What it is really like to ride a motorbike across India - Ep. 11
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2021
- Dodging cows and oncoming trucks - this is what it is really like to overland India
We have successfully finished the trip - luckily we snuck it in before covid hit. This trip is a throwback to March of 2019. A slightly different take on our normal videos. We wanted to show that some days it's not all glits and glamour, the truth is that when doing overland motorcyle trips you are often just putting in long hours and many kms just to get to the next destination. This is one of those days. It does show that even on the long highway days, it is always interesting. India is a fantastic country with lovely people who just want to welcome you to their country. The bikes we are using for this tour are 2 x Suzuki DR650s which were faultless for this overland adventure.
Enjoy
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Your attitude was something towards our people. It was really patient and kind of you.
Thankyou, but we loved every minute and the local people were incredibly nice to use. It was an incredible experience to visit such lovely places
India here! Let me clarify!
What you at for breakfast was PURI sabji, that means it's a kind of a bread, fried in oil, with vegetables or pulses. And the white spongy thing 🤣🤣🤣 my god. Is a sweet (desert) called Rosogolla! Very famous, it's a milk product.
Some Indians say: »You should eat like a king in the morning, like a prince at lunch and like a poor in the evening«. So maybe that was your breakfast as kings 😉
Every time I watch your videos it lifts my spirits. This episode is packed with a few chuckles, and it’s beautiful to see your appreciation for the people of India. Doing great work here gents, please do keep going. For me, this is currently the best and most wholesome thing on CZcams right now.
Hi mate, you have no idea how much messages like yours mean to the both of us. It really does inspire us to keep getting more content out and try grow the channel somehow. The next video will be out on Sunday and should be a good one.Thanks again.
@@NorthandleftabitI think a lot of praise and kindness goes missing in today’s world, so just letting you guys know it’s appreciated and greatly enjoyed. Look forward to the next vid- you’re smashing them out.
I came across you guys a few days ago while searching for world travel on bikes. Ever since I've been binge watching y'all, you guys are having the time of your lives, it is so awesome to watch! Y'all are inspiring me to do something similar in the near future. Thank y'all!
I've watched your vids from the outset and really enjoyed them. These India ones bring back so many memories - I'm loving them. Me and a mate rode Singapore- Malaysia- Thailand - Malaysia- India and then on to London in 1973. We loved India and its people. Those scenes of crowds of people just hanging around, making contact if they had a bit of English, the roadside dhabhas, the great food - it all came flooding back to me. I notice the roads look a lot better, the trucks are way bigger. There were NO articulated vehicles in 1973. The crashed vehicles and broken down trucks left on the road, the cows, goats, tractors towing carts - that was a constant for us too.
I really like your laid back style - very relaxed and contributes greatly to your and the viewers' enjoyment. I normally ride alone but I could ride with you blokes. If you ever get back to Indonesia , get in touch. My wife and I are based in Lombok. Hope to be back there next year. Am stuck in Oz now. Oh, great music too. Cheers and thanks.
Thanks Steven, that's amazing I bet in some ways India hasn't changed at all since 1973 but in the cities like new Delhi it's crazy.
Thanks for feedback, please feel free to let us know if you have any tips on how we could improve and grow the channel.
James
@@Northandleftabit Growing a channel is a bit of an inexact science. I"'ve seen channels with zillions of followers and I just don't understand how because it is often just "Look at me, look at me." They seem to have a lot of sponsors thougj!
You can sometimes get lucky and capture some amazing footage. Ed March got lucky when a tanker he was following flipped on its side..
I guess one of the keys is to have a title that is going to trip all the wires in a search engine. I tell a lot of people about your channel. Cheers
@@andersd8956 Hi Anders. I rode a 1970 Honda CB450 DOHC twin and my mate bought a new Honda CB175 twin in Singapore. Both very good bikes. We had no mechanical problems.
Hiya guys! Just found your channel and watched the video about the bikes and their mods. What an amazing channel! Real gem which i've wished i'd found sooner. Just wanted to say keep going, and take care on your adventures! Cheers from a '94 DR650RSE rider in Holland.
Thanks Christiaan, really glad you're enjoying the channel and great to hear you have a classic DR650 beast. Thanks for your feedback we really appreciate it.
lol about 4 years ago i had 2months and 12000kms of this in India on the 220c bike and i loved it completely... roadside roti and chai and chatting away with the locals was absolutely fantastic. I was 1st in India in 1994 and been back many times since - the entire Indian sub-continent is so cooooooool... great to see you both enjoying your experiences..
Thats would have been awesome back in 1994 then again in some ways I bet nothing has changed haha
@@Northandleftabit Yeah 94 - looks the same in your video but we had no internet so in a way that made it very cool (in retrospect).. we got hassled a little in Gilgit by some very staunch and heavily armed locals and we had no idea who they were etc (started shoving us / pointing rifles at us) looking back they were possibly Mujahadeen.. but I am a kiwi and mate was Oz so we just kept smiling & mentioned famous cricket players and everything chilled quite a bit after that... funny stuff for sure..
@@sweetsweet3753 thats sounds full on and good to know cricket defused it haha
Once again awesome. Now it’s looking like when I was in India in 2019 , crowds and ppl wanting selfies
Hi Mike, yeah never a boring time in India. All the people are so lovely but it can get a bit intense at times, we just tried to have fun and take time to talk to people when we could.
cant believe that there is not more views on this clips! hidden treasure for sure, good stuff
Cheers mate thanks for your support/feedback. If you have any ideas on how we could grow the channel we would love to hear them.
Great channel, you could put "touring" or "solo touring" + country name into the title and description and tags of each video. You will get much more views. Great content deserves more view guys.
Hi mate, thanks for the top tips we hope to grow the channel as much as we can so please give us more feedback you can think of.
We have just realised that our description and naming conventions could better so well try that in the next vid.
love seeing this side of things
Lads this episode was hectic… I loved it! Really got the feel for a day on the bikes! Thanks for sharing 🤙
Great to see how how much you enjoy yourselves. Drive safe guys.
You guys have a great attitude and your love for people shows well.
Thanks for bringing us along for the ride.
Thanks for your comment mate, really inspires us to keep goinf
I have noticed that engaging personalities are key when it comes to the YT channels that appeal to me. You guys are just natural and warm. Great content and videography. 👍🙏
The stares y’all get kills me 😂
Yeah it's great fun but highly awkward haha
Loving your adventures, guys. Thanks for taking the time to share. I’m keen to find out how your riding gear handled the trip and what you chose to wear and why. No doubt, it will be covered in a future episode. Safe riding
Awesome 🎉
Loving the content guys! Keep em coming.
Hi Dave, we hope to get a video out each weekend for as long as we can as the best Is yet to come. Thanks for your support.
Hi guys. One of your best vids so far. Great to see the sights but like to see more of the day to day stuff too. Watched all your vids a couple of times during lockdown. We might be getting out soon but it will depend on the tools that won't do as asked so please keep the vids coming. Our small highlight of the week/ month or whenever it comes out
Hi Stuart, I'm glad you liked it and we hope to smash out a video a week for as long as we can. The next video is about half done and I must admit I think its my favourite yet so fingers crossed you like it.
Hopefully our channel will start to grow abit and we will keep at it.
This was the best video yet :) great job guys!
Thanks mate, strangely this one has some of the lowest views but i like it too
Really enjoyed this!!!! Nice job gents…
Cheers bro
A+ for the music lads!
Cheers mate, its always great when we eventually find a great tune.
Like your videos it’s a Netflix material.
Great story and editing
Hi Mark, thanks for your awesome comment it really does inspire us to keep putting stuff out. I'm not sure about netflix but it would be great to try grow the channel abit more
Randomly came across your video love from India 🇮🇳
Very cool
i hope you keep going well
Thanks mate, we hope to havnt the next video out on Sunday
That watery cake is a very famous dessert in the Country and specially this part of the country ... It's called 'Rasogolla' or 'Rasgulla'.
Thanks mate that's interesting to know. Was really nice
Thank you guys , bout time ..
I see you guys making lot of friends there. Looking forward for the Festival. Actually after I follow your channel, I have this crazy RTW Motorcycle trip as well .. But I don't know how and when. Keep it up guys! You should upload more often .. hahaha
Hi Aldyan, thanks for your support. The holi video will be out on Sunday and it's going to be a fun one. We hope to get a video out a week and hopefully grow the channel somehow.
Please make sure you do a trip it's by far the best thing either of us have ever done
Great Video.....full marks for the audio track 😊
Honestly probably the best RTW vids I've seen, so may out there where protagonists dont actually interact with locals or surroundings, just cramming in miles, unlike your good selves.Planning on leaving myself next year, so good inspiration whilst I'm biding my time. Happy travels guys.
@@andersd8956 we leave beginning of 2024. Now we are shovelling every penny we earn into the war chest and plotting our route!
Great video again! W Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie. Tam też możecie pojechać 😄
You guys deserve a way bigger audience
Thanks mate, yeah I think the CZcams algorithm hates us haha
Good day to you!
I am a senior rider on HONDA Cross Cub from Japan.
I am enjoying camping,touring and upload video.
This is so nice adventure video!
Awesome!
Have a nice day my friend!
Love to see one of those 1200GS guys try and get up those stairs. Love my dr.
Stairs might be ok, I'd be more impressed seeing them trying to weave through the traffic haha
Brilliant ride across INDIA gents! I bought an Enfield and road to leh, ladakh then Assam and finished it off by riding the whole east coast (loved Varanasi as well) to Kanyakumari and then took the bike back to Bombay and sold it...sad panda. Here's to adventures gents! ADV ON!
Absolutely love your videos! Started watching your videos while I was on a bike trip with my friends in the Himalayas and we made it a ritual to end our day by watching one of your videos! 😀
The bread you guys were served is called Puri, and its different from Chapati because it's fried. The curry had potato in it and the spongy sweet was Rasgulla, one of the most famous and loved sweet in eastern part of India.
I’m a bit late to this party but must say, I’m really enjoying watching your travels 👍
The music is perfect.
Yep that’s the real India 🇮🇳
We haven’t got quite as down and dirty as you guys, but yep brings back memories of riding there
Loving the channel lads! Always so happy when another update pops up to watch, and helps get through lockdown with inspiration for moto-trips soon :) I know a guy who did a similar trip on a Honda CRF250L Rally. Were you happy you did it on a 650cc?
Thanks Russell, awesome to hear you're enjoying the channel.
Yeah the 650 I think is a happy medium, when we get to the really hard muddy roads later in the tripwe wanted smaller bikes and on the long highways we would have loved a 1200 but overall the 650cc is great. More importantly we just loved how basic the Dr is as there are only a few things which can really go wrong with it due to the fact the bike design is about 30 years old haha
The bread they served you were the puris. Flaky buttery goodness - yummo
Ha thanks mate, we just loved all if the food over in India.
I cannot believe the incredible amount of people you navigate around at all times. Excellent vlog!
Yeah it's crazy, it does kind of work though which I'd surprising haha
@@Northandleftabit It must feel odd being the center of attention at all times... Is goodnight/goodbye accepted easily?
Will you give over with, "do you want to sit on it" 🤣
Top job lads. It's great to see the vids coming out frequently at the moment, I'm thoroughly enjoying them 👌👍
Haha yeah maybe it is time to cut the comment but we're just messing around. I'm glad you're enjoying the channel though, next vid is a good one and should be out on Sunday
Love you two guys ! Pride 🏳️🌈 !
"We decided to wake up early to skip traffic"
Meanwhile in the background:
*beeep beeep beeeeeeep*
"do you want to sit on it?"
lol
James must be a trainee politition!!!!
Just a idea of video. I know it would not follow the timeline well but I think me and others could be interested in the planification of such a trip. Maybe specifictly on the budget side. Again, Nice to see you both again :)
This is something we will be doing in the near future. We are looking to do a few different planning and preparation kind of videos.
@@Northandleftabit WOW! I'm really exited about that as I'm planning a big trip to Yukon. I'm sure other people too.
Horns. Oh my goodness. That would be a mess. Crazy howany people.
Did you feel unsafe at any time? How about the security of your bikes while you were having breakfast or lunch? I kinda get freaked out by the crowds forming around all the time. I was in India in 2019 and it was fun to be a "Rock Star" with folks wanting their photos with me, but it was typically a family or just a few folks, not the 30+ people you seem to attract at every stop. Love the series, you guys are doing an awesome job! Thanks for sharing.
the "watery sugary cakes" are called roshogolla in Bengali and probably the most common dessert in the region. and what you guys are calling "cake shops"are what we Indians would rather call dessert shops and usually have various Indian desserts, snacks, and yogurt.
Love your channel guys. Planning a similar trip when the world opens up again.
Is this episode 11 or 12?
Hi Darryl, excellent spot.
We hope to get the real episode 12 out this weekend. Thanks for your support
@@Northandleftabit
Thank you guys for providing excellent content, and also showing us would be, or wanta be travelers the reality of life on the road. I'm sure I can say this for everyone watching your channel. Thank you for sharing. Thanks from NZ
@@darryl_mitchell yeah crazy times. It's weird looking back at the footage of just shaking hands with randoms it all seems so foreign now. Anyway next video out on Sunday and hopefully we can start to grow the channel
@@Northandleftabit
Great to hear. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing the next episode.
Due to covid my last 8 week asian motorcycling holiday was canceled.
Since we started our first lockdown last year, I have been working on similar route to you guys so far.
Keep the episodes coming 👍
Welcome to India folks. I know driving can be a pain in India cos the roads are not good, if roads are good then there are cows or wrong side driving but still you are here so welcome. I would like to know the background song which you have played in this video , like the video that song is now hooked in my mind but I can’t find it online. Help needed :)
Watch the ad March trip across India, on his channel called, C 90 adventures. It is extremely entertaining and eye-opening. Among other things, he said he had diarrhea the entire trip across India.
Chai means tea. So, chai tea means tea tea
Haha i never knew that, very funny
Are you guys back in Sydney yet
Hi Rob, yeah we're both back in Australia now.
How do you deal with all the people crowding and staring? is that something you get used to after awhile?
I'm sure how I would manage my emotions and anxiety with that, really bizarre
How do you manage such long days in the saddle?? I always get mentally fatigued as well when the roads are so chaotic
Yep i was exhausted for most of the trip especially in the heat haha You do get used to it though, on our first day after just two hours we felt tired and ached. By the end we could easily do long days with few stops.
Thinking about it though we didn't ride everyday like that and when we went offroad it was alot more enjoyable and not as tiring. The traffic, heat and highways are killer for fatigue
@@Northandleftabit Yeah just the concentration you need in traffic in Asia is exhausting. I actually enjoy the roads in a way, once you figure out the vibe and just go with the flow. But so much happening all the time, coming from every direction. You boys do very well!
Cool, but the trance music is a bit much..
6:13 this is most definitely the saddest moment, tops the Indo's incident.
Edit:
Switched to overlanding couple of years back and I thought having space for cameras, tripod and whatnot would mean now my journeys will be well documented.
But man, am I bad at math.
So thank you thank you thank you for sharing with us your humble spectators.
*grabs popcorn
Haha thanks mate. "Rolling doors" makes perfect sense, we were always too tired to think logically.
Luckily with two of us and having the same bikes we could share carrying alot of the tools and camera gear.
Happy to hear you're enjoying the channel
Lol too many peoples gathered around 😂 Let them Eat Peacefully plz 🙏
They Looking Surprisingly like u guys Aliens 👽
Don't you guys feel like celebrities when strangers are carrying around you
Hahaha would the public in Australia do the same to a "indian man" who travel across Australia?
I know crazy isnt it. We must have said that about 1million times on this trip, we both owe alot back to travellers we might meet in our home countries. Lots of favours to repay.
@@Northandleftabit Hope we all give a good favours to travellers, they will never forget it.
For me a bad experience in Australia, never seems friendly compare Asian countries.
8;16 PEOPLE WACHING YOU THEY THINK YOU AE COMING FROM OTHER PLANET MAYBE MARS OR PLUTO ETC ETC
Rasgulla 4:20
Yep, they deleted the comments from this video but not my thumbs up. I think they are staying now because I delete all of everything but my cookies. They are placing bots on my name what ever you call it. 🙄🙄
Do you guys know India is the largest English speaking country
Hi Himanshu, yeah the further west we got that was definitely the case but in Bihar region alot of people didn't speak English. The people were amazing and lovely though
@@Northandleftabit Great observation. Bihar is struggling a bit with poverty and lack of education, but things are getting better. Loving your vlogs.. I searched for Kyrgystan and that's how I ended up on your channel. Been trying to binge all episodes.
You should upload more less footage 😭😭
dont worry our next video will be available today
India is a bit mad
Ok, it stayed. Pure evil cancel culture. 😠
The reason those "nice" people ogle and flock around you is because to them the presence of 2 foreigners in their little filthy local neighborhood is utterly unimaginable.
To them, it escapes their reach of reason as to why a foreigner in his right mind, leave behind the rich comforts & unparalleled quality of living of the West for the dirty disgust of the East.
Then also, it's about the skin colour. Their unsolicited courtesy would be extended more towards a white as opposed to a black, regardless of them sharing the same language, geography, culture or nationality.
Case in point - Notice that you won't find them ogling and flocking around, and being nice-to-the-point-of-creepy to just about every Tom, Dick or Harry. No, that behaviour is very selective.