We can't catch a break in Kyrgyzstan || Riding from Sydney to London - EP 22
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- Our bad luck unfortunately continues as we ride our Suzuki DR650 motorcycles through Kyrgyzstan as part of our around the world adventure motorcycle trip.
Having just got down from our mechanical nightmares up near the Tossor Pass, we were hoping for an easy ride as we made our way around Issyk Kul Lake. Although we couldn't seem to catch a break. From leaking forks, more tyre issues, shot steering bearings and ultimately a small crash... Kyrgyzstan is proving to be quite a handful.
Although our spirits were still high. We are riding motorcycles through one of the most beautiful and untouched countries in the world, this is what it is all about!
We did have to resort to some curbside mechanics, or I guess in this instance... bush side mechanics!
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In 2018 we set off from Australia on our Suzuki DR650 motorcycles riding overland to England.
We hope to travel to remote areas riding dirt roads whilst camping and meeting local people along the adventure.
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I've binged this series over the course of 2 days. I can't get enough.
Couple notes I've made about ATW bikes from your trip - probably don't buy a dr650! Don't ride tubes. Tubeless are easier to plug. Maybe bring a tube or two for back up. Friction plates are handy to have. As is duct tape. Carry fork seals. What an adventure you two took.
think you are reaching some invalid conclusions. Off road bikes have spoked wheels because they have greater elasticity in absorbing shocks and will not fracture like cast wheels. With most spoked wheels it is necessary to use tubes (some BMWs excepted). That's the way it works, As a low cost bike DR650s have no direct competitor and have some pluses like having a carb which when you get bad fuel can be easily dismantled and cleaned, Try doing that with an injector!!!!
@@daviddonne7333 I understand - I have a tubeless Africa Twin with spokes. It does have injectors though.
@@daviddonne7333 but you can convert to tubeless tires using the stock spoked wheels though.
Good Lord, you two just cannot get a break. Looking forward to the next one.
I know mate, it was relentless.
Yas!! You guys are back in the editing chair! Before last episode I was worried you’d given up the series. Keen to put the little one to bed tonight so I can live vicariously through you two gents again.
I basically never comment on TH-cam but had to say that this is one of the best travel series I have watched on this site and I've seen alot! Great stuff!
Cheers Patrick, really apprecate your comment and positive feedback. We hope to keep the vids coming and glad you're enjoying them. Feel free to share our channel with anyone else you think would enjoy them.
Next Kyrgyzstan episode will be out later in the week
The algorithms were good to me and now I’ve got a new adventure to follow!
That cliffhanger tho. Jesus christ. 😂😂 Best moto series on youtube 😍👍
Cheers mate, loving the positive comments
"It does not matter if one knows how to fix a tire, it is how often one is willing to do so." ...some unknown Chinese monk!
👍👍👍 i love Kirgisistan 🇰🇬👍👍👍
from Germany by bike to Kyrgyzstan is very far and the Pamir Highway is pure adventure 🚴🇰🇬
From Germany to China 🇨🇳 by Bicycle 🚴💪
You guys are doing well considering the issues you have been having. This is after all a adventure. Hopefully you have a good few days ahead. 🇮🇪🇮🇪
Yeah we made the most of it and were handing a good time really. Tajik video should be out soon
@@Northandleftabit well ill be holding thumbs... 😉 The weather seems mixed. Her eits just bene raining for weeks now... Ffs 😂
Awesome 👏
You both have similar energies. So calm and composed through all issues.🙌🏻 Love your videos
Tank breather is blocked I'd say. That's why it works when you breath into the tank.
Amazing editing and two very entertaining positive characters. Keep up the good work :)
Thanks mate,
Tajikistan episode 1 will be out in the next 48hours. Feel free to share our videos with mate or groups you think would like them as that would really help us out
I’m amazed at the resilience of you both… you seem to take all the drama in your stride.
lol. What do you want them to do. Get the helicopter home? They have no choice.
I'm going to binge out on your other videos tonight with a nice whiskey for sure
Ohh nice choice, what whisky did you go for? I hope you enjoyed the rest of the vids, a new one should be out later this week
The best part is when you get over all that bad days and think: "dude, I would do that again..."
that valley camp spot.. what an amazing view...
I have Dr650 also, I love watching your videos, ride safe always! from Philippines
Thats awesome mate, we have both been to the pholippines and love it. You're a lucky man.
What's that saying, if it wasn't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all. However the scenery was fantastic the people are friendly and you've got to love a snickers bar!
Greetings from Santiago Chile….waiting 2 weeks now for customs to release my spare parts, so I feel your pain. Loving the videos - good luck & looking forward to the next update. Cheers 🍻
We love you guys. I dream of the day that I can visit Australia and buy a DRZ400 and cruise the far out lines. Adventure riding is the future!
Do it mate and if you do give us a shout and we might join you. Worst case we can show you sone good trails near sydney.
Glad youre enjoying the channel, feel free to share with mates
Farrr out guys, what a trip, they will be good memories in year to come!
Yeah i love watching them already and will be even better in 20 years time.
@@Northandleftabit where abouts are you guys now?
We have actually finished the trip. We somehow did make it to England but we have lots of footage to edit. I dont think people understand the effort and time involved, we tried doing it on the road but it became near impossible
@@Northandleftabit I was wondering that as there was the clip a while ago with you at a editing desk. You are producing a such great series! I was trying to figure how it was possible to produce such high quality videos on the road. I used to sit down once a week and write my diary, now I have these amazing diary's of the whole ride around the world, but it was such a pain in the arse at the time!
@@exposure3805 well most of the first videos were done on the road but it did become too hard and editing each night rather than actually just enjoying where we were wasnt worth it. Good times
Thanks! And man oh man what a trip!!! The he so much for sharing.
What a cliffhanger 😵. I'm glad nothing serious happened. Looking forward to the next episodes
Good to have some news from you guys
I'm glad you're back on YT too!
Another great video guys! Loving your adventure.
Cheers mate, its no 20 creeks though
@@Northandleftabit not when Milky is part of the crew 😂😂😂
Great video!
A lot of us would love to do what you are doing.... except we don't want the problems.
We don't want bike problems, flat tires, bike eating mud, extreme cold...
But then it wouldn't be an adventure, it would be a nice tour.
Excellent attitude gentlemen!
Looking forward to the rest of your trip and I sure hope things get better for you.
well, I just watched everything in one go....and cliffhanger !!! gotta hit that bell then.
It was all fun until the very end. I really hope that crash left for no injuries. 🤞
Holy smokes this footage is awsome
Ahh shoot! What a place, what an adventure! What amazing dudes! Cliff hanger also!!! So excited about the next episode 🤩 hope you are alright!
Ufff... the head bearings are far worse to have be buggared than the fork seals. Smart choice on the bikes by the way, fancier steeds with USD forks would have been useless start to finish and dumped their oil at the first sign of dust. And don't be too hard on your fuel filter... she did her job it looks like to me! Also, also ... vodka and snickers! Yes please. Enjoying this fellas!
All so true buddy. We had a great time really and we learnt a hell of a lot doing it which was all part of the fun
Vodka and snickers, what more could a body ask for 🤣 great channel lads 👍🏻
So true, its a solid diet
It's been a while, but this is certainly a very welcomed surprise! I really hoped you didn't stop the YT experiment, glad you didn't!
So what I'm going to do is rewatch the entire series, naturally.
that sounds like a great idea, get our views up haha.
We should have the next episode out a week today with any luck.
@@Northandleftabit Well I made it back. Couldn't binge it in one session so I took my time. Enjoyed all of the episodes as if I had seen them for the first time, you guys' just rock.
Fantastic guys!!! Been hoping for another episode!! Amazing channel guys!! Man you guys have had some bad luck..!
Keep them coming boys!
Kudos for being so upbeat in the face of drama! And yes, Issyk Kul lake is bl*dy freezing! Been there…
Totally impressive stuff......just discovered your channel recently so looking forward to watching your journey. Brilliant.
Hello back guys ❤️❤️ were halfway around Africa already ❤️❤️
Thank you for the video, it is awesome
There is a trick with leaking seals. Run a very think piece of plastic between the seal and the fork to clear the dirt out. Often this solves the problem or at least slows the oil loss. Use plastic like a milk bottle, yoghurt pot….
Thanks Michael, yeah he have now learnt this trick and it works really well. Thanks for the heads up though, you live and learn
Man I eat so many snickers in Kyrgyzstan….. 😂
I can't tell if y'all are the two unluckiest people I've seen or the luckiest to be able to survive all this bad luck. Hope your fortunes get better soon!
Ur journey is amazing 🤩🤩✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️
Thanks mate, glad youre enjoying the channel
Love the positive attitudes.
I’ve met some right whinges going around the world as things go wrong.
Outstanding ❤
Cheers mate, the way i looked at it was we knew when we set off there would be issues and we chose to do the trip using our own money so no one was forcing us so get on with it haha.
Dont get me wrong at times it was annoying but we loved it even in the bad times really
Epic music...great editing.
One of my fav channels.
Thanks mate, hope to keep them coming
So glad to see you uploading again, and we LOVED these episodes. I think we just love it when things go wrong, and these had it all. Super useful too. I immediately jumped on the Adventure Bike Australia page and ordered $850 worth of bits, bearings, clutch plates, fork seals... We learn so much from you guys make sure your uploads stay ahead of us!!!
Hi team, yeah please learn from our errors if you can. Some of it was just bad luck too and if you cant find normal oil diesel oil is 110% ok.
Where are you now? We just added a new episiode today so really trying to keep the momentum going
new to the channel ..just subscribed. incredible to see you guys back and the relentless push you guys do on your adventure is mind boggling. kudos.
It has been great fun following your adventure. Had to share that you guys remind me of Robert Vaughn and David McCallum from The Man from UNCLE TV series :)
Hahaha, I remember the trip to the bank in Bishkek. There's a system, don't try and buck the system. Lol.🤣
Kyrgyzstan is so awesome, such a shame you kept having troubles. Awesome channel though for showing the highs and lows of overlanding.
Great effort guys. I just found your channel and subscribed. Fingers crossed your luck changes 👍🏻
Keep em coming. Easy to watch but must have been so much hard work to pull it off. Cheers 🥂
Cheers mate, we hope to keep them coming. Tajikistan pt1 out soon
Ah yes. Encouraged by your determination. Love the spirit. Keep it alive.
You describing every problem is so valuable for me. Thank you ! !
I am sooooooooo happy to see a new video, I watched the playlist in a row and I am totally in love with the adventure ❣
9:35 🤩😍
Yeah was a stunning spot
Thanks for update. I hope he is ok and your bad luck goes away . Looking forward to the next episode.
Glad you are okay James. You scared me at the end. ❤ We hope to see more video’s.
You okes keep dealing with whatever gets thrown at you. Can’t wait to watch these vids with my boys to show them how to handle adversity with absolute class. Thanks for sharing.
So happy to see you finished another video, Jay! I am planning a trip from the Netherlands to Kyrgizstan this spring and I’m really beginning to feel it with the beautiful nature you guys show. Keep up the good work!
Dik plan! Welke route heb je in gedachten? Ik ben er ook zo een aan het plannen
@@CharlieNNNN Ahh wat vet! We gaan via Turkije-Georgië-Armenië-Azerbeidjan en dan met een ferry over de kaspische zee
OMG !! a cliffhanger :)
Welcome back
Fantastic! and very motivating🙂,just curious..do you tip all those wonderful people who feed you along the way...amazing...and love your work.
Awesome, awesome, awesome - glad to see the journey continue - hope you gents have been well.
Pff, you guys dont have it easy, luckily the scenery is amazing. Hope it will get better from here, looking forward to the next episode!
Another great episode. One thing after another but I admire your resilience and maintaining a positive attitude.
What tents did you each have? Any issues with either?
Well that was depressing.. Hope he's alright!
just stumbled across you guys. Loving these videos, you capture such beautiful scenery and the style is relaxed and with some good humor thrown in, even when things aren't going your way, you just carry on. Love the fact that this isn't some polished production, and shows flaws and vulnerability. you got me hooked
Awesome work you guys!! Thank you for going through the effort to document, edit, and share with us. The wife and I have enjoyed every one of your videos. Recently got my wife on her very own lowered DR650 to ride along with mine and we hope to do some of our own RTW adventures once our high schooler has graduated. Your videos provide inspiration!
They call it character building!
Thanks for sharing this video! Loving the series
Faaark, if I was concerned about you before last week you've left us hanging this week.
I hope there were no serious injuries.
I'm looking forward to watching more of your adventure whatever they are; good or bad, long or short.
Next week? Pleeease?
Glad you guys are back! Got a little worried there for awhile. Love the defiant positivity through the rough time!
Glad your back. Great adventure. Great stamina and determination. What a shocking run of bad luck - and some good luck too with the clutch plates! Scenery is just so good, This channel deserves a huge audience. Well done again. Top shelf.
Cheers mate, was testing times but we were loving 90% of it really. Hope to keep the videos coming
I think anyone contemplating a long motorcycle journey outside their own country could learn a lot from following your attitude when faced with obstacles, breakdowns and bureaucracy. You just have to go with the flow and leave your Western mindset at home. I remember the way you handled that accident in Borneo. I thought at the time: "These blokes are not going to buckle, no matter what comes their way. They are open to whatever eventuates and ready to work their way through it.
What an adventure. Not the challenges you wanted but you guys handled like champs.
Resilience is what comes to mind when watching your video! A tubeless conversion could have been a good idea here :)
Entertaining again lads. It's always entertaining. I hope it didn't hurt too much or delay progress. I guess we'll find out soon enough. 🙏🤞
you guys really seem to have some bad luck indeed. looked pretty ruff in the end.. but come on what a cliff hanger.
Im so happy you did not end the episodes like this when you stopped uploading.. that woud have driven us nuts!
Great content from the start!
Will you upload weekly?
Awesome, you're back with the latest video, tough breaks all around for you guys but you overcame them............ then 'this happened'...... who would have thunk it? again excellent editing and commentary. loving this
Hello from Colorado another great video!! I really like it when you have mechanical issues you show how you overcome them. I'm assuming that was diesel fuel in those bottles not diesel oil. People used to drain the oil and fill their car engine with diesel fuel and let it run at idle for a little while and then drain it and refill it with new engine oil. They did this to get rid of engine sludge, this was mostly back in the 1950s & 60s when they used this method to remove the sludge buildup. This is the first time I heard of anyone operating a gas engine with just diesel fuel and no oil for a extended period of time.
Thanks mate, but no surprisingly this is Diesel Engine oil and even more surprisingly the bike ran perfectly on it. Apparently you can do the same with big old Harley Davidsons too, we were very skeptical at first when we read this but had no option so gave it a go.
I don't mean to start an oil debate but diesel oil is fine for motorcycles, and conveniently it's often 15W40. Rotella T4 or Mobil Delvac are what I've been using on my F800GS and XR650R.
No debate at all mate we just had no idea it was an option until we researched it. Great to know now though as the bike ran perfectly.
DR 650 rider here. In North America it is very common to use diesel oil. I use Shell T4 conventional diesel in mine. I hope you guys are using the stock type paper oil filters.
BTW Your ride looks epic. I hope the rest of your journey goes well!
16:47 breakfast of the champions :D
So very very true
Just please do not make us wait too long for the next episode 🙏🙏🙏 I hope the crash wasn't too bad...? Cheers!
Amazing
Thanks mate
You guys rock! Happy travelling
Thanks mate, we hope to keep the episodes coming
Wow what a beautiful country.
Great vid. Amazing scenery!
Yeah the amazing scenery definitely helped battle against our bad luck
love from BANGLADESH.
Thanks for sharing. You guys are making an epic trip. Here are some BFE repairs for places where you can't find parts. Seal the spokes up with Shoe Goo or even silicone sealer, then run tubeless. That would stop all those flats or at least make a simple Tubeless plug only take a few minutes for a flat repair. Almost nothing goes wrong with fork seals. Learn how to clean them on TH-cam. Most neck bearing can be repaired by simply throwing away the ball separator and adding a couple extra ball to the races. Good luck out there.
Copping a floggin guys 🛵 great vid thx for sharing 🦄👍
Yeah it was relentless, not just one problem but many piling up. We kept pressing on though and made the most of it, almost became comical at the end
ATF was used as fork oil for ages. It's available everywhere.
In the end of the video, your friend wanted to rest😂
another banger boys
Thanks mate, hope to keep them coming
I thought I am having bad luck on my trips, but Kirgistan is on a nother level for you guys.
Haha yeah, just kept on beating us down. Was just funny in the end. Where are you riding?
@@Northandleftabit In the End it is always a good story to tell but in the moment it is annoying.
We started with two bikes and were traveling to south-east europe and north africa. We ended up traveling 18.000km together on one bike, a ktm 690 Enduro, because the other bike broke down.
Ohhh man. Now I have to watch the next one! What an adventure, this story just keeps getting more interesting. How many KM's in at this point? Had it just been long enough that all the stuff was starting to fail because of the distance you had gone?
Great job guys and wonderful places! I also traveled to Kyrgyzstan with a Honda crf 250 rally last year and it's absolutely outstanding. Can I ask you which maps do you use in your video and where I can find them? Thanks a lot
Loving this series guys! I had a clutch go on my Dr as well and I couldn’t find many upgraded options for it. Has anyone found anything that is a much better option over stock?