SABANG TO MERAUKE My 1 YEAR MOTORCYCLE ADVENTURE in Indonesia
so i've decided that i'm going to leave everything behind and travel Indonesia from end to end But not like this More like this starting from Jakarta i'll be driving on the eastern side of Sumatra all the way up to the very tip of Indonesia called kilometer Nol also known as Sabang then Then officially start the mighty journey called Sabang sampai Merauke which ends in kilometer Nol in Papua at the border towards papua new guinea this trip could realistically take three months if all i did was driving every day but this is not the goal the goal is to explore to learn to meet new people and maybe make a few videos on the way one thing is to plan and pack for a weekend or for one week that's easy but when riding for a full year you have to think about a lot more in terms of packing safety planning it's a big commitment in today's video we're going to take a closer look at how the preparation has been like for me so let's go ahead and jump back in time good morning guys so today it is January 4th i'm currently at 161 subscribers it's now four o'clock in the morning um and i just wake up and i can't sleep because i have so many ideas let's see how far i can take it if it works it works if it doesn't then oh well at least i tried right? February was the second month with my youtube channel i would work on it from four to seven before heading to my office job from nine to five then come back have dinner and continue on the channel from 6 to 11 my fourth video called upgrading my bike in Bekasi was actually the first time i mentioned the big trip on my channel sumatra even sulawesi i would appreciate some tips because i'm gonna make a long list of places to go over hopefully so now with boxes on my bike february became the month where i did my first proper touring with full gear while filming it all and making my first ever motorcycle travel video and i was hooked! Busy day.. Tons of emails again.. In March i for the first time met up with another youtuber alexander white and i said yes to try a youtube collab without actually having any idea how that worked but we made it work so there are around 50 kids living here going to school every day and they're here because they either don't have their parents anymore or because that their parents are not able to take care of them anymore April became the month where i realized i suddenly had the opportunity to use my channel to actually make a difference and i'm all about personal development so i tried this on my channel as well but ended up deciding to put that on the shelf for later my name is Kristian and i am a christian living in the largest muslim country in the world i decided to try fasting for three days for ramadan both to learn more about it and to show respect to my muslim friends followers and subscribers and with may came ramadan and i saw the opportunity to learn share and inspire while experimenting with a different kind of video How a day in the office looks like and oh yeah one thing i forgot to tell you it's gonna be my last it was finally time to reveal i had resigned from my job as it was no longer serving my goals and dreams and it was time to focus on my new hobby and my new dream I am here with my buddy Harry hello what's up guys with more time on my hands i could finally start networking with the motorcycle community and i made some great friends so in mid-july after being apart from my family for a long time i went back home to visit them knowing it would be a while before i would get to see them again what i did not expect was for jakarta to go into lockdown and i couldn't return to indonesia so to spend my time productively i packed my bags borrowed my father's ducati and toured europe for four weeks to keep fueling my channel with travel experiences from a motorcycle and after almost 4 months of being stuck in Europe i could finally return home to indonesia after a bit of quarantine of course finally back in Jakarta i met up with my videographer Jun and it was time to plan upcoming content and the big trip what's up guys welcome back to the channel my name is Kristian Hansen today is a special day because i'm picking up my new motorcycle this was something i had been looking forward to for a long time buying a new motorcycle and so the final months of preparations could begin and what's up you guys and welcome back to the channel my name is Kristian Hansen today i'm here with Handy from SHAD Indonesia and Ganesh from Thrill Bitz so we're gonna install the shad terra system on the back of my KTM 390 so guys today i'm also here with Alex Alex is with KTM and with Thrill Bitz Double agent ya? okay uh today we will prepare Kris bike with the KTM 390 Adventure with the Shad top box here my team preparing the bike yeah i can't wait to see the boxes let's get them on and let's see how it looks like all right guys raining is starting so we have pulled the bike inside because now we're installing the bracket here on the back for the top box the terra top box and this is the one that's going to carry the majority of my luggage when we're going on these trips This is waterproof super smart yeah so when you tour everywhere you have to use this phone holder Nice yea? Wooow so cool! So Kris This box you can operate it with one hand you can open it with one hand you can also remove it from your motorbike with only one hand Wooey it's just like luggage i think we are ready for touring now Alex thank you so much bro i appreciate it Kris take care you are welcome Fantastic Handy thank you so much thank you so much we now have the box on the KTM and we are ready for adventures so thank you so much to Ganesh, to Alex and Handy from Shad thank you so much guys now let's go touring! the best things about these practical days with getting ready is that i always end up making new friends and it was then time to test out the new bike try my new luggage system and do some networking so i went on a trip to central java But what a lot of you didn't know was that this was actually a test trip before my upcoming Sabang to Merauke trip all right guys i am in Muntilan right now actually preparing for the big trip this has been kind of like a test trip so i could see how would be to be on the road for a longer period of time shooting footage packing my stuff bringing Jun my first plan was to go solo then i met Jun and it was the plan that we were going to go together but a lot of things changed and i realized that this trip would make most sense for me if i went on my own there will be something that i will talk about for the rest of my life the most difficult part is i don't know anyone who's done something like this before that's why i think it's so frightening and exciting at the same time hopefully it'll be a great success let's see i have a little more than three weeks until i'm planning to leave Jakarta leave my apartment leave everything behind and go to Aceh yeah now i'm going through some of my old stuff and i'm finding like approaching new customer tips from when i was working for DSV i remember at this point last year i was so tired of it today is january 7th 2021 today my company canceled my biggest bonus for the year so um from today it'll be officially one year and i will be my own boss and here i am a year later i'm about to leave my apartment sell off my all of my stuff live on the road for an entire year that's why i love this documenting things like this so this is a memory that will stay with me another good long day i've been sitting here in the mess it's now 8 30 at night and i started sitting here at five o'clock this morning i'm going to bed i'm extremely grateful for all the support i've gotten from my followers and friends here and i think it's important that we remember to give back to the people that have helped us along the way so i took out day out of the calendar to support my good friend Fitri's mini touring event ah there she is Hiiiiii everybody Good morning guys at this point i highly doubt that i will make it for my original departure which was meant to be january 1st i'm still waiting for my visa i've had so many problems with the visa it's now taken six weeks at the moment there's honestly so many things that isn't ready yet the new videos are doing great which is good but the days are just going too fast and i feel like there's still a million things that i have to do but honestly i don't think i will be 100 ready at some point i just have to go i'm trying to sell out the last things i have that i don't need if you bring too much too many things it's going to be a hassle every time you have to pack on pack going in and out of hotels homestays so yeah i'm so excited to go so nervous at the same time it is time to throw out a ton of it's almost christmas but for me christmas this year is kind of cancelled because i can't stay with my family but right now i'm in the middle of packing and i'm just realizing actually i don't have a lot of clothes this full stack here is just going out or i'm giving it to my uh cleaning lady, Kristin she sometimes gives some of my stuff to her kids It's actually so liberating throwing out most of my stuff all this that i'm packing in the suitcase now and in this is the stuff that i'm not gonna use until the end of the trip i'm just starting to realize i have no idea when i'm gonna come back it's so weird honestly so weird tomorrow i'm going to a place called tommy's airbrush because i'm doing a custom paint job for my helmet let me finish my packing and let's go to Tomi's airbrush alright guys i am here now at Tomi's airbrush so what we've been doing now if we have been testing the color off Turangga so that we can get exactly the same color on my helmet as we have on the motorcycle so it's going to be orange and then a titanium black which is more or less the same as we have on Turangga's secondary color but yeah let's go in and say hi to Tomi alright guys so i'm finally here at Tomi's airbrush Tomi, nice to meet you yea, nice to meet you so Tomi tell me a little bit about your place yeah uh my place in tomi airbrush west jakarta i make like modifications like this car airbrush, for car, motorcycle, helmet sometimes bicycle How much do you normally charge for a custom paint job? for the helmet you sometimes start from 300 dollars until 500 for the start look the design and then the color and then like sometimes if the design is hard the price is more high but for the motorcycle the price from 500 until 2000 look the design look look for the color same like helmet so actually i saw on your instagram that Atta Halilintar has been here as well many people youtuber sometimes painting in here sometimes airbrush sometimes modification wow that's so cool yeah.. so how long will it take to finish my helmet? 7 days until 10 days 7 to 10 days, okay okay all right? it's okay! thank you, thank you Okay let's go guys so while Tomi got to work on the helmet I rode back to the apartment to do some research because when product says waterproof I learned that there's apparently different levels on how waterproof it actually is so i did some testing on my own gear as well but working myself too hard for too many days were taking its toll on me honestly this is one of those nights when i'm thinking What the hell am i doing? the worst part is i know that there is no reason to think like that because as soon as i'm on the road it's gonna be awesome i don't have any reason why i should be complaining but still.. it's still hard
and i'm still doubting myself it's time to get some food and go to bed tomorrow i'm going to monkey garage good morning guys it is december 23rd and today i'm here at monkey work garage so in order to get the bike fully prepared for the big trip i talked to monkeyboard garage and they suggested to do a ECU mapping which is gonna increase the torque of the KTM it's gonna be able to go faster and it'll be able to go longer per.. we will ask them how it works because as you know i'm still a rookie but we're also going to be meeting with Aren inside from CTX and Rizal so yeah let's get started and see how it looks like let's go so the bike is already up and getting ready it's supposed to take around 30 minutes so Ery are we ready? uh we must open the fuel tank and we pull the ECU and then we upgrade to mapping can you explain the people in the screen here what exactly is it going to do? is it going to do to make a more powerful more torsion and exactly that's very good for your KTM now we're writing a new program to your ECU so efficiency you have power you you have have and speed you have maybe 2.5 more horse power nice! nice and i know Aren is in here somewhere i haven't seen him since i went to Europe bro! hey good to see you! how you are bro? it's been like six months, seven months? Six months it's crazy! we are going to change the oil today ya? change the oil yea, what else are you doing? Re-map? uuh mapping, ya yea we can change the oil today too, i think Fantastic esther prime ya? esther prime 10v50 10w50? that's the one yes he is the expert so guys i'm just chatting here with Aren while they're finishing up the mapping and listen what he has to say about Sumatra So like i was saying uh like many many years ago i also went touring through Europe much like you did but the moment you leave java on the boat to sumatra that's when the beauty start and nothing has compared yet surrounding the best place i've ever been beautiful i can't wait honestly you're gonna love it man it's like uh..
it's the trip of a lifetime trip of a lifetime really hopefully it will be yeah this makes me excited! okay we put it back so that's it now my bike is much faster yeah yeah thank you guys (Turangga roaring like a beast!) nice! and as i still have many things to learn i asked Ery if he could teach me how to tighten the chain well you have to do it yeah not necessary too loose okay this is enough ya? Up - This is more tight you tighten this is more tightened yeah this is good okay and then this and then i tighten this again you you you must be like this so it's not moving no it's not moving that's fantastic and just like that i learned how to tighten up my chain so guys a good test to see that eric is actually an expert i found this small bolt here right and i said oh where does this belong and he told me actually the ktm doesn't make bolts like this this is good sign that he is expert ya? it's always a good thing to be curious so whenever i meet a professional i always try to ask questions so hopefully i can learn a thing or two and as we changed the oil i once again learned something new how long before i should change the filter? for this, only if the broken But for this everytime you change oil you must change this filter i'm basically learning so many things about motorcycles today which i just told the guys it's pretty good to know considering that i will be driving on one for a full year so Aren what were you saying about the coolant? i can't remember.. no I am joking aduh sumatra obviously much hotter than it is here in java so obviously once you change the oil it's probably a good idea to change the coolent as well we have this one here a friend of mine made this one local product Vitesse Vitesse super engine coolent the oem stuff yeah it's pretty good it's enough but this stuff is my recommendation i think much better for you what are you smoking in that pipe Ery? Tobacco from Aceh? No.. This is illegal so guys it's been a busy day here at monkey world garage as of today bro herman here from monkey work garage will become an official sponsor for my big trip so we will do a separate episode of upgrading my bike here at monkey work garage fitting it with all the gear needs but now i want to go home tomorrow is going to be another busy day christmas eve and i will editing Thank you guys Thanks for your help ya even though it was christmas day i had preparations to take care of so i went to Komine Indonesia for a business meeting one thing that is extremely important when driving on a motorcycle is protection and i've noticed that many riders here they don't wear proper protection and it seems like it's not very cool so together with komine we have made it a mission to hopefully make it more popular to ride with proper safety equipment through my youtube videos if something breaks on your motorcycle easy lah change the spare part Something breaks on your body there's no spare part let's do it today i'm here at what's called Idimitsu so my friend Om Bobby is opening a new coffee shop here so they are making a big motorcycle event here today so i'm here to support and for the big trip it's also fantastic for me to increase my network you know promote the trip a bit so i'm gonna show you guys a bit of clips from today so that you can see another part of preparation for the big trip is also networking there's a lot of noise in there so it's gonna be without the audio but wow there's a lot of bikes So guys i'm just here outside talking to some of the KAI guys (KTM Group) and they're saying that there's gonna be 300 riders at this event today that's just crazy But we are ready ya? He is crazy He's crazy too! good people Uncle Kristian i was happily surprised to find out that Uncle Tajul i met in muntilan was the speaker for the day and i was also honored to get a bit of speaking time on stage to promote my upcoming big trip so many good people here and there's going to be 300 riders it's going to be crazy normally i don't like to ride in massive groups like that because it's kind of dangerous but today you know it's all about the communities and it's okay lah it's gonna to be a good day all right guys it is december 28th and today i'm back at Thrill Bitz with SHAD with Alex from 2wheelies and we will be fitting the SHAD E48 semi-rigid soft backs on the KTM so we're getting ready to do that now because i will be carrying a lot of gear with me right a lot of clothes so yeah let's get to it so while the guys got cracking with the install i took the opportunity to ask handy and alex a few questions not many people who wants to explore Indonesia from Sabang to Merauke but this time it's Kris that's why i'm very surprised Woa Kris wants to go explore Indonesia from Sabang to Merauke because you know i mentioned before that you are loving what you are doing and you love riding in your motorcycle you love meeting people we wanted to be a part of your exciting journey here in indonesia to explore indonesia it's not easy We have many islands here Kris will find not only problem with Bike so i like to support Kris with everything he needs you know Indonesia is blessed with all it's beautiful views and most of the time you can only access it with your motorcycles that's why right now in Indonesian Adventure bikes is very famous here especially if Kris already explored Indonesia with two wheels yes man of course that's a dream you're living a dream yes i might wanna ask my wife oh yeah one thing in indonesia there is a term is called Kambang Desa Kambang Desa is the most beautiful girl in a village so maybe you can try to find one and who knows she might be your future mrs Kristian Hansen and just like that i now have 2x25 liter capacity on each side good tips from handy and alex and i was one step closer to the big trip Good morning guys from Sentul i am here today to do a bit of off-roading with a guy called Marsel the CEO of Ripple motor rental so i'm here waiting for him and his team now and i'm doing this to learn a bit more about off-roading before my big trip and to network i have actually a video i need to finish pretty soon my preparation episode but yeah sometimes you have to take the opportunities as they come along hopefully i don't break anything today all right guys here we are in front of the bikes wish me luck ya and so we set off from Sentul and drove to something called Hambalang a rather famous place for off-roading enthusiasts little did i know that i was gonna be way in over my head guys i have a bad feeling about this No front brake in off road and then a lot of gass over there continue yeah made it oh that was fun five minutes in and i thought this is gonna be easy well.. it was not in off roading don't worry about falling you will it will happen you will fall that is good it's like a Uncle Uki says you know Fall down? it's just another celebration you know (____) me this is hard Let's (_______) go! oh it's like a workout you know best thing about off-roading so far is that sometimes you have to wait for other people that allows me to breathe this is nice i like this! oh shit oh shit oh shit (____) me this is hot oooh (____) okay let's slow down keep going! oh well okay I will pretend I am dead Mr? Mr? Mr Go! Hey! are you ready Mr? I'm okay bro! gotcha Don't Praaaank You dog Dog (slang) There is a problem? All good just going too fast he got super nervous Mr, Mr.. you okay Mr? All right? All good! Cold ice tea in the front Thank god Thank god! Don't forget to subscribe He is the real MVP (most valuable player) unfortunately my gopro ran out of battery but this is what we've been dealing with for the last 30 minutes this is without a doubt one of the most fun things i've tried here in indonesia very hard but a lot of fun Keep high spirit Mr oh ooh we are going up there? Yes This is Tanjakanan (high incline hill) check this out Kristian! How? Come on Kristian! No thank you This is insane! So there are going from here, down that and then straight up that is one of the craziest things i've seen there's absolutely no way in hell i'm going up that hill oh there we go Can not Even the other guys are turning around it's too muddy you are a dirty camera now that we just have a little piece of quiet i just want to tell you that this is bloody amazing there's so many riders we're riding so close and just trying to get up in this mud but it's so fun this is one of the most fun experiences aah.. i've said that already we're making a small stop here on the hill and marcel from ripple the guy who invited me to come out here is telling me that this is a very normal thing you know wednesday is apparently an off-road day so people come here meet there's so many riders look and people are basically trying to climb this hill go down and go all the way up look look at him going see even the pros have a tough time doing this it's just amazing the whole culture out here you know whole community Let's go Hansen! Gas gas gas gas Kristian Full throttle ya? Let's go! off-roading is an incredibly fun and thrilling activity something i will definitely be doing more in the future it's such a good mix of sport outdoor adventure action and something you can do with your friends Full throttle so with my new skill unlocked it was time to go home because my new helmet was finally finished and it was time to showcase some of my riding gear what's up you guys and welcome to the Krizilla studio yeah that one goes out to the hardcore motorcycle fans but i thought i would just quickly show you what kind of gear i'll be bringing on the trip this is the Klim latitude gore-tex jacket i'm not gonna lie to you it's an expensive jacket it has a 10.700.000 price tag
here on the elbows goat leather for abrasion protection it is 100 waterproof complete d30 protection both on the elbows on the shoulders and on the back it has six outer vents five outer pockets and four inner pockets and basically the good thing for me is all the vents that's gonna keep me from not drowning in my own sweat item number two The klim dakar pants these are not waterproof if it's gore-tex pants it will simply be too hot for me these pants they have vents here on each side that you can open up and actually the zipper is different on the air vent versus the pocket so that you don't have to look for it when riding you can just feel which zipper is for the air vent it of course has the hip protection and knee protection same as the jacket the C30 and quite important for me is it's very breathable here between the legs when you're riding so that your doesn't get super hot and as you can see here it has goat leather on the inner thighs so that you won't get abrasion marks when you are tightening your thighs to the tank of the motorcycle when riding and a super cool feature on these pants is that if i ride through mud the velcro will sometimes stop working so it has these small metal rings that i can put together so that i can still close the pants and they won't be flapping when i'm riding and most important feature for me with these pants is that it has stretch and i've already tried these pants on and they're really comfortable good looking pants, very lightweight and very comfortable item number three it is the Klim Baja S4 gloves so i chose these gloves not because they're waterproof because they're not they are a mix of goat leather and mesh which means they're quite breathable when driving and they still have proper protection but honestly gore-tex gloves it just becomes too hot for me so with this kind of glove i won't have wet fingers inside a gore-tex glove but i will still have breathability because you have mesh in between the fingers you have proper protection on top of the hand the fingers and the wrists and of course i won't buy any gloves unless they have touch screen for the index finger and for the thumb so i can still control my iphone for the big trip item number four one thing i know about riding is that if you ride in a cotton shirt it's going to be wet in like 10 minutes that is why underneath my jacket i'll be wearing this this is the klim mojave jersey it's a dual sport off-road jersey actually of 100 percent polyester it has these small holes in the jersey that allows full breathability when i'm wearing it underneath my jacket so i won't.. drown from sweat last item on the menu oooh let's get it It is the Airoh Commander and now you can see it is fully customized by Tomi's airbrush it looks awesome i have my Thrill Bitz logos on both sides of the helmets i have the big open visor with the Kristian Hansen instagram i of course have my gopro mount and on the back i have my name as well with the map of indonesia the thing that surprised me the most about this helmet is this wide range of view i will normally open the visor to get plenty of air inside of my helmet but with this one it has so many good vents it has a vent on top on the sides and here in the front so even when my visor is closed i still get plenty of air into my helmet so I am excited to see how well this helmet is gonna do for me for a full year of riding that's it and here we are guys now back again it is now january 3rd 2022 and there's only a couple of weeks until i'm supposed to leave for the big trip so if you're interested in following the journey all i ask is that you smash that like button and share it with a couple of your friends stay tuned because in the next episode we will be upgrading Turangga to get her ready for the big trip so thank you so much for watching today's episode i hope you're as excited as i am i will see you in the next one aaaand until next time bye guys
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