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Ewan and Charley Ride again - Long Way up

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    #62
    Blondie919
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,454 ✭✭✭Blondie919


    iwillhtfu wrote: »
    Who needs a 125 :D

    100 times more adventure and a miniscule budget in comparison and what a cool little bike. :) Many more channels like it on youtube.

    https://www.youtube.com/c/c90adventures/videos

    Thanks for the suggestion. I'm only halfway through the first episode but I'm hooked already.


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    #63
    omerin
    Registered Users Posts: 1,460 ✭✭✭omerin


    First 2 or 3 episodes were good, then went a bit flat. Bit of a money making exercise, neither had been in contact with each other for years it appears. WTF was the bus about, for me it really killed the series, what a cop out. Too much filler. It put a smile on my face every time someone didn't recognise who McGregor was

    They appear to have had some input into the clothing, if you have about €2.5k lying around you can buy yourself the jacket and pants they used in the series :pac:

    https://www.urbanrider.co.uk/belstaff-long-way-up-trousers-dark-sand.html

    https://www.urbanrider.co.uk/belstaff-long-way-up-jacket-dark-sand.html


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    #64
    spiggotpaddy
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    Anyone get the impression when they "repaired " the harley , they stripped it down for the cameras and then took another one out of a crate.


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    #65
    D3V!L
    Registered Users Posts: 2,923 ✭✭✭D3V!L


    spiggotpaddy wrote: »
    Anyone get the impression when they "repaired " the harley , they stripped it down for the cameras and then took another one out of a crate.

    My missus said that. She was paying more attention to the show than me.

    I found the whole thing very contrived. It was more of a guided tour than an adventure.


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    #66
    LLewellen Farquarson
    Registered Users Posts: 407 ✭✭LLewellen Farquarson


    I finally (16 years later) started watching The Long Way Round.
    I found it pretty good telly, probably because it's the first and more "real".

    But now I'm watching C90 adventures (from a recommendation here) and what a blast! That guy and his girlfriend knock the two lads into a cocked hat.
    Tenting in -35 and riding in -20. 😬

    Don't know if I'll watch TLWD or TLWU.


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    #67
    GBX
    Registered Users Posts: 11,900 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    Handy doing these treks when your minted and backed up by big brand sponsorship. Definitely more enjoyable watching ordinary folks try their hand with limited budget and kits. But its something to watch anyway :)


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    #68
    H_Lime
    Registered Users Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭H_Lime


    LLewellen Farquarson wrote: »
    I finally (16 years later) started watching The Long Way Round.
    I found it pretty good telly, probably because it's the first and more "real".

    But now I'm watching C90 adventures (from a recommendation here) and what a blast! That guy and his girlfriend knock the two lads into a cocked hat.
    Tenting in -35 and riding in -20. ��

    Don't know if I'll watch TLWD or TLWU.

    Yeh when himself was posing in the mirror with 2.5k worth of belstaff designer gear I reached for the zapper lol.
    C90 adventures are brill eh! I've started rationing them out now as I was binging. I could never do a journey like that, he/they are just so chill about everything lol, I think Id be sweating the details. Like when they said sure we'll go all the to the furthest easterly point, and they were on the West Coast...on c90's:D


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    #69
    LLewellen Farquarson
    Registered Users Posts: 407 ✭✭LLewellen Farquarson


    Yeah, 4000 miles across the Rockies and the Prairie in winter in 6 months on a whim.

    Gotta admire them.

    And the production and delivery/commentary are great.


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    #70
    H_Lime
    Registered Users Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭H_Lime


    LLewellen Farquarson wrote: »
    Yeah, 4000 miles across the Rockies and the Prairie in winter in 6 months on a whim.

    Gotta admire them.

    And the production and delivery/commentary are great.

    When their exped sleeping mats froze and couldn't be inflated I was gobsmacked, that's proper technical gear and they reached its limits. A tough pair and it makes you realise how overly complicated the machines most use for these journies are.


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    #71
    iwillhtfu
    Registered Users Posts: 6,367 ✭✭✭iwillhtfu


    LLewellen Farquarson wrote: »
    I finally (16 years later) started watching The Long Way Round.
    I found it pretty good telly, probably because it's the first and more "real".

    But now I'm watching C90 adventures (from a recommendation here) and what a blast! That guy and his girlfriend knock the two lads into a cocked hat.
    Tenting in -35 and riding in -20. ��

    Don't know if I'll watch TLWD or TLWU.

    If you liked that check out itchy boots also she's from Norway and has done some epic adventures around the world seeing some absolutely epic places and has no support crew, I think she made her money to afford the travelling in mining in Australia. Covid has made ****e of her current plans travelling from South America to Alaska.

    https://www.youtube.com/c/ItchyBoots/featured


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    #72
    H_Lime
    Registered Users Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭H_Lime


    Another goodun is Pedro mota on his trusty Alp. Same sh1t with Corona but he's back on a loaner alp going to Portugal via Netherlands after having left his Alp in Argentina iirc. He's been in some very very remote spots on it!


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    #73
    iwillhtfu
    Registered Users Posts: 6,367 ✭✭✭iwillhtfu


    H_Lime wrote: »
    Another goodun is Pedro mota on his trusty Alp. Same sh1t with Corona but he's back on a loaner alp going to Portugal via Netherlands after having left his Alp in Argentina iirc. He's been in some very very remote spots on it!

    His stuff is pretty epic alright and really highlights how simple bikes are sometimes the best. Also his ability to speak portugese is very handy.


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    #74
    H_Lime
    Registered Users Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭H_Lime


    iwillhtfu wrote: »
    His stuff is pretty epic alright and really highlights how simple bikes are sometimes the best. Also his ability to speak portugese is very handy.
    I'd be found dead starved in some of the places he's been. Like when he had to abandon his Alp and walk to some town in the middle of no place as he was stuck when roads had washed out. Again, an uber chill dude who just rolls with the punches, shrugs n gets along with it. He had an interesting episode with the bush mechanics and his improvised c&s!


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    #75
    iwillhtfu
    Registered Users Posts: 6,367 ✭✭✭iwillhtfu


    H_Lime wrote: »
    I'd be found dead starved in some of the places he's been. Like when he had to abandon his Alp and walk to some town in the middle of no place as he was stuck when roads had washed out. Again, an uber chill dude who just rolls with the punches, shrugs n gets along with it. He had an interesting episode with the bush mechanics and his improvised c&s!

    Yeah I remember seeing that one and I think he had picked the bike up a half dozen times before he said enough was enough. It must be hard for those kind of travellers to not just give it a go and keep in mid if it goes pear shaped they're a long way from anywhere and help.


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    #76
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 33,872 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    GBX wrote: »
    Handy doing these treks when your minted and backed up by big brand sponsorship. Definitely more enjoyable watching ordinary folks try their hand with limited budget and kits. But its something to watch anyway :)

    There was one I saw years ago can't remember what it was called, about half a dozen English lads on DRs filmed themselves going right across Russia, think they were the last to do it on gravel before a new road opened. Very good, and no support crew or any of that shíte :)

    Life ain't always empty.



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    #77
    H_Lime
    Registered Users Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭H_Lime


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    There was one I saw years ago can't remember what it was called, about half a dozen English lads on DRs filmed themselves going right across Russia, think they were the last to do it on gravel before a new road opened. Very good, and no support crew or any of that shíte :)

    That was mega, Mondo Enduro/Terra Circa. Hard-core stuff with that lot!!
    While we're here anyone read Dan Walsh's "These are the days that must happen to you"?


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    #78
    dzsfah2xoynme9
    Closed Accounts Posts: 326 ✭✭dzsfah2xoynme9


    Watching LWR, LWD and LWU has made me feel like learning to ride a bike and just pissing off somewhere on a mad road trip..


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    #79
    BobMc
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    the bus finished it for me, the scenery was fantastic but the story was a bit lacklustre


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    #80
    zubair
    Registered Users Posts: 2,459 ✭✭✭zubair


    BobMc wrote: »
    the bus finished it for me, the scenery was fantastic but the story was a bit lacklustre

    Ye, very weak last episode. 50% of it about putting together a bus and then it seemed like they just spent 1 night on it.

    I'm watching S1 again now. Far more interesting and while they had support vehicles they didn't seem as reliant on them.


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    #81
    steamsey
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    zubair wrote: »
    Ye, very weak last episode. 50% of it about putting together a bus and then it seemed like they just spent 1 night on it.

    I'm watching S1 again now. Far more interesting and while they had support vehicles they didn't seem as reliant on them.

    The last episode was essentially pimp my bus and they didn't even get Xzibit. What in the f*ck does pimping a bus have to do with a motorcycle travel show.


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    #82
    Simon201
    Registered Users Posts: 851 ✭✭✭Simon201


    Enjoyed the series in general. Some beautiful scenery and drone shots etc but the last two episodes totally rushed. Like there was almost an episode spent on the drama of getting the bus ready... they must have spent thousands on that bus! And what happened to the Rivians while they went on the bus? And the poor biker cameraman that rode with them most of the way? Did he have to ride his bike through all the dodgy areas!!
    It's like they spent all the time on 9 episodes and someone said ****e we'd better finish this off quick!


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    #83
    zubair
    Registered Users Posts: 2,459 ✭✭✭zubair


    Simon201 wrote: »
    Enjoyed the series in general. Some beautiful scenery and drone shots etc but the last two episodes totally rushed. Like there was almost an episode spent on the drama of getting the bus ready... they must have spent thousands on that bus! And what happened to the Rivians while they went on the bus? And the poor biker cameraman that rode with them most of the way? Did he have to ride his bike through all the dodgy areas!!
    It's like they spent all the time on 9 episodes and someone said ****e we'd better finish this off quick!

    Oh ye, WTF happened to claudio? Poor lad has an awful time. Presumed dead.


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