1 00:00:06,632 --> 00:00:09,218 ♪ Got sun on my face ♪ 2 00:00:10,552 --> 00:00:13,180 ♪ Sleeping rough on the road ♪ 3 00:00:14,806 --> 00:00:17,351 ♪ I'll tell you all about it ♪ 4 00:00:17,434 --> 00:00:21,980 ♪ When I get home ♪ 5 00:00:22,731 --> 00:00:25,150 ♪ Gonna roll up the sidewalk ♪ 6 00:00:26,860 --> 00:00:29,238 ♪ Gonna need letting up ♪ 7 00:00:30,989 --> 00:00:33,450 ♪ Comin' round to meet you ♪ 8 00:00:34,451 --> 00:00:38,580 ♪ The long way up ♪ 9 00:00:41,250 --> 00:00:43,252 In 2004 and 2007, 10 00:00:43,335 --> 00:00:46,296 I did two motorcycle trips with my best friend, Charley Boorman. 11 00:00:46,380 --> 00:00:48,799 We called them Long Way Round and Long Way Down. 12 00:00:49,258 --> 00:00:54,096 We rode across Europe, Russia, Mongolia, and North America in Long Way Round. 13 00:00:54,179 --> 00:00:56,306 It's either get across it, or this trip ends. 14 00:00:56,390 --> 00:00:58,767 We don't have to solve problems like this in everyday life. 15 00:00:59,643 --> 00:01:02,563 And then down through Europe and Africa in Long Way Down. 16 00:01:03,021 --> 00:01:04,647 -[Charley] We did it! -Whoo-hoo! 17 00:01:04,730 --> 00:01:08,110 [Ewan] I always felt in my heart of hearts that there would be three Long Ways. 18 00:01:08,193 --> 00:01:09,862 But life got in the way. 19 00:01:09,945 --> 00:01:11,738 I went back to work and moved to the States, 20 00:01:11,822 --> 00:01:14,241 and Charley and I just sort of lost touch. 21 00:01:14,533 --> 00:01:15,534 [Charley] Ow! 22 00:01:15,617 --> 00:01:18,495 [Ewan] And then something happened that reminded me what was really important. 23 00:01:18,579 --> 00:01:19,580 Wow! 24 00:01:19,663 --> 00:01:23,208 [Ewan] I got a text saying that he'd had a horrendous motorcycle accident. 25 00:01:23,292 --> 00:01:26,378 Broken his legs and his pelvis and broken his left wrist, 26 00:01:26,461 --> 00:01:29,965 and I think because of this, we just sort of found each other again. 27 00:01:30,048 --> 00:01:31,133 [both chuckle] 28 00:01:34,136 --> 00:01:37,306 And now we've decided to do another epic trip, 29 00:01:37,389 --> 00:01:39,641 riding 13,000 miles 30 00:01:39,725 --> 00:01:43,353 from Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego in the southern tip of Argentina, 31 00:01:43,437 --> 00:01:46,106 crossing South America, Central America, Mexico, 32 00:01:46,190 --> 00:01:48,275 all the way to Los Angeles in California. 33 00:01:49,026 --> 00:01:51,320 And we've got just three months to do it. 34 00:01:51,403 --> 00:01:53,071 It's a lot to do. 35 00:01:53,155 --> 00:01:55,073 We had to get the old team back together again. 36 00:01:55,157 --> 00:01:57,993 We've got Russ and Dave producing and directing. 37 00:01:58,076 --> 00:01:59,703 I'm good to go when he is. 38 00:01:59,786 --> 00:02:01,622 We've all been waiting for it for about 12 years. 39 00:02:01,705 --> 00:02:03,749 So it's great the team are back together. 40 00:02:03,832 --> 00:02:07,085 [Russ] Ewan and Charley will have cameras and microphones on their helmets, 41 00:02:07,169 --> 00:02:10,339 so they can actually film themselves when they're not with the team. 42 00:02:10,422 --> 00:02:11,381 Whoo-hoo! 43 00:02:11,465 --> 00:02:13,425 [David] We'll link up with the boys at borders, 44 00:02:13,509 --> 00:02:15,636 but otherwise, they'll be on their own. 45 00:02:16,637 --> 00:02:19,681 [Ewan] We'll ride through the brutal Patagonian winter, 46 00:02:19,765 --> 00:02:22,518 the extremes of the Atacama Desert, 47 00:02:22,601 --> 00:02:24,978 the vast salt flats of Bolivia... 48 00:02:26,271 --> 00:02:30,442 before witnessing firsthand the endangered jungles of Central America, 49 00:02:31,527 --> 00:02:34,530 and Mexican communities torn apart by cartels. 50 00:02:37,157 --> 00:02:39,034 And if that wasn't enough of a challenge, 51 00:02:39,117 --> 00:02:42,538 we wanted to see if we could do it on electric motorcycles. 52 00:02:43,622 --> 00:02:45,666 -This will be a problem for that. -[David] Yeah. 53 00:02:45,749 --> 00:02:47,835 If we can't charge the bikes, what are we gonna do? 54 00:02:49,086 --> 00:02:52,965 I'm really a bit worried about whether or not this is possible. 55 00:02:53,799 --> 00:02:55,968 [Ewan] We're calling this one Long Way Up. 56 00:03:11,233 --> 00:03:13,485 [Ewan] I was dreaming of doing a trip for years, 57 00:03:13,569 --> 00:03:18,490 just leaving LA and riding to the very tip of South America, Tierra del Fuego. 58 00:03:19,199 --> 00:03:22,828 I bought all my kit, and I built a bike for it. 59 00:03:24,454 --> 00:03:29,376 I'm gonna try and see if we could start it using some starting fluid. 60 00:03:29,459 --> 00:03:33,463 It just became really apparent that this journey should be shared with-- 61 00:03:33,547 --> 00:03:35,048 you know, with him. 62 00:03:35,132 --> 00:03:37,342 -I'll spray, and then you-- you start. -Okay. 63 00:03:37,426 --> 00:03:41,305 There's something very attractive about being on the road. 64 00:03:41,388 --> 00:03:45,684 You know, you yearn for adventure and not knowing what comes ahead. 65 00:03:45,767 --> 00:03:47,603 -[engine starts] -[Charley] Oh! 66 00:03:47,686 --> 00:03:50,564 -[engine stops] -[Charley] There's a bit of fire. 67 00:03:50,647 --> 00:03:53,358 [Charley and Ewan blowing] 68 00:03:54,193 --> 00:03:55,694 [Charley] Maybe we should've taken that off. 69 00:03:55,777 --> 00:03:57,571 [laughing] At least we got it started. 70 00:03:58,989 --> 00:04:03,452 There's this whole big area over here, the Americas, that we haven't explored, 71 00:04:03,535 --> 00:04:05,537 and that's hugely thrilling. 72 00:04:05,621 --> 00:04:08,665 I'm dying to get out there. I want to be on a trip again. 73 00:04:08,749 --> 00:04:09,833 [engine turns over, stops] 74 00:04:09,917 --> 00:04:12,127 See, it must be-- Oh, I haven't turned the fuel on. 75 00:04:12,211 --> 00:04:14,671 -Do you think that would help? [laughs] -[Charley] That would help, yeah. 76 00:04:14,755 --> 00:04:16,255 Oh, my God! 77 00:04:16,923 --> 00:04:20,594 The main thrust of the prep for me is, what are we gonna ride? 78 00:04:22,471 --> 00:04:24,598 The idea of doing the trip on an electric bike 79 00:04:24,681 --> 00:04:26,683 wasn't something that I'd immediately considered, 80 00:04:26,767 --> 00:04:28,936 but I realized that it was something that's part of my life. 81 00:04:29,019 --> 00:04:30,479 So, that's it. Twelve panels. 82 00:04:31,188 --> 00:04:33,607 So then it gets fed over here into this. 83 00:04:33,690 --> 00:04:36,944 This is the solar, um, hub. 84 00:04:37,653 --> 00:04:41,698 I run air-conditioning for the trailer, TVs, washing machine. 85 00:04:41,782 --> 00:04:43,325 And I've got 12 solar panels 86 00:04:43,408 --> 00:04:46,912 and never ever used more power than I'm making, not ever. 87 00:04:47,412 --> 00:04:49,498 And there's nothing quite like throwing a switch 88 00:04:49,581 --> 00:04:52,334 and knowing that the light bulb came on because you collected the sun. 89 00:04:54,711 --> 00:05:00,801 I'm having my old beloved 1954 Volkswagen Beetle converted to electric. 90 00:05:00,884 --> 00:05:02,344 It's definitely the future. 91 00:05:02,427 --> 00:05:05,097 We'll all be driving in electric-powered vehicles, I'm sure. 92 00:05:05,180 --> 00:05:08,851 Do a little, um... solar experiment. 93 00:05:08,934 --> 00:05:10,811 [Charley] He's charging a phone. 94 00:05:10,894 --> 00:05:13,272 The whole idea of going electric is really interesting. 95 00:05:13,355 --> 00:05:15,524 Ewan and Charley do solar. 96 00:05:15,607 --> 00:05:18,318 Cars, it seems like they're getting a real handle on it, 97 00:05:18,402 --> 00:05:22,739 but in the motorcycle world, they're not as far ahead as I thought they would be. 98 00:05:22,823 --> 00:05:25,242 And so, that makes it even more challenging. 99 00:05:25,325 --> 00:05:26,326 Boom, USB. 100 00:05:26,410 --> 00:05:29,830 So, we just need a bit of-- I just wonder what size of this we would need 101 00:05:29,913 --> 00:05:32,165 -to charge, uh, well, say, a motorcycle. -A motorbike. 102 00:05:32,249 --> 00:05:34,084 -I'd say a bit bigger. -Oh. 103 00:05:34,168 --> 00:05:35,377 Charging. 104 00:05:36,795 --> 00:05:37,796 [Ewan] That's it. 105 00:05:47,306 --> 00:05:53,187 Back together. Lots of things have happened in 12 years. We've all got older. 106 00:05:53,812 --> 00:05:56,148 [Ewan] David and Russ are back on board to film the trip. 107 00:05:56,857 --> 00:05:57,983 But first of all, 108 00:05:58,066 --> 00:06:01,153 we need to figure out the practicalities of going on electric motorcycles. 109 00:06:01,236 --> 00:06:02,404 [Ewan] So, devil's advocate, 110 00:06:02,487 --> 00:06:05,991 another part of Long Way Round and Long Way Down that was very special 111 00:06:06,074 --> 00:06:10,537 was riding and being between cities, being between settlements, 112 00:06:10,621 --> 00:06:13,040 and going, "Let's stay here tonight." 113 00:06:13,123 --> 00:06:14,541 And we would put our tents up, 114 00:06:14,625 --> 00:06:17,336 and then we'd wake up in the morning and we'd take off again. 115 00:06:17,419 --> 00:06:19,505 Well, if you've got to charge a bike overnight, 116 00:06:19,588 --> 00:06:21,215 then we wouldn't be able to do that. 117 00:06:21,298 --> 00:06:24,718 I think some of the best parts are when you're doing just what you're saying, 118 00:06:24,801 --> 00:06:26,136 and going out and into it. 119 00:06:26,220 --> 00:06:28,472 -So, I wouldn't want... -Us to be tied. 120 00:06:28,555 --> 00:06:31,433 -...to sacrifice that, you know. -It's worth experimenting. 121 00:06:31,517 --> 00:06:34,478 You can say it to the kids as well. They're like, "Oh, that's the way forward. 122 00:06:34,561 --> 00:06:36,647 -That's the way the planet should be." -[Ewan] Yeah, yeah. 123 00:06:36,730 --> 00:06:39,566 No, no, I don't want to be, like, the negative electric guy. I'm not. 124 00:06:39,650 --> 00:06:43,529 I just want us to-- to think about all of the things that could and might go wrong. 125 00:06:43,612 --> 00:06:46,573 I just don't want it to fall into this whole thing of being this... 126 00:06:46,657 --> 00:06:49,910 -Stressed. -...this whole electric kind of mission. 127 00:06:49,993 --> 00:06:55,040 We've spoken to Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki-- It's like we are well ahead of the curve. 128 00:06:55,123 --> 00:06:57,376 'Cause they're just not ready for it. The fact is there's not many-- 129 00:06:57,459 --> 00:06:58,710 [Charley] Tell us good news. 130 00:06:58,794 --> 00:07:01,255 It's very good news, 'cause there's not many frontier moments in motorcycling 131 00:07:01,338 --> 00:07:03,131 when you haven't ever done anything before. 132 00:07:03,215 --> 00:07:07,594 So you'd be the first people to go this sort of distance charging as you go. 133 00:07:10,097 --> 00:07:11,431 Central America. 134 00:07:11,515 --> 00:07:13,684 It's quite exciting looking at maps again, isn't it? 135 00:07:13,767 --> 00:07:15,102 -[Charley] Yeah. -I'm quite excited. 136 00:07:16,395 --> 00:07:18,313 [Ewan] Charley and I are gonna focus on the bikes. 137 00:07:18,397 --> 00:07:20,357 Finding the right bike, building the bike. 138 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:22,985 So Russ and Dave will help with the logistics of the trip. 139 00:07:23,068 --> 00:07:25,529 But first we need to plan our route. 140 00:07:25,612 --> 00:07:28,574 I'll tell you what we miss is Machu Picchu and a lot of Chile. 141 00:07:28,657 --> 00:07:30,701 And what's this here? Where would you turn right? 142 00:07:30,784 --> 00:07:32,661 Well, these are the ice fields of Chile. 143 00:07:32,744 --> 00:07:34,621 -Ice fields? -Well, the glaciers. 144 00:07:34,705 --> 00:07:38,750 -We're on motorcycles, man. Are you nuts? -[Russ] Are you mad? 145 00:07:38,834 --> 00:07:42,796 -Crossing the ice fields on two wheels. -This is the Atacama, which is stunning. 146 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:45,257 -[hesitatingly] Mazatlán? -Into-- 147 00:07:45,340 --> 00:07:46,508 We've got to learn Spanish. 148 00:07:46,592 --> 00:07:48,385 Yeah, we've got plenty of time, haven't we? 149 00:07:48,468 --> 00:07:49,970 -I don't know. -[Russ] Eight months. 150 00:07:50,053 --> 00:07:52,306 -No, no, to plan, I mean. -[Ewan] I thought you meant to do it. 151 00:07:52,389 --> 00:07:54,224 We've got eight months for the journey, haven't we? 152 00:07:54,308 --> 00:07:55,642 -No? What? -It's not a huge amount to do. 153 00:07:55,726 --> 00:07:59,438 Eight months? We're going on an electric bike, you idiot! Eight months! 154 00:07:59,521 --> 00:08:00,731 [Russ and David laughing] 155 00:08:02,274 --> 00:08:04,401 We'll have to find a game that we really like. 156 00:08:04,484 --> 00:08:07,613 Just something to do while we're-- while we're charging. 157 00:08:07,696 --> 00:08:09,239 -I don't know what it is. -Cards. 158 00:08:09,323 --> 00:08:10,490 -Uno-- -Strip poker. 159 00:08:10,574 --> 00:08:13,285 -Strip poker. Maybe strip poker. -[laughing] 160 00:08:20,626 --> 00:08:23,212 Charley and I have arranged to ride some road going bikes, 161 00:08:23,295 --> 00:08:25,130 electric bikes, to see how they handle. 162 00:08:25,714 --> 00:08:28,008 [Ewan] Oh, my God, it's really sexy. Look at it. 163 00:08:29,426 --> 00:08:32,011 So, you just turn it on and that's it. 164 00:08:34,097 --> 00:08:36,558 All right. Sounds amazing. 165 00:08:38,977 --> 00:08:41,522 Or it doesn't sound amazing. There's no loud noise. 166 00:08:43,190 --> 00:08:45,567 We started thinking about being on the road again. 167 00:08:46,109 --> 00:08:49,738 It's a lovely feeling saying, "Well, let's go here" and then off you go. 168 00:08:49,821 --> 00:08:51,114 You know, with a friend. 169 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:57,162 [Ewan] It's been a long time since we did this. 170 00:08:57,246 --> 00:09:00,290 I mean, what a great thing to do. To travel and see the world. 171 00:09:00,749 --> 00:09:02,876 And also, I've reconnected with Charley. 172 00:09:03,961 --> 00:09:06,421 [Charley] I'm most happy when I'm on the back of a motorcycle. 173 00:09:06,505 --> 00:09:10,217 You know, when you look over your shoulder and there's your best friend, 174 00:09:10,300 --> 00:09:12,719 that's something that I've really missed over the years. 175 00:09:13,512 --> 00:09:15,222 [Ewan laughs] 176 00:09:15,305 --> 00:09:18,851 Charley? What mode are you in? Eco? 177 00:09:18,934 --> 00:09:21,270 [Charley laughs] Sexy mode. 178 00:09:24,565 --> 00:09:26,233 [Ewan] Oh, they're great fun. 179 00:09:26,733 --> 00:09:29,486 It's much better than I thought it would be, the ride. 180 00:09:29,570 --> 00:09:31,655 -It feels great. -And we can talk to each other. 181 00:09:31,738 --> 00:09:34,616 -[Ewan] Yeah, it's pretty cool. -And you can hear the birds tweeting. 182 00:09:34,700 --> 00:09:36,159 -[Ewan chuckles] -And, uh... 183 00:09:36,243 --> 00:09:39,580 It's so good. You know what's interesting is you can really feel the road, 184 00:09:39,663 --> 00:09:42,875 'cause you've got no-- There's nothing vibrating, and there's no engine. 185 00:09:42,958 --> 00:09:46,670 So, you really feel ev-- You just really feel the road under your wheels. 186 00:09:46,753 --> 00:09:49,464 And it's fast, and it's really fun. It's nice. 187 00:09:49,548 --> 00:09:51,592 -[Ewan chuckles] -See ya. [chuckles] 188 00:09:58,682 --> 00:10:00,434 [Ewan] Because of Long Way Round and Long Way Down, 189 00:10:00,517 --> 00:10:04,313 I experience a sort of zen-like experience when I ride a bike anyway, 190 00:10:04,396 --> 00:10:07,983 'cause I spent so many hours riding them, 191 00:10:08,066 --> 00:10:10,861 and it puts me in a sort of trance in a way, and I love it. 192 00:10:10,944 --> 00:10:12,863 It's my meditation, I suppose. 193 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:15,824 And the experience of being on an electric bike 194 00:10:15,908 --> 00:10:17,910 just made me feel even more like that. 195 00:10:19,119 --> 00:10:20,913 So, I think this is the way forward. 196 00:10:24,249 --> 00:10:26,043 It was great to be riding along with you again. 197 00:10:26,126 --> 00:10:28,086 -I know. This is awesome, isn't it? -I love it. 198 00:10:28,170 --> 00:10:30,172 -[chuckles] Oh, thank you. -Yeah. 199 00:10:32,883 --> 00:10:35,177 [indie rock playing] 200 00:10:37,554 --> 00:10:40,641 [Ewan] We're just about to arrive at, um, EV West. 201 00:10:40,724 --> 00:10:43,685 My friend Michael who runs EV West-- 202 00:10:43,769 --> 00:10:47,648 And, uh, pick his brains about electric-powered things. 203 00:10:48,607 --> 00:10:49,608 Motorcycles really. 204 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:53,237 He'll put electric power in anything. 205 00:10:53,820 --> 00:10:58,116 He converts Porsches and Ferraris and loads of VW stuff. 206 00:10:58,700 --> 00:11:00,536 -How's it going? -Good to see you. You all right? 207 00:11:02,788 --> 00:11:04,414 I recognize that. 208 00:11:04,498 --> 00:11:06,291 [music continues] 209 00:11:06,375 --> 00:11:11,338 Michael's converting my 1954 oval VW Beetle to electric. 210 00:11:13,131 --> 00:11:16,051 Yeah, this looks brilliant. This looks so trick, doesn't it? 211 00:11:20,389 --> 00:11:22,349 They gave me a little Obi-Wan key ring. 212 00:11:24,101 --> 00:11:26,478 [Michael] So, you guys are getting ready for a wild one. 213 00:11:26,562 --> 00:11:29,857 -[sighs] Yeah, yeah, I know. -We wanna pick your brains about it. 214 00:11:30,399 --> 00:11:34,319 'Cause we're gonna be coming across South America, Central America. 215 00:11:34,403 --> 00:11:35,487 What do we do? 216 00:11:35,571 --> 00:11:37,781 You know, the first weekend we got our electric dirt bikes, 217 00:11:37,865 --> 00:11:41,201 we went to the desert and rode until the battery was-- 218 00:11:41,285 --> 00:11:43,704 Like, we literally limped the bikes back to the truck. 219 00:11:43,787 --> 00:11:46,164 And I was like, "Oh, I thought we'd have some more juice." 220 00:11:51,211 --> 00:11:52,629 [Ewan] Oh, yeah, it's cool. So cool. 221 00:11:53,213 --> 00:11:54,339 Beautifully made, isn't it? 222 00:11:54,423 --> 00:11:57,593 These are just an absolute engineering feat. 223 00:11:57,676 --> 00:11:59,928 I mean, that's why this is gonna be so tough for you guys, 224 00:12:00,012 --> 00:12:03,974 because the best bikes out there, you have a 72-mile range. 225 00:12:04,474 --> 00:12:06,977 We're gonna get 70 miles at best, you think, on anything? 226 00:12:07,060 --> 00:12:08,061 Yeah. 227 00:12:14,359 --> 00:12:15,903 I think it doesn't sound too good. 228 00:12:15,986 --> 00:12:17,696 -[Charley] It doesn't sound good, does it? -No. 229 00:12:19,865 --> 00:12:21,366 And he's saying 70 miles. 230 00:12:21,450 --> 00:12:23,785 -On anything. -On anything. Yeah. 231 00:12:23,869 --> 00:12:28,540 I think at that range, if we're having to achieve 160 to 180 miles a day, 232 00:12:28,624 --> 00:12:31,710 you're looking at charging twice-- twice during the day. 233 00:12:31,793 --> 00:12:35,255 -Not just a lunchtime charge, but that's-- -And that sucks up hours. 234 00:12:35,339 --> 00:12:39,885 And if you've only got house electrics, you've not got fast-charge electrics, 235 00:12:40,677 --> 00:12:42,346 there's not enough hours in the day. 236 00:12:45,098 --> 00:12:48,185 Let's go-- Let's go and get into it a bit more. Here's the boys. 237 00:12:48,268 --> 00:12:50,103 -Hey, guys. -All right, lads? 238 00:12:51,063 --> 00:12:53,232 -How's it going? Looks amazing. -How are you, Russ? 239 00:12:53,315 --> 00:12:56,777 We all would love to do this trip from the tip of South America 240 00:12:56,860 --> 00:13:00,155 to Los Angeles on electric bikes. We all agreed that we'd like to try. 241 00:13:00,239 --> 00:13:03,367 But essentially, whatever we do, 242 00:13:03,450 --> 00:13:06,245 we're not gonna get away from this 70 miles. 243 00:13:06,328 --> 00:13:09,164 I feel a little-- I'm feeling a little deflated by it. 244 00:13:09,248 --> 00:13:11,041 You really want to do something 245 00:13:11,124 --> 00:13:14,419 that people who know a little something think you can't do. 246 00:13:14,503 --> 00:13:15,504 -Yes. -Right? 247 00:13:15,587 --> 00:13:17,798 None of us watched Evel Knievel jump the Snake River 248 00:13:17,881 --> 00:13:19,758 'cause we all thought he was gonna make it. 249 00:13:20,300 --> 00:13:24,221 You know, attraction to me is, you know, as just an electrical, you know, guy, 250 00:13:24,304 --> 00:13:26,890 like, "Oh, my God. These guys are gonna try and do something 251 00:13:26,974 --> 00:13:29,768 that I think is impossible." And so, you know, just basically-- 252 00:13:29,852 --> 00:13:32,187 Well, that's encouraging. Thank you very much. 253 00:13:32,271 --> 00:13:33,605 [all laugh] 254 00:13:39,027 --> 00:13:41,446 Just to show that it can be done would be great. 255 00:13:42,531 --> 00:13:46,952 But only if it can be done, and our-- and our expectation of 180 miles a day. 256 00:13:47,828 --> 00:13:50,372 How do we do it? How do we literally do it? 257 00:13:50,455 --> 00:13:53,083 [sighs] 258 00:14:14,313 --> 00:14:20,360 [Ewan] We're in Rome, Italy, and we're visiting the, uh, Formula E Grand Prix. 259 00:14:20,444 --> 00:14:21,445 Thank you. 260 00:14:23,780 --> 00:14:27,951 Which is an electric-powered Formula One type car race. 261 00:14:29,786 --> 00:14:33,248 Well, we're here with world-famous actor, Ewan McGregor. 262 00:14:33,999 --> 00:14:37,294 How do you see the development of electric racing? 263 00:14:37,377 --> 00:14:39,379 I think it's the future, electric. Of course it is. 264 00:14:40,130 --> 00:14:43,425 I'm just very excited about electric cars, electric motorcycles. 265 00:14:45,344 --> 00:14:47,763 The differences are good. You know, it's silent, 266 00:14:47,846 --> 00:14:49,932 there's no vibration between you and the road. 267 00:14:50,974 --> 00:14:53,644 It's exciting, and I'm just-- for sure, it's the future. 268 00:14:58,732 --> 00:15:01,276 Whoo! Whoo! Whoa! 269 00:15:04,530 --> 00:15:05,531 Let's do it. 270 00:15:11,370 --> 00:15:13,997 We haven't come all the way to Rome just to play with fast cars. 271 00:15:14,081 --> 00:15:16,166 Do you like my windshield? It's like an inch and a half. 272 00:15:16,250 --> 00:15:17,376 -Hi. -Oh, there he is. 273 00:15:17,459 --> 00:15:19,253 -How are you? -How are you? Nice to meet you. 274 00:15:19,670 --> 00:15:22,256 [Ewan] We've come here to meet Max Biaggi, 275 00:15:22,339 --> 00:15:24,216 a six-time motorcycle racing world champion, 276 00:15:24,299 --> 00:15:26,635 to pick his brains about the technology. 277 00:15:26,718 --> 00:15:31,098 We have a project with Gilo. We're gonna tour with electric bike. 278 00:15:31,181 --> 00:15:34,434 The land speed record-- Do you have an image of the motorcycle? 279 00:15:35,060 --> 00:15:36,770 -Long wheelbase as well, doesn't it? -Oh, my God. It's amazing. 280 00:15:36,854 --> 00:15:42,276 Later this year, Max will attempt to break the land speed record on an electric bike. 281 00:15:42,359 --> 00:15:44,319 So, it will be something new for me, 282 00:15:44,403 --> 00:15:47,447 but, of course, I know enough about the speed, 283 00:15:47,531 --> 00:15:50,200 but for me, it's gonna be something challenging. 284 00:15:50,284 --> 00:15:51,577 -Yeah. -And a huge challenge. 285 00:15:51,660 --> 00:15:54,371 And what kind of practicing can you do? Do you just go-- 286 00:15:54,454 --> 00:15:58,584 I have no idea. The first time I do something like this, but I'm very excited. 287 00:15:59,793 --> 00:16:02,212 [Ewan] I think at this stage, it just feels to me like 288 00:16:02,296 --> 00:16:04,256 we're just gonna do it on electric bikes, 289 00:16:04,339 --> 00:16:06,258 and we're just gonna have to try and make it work. 290 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:08,677 And if we get stuck, we get stuck. 291 00:16:09,803 --> 00:16:12,431 It's too exciting now to turn back on. 292 00:16:12,514 --> 00:16:14,808 It's too exciting not to do it on electric. 293 00:16:18,478 --> 00:16:20,772 [Ewan] Seeing Charley climbing into the Formula E car, 294 00:16:20,856 --> 00:16:23,567 I was reminded that it wasn't gonna be just the electric bikes 295 00:16:23,650 --> 00:16:25,444 that were gonna be a challenge to him. 296 00:16:25,527 --> 00:16:27,613 -Falling off too many bikes, is it? -Pretty much. 297 00:16:27,696 --> 00:16:28,697 [Ewan] But his health. 298 00:16:28,780 --> 00:16:30,240 Yeah, you have to try and get your feet in. 299 00:16:30,324 --> 00:16:31,909 That's it. Then you slide in. 300 00:16:31,992 --> 00:16:34,828 [Ewan] He recently had a second serious motorcycle accident 301 00:16:34,912 --> 00:16:36,914 during the early planning for this trip. 302 00:16:42,544 --> 00:16:45,547 -[Russ] How is Charley, Olly? -[Olly] He can't breathe properly. 303 00:16:45,631 --> 00:16:49,426 His lung is collapsed. His blood count isn't good. 304 00:16:50,469 --> 00:16:54,306 They've moved him into intensive care, he's got a swelling around the brain, 305 00:16:54,389 --> 00:16:58,560 and they might have to drill into his skull to let the pressure out. 306 00:16:58,644 --> 00:17:00,687 He's got blood clots on the lung, 307 00:17:00,771 --> 00:17:03,482 and, of course, if they traveled to the brain or the heart, 308 00:17:03,565 --> 00:17:04,900 it could lead to an embolism. 309 00:17:04,983 --> 00:17:07,152 Breathe. There we go. 310 00:17:07,903 --> 00:17:09,279 [Russ] I mean, he could die. 311 00:17:10,446 --> 00:17:12,907 It was a bit of a fright. Could have lost somebody, 312 00:17:12,991 --> 00:17:15,117 and, I mean, it was a pretty horrendous accident. 313 00:17:16,537 --> 00:17:19,957 I think then I certainly reflected upon it and thought, 314 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:23,335 you've got to look after the relationships in your life that are important. 315 00:17:23,417 --> 00:17:26,338 You've got to put energy into them to keep them alive, you know, 316 00:17:26,421 --> 00:17:28,298 and if you don't, you're just-- 317 00:17:28,382 --> 00:17:30,384 you're losing something that's very important. 318 00:17:30,843 --> 00:17:32,094 [sighs] 319 00:17:32,177 --> 00:17:35,347 I felt closer to him after that. I was reaching out to him more, 320 00:17:35,430 --> 00:17:37,474 and, you know, keeping in touch about his rehab. 321 00:17:37,558 --> 00:17:41,520 I'm only just getting off the-- the wheelchair. 322 00:17:41,603 --> 00:17:45,607 [Charley] Other people wanna run again or do whatever, but I wanted to get myself 323 00:17:45,691 --> 00:17:48,151 better enough to get back on a motorbike. 324 00:17:48,235 --> 00:17:51,363 [Ewan] Motorcycles are adventures. It is who he is. 325 00:17:51,446 --> 00:17:53,073 It's what makes him feel alive. 326 00:17:53,824 --> 00:17:59,538 Right. I am gonna get on my motorbike for the first time since my crash. 327 00:18:00,497 --> 00:18:02,833 He talks about people being stuck at the accident 328 00:18:02,916 --> 00:18:05,377 and thinking about what they could have done differently, 329 00:18:05,460 --> 00:18:07,212 what they should have done differently, 330 00:18:07,296 --> 00:18:09,548 and that he's talked himself away from that, 331 00:18:09,631 --> 00:18:12,384 and he's got back into life and moving forward, not looking backwards. 332 00:18:12,467 --> 00:18:14,553 He's quite inspirational in that way, Charley, isn't he? 333 00:18:14,636 --> 00:18:17,556 Pretty good, huh? Oh, my God. 334 00:18:18,390 --> 00:18:19,391 [exhales] 335 00:18:21,101 --> 00:18:22,436 [Charley] I'll get my scooter. 336 00:18:28,609 --> 00:18:30,569 [Ewan] I have to go back to LA for work, 337 00:18:30,652 --> 00:18:34,948 but Charley's been invited to Geneva to test-drive an electric motorcycle. 338 00:18:35,032 --> 00:18:38,493 In fact, it's a Harley-Davidson electric motorcycle. 339 00:18:38,577 --> 00:18:43,165 We're heading off to this little track to-- to have a go on your e-bike. 340 00:18:43,665 --> 00:18:47,127 This is the only one at the moment. So, please don't break it. 341 00:18:47,211 --> 00:18:49,505 -[chuckles] Don't say that. -Um... [chuckles] 342 00:18:51,215 --> 00:18:53,425 [Ewan] It's a prototype street bike 343 00:18:53,509 --> 00:18:56,136 that they reckon could be converted for our adventure. 344 00:18:56,220 --> 00:18:59,139 -Here we go. -Oh, my God. Look at that. Oh! 345 00:18:59,806 --> 00:19:02,768 -It looks totally-- Wow! [chuckles] -And there it is. 346 00:19:02,851 --> 00:19:09,358 Jeez. I didn't-- I didn't expect to feel so happy. You know, so excited about that. 347 00:19:10,192 --> 00:19:13,111 [Charley] This particular bike, this production bike, 348 00:19:13,195 --> 00:19:15,489 no one, other than Harley-Davidson workers, 349 00:19:15,572 --> 00:19:17,115 have ever been on this bike before. 350 00:19:17,199 --> 00:19:18,200 Whew! 351 00:19:18,283 --> 00:19:19,785 Looks incredible. 352 00:19:19,868 --> 00:19:21,453 And he said the classic line. 353 00:19:21,537 --> 00:19:24,998 "This is the only one in the world, so don't crash it." 354 00:19:25,082 --> 00:19:27,835 And it's just like, oh, no! Pressure! 355 00:19:27,918 --> 00:19:29,628 Ewan, I wish you were here. 356 00:19:29,711 --> 00:19:32,089 [rock music playing] 357 00:19:33,090 --> 00:19:34,925 -Okay, here we go. -Enjoy. 358 00:19:41,932 --> 00:19:44,101 It's a incredibly powerful motorcycle, 359 00:19:44,184 --> 00:19:47,145 and he's got it on full power with a slick tire on it. 360 00:19:47,229 --> 00:19:48,605 Cold, slick tire on it. 361 00:19:48,981 --> 00:19:50,524 [music continues] 362 00:19:50,607 --> 00:19:52,776 So I'm a little worried, watching him out there. 363 00:19:53,277 --> 00:19:54,820 [Charley] Whoa, that's slippy. 364 00:19:55,445 --> 00:19:57,281 He just lost the back end. 365 00:19:57,364 --> 00:19:59,616 All right, I'm-- I'm nervous now. Tell you that. 366 00:20:03,412 --> 00:20:05,163 [music ends] 367 00:20:07,416 --> 00:20:08,417 Whoo! 368 00:20:08,500 --> 00:20:11,587 Wow, that back tire's slippy. [chuckles] 369 00:20:11,670 --> 00:20:15,757 Well, what do you think, Charley? You could be going over the Andes on this. 370 00:20:15,841 --> 00:20:18,218 It's an amazing bike. It really is, just amazing. 371 00:20:19,011 --> 00:20:22,389 What I think would be interesting would be to have you work with our engineers 372 00:20:22,472 --> 00:20:25,642 and maybe test it out, and we can just get that configuration right. 373 00:20:25,726 --> 00:20:27,978 Another adventure. Huh? 374 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:30,522 [Ewan] I must admit, I would never have imagined 375 00:20:30,606 --> 00:20:32,774 Harley-Davidson making an electric motorcycle. 376 00:20:32,858 --> 00:20:34,568 I've had a few Harleys over the years, 377 00:20:34,651 --> 00:20:37,362 and I'm excited to see if they can adapt this one for our adventure 378 00:20:37,446 --> 00:20:38,655 with the time that's left. 379 00:20:51,001 --> 00:20:52,252 We're here! 380 00:20:52,336 --> 00:20:53,337 [Ewan] I've come to London 381 00:20:53,420 --> 00:20:55,923 so we can all figure out the day-to-day planning of the trip. 382 00:20:56,882 --> 00:20:58,717 Hey, guys. How's it going? 383 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:01,011 -[Russ] It's going very well. -[Ewan] Oh, hello. 384 00:21:01,887 --> 00:21:03,597 -Perfect. -How are you doing? 385 00:21:03,847 --> 00:21:05,599 -[David] How was the ride? -You look cool. 386 00:21:05,682 --> 00:21:08,393 Yeah, good. It was-- It's hot. 387 00:21:08,477 --> 00:21:10,812 -How was it? -The traffic's crazy today. 388 00:21:10,896 --> 00:21:14,024 -So, listen, guys. That's... -[David] Take a look at it. 389 00:21:14,107 --> 00:21:16,610 Oh, that's it. Well, you sent a picture of this one. 390 00:21:16,693 --> 00:21:17,694 This is 25. 391 00:21:17,778 --> 00:21:18,946 -Thirty-five. -Oh, that's it. 392 00:21:19,029 --> 00:21:20,447 Oh, it's much smarter than this one. 393 00:21:20,531 --> 00:21:21,657 [David, indistinct] 394 00:21:21,740 --> 00:21:23,116 -Is this your one? -No. 395 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:24,701 [laughs] 396 00:21:24,785 --> 00:21:27,120 [Russ] New HQ. London HQ. 397 00:21:27,204 --> 00:21:29,581 We picked up the keys, literally, yesterday. 398 00:21:29,665 --> 00:21:31,333 -That's good. -Pull 'em back. 399 00:21:32,501 --> 00:21:35,128 Is this all the crap that you couldn't fit in your office, is it? 400 00:21:35,212 --> 00:21:38,215 You know what, Charles? Are you-- Did Charles not have lunch? 401 00:21:38,590 --> 00:21:40,843 So many chairs. Let's go. Let's do this. 402 00:21:40,926 --> 00:21:44,263 [Charley] Watch the back on the wall. You're scratching the wall already. 403 00:21:44,346 --> 00:21:46,682 -Oh! -He's lost the, uh, the deposit there now. 404 00:21:46,765 --> 00:21:48,809 -I'm losing my-- You have to follow me. -[Russ] Oh! 405 00:21:48,892 --> 00:21:50,269 -'Cause otherwise... -Ah. 406 00:21:50,352 --> 00:21:51,728 I'm gonna lose my clutches. 407 00:21:52,229 --> 00:21:57,609 Sadly, I managed to break a lot of bones before, um, they decided to move in. 408 00:21:58,861 --> 00:22:01,405 -Oh, it's too heavy for me to carry. -I got it. 409 00:22:01,488 --> 00:22:05,492 -[grunts] Oh, hang on. -Could be from that pouch that he's got. 410 00:22:05,576 --> 00:22:06,785 [laughs] 411 00:22:06,869 --> 00:22:10,163 It's so heavy this thing. How are we gonna get it up there? 412 00:22:10,247 --> 00:22:11,456 Turn it sideways. 413 00:22:11,540 --> 00:22:13,041 It's not going to go through the door. Gotta lift it. 414 00:22:13,125 --> 00:22:15,169 -What'd he say? -[Charley] A bit of effort into it. 415 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. 416 00:22:19,089 --> 00:22:20,424 [Russ laughs] 417 00:22:20,507 --> 00:22:23,177 -This is gonna be a bit tricky. -That side as well then, Russell. 418 00:22:23,260 --> 00:22:24,720 We turn it round like that? 419 00:22:24,803 --> 00:22:25,888 -No. -[Russ] I think... 420 00:22:25,971 --> 00:22:27,014 I think we're stuck. 421 00:22:27,639 --> 00:22:30,267 It's gotta-- It's gotta stand up like we did with the thing. 422 00:22:30,350 --> 00:22:33,937 -[Russ] I think-- go right to the ceiling. -It's not-- It's not gonna go past here. 423 00:22:34,021 --> 00:22:36,273 [Russ] On the left, above your head. That ceiling. 424 00:22:36,356 --> 00:22:38,942 [David] All these legs will come off. I've got the screws right here. Hold on. 425 00:22:39,026 --> 00:22:40,277 [Charley] Why don't you bring it back down? 426 00:22:40,360 --> 00:22:41,195 Hold on. 427 00:22:41,278 --> 00:22:43,655 Okay, one, two, three, shove! 428 00:22:43,739 --> 00:22:46,867 Oh, yes. It's gone round! Ooh, hang on, where am I gonna go? 429 00:22:46,950 --> 00:22:49,077 -[David] Got it! Hey! -Hey! 430 00:22:49,161 --> 00:22:53,248 -Good on ya, mate, it's here. Well done. -All right, mate. Not too bad. 431 00:22:54,791 --> 00:22:55,792 Here we are. 432 00:22:56,585 --> 00:22:59,463 I suppose it's sort of a little bit more like a reality now. 433 00:22:59,546 --> 00:23:01,465 Let me get-- Let me just sort out what we got. 434 00:23:02,299 --> 00:23:04,468 Oh, thank God we've got a caviar spoon. 435 00:23:04,551 --> 00:23:08,222 I mean, what were we gonna do without that? 436 00:23:08,305 --> 00:23:10,474 "Where's the caviar spoon, guys?" 437 00:23:13,393 --> 00:23:14,436 Beauty, mate. 438 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:15,938 -All right, mate. -Thank you, mate. 439 00:23:17,105 --> 00:23:18,649 That looks pretty professional. 440 00:23:18,732 --> 00:23:20,859 Well, professional might be stretching it. 441 00:23:21,652 --> 00:23:26,114 We're available for any sort of decorating, DIY shows, 442 00:23:26,198 --> 00:23:27,950 home improvement, that kinda thing. 443 00:23:28,033 --> 00:23:30,077 As long as they had some maps, we'd be fine. 444 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,538 We do-- [laughs] 445 00:23:33,997 --> 00:23:38,877 The traditional Pan-American Highway route runs from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego. 446 00:23:39,586 --> 00:23:42,506 But we've done most of that northern part in Long Way Round. 447 00:23:44,383 --> 00:23:47,928 So the new plan is to start our trip in the very tip of South America 448 00:23:48,011 --> 00:23:49,263 on September 1st, 449 00:23:49,346 --> 00:23:51,431 and then ride all the way to Los Angeles 450 00:23:51,515 --> 00:23:54,142 in time to spend the Christmas holidays with our families. 451 00:23:54,685 --> 00:23:56,770 So now you wanna head to Cusco. 452 00:23:56,854 --> 00:23:59,439 There's a lot around Cusco. So that's where Machu Picchu is. 453 00:23:59,523 --> 00:24:00,524 Oh, yeah. 454 00:24:00,607 --> 00:24:01,900 Machu Picchu's about here. 455 00:24:01,984 --> 00:24:03,735 You definitely wanna go to the salt flats, right? 456 00:24:03,819 --> 00:24:05,195 Salt lakes. Oh, absolutely. 457 00:24:05,821 --> 00:24:08,782 That's then called Lago de Poopó. 458 00:24:09,408 --> 00:24:13,370 Forty-eight years old and I'm laughing 'cause it says poopo. 459 00:24:13,453 --> 00:24:18,083 We wanna offset our-- our carbon footprint for this journey. 460 00:24:18,166 --> 00:24:20,586 And, um-- so we're gonna do a little scheme here. 461 00:24:20,669 --> 00:24:23,297 It's just in Peru, and it's called Cool Earth. 462 00:24:24,339 --> 00:24:27,843 [Ewan] We're reducing the carbon emissions of our trip, but we want to do more. 463 00:24:28,468 --> 00:24:32,139 Protecting endangered rain forests is critical for the climate and the planet. 464 00:24:32,806 --> 00:24:34,850 So, we're visiting a project in the Amazon 465 00:24:34,933 --> 00:24:37,019 to see how the process works for ourselves. 466 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? 467 00:24:42,983 --> 00:24:44,151 [exhales] 468 00:24:45,736 --> 00:24:49,364 It'll give us a lot of time to talk shite, but... 469 00:24:50,824 --> 00:24:53,493 I don't think I've got enough to say. [chuckles] 470 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. 471 00:24:57,164 --> 00:25:02,044 Mountains and desert and then, you know, just a massive beach holiday all the way, 472 00:25:02,127 --> 00:25:04,671 -all the way, all the way. -[all laugh] 473 00:25:04,755 --> 00:25:06,465 [folk music playing] 474 00:25:08,050 --> 00:25:10,260 [Ewan] Patagonia is such a vast, remote area. 475 00:25:10,344 --> 00:25:14,014 It's over 400,000 square miles of Chile and Argentina. 476 00:25:14,473 --> 00:25:17,601 And we've asked the Argentine Embassy to advise us on charging the bikes. 477 00:25:18,685 --> 00:25:21,396 -This road is very famous. The 40th. -[woman] Road 40th. 478 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:23,315 -Because that's the one-- Yeah. -[Ewan] This one? 479 00:25:23,398 --> 00:25:25,984 The glaciers, the lakes, this is very impressing. 480 00:25:26,068 --> 00:25:28,904 This section here would be very similar to this section here? 481 00:25:28,987 --> 00:25:29,988 -Yes. -Uh, yes. 482 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. 483 00:25:33,742 --> 00:25:35,285 -[Charley] Yeah. -[Ewan] Yes. 484 00:25:35,369 --> 00:25:38,872 [Russ] Just one other thing. Because we're going on electric motorcycles-- 485 00:25:38,956 --> 00:25:39,957 How to charge them? 486 00:25:40,666 --> 00:25:43,252 Think you are-- From here upwards, there's no, uh... 487 00:25:43,335 --> 00:25:44,753 Yeah, this-- this will be problem for that. 488 00:25:47,047 --> 00:25:50,759 When you talk the reality of the electric bikes 489 00:25:50,843 --> 00:25:54,847 and then you look at that map and you just think, you know, hard work. 490 00:25:55,430 --> 00:25:58,934 [Ewan] The only bits that worry me are the big, empty swathes of landscape. 491 00:25:59,017 --> 00:26:00,018 What do we do there? 492 00:26:00,894 --> 00:26:02,396 [rock music playing] 493 00:26:05,941 --> 00:26:09,736 Doing a 13,000-mile trip on an electric motorcycle and filming it 494 00:26:09,820 --> 00:26:11,655 means that we're gonna need a whole team of people 495 00:26:11,738 --> 00:26:13,240 to make that happen. 496 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. 497 00:26:19,246 --> 00:26:22,249 The distances between cities are just too long 498 00:26:22,332 --> 00:26:23,417 for the charging points. 499 00:26:24,668 --> 00:26:27,921 On Long Way Round and Long Way Down, both of those trips we left from London. 500 00:26:28,005 --> 00:26:29,339 The biggest thing for this trip, 501 00:26:29,423 --> 00:26:32,092 which we probably haven't really thought through totally, 502 00:26:32,176 --> 00:26:35,512 is everything's got to be shipped down to the bottom of South America. 503 00:26:35,596 --> 00:26:36,597 And then we start. 504 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:38,015 [rock music continues] 505 00:26:39,474 --> 00:26:42,769 On previous trips, we've had petrol camera vehicles. 506 00:26:42,853 --> 00:26:46,690 We've had camping gear in there, filming equipment, medical equipment. 507 00:26:46,773 --> 00:26:50,527 And we're trying to find an electric equivalent to do the same job. 508 00:26:52,696 --> 00:26:53,947 [music ends] 509 00:26:55,282 --> 00:26:57,576 [David] We're heading to, uh, Plymouth, Michigan. 510 00:26:57,659 --> 00:26:59,661 We're meeting with this company called Rivian. 511 00:26:59,745 --> 00:27:03,832 And Rivian makes the most incredible 512 00:27:03,916 --> 00:27:08,378 all-electric utility adventure, uh, vehicle. 513 00:27:08,462 --> 00:27:09,963 And the thing we've been bumping into, 514 00:27:10,047 --> 00:27:13,675 they aren't really coming to market until 2020, and here we are in 2019. 515 00:27:13,759 --> 00:27:16,553 So, we're gonna meet with them and talk about what's possible 516 00:27:16,637 --> 00:27:17,804 and what's impossible. 517 00:27:17,888 --> 00:27:22,017 And I'm sure, as always, we'll be choosing what's impossible. 518 00:27:29,274 --> 00:27:30,984 It's an old Mitsubishi plant 519 00:27:31,360 --> 00:27:35,656 that they're in the process of converting 2.6 million square feet. 520 00:27:36,657 --> 00:27:38,617 [man] So this is what it used to look like. 521 00:27:41,411 --> 00:27:43,997 This is actual re-prototype to get everything right. 522 00:27:44,081 --> 00:27:46,166 So this is what the whole plant will look like. 523 00:27:47,334 --> 00:27:49,253 The contrast is really striking, huh? 524 00:27:51,088 --> 00:27:53,841 [Russ] Despite being nine months from mass production, 525 00:27:53,924 --> 00:27:58,512 Rivian have actually offered to give us two brand-new prototype pickup trucks. 526 00:27:58,595 --> 00:28:01,014 But the cars they're talking about building for us 527 00:28:01,098 --> 00:28:03,308 are at the moment only made of clay. 528 00:28:03,392 --> 00:28:07,104 And they'll have to be designed to take on every terrain. 529 00:28:07,187 --> 00:28:12,776 We're gonna go through that snow, desert, rocks, mountains, jungles, mud. 530 00:28:12,860 --> 00:28:15,153 I mean, about everything that's on the planet. 531 00:28:15,237 --> 00:28:16,780 -So, is it ready? -It's perfect. 532 00:28:16,864 --> 00:28:19,157 Yeah. That part-- That part's easy. 533 00:28:19,241 --> 00:28:20,492 -That part's easy. Okay. -Yeah. 534 00:28:20,576 --> 00:28:23,453 No, all jokes aside, because we control each wheel with software, 535 00:28:23,537 --> 00:28:28,125 we can make any wheel spin at any speed at any time, um, with any level of torque. 536 00:28:28,208 --> 00:28:30,085 So if we get stuck in the sand, or if Dave does... 537 00:28:30,169 --> 00:28:32,796 -We send torque to the other wheels. -...the car will sort it out. 538 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:33,922 These vehicles are-- 539 00:28:34,006 --> 00:28:37,176 We're creating something that's production representative before the plant's ready. 540 00:28:37,259 --> 00:28:39,052 So we're creating tools earlier than we needed to. 541 00:28:39,136 --> 00:28:40,387 I didn't know about that. 542 00:28:40,470 --> 00:28:44,141 So, you know, that's incredible that you'd even have that level of faith 543 00:28:44,224 --> 00:28:46,602 in what we're trying to do to be part of that. 544 00:28:46,685 --> 00:28:49,563 So, you know, thanks, and we respect that enormously. 545 00:28:49,646 --> 00:28:55,527 This will be the first electric drive from the tip of South America to LA. 546 00:28:55,611 --> 00:28:57,196 -[David] Yeah. -It'll be the first. 547 00:28:57,279 --> 00:28:59,615 So part of that story is we're building-- 548 00:29:00,073 --> 00:29:02,284 we're building infrastructure to support that. 549 00:29:03,702 --> 00:29:05,913 [David] At the moment, there are hardly any charging points 550 00:29:05,996 --> 00:29:08,373 for the majority of the countries we want to ride through, 551 00:29:08,457 --> 00:29:12,503 so Rivian are going to install 150 quick-charging points along our route, 552 00:29:12,586 --> 00:29:14,963 which both the cars and our bikes can use. 553 00:29:16,173 --> 00:29:19,218 So, months in advance, we're building out 554 00:29:19,301 --> 00:29:22,137 this backbone-- this charging backbone. 555 00:29:23,722 --> 00:29:28,018 Super excited. I wasn't yesterday. I thought we still had a ton of problems. 556 00:29:28,101 --> 00:29:30,312 These guys, they've given a solution, 557 00:29:30,395 --> 00:29:32,689 but they can solve our bike problem as well. 558 00:29:41,698 --> 00:29:44,910 We are just about to receive the Harleys. 559 00:29:45,410 --> 00:29:47,579 [Ewan] They've adapted their prototype street bike 560 00:29:47,663 --> 00:29:49,915 and we're hoping it can do the trick for our adventure. 561 00:29:49,998 --> 00:29:52,167 -[Ewan] What's in the box? -[Charley] It's the clutch going in here. 562 00:29:52,251 --> 00:29:53,794 [Ewan] What's in the box, Charley? 563 00:29:54,670 --> 00:29:57,047 Hi, Mark. How are you? Ewan. Nice to see ya. 564 00:29:57,756 --> 00:30:00,968 [Ewan] And now, really, it's the electric Harley or bust. 565 00:30:02,719 --> 00:30:04,096 [Russ] You nervous? 566 00:30:04,179 --> 00:30:05,556 -No, I'm excited. -[Russ] Excited? 567 00:30:05,639 --> 00:30:06,640 Excited. 568 00:30:09,226 --> 00:30:10,644 -Okay, here we go. -Wow, here we go. 569 00:30:10,727 --> 00:30:12,145 [Ewan vocalizes] 570 00:30:13,647 --> 00:30:14,648 Big reveal. 571 00:30:14,731 --> 00:30:16,608 [Charley] Oh, wow! Oh, my God! 572 00:30:16,692 --> 00:30:18,193 [Ewan] Beautiful. God, it looks great. 573 00:30:18,277 --> 00:30:22,030 This is kind of what I think you-- we were all agreed upon, right? 574 00:30:22,114 --> 00:30:25,284 Yeah, yeah. No, wow. I mean, I've forgotten what I'd said. 575 00:30:25,367 --> 00:30:27,828 -Yeah. I was listening. -[chuckles] No, I'm amazed. 576 00:30:28,412 --> 00:30:30,831 We really focused on performance first. 577 00:30:30,914 --> 00:30:32,958 All the roll bars and stuff we're gonna take off for the ride 578 00:30:33,041 --> 00:30:34,084 'cause they're plastic. 579 00:30:34,168 --> 00:30:36,295 Aluminum-made parts will be showing up soon. 580 00:30:36,378 --> 00:30:38,422 'Cause you've already made it look like an adventure bike. 581 00:30:38,505 --> 00:30:41,133 It looks great. Really, you've done a brilliant job. 582 00:30:41,216 --> 00:30:42,926 -It looks great. -Well done. 583 00:30:43,010 --> 00:30:45,554 You know, what was really fun with our team is we took this, 584 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, 585 00:30:49,183 --> 00:30:52,311 "Let's build like a-- a one-off bike, and let's go do something fun." 586 00:30:52,394 --> 00:30:54,897 So, this was a lot of fun for all of us, really. 587 00:30:54,980 --> 00:30:58,734 [Charley] This is the one that you can buy in the shop today, almost, isn't it? 588 00:30:58,817 --> 00:30:59,818 [Glenn] This one. 589 00:31:01,987 --> 00:31:03,572 Wow. That is a big difference. 590 00:31:03,655 --> 00:31:05,616 [Ewan] Totally different geometry, yeah. 591 00:31:05,699 --> 00:31:07,284 -Isn't it nice? -It's much taller. 592 00:31:07,367 --> 00:31:08,452 It's a proper tall bike. 593 00:31:08,535 --> 00:31:11,371 It's a really nice position, yeah. You ride that all day, you could. 594 00:31:11,455 --> 00:31:12,623 -All day long. -Yeah. 595 00:31:12,706 --> 00:31:13,707 [man chuckles] 596 00:31:13,790 --> 00:31:15,876 You know, if it's true it can do 100 miles, 597 00:31:15,959 --> 00:31:18,754 we'd be happy to jump on that bike and go for a long ride. 598 00:31:18,837 --> 00:31:19,838 Okay. 599 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:30,766 [Charley] How's that seat? 600 00:31:30,849 --> 00:31:33,936 [Ewan] Oh, yeah, it feels good. Just the riding position is good. 601 00:31:34,019 --> 00:31:36,355 I think the bars could come back even a bit more. 602 00:31:39,066 --> 00:31:41,735 Quite nice, this, in the corners. It's quite good. 603 00:31:41,818 --> 00:31:43,570 You, you look good on it, Ewan. 604 00:31:43,654 --> 00:31:45,239 [Ewan] This is great. I love this bike. 605 00:31:48,325 --> 00:31:50,536 I'm getting a Harley-Davidson tattoo tonight. 606 00:31:50,619 --> 00:31:54,248 -[Ewan chuckles] -[Charley chuckles] All right! 607 00:31:54,331 --> 00:31:56,875 -How many miles we done? -Seventy-three miles. 608 00:31:56,959 --> 00:31:59,545 Seventy-three miles we've done? 40% left. 609 00:32:00,087 --> 00:32:03,298 -So that's well over 100 miles. Range. -Yeah. 610 00:32:03,382 --> 00:32:05,008 -[Charley chuckles] -Awesome! 611 00:32:05,092 --> 00:32:06,927 I always said we should go electric. 612 00:32:07,010 --> 00:32:09,179 I said it from the very start we should do electric. 613 00:32:09,263 --> 00:32:11,139 -Isn't that what I always said? -I remember that. 614 00:32:11,223 --> 00:32:12,307 Yeah, yeah. 615 00:32:12,391 --> 00:32:15,477 This is my first charging station. Yeah. 616 00:32:15,561 --> 00:32:18,397 [sniffs] Yeah. I'm quite touched. 617 00:32:23,527 --> 00:32:27,364 [Ewan] This looks like an adventure bike, but the problem is it's just a prototype. 618 00:32:27,447 --> 00:32:31,660 Harley now have just ten weeks to build two rock-solid all-terrain bikes 619 00:32:31,743 --> 00:32:34,079 that can survive the 13,000-mile trip. 620 00:32:34,162 --> 00:32:35,247 It's a big ask. 621 00:32:43,338 --> 00:32:45,632 I'm heading back to the London HQ with Charley 622 00:32:45,716 --> 00:32:48,844 to get the rest of the equipment and ourselves prepared for the trip. 623 00:32:48,927 --> 00:32:50,721 So this is kind of the new technical fabric. 624 00:32:50,804 --> 00:32:51,805 Oh, yes, yeah. 625 00:32:51,889 --> 00:32:54,183 I've tried the jeans on and they're like silk. 626 00:32:54,266 --> 00:32:55,726 You can literally get off the bike 627 00:32:55,809 --> 00:32:59,062 and you would never know that you had armor in there. 628 00:32:59,146 --> 00:33:00,522 I like this one. 629 00:33:01,565 --> 00:33:02,983 I really like this one. 630 00:33:04,484 --> 00:33:07,279 And there's one old friend that we just couldn't do this trip without. 631 00:33:07,362 --> 00:33:08,363 There you are. 632 00:33:08,447 --> 00:33:11,950 Right through the last minute, things are still chaotic, 633 00:33:12,034 --> 00:33:17,331 but then experience shows once you are on the trip, somehow it falls into place. 634 00:33:17,414 --> 00:33:19,499 Claudio's back on board, everybody! 635 00:33:19,583 --> 00:33:21,460 [cheering, clapping] 636 00:33:25,506 --> 00:33:26,924 So, we're off to South America, 637 00:33:27,007 --> 00:33:29,676 and neither Charley or I can speak a word of Spanish. 638 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:33,138 We're going to play a game where I don't speak any English, 639 00:33:33,222 --> 00:33:34,556 and we all speak Spanish. 640 00:33:35,724 --> 00:33:37,392 -Hola. -[both] Hola. 641 00:33:40,062 --> 00:33:43,774 -I'm dyslexic. I hate these games. -[Ewan vocalizing] 642 00:33:43,857 --> 00:33:48,529 [both sounding out letters in Spanish] 643 00:33:48,612 --> 00:33:49,780 [speaking Spanish] Muy bien. 644 00:33:50,364 --> 00:33:51,365 Good luck, Charley. 645 00:33:54,826 --> 00:33:58,914 [speaking Spanish] Yo soy actor. Ah, presenta... 646 00:33:58,997 --> 00:33:59,998 [Ana speaking Spanish] Presentador. 647 00:34:00,082 --> 00:34:01,416 [both speaking Spanish] Presentador. 648 00:34:01,500 --> 00:34:02,376 [speaking garbled Spanish] 649 00:34:05,337 --> 00:34:06,463 The trouser. 650 00:34:06,547 --> 00:34:08,215 [both speaks Spanish] Pantalone. 651 00:34:10,092 --> 00:34:11,092 Pantalón. 652 00:34:13,804 --> 00:34:16,306 Chair. [speaking garbled Spanish] 653 00:34:16,389 --> 00:34:18,391 -Silla. -Silla. 654 00:34:18,475 --> 00:34:19,976 -La. -[Charley laughs] 655 00:34:20,561 --> 00:34:22,103 -You never know. -[speaking Spanish] 656 00:34:22,187 --> 00:34:23,605 -You never know. 657 00:34:23,688 --> 00:34:25,983 -If in doubt... -Stick an "as" on the end of it. 658 00:34:26,692 --> 00:34:30,654 It was the first lesson that I've had in my 52 years that I enjoyed. 659 00:34:30,737 --> 00:34:32,406 [rock music playing] 660 00:34:43,500 --> 00:34:46,085 We are heading to Rivian 661 00:34:46,170 --> 00:34:50,591 to see how the construction of these electric vehicles is going... 662 00:34:51,632 --> 00:34:56,179 and to see how far they've put the charging infrastructure in place. 663 00:34:56,263 --> 00:34:58,140 They've gotta be almost finished. 664 00:35:02,269 --> 00:35:05,898 [David] Due to the time it takes to test and make an SUV actually road-legal, 665 00:35:05,981 --> 00:35:09,443 Rivian must have the first car ready to drive in just two weeks. 666 00:35:10,611 --> 00:35:11,612 This is it. 667 00:35:14,823 --> 00:35:17,910 [Russ] Wow. That's still just the body shell, guys. 668 00:35:24,958 --> 00:35:26,919 What is it, the 002? 669 00:35:27,002 --> 00:35:29,546 [indistinct] ...from this to a finished car. 670 00:35:31,381 --> 00:35:33,300 Yeah, so I can put more people on it. 671 00:35:33,383 --> 00:35:35,260 No, I love your optimism. 672 00:35:37,888 --> 00:35:40,807 That-- That's gonna be ready in two weeks. 673 00:35:41,975 --> 00:35:43,393 -All right. -Well-- 674 00:35:46,271 --> 00:35:48,857 -Are you ready to see vehicle 001? -Let's go see it. Yeah. 675 00:35:49,858 --> 00:35:52,194 [Russ] The big reveal. This is Dave's car. 676 00:35:53,779 --> 00:35:55,280 001. 677 00:35:55,364 --> 00:35:59,034 [man] The first-ever VIN Rivian vehicle. 678 00:36:07,751 --> 00:36:09,419 I mean, it's just too much, right? 679 00:36:10,796 --> 00:36:14,758 [Russ] I thought it might be further down the track. There's a lot to do. 680 00:36:14,842 --> 00:36:18,387 All the electrics are still yet to be put in, 681 00:36:18,470 --> 00:36:21,974 and with two weeks to go, got quite a lot to do. 682 00:36:23,934 --> 00:36:26,812 What an undertaking to build not just two brand-new cars, 683 00:36:26,895 --> 00:36:30,148 but two cars with a technology that didn't exist before. 684 00:36:30,232 --> 00:36:32,150 They've never built anything this quickly before, 685 00:36:32,234 --> 00:36:33,986 and they proudly admit it. 686 00:36:34,069 --> 00:36:35,904 How's the charging network going in? 687 00:36:35,988 --> 00:36:39,533 So, uh, that's a huge build-out for us. 688 00:36:41,493 --> 00:36:45,581 We have begun selecting sites. We have begun building those out. 689 00:36:45,664 --> 00:36:50,294 Um, as we speak, chargers are getting shipped down to South America, 690 00:36:50,377 --> 00:36:54,423 and, uh, probably next week, early next week, they'll start installing them. 691 00:36:54,506 --> 00:36:57,301 Because that really is-- That's the fundamental thing. 692 00:37:01,138 --> 00:37:04,349 Without 12,000 miles of charging in place... 693 00:37:05,475 --> 00:37:07,853 we won't get to the end. It's as simple as that. 694 00:37:22,201 --> 00:37:24,995 Yeah, so one, one. Okay, yeah, so... 695 00:37:25,078 --> 00:37:28,165 We're split now between America and the UK. 696 00:37:28,832 --> 00:37:31,752 You know, we're doing all of the production work over here, 697 00:37:32,336 --> 00:37:35,005 and then the cars and bikes being prepared over there. 698 00:37:36,757 --> 00:37:39,968 Dave, have you seen the pictures of the snow down on Route 40? 699 00:37:40,761 --> 00:37:42,304 It looks really bad. 700 00:37:43,972 --> 00:37:47,184 [woman] It's been the heaviest winter... 701 00:37:47,809 --> 00:37:49,853 since 1994. 702 00:37:50,270 --> 00:37:54,608 [man] We need to be prepared for the worst of the worst in order to continue going. 703 00:38:04,743 --> 00:38:08,288 I'm sort of on the border, basically, between Michigan and Ohio. 704 00:38:08,914 --> 00:38:10,541 There's a proving ground here 705 00:38:10,624 --> 00:38:13,210 where they're testing the Rivian for the first time. 706 00:38:14,336 --> 00:38:17,256 It's right there, look! Whoo-hoo! Look at that! 707 00:38:18,173 --> 00:38:21,426 It was never in doubt, right? [chuckles] 708 00:38:22,427 --> 00:38:26,974 Yo, Russell, you're about to see double-oh-one go around the track. 709 00:38:28,475 --> 00:38:29,726 Wow! 710 00:38:29,810 --> 00:38:33,438 Hopefully, that's what it won't look like over the Andes. 711 00:38:33,522 --> 00:38:35,399 No-- [laughing] 712 00:38:36,149 --> 00:38:39,695 You can tow charge them. That's what they're trying to do right now, 713 00:38:39,778 --> 00:38:41,780 is test the tow charging capability. 714 00:38:41,864 --> 00:38:43,574 They are tow charging it for an hour, 715 00:38:43,657 --> 00:38:47,744 and they think one hour of pulling it will give it a half a tank. 716 00:38:51,498 --> 00:38:53,959 -First things first. This is Lindsey. -Hi! 717 00:38:54,042 --> 00:38:56,086 [Russ] Yeah. How's the car going? 718 00:38:56,170 --> 00:38:59,298 Fantastic. She's just waiting for you. 719 00:39:00,674 --> 00:39:03,969 It is finished. We're rolling. Four wheels spinning. 720 00:39:04,052 --> 00:39:05,804 [Russ] How exciting is that! 721 00:39:05,888 --> 00:39:09,016 It is extremely exciting. It's a good way to end the Friday. 722 00:39:09,933 --> 00:39:11,727 Let's go to South America, right? 723 00:39:11,810 --> 00:39:14,980 Are we in danger of saying Long Way Up is actually happening? 724 00:39:17,816 --> 00:39:20,235 -[Charley] Very nicely done. -[Ewan chuckles] Thanks. 725 00:39:20,319 --> 00:39:22,571 And you got-- God, you got great nails. 726 00:39:22,654 --> 00:39:25,073 My little one and I were doing our toenails the other day, 727 00:39:25,157 --> 00:39:27,534 and she decided to do mine blue to match my bike. 728 00:39:27,618 --> 00:39:29,244 [Ewan laughs] 729 00:39:29,328 --> 00:39:31,455 They're supposed to be my lucky trip toenails, 730 00:39:31,538 --> 00:39:35,584 and I don't know that I wanna do the motorcycle trip with blue toenails. 731 00:39:35,667 --> 00:39:38,295 I told Anouk, right, eight. I said, "I don't know what to do 732 00:39:38,378 --> 00:39:40,714 'cause I feel like if I take it off, it's bad luck." 733 00:39:40,797 --> 00:39:44,134 She went, "It's gonna be cold, isn't it?" Uh, at first I went, "Yeah." 734 00:39:44,218 --> 00:39:46,929 She said, "Well, you fool, you're gonna be wearing boots all the time. 735 00:39:47,012 --> 00:39:49,389 -No one's gonna see them anyway." -That's a good point. 736 00:39:49,973 --> 00:39:51,558 So how are you, uh-- 737 00:39:51,642 --> 00:39:52,726 I've just been back, yeah, 738 00:39:52,809 --> 00:39:53,936 I've said goodbye to everybody this morning, 739 00:39:54,019 --> 00:39:56,230 so I've just been battling that all day long. 740 00:39:56,313 --> 00:39:58,649 Yeah. Oh, what, now you're here on your own? 741 00:39:58,732 --> 00:39:59,733 -Yeah. -So it's like, 742 00:39:59,816 --> 00:40:01,944 so it's from-- suddenly from everybody to... 743 00:40:02,027 --> 00:40:03,654 Yeah, just a-- yeah. 744 00:40:03,737 --> 00:40:05,572 I just feel a bit down in the dumps. 745 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. 746 00:40:12,079 --> 00:40:13,914 I know. It's difficult, isn't it? 747 00:40:18,252 --> 00:40:19,837 Look at Ushuaia. 748 00:40:21,129 --> 00:40:24,091 -It's snowing, uh, today. -[snickers] 749 00:40:24,758 --> 00:40:26,051 It gets up to about three. 750 00:40:26,510 --> 00:40:28,554 No one's seeing my toenails for a while, are they? 751 00:40:28,637 --> 00:40:31,849 Look, and every day except Friday, it's snowing. 752 00:40:43,068 --> 00:40:46,113 We're in Milwaukee. We're gonna go and see our trip bikes. 753 00:40:47,406 --> 00:40:49,199 See-- For the first time, I think. 754 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, 755 00:40:53,704 --> 00:40:57,124 but this is us going to visit the bikes we'll actually ride on the trip. 756 00:40:59,334 --> 00:41:00,377 [Charley] Oh, my God. 757 00:41:00,460 --> 00:41:02,337 [man] When you look around the corner, you'll see the bikes. 758 00:41:02,421 --> 00:41:03,422 [Charley] Wow. 759 00:41:04,256 --> 00:41:06,425 Wow, guys. [gasps] 760 00:41:06,508 --> 00:41:08,927 That's a new suspension on the back you-- you've done as well. 761 00:41:09,011 --> 00:41:11,096 We kind of redesigned that whole back end of the bike. 762 00:41:11,180 --> 00:41:12,723 -It'll look more adventure touring. -Yeah. 763 00:41:12,806 --> 00:41:16,018 We also went through an entire suspension tuning event on this for an entire week, 764 00:41:16,101 --> 00:41:18,187 getting the bike dialed in for just this platform. 765 00:41:18,270 --> 00:41:19,271 [Ewan] Amazing. Wow. 766 00:41:19,354 --> 00:41:21,356 So it's a pretty nice setup as it is right now. 767 00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:22,858 It's good, isn't it? 768 00:41:22,941 --> 00:41:24,776 You beefed these up a little bit as well. 769 00:41:24,860 --> 00:41:26,403 -We did and brought 'em outward. -Yeah. 770 00:41:26,486 --> 00:41:29,531 So, we've made some new brackets so that it truly does protect some more. 771 00:41:29,615 --> 00:41:30,782 Yeah. No, that's fantastic. 772 00:41:30,866 --> 00:41:33,327 So we've added the bash plate on the bottom 773 00:41:33,410 --> 00:41:36,288 so that you guys are protecting all the key components of... 774 00:41:36,371 --> 00:41:37,497 [both] Of the engine. 775 00:41:37,581 --> 00:41:40,792 God, you guys really did listen. That was amazing. 776 00:41:40,876 --> 00:41:43,921 Thank you so much, all of you, for doing such an amazing amount of work. 777 00:41:44,004 --> 00:41:46,381 -They did listen... to me. -[indistinct] 778 00:41:46,465 --> 00:41:48,217 -I see. Just a little bit here. -Yeah. 779 00:41:48,300 --> 00:41:50,802 -That's just getting painted right now. -Okay. Just can't wait to ride them. 780 00:41:50,886 --> 00:41:51,803 Let's do it. 781 00:41:52,930 --> 00:41:55,432 I know Ewan and Charley love the bikes, that's the key, 782 00:41:55,516 --> 00:41:58,143 but they've gotta ride 'em first, you know, to really know. 783 00:41:58,227 --> 00:41:59,394 [rock music playing] 784 00:41:59,478 --> 00:42:00,479 [Ewan] Whoo-hoo! 785 00:42:01,897 --> 00:42:02,898 [Charley] Oh, my God! 786 00:42:04,316 --> 00:42:05,692 That's beautiful. 787 00:42:08,445 --> 00:42:10,572 Wow, that feels enormously delicious. 788 00:42:10,656 --> 00:42:13,116 [Ewan] Oh, they're gorgeous, yeah. Really, really good. 789 00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:15,744 [Charley] Over those bumps it handles beautifully, doesn't it? 790 00:42:15,827 --> 00:42:17,746 [Ewan] It feels so confidence inspiring. 791 00:42:17,829 --> 00:42:18,830 [Charley] Awesome. 792 00:42:20,123 --> 00:42:21,333 I really do like it. 793 00:42:23,001 --> 00:42:26,547 -Oh, my God, Charley! [laughs] -[Charley laughs] 794 00:42:26,630 --> 00:42:30,259 -We are so... there. It's unbelievable. -[Ewan] Oh, my God. 795 00:42:30,342 --> 00:42:32,094 Absolutely perfect. 796 00:42:32,803 --> 00:42:34,304 Just so lucky. 797 00:42:35,264 --> 00:42:39,560 Oh, my God. I really like my bike. That's it, I'm in love. 798 00:42:45,649 --> 00:42:47,067 [Charley] Wow, guys. 799 00:42:47,150 --> 00:42:48,694 [Ewan] That's it. Brilliant. 800 00:42:48,777 --> 00:42:50,112 [sighs] 801 00:42:50,195 --> 00:42:53,073 It's a real relief. The whole thing is just awesome. 802 00:42:53,156 --> 00:42:56,076 All we need to do now is to get them to South America and get going. 803 00:42:56,159 --> 00:42:57,160 [laughs] 804 00:42:57,244 --> 00:42:59,705 Obviously, you know we're Harley-Davidson, 805 00:42:59,788 --> 00:43:01,164 so we have a lot of work on our platter. 806 00:43:01,248 --> 00:43:04,793 So, every one of these guys that have done this has just been volunteer time. 807 00:43:04,877 --> 00:43:09,047 So, they do it evenings. They haven't stopped their everyday job at all. 808 00:43:09,131 --> 00:43:12,050 -Period. Nothing. -I never even asked you that. 809 00:43:12,134 --> 00:43:14,928 Oh, yeah. Yeah. It's all-- It's all after-hours kinda stuff. 810 00:43:15,012 --> 00:43:16,638 -Oh, yeah. Yeah. -Shit. 811 00:43:17,389 --> 00:43:19,975 So, they love this stuff. That's our hobby. Yeah. 812 00:43:20,058 --> 00:43:21,518 -Thank you ever so much. -No problem. 813 00:43:21,602 --> 00:43:22,728 Really, thank you so much. 814 00:43:23,604 --> 00:43:24,855 [chuckling] Oh, my God. 815 00:43:24,938 --> 00:43:26,982 These are certainly ready to deal with the terrain. 816 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? 817 00:43:32,196 --> 00:43:34,031 [chattering] 818 00:43:34,114 --> 00:43:36,992 So, the only thing we're missing right now is the brush guard. 819 00:43:37,075 --> 00:43:39,077 Those will be in on tomorrow or Thursday. 820 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. 821 00:43:42,372 --> 00:43:44,666 The next time we see them will be in South America, yes? 822 00:43:44,750 --> 00:43:45,751 Well, yeah. 823 00:43:45,834 --> 00:43:47,002 -Way down there. -Tip of Argentina. 824 00:43:47,085 --> 00:43:48,086 [both] Yeah. 825 00:43:48,170 --> 00:43:50,172 -Yeah. -God. 826 00:43:50,255 --> 00:43:51,924 -In the snowpack. -Oh, my God. 827 00:43:52,007 --> 00:43:53,217 [all laugh] 828 00:43:55,802 --> 00:44:00,015 [Ewan] Charley and I are leaving from LA, and the bikes and cars from Detroit, 829 00:44:00,098 --> 00:44:02,017 and the filming team from London, 830 00:44:02,100 --> 00:44:04,561 all trying to get to Ushuaia on time for the start, 831 00:44:04,645 --> 00:44:07,481 and all because we wanted to call it Long Way Up. 832 00:44:08,482 --> 00:44:10,484 [chattering] 833 00:44:11,568 --> 00:44:14,071 First success. We're all down here, all the kit's here. 834 00:44:16,532 --> 00:44:17,908 Jesus Christ! 835 00:44:20,661 --> 00:44:23,622 [Russ] This is how Long Way Up starts, in a blizzard. 836 00:44:33,674 --> 00:44:36,218 [Ewan] The scenery out the window was amazing. 837 00:44:36,301 --> 00:44:40,055 There were just, like, mountains and snow on top of the mountains, 838 00:44:40,138 --> 00:44:42,641 and oh, my God, it looked so cold. 839 00:44:48,313 --> 00:44:51,233 And then you come round a corner, and then there's Ushuaia. 840 00:44:51,316 --> 00:44:53,527 [flight attendant, indistinct] 841 00:44:54,570 --> 00:44:57,197 I just wonder how we're gonna start the trip with this weather.