I drowned my $25,000 Motorcycle in Laos!
good morning guys still from Boten at the border to China I stayed here tonight together with Joel and Erica what comes next is going to be a big challenge the roads are horrendous apparently so I'm going to saddle Eve now and uh we're doing this we're going down to the capital of Laos before crossing to Thailand let's see how it goes is the GS fully waterproof - the GS is waterproof - okay - I am not waterproof oh yeah oh we'll be fine we'll be fine just a small puddles small puddles swimming pools and little mud mud is my favorite I love mud okay yeah Eve is definitely not waterproof but uh the only thing I can't do is stop in the water so as long as I'm going I should be fine but they're supposed to be very deep puddles okay guys add stop set destination Luang Prabang is the goal I don't know how far we're going to make it Schuberth sucks - Schuberth sucks I don't want to make the update right now I'll probably make it in Luang Prabang uh because it's just uh too risky you know like when they [ __ ] up before I might have another problem I don't know I just wait but I don't know how to turn that off like I just don't want to be minded all the time I know there's an update no but this is important - yeah exactly yeah yeah - thank you so much bye bye - bye - see you so Luang Prabang is 290 km let's see but we might go to the other place okay guys let's do the mud bath all the trucks are crossing the border here oh man this is going to be our day for sure Jesus Eve you're going to get so freaking dirty is this another check post just driving through oh God these roads oh God oh this is going to be a long freaking day oh look at that oh [ __ ] oh my God oh my freaking God oh guys no no oh that's our road that's not a road are you ready for this - beautiful spot - oh God Jesus compared to this Nepal was a freaking wonderland man oh my God boy that's some serious puddles I mean with Eve is easy you know it's so light but Joel and his big tractor man poor guy this is absolutely insane no way no no this is no this is madness this is madness oh my God don't stop [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] oh oh my [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] I was fully underwater camera is wet [ __ ] the problem is if I shut off Eve now if I shut down Eve now with the side stand she might not start again she definitely not start again I was stuck I was fully underwater I can't shut down the bike now it will not turn on again that was so bad bike bike looks like [ __ ] but still on it threw me an error code already so if I engage the side stand now that's it you have to stay at the bike so we can at least still keep going man that was brutal I thought that's it I was sure that's it now well at least we know now you can fully submerge an electric motorcycle into a puddle of mud see we always learnt something here in this channel Boy first 8 km done only 280 to go what can go wrong yeah I also have no ABS or traction control anymore uh that must have I don't know maybe when I turn it off and on again it will come back maybe but I don't know oh God it's like soap now that's why the trucks they can't get up the hill this is the worst riding ever [ __ ] I hope Joel is all right it's very slippery very slippery yeah Ben already warned me I didn't tell Joel and Erica but he said he went sideways in the truck [ __ ] I don't know which way to go here it's just horrible that was okay it is just horrible so dirty yeah the road got a little bit uh yeah road got a little bit better and fortunately it's dry so I haven't been turning off the bike for the last 60 km and I have this error code I have no TC no ABS so I hope when I turn it off in a bit we'll turn back on Ben and Julia are only 18 km from here we'll stop there for coffee and then we can have a look at the damage I mean Eve looks like [ __ ] I look like [ __ ] my cameras were wet oh Laos they say India is not for beginners but Laos is a whole different wow but also a little bit beautiful as well okay 30 minutes to go bike should be completely dried off by then so I hope all the error codes go away just by itself that would be lovely but Joel also has problems with the bike it turns off all the time and doesn't take the gas so we'll have a look at that as well hello Loki hello hi hello oh God I almost drowned her I was up to here with water it was it was absolutely flooded uh 10 km after the town the road was absolutely flooded it was a lake it was a you wouldn't believe it man the border town oh God the bike was fully submerged completely error codes I didn't turn it off until now so it's now the first time okay let's see let's see if I can clear the error code freaking update data error stability code there is a new error never had this one error code 33 I don't know about this one but yeah they're cleared will it turn on yes okay we're good okay you couldn't get - I was completely stuck I was completely - and he was spinning I was underwater up until here the battery was completely submerged I stop I will fall - yeah you just go go I was overtaking the trucks because I was afraid they would stop but I mean I had to stop anyway sexy socks you have Marc I mean - did you get water in those yeah but take off your.. - in the shoes but with him to negotiate is.. - oh that's my cup that's your.. - that is that is my cup he has a cup he has his toothbrush with us hey Joel you you did very good really I'm very proud of you I have to say honestly what can happen - I don't have to sit on it so you can cross a river but you can't sit on a chair yes exactly I want you to.. - I bet you can do it so much it will help - you can do it you can do it yeah it's comfortable - very comfortable okay guys moment of truth no I'm not installing the ABS TC still on but no error that's good no error codes and we're rolling oh yeah just turned off ABS is back traction control is back it's all back we're good oh okay no you you need your wife we have four more hours to go so let's do it I know you guys saw it already but I just watched the footage of me going through that river and Eve was fully submerged like fully underwater completely the whole bike it's insane really you know I just I have to say this is uh incredible a little bit like uh an engine motorcycle the engine would have been dead like not dead but you know what I mean like I would have stalled the bike 100% And I was sitting in the water sitting in the water for quite a while trying to get out and I only got out because the traction control had a fault and that way I could just you know give her and that got me out so incredible and so is the landscape here by the way it's pretty awesome you're riding through the jungle a little bit it's so nice and I got to say so proud of Joel man he rode through there like a boss on that big fat Gs if I do this [ __ ] when I'm 70 I'm a happy man you know what I mean oh God I just hope we're not getting wet now it looks a bit like it but we should be all right man what an adventure Laos hey good job Eve good job license plate what a license plate oh Eve look at you you dirty girl Joel has some issue with his injection somehow he thinks it's probably the fuel filter tries to get a new one not going to be easy but as long as the tractor runs the tractor runs so it's going to be fine look at that look at that Laos this is also how the road could be wow I would have appreciated that from the start I love that wow not bad Eeeh trucks so it's uh 23,000 per liter 3,000 right - yeah maybe 3,000 yeah fuel filter is ordered Ben ordered it or yeah I hope so uh he could order and his father would bring it okay so.. - we try to replace the filter you think we can do it - I can't do I couldn't do it alone because it's uh we have to remove the tank I mean it's a really a two mans work - yeah but when the tank is away then it is relatively easy straightforward I would say - we can do it the old tractor - old tractor is a beautiful - motorcycle I mean not an old tractor even if it is a BMW and even if the German one yeah oh we we'll abide we will get it done I will bring you - and we appreciate so much that you are in our life - no man I I enjoy it I enjoy it I'm not alone that's awesome so we're not going to make it to Luang Prabang tonight hello we're going to a place called uh I forgot Chonya I think Chonya it's just a little town but uh there's good hotels apparently the rest of the band is there that's I like that a lot Vincente and Fernanda and Joan and Teresa are there that's really cool and it's just 1 hour left and it's now it's all beautiful the road is now all good it's all nice uh bummer I can't fly my spare drone right now because oh the app was deleted off my phone I couldn't download it earlier but from tomorrow on I'll show you some birds eye view of Laos I reckon I'll be staying with the Joel and Erica as long as they haven't fixed their issue with the bike I don't mind you know like I like hanging out with them and uh I I think uh Joel would be happy about it and Ben just ordered the spare parts and uh we'll probably get them soon and uh we try put it in all together because normally the workshops they wouldn't touch a BMW here because of all the software stuff it's absolutely beautiful here it's really nice and then probably good with the rainy season everything is super green very lush it's awesome Security they also have checkpoints here but we never stop They haven't stopped us Hi mate Hello and they sure like making babies here I see so many kids on the street every town guess it's something to do the bikes hope they have a beer in this place I hope they have a beer in this fridge yeah you think they have beer here - I hope so I'm sure they have beer here - oh sorry yes I hope so they have a good beer for sure they have haven't even checked in already charging I just saw that plug there asked the guy who works oh hola how was the day cheers man diving diving license man crazy - hello it's my room guys it's very basic but I don't need much I know tomorrow morning there's going to be a brilliant view uh yeah still can't believe what happened today uh I'm sure I'm going to watch that video a few times again tonight uh crazy so proud of Eve so proud uh don't forget to subscribe I'm going to have a beer now see you tomorrow end ride right now dude ah that's not right we started here at the border we did about 220 km something yeah I forgot to say I must have forgotten to save again weird anyway that was quite up up and down but this is also how the landscapes look here yeah but yeah about somewhere here yeah somewhere here the bad part was
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