Greatest motorcycle video I have seen yet. No bullshit, just honest thoughts. I am so tired of the shiny polished content on here and I am very glad to find your channel. Very cool
This is a solid story, dude. Im envious of not only the opportunity you had but the balls it took to jump into this, head first. Way to turn a challenge into growth.
MATE YOU DID THE BEST THING FOR YOU, SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE YOU WILL LOOK BACK AND REALISE THIS WAS A GREAT DECISION. WELL DONE FOR YOU, KEEP THE VIDS COMING, GREAT LOOKING BIKE.
Your honesty is much appreciated 👍😂, I see that you have a partner in crime (the kitten 😸). Well mate you've gained another subscriber 👍.keep up the good honest videos. Peace out ✌️
next build a chopper and find yourself in North America. Our roads are killer bro definitely worth it.. plus once ur down here we got everything you could possibly need in terms of parts you'll never be stranded for long
Amazing; my only issue? i have 3 dogs making it harder for me to travel. They're just older and haven't been left with strangers before..0:52 gave me a good chuckle haha
Have you tried TrustedHousesitters? I use this as a sitter and it works pretty well anywhere in the world. Might be hard at first, but most animals even rescues, get used to strangers after a bit of time.
Fantastic. Loved this walk through talk through approach and the build looks great man 👏 Lookinh forward to the next chapter. Now off to go fuck myself
"this isnt going to be some overedited video" proceeds to beep out every swear word. No one gaf about ur gf, she prob left you because you didnt have sheets on your bed.
Absolutely not. I'm not saying you should do cleaner edits or change your style. All I'm saying is that's possible to be authentic and have a nice looking, well edited video. I do agree with you about the fact that content itself is more important than form so I wasn't critiquing your choice of style, just your edgy attitude. It's unnecessary but again, you do you
You seem to have an attitude that won't be bothered by this, but just to be nice, my comments are just Observations based on my experience and meant to be helpful (or at least thoughtful): Most of your changes seem to be more cosmetic/appearance oriented. That's fine, I understand lots of people are concerned with appearance, but it can bite you in terms of reliability and safety. Those little turn signals for instance, motorcycles are barely seen from the start, and you want to further obscure things? Just seems counter intuitive to me. And you can keep that loud droning pipe noise, enjoy it right on up to the point you're sick of it (or start to lose hearing, if not both). Been there, done that.... From a practical point, soldering wires is a TERRIBLE practice on vehicles, and especially motorcycles. The reason is that it creates a point that's prone to failure thanks to flexing, which are right where the solder ends and the stranded wire begins. As the copper bends back and forth, it work hardens and eventually snaps... as a few strands do that, it raises the resistance and starts reducing the power that can get through as it turns to heat. Eventually you can find it starts a fire (I've seen this lots, charred/crispy wiring where there are solder joints, including the wires Next to the compromised one). The better solution, which is what you see around the rest of the factory loom, are crimp connectors. I trust you've learned your brake bleeding mistake, just needed more hose going straight up so you have a column of fluid sitting on top of the bleeder when you open/close it. And your kit seems..... sparse? I'm suspect it was inexperience, perhaps coupled with being on a tour with support vehicles or simply not having a photo of everything? Hard to tell, I'm curious how it worked out... Give us an update on how that's changed over the years.
All fair points mate. Maybe in the next videos the build will unfold better once I actually gained more experience. And as far as the toolkit, pretty much the same as what I carry now + more spares cause I'm travelling solo, but never had an issue.
Eddie explained his reasoning for everyting quite honestly, and also admitted beforehand what were mistakes. So... He eventually did an awesome job. Learning by doing. Its easy to criticize an amateur with your experience, but its patronizing as hell, since he admitted a dozen times what where mistakes and what not in hindsight. Gosh.
@@eddiertw Cant wait for the second part. I wish I could afford a triumph. I'm a German motorcycle enthusiast, driving them since I was sixteen. Now doing it again since I live in Costa Rica now, and its the cheapest way for getting me around (and also the most dangerous one, cause they drive like crazy around here), and my wife and kids are using the car. We cant afford a second car... CR is expensive. But I am happy about to be back on a bike again. Its the passion of my life. Maybe someday, when I earned a bit more money, I'll get me a used triumph here that I can work on. I got experience with it and I love how you went to youtube and learned what you needed to do. Thats how I am rolling as well. As I said before, cant wait for the second part
@@larsripplebrook1894 The price was the one thing that surprised me about CR, is this because of the influx of money from North America? Sounds cool man, that landscape is perfect for riding on two wheels. You don't need much money, just pick a bike with parts that can be sourced cheaper locally...
@@eddiertw CR is the most stable and westernlike democracy in Latin America. But everything needs to be imported. I got a bike for $1000 that was assembled in Columbia from chinese parts. But it runs great! The simpler the bike, the more reliable they are. I can fix almost everything on my own, I've done it a lot in my early years in East Germany. So, yeah, thats how im rolling: getting simple things and make 'em work. A triumph tho, would be and is my dream to own one day. Or a russian URAL... I've seen them here. So maybe at some point I get a chance to buy a broken one cheap and piece it back together bit by bit. In the mean time I got my chinese chimera and I am happy with it. Its only 150ccm tho. I watched your first journey part. Awesome. I live practically a couple of hundred Km away from the Pan Americana. One day, man, one day... Im gonna ride this road. With my son. He just doesnt know it yet. :D
