The longest distance we covered in one day on this Journey so far and I really had to fight for it! Sandstorms here in North Africa are no joke and the strong wind severely affected my battery and range! What a ride! Support the journey and leave a like for us. 👍🏼🤙🏼 Support on PATREON: www.patreon.com/marctravels Help out via PayPal bit.ly/ChargeEVE Thanks guys 🤙🏼
Be careful with the sandstorms mate. It'll strip the clearcoat off the Jimny and Eve. It'll also destroy any forward facing plastics like lights and helmet visors. I had to have my 4wd resprayed as one massive sandstorm that I drove through in Central Australia stripped the clearcoat so my paint degraded terribly. I feel for you, it's hard work!
@@MarcTravels You are more than welcome.. I've done a lot of driving and riding through the deserts of Central Australia, so if you have any direct questions on anything I might be able to advise on, feel free to ask.. always happy to help if I can. BTW, I love the dynamic between you and Maree. It's very refreshing. And yeah, don't want her to get Hangry.. ;-) (Hi Maree)
@@MarcTravels oh mate, she's doing very well.. I'm always so impressed with how Maree handling everything. Absolute trooper! I won't say the word anymore, haha. Don't want you in trouble too.. 😂 Safe travels to you both!
Marc, your range anxiety levels are super low! Glad to see your new battery gives you the confidence to go on. You're inspiring me to do some longer tours now that I have a new battery in my SRS. Thanks for that. Oh yeah - I love the name you have given your custom mode! Travel safe Marc and Maree.
I have had range anxiety a couple of times recently with an ICE bike... LOL... Marc is just super low stress on camera, which is awesome. It makes for such an enjoyable experience watching.. I need to take more of that and more of itchyboots in to my own videos.. because they are both awesome. ;-)
@@pookiewookie7679 bringing your girlfriend along on big journey around the world doesn’t necessarily make life easier😅 ps. I would have gotten her an electric car if we would have had the funds and if she was into Motorcycles she would ride next to me on her electric motorcycle 😉
@@MarcTravels - From what I've been reading about the back-up of unsold EV cars in China, there is already a price war raging there, and Maree will soon be able to buy her own electric car!
Amazing Marc how cool you are when dealing with a low battery. Brilliant attitude to your adventure and a lesson in positivity. Really enjoying following you both👍😊
@@MarcTravels yeah man! Tucking and dropping speed both help a lot when you're struggling for those last few % 😂 But you've had tons of km's of experience now so I'm preaching to the choir.
Wow! What a combination for stress!! A sandstorm is one thing I have yet to encounter on a ride, and I would rather not! High winds? Been there. Pouring rain? Yep. Whipping sand? No thank you. And then throw the range anxiety on top of it all… I’m glad you both made it through with little to no trouble. Great job drafting the semis, btw. I do it all the time. I loved seeing when you entered the pocket of calm air. The feeling of the bike swaying side to side would normally be concerning, but it’s actually somewhat calming, isn’t it? Another great adventure and video. Keep it up. Ride safe. Ride smart. Have fun!
Make sure to check Jimmy's air filter in all that sand (started to say that on last video)! Do you know what tear-offs are? They're like screen protection stickers for windshields and visors. Racers use them as a fast way to clear their view (instead of washing screens at pitstop). Something like that might prove useful if you guys end up in more wind storms to protect your clear plastics.
Hey Marc and Maree, I’ve had fuel anxiety maybe twice in my life and didn’t enjoy it. You seem to have it daily!! 😂 Love how positive you remain though… well you do Marc, not sure about Maree!😅
I wouldn’t really call it anxiety because it’s not really much that can go wrong. Worst case is we have to wait a couple hours longer cause I have to plug into a normal outlet somewhere. If we couldn’t get gas in a town, that would be a problem but we do a have a 5L canister so I could always go and get her fuel somewhere worst case 🤗
Mark and maree, you both are brilliant and I enjoy your videos but if this is the future of biking I'm checking out early. I'd rather eat me own todger than put up with the charging lark.
That’s cool, I’m not trying to convince anybody. I’m enjoying it a lot and rode a few thousand km free of charge here in Tunisia. Helps us a lot with the journey 🙌🏼🌍
Jimmy could carry a few deep cycle batteries with a RV charge set up. It can be very cheap to charge batteries from a vehicle that is cruising, a truck has excess power many times that is wasted for example. Then if it is feasible to carry the batteries, Eve could charge when Jimmy stops.
Excellent great watch guys , so I wonder if it is normal for a battery to only last 26,000 Km or less ( because Eve's was replaced a good few Km's ago now ) before replacement would it be the same for the electric cars interesting . Slight bit of range anxiety there Marc and ooooh it was tight their for a bit .😉👌👍
Yeah both time at 1%. I blame it on the weather 😜 yeah as far as I know all the old batteries are being replaced. We’ll find out first hand how the new battery model will do;) like with engines or anything really it’s hard to generally say how long a certain product lasts. All batteries are different I suppose
The old 14.4 kWh batteries in the 2019-2021 bikes like Marc's aren't great on these high power gen 3 Zero's. They start degrading much earlier than they should have. In 2022+ they swapped to a battery that is the same physical size, weighs less, has 2 extra fans, and is now 17.3 kWh capacity, even though it's no larger and weighs less! These new cells are much better. This is is the new style battery Marc has now, they are using them as warranty replacements for these older bikes now. So this new battery should last him a LOT longer than the old one.
Hey Marc! I would just like to congratulate you on this amazing work you are doing. I really appreaciate that you keep us to date and that the videos are so high-quality, though. I'm glad Maree could join you; the adventure is even cooler to watch and I guess it gets also more enjoyable for you both 😉! (Providing you feed her well 😂) Keep this bright work, man. I wish you the best. By the way, where are you planning to go after returning to Sicily?
What a pain having electric anxiety all the time. I just bought a 30L tank which gives me a 600+ km range to avoid that. In Australia we need the range. Marie seems to be getting tired of waiting for the bike to be constantly charged. I don't blame her.
I think the viewers have more range anxiety than I do, I’m just documenting how it’s going. You know that I can plug in any power outlet right? There’s never anxiety because there’s not really much that can happen other than a couple hours delay 🤙🏼
What a stint, your drive and optimism is second to none. We're the ones with range anxiety 😮 one amazing video after another. What an amazing bike. Eat yr heart out petrol heads (says the Africa twin owner 😔) Well done. Amazing stuff 🤙👍🏆💪
Challenging day for you guys the sand,wind and waiting. Can you share your kw at charging stations I’m on East coast USA best I get is 5.8 Does eve have extra charge tank?
@@MarcTravels just be aware when you’re following a semi or large vehicle that closely, they may straddle a road hazard but you won’t see it coming. It’s an instant disaster. 😳
After the next sandstorm you could check the air Filter of the Jimny. Do you think the repaird tire will Last for a long trip? Do you reduce the air Pressure of car and bike when you go offroad? 😀
Hi. Sorry if this has already been mentioned but it seems your subtitles / CC are always a bit ahead of the audio and I don't think this is something we can resolve on the viewing side.
Subtitles are not always on point. The way it works is, RUclips generates the English ones, sometimes better than other time. I have to go through them for every video and correct them. I could adjust the position for each line to make it perfect, which would take forever and it already takes me about 2h for the whole administration process including checking and setting up subtitle languages. It’s not perfect but it will work to help understand the videos. I try my best to make them a little better…promise 🤗
It shouldn’t since zero percent doesn’t mean the battery is fully drained it only means 0% of what I can use of it. I‘m pretty sure they calculate people draining the battery when they program their bikes👍🏼 I don’t worry about it at all
It's not great for the battery to fully discharge it, or to fully charge it, yes that increases the tension (stress) on the cells/battery. However, what's much, much worse is to LEAVE it in that state of fully charged or fully discharged, which Marc is not doing. He's recharging it ASAP after it gets so low which is important. As Marc states, the battery isn't actually at 0% at 0%. Zero like all EV's raises the minimum cell voltage and lowers the max cell voltage at each end of charge, to add a buffer to help protect battery longevity. These new 17.3 kWh style packs like Marc's bike was upgraded too, are also much more durable than his original old style 14.4 kWh pack. I wouldn't worry too much about it. It's under a 5 year battery warranty still afterall!
Another long traveling day. Hope the sandblaster didn't do too much damage on coating and other plastics. Are you really that calm when getting to the very last Watts of energy?
Drafting makes truckers nervous because they can't see you, but they catch a glimpse whenever they change lanes. I drafted a truck in my 2-seater sports car for a couple hours through California's San Joaquin Valley, and the guy tried repeatedly to wipe me off his tail by cutting in closely in front of other trucks. He finally pulled off the highway to get rid of me, but I had saved about 30 gallons of gas from the drafting.
Hi Mark epic ride today. On a differant subject can you tell me what tire inflator your using as it looks nice and compact. All the best and stay safe.
That's quite a distance in one day for any European! Cutting it a bit close now and then... I was wondering, did you bring any spare parts? For Eve it's probably just brake pads, but for the Jimny I'd take some spark plugs, air- oil- and fuel filters as well. Maybe coil packs. You never know where you might end up needing them.
Ich weiss, du bist nicht so der Schrauber, aber check auf jeden Fall den Luftfilter vom Jimmy, da wird ne Menge Sand drin sein. Ausklopfen oder an der Tanke mit dem Luftdruckprüfer durchblasen sollte reichen.
I’d say about 2h. It could have been less but we took ages to book accommodation and ferries at the first stop. I reckon it could have been less than 1:30h if I would have planned it better and if I would have plugged her in at the new apartment. but yeah sure filling up gas is much faster 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
@@MarcTravels Have you tested that? You'd want to crank Neutral Regen up to 100% in the app on your custom riding mode for sure, if you try it. That said, I'm not sure it will work. You should test it sometime maybe with a tow strap to know for sure?
Hey guys. If you ever thunks "why are we doing this?" You gave the answar,,,, "the world is a muuch better place than you see and hear on television" Now we know, thanks to you and it's so important that somebody tells us. Take care
That sandstorm reminded me of New Mexico southwest desert area in 1950s. Some drivers who dared drive through a major sandstorm discovered the paint was sandblasted off the front of their car, and the windshield and headlights would be scratched so bad they had to be replaced. You also may want to consider replacing or use an air hose to clean Jimny's air filter after that sandstorm.
Being in the suction of a truck saves fuel, but there is a danger in this practice. Riding behind a truck saves fuel because you take advantage of its suction. Facing a very reduced wind, the motorist can thus save fuel, but thus puts himself in danger due to lack of visibility. Behind a car, the gain is negligible. Behind a truck, at a safe distance, the gain is roughly 5 to 10%. At a closer distance, it can go up to 20%... or even 30% if you put yourself in a dangerous situation, where the slightest brake on the truck can become dangerous.
Be careful driving close behind a semi…. You don’t see what is on the road, remember you always have to have a line of sight with a motor bike to see what is happening and to have an escape route in case something happens…
Nice but not for mee, I would have stress levels that are way too high. Very good you can stay cool, I would take a small generator with me in the Jimny you will never know …. Tut tut
Yeah many tell me about the generator but that might give me a few extra miles but honestly I can just hang on to the jimny or any car for that matter to get me out of a pickle to the next plug. I really don’t see the need for a generator 🫣
@@MarcTravels I think a petrol generator would defeat the purpose of going electric and also give the haters another reason to say it's not possible. At most a battery bank variant like the jackery or similar. Either method would be a slow charge. And you're leaving Africa now anyway and heading back to the land of more chargers
Tailgating a truck is dangerous mate. If there's something in the middle of the road you won't see it until you hit it. It's not worth doing it to "save" power Marc.
@@midlifeadventures77 i hear that a lot and yeah all my troubles were very interesting for people but my life is so much easier now with the electric motorcycle, you have no idea how much I enjoy it. That being said, I still have the Honda and I do wanna bring her over to New Zealand as well if you know what that means🙌🏼
Bro, at the start of the video you were self-flagellating for the income disparity between continents like that would somehow be your personal fault, then you were happy to charge for free. Can you make up your mind?
There are big touring Motorcycles with fairings and windshields that are better for going fast on highway…no problem 🤗 have a look into it if you like mate, there’s so many brands and types if you’re looking for a motorcycle 🙌🏼🏍️
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The longest distance we covered in one day on this Journey so far and I really had to fight for it! Sandstorms here in North Africa are no joke and the strong wind severely affected my battery and range! What a ride! Support the journey and leave a like for us. 👍🏼🤙🏼
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Thanks guys 🤙🏼
Just wow, I continue watching and come back with questions 👍
Wind-borne sand and dust covers the Canary Islands out in the Atlantic, and what brings phosphates to the Amazon jungle!!
Be careful with the sandstorms mate. It'll strip the clearcoat off the Jimny and Eve. It'll also destroy any forward facing plastics like lights and helmet visors. I had to have my 4wd resprayed as one massive sandstorm that I drove through in Central Australia stripped the clearcoat so my paint degraded terribly. I feel for you, it's hard work!
It was hard work for sure. Thanks for the tip mate 🤙🏼
@@MarcTravels You are more than welcome.. I've done a lot of driving and riding through the deserts of Central Australia, so if you have any direct questions on anything I might be able to advise on, feel free to ask.. always happy to help if I can.
BTW, I love the dynamic between you and Maree. It's very refreshing. And yeah, don't want her to get Hangry.. ;-) (Hi Maree)
@@GlobalWalkabout just saying the word hangry makes her angry 😤 I’m not allowed 😂🫣 she’s doing so great with everything🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
@@MarcTravels oh mate, she's doing very well.. I'm always so impressed with how Maree handling everything. Absolute trooper!
I won't say the word anymore, haha. Don't want you in trouble too.. 😂
Safe travels to you both!
@@GlobalWalkabout yeah 💯 she surprises me every day 💪🏼
Marc, your range anxiety levels are super low!
Glad to see your new battery gives you the confidence to go on.
You're inspiring me to do some longer tours now that I have a new battery in my SRS. Thanks for that.
Oh yeah - I love the name you have given your custom mode!
Travel safe Marc and Maree.
Hehe subscrbe mode is the best 🙌🏼😜
I have had range anxiety a couple of times recently with an ICE bike... LOL... Marc is just super low stress on camera, which is awesome. It makes for such an enjoyable experience watching.. I need to take more of that and more of itchyboots in to my own videos.. because they are both awesome. ;-)
I guess it's a lot easier when your gf is driving with you in a petrol car
@@pookiewookie7679 bringing your girlfriend along on big journey around the world doesn’t necessarily make life easier😅 ps. I would have gotten her an electric car if we would have had the funds and if she was into Motorcycles she would ride next to me on her electric motorcycle 😉
@@MarcTravels - From what I've been reading about the back-up of unsold EV cars in China, there is already a price war raging there,
and Maree will soon be able to buy her own electric car!
Amazing Marc how cool you are when dealing with a low battery. Brilliant attitude to your adventure and a lesson in positivity. Really enjoying following you both👍😊
Thanks mate 🤗🤙🏼
Thanks
Thank you Sam! Much appreciated ❤️
@@MarcTravels Thank you Marc, for the excellent videos! Safe travels
Hey Marc super film! Great trip:)
Thanks mate 🤙🏼
Great you n Marie make it to Yr destination
Awesome video guys really enjoyed it 👍🏻
Thanks for sharing, keep safe and I look forward to the next one 😃👍🏻
Thanks Lee 🤗
You and Eve's experience is increasing day by day, you have even resisted the sandstorm, what a wonderful, careful drive take care of yourselves.)🏜🏍🚙🤟
Thanks for watching mate 🤗
Hey kids, love seeing all your experiences and marie taking over some talk time is making your videos even more interesting,great thanks
Thanks Chris. I also like when she’s having a good day chatting away in the car 🚗🤗
@@MarcTravels is this prize of a bike genuine
Great video thank you very well done feed that girl. Thanks again cheers to ya.
You heard the woman…not hungry but what’s for dinner? 🤣🤣🤣
Perfect way to sand blast eve Marc any rust on eve will be gone stay safe my friends enjoy regards Dave in 🇬🇧
Hehe yeah that’s probably true 🤗 thanks Dave 🤙🏼
The subscribe message on the dash of the motorcycle made me smile!!!😉
Best mode 🫣
Super long and hard day for the both of you. But you have a wonderful support system with each other! Please be careful out there you two!
Yes I love having Maree around on this journey 🤗
The 'only had to change the battery once ' comment is the best thing in the vlog. Another great episode, thanks for the journey.
Thanks for watching mate 🤙🏼
Ever thought about tucking? Laying down on your tank makes a huge difference in range, especially when it's windy.
I tried it a few times but it’s very uncomfortable and I didn’t really notice a big difference to be honest. Does it work for you?
@@MarcTravels yeah man! Tucking and dropping speed both help a lot when you're struggling for those last few % 😂 But you've had tons of km's of experience now so I'm preaching to the choir.
@@NewZeroland okay cool, I will keep that in mind😊 it’s just soooo uncomfortable 😂 I always find tucking behind a car or a truck helps the best
@@NewZeroland Hey Sam, how's the electric Beat project coming?
@@RPRosen-ki2fk I put it on hold to finish editing my road trip series, but it'll start up again soon. Exciting stuff to come!
Wow! What a combination for stress!! A sandstorm is one thing I have yet to encounter on a ride, and I would rather not! High winds? Been there. Pouring rain? Yep. Whipping sand? No thank you. And then throw the range anxiety on top of it all…
I’m glad you both made it through with little to no trouble. Great job drafting the semis, btw. I do it all the time. I loved seeing when you entered the pocket of calm air. The feeling of the bike swaying side to side would normally be concerning, but it’s actually somewhat calming, isn’t it?
Another great adventure and video. Keep it up.
Ride safe.
Ride smart.
Have fun!
Yeah true and I can see the wh/km go down right away…that is also very calming 🤗
Epic mileage in one day. You two are travel ninjas !
That was the longest we did on this journey 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Make sure to check Jimmy's air filter in all that sand (started to say that on last video)!
Do you know what tear-offs are? They're like screen protection stickers for windshields and visors. Racers use them as a fast way to clear their view (instead of washing screens at pitstop). Something like that might prove useful if you guys end up in more wind storms to protect your clear plastics.
Alright thanks for the tip mate 🤙🏼
Fange gerade an zu schauen den heutigen Bericht und freue mich schon auf das was da kommt👍🙏😎
super ☺️
Check the air filter on Jimny. This fine sand can go anywhere.
Alrighty will do 🤙🏼
Hey Marc and Maree, I’ve had fuel anxiety maybe twice in my life and didn’t enjoy it. You seem to have it daily!! 😂 Love how positive you remain though… well you do Marc, not sure about Maree!😅
I wouldn’t really call it anxiety because it’s not really much that can go wrong. Worst case is we have to wait a couple hours longer cause I have to plug into a normal outlet somewhere. If we couldn’t get gas in a town, that would be a problem but we do a have a 5L canister so I could always go and get her fuel somewhere worst case 🤗
Mark and maree, you both are brilliant and I enjoy your videos but if this is the future of biking I'm checking out early. I'd rather eat me own todger than put up with the charging lark.
That’s cool, I’m not trying to convince anybody. I’m enjoying it a lot and rode a few thousand km free of charge here in Tunisia. Helps us a lot with the journey 🙌🏼🌍
Good that you are arrived very well!!!😅
Yeah no worries🤗
Check the Air Filter in the Suzi
Will do 🤙🏼
20:58 a lot of the early SR/F and SR/S from 2019/20 are having battery problems. Mine too.
Every bike with this battery has the issue as far as I understood. I guess they’ll all be replaced
Jimmy could carry a few deep cycle batteries with a RV charge set up. It can be very cheap to charge batteries from a vehicle that is cruising, a truck has excess power many times that is wasted for example.
Then if it is feasible to carry the batteries, Eve could charge when Jimmy stops.
I think we couldn’t fit a system like that and I don’t really need actually. I think we’ll be fine🤗 thanks for your thought mate 🤙🏼
Cool, I am just thinking out loud. Electric is probably in the future for most riders. Plus I have a solar system so around town riding could be free.
@@orionbirch2705 sounds perfect
Excellent great watch guys , so I wonder if it is normal for a battery to only last 26,000 Km or less ( because Eve's was replaced a good few Km's ago now ) before replacement would it be the same for the electric cars interesting . Slight bit of range anxiety there Marc and ooooh it was tight their for a bit .😉👌👍
Yeah both time at 1%. I blame it on the weather 😜 yeah as far as I know all the old batteries are being replaced. We’ll find out first hand how the new battery model will do;) like with engines or anything really it’s hard to generally say how long a certain product lasts. All batteries are different I suppose
The old 14.4 kWh batteries in the 2019-2021 bikes like Marc's aren't great on these high power gen 3 Zero's. They start degrading much earlier than they should have. In 2022+ they swapped to a battery that is the same physical size, weighs less, has 2 extra fans, and is now 17.3 kWh capacity, even though it's no larger and weighs less! These new cells are much better. This is is the new style battery Marc has now, they are using them as warranty replacements for these older bikes now. So this new battery should last him a LOT longer than the old one.
Hey Marc! I would just like to congratulate you on this amazing work you are doing. I really appreaciate that you keep us to date and that the videos are so high-quality, though. I'm glad Maree could join you; the adventure is even cooler to watch and I guess it gets also more enjoyable for you both 😉! (Providing you feed her well 😂)
Keep this bright work, man. I wish you the best.
By the way, where are you planning to go after returning to Sicily?
Thanks mate, so good to hear 🤗 it really is a ton of work but I enjoy it a lot. We will be going to Albania 🇦🇱
Another epic episode 👍
Thanks man 🤗🤙🏼
Very cool. "Tootly toot toot" 😎👍 Nope, don't need a Hangery Maree. 🤣
Amen 🙏🏻
It looked like a long exhausting day!
It was long 💪🏼
What a pain having electric anxiety all the time. I just bought a 30L tank which gives me a 600+ km range to avoid that. In Australia we need the range.
Marie seems to be getting tired of waiting for the bike to be constantly charged. I don't blame her.
I think the viewers have more range anxiety than I do, I’m just documenting how it’s going. You know that I can plug in any power outlet right? There’s never anxiety because there’s not really much that can happen other than a couple hours delay 🤙🏼
It is amazing that you have been charging for free for a month! With drafting behind heavy vehicles, your power is even freer. 😁😁👍👍
Yeah drafting helps on the Autobahn a lot 🤗
Ok 👍👌 super bien
Thank you 🤗
What a stint, your drive and optimism is second to none. We're the ones with range anxiety 😮 one amazing video after another. What an amazing bike. Eat yr heart out petrol heads (says the Africa twin owner 😔)
Well done. Amazing stuff 🤙👍🏆💪
Hehe yeah I think some of my viewers are way more concerned about my range than I am. Thanks Dave for always watching 🤗❤️
Check the air filter in the Jimny, it’s going to have some sand in it.
Will do 🤗
Challenging day for you guys the sand,wind and waiting.
Can you share your kw at charging stations I’m on East coast USA best I get is 5.8
Does eve have extra charge tank?
Yes I have 9kw 🤗🤙🏼
That was very scary. Glad you made it. Always wondered if you have an emergency plan? 🤔
I have no real emergency plan
@@MarcTravels just be aware when you’re following a semi or large vehicle that closely, they may straddle a road hazard but you won’t see it coming. It’s an instant disaster. 😳
@@gdroege44 true! I have to be careful 👍🏼
Another great episode Toot Toot !
Thank you David 🤗
I was going to say to make sure you cleaned your air filter after the sand and then I realised..... 🤦♂️🤣I suppose that's one big advantage 😎👍
Hehe, I might have to look at the jimmy air filter though;)
@@MarcTravels yes definitely do 👍
Its good to see you have to drive unsafe and close to a truck to get where you want to go!
I don’t have to, it’s just way more comfortable🤙🏼
Must visit Morocco you will enjoy it, what brand is your motorcycle?
It’s called Zero Motorcycles 🤙🏼
After the next sandstorm you could check the air Filter of the Jimny.
Do you think the repaird tire will Last for a long trip? Do you reduce the air Pressure of car and bike when you go offroad? 😀
Yeah I think it will last as long as the tire 🛞 🤗🤙🏼
About the sand storm - did you notice any hazing of your helmet visor?
I will check it out after cleaning. 🤙🏼
Beautiful video Marc👍🙂
You don't have any filter to clean in Eve?
No airfilter my friend 🤗
@@MarcTravels It's good 🙂👍 maybe only a little cleaning service for the belt?
@@Sestorema good idea 👍🏼
Hi. Sorry if this has already been mentioned but it seems your subtitles / CC are always a bit ahead of the audio and I don't think this is something we can resolve on the viewing side.
Subtitles are not always on point. The way it works is, RUclips generates the English ones, sometimes better than other time. I have to go through them for every video and correct them. I could adjust the position for each line to make it perfect, which would take forever and it already takes me about 2h for the whole administration process including checking and setting up subtitle languages. It’s not perfect but it will work to help understand the videos. I try my best to make them a little better…promise 🤗
@@paulwassenaar8351 Ah, right, what a nightmare. Ok. Thanks to both of you for your answers.
What has your route been so far please ?
Did you come in from Morocco side?
No we came from Sicily 🤙🏼
Don't forget to check the air filter on the bike after that sandstorm.. 🙂
Haha good one🤗 #nofilter
@@MarcTravels Hey that would make a good title for your tour. Like the Rolling Stones No Filter tour.. 🙂
Does it affect the battery getting it so low? I can't believe how calm you were! Toot Toot
It shouldn’t since zero percent doesn’t mean the battery is fully drained it only means 0% of what I can use of it. I‘m pretty sure they calculate people draining the battery when they program their bikes👍🏼 I don’t worry about it at all
It's not great for the battery to fully discharge it, or to fully charge it, yes that increases the tension (stress) on the cells/battery. However, what's much, much worse is to LEAVE it in that state of fully charged or fully discharged, which Marc is not doing. He's recharging it ASAP after it gets so low which is important. As Marc states, the battery isn't actually at 0% at 0%. Zero like all EV's raises the minimum cell voltage and lowers the max cell voltage at each end of charge, to add a buffer to help protect battery longevity. These new 17.3 kWh style packs like Marc's bike was upgraded too, are also much more durable than his original old style 14.4 kWh pack. I wouldn't worry too much about it. It's under a 5 year battery warranty still afterall!
Another long traveling day. Hope the sandblaster didn't do too much damage on coating and other plastics. Are you really that calm when getting to the very last Watts of energy?
Yeah absolutely 👍🏼 what’s the worst that can happen? I plug into a normal outlet worst case 🤗
Reinigt den Luftfilter vom Jimmy, oder besser noch baut einen neuen ein und saugt den Luftfilterkasten gründlich aus👍🙏
Okay machen wir 🤗
Maree: good night world, world of marc travels good night! LOL.
She’s cute 🥰
Veil spaß✌
Danke 🤗
How's the belt tread depth?
Puh i would have to measure that…dunno 🤷🏼♂️
"Maree is just filling up". She did seem a bit hangry 😂
Haha oh trust me you haven’t seen nothing yet 😅
@@MarcTravels 😂😂😂
I had the same camera I think but yeah sand killed it by getting in the retractable lens 😢
Yeah luckily it still works
Drafting makes truckers nervous because they can't see you, but they catch a glimpse whenever they change lanes.
I drafted a truck in my 2-seater sports car for a couple hours through California's San Joaquin Valley, and the guy
tried repeatedly to wipe me off his tail by cutting in closely in front of other trucks. He finally pulled off the highway
to get rid of me, but I had saved about 30 gallons of gas from the drafting.
Okay 👍🏼
@@MarcTravels - I miscalculated. I saved about 5 gallons - around $25 in California money. :-)
Hi Mark epic ride today. On a differant subject can you tell me what tire inflator your using as it looks nice and compact. All the best and stay safe.
It’s called a Xiaomi Aircompressor. It’s great 👍🏼
That's quite a distance in one day for any European!
Cutting it a bit close now and then...
I was wondering, did you bring any spare parts? For Eve it's probably just brake pads, but for the Jimny I'd take some spark plugs, air- oil- and fuel filters as well. Maybe coil packs.
You never know where you might end up needing them.
I have a spare belt for eve 👍🏼
What mobile phone mount do you use?
Ich weiss, du bist nicht so der Schrauber, aber check auf jeden Fall den Luftfilter vom Jimmy, da wird ne Menge Sand drin sein. Ausklopfen oder an der Tanke mit dem Luftdruckprüfer durchblasen sollte reichen.
Alright, Mach ich 🤗👍🏼
Hi folks hope ur both good , 504 kms is great can I ask what the charge time was for the 3 charging stops combined ? 👍
I think it was about 2h 🤙🏼
Hi Marc. You mentioned at the end you had to replace the battery/s once. Is this expensive?
It was covered under warranty 👍🏼
@@MarcTravels Thats fantastic. Greetings from Australia, following with interest.. all the best mate
@@bat6225 great 😊 can’t wait to get to Australia 🇦🇺
Hi ! Can the Jimny tow the bike to recharge it ? In a sort of engine breaking mode ?
Yeah I think so. I can just hang on to the car and the regen will do the rest. It’s always on👍🏼
@@MarcTravels Maybe a backup solution to gain a few km of range :) Just in case :D
@@instandr7792 i honestly don’t think that is necessary to carry around
@@MarcTravels no, clearly not :)
I wonder if the guy that wanted to sit on your bike was planning on stealing it!
No he wanted a photo with it 🤙🏼
Just for interest, how much time did you spend charging that day? Really enjoy the videos of your adventures
I’d say about 2h. It could have been less but we took ages to book accommodation and ferries at the first stop. I reckon it could have been less than 1:30h if I would have planned it better and if I would have plugged her in at the new apartment. but yeah sure filling up gas is much faster 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
@@MarcTravels Really interesting thanks. I thought you would have taken much longer to charge
What about a small generator like a portable Honda in the Jimmy. Then in emergency Jimmy could charge Eve using Honda.
I can charge while just hanging on to the car in case of emergency 🤗
With a generator using the same fuel as the support vehicle, then always have generator fuel (siphon).
Yeah, get one of those magnetic chargers on Jimmy like phones have.
@@MarcTravels Have you tested that? You'd want to crank Neutral Regen up to 100% in the app on your custom riding mode for sure, if you try it. That said, I'm not sure it will work. You should test it sometime maybe with a tow strap to know for sure?
@@Protonus I can’t see a reason it wouldn’t work…we’ll find out maybe one day 🙌🏼
don´t forget to clean the AIR filter on the CAR
Will do 🤗
Hey guys. If you ever thunks "why are we doing this?"
You gave the answar,,,, "the world is a muuch better place than you see and hear on television"
Now we know, thanks to you and it's so important that somebody tells us.
Take care
Haven’t seen or heard news in 3 months. Feels great 😊
@@MarcTravels you hav'ent miss anything, they still tell us tjat the world is mean and horrible
Did you feel any issue with the belt when riding the sandstorm?
No could feel anything. Something specific?
@@MarcTravels no, I was just wondering since the belt is the weakest point
@@SwitzeroRider so far so good! I haven’t touched it since we left👍🏼
Hi Marc
what is your average speed
80kph maybe
That sandstorm reminded me of New Mexico southwest desert area in 1950s. Some drivers who dared drive through a major sandstorm discovered the paint was sandblasted off the front of their car, and the windshield and headlights would be scratched so bad they had to be replaced. You also may want to consider replacing or use an air hose to clean Jimny's air filter after that sandstorm.
Yes will have a look into that. Thanks mate 🤗👍🏼
Clean the airfilter on the car after the storm :-)
Yeah will do 🤗
hi, dont forget to clean your air filter 😆
Haha 😂😜
Wind sucks, sandy roads suck and windy sand storms really SUCK. AS IF YOU DON'T ALREADY KNOW! TAKE CARE AND BE SAFE.
Thanks 😊
Yeah, charge is started! But 1% is very very extremely!
Worked out fine 🤗
Filters, filters, filters. Keep um clean!!
Luckily I don’t have one but I will look after Maree’s car 👍🏼
im getting my motorcycle driving license in Berlin. Im scared so much. There are so many cone tests . HELPPPP !!
you'll be alright mate 🤙🏼
@@MarcTravels Thanks man
Check the cars air filter after driving in sand storms.
Will do 🤙🏼
Why didn’t you give to take a ride, he is such a cool guy. You’re so selfish hahaha 😎🤣🤣🤣
Haha man he just jumped on the bike almost laid her down, I did not expect him to do that 🤣
Being in the suction of a truck saves fuel, but there is a danger in this practice. Riding behind a truck saves fuel because you take advantage of its suction. Facing a very reduced wind, the motorist can thus save fuel, but thus puts himself in danger due to lack of visibility.
Behind a car, the gain is negligible.
Behind a truck, at a safe distance, the gain is roughly 5 to 10%. At a closer distance, it can go up to 20%... or even 30% if you put yourself in a dangerous situation, where the slightest brake on the truck can become dangerous.
Yeah I never go too close, trying to keep it safe still 🤗
Funny boy
Be careful driving close behind a semi…. You don’t see what is on the road, remember you always have to have a line of sight with a motor bike to see what is happening and to have an escape route in case something happens…
True, I will be careful 🤗
Also, if you can't see the trucks mirrors the driver can't see you and might not know you are there.
Nice but not for mee, I would have stress levels that are way too high. Very good you can stay cool, I would take a small generator with me in the Jimny you will never know …. Tut tut
Yeah many tell me about the generator but that might give me a few extra miles but honestly I can just hang on to the jimny or any car for that matter to get me out of a pickle to the next plug. I really don’t see the need for a generator 🫣
@@MarcTravels I think a petrol generator would defeat the purpose of going electric and also give the haters another reason to say it's not possible. At most a battery bank variant like the jackery or similar. Either method would be a slow charge. And you're leaving Africa now anyway and heading back to the land of more chargers
People are better than their leadership
People are amazing here ❤️
lol, only way my girlfriend is more mad than when she’s hangry is if I mention that she’s hangry.
I feel you mate 🫣
Maree is sad or this is just my impression?
In your electric bike ownership how often do you find petrol /diesel cars parked blocking your charging points... And how annoying is it? 😠.... Harry
Not so often. It doesn’t really bother me cause I can reach them anyhow…it would be annoying for car owners for sure
@@MarcTravels cheers for reply, yes I can imagine for cars it would be annoying... You cut the charging very close this time. Only 1% 😬🙂
@@SCALE_SLOTCARS_AND_RC yeah x2 🫣
Tailgating a truck is dangerous mate. If there's something in the middle of the road you won't see it until you hit it. It's not worth doing it to "save" power Marc.
It’s okay I think 👍🏼
You highlight how much I really don't want an electric bike
That’s cool. I love it and have a much higher range compared to my previous motorcycle 🤗 thanks for tuning in 🤙🏼
@Marc Travels still enjoy your channel but I preferred the dominator days 😀
@@midlifeadventures77 i hear that a lot and yeah all my troubles were very interesting for people but my life is so much easier now with the electric motorcycle, you have no idea how much I enjoy it. That being said, I still have the Honda and I do wanna bring her over to New Zealand as well if you know what that means🙌🏼
@Marc Travels awesome. Yeah I'd love to see the Dom back. Keep it real dude 🤙
When in doubt, go faster
Haha great 🙌🏼😅
You've really got to be a people person.
it was not a good idea😒🤔🤔
What wasn’t?
i mean driving in a sandstorm😮
@@andrisa2971 i mean we thought it was over 😅
all the best👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Bro, at the start of the video you were self-flagellating for the income disparity between continents like that would somehow be your personal fault, then you were happy to charge for free. Can you make up your mind?
Yeah I’m totally cool with getting a free charge from one of the biggest international oil companies in the world 👍🏼
stay 80 behind a truck on the highway I prefer not to have a motorcycle in this case
There are big touring Motorcycles with fairings and windshields that are better for going fast on highway…no problem 🤗 have a look into it if you like mate, there’s so many brands and types if you’re looking for a motorcycle 🙌🏼🏍️
Hypermiling on a EV bike!
I once did 500miles coming back from the uk 🇬🇧 🤙🏼
what have you used to make your insta go2 black, is it effecting on its temprature too?
Just a marker and I can’t notice a difference 🤙🏼
Hi, along Day for You
Yes 😵