£6.65 to add 32 miles? My Hayabusa isn't that expensive at those speeds. 😯 Imagine how much cheaper an NC750 (similar petrol bike) would be.

@siraff4461

5 ай бұрын

@Wanderbike Anyone who thinks a 125 is more environmentally damaging than an equivalent ranged battery bike is off their head or can't do simple maths. I own a Grom (MSX) among my little collection and so far since new its never been below 100mpg - thats with a 23 stone ape on it hammering it mercilessly (yes I look ridiculous on it and get all the jokes about losing it up my backside but its brilliant fun). Its one of the most simple to make and least energy intensive to produce vehicles yet it can still do over 150mpg if ridden normally in town and going from history its likely to still be running 50 years from now unless poorly modified. Just to break even from a co2 pov for the battery alone on a Zero I was looking at, you would need to make the Grom then ride them at least (presuming that 100mpg worst case) 228,000 miles. Then you would have to have parity on recycling both and since there is no mandate and almost no recycling of li-ion batteries in practice thats even more. Thats presuming the battery on the Zero lasts 228,000 miles, of course. Better 125s than the MSX are available (though none more fun imo - try one if you want a laugh).

Excellent Bruce your dedication to a challenge is incredible! Brilliant video sir 👏

@teapotone

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much Chops, it’s an utterly useless ‘talent’ to be so stubborn and thick-headed about something… but a talent nonetheless 😉🤣

45 minutes fill up every 55 miles. Oh, boy. Electric is very much the Tortoise rather than the Hare. Bruce does this so we don't have to (thank goodness).

The shite range makes an electric bike totally unusable for me and my riding needs. Great video and I really appreciate the effort you put into it. YOU ARE A LEGEND!

@ejbh3160

10 ай бұрын

Davinci bikes & the Evoke 6061 address that with 250 mile range and even 15mins for 80% charge. It's coming... all new technology starts expensive & gets stupid cheap (with way more features), very quick. Where we will be ripped off, is in the charging... or they'll just introduce pay per mile for everyone but more expensive for ICEs.

@ejbh3160

10 ай бұрын

Just checked the up to date new Evoke 6061. City range is 410 miles on one charge' Mixed range 307 miles. 0-60 in 3 seconds. Top speed 125mph. Charge time at maximum charge rate 30 minutes (CCS2 90kw charger) But on a domestic AC 3.3 kw it would take 12hrs (a domestic 7kw obvs half that) Price $24,999 USD... about £20k but no doubt with import and paperwork costs to add in the UK. It's early days & if there's a demand the market will provide.

Absolutely incredible determination, this video deserves a million views for your effort here. Immense. Thankyou. Looking forward to part 2.

@teapotone

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much! 👍🙏

This is such a quality piece of video Bruce. Your editing is just another level 👏👏👏

@teapotone

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much Trev 👍

Seems to be very worrisome to me.. Worry about running out of charge, worry about giving it too much stick and losing charge, worry about finding charger that is working and available, worry about battery temperature.

@barrydaly7174

Жыл бұрын

Not forgetting the worry about spending 27 and a half grand on your next motorcycle.

@flatcapcaferacer

Жыл бұрын

@@barrydaly7174 True Barry, the $20K on 900cc Adventure bikes is already here. Electric bikes still are another level higher.

@occyman

Жыл бұрын

@@makomadeira5799 nope…..shove the EV up your backside.

@flatcapcaferacer

Жыл бұрын

@@makomadeira5799 I think you might be right if the power grid will support the additional electrical vehicle charging. Recently state government California officials had a week or so owners of electrical vehicles were told not to charge their electric vehicles because of the electrical grid could not support the charging.

@flatcapcaferacer

Жыл бұрын

@@makomadeira5799 I'm not real sure about the cause of California power shortage other than higher demand because of the hot weather. Perhaps the first deadline should not dates to stop ICE production but the first deadline should be to create the necessary infrastructure to supply the increased demand for power.

15:15 - "The novelty has well and truly worn off!" Haha, classic Bruce! Hats off to you though mate, good effort! 👏👏

You can tour on an electric bike but as you have said you need a different mindset. In August I rode all the way around England on My Zero S. I went all around the coast and followed the border of Wales and Scotland. I had a few weeks off work so was in no rush, unlike this trip. My goal was to spend nothing on fuel which I achieved. I covered 2,153 miles in 11 days. Average daily distance was 196 miles. Charge stops numbered 43. The average charge duration was 50 minutes. My Zero only has level 2 charging so no CCS and the maximum it can charge at is 6kw so I charged exclusively at Tesco stores where it is free. One downside of all that charging was that I drank 30 cups of tea and 15 lattes over the course of the trip, plus multiple bacon butties.

@SilverinWolvesScarletForestSno

13 күн бұрын

My average stop time is 2 mins... So you've lost 34 hours of your life waiting to charge..... No thanks.

Amazing determination Bruce. I would not have even attempted such a trip on an EV. The frustration oozes out of my laptop screen!! well done you.

Fine for around town, or a shortish commute, but as a long distance tourer that's tedious, and not even that cheap. This week I got 215 miles out of my Yamaha T7 for £20 worth of Shell V Power Super unleaded.

I`ll wait until they come up with something similar to an alternator. Fair play for putting yourself through it for our benefit Bruce. PS, you`ve lived in England for that long now, You`re classed as an Englishman. 🤣 welcome aboard my friend.

I just watched this video I really admire your patience I think at Lands end it would have accidentally rolled over the cliff into the sea, if I ever have to pack up my Kawasaki z1000sx because they decide to stop selling fuel, I will pack up riding, infrastructure is crap.

Great vid, as always. Really love those challenges and travel vid’s. Keep up the good work!

Balls of steel there for taking this challenge on. Fair play and full credit to ya. It’s a valuable challenge for showing the reality of electric bikes and the issues of charging. I think you said early on in the vid, a bike with a bigger range would have been a better choice if one had been available. Excellent vid 👍

Amazing video Bruce as others have said incredible determinationThank you looking forward to part 2

You are a brave man, Bruce; I think what you're doing would be my kind of hell being constantly anxious, so good on you, wishing you a good safe journey. Thank you for the entertainment, you do put yourself through it for your viewers. Thank you..

Top vid Bruce, I think you hit the nail on the head, short journeys at the moment only back and forth to work and a nice petrol for touring. 😊

Incredibly well packaged video mate, incredibly professional, well done, love watching your stuff

Thanks for the review on the tour of England with the Energica Revelli . I've been waiting for this video .

Fair shout for even attempting this Bruce! Followed your progress on Instagram and there is no way I would do it! Well done big man!

Respect To you sir for your patience. A good video as always. Not convinced on electric so far.

Been looking forward to this after watching the Instagram posts and chatting about it the other day. I still think you are absolutely nuts.... as were Energica by not loaning you their new bike for it! Can't wait for part 2.

This is a great view into the next step of motoring. I must admit that I will be there kicking and screaming before I give up my internal combustion engine. great to watch, great channel. 👌👌👌

Fair... fooking... play mate! That's some serious effort! Between the bike, GoPros, Cardo and phone, I bet you were really sick of battery by the end! Watched the updates on Instagram, so nice to see the vid too. Also kudos on making different content 💪🏼

@teapotone

Жыл бұрын

Ha Ha, absolutely bud 🤣👍

I was waiting for that video! 😝 Thank you Bruce 😇

TeapotOne, My hat is off to you for having the endurance to ride for days with only 40 min stops to sleep out in the open, and in any kind of weather. I would love to do this ride on my Zero DSR, except at a much slower pace of 300 miles/day or less, with time to get a good night’s sleep every night. I also would take a day or two to sightsee at several locations.

@teapotone

Жыл бұрын

Yes definitely, a much more civilised ride 👍

Good on you to take that challenge,excellent perspective on owning a motorcycle like that.

Love these challenges looking forward to the next episode.

you're not selling it pal!! top video fella. one of the best content channels out there!!!

Bless you for sticking with it. I would have given up on that thing.

Outstanding effort so far, you have definitely set yourself a hard challenge. Big respect 👍

@teapotone

Жыл бұрын

Thanks bud

Good first part Bruce. You are having 1 hell of a journey so far. Long live petrol bikes.

It was great to follow this on insta and now the first part of the video. Eye opening to what touring would be like 👀

Quality video! As another viewer mentioned below, this is what we watch KZread for! And what an amateur move by Energica to not lend you an Experia. It's a bit like KTM not appreciating the marketing value of the first Long Way Round series;) Would love to see a next version of this massive challenge in 2, 4, 6, etc years from now💯

"Go electric because petrol costs too much" Electric prices risen and continue to rise, I knew this would be the case. Over £3 for less than 40%. Remember when it was less than that for 100% charge on a tesla 😳🤔 thanks for the real world testing, seriously strengthens my rejection of electric vehicles.

@OrlandoRick

Жыл бұрын

Electricity is only much cheaper than gas if charging at home and commuting or riding within your home sphere (100-ish miles). Long distance riding, like long distance driving an EV, is comparable to gas. But you don't buy these for lower gas prices (that's just a nice side effect). You buy these for performance.

@teapotone

Жыл бұрын

Problem is you can’t utilise that performance when on a long ride as it hammers the battery 🤷‍♂️

@johnedwards4176

Жыл бұрын

Wait and see how much it will cost to charge when the price goes up again . The latest touring electric bike cost £27k ,if you have a petrol bike you can buy lots of petrol for that .Go electric and be part of the next rip off.

@maxflight777

Жыл бұрын

Idiot ! My Tesla is currently costing about £25 a month ! I’m surrounded by free chargers thanks to the socialists in local government!

@patthewoodboy

Жыл бұрын

@@johnedwards4176 and when the Battery fails you throw it away. I have a 125 , its does 130mpg and if I went electric I would never save any money , you are spot on.

That bloody whine though….😱

Well done Bruce, admire your grit and determination, I think I'd have got bored/ pissed-off and binned it. A really great 'real World' demonstration of electric bike use over longer distances. Of course you'll have to repeat the whole thing on the Experia when you can get one so we can see the difference 😂😅😂

Monumental effort Bruce. I followed on insta so it’s great to see the first part stitched together. It was also weird seeing you riding through Basingstoke on part of my commute to work 😀. Out of interest what gloves were you wearing as I’m assuming they were waterproof and I’m off it welsh Wales soon so will need something

We already knew that you are hardcore but you have the patience of a saint to do this! It’s a shame they didn’t give you the latest bike as the added range would have done you better. I think I’d have spun for home after the first 3 or 4 charge stops. Great videos, thanks 👍

Well done Bruce! Hat’s off you you 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Hi Bruce, listening to the last couple of Pod Casts you did on my way to work and back, listening to you talk about this challenge really puts what your frame of mind was like on this ride, would recommend anybody that watches your channel listen to the Pod Caste to. Great video mate, and of course brilliant Pod Casts to.

@teapotone

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much Carl, glad you’re enjoying the podcast 👍

Patience of a saint, well done 🥇

Great video, really enjoyed watching.. Sounds like a really nice guy too.

@teapotone

Жыл бұрын

Thanks bud

biggest take away is there is a lot of money to be made selling/installing charging stations to restaurants/pubs, to give people a place to sit down and order a meal/snack while they are waiting for the charge to finish.

@teapotone

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@henryhonda8408

Жыл бұрын

You'll have enough time to get hammered while you're waiting for a charge..... 🍾🍸🍺🧋

Proper graft there, Bruce! Appreciate your effort.

@teapotone

Жыл бұрын

Cheers bud👍

Awesome Bruce, What a ride! Clearly we are far away from Electric being the norm. Good work!

Well Bruce, what can I say?……..you’re off your trolly! Great video though. I’d thought about an electric for commuting, but the cost was just too much for me, so I’m still commuting on my R1200RT which I love. I think we’re a long way off with the electric bike being a true replacement, although they do look good fun. Looking forward to the next episode :)

Awesome just bloody awesome

I got rid of my electric car after my first long journey, its great for local trips and commuting, but a trip to Cornwall and back from Liverpool and I was done.

Good effort Bruce!!

Talk about earning your money,well done Bruce, great vid.👌

Very Cool 🎉 what a trip ! I wish we had the same rain in California 😅

Fabulous video Bruce - perfectly encapsulates why I won't be at the head of the queue to buy an electric touring bike.....

@teapotone

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Andy, ha ha I don’t think there’ll be much of a queue anyway at this rate mate! 😬👍

Part 1 of 58

@teapotone

Жыл бұрын

🤣👍

Fair play to you taking on this challenge, makes for great viewing and it highlights a lot of problems with running a ev

@teapotone

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Gareth 👍

This came on my feed after watching Marc from Germany zooming around uk. Nice to compare your experiences

@teapotone

Жыл бұрын

Hi Debby, his vids are great aren’t they, I’m loving following his adventures, hoping to meet him soon when he comes back to the UK 👍

I can’t wait for part two! Did it make the cut Bruce? Knowing you I’ll bet it did! 😳🤣

Jeez. Fantastic effort. Got a vw EV and I didn’t realise how much less range there is in the bike. On a similar journey I would only have to charge every 150 miles to keep between 20 and 80%. I’ll stick to my GS for a bit longer, Bruce. Love the channel.

@siraff4461

Жыл бұрын

EV cars and bikes are very different animals. The bikes are around where the cars were when the Leaf 30 and early Kia Soul were about.

Good video Bruce 👍

Great video, thanks. Keeping my petrol bikes forever.

Bruce you have a LOT more patience than me. What an absolute faff electric is!!!!!! I could not do that, having to stop so often is total madness. Well done to you Sir !!

Buddy, been looking forward to this one, it did not disappoint! I followed along on all your IG posts and stories. Thanks for doing this. What a mega idea for a video series. Looking forward to Part 2🔝🎬🎥 Hopefully EnergicaUK will be joining you on the podcast! Grab a brew on me 👍🏻

@teapotone

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Mike!! Glad you enjoyed it bud and hope you liked the rest of the series 👍

Brutal when you add in the charging requirements to fast charge. This was rather eye opening.

Aberystwyth!!!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Great vid 👍

Great challenge I'm impressed.Maybe you do it again in three years time to see how the infrastructure has improved. My opinion is that you will take longer.Great vid, cheers.

Mate that was some effort, good work

Awesome trip definitely shows the electric down fall. But you could be right if you had the most updated version like the new Adventure models. Maybe seeing how quickly may not be the best way to show how great Ev bikes might be as on a tour you would be stopping at interesting places you would like so with luck when doing the tourist thing it may be a better fun tour as doing what you did which was hard core can’t wait to see the rest of the trip 🏍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏍

Enjoyed that mate. Proper suffering in the name of art!

Such a great video. And a much needed review on the Ev.. Many other comments say it all really.. 👍 Actually though. Further into your video. I suppose if your not in a race and got the time to chill and not riding at night as well as day.. Then the EV would be a great bike.. Watching the ride as well the. Ike looks great looks like it handles well and goes well at time. So yes a great bike if your not rushing…. 👍

11/10 for perseverance, mate...!

"far from perfect". Blimey, that's an understatement if ever I've heard one!!!

Great vid, I hope you'll try the Experia or DSR/X on a similar trip

Great vid mate, you suit the shorter beard !!!! How was the bike kit, did you stay dry in all the wet weather - what boots were you wearing and were they waterproof . Not ready for electric yet til prices come down- looking fwd to the next vid

Well done Bruce. Such a revealing vid. I have a friend who has a Ribelle from English Electric, and he rode down to Barcelona in December ! However, this is exactly what is putting me off buying an electric car let alone an electric bike. Significantly higher upfront cost then ICE and then high cost to refuel more often. Fine around town, and when charging at home, but pants for doing any distance. The UK charging infrastructure just isnt there yet. UK petrol stations should already be transitioning to electric. Updated thought……We have seen electric cars on the market now from all the major car companies, in fact some have several options. We haven’t seen the Japanese motorcycle manufacturers jumping in yet have we? Why not? It seems to be mainly specialist start up companies, apart from HD of course. Motorcycles maybe just don’t have the physical size to carry long range batteries.

Thanks for showing us the grim reality of trying to tour on an electric motorcycle. We were following your journey as you did it and honestly we were slightly concerned for your safety sleeping on the ground as the bike charged. If you were to properly tour on one of these bikes then the route would be solely based around charge points instead of riding good roads, completely destroying the whole reason you go touring on a motorcycle. I see a channel called Marc Travels is attempting a European tour on his electric bike, sort of interested how he gets on. 🤔

@gerrypowell2748

Жыл бұрын

He says no negative comments because he’s riding an eccy bike🤣

Well done Bruce, I reckon this will become the baseline reference against which all future electric motorcycles will be judged.

Lovely bike 👍

Great video..thanks for putting yourself through it...some friends have an electric car but need to hire an ICE when they travel to W Wales ...so much needs to change if we're to really be able to consider electric as a real option...

Hi teapot , given the choice I rather go round the uk on the sinnis terrain 125 , and In all honesty I’d enjoy it , but the electric bike I’d have thrown it in the bushes and walked home , I can remember doing 900 miles in a day once on a Honda blackbird at obscene speeds , and didn’t ride or look at the bike for a week , I was totally fried ,your a brave man doing it on that , the waiting for a charge , while been ,cold and exhausted must have been beyond mind numbing 🏍🏍👍👍

@teapotone

Жыл бұрын

Ha Ha cheers, it’s helps that I’m insanely stubborn 🤣👍

Jings... I'm exhausted just watching that 😆

Looked at buying electric car in Wales before discovering Wales has 4% of all the charging points in Britain, decided the infrastructure not up to the job, didn’t buy. Love your content and your tenacity to keep going through whatever, best of luck.

The problem with electric bikes is energy density. Bikes only really work well in the first place because liquid fuels are incredibly energy dense. The batteries we have at the moment - and for the forseable future - simply can't hold enough energy in a small/light enough space to make them a real alternative. Yes you can make ever heavier and bulkier bikes which can cover more miles but thats not the same as adding a slightly larger tank to have the same effect on an ice bike. Electrics are great while they're well within their range and if you don't mind having a much heavier bike than necessary. Electric motors offer a great amount of power for their size and give a level of control I've never found even on the best ice bikes. Batteries to power them just makes them bulky, slow to charge and even from an environmental pov pointless. Bruce top marks for sticking with this but you're one in a million. Most people would have done the first charge stop, realised it was going to be a joke and gone home.

Fantastic video teapot, really interesting/entertaining stuff. At 3. 10 could you elaborate (as I've heard it before) how motorway work can reduce battery more (unless you mean because you are going faster), as you arnt slowing down /speeding up all the time as per any other fuelled vehicle.

Saffron Walden was the nearest town to my old regiment (33 Engineer Rgt EOD) Spent many a weekend in the Queen Elizabeth pub....

Good sounds

monstrous effort mate. did you feel the "range anxiety" as much as some of the more remote parts of your round the world trip?

Another four point ride... excellent stuff. It's a shame you couldn't get an Experia.... ah well, maybe next time!

Great video Bruce and fair play for trying it. EV's are great but there's a place for them and they are certainly not ideal for longer journeys. 2 minutes to refuel a petrol bike v 40 mins + on an EV, I know which vehicle I'd rather have lol

Pure entertainment Bruce, very funny and informative. Couldn't you have strapped a petrol generator on the back and ran it as you rode along? You just get better and better!

@teapotone

Жыл бұрын

Ha Ha, I’ll leave that to the professionals 😉👍 Thanks bud

To be fair, the future is likely to see us all getting a lot less done in our short lives, while we are waiting for our motorcycles to charge! The bus service is really starting to look quite exciting now! 😕

@chewie8

Жыл бұрын

With the price of electricity now and in the future, I can't see electric car and bikes taking off.

@stephenlennox6491

Жыл бұрын

BINGO. That is what they want. Job done.

@gmy33

Жыл бұрын

Thats why most bikers generaly ride 2kmiles max per year .. per year

@gmy33

Жыл бұрын

@@chewie8 i will never drive ice .. hated it all my life .. glad electric is here and i make it work for me .. the aptera is coming and beats anything on the road in ecficiency !

@chewie8

Жыл бұрын

@@gmy33 if electric takes off and prices on bikes come tumbling down, and teh infrastructure is in place then I will jump on the band wagon. I just can't see it happening anytime soon. All the electric car owners now will be paying more than filling up at fuel pumps.

Regarding 'old' technology, it's still a valid consideration, don't forget at some point these will p on the second hand market.

Thanks for doing this, so I don't have to. Mind you, I don't own an electric bike - and I won't be getting one any time soon. What a FAFF. My god you're a hard bastard.

@teapotone

Жыл бұрын

🤣👍

So a group of 5 guys all on electric bikes would extend the charging time even more

@stephenlennox6491

Жыл бұрын

Not worth thinking about mate. No one would want to go very far. So those trips would be just a fond memory.

@teapotone

Жыл бұрын

Riding with any more than 2 electric bikes in a group is a nightmare at the moment - very few places set up to allow multiple vehicles to charge at once, so recharge time would be horrendous

@Ridingnz46

Жыл бұрын

I’m in rural New Zealand, there is one charger per town, more in bigger cities but it’s ok I’m enjoying my Vmax smell of unburnt fuel.

Brilliant video again mate I think I’ll stick with myGs, life’s to short to spend that much time charging,👍

I nearly brought a ribella last week off EEMC, brain overtook my heart just in time as it would have meant treadding water for 5 years financially which is too long, especially in the current situation. Be interesting to see how the experia would do. Experia would be much more suited for what I use my FJR1300 as a safety bike. Can't wait for the rest

I don't think I could do that trip on a ICE bike , looking forward to the next part.

jeez Bruce what an adventure but massive respect to you for trying this! Personally the range on motorcycles is just not there in my car a polestar2 i get much better distances.

I don’t know how you did it bruce! I remember when you set off heading north from lands end, I set off that afternoon at 3pm from Falmouth in the car and followed you north on Instagram, as I past north wales I remember an epic sunset and headed home to Lancashire as that night you past me heading north to Scotland. 👍 good effort mate, your bonkers though 😂

@teapotone

Жыл бұрын

Ha Ha cheers bud, was a beautiful sky wasn’t it 👍

I think you actually made really good progress. I did lands end to John o groats on a Honda 90 and it took 7 days!!!