Motorcycle Travel - Expectations and Reality - Live Stream 15.10.23

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A long discussion that might help you make the right decisions!
The topic motorcycle travel expectations and reality because they are always different you know
in this live stream
I would like to discuss a few things that it looks many cannot understand because the expectations and reality
And almost always different almost almost always they are different
I will talk about the idea of motorcycle traveling
Travel all the time or when you really want
Motorcycle choice what motorcycle trips will bring you can you earn money from it?
Why do you travel for yourself or to impress people?
And what will be the reaction of your friends and family while you travel?
So these are the
Topics that i'm going to discuss
Each one of them. We've got some sub questions. And of course as usual with your help your
questions your comments
We all together will try to make a interesting discussion that eventually will help someone who just
started with motorcycle trips or
Want to start with motorcycle trips
Someone who is a little bit confused or not secure
So we all together will try to help these people and eventually they will enjoy the trips
When they started
Anyway, the first thing that I would like to mention now or to discuss now
Is the the basic idea of motorcycle traveling what exactly it is?
Because expectations of many people are wrong. Many people start traveling to become some kind of
youtube gurus or youtube heroes
or to become popular or to
Impress their friends or many many many ladies
But the reality is that no one just remember this no one really cares about your motorcycle trips
so every time when you
Hear someone talking about it. Please let him know
Uh, the idea of motorcycle traveling is very simple to see the world to meet people to explore places
There is nothing about became famous became hero
uh became youtuber or something like that or to
To be more popular in your neighborhood or your friends or anything like this
It is very simple you you travel to see the world to explore different places to meet people
To enjoy your free time or at least this is why I travel
When I start traveling there were no youtube. There were no
Influencers or youtubers whatever you want to name people like like me now at the moment
I was start traveling because I was curious. I wanted to see the world when I was a small kid
My father bought me a big atlas of the world
This big and thick like that and me and my brother was watching this atlas like this
To be honest, I was more interesting on it. My brother was more interesting from technical stuff from like photography
the early days of computers, but I was really focused on this
big atlas
I was opening all of these pages and look at like
I was taking everything like a sponge and I was dreaming that one day I will see this place or that place. I'll be a great
Traveler, this was just my dream and eventually it came to to the reality
After many years and I'm really really thankful and glad to all of this
but I never had even a
That small idea that
Motorcycle traveling will bring me here in this deck now
talking with you and be
Part of this youtube game. So all of this came on a later stage
without any expectations
and without any
How I have to say I never thought about it never ever even for a second
So that's why it's very important for people to understand that expectations and reality are always different
You might expect the best results from your trips, but the reality is different
The trips are just trips. You might like it. You might not
This is the first point the second point that
I would like to discuss is
What you do to travel all the time or when you really want?
because
some people think that
Expectations are that if you travel all the time, it will be great. It will be the best
fun that you might
Always have because if motorcycle trip is good doesn't mean if you travel all the time will be even better
But the reality is different. You might not like it
I for example
Don't want to travel all the time
I like very much traveling
I like to do it
Frequently but not all the time
I've got this idea once in a while many years ago to start traveling around the world and travel maybe about an year around the world
but then after a lot of
calculations and
Different thoughts I came to the plan that it will be better for me easy and maybe more affordable and
Easy to control my business and my family if I travel
Once or twice per year and the rest of the time I spend at home
And i'm so glad that I came to this conclusion because as I said expectations that everything is going to be great
Might be completely different. Not everyone is ready to travel all the time
35 six days per year to be
traveler
Constantly, it's just it's not a not a decision for me
And that's why I decided to travel when I really want and
now I enjoy really really really this because
When I start traveling when I start any trip any new trip, I start with such a passion passion
And I really enjoy it until I don't know until when maybe it will be
Might be a month. Maybe a two maybe a three but on some stage. I just want to stop all of this and go home
and when I
When I have this possibility, it's really
Easy, but when you travel all the time when everything your I don't know your life is just traveling you
You are actually living like a homeless person all the time, and I really don't like this
That's why it's so important to understand. What do you really want?
And don't follow any trends. You don't need to follow any trends because just because one person
Traveling all the time and he or she feel good and she or he can earn money
Or do whatever he or she likes does not mean that you'll be the same
Do your own journey. You don't have to copy people because copy paste not always works
All right. The next point that I would like to touch now is a motorcycle choice
And we discuss this even on this live streams many times this topic motorcycle choice
How important is the motorcycle choice and how wrong motorcycle choice could could put you in a lot of troubles?
How the right motorcycle choice will help you to travel?
More flexible without any problems and so on and so on I talked about it a lot
on the channel in these live streams with all of these with you guys, but
People always got it wrong the expectations usually are that the bigger the better but the reality is exactly the opposite
It's not necessary to have the most powerful motorcycle or the biggest motorcycle to have
Good time or to travel the world
So many people already prove that you can travel with anything include just bicycle or just walking
So the bigger the better is absolutely wrong expectations that the bigger and better it's always better it's wrong reality is exactly the opposite
the
Lighter you are the smaller your motorcycle is the more flexible you'll be and the more you will enjoy your trips and the more
possibilities you will open
because
big heavy and expensive bikes usually
Limit your possibilities on the trip
If you have to choose between a nice track
Dirt track that you can go with light bike and a asphalt road. That's
It's not so interesting. But if you have a heavy and expensive motorcycle, you cannot go on the dirt track
So you have no options. That's why I said it's exactly the opposite
And uh the nonsense the nonsense in the motorcycle travel world now
Everything point people to that direction. Oh, you need this new ktm
You need new bmw 1250 now. We have 1300. Oh, it has this this this this and that feature
Oh, we'll have traction controls cruise control
Cornering abs cornering light. Oh, you cannot travel with all of this. This is just nonsense and madness all of this
uh
it's
Nice for from a marketing point of view very nice for people who for the producers who actually make motorcycles and sell their stuff
But all of this cannot help you at all with your motorcycle trips
And that's why in this number three motorcycle choice is so important to understand this
reality
Right in the beginning. So once again expectations the bigger the better reality
Exactly the opposite. You don't need the most expensive motorcycle to see the world
You need just a motorcycle and will to do it. So this nonsense in the motorcycle travel world
Need to be stopped. We cannot really stop it
But if you understand that if a few people understand that now it will be already a success
Less is more always believe in this. Yes. Absolutely always believe in this less is always more
The less kilograms you have in your luggage
The easier is going to be the less luggage you have the easiest is going to be the lighter
The motorcycle is the easier is going to be always
Because anything you bring with you on the trip on some stage will be a burden
It might be your kilograms in the luggage. It might be the a lot of stuff that you have in your tank bag on your pockets
Everything is going to be a burden. Absolutely agree with this less is more
and
What is this power obsession?
Oh, this motorcycle is too big 50 horsepower. I need more 100 horsepower 120 130 40 50 60
How much more what we're gonna do we're gonna race or what? We're not on the track. It is a trip
For me 50 horsepower
Were more than enough for many years now on the new and I have 73
Even better. Okay, but I don't really need more more than that. 72 free horsepowers are enough for me
To travel with 100 110 20 kilometers per hour
So obsession of of power, I cannot really understand
And the last point that I would like to touch on this number three
This is not a competition why people always always compete with others
If you stay all day on youtube and look for adventures
you'll be depressed because you will find so many people with better adventures than yours or better trips with yours or better possibilities or
Or better destinations or just they make better videos or whatever whatever
So this competition is absolutely nonsense and you don't need it at all
So motorcycle choice once again expectations the bigger and better reality exactly the opposite
and forget about this, uh
Nonsense in the motorcycle travel world forget about power obsession and don't compete it with anyone just do your own stuff
It's that simple and
I really cannot understand why people don't get it. It's so simple, but
It is what it is
All right number four
What motorcycle trips will bring you
Expectations everything reality almost nothing. This is so funny. I really love this
So people expect that if they go on a motorcycle trip, this will be everything that they ever need
The the sky will open to them and they will go into the paradise this is absolutely nonsense
If you have such a big expectations at the end, you will got nothing or as they say
If you ask for everything you'll got nothing. So
uh
What what of course motorcycle trips will give you a lot
But they cannot give you everything and it is wrong to think that one motorcycle trip will solve all of your problems
Motorcycle trips will give you a goal a hobby that will stay for a long time maybe forever
and this is
In my opinion a lot
But this is definitely not everything if you have a problems at home
And you want to travel on the motorcycle to solve your problems. It is not going to happening
if you
Have problems with your wife or your kids and you go on the motorcycle trips to avoid these problems
I can tell you that when you come back
They will be even bigger bigger as they say
The elephant in the room is going to wait for you and it will become even bigger when you come back
So all of this is not
A solution when you have problems at home
They will give you as I said, they will give you a goal a hobby that will stay for a long time. Maybe forever
Motorcycle trips will give you knowledge. They will give you
Geography history geology and even politics
They will give you all of this information knowledge that you can gain just because you travel
and
They're not panacea. They cannot give you everything but they will give you a lot
Motorcycle trips will give you happiness. You will become a better man better husband better brother father friend anything you'll recharge your batteries
and
If we make a conclusion, yes
Expectations are to give you everything but they will give you a lot but not everything
So you have to be a little bit more how I have to say you have to be more
I cannot find the proper words
They will give you a lot but not everything you cannot expect everything from motorcycle trips and the most important don't
over
Don't make this
Huge expectations because you're gonna get nothing at the end
The next point that I would like to discuss can you earn money with the motorcycle trips
Expectations are hell. Yes. Reality is that just a few people are able to earn money
from their motorcycle trips
You might be able but it's not guaranteed. For example, I start to earn some money from my motorcycle trips
but after
I will say
Seven eight years of traveling
and I start earning money from my motorcycle trips because I was just lucky enough to get some
Licky licky situations or lucky co-accidents that bring me to this channel
And to my auditory to you guys and many sponsors and stuff like that
And that's why I start to earn some money from this trip trips. But even so
Uh these money that i'm able to earn from youtube and from my sponsors and from my trips
Are nothing to what you even expect that they are
Yeah, they they help me a lot. But my life here in bulgaria is very cheap
I don't need much here in bulgaria. I've got everything. I don't pay rent
I've got my own motorcycle and properties
So life here is cheap and with the money that I can earn from youtube even that they are not much
I can have a normal normal life and the sponsors sponsors that i've got help me to travel easy without
Messing with my family budget if you understand what I mean, so can you earn money with this?
Some people can some people could earn a lot of money, but they are not that many
Actually, there are a few people from youtube now that earn money from motorcycle trips. Just just a few people
The rest are just giving money or giving their time
It was the same with me. I was traveling for many years paying for all of my trips
Now my trips pay at least partly to my trips, but it is not an easy job
It requires a lot of work a lot of work
As I said, it takes a lot of time and money in advance without any promises
Any promises so you might be able
Might not if the idea of traveling if your idea of traveling is to earn money from your trips forget about it
Better is go and find a job. You'll be better paid
You have to do it for yourself. Not for money. This is definitely
Something that you have to remember it now and forever do it for yourself
Not for money everything you do not not only with motorcycle trips in your life as well
Everything you do need to be done for yourself. Not for money. Not for for anything else
and the the next one that I would like to discuss is
Why do you travel for yourself or to impress people? This is actually partly connected with the first one
expectations is
If I travel now, I will blow their minds. The reality is that
You will only blow your wallet. That's it. As I said in the beginning. No one no one really cares about your trips
and if you believe that if you go on a very dangerous or
Long trip or a nice destination when you come back home
Everyone will want to listen your stories. This is absolutely nonsense. I learned this many many years ago. I travel for many years
When I go somewhere doesn't matter how difficult it was or how interesting or how far it was
When I come back home, no one is scared from my stories. The only people that will like to
listen
Are eventually people who travel like you with motorcycles because your expectations or your information or your
Everything that you have seen it's not
It's not the same and people are not interesting if they're not with the same vehicle like you motorcycles
for example if I share my experience now, uh
With magadan to people to a person who travel with a car or bicycle
This will be absolutely pointless all the experience that i've got all the information will be pointless to this person
maybe a few few moments, but
people don't really care about your
your trips and
Now when I come back, uh, usually when I go to meet some people here and there they usually say oh, this is my friend
He's just been to magadan as always. I always said please man. Don't talk about it
People don't care about my magadan trip or something like that
If anyone want to listen about magadan
Yeah, no problem I can explain to him but there will be just a few people that interesting from your trips so don't
Don't lie yourself that just because you go somewhere and everyone will want to listen at home
It is very true. The only people really interested are those
Who do similar trips on bikes? Yeah, absolutely people who have the same interest as you even my kids never interesting from that way
I've been and they might want to see some picture here and there or a short video not that long
But yeah, this is this is the reality. So don't expect people to care about your trips. They they just don't
Now, for example, i've been to a few meetings since I come back
and one of the meetings in
Latvia, they asked me to make a presentation about the trip and I did it
And people were very interesting and it went very well
But keep in mind that these are motorcyclists people who do adventure trips
And they're really focused on this and maybe the way I explained the stories I I
I explained mostly interesting
Moments, not exactly the whole traveling and they were listening
But i've been asked many times in in local groups here to say about the trip here and there
And I always say I don't want to do it because I know
I know the audience and I know that people won't listen and I don't want to waste my time for people who don't want to
listen
and
Now for example in in the channel if I decided to make a video
I make this video once and I upload it if people watch it
Okay, i'm okay with this but when you need to spend your lifetime with people around you, it's a different story
That's why expectations. I will blow people's mind
Reality, you will only blow your wallet. That's it. No one cares about
your trips
Uh
Don't even think about it that just because you have been on a long trip now you're a hero
No, you're the same person as I said people don't really have any interest and now once again
My example my trip to magadan
If I said to maybe 50 or 60 percent of my friends
That i've been to magadan. They don't know even where is magadan
So what what more to explain to them how they can understand what is to ride hundreds of thousands of kilometers on a motorcycle
uh
Without they never been on a motorcycle. They cannot even understand me
They'll say oh, it's all right. It's all right. Okay. Oh, cool. Cool. That's it. They don't care at all
Uh, just because it is interesting for you does not mean that everyone will be impressed by absolutely
There will be always someone better bigger with better with better and more dangerous trips than you
It's again to the competition that we discussed earlier
And now number seven what will be the reaction of your friends and family once again, I partly already discussed this
Expectations they will love me reality. You will be always the same person for them
No matter you go on the trip or not
If you've been a shitty person
after you come back from the trip, you'll be the same shitty person if you
been a nice man that
People like you and like communications with you
Being on the trip or not
You'll be always the same just because you've been to a nice adventure difficult. Whatever trip you've been does not
Is not going to change in any way
the way
People understand you or interact with your or relations that you have with people. This is very very important to understand it
Forget about it. Even your close friends cannot understand you
Unless they are motorcyclists unless they go to some trips
That they can
They can just be in your shoes for a while
For example now on my trip to magadan. I've got some good friends that also travel
That with these friends I was communicating when I was on the road. I was calling there or after a few days we call each other
There were somewhere I was somewhere we discussed the things important moments and locations and roads and everything
But we're on the trips. We know what it is. We're travelers
We can discuss this information because it is important for us
Maybe next year I will go to his destination or he'll come to this destination. This was important to us
But the friends who are not in this
In this field, they just don't care about
Uh example on my trip to magadan. I told you only the people who travel by motorcycle could eventually understand
Understand what you have done. This is so so important
That's why I said expectations and reality are always always different
And people who don't travel especially with motorcycles. They cannot even understand you
so this is basically my uh
basic idea about everything that I wanted to say now and
Now guys if you have any questions, or if you want to add something on this topic, please do it
So and as I said with your help and with the help of of other people
We can make a night nice discussion
Also, if you have any questions on this topic or a different topic or you you want to ask me anything now is the moment
Please go ahead. I am here for you
chris
Many things on my trips have been quite disappointing compared with how I expected them to be
I only traveled in europe so far, but I have found many european countries to be quite similar. Yes, absolutely
expectations are
It's a funny things
Sometimes you expect so much from a specific country and finally when you go there
You realize that this is not what you have been expecting. Yeah, absolutely. I also got moments like this many
So thank you for adding this chris. This is important information
Yeah
Generally traveling traveling with friends can change your relations with them. Absolutely. This is also very important
I thought about it and I forgot
Yeah, especially on long trips even if you have good friends you might
Destroy your friendships just because you travel together because everyone is different on trips
especially when something is going wrong when
when nothing goes on the way that you planned when the
When you meet moments like this disappointment on the trip
Then the relationships could really screw up
if you travel with a
Your wife for example, it's different story or with passenger
It's a little bit different story because you're like one you're on one motorcycle
Even so might be a problem on some stage
But when you travel with different motorcycles different people, even if you've got very good relations at home
could be a problem when you start traveling together, especially on long trips few days is fine, but
two three weeks months together
It's different. That's why I travel alone now because it's just easy for me to travel alone
Thank you very much for adding this richard
it's
so much
It is actually not so much. It is so
simple everything but
We humans sometimes make it so complicated
Tenery traveler, it's your trip. Don't allow others to dictate you
Traveling on your own you can be selfish. Absolutely. I agree with this
The trip could be only for you because it is for you. It's it's your trip
Explorer do you check the chain tension of your motorcycle on long trips and how do you and do you do it by yourself?
Yeah, absolutely. I am
It's uh something that everyone who has a chain need to do it
I usually know that when I before every trip I change the the chain and sprockets and I know that after at least
Thousand or maybe two thousand kilometers. I have to check it because after you change your
Chain and sprockets in the first 1000 kilometers
They will adjust a little bit and then you have to check the tension and eventually adjust it
and then after 10 000 more kilometers, I have to adjust it as well, but I already travel for many years and I
Sometimes when the chain is loose, I already hear it and or if I visually check it with the finger
I know what exactly the tension is supposed to be for example on my tenure now
I have a specific point where I know that if I put the two fingers over there and there
They are not tight like this. I know that the chain need to be adjusted. So yes, I do it by myself
It's very simple procedure very easy on every motorcycle
It's a little bit different how you have to untighten where to to tight the bolts, but it's easy procedure
Chris the weather can affect the expectations reality
Absolutely agree. It rained most of the second half of my last trip and it makes it a different experience even though
You should expect it really yeah the weather it's something that could screw screw a lot of a lot of trips
When you have a nice sunny day, you have this
Nice mood and everything and when start raining everything go like oh fuck now. I have to stay in the rain again
Yeah, absolutely weather
Weather is it's very important
Yeah, you just had enough and
Went home after three weeks. Yeah, this is this is something that we cannot control
We cannot control the weather. We cannot control
Riding conditions. We can only pray for good weather and luck on the trip
Richard no matter how big is small years is your trip for not allow us to put you down if you're happy
That's good enough
Agree, absolutely. You might be out for one day or for one year
Just be happy man. Enjoy your time. Enjoy your trip and
Be be just happy for every single day, even if you have just a day with nice weather as chris just discussed
Nice weather on the trip. It's like a bliss
Explorer some people say that you have to check the chain tension when you're on the bike with your luggage
That means the second person needs to do it. It is absolutely true
It's not some people say it's exactly what I do when I sit on the bike
I just go like this and and touch the the chain with my left hand and
Because I know how much it's supposed to be this is exactly what I feel if you make it
Too tight when you are not on the bike later when you sit on the bike
Especially with your luggage and put the pressure on the suspension
The change the chain will be even tighter. It is that this is the right way
Sandro first time here. How many kilometers do you usually drive until you make a stop?
uh, yeah
Sandro I usually write two hours or 200 kilometers. Whatever comes first usually are the hours
But it all depends on the situation. This is the this is like a basic rule
But if for example, the weather is too cold or rain or something like that
I might stop even often if the weather is nice
If everything is all right, then I can go even more than that. For example, sometimes if I have a very very
Heavy traffic and I am able to overtake 10 20 50
Trucks it happens now many times in russia
And then two hours are gone
but I know if I stop now all of these trucks will overtake me again and then I have to
To take them again
and that's why I prefer just to write write write and it happens sometimes I wrote for three four five hours before I really stop when
I see that the traffic is now affordable then I can stop but the usual rule that I use is two hours or 200 kilometers
Richard one day
One day we may all meet for a beer and your favorite drink and this will be nice to have this nice meeting
Yeah, I might make something like that
But the problem is that we are all from different locations
But it will be nice to have this meeting meeting point for channel members subscribers from where I might do it
but anyway
Anyone who ever traveled to bulgaria is more than welcome to just give me a call
I'll meet you here in varna. We'll have a nice time. You can come to my place and whatever
Sandro, where do you live in bulgaria? What places you will recommend to visit? I live in varna black sea coast
What places?
The time is not going to be enough enough to tell you all of them
Uh bulgaria is beautiful country
If you ever come to bulgaria, make sure that you plan at least at least 10 days
better two weeks
The best place one of the best places in in the country is rodopi mountain this is uh
south part of bulgaria
close to greece and turkish border
chris
I find uh with most days even though it's not exciting all the time
There is a normal at least one thing that makes the day traveling worthwhile. Absolutely. I agree with this
Every day I have something like a gift
Gift for the day. It might be very difficult. It might be not fun, but always i've got some kind of gift
It might be a nice view or nice moment or nice meal or nice person, but always a gift
Richard help other bikes and bikers in travel if you can the law of karma will be with you when you need
for yourself
Agree, not only bikers
Cars as well
If every time when I see a problem on the road car truck
Whatever bicycle I always stop and offer help
And all of this is only in your favor because as richard said karma will help you after that
Anytime sandro sandro. Where are you you're from?
Is it your first time on the stream? I haven't seen you before that
Now for example when you're talking about karma now, for example
When you leave yakutsk on direction the last part of the road that i've got to magadan the last
The road or bones actually
Over there every time when I was stopped for a while
On the road, it might be just to relax or to check something always someone was stopping with car or trucks
And ask me are you okay? Do you need help? Do you have everything?
This is how the people
Are helping each other in these difficult regions
But I was the same every time when I see car next to the road with flat tire
Or truck with problems. I always stopped and asked do you need help? Can I help you with something?
So this is how how you're supposed to react always when you see people on the road
Explorer do you have experience with but
Let me remove this. This is exactly where I don't need it
With bed bugs during your travel
Bed bugs. Oh, okay. Yeah, I have this experience in morocco many years ago
I don't know what is the english word of uh, these bugs. They just go into the bed
and usually
Sprays for mosquitoes help a little bit, but this is part of the game. You cannot avoid it
Yes, I had this experience before it's a really annoying
Sandro, where are you from? You did not tell me
It's good to have one of these repellent from switzerland, okay
Friend of mine told me that in switzerland. You need your working clothes and pyjama. Nothing else. Is it true?
Because you don't have any time you just need to work and sleep
My pleasure my pleasure
Thanks for your questions as I said in the beginning all of these questions and the answers or
All information that you and me all together provide this will help to the people who will watch this stream
After two days and it might help them to to make some right choices
So this is information for people who will watch the stream after that
Okay. Thank you very much richard as usual. You're here like a like a soldier boom on time
Send my regards to your wife
I'm sure that we're gonna see on the road one day
One way or another
Chris I was in bulgaria the other week but in hiking trip not on the bike. Well, cool. Cool. Cool
Where exactly you have been in bulgaria?
Lovely country. I know it's lovely country. That's why I live here. It's fantastic country. It's not true. Ah
Which is mean sandro. You're lucky man. You're one of the few people who has a free time in switzerland
You know what? They say the free time that we have is the money that we haven't got
The money that we have the the free the money that we have is the free time that we haven't got
In the west in the mountains south of sofia. Okay
How about priorities? I agree
I prefer to have free time than money than money
As I said, i'm not rich man in any way
But I have a lot of friends and I have a lot of free time and I have motorcycle
And I can travel this is more than enough to me. Thank you sandro. You too. Thank you very much for support
Thank you for being my subscriber channel member
Patreon whatever you come from
Thank you very much. When did you say your south america trip will be next winter next december?
I will go to south america not this december now next one
Now december is too soon. I want I wouldn't be able to prepare myself. It will be next year next december
So basically for the next summer
I do not plan any long trips. I might go somewhere for a week or two
But nothing major nothing long
Because in the winter i'll go to south america and it will take a lot of preparations and a lot of money
and eventually
I'll go there and come back without any problems. I also plan to visit brazil
The reason I wanted to visit brazil because many people say that it's dangerous, but I don't believe in this
I would like to see it by myself
Freedom and family. Absolutely. This is a priceless
Freedom and family
Yeah motorcycles there without any questioning. They are
the
The core of freedom you cannot have freedom without motorcycle. It's just impossible in my opinion
What motorcycle you have sandro?
Let me guess probably ktm in switzerland. Yes, chris. I've been to australia
I've been to australia in
2019 australia and new zealand. I did
There are seven states in australia i've been to five of the states. I haven't been to western
Territory northern territory and west australia
But I plan to go again exactly for west australia and northern territories
Wonderful country. I enjoyed very much. It was 2019. I think was here 2019
I was riding kawasaki color 650 over there. It was given to me
Yes, it's a huge country
Luckily for me the motorcycle that I was riding there was given to me this save a lot of time and money
And uh the rest of the trip I did it
very very cheap I I I will I couldn't remember exactly how much but I doubt that I spent more than
I'll say 4 000 euros all together for australia and new zealand
But just because I was given motorcycle
Sandro africa twin. Okay makes sense. Oh for three weeks. Okay brand new
1100 I saw something on the new 1100 africa twin and it surprised me really
Now they use uh from the factory. They use motorex oil 10w60 for africa twin
Is it true with your africa or you have the old model and uh chris for your question how long it was how long not
How much I said how how much?
Uh, you know for how long it took me like three months australia and new zealand
I think I remember your videos now. So I'll look the videos up again. I will ship my tenure over
I went there maybe but I can be expensive. Yes shipping will be expensive and not only expensive. It will take a lot of time
because you need to
To fly over there you need to release this from the customs you need to prepare everything
But if you don't have another option, this will be the only one if you
Rent motorcycle over there will be very expensive. As I said, luckily to me motorcycle was given for free
So this my australian and new zealand trip became very cheap
and if you plan to go to australia, make sure that you include new zealand as well because
They're just one next to another and one advice from me if you want to go to australia going into the
Go into the winter
I was there in the winter
I had some
cold days
But I really wanted to go and see the outback if you want to see the outback in the winter is going to be 15
Degrees in the summer is going to be 50 degrees. You cannot see it
That's why I said if you want to see australia go in the winter
Not in the summer summer will be too hot
And keep in mind that in australia. You can't write early morning. So
Ah, okay. So thank you sandro. So you will be with the normal oils
All right. Thank you very much for information sandro
Sandro don't want to spend more than 10 000 for a bike need the money for trips good decision
You can travel with any bike but you cannot travel without money so this is absolutely correct decision that you have
uh made to take a
Just a affordable bike
I guess for 10 000
Euros, it's supposed to be on low mileage
2019 10 000 euros
Is it big adventure?
Yeah, I always i'm always amazed people spend so much money for motorcycles
And then they don't have money for traveling. It's just nonsense
When you can travel with basically any bike, all right guys
Once again, thank you very much for coming. Thank you very much for supporting the channel. I hope that
Everything is all right with you
We'll meet each other again next week the same time sunday
8 p.m. East european time
The topic of the next live stream. I don't know
We'll find something interesting if you have any ideas, you can always
Tell me we'll try to talk about it
Tomorrow i'll have another video on the channel about uh
Comparison between the old and the new 10 area that i've got now
on uh
Thursday on the second channel. I will have another one episode from my trip to magadan
It is still in europe. But once it's go to russia will be even more interesting
My pleasure chris
Thank you very much chris, thank you very much to all of you guys explorer sandro chris
all of you
Take care and see you next week
ciao
Okay, sandro, it's standard 20 000 kilometers with dst. All right, that's why it's expensive. Okay. Have fun
All of you guys have fun with your trips. Bye. Bye
