There's Something Wrong With My Motorcycle... I Think... | S1E84

Here, listen. Journey began at North America's most northern drivable point. After riding through Canada and America, I've crossed over to Europe. From there, I'll make my way across Asia and down to Australia. New Zealand's southern most drivable point will mark the end of my journey. I'm calling it the big spiral, and this is act four, a lap of Ireland and the United Kingdom. All right, see you later. Thank you. See you. All right. Yeah, that was the Airbnb. I actually moved a little bit. So I was actually maybe about 40 minutes south of here and I just moved up to a little bit north. Maybe once I get to the back road, I'll give you, I'll let you know. Oh, there's some sheep. I'll let you know what's going on. Oh, it's raining pretty good, more than I thought, actually. But I'm sure it'll improve. Okay, I gotta turn down here, apparently. All right, maybe I'm gonna put my rain jacket on here. Maybe pants too. All right, well, the rain calmed down a little bit. So maybe I'll just tell you what the plan is. Oh, maybe the wind's coming. So we're just like right in here somewhere. And I need, today I need to get to, where is it? Ullapool. And tomorrow I'm gonna be hopping on a ferry across to these islands. So these islands, they're called the Hebrides and apparently very beautiful, very popular. So I'm gonna kind of do like a, try to go through the mountains here as much as I can. I'm not sure how it's all gonna work out. But I know if I stay in the mountains, things will probably get pretty interesting. So anyways, yeah, maybe we should keep going. All right, let's see what kind of trouble we can get into. Oh, I do see a little blue sky. Bunch of logging happening out here. It's a bit like BC, isn't it? Oh, looks rainy up there. Oh boy. Oh, road's changing. Wow, cool rocks here. I wonder how this is gonna turn out. I honestly, I have no idea what's up here. It could be a bit of a disaster. Uh-oh. Oh, well. Is that it or? It's double track after. I can definitely get the bike through there, but this is like pretty good indication that they don't want vehicles up there, so. All right, let's turn around. It's a very Scottish day, isn't it? Oh, man. All right, well, I had a look at the map. I think I got another way we can kind of take, if you look over there, there's those windmills. I think there's a road that goes up by those windmills I can take. Oops. Oh, I was looking at the windmills and not the road. Lucky that didn't happen there. Woo, okay, calm down. Oh, my God. Okay, instead of turning here, I think we can go straight. Oh, can I go straight? Looks fairly overgrown. This road is getting pretty small and there's a pile of dirt there. Oh, yeah, easy. Cool, I found a different way out of here, too, so that's good. You don't have to see duplicate stuff. The sun's coming out, yeah. Ooh, it's windy up here. I guess that makes sense. Pretty cool. Okay, now what? Back to the pavement. All right, so going around these mountains here, something like that. Just kind of exploring, to be honest. I could use a bit of lunch, though, so maybe in the next town, see if we can find some food. Oh, it's not a bad view, is it? All right, I think according to my map, there's a store here. Yeah, see if we can find some food. I'll get a cheeseburger with chips. All right, let's see, see how it is. Oh, nice and simple. That'll be fine. Well, that hit the spot. It's nice to eat something. Okay, well, let's continue. I don't know exactly where I'm going, but yeah. Doesn't matter so much. As long as I get to the, what's it called? The pool or something? Oh, hello. What are you doing? What kind of bird are you? Beautiful bird, though. Wow. Well, I guess I can't go. Yeah, I was hoping to get Ula Pula. This has no vehicle access. Well, it was a nice detour anyhow, but yeah, I guess we're going around. Too many gates, too many gates. All right, back on the main road. Oh, what was this town? Like Bonaire Bridge or something, this town? I guess I probably just crossed it. So I found a line on the map. All right, I have no idea if this is gonna all work, but I just, I like to be in the mountains, so I'm just gonna go and see. There's still some time. Dirt already, that's a good sign, but maybe, I don't know. The further you go up these things, the more, the worse they get. So, that gate, well, that didn't take long. Clutch, I think my clutch is going again. Here, listen. Oh, it's not slipping now. Look at that. Oulapool, very, very pretty little town. It's funny, like, to me, it's the ferry port, so that's why I'm here, but it's really, especially when coming down the hill back there, very pretty town. It's kind of nice, you know, to not know what you're riding into. Okay, I gotta find something to eat. It's quite hungry. Oh yeah, oh, that's the ferry. That's the ferry I'm taking tomorrow. Really cute little town. Hi, let's get a Scottish Cod with chips. So, we've none of the Cod, it's just the medium hardback. Okay, I'll get that. Yeah, with chips? Yeah. Yeah, anything else? Uh, no. 12.25. All right, got my fish and chips right here, between my legs. So, I just booked a hostel up the road, 13 minutes away. All right, here's my bunkhouse hostel. All right, so I've lucked out again. The hostel is completely empty. It's just me in here, and I have it all to myself, which is quite lovely, actually. If you wonder why I go from, like, Airbnbs to hostels, basically, I just try to do the cheapest thing I can. And so, like, for one night, a hostel's generally the most convenient thing. If I'm staying, like, for more than a few nights, then I'll try to get an Airbnb. And the big benefit is that you can make your own food in them. And so, I can go grocery shopping, I don't have to go out for food or anything. Now, I can make my own food in a hostel, but if I was staying, like, a couple days, I just, I need a good, quiet place to work. And if there's people, like, kind of milling about, it doesn't really work out. So, which leaves hotels in the middle, which generally don't have kitchens, which at face value might be cheaper than an Airbnb, but then after you calculate all, like, the food and groceries and stuff, versus eating out every night, it's quite a bit cheaper to do the Airbnb. If you can get a good priced one, so. Yeah, I was thinking of, like, people are, like, probably confused. Like, I'm staying in these nice Airbnbs, which are actually cheap, and then he's going to a hostel, like, why is he? Anyways, good ride today. I wasn't exactly sure what was gonna happen. The end became quite beautiful, actually. I think the sun popped out, that really helps. And then also, just like when the light, like, the sun is starting to set, I think they call it golden hour in the film industry, and that's just, like, the most beautiful time of light, I guess, and so, yeah, it was quite nice. I did notice, I think my clutch is slipping again, climbing the hills. I didn't try again, because I have, like, this, my fish and chips between my legs, so I didn't really want to do any accelerations, but yeah, I think it's slipping again. It lasted longer than the first one, but I think this is gonna be a bit of a trend. I think this bike is maybe, the clutch is maybe a little undergunned for how much stuff I've put on the bike, which is, because I don't, like, obviously, I've been doing stuff with the clutch. I've been riding off-road, but I haven't been, like, majorly stuck. I haven't been really working the clutch super hard, so I think it's maybe a bit of a, maybe it might be a bit of a negative with the KLX300 is the clutch. So, yeah, I'm still gonna get it on the ferry tomorrow. It's, like, if I'm not full throttle, it's still holding, and I've got an Airbnb booked on the Hebrides, on the island, on the other side, and so I'm gonna try, order a clutch, and have it sent over there, and then install it. We'll see, we'll see. So there might be a second clutch install video. Hopefully there aren't too many of those, actually. But yeah, anyways, maybe we'll find out tomorrow morning when I head towards the ferry or after the ferry, and we'll see if that clutch is really, I think it is, actually. And I'll also look up how long distance-wise it has been. I think it's been a little longer since the first clutch got replaced, but I don't know. It's too short, I would say, though. But anyways, thanks so much for watching the video. If you enjoyed the video, I'd love for you to subscribe. It really helps the channel, it helps grow, and it definitely gives me a boost when I see that number go up. So, but anyways, yeah, thanks for watching, and I'll see you next time.