles a day,
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you're looking at charging
twice during the day.
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-Not just a lunchtime charge, but that's--
-And that sucks up hours.
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And if you've only got house electrics,
you've not got fast-charge electrics,
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there's not enough hours in the day.
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Let's go and get into it
a bit more. Here's the boys.
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-Hey, guys.
-All right, lads?
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-How's it going? Looks amazing.
-How are you, Russ?
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We all would love to do this trip
from the tip of South America
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to Los Angeles on electric bikes.
We all agreed that we'd like to try.
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But essentially, whatever we do,
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we're not gonna get away
from this 70 miles.
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I feel a little--
I'm feeling a little deflated by it.
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You really want to do something
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that people who know a little something
think you can't do.
235
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-Yes.
-Right?
236
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None of us watched Evel Knievel
jump the Snake River
237
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'cause we all thought
he was gonna make it.
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Attraction to me is, you know,
as just an electrical guy,
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like, "Oh, my God. These guys
are gonna try and do something
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that I think is impossible."
And so, just basically--
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That's encouraging.
Thank you very much.
242
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Just to show that it can be done
would be great.
243
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But only if it can be done,
and our expectation of 180 miles a day.
244
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How do we do it?
How do we literally do it?
245
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We're in Rome, Italy, and we're
visiting the Formula E Grand Prix.
246
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Thank you.
247
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Which is an electric-powered
Formula One type car race.
248
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We're here with world-famous actor,
Ewan McGregor.
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How do you see the development
of electric racing?
250
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I think it's the future, electric.
Of course it is.
251
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I'm just very excited about electric cars,
electric motorcycles.
252
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The differences are good.
You know, it's silent,
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there's no vibration
between you and the road.
254
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It's exciting, and I'm just--
for sure, it's the future.
255
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Let's do it.
256
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We haven't come all the way to Rome
just to play with fast cars.
257
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Do you like my windshield?
It's like an inch and a half.
258
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-Hi.
-Oh, there he is.
259
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-How are you?
-How are you? Nice to meet you.
260
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We've come here to meet Max Biaggi,
261
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a six-time motorcycle racing
world champion,
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to pick his brains about the technology.
263
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We have a project with Gilo.
We're gonna tour with electric bike.
264
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The land speed record-- Do you have
an image of the motorcycle?
265
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-Long wheelbase as well, doesn't it?
-Oh, my God. It's amazing.
266
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Later this year, Max will attempt to break
the land speed record on an electric bike.
267
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So, it will be something new for me,
268
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but, of course, I know enough
about the speed,
269
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but for me,
it's gonna be something challenging.
270
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-Yeah.
-And a huge challenge.
271
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And what kind of practicing can you do?
Do you just go--
272
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I have no idea. The first time I do
something like this, but I'm very excited.
273
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I think at this stage,
it just feels to me like
274
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we're just gonna do it on electric bikes,
275
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and we're just gonna
have to try and make it work.
276
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And if we get stuck, we get stuck.
277
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It's too exciting now to turn back on.
278
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It's too exciting not to do it
on electric.
279
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Seeing Charley climbing
into the Formula E car,
280
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I was reminded that it wasn't gonna be
just the electric bikes
281
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that were gonna be a challenge to him.
282
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-Falling off too many bikes, is it?
-Pretty much.
283
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But his health.
284
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Yeah, you have to try
and get your feet in.
285
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That's it. Then you slide in.
286
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He recently had
a second serious motorcycle accident
287
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during the early planning for this trip.
288
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-How is Charley, Olly?
-He can't breathe properly.
289
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His lung is collapsed.
His blood count isn't good.
290
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They've moved him into intensive care,
he's got a swelling around the brain,
291
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and they might have to drill
into his skull to let the pressure out.
292
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He's got blood clots on the lung,
293
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and, of course, if they traveled
to the brain or the heart,
294
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it could lead to an embolism.
295
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Breathe. There we go.
296
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I mean, he could die.
297
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It was a bit of a fright.
Could have lost somebody,
298
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and it was a pretty horrendous accident.
299
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I think then I certainly
reflected upon it and thought,
300
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you've got to look after the relationships
in your life that are important.
301
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You've got to put energy into them
to keep them alive, you know,
302
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and if you don't, you're just--
303
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you're losing something
that's very important.
304
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I felt closer to him after that.
I was reaching out to him more,
305
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and keeping in touch about his rehab.
306
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I'm only just getting off the wheelchair.
307
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Other people wanna run again
or do whatever, but I wanted to get myself
308
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better enough to get back on a motorbike.
309
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Motorcycles are adventures.
It is who he is.
310
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It's what makes him feel alive.
311
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Right. I am gonna get on my motorbike
for the first time since my crash.
312
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He talks about people being stuck
at the accident
313
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and thinking about
what they could have done differently,
314
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what they should have done differently,
315
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and that he's talked himself
away from that,
316
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and he's got back into life
and moving forward, not looking backwards.
317
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He's quite inspirational in that way,
Charley, isn't he?
318
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Pretty good, huh? Oh, my God.
319
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I'll get my scooter.
320
00:18:28,734 --> 00:18:30,569
I have to go back to LA for work,
321
00:18:30,652 --> 00:18:34,948
but Charley's been invited to Geneva
to test-drive an electric motorcycle.
322
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In fact, it's a Harley-Davidson
electric motorcycle.
323
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We're heading off to this little track
to have a go on your e-bike.
324
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This is the only one at the moment.
So, please don't break it.
325
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Don't say that.
326
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It's a prototype street bike
327
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that they reckon could be converted
for our adventure.
328
00:18:56,220 --> 00:18:59,139
-Here we go.
-Oh, my God. Look at that.
329
00:18:59,806 --> 00:19:02,768
-It looks totally-- Wow!
-And there it is.
330
00:19:02,851 --> 00:19:09,358
Jeez. I didn't expect to feel so happy.
You know, so excited about that.
331
00:19:10,192 --> 00:19:13,111
This particular bike,
this production bike,
332
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no one,
other than Harley-Davidson workers,
333
00:19:15,572 --> 00:19:17,366
have ever been on this bike before.
334
00:19:18,242 --> 00:19:19,785
Looks incredible.
335
00:19:19,868 --> 00:19:21,453
And he said the classic line.
336
00:19:21,537 --> 00:19:24,998
"This is the only one in the world,
so don't crash it."
337
00:19:25,082 --> 00:19:27,835
And it's just like, oh, no! Pressure!
338
00:19:27,918 --> 00:19:29,628
Ewan, I wish you were here.
339
00:19:33,090 --> 00:19:34,925
-Okay, here we go.
-Enjoy.
340
00:19:41,932 --> 00:19:44,101
It's a incredibly powerful motorcycle,
341
00:19:44,184 --> 00:19:47,145
and he's got it on full power
with a slick tire on it.
342
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Cold, slick tire on it.
343
00:19:50,607 --> 00:19:52,776
So I'm a little worried,
watching him out there.
344
00:19:53,819 --> 00:19:54,820
That's slippy.
345
00:19:55,445 --> 00:19:57,281
He just lost the back end.
346
00:19:57,364 --> 00:19:59,616
All right, I'm-- I'm nervous now.
Tell you that.
347
00:20:08,500 --> 00:20:10,711
Wow, that back tire's slippy.
348
00:20:11,670 --> 00:20:15,757
Well, what do you think, Charley?
You could be going over the Andes on this.
349
00:20:15,841 --> 00:20:18,218
It's an amazing bike.
It really is, just amazing.
350
00:20:19,011 --> 00:20:22,389
What I think would be interesting would be
to have you work with our engineers
351
00:20:22,472 --> 00:20:25,642
and maybe test it out, and we can just
get that configuration right.
352
00:20:25,726 --> 00:20:27,978
Another adventure.
353
00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:30,522
I must admit,
I would never have imagined
354
00:20:30,606 --> 00:20:32,774
Harley-Davidson making
an electric motorcycle.
355
00:20:32,858 --> 00:20:34,568
I've had a few Harleys over the years,
356
00:20:34,651 --> 00:20:37,362
and I'm excited to see if they can
adapt this one for our adventure
357
00:20:37,446 --> 00:20:38,655
with the time that's left.
358
00:20:51,001 --> 00:20:52,252
We're here!
359
00:20:52,336 --> 00:20:53,337
I've come to London
360
00:20:53,420 --> 00:20:55,923
so we can all figure out
the day-to-day planning of the trip.
361
00:20:56,882 --> 00:20:58,717
Hey, guys. How's it going?
362
00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:01,011
-It's going very well.
-Oh, hello.
363
00:21:01,887 --> 00:21:03,597
-Perfect.
-How are you doing?
364
00:21:03,847 --> 00:21:05,599
-How was the ride?
-You look cool.
365
00:21:05,682 --> 00:21:08,393
Yeah, good. It was-- It's hot.
366
00:21:08,477 --> 00:21:10,812
-How was it?
-The traffic's crazy today.
367
00:21:10,896 --> 00:21:14,024
-So, listen, guys. That's...
-Take a look at it.
368
00:21:14,107 --> 00:21:16,610
That's it. You sent a picture of this one.
369
00:21:16,693 --> 00:21:17,694
This is 25.
370
00:21:17,778 --> 00:21:18,946
-Thirty-five.
-That's it.
371
00:21:19,029 --> 00:21:20,656
It's much smarter than this one.
372
00:21:21,740 --> 00:21:23,116
-Is this your one?
-No.
373
00:21:24,785 --> 00:21:27,120
New HQ. London HQ.
374
00:21:27,204 --> 00:21:29,581
We picked up the keys,
literally, yesterday.
375
00:21:29,665 --> 00:21:31,333
-That's good.
-Pull 'em back.
376
00:21:32,501 --> 00:21:35,128
Is this all the crap that you couldn't fit
in your office, is it?
377
00:21:35,212 --> 00:21:38,215
You know what, Charles? Are you--
Did Charles not have lunch?
378
00:21:38,590 --> 00:21:40,843
So many chairs. Let's go. Let's do this.
379
00:21:40,926 --> 00:21:44,263
Watch the back on the wall.
You're scratching the wall already.
380
00:21:44,346 --> 00:21:46,682
He's lost the deposit there now.
381
00:21:46,765 --> 00:21:48,809
I'm losing my-- You have to follow me.
382
00:21:48,892 --> 00:21:50,269
'Cause otherwise...
383
00:21:50,352 --> 00:21:51,728
I'm gonna lose my clutches.
384
00:21:52,229 --> 00:21:57,609
Sadly, I managed to break a lot of bones
before they decided to move in.
385
00:21:58,861 --> 00:22:01,405
-It's too heavy for me to carry.
-I got it.
386
00:22:01,989 --> 00:22:05,492
-Hang on.
-Could be from that pouch that he's got.
387
00:22:06,869 --> 00:22:10,163
It's so heavy this thing.
How are we gonna get it up there?
388
00:22:10,247 --> 00:22:11,456
Turn it sideways.
389
00:22:11,540 --> 00:22:13,041
It's not going to go through the door.
Gotta lift it.
390
00:22:13,125 --> 00:22:15,169
-What'd he say?
-A bit of effort into it.
391
00:22:15,252 --> 00:22:19,006
Charley, you tell us what to do,
so if it doesn't go up, it's your fault.
392
00:22:20,507 --> 00:22:23,177
-This is gonna be a bit tricky.
-That side as well then, Russell.
393
00:22:23,260 --> 00:22:24,720
We turn it round like that?
394
00:22:24,803 --> 00:22:25,888
-No.
-I think...
395
00:22:25,971 --> 00:22:27,014
I think we're stuck.
396
00:22:27,639 --> 00:22:30,267
It's gotta stand up
like we did with the thing.
397
00:22:30,350 --> 00:22:33,937
-I think-- go right to the ceiling.
-It's not gonna go past here.
398
00:22:34,021 --> 00:22:36,273
On the left, above your head.
That ceiling.
399
00:22:36,356 --> 00:22:38,942
All these legs will come off.
I've got the screws right here. Hold on.
400
00:22:39,026 --> 00:22:40,277
Why don't you bring it back down?
401
00:22:40,360 --> 00:22:41,195
Hold on.
402
00:22:41,278 --> 00:22:43,655
One, two, three, shove!
403
00:22:43,739 --> 00:22:46,867
Yes. It's gone round!
Hang on, where am I gonna go?
404
00:22:46,950 --> 00:22:47,951
Got it!
405
00:22:49,161 --> 00:22:53,248
-Good on ya, mate, it's here. Well done.
-All right, mate. Not too bad.
406
00:22:54,791 --> 00:22:55,792
Here we are.
407
00:22:56,585 --> 00:22:59,463
I suppose it's sort of a little bit
more like a reality now.
408
00:22:59,546 --> 00:23:01,465
Let me just sort out what we got.
409
00:23:02,299 --> 00:23:04,468
Thank God we've got a caviar spoon.
410
00:23:04,551 --> 00:23:08,222
I mean,
what were we gonna do without that?
411
00:23:08,305 --> 00:23:10,474
"Where's the caviar spoon, guys?"
412
00:23:13,393 --> 00:23:14,436
Beauty, mate.
413
00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:15,938
-All right, mate.
-Thank you, mate.
414
00:23:17,105 --> 00:23:18,649
That looks pretty professional.
415
00:23:18,732 --> 00:23:20,859
Well, professional might be stretching it.
416
00:23:21,652 --> 00:23:26,114
We're available for any sort of
decorating, DIY shows,
417
00:23:26,198 --> 00:23:27,950
home improvement, that kinda thing.
418
00:23:28,033 --> 00:23:30,077
As long as they had some maps,
we'd be fine.
419
00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:31,370
We do--
420
00:23:33,997 --> 00:23:38,877
The traditional Pan-American Highway route
runs from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego.
421
00:23:39,586 --> 00:23:42,506
But we've done most of that
northern part in Long Way Round.
422
00:23:44,383 --> 00:23:47,928
So the new plan is to start our trip
in the very tip of South America
423
00:23:48,011 --> 00:23:49,263
on September 1st,
424
00:23:49,346 --> 00:23:51,431
and then ride all the way to Los Angeles
425
00:23:51,515 --> 00:23:54,142
in time to spend the Christmas holidays
with our families.
426
00:23:54,685 --> 00:23:56,812
So now you wanna head to Cusco.
427
00:23:56,895 --> 00:23:59,606
There's a lot around Cusco.
So that's where Machu Picchu is.
428
00:23:59,690 --> 00:24:00,524
Yeah.
429
00:24:00,607 --> 00:24:01,900
Machu Picchu's about here.
430
00:24:01,984 --> 00:24:03,735
You definitely wanna go
to the salt flats, right?
431
00:24:03,819 --> 00:24:05,195
Salt lakes. Absolutely.
432
00:24:05,821 --> 00:24:08,782
That's then called Lago de Poopó.
433
00:24:09,408 --> 00:24:13,370
Forty-eight years old
and I'm laughing 'cause it says poopo.
434
00:24:13,453 --> 00:24:18,083
We wanna offset our carbon footprint
for this journey.
435
00:24:18,166 --> 00:24:20,586
And so we're gonna do
a little scheme here.
436
00:24:20,669 --> 00:24:23,297
It's just in Peru,
and it's called Cool Earth.
437
00:24:24,339 --> 00:24:27,843
We're reducing the carbon emissions
of our trip, but we want to do more.
438
00:24:28,468 --> 00:24:32,139
Protecting endangered rain forests is
critical for the climate and the planet.
439
00:24:32,806 --> 00:24:34,850
So, we're visiting a project in the Amazon
440
00:24:34,933 --> 00:24:37,019
to see how the process works
for ourselves.
441
00:24:37,519 --> 00:24:42,482
And we're doing 150 miles every day.
It's a long way to go, you know?
442
00:24:45,736 --> 00:24:49,364
It'll give us a lot of time to
talk shite, but...
443
00:24:50,824 --> 00:24:52,701
I don't think I've got enough to say.
444
00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:57,080
It's so cool. It's gonna be a cool route.
It's really gonna be varied.
445
00:24:57,164 --> 00:25:02,044
Mountains and desert and then, you know,
just a massive beach holiday all the way,
446
00:25:02,127 --> 00:25:03,378
all the way, all the way.
447
00:25:08,050 --> 00:25:10,260
Patagonia is such a vast, remote area.
448
00:25:10,344 --> 00:25:14,014
It's over 400,000 square miles
of Chile and Argentina.
449
00:25:14,473 --> 00:25:17,601
And we've asked the Argentine Embassy
to advise us on charging the bikes.
450
00:25:18,685 --> 00:25:21,396
-This road is very famous. The 40th.
-Road 40th.
451
00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:23,315
-Because that's the one-- Yeah.
-This one?
452
00:25:23,398 --> 00:25:25,984
The glaciers, the lakes,
this is very impressing.
453
00:25:26,068 --> 00:25:28,904
This section here would be very similar
to this section here?
454
00:25:28,987 --> 00:25:29,988
-Yes.
-Yes.
455
00:25:30,072 --> 00:25:33,242
So, if we did this, and yet we did this,
then you get a bit of both worlds.
456
00:25:33,742 --> 00:25:35,285
-Yeah.
-Yes.
457
00:25:35,369 --> 00:25:38,872
Just one other thing. Because we're
going on electric motorcycles--
458
00:25:38,956 --> 00:25:39,957
How to charge them?
459
00:25:40,666 --> 00:25:43,252
Think you are--
From here upwards, there's no...
460
00:25:43,335 --> 00:25:44,753
Yeah, this--
this will be problem for that.
461
00:25:47,047 --> 00:25:50,759
When you talk the reality
of the electric bikes
462
00:25:50,843 --> 00:25:55,222
and then you look at that map
and you just think, you know, hard work.
463
00:25:55,305 --> 00:25:58,934
The only bits that worry me are
the big, empty swathes of landscape.
464
00:25:59,017 --> 00:26:00,018
What do we do there?
465
00:26:06,275 --> 00:26:09,736
Doing a 13,000-mile trip
on an electric motorcycle and filming it
466
00:26:09,820 --> 00:26:11,655
means that we're gonna need
a whole team of people
467
00:26:11,738 --> 00:26:13,240
to make that happen.
468
00:26:14,616 --> 00:26:19,162
So each one of these, sort of custom-made
phone boards is one day of memory cards.
469
00:26:19,246 --> 00:26:23,417
The distances between cities
are just too long for the charging points.
470
00:26:24,668 --> 00:26:27,921
On Long Way Round and Long Way Down,
both of those trips we left from London.
471
00:26:28,005 --> 00:26:29,339
The biggest thing for this trip,
472
00:26:29,423 --> 00:26:32,092
which we probably
haven't really thought through totally,
473
00:26:32,176 --> 00:26:35,512
is everything's got to be shipped down
to the bottom of South America.
474
00:26:35,596 --> 00:26:36,597
And then we start.
475
00:26:39,474 --> 00:26:42,769
On previous trips,
we've had petrol camera vehicles.
476
00:26:42,853 --> 00:26:46,690
We've had camping gear in there,
filming equipment, medical equipment.
477
00:26:46,773 --> 00:26:50,527
And we're trying to find
an electric equivalent to do the same job.
478
00:26:55,282 --> 00:26:57,576
We're heading to Plymouth, Michigan.
479
00:26:57,659 --> 00:26:59,661
We're meeting with this company
called Rivian.
480
00:26:59,745 --> 00:27:03,832
And Rivian makes the most incredible
481
00:27:03,916 --> 00:27:08,378
all-electric utility adventure vehicle.
482
00:27:08,462 --> 00:27:09,963
And the thing we've been bumping into,
483
00:27:10,047 --> 00:27:13,675
they aren't really coming to market
until 2020, and here we are in 2019.
484
00:27:13,759 --> 00:27:16,553
So, we're gonna meet with them
and talk about what's possible
485
00:27:16,637 --> 00:27:17,804
and what's impossible.
486
00:27:17,888 --> 00:27:22,017
And I'm sure, as always,
we'll be choosing what's impossible.
487
00:27:29,274 --> 00:27:30,984
It's an old Mitsubishi plant
488
00:27:31,360 --> 00:27:35,656
that they're in the process
of converting 2.6 million square feet.
489
00:27:36,657 --> 00:27:38,617
So this is what it used to look like.
490
00:27:41,411 --> 00:27:43,997
This is actual re-prototype
to get everything right.
491
00:27:44,081 --> 00:27:46,166
So this is what
the whole plant will look like.
492
00:27:47,334 --> 00:27:49,253
The contrast is really striking, huh?
493
00:27:51,088 --> 00:27:53,841
Despite being nine months
from mass production,
494
00:27:53,924 --> 00:27:58,512
Rivian have actually offered to give us
two brand-new prototype pickup trucks.
495
00:27:58,595 --> 00:28:01,014
But the cars they're talking about
building for us
496
00:28:01,098 --> 00:28:03,308
are at the moment only made of clay.
497
00:28:03,392 --> 00:28:07,104
And they'll have to be designed
to take on every terrain.
498
00:28:07,187 --> 00:28:12,776
We're gonna go through that snow,
desert, rocks, mountains, jungles, mud.
499
00:28:12,860 --> 00:28:15,153
I mean, about everything that's
on the planet.
500
00:28:15,237 --> 00:28:16,780
-So, is it ready?
-It's perfect.
501
00:28:16,864 --> 00:28:19,157
Yeah. That part's easy.
502
00:28:19,241 --> 00:28:20,492
-That part's easy. Okay.
-Yeah.
503
00:28:20,576 --> 00:28:23,453
No, all jokes aside, because
we control each wheel with software,
504
00:28:23,537 --> 00:28:28,125
we can make any wheel spin at any speed
at any time with any level of torque.
505
00:28:28,208 --> 00:28:30,085
So if we get stuck in the sand,
or if Dave does...
506
00:28:30,169 --> 00:28:32,796
-We send torque to the other wheels.
-...the car will sort it out.
507
00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:33,922
These vehicles are--
508
00:28:34,006 --> 00:28:37,176
We're creating something that's production
representative before the plant's ready.
509
00:28:37,259 --> 00:28:39,052
So we're creating tools earlier
than we needed to.
510
00:28:39,136 --> 00:28:40,387
I didn't know about that.
511
00:28:40,470 --> 00:28:44,141
So, you know, that's incredible
that you'd even have that level of faith
512
00:28:44,224 --> 00:28:46,602
in what we're trying to do
to be part of that.
513
00:28:46,685 --> 00:28:49,563
So, you know, thanks,
and we respect that enormously.
514
00:28:49,646 --> 00:28:55,527
This will be the first electric drive
from the tip of South America to LA.
515
00:28:55,611 --> 00:28:57,196
-Yeah.
-It'll be the first.
516
00:28:57,279 --> 00:28:59,615
So part of that story is we're building--
517
00:29:00,073 --> 00:29:02,284
we're building infrastructure
to support that.
518
00:29:03,702 --> 00:29:05,913
There are currently hardly
any charging points
519
00:29:05,996 --> 00:29:08,373
for the majority of the countries
we want to ride through,
520
00:29:08,457 --> 00:29:12,503
so Rivian are going to install
150 quick-charging points along our route,
521
00:29:12,586 --> 00:29:14,963
which both the cars and our bikes can use.
522
00:29:16,173 --> 00:29:19,218
So, months in advance, we're building out
523
00:29:19,301 --> 00:29:22,137
this backbone-- this charging backbone.
524
00:29:23,722 --> 00:29:28,018
Super excited. I wasn't yesterday.
I thought we still had a ton of problems.
525
00:29:28,101 --> 00:29:30,312
These guys, they've given a solution,
526
00:29:30,395 --> 00:29:32,689
but they can solve
our bike problem as well.
527
00:29:41,698 --> 00:29:44,910
We are just about to receive the Harleys.
528
00:29:45,410 --> 00:29:47,579
They've adapted
their prototype street bike
529
00:29:47,663 --> 00:29:49,915
and we're hoping it can
do the trick for our adventure.
530
00:29:49,998 --> 00:29:52,167
-What's in the box?
-It's the clutch going in here.
531
00:29:52,251 --> 00:29:53,794
What's in the box, Charley?
532
00:29:54,670 --> 00:29:57,047
Hi, Mark. How are you?
Ewan. Nice to see ya.
533
00:29:57,756 --> 00:30:00,968
And now, really,
it's the electric Harley or bust.
534
00:30:02,719 --> 00:30:04,096
You nervous?
535
00:30:04,179 --> 00:30:05,556
-No, I'm excited.
-Excited?
536
00:30:05,639 --> 00:30:06,640
Excited.
537
00:30:09,226 --> 00:30:10,644
-Okay, here we go.
-Wow, here we go.
538
00:30:13,647 --> 00:30:14,648
Big reveal.
539
00:30:15,983 --> 00:30:18,193
-Oh, my God!
-Beautiful. God, it looks great.
540
00:30:18,277 --> 00:30:22,030
This is kind of what I think you--
we were all agreed upon, right?
541
00:30:22,114 --> 00:30:25,284
Yeah, yeah. No, wow.
I mean, I've forgotten what I'd said.
542
00:30:25,367 --> 00:30:27,828
-Yeah. I was listening.
-No, I'm amazed.
543
00:30:28,412 --> 00:30:30,831
We really focused on performance first.
544
00:30:30,914 --> 00:30:32,958
All the roll bars and stuff
we're gonna take off for the ride
545
00:30:33,041 --> 00:30:34,084
'cause they're plastic.
546
00:30:34,168 --> 00:30:36,295
Aluminum-made parts
will be showing up soon.
547
00:30:36,378 --> 00:30:38,422
'Cause you've already made it look like
an adventure bike.
548
00:30:38,505 --> 00:30:41,133
It looks great.
Really, you've done a brilliant job.
549
00:30:41,216 --> 00:30:42,926
-It looks great.
-Well done.
550
00:30:43,010 --> 00:30:45,554
You know, what was really fun
with our team is we took this,
551
00:30:45,637 --> 00:30:49,099
and we took it and six guys and put them
in a corner of a room and said,
552
00:30:49,183 --> 00:30:52,895
"Let's build like a one-off bike,
and let's go do something fun."
553
00:30:52,978 --> 00:30:54,897
So, this was a lot of fun for all of us,
really.
554
00:30:54,980 --> 00:30:58,734
This is the one that you can buy
in the shop today, almost, isn't it?
555
00:30:58,817 --> 00:30:59,818
This one.
556
00:31:01,987 --> 00:31:03,572
That is a big difference.
557
00:31:03,655 --> 00:31:05,616
Totally different geometry, yeah.
558
00:31:05,699 --> 00:31:07,284
-Isn't it nice?
-It's much taller.
559
00:31:07,367 --> 00:31:08,452
It's a proper tall bike.
560
00:31:08,535 --> 00:31:11,455
It's a really nice position, yeah.
You ride that all day, you could.
561
00:31:11,538 --> 00:31:12,831
-All day long.
-Yeah.
562
00:31:13,790 --> 00:31:15,876
You know,
if it's true it can do 100 miles,
563
00:31:15,959 --> 00:31:18,754
we'd be happy to jump on that bike
and go for a long ride.
564
00:31:18,837 --> 00:31:19,838
Okay.
565
00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:30,766
How's that seat?
566
00:31:30,849 --> 00:31:33,936
Yeah, it feels good.
Just the riding position is good.
567
00:31:34,019 --> 00:31:36,355
I think the bars could come back
even a bit more.
568
00:31:39,066 --> 00:31:41,735
Quite nice, this, in the corners.
It's quite good.
569
00:31:41,818 --> 00:31:43,570
You look good on it, Ewan.
570
00:31:43,654 --> 00:31:45,239
This is great. I love this bike.
571
00:31:48,325 --> 00:31:50,536
I'm getting a Harley-Davidson tattoo
tonight.
572
00:31:53,247 --> 00:31:54,248
All right!
573
00:31:54,331 --> 00:31:56,875
-How many miles we done?
-Seventy-three miles.
574
00:31:56,959 --> 00:31:59,545
Seventy-three miles we've done? 40% left.
575
00:32:00,087 --> 00:32:03,298
-So that's well over 100 miles. Range.
-Yeah.
576
00:32:04,007 --> 00:32:05,008
Awesome!
577
00:32:05,092 --> 00:32:06,927
I always said we should go electric.
578
00:32:07,010 --> 00:32:09,179
I said it from the very start
we should do electric.
579
00:32:09,263 --> 00:32:11,139
-Isn't that what I always said?
-I remember that.
580
00:32:11,223 --> 00:32:12,307
Yeah, yeah.
581
00:32:12,391 --> 00:32:15,477
This is my first charging station. Yeah.
582
00:32:16,895 --> 00:32:18,397
Yeah. I'm quite touched.
583
00:32:23,527 --> 00:32:27,364
This looks like an adventure bike,
but the problem is it's just a prototype.
584
00:32:27,447 --> 00:32:31,660
Harley now have just ten weeks
to build two rock-solid all-terrain bikes
585
00:32:31,743 --> 00:32:34,079
that can survive the 13,000-mile trip.
586
00:32:34,162 --> 00:32:35,247
It's a big ask.
587
00:32:43,338 --> 00:32:45,632
I'm heading back to the London HQ
with Charley
588
00:32:45,716 --> 00:32:48,844
to get the rest of the equipment
and ourselves prepared for the trip.
589
00:32:48,927 --> 00:32:50,721
So this is kind of
the new technical fabric.
590
00:32:50,804 --> 00:32:51,805
Oh, yes, yeah.
591
00:32:51,889 --> 00:32:54,183
I've tried the jeans on
and they're like silk.
592
00:32:54,266 --> 00:32:55,726
You can literally get off the bike
593
00:32:55,809 --> 00:32:59,062
and you would never know
that you had armor in there.
594
00:32:59,146 --> 00:33:00,522
I like this one.
595
00:33:01,565 --> 00:33:02,983
I really like this one.
596
00:33:04,484 --> 00:33:07,446
And there's one old friend that
we just couldn't do this trip without.
597
00:33:07,529 --> 00:33:08,363
There you are.
598
00:33:08,447 --> 00:33:11,950
Right through the last minute,
things are still chaotic,
599
00:33:12,034 --> 00:33:17,331
but then experience shows once you are
on the trip, somehow it falls into place.
600
00:33:17,414 --> 00:33:19,499
Claudio's back on board, everybody!
601
00:33:25,506 --> 00:33:26,924
So, we're off to South America,
602
00:33:27,007 --> 00:33:29,676
and neither Charley or I
can speak a word of Spanish.
603
00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:33,138
We're going to play a game
where I don't speak any English,
604
00:33:33,222 --> 00:33:34,556
and we all speak Spanish.
605
00:33:35,724 --> 00:33:37,392
-Hola.
-Hola.
606
00:33:40,062 --> 00:33:43,774
I'm dyslexic. I hate these games.
607
00:33:48,612 --> 00:33:49,780
Muy bien.
608
00:33:50,364 --> 00:33:51,365
Good luck, Charley.
609
00:33:54,826 --> 00:33:58,914
Yo soy actor. Ah, presenta...
610
00:34:00,082 --> 00:34:01,416
Presentador.
611
00:34:05,337 --> 00:34:06,463
The trouser.
612
00:34:06,547 --> 00:34:08,215
Pantalone.
613
00:34:10,092 --> 00:34:11,092
Pantalón.
614
00:34:13,804 --> 00:34:14,847
Chair.
615
00:34:16,389 --> 00:34:18,391
-Silla.
-Silla.
616
00:34:18,475 --> 00:34:19,976
La.
617
00:34:20,561 --> 00:34:22,103
You never know.
618
00:34:22,187 --> 00:34:23,605
-You never know.
619
00:34:23,688 --> 00:34:25,983
-If in doubt...
-Stick an "as" on the end of it.
620
00:34:26,692 --> 00:34:30,654
It was the first lesson that I've had
in my 52 years that I enjoyed.
621
00:34:43,500 --> 00:34:46,085
We are heading to Rivian
622
00:34:46,170 --> 00:34:50,591
to see how the construction
of these electric vehicles is going...
623
00:34:51,632 --> 00:34:56,179
and to see how far they've put
the charging infrastructure in place.
624
00:34:56,263 --> 00:34:58,140
They've gotta be almost finished.
625
00:35:02,269 --> 00:35:05,898
Due to the time it takes to test
and make an SUV actually road-legal,
626
00:35:05,981 --> 00:35:09,443
Rivian must have the first car ready
to drive in just two weeks.
627
00:35:10,611 --> 00:35:11,612
This is it.
628
00:35:15,490 --> 00:35:17,910
That's still just the body shell, guys.
629
00:35:24,958 --> 00:35:26,919
What is it, the 002?
630
00:35:27,002 --> 00:35:29,546
...from this to a finished car.
631
00:35:31,381 --> 00:35:33,300
Yeah, so I can put more people on it.
632
00:35:33,383 --> 00:35:35,260
No, I love your optimism.
633
00:35:37,888 --> 00:35:40,807
That's gonna be ready in two weeks.
634
00:35:41,975 --> 00:35:43,393
-All right.
-Well--
635
00:35:46,271 --> 00:35:48,857
-Are you ready to see vehicle 001?
-Let's go see it. Yeah.
636
00:35:49,858 --> 00:35:52,194
The big reveal. This is Dave's car.
637
00:35:53,779 --> 00:35:55,280
001.
638
00:35:55,364 --> 00:35:59,034
The first-ever VIN Rivian vehicle.
639
00:36:07,751 --> 00:36:09,419
I mean, it's just too much, right?
640
00:36:10,796 --> 00:36:14,758
I thought it might be further
down the track. There's a lot to do.
641
00:36:14,842 --> 00:36:18,387
All the electrics are still yet
to be put in,
642
00:36:18,470 --> 00:36:21,974
and with two weeks to go,
got quite a lot to do.
643
00:36:23,934 --> 00:36:26,812
What an undertaking to build
not just two brand-new cars,
644
00:36:26,895 --> 00:36:30,148
but two cars with a technology
that didn't exist before.
645
00:36:30,232 --> 00:36:32,150
They've never built anything
this quickly before,
646
00:36:32,234 --> 00:36:33,986
and they proudly admit it.
647
00:36:34,069 --> 00:36:35,904
How's the charging network going in?
648
00:36:35,988 --> 00:36:39,533
So that's a huge build-out for us.
649
00:36:41,493 --> 00:36:45,581
We have begun selecting sites.
We have begun building those out.
650
00:36:46,331 --> 00:36:50,294
As we speak, chargers are getting
shipped down to South America,
651
00:36:50,377 --> 00:36:54,423
and probably next week, early
next week, they'll start installing them.
652
00:36:54,506 --> 00:36:57,301
Because that really is--
That's the fundamental thing.
653
00:37:01,138 --> 00:37:04,349
Without 12,000 miles
of charging in place...
654
00:37:05,475 --> 00:37:07,853
we won't get to the end.
It's as simple as that.
655
00:37:22,201 --> 00:37:24,661
Yeah, so one, one. Okay, yeah, so...
656
00:37:25,078 --> 00:37:28,165
We're split now
between America and the UK.
657
00:37:28,832 --> 00:37:31,752
You know, we're doing all
of the production work over here,
658
00:37:32,336 --> 00:37:35,005
and then the cars and bikes
being prepared over there.
659
00:37:36,757 --> 00:37:39,968
Dave, have you seen the pictures
of the snow down on Route 40?
660
00:37:40,761 --> 00:37:42,304
It looks really bad.
661
00:37:44,306 --> 00:37:47,184
It's been the heaviest winter...
662
00:37:47,643 --> 00:37:49,853
since 1994.
663
00:37:50,270 --> 00:37:54,608
We need to be prepared for the worst
of the worst in order to continue going.
664
00:38:04,743 --> 00:38:08,288
I'm sort of on the border,
basically, between Michigan and Ohio.
665
00:38:08,914 --> 00:38:10,541
There's a proving ground here
666
00:38:10,624 --> 00:38:13,210
where they're testing the Rivian
for the first time.
667
00:38:14,336 --> 00:38:17,256
It's right there, look! Look at that!
668
00:38:18,173 --> 00:38:19,591
It was never in doubt, right?
669
00:38:22,427 --> 00:38:26,974
Yo, Russell, you're about to see
double-oh-one go around the track.
670
00:38:29,810 --> 00:38:33,438
Hopefully, that's what it won't
look like over the Andes.
671
00:38:33,522 --> 00:38:34,523
No--
672
00:38:36,149 --> 00:38:39,695
You can tow charge them. That's what
they're trying to do right now,
673
00:38:39,778 --> 00:38:41,780
is test the tow charging capability.
674
00:38:41,864 --> 00:38:43,574
They are tow charging it for an hour,
675
00:38:43,657 --> 00:38:47,744
and they think one hour of pulling it
will give it a half a tank.
676
00:38:51,498 --> 00:38:53,959
-First things first. This is Lindsey.
-Hi!
677
00:38:54,042 --> 00:38:56,086
Yeah. How's the car going?
678
00:38:56,170 --> 00:38:59,298
Fantastic. She's just waiting for you.
679
00:39:00,674 --> 00:39:03,969
It is finished. We're rolling.
Four wheels spinning.
680
00:39:04,052 --> 00:39:05,804
How exciting is that!
681
00:39:05,888 --> 00:39:09,016
It is extremely exciting.
It's a good way to end the Friday.
682
00:39:09,933 --> 00:39:11,727
Let's go to South America, right?
683
00:39:11,810 --> 00:39:14,980
Are we in danger of saying Long Way Up
is actually happening?
684
00:39:17,816 --> 00:39:20,235
-Very nicely done.
-Thanks.
685
00:39:20,319 --> 00:39:22,571
And you got-- God, you got great nails.
686
00:39:22,654 --> 00:39:25,073
My little one and I
were doing our toenails the other day,
687
00:39:25,157 --> 00:39:27,534
and she decided to do mine blue
to match my bike.
688
00:39:29,328 --> 00:39:31,455
They're supposed to be
my lucky trip toenails,
689
00:39:31,538 --> 00:39:35,584
and I don't know that I wanna do
the motorcycle trip with blue toenails.
690
00:39:35,667 --> 00:39:38,295
I told Anouk, right, eight.
I said, "I don't know what to do
691
00:39:38,378 --> 00:39:40,714
'cause I feel like
if I take it off, it's bad luck."
692
00:39:40,797 --> 00:39:44,134
She went, "It's gonna be cold, isn't it?"
At first I went, "Yeah."
693
00:39:44,218 --> 00:39:46,929
She said, "You fool, you're gonna
be wearing boots all the time.
694
00:39:47,012 --> 00:39:49,389
-No one's gonna see them anyway."
-That's a good point.
695
00:39:49,973 --> 00:39:51,558
So how are you--
696
00:39:51,642 --> 00:39:52,726
I've just been back, yeah,
697
00:39:52,809 --> 00:39:53,936
I've said goodbye to everybody
this morning,
698
00:39:54,019 --> 00:39:56,230
so I've just been
battling that all day long.
699
00:39:56,313 --> 00:39:58,649
Yeah. What, now you're here on your own?
700
00:39:58,732 --> 00:39:59,733
-Yeah.
-So it's like,
701
00:39:59,816 --> 00:40:01,944
so it's suddenly from everybody to...
702
00:40:02,027 --> 00:40:03,654
Yeah, just a-- yeah.
703
00:40:03,737 --> 00:40:05,572
I just feel a bit down in the dumps.
704
00:40:07,407 --> 00:40:11,328
You know, you try and stay all strong
in front of the kids, but I just couldn't.
705
00:40:12,079 --> 00:40:13,914
I know. It's difficult, isn't it?
706
00:40:18,252 --> 00:40:19,837
Look at Ushuaia.
707
00:40:21,129 --> 00:40:23,507
It's snowing today.
708
00:40:24,758 --> 00:40:26,051
It gets up to about three.
709
00:40:26,510 --> 00:40:28,554
No one's seeing my toenails
for a while, are they?
710
00:40:28,637 --> 00:40:31,849
Look, and every day except Friday,
it's snowing.
711
00:40:43,068 --> 00:40:46,113
We're in Milwaukee.
We're gonna go and see our trip bikes.
712
00:40:47,406 --> 00:40:49,199
See-- For the first time, I think.
713
00:40:49,283 --> 00:40:53,620
We've seen sort of mock-ups of them,
and we've ridden the prototype one in LA,
714
00:40:53,704 --> 00:40:57,124
but this is us going to visit
the bikes we'll actually ride on the trip.
715
00:40:59,334 --> 00:41:00,377
Oh, my God.
716
00:41:00,460 --> 00:41:02,337
When you look around the corner,
you'll see the bikes.
717
00:41:02,421 --> 00:41:03,422
Wow.
718
00:41:04,256 --> 00:41:05,549
Wow, guys.
719
00:41:06,508 --> 00:41:08,927
That's a new suspension on the back
you've done as well.
720
00:41:09,011 --> 00:41:11,096
We kind of redesigned
that whole back end of the bike.
721
00:41:11,180 --> 00:41:12,723
-It'll look more adventure touring.
-Yeah.
722
00:41:12,806 --> 00:41:16,018
We also went through an entire suspension
tuning event on this for an entire week,
723
00:41:16,101 --> 00:41:18,187
getting the bike dialed in
for just this platform.
724
00:41:18,270 --> 00:41:19,271
Amazing. Wow.
725
00:41:19,354 --> 00:41:21,356
So it's a pretty nice setup
as it is right now.
726
00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:22,858
It's good, isn't it?
727
00:41:22,941 --> 00:41:24,776
You beefed these up a little bit as well.
728
00:41:24,860 --> 00:41:26,361
-We did and brought 'em outward.
-Yeah.
729
00:41:26,445 --> 00:41:29,531
So, we've made some new brackets
so that it truly does protect some more.
730
00:41:29,615 --> 00:41:30,782
Yeah. No, that's fantastic.
731
00:41:30,866 --> 00:41:33,327
So we've added the bash plate
on the bottom
732
00:41:33,410 --> 00:41:36,288
so that you guys are protecting
all the key components of...
733
00:41:36,371 --> 00:41:37,497
Of the engine.
734
00:41:37,581 --> 00:41:40,792
God, you guys really did listen.
That was amazing.
735
00:41:40,876 --> 00:41:43,921
Thank you so much, all of you, for doing
such an amazing amount of work.
736
00:41:44,004 --> 00:41:46,381
They did listen... to me.
737
00:41:46,465 --> 00:41:48,217
-I see. Just a little bit here.
-Yeah.
738
00:41:48,300 --> 00:41:50,802
-That's just getting painted right now.
-Okay. Just can't wait to ride them.
739
00:41:50,886 --> 00:41:51,803
Let's do it.
740
00:41:52,930 --> 00:41:55,432
I know Ewan and Charley love the bikes,
that's the key,
741
00:41:55,516 --> 00:41:58,143
but they've gotta ride 'em first
to really know.
742
00:42:01,897 --> 00:42:02,898
Oh, my God!
743
00:42:04,316 --> 00:42:05,692
That's beautiful.
744
00:42:08,445 --> 00:42:10,572
Wow, that feels enormously delicious.
745
00:42:10,656 --> 00:42:13,116
They're gorgeous, yeah.
Really, really good.
746
00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:15,744
Over those bumps
it handles beautifully, doesn't it?
747
00:42:15,827 --> 00:42:17,746
It feels so confidence inspiring.
748
00:42:17,829 --> 00:42:18,830
Awesome.
749
00:42:20,123 --> 00:42:21,333
I really do like it.
750
00:42:23,001 --> 00:42:24,336
Oh, my God, Charley!
751
00:42:26,630 --> 00:42:30,259
-We are so... there. It's unbelievable.
-Oh, my God.
752
00:42:30,342 --> 00:42:32,094
Absolutely perfect.
753
00:42:32,803 --> 00:42:34,304
Just so lucky.
754
00:42:35,264 --> 00:42:39,560
Oh, my God. I really like my bike.
That's it, I'm in love.
755
00:42:45,649 --> 00:42:47,067
Wow, guys.
756
00:42:47,150 --> 00:42:48,694
That's it. Brilliant.
757
00:42:50,195 --> 00:42:53,073
It's a real relief.
The whole thing is just awesome.
758
00:42:53,156 --> 00:42:56,076
All we need to do now is to get them
to South America and get going.
759
00:42:57,661 --> 00:42:59,204
Obviously, you know
we're Harley-Davidson,
760
00:42:59,288 --> 00:43:01,164
so we have a lot of work
on our platter.
761
00:43:01,248 --> 00:43:04,793
So, every one of these guys that have done
this has just been volunteer time.
762
00:43:04,877 --> 00:43:09,047
So, they do it evenings. They haven't
stopped their everyday job at all.
763
00:43:09,131 --> 00:43:12,050
-Period. Nothing.
-I never even asked you that.
764
00:43:12,134 --> 00:43:14,928
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
It's all after-hours kinda stuff.
765
00:43:15,012 --> 00:43:16,638
-Yeah. Yeah.
-Shit.
766
00:43:17,389 --> 00:43:19,975
So, they love this stuff.
That's our hobby. Yeah.
767
00:43:20,058 --> 00:43:21,518
-Thank you ever so much.
-No problem.
768
00:43:21,602 --> 00:43:22,728
Really, thank you so much.
769
00:43:23,604 --> 00:43:24,855
Oh, my God.
770
00:43:24,938 --> 00:43:26,982
These are certainly ready
to deal with the terrain.
771
00:43:27,065 --> 00:43:32,112
The question's gonna be, can they do
100 days of 150 to 200 miles a day?
772
00:43:34,114 --> 00:43:36,992
So, the only thing we're missing right now
is the brush guard.
773
00:43:37,075 --> 00:43:39,077
Those will be in on tomorrow or Thursday.
774
00:43:39,453 --> 00:43:42,289
So, we'll add those. Those will be on the
bikes when you guys arrive in Argentina.
775
00:43:42,372 --> 00:43:44,666
The next time we see them will be
in South America, yes?
776
00:43:44,750 --> 00:43:45,751
Well, yeah.
777
00:43:45,834 --> 00:43:47,002
-Way down there.
-Tip of Argentina.
778
00:43:47,085 --> 00:43:48,086
Yeah.
779
00:43:48,170 --> 00:43:50,172
-Yeah.
-God.
780
00:43:50,255 --> 00:43:51,924
-In the snowpack.
-Oh, my God.
781
00:43:55,802 --> 00:44:00,015
Charley and I are leaving from LA,
and the bikes and cars from Detroit,
782
00:44:00,098 --> 00:44:02,017
and the filming team from London,
783
00:44:02,100 --> 00:44:04,561
all trying to get to Ushuaia
on time for the start,
784
00:44:04,645 --> 00:44:07,481
and all because we wanted
to call it Long Way Up.
785
00:44:11,568 --> 00:44:14,071
First success. We're all down here,
all the kit's here.
786
00:44:16,532 --> 00:44:17,741
Jesus Christ!
787
00:44:20,661 --> 00:44:23,622
This is how Long Way Up starts,
in a blizzard.
788
00:44:33,674 --> 00:44:36,218
The scenery out the window was amazing.
789
00:44:36,301 --> 00:44:40,055
There were just, like, mountains
and snow on top of the mountains,
790
00:44:40,138 --> 00:44:42,641
and oh, my God, it looked so cold.
791
00:44:48,313 --> 00:44:51,233
And then you come round a corner,
and then there's Ushuaia.
792
00:44:54,570 --> 00:44:57,197
I just wonder how we're gonna start
the trip with this weather.