Video summary
The riders have arrived in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, marking the beginning of a new chapter after completing a massive 6,000-kilometer journey through northeastern India. Upon settling into their apartment located in the second tallest building in the city, they are immediately struck by the daunting yet magnificent urban landscape. The view from their balcony offers a stunning panorama that includes the iconic Petronas Twin Towers and the Exchange 106, highlighting the sheer scale of the capital's skyline. Despite the initial excitement, the reality of navigating such a complex metropolis sets in quickly, as they realize that taking even a single wrong turn could send them five kilometers off course in a city with roads winding at multiple levels and confusing intersections.
Before embarking on their first official ride, the team visits a rental shop called Bino Motorcycle Rental to select their machines for the upcoming month-long expedition. After considering expensive large tourers like the BMW GS and cheaper but less suitable scooters, they settle on two 250cc bikes: a Benelli TRK 251 and a Benelli Leoncino. They find these models to be an ideal compromise, offering enough power for touring while remaining lightweight enough for the riders to place their feet on the ground comfortably. The rental process involves some trial and error, including a comical incident where one rider gets lost during a test ride around the block due to the confusing one-way street system, but they eventually secure the bikes and install their luggage racks with the help of online tutorials.
The first actual ride proves to be an intense experience filled with both challenges and surprises. The riders navigate through heavy traffic in the dark, utilizing a dedicated bike lane that allows them to bypass gridlock and save significant time. They encounter various cultural nuances, such as the necessity of paying for fuel before pumping it and learning local greetings, while also marveling at the incredibly high overpasses that offer breathtaking views of the city's architecture. Although they initially struggle with navigation and fear getting lost in the sprawling city of eight million people, their bikes perform flawlessly, giving them confidence to tackle the difficult road network.
Ultimately, the first day concludes successfully as they manage to navigate back to their apartment high above the ground, having survived the chaotic streets of Kuala Lumpur. The experience highlights the contrast between the intimidating complexity of the city's infrastructure and the freedom provided by their new motorcycles. With the bikes secured and the initial fears of getting lost overcome, the riders feel ready to continue their adventure, planning to head south to explore the southern tip of Malaysia over the coming weeks. They promise to share more details about their itinerary in the next video, leaving viewers eager to see how they will handle the rest of this epic journey.
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Honestly guys, these roads are not a
joke.
>> If you take one wrong turn, you are like
5 km the wrong way. Wait a minute. Uh,
we have to go on here. Yeah.
>> On or off?
>> On where?
>> On. On. On on.
>> On where?
>> On the on the ramp.
>> Good morning, world. Welcome back to the
channel. In our last video, we just
finished off our 6,000 kilometer ride
through the northeast of India. After
this, we took a small small break, but
we didn't have to wait long for our next
epic motorcycle adventure. And now we
are here in a brand new country, the
capital city of Malaysia, Kola Lumpur.
And guys, check out the amazing view
from our balcony. Can you believe it?
Right here is the second tallest
building in Kola Lumpur, the Exchange
106. It's over 450 m tall. And over here
we can see the center of the city and
just about Malaysia's most famous
landmark. The Petronis Towers are just
there as well. It's just amazing. I'm
really blown away. But anyway guys,
today is an exciting day because we are
just about to head over to a motorcycle
rental place to choose our next
motorcycles for our upcoming trip. So
let's go.
>> It's going to rain.
>> Oh no.
>> Yeah, just hit thunder.
Hi, how are you? We just left on our way
to the rental place and it just started
raining like crazy. That looks terrible.
Look, look, look.
That is not good because we have to do
about a 30 minute ride to get from the
rental place back to our hotel.
I think we're going to get really really
wet.
>> Thank you so much. Yeah. Have a good
day.
Bye-bye.
>> I don't think that I need my sunglasses
anymore.
>> Hello.
>> Hello. Hello. How are you?
>> Luggage here.
>> This one is motorcycle luggage.
>> Okay.
>> And this what we make small and put
inside here.
>> Oh, brilliant.
>> So, this is the rental place, Bino
Motorcycle Rental. Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you. So, these guys have
quite a few bikes on offer. As you can
see, there are loads and loads and loads
of different kinds of bikes here. We
were kind of a little bit spoiled for
choice here. So, we've had a look at
quite a few different options. They have
quite a few of these like big tourer
bikes. Like this, I think, is a 500cc.
You got a BMW GS, and there's an 800cc
bike here. But these ones are definitely
going to be too big for us and also too
expensive as well. I think these ones
are costing something like at least $50
a day. So, we didn't want to go for the
really big tour bikes, but we also
didn't want to go for the little
scooters either. So, they have quite a
few bikes that are kind of in the
middle. They've got the Suzuki SX 250
here, but this one was still quite
expensive, actually. So, I was asking
the guys if they had any other 250s,
which were a bit cheaper, but still
suitable for touring. And they showed me
this bike over here, which is the
Benelli TRK
251.
251. And this is uh definitely smaller
and lighter than the biggest of the
Taurus, but it's also a lot cheaper than
the Suzuki. So, we kind of had to make a
bit of a compromise. But they only have
one of these, unfortunately. So, they've
recommended this as the second bike,
which is also a 250 by Benelli, the same
brand. It's a little bit less of a
tourer, more of like a scrambler, but I
think it should be okay. I mean, it's
still got two wheels.
>> Yeah.
>> So, we think that these are the two
bikes that we're going to take, but uh I
think we need to try them out first. I'm
just going to go around the block. They
said it's just right, right, right,
right, and then you're back here.
>> Oh, the seat's wet.
>> Oh, no.
Woo!
Wow!
Nice.
>> All right.
>> Yeah, it looks quite big, but I think
because it has a 250cc
engine, it's definitely a lot lighter
than the Himalayan, but it seems to ride
good.
>> Yeah, I think we can't go wrong with
that.
>> Love is wearing her rain trousers.
That's smart. Wait.
>> Suitable for for the weather today.
>> Okay,
>> sweetie. You don't have a helmet on.
>> Oh,
>> you look good though.
>> That's the most important. Eh,
>> was it right, right, right? Yeah.
>> Right, right, right, right.
>> Yes.
I swear Lavy should have been back by
now.
>> Oh, nope. Is that her? No.
>> A few minutes later.
>> Lavy's definitely taken a wrong turn
because
she is taking way too long.
>> A little longer than a few minutes
later.
>> So, Lavy's still not back yet. So she's
probably lost. So
>> you see she turned at this junction or
another junction in front.
>> I think she turned at the first one.
>> So the staff member here is going to go
out and see if he can find her. I have
her phone here as well. So she doesn't
have a GPS. Love is lost on the first
ride
>> eventually.
>> There she is.
>> Yeah.
Sweetheart, which part of right right
did you not get?
>> God,
>> I think I saw you one time two streets
that way going that way.
>> Yeah, because it's all one way here. So,
I got really confused. The first ride I
did go, but the second ride I didn't go
because I was sort of concentrating. I
was enjoying myself. Like, I just didn't
see it, you know? And then suddenly I
was like where am I?
>> He went out looking for you.
>> I'm sorry.
>> I've come to the rescue.
>> I had to ask two people. I had to ask
two people. Where is it?
>> And they know. They know about my place.
>> But you were going only here, right?
>> Yeah. Yeah. I was going only once you
miss
>> uh the ride because I was concentrating
on the road. I was like, "Oh, that feels
nice." And then suddenly it's like, "Oh
no, I'm wrong here."
>> Anyway,
>> anyway, the bike feels amazing. I'm
really excited to go on a new trip with
this bike. I mean, it's very low as
well. So,
so I can easily like get my feet on the
ground.
>> It's lighter. It's going to be easily
maneuverable. I think you can get your
feet on the ground really nicely.
>> So, I think that's that's great.
>> Yeah. Nice. Check it out.
>> Awesome. So, we've brought along our
amazing Westwind moto gear here. Tank
bag, pas, everything. So, we're going to
get the bikes loaded up.
>> This one here you need.
>> It's been so long since we installed
these pas that we've totally forgotten
how to do it. So, we're watching a
tutorial
from Westwind Moto.
>> These two holes here on the Ranger Wild.
>> Okay. Throw it over. Just like the endo,
we find the straps here on the back.
>> Straps on the back.
>> Adjust.
>> That's it.
>> Okay.
>> Okay. So, it actually goes in in and
around and back underneath the same
piece.
>> And then once we repeated the process on
the other side, we're going to go ahead
and tighten.
>> I think we got it. Now, we will just
tighten it up and see if it will hold or
not.
Okay,
>> that's good.
>> So, it's a little bit strange to set up
because actually we're attaching a
rackless PA set to a motorcycle rack.
So, it is a little bit weird, but it
should work.
Right. So, we're going to put it there.
Okay. Oh, okay. Yes.
We have installed.
>> Yes. Now we just need to get our
motorcycle gear on, jump on the bike,
and ride back to the hotel.
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ready to go.
>> You. So, I forgot to tell you guys what
model is riding. By the way, it is the
Benelli Leon Chino Dento Chinuanta,
>> which I think means 250. Okay.
>> Okay.
>> Thank you very much. All right.
>> Thank you so much. Nice to meet you and
we see you soon.
>> Perfect. Thank you so much.
>> Woo! Here we go.
Nice.
>> Okay. Are you ready?
>> I don't know. I actually don't know.
>> Are you ready to start your new
adventure?
>> I guess I have to be.
>> Here we go.
>> Bye-bye. Bye-bye.
>> Bye-bye. Thank you.
So, let me just have a quick look here.
Okay. So, let me see how it feels. So
far, the bike feels really, really good.
>> Just watch out they don't open the door.
>> Okay. Yep.
>> Where is my horn?
>> There's mine. I didn't hear it.
>> This is not It's not working.
>> It's not working.
>> No, look.
I have to message them. But anyway guys,
so our petrol is really really low. So
the first stop will be a petrol station
and then we have about a 50 minutes ride
to ride back to our hotel. So it's going
to be probably completely dark, which
I'm not too excited about to ride in the
dark in a new country, but um it's all
part of the adventure. Hey.
>> Yeah. I thought we had a lot of time,
but you got lost on the test ride, so
And it took us quite a while to get this
gear sorted. Setting up the gear for the
first time on the bike. Getting the
payment sorted. And now it's it's nearly
7:00, so definitely later than we
wanted.
>> But here we go, guys. Welcome to
Malaysia. The start of a new epic
adventure
>> on the streets of another new country.
How does it feel?
>> It feels amazing.
>> How does your Benelli feel, by the way?
>> I can't complain at all. It feels
actually really good. It's not heavy or
anything. I can even get my feet on the
ground. I mean, this is like the first
time me experiencing a 250 where I can
actually get my feet on the ground where
it feels like quite comfortable. No
problem at all.
>> Yeah, mine feels like a proper tourer.
Like really, it just feels like a very
lightweight tourer, but I have a
comfortable riding position. It's only a
250 engine, but it seems to have enough
power. But I am a little bit scared
about riding uh into the main part of
the city. Yeah, I mean we are starting
our first ride here in Malaysia in the
capital city. Obviously the largest city
in Malaysia. I think Koala Lumpo has
around 8 million people living here. So
this is uh going to be a hell of a first
ride.
Wa! First ride. And she's already
filtering.
>> Woo.
>> Just keep in mind your bags are
relatively wide at the back. Yeah.
>> Oh, I totally forgot them.
>> They are quite wide.
>> I totally forgot them.
>> Ah, and here's the petrol station.
>> Yay.
>> So, we're not going to run out of fuel
on our first ride. And it's a shell as
well. Feels like being back in
Northampton.
Awesome.
So, first time fueling up in a new
country. First question is, do we have
to fuel up ourselves?
>> Um,
>> I think the answer is actually yes.
Yeah. Yeah, this guy's filling up on his
own.
>> So, yeah, we have to fill up our own
bikes, my love. We are not in India
anymore.
>> Don't know how to open.
>> Oh, you can be my fill up.
>> I will. I will. Are we taking fuel save
95?
>> Yeah,
>> probably. Yes. No.
Is he gonna Oh, no. I think we have to
pay first, my love.
>> Oh, okay.
>> Let's see. Can we just tap the card?
It says transaction declined. I'll go
inside and I'll see if I can do it.
Okay.
>> Hello. Uh, we want to fill up. Do I pay
before or after?
>> Pay after.
>> Yeah. You pay first, then later you pay
inside or second
>> and then I pay here.
>> Yeah.
>> Okay. So he says fill first.
>> I know when I do this.
>> It's our first fill up here in Malaysia.
>> We don't know how it works.
>> So fuel cost fuel cost here in Malaysia
is 3.97
ringit per liter, which is 3.97.
Ooh. 74 p a liter.
>> Oh, really? That's not bad.
>> It's the good price.
>> Three ringit uh 97 cent one liter.
>> Yeah, that's good. In England, it's like
three times more.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. People in Europe
struggling a lot now with that.
>> Yes.
>> Yeah.
>> Okay. Yeah. My one as well. Thank you.
How do you say thank you in Malaysian?
>> Malaysia.
>> And how do you say like hello?
>> Uh, hi. I like English also.
>> You can just say hi.
>> Hi.
>> Oh, that's easy. Hi.
>> Yeah.
>> And what's your name?
>> My name is actor.
>> Actor?
>> Yeah. Oh, like an actor?
>> Yeah.
>> You don't work here. You're just an
actor.
>> Okay, that's fine. Thank you so much.
>> Perfect. I have no idea how many liters
we have actually in the tanks. So, we
filled up uh 23 L.
>> 23 L. 41.
>> How many liters was this one, do you
think?
>> Uh, not catching.
>> Maybe like 10.
>> Uh, yes.
>> I think this one's bigger. No.
>> H, this one very big.
>> I think we just picked up the bikes now.
So tomorrow we are going to Jor to the
south.
>> Oh, I see.
>> The southern point of Malaysia.
>> Oh,
>> like the most southern place.
>> Uh, we're going to stay 1 month.
>> 1 month.
>> Payment was good.
>> Yeah.
>> Okay. Good.
>> It did work.
>> Okay.
>> Do you know for the motorcycle, do you
think this way or should I take this
way?
>> No. No. This one.
>> This one better.
>> Ah, this one better.
>> Bit better. Okay.
>> You don't follow this one? I think
>> because it looks so complicated. Look
this.
>> Yes. You're just
>> It looks really complicated, but we try.
Okay.
>> Thank you,
>> Takasi.
>> Thank you so much, Takasi. Nice to meet
you, actor.
>> All right.
>> All right. Okay. Bye-bye.
>> Bye-bye.
>> Oh, just stalled it.
So, we are coming closer to the city
now. Starting to see all of these
highrises.
Oh, cool. And there's like sort of night
street food market here at the side. And
I think that's a really common thing
here in Malaysia and especially in Koala
Lumpur. They have one of the most famous
night market streets in this city, which
we will be visiting at one point in this
series. But yeah, you can see here all
of these sort of indoor outdoor eating
places. Got some chicken roasting on a
stick. Oh, looks good. But yeah, it's
pretty much dark now. Sorry, my love. We
are going to be riding in the dark on
our first ride here in Malaysia. Well,
no, we're approaching our first
overpass. Are we going on it? Oh, I
think we're going on it. Yes, we are. We
are going on our first overpass, guys.
here in Koala Lumpur.
Woohoo. Honestly, the streets of Koala
Lumpur looked very daunting from our
hotel window. We could just see a view
from the window of about like I don't
know hundreds of different roads in all
directions. I don't know if we have to
go up or down here. So, we'll go we'll
go up. We'll go up. I have no idea.
>> Honestly, it looks so easy to go wrong
in this city. There are a million roads
going everywhere.
>> Also, I just asked Ollie to go ahead
because I always need a little bit time
to get used to the bike and then at the
same time uh reading the directions is a
little bit uh tough.
>> Okay, here it says we got to do a
U-turn.
>> Uh okay. So, we went wrong.
>> No, no, no. I think it's supposed to be
like that. Ah,
>> okay.
>> So, we got to do a U-turn here, but it
looks like a normal place to do U-turns.
Oh, neutral.
>> I'll just wait for you here.
>> Okay, coming.
Okay,
I'm with you now.
>> But yeah, the road systems here look
absolutely crazy, so you've really got
to be paying attention.
Oh, no. I don't know. I don't know. Uh,
let's go uh up. Let's go up.
>> Okay. I have no idea if it's up or down.
Let me see.
>> Yeah. Yeah. I think this is it.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. Yeah. This is right.
>> What is this?
>> Look at this road. Look at all of these
roads. If you take one wrong turn, you
are like 5 kilometers the wrong way.
>> Yeah.
No, honestly guys, these roads are not a
joke. I mean, it's sometimes three
levels high. Now we've got to merge on.
>> Okay. Straight
>> on the two right lanes. Now the road
splits in two.
>> Okay.
>> And we take the two right lanes.
>> Okay. Perfect.
>> If we go there, then we're like
completely in the wrong direction.
>> Oh my lord.
>> These roads just wind their way
everywhere. I mean, I'm really impressed
actually. The road system is pretty
smooth going and all the traffic seems
to be flowing pretty well.
>> It's very advanced.
>> Oh, I think we're coming to like a
barrier. Ah, wait. There's a bike going
to the left. Let's just follow the bike.
>> Okay.
>> Yeah, there's a bike lane. Look, there's
a sign.
>> Oh my god.
>> Bikes go for free.
>> Nice.
Thank you, Malaysia.
>> Okay. Yep. doing really well. We've got
8 km more to go.
>> Oh my god. You can just see a sea of
cars in front of us.
It's like a standill here.
>> Yeah. Let's just slowly filter through.
>> Oh, but it looks quite
tight.
Okay. Okay. I'm behind you now.
>> You with me? Okay. Now, we're going to
go to the left side cuz I just saw a
biker going down the left.
>> Just be really careful cuz it is
>> a bit of a bike lane here.
>> Woo.
>> Yes.
>> Woo. I don't know if that's an official
bike lane, but I see, you know, lots of
other bikers using it.
>> Bikers are the best.
I mean, that's amazing. Look at that.
Look how much traffic we can just skip.
>> Well, it's pretty good because none of
the cars seem to be using it.
>> Yeah. Good on you guys.
>> Oh my god. Be careful. The bike is
coming behind you.
Just go further to the left. We're
getting even overtaken in the biker
lane.
>> Is it still for us straight?
>> Yeah. That's good.
>> This lane is so good. Seriously, I mean,
we are just flying through the traffic.
This is amazing.
>> They probably saved us an hour.
>> Seriously? Yeah. It says it's only 10
minutes away now. So, we're going to
take a left here now. Exiting.
>> Okay.
>> Ah, that's why they're all stuck.
>> Oh. Something's going on.
>> Oh, was there an accident or something?
>> Uh, there's something going on there.
Look.
>> Okay.
>> How is your bike performing, by the way?
>> Oh, it's so good. Like, there's no
problems with this at all. Like, really?
I mean, I had never really even heard of
Benelli before. Had you?
>> No.
>> Yeah. I mean, we did not choose these
bikes for the brand, guys. It's not a
sponsored deal, even though we both have
Benelli bikes. It's just that they were
like the cheapest 250 tourists that the
that they had. Wait a minute. Uh, we
have to go on here. Yeah.
>> On or off?
>> On where?
>> On. On. On on
>> on where?
>> On the on the ramp.
>> Oh, okay.
That was really like really tricky.
>> I think actually that's wrong. Sorry.
I'm not 100% sure because I think we
actually should have been on that road.
>> Oh no.
>> Let me see. Maybe it's okay. Maybe it's
okay. Oh my god. Look how high up we're
going.
>> Yeah.
>> Oh my god. Look at this.
>> I think we must be like
>> 10 stories up already.
>> Yeah.
>> Look at that.
That is insane. Look how far down it is.
Wa.
Look at that.
We are so high up. There's probably
another lane below us as well.
>> And look at the skyline. Look at the
vista. It's amazing. And guys, I don't
know if you can see it on camera, but
over there is the second tallest
building in the whole world. The lit up
pink building there. Yeah. I can't
remember the name of it, but it's over
600 m tall, I think. And then there we
can see the Koala Lumpa Tower, which is
the one with the sort of ball on the
end. And then just in the background,
don't know if you can see that on the
GoPro, but we can see the Petronis Twin
Towers as well. This is such an
incredible road into the city. Look at
that.
>> Yeah, it's incredible. Wow.
>> What a crazy ride for our first ride
here in Malaysia. What crazy buildings,
eh?
>> Beautiful.
We're just passing over a bit here. I
just saw there are four roads in one
part. Four. Here we have our lane, the
lane below us, that overpass, and then
the normal road at the bottom. Four
roads on top of each other.
That is beyond insane. But the question
is, do you know where we going?
>> Yeah. Yeah, we're still good.
>> Okay.
>> Bike lane. Bike lane.
>> Bike lane. Okay.
>> Yeah. Wow. This view is just stunning.
Absolutely stunning.
>> Yeah. Look at that. We can see in front
as well
the second highest tower in Malaysia,
the Exchange 101. The one we can see
pretty well from our apartment.
>> Hey, isn't that your place?
>> Uh, yes, that is that this tower here.
That's where we're staying.
>> Yeah,
>> it is exactly that tower. So, we've
basically got to go down, round, and
back to reach that tower.
>> Okay. So, how do we do that?
>> I don't know.
Absolutely epic though. Absolutely epic.
What a first ride.
>> Yes.
>> Okay, we're going back down to earth.
Look at that. We went down one level and
we're still on an overpass.
Okay, this is where the map is very,
very confusing. So, I have to take it
nice and easy here. Let me see. So,
merge on. No, don't merge on.
>> Don't merge on. Oh, okay.
>> Don't merge on. Come off. Oh, it says no
motorcycles.
>> No motorcycles.
>> No, don't do that. Go here.
>> Okay.
>> Okay. I think we had to go like that and
across and back or something. I don't
know. It's all right. It's fine. We can
make it this way as well.
>> Okay.
Whoa. Do you see that grab biker?
Oh, yes. There it is, guys. Our
apartment at the Continu Residence,
which is like 50 stories high, by the
way.
Our little home.
>> And this is the entrance. Not the first
one, but the second one.
>> Oh my god, we made it home.
I'm so happy. Hello. Hi. Hello.
>> Hello. We made it.
>> Okay. Thank you.
Wee.
And now they said just look for a bike
parking. So, I mean, right here, I
guess.
>> Okay.
Yeah.
>> Nice.
>> Nice. Oh, my love. I'm so happy.
Chuck.
>> Nice.
>> Survived the first ride.
>> Yeah. That was pretty hectic though.
>> That was
>> Koala Lumpa. 8 million people. Yes.
>> But anyway, we are here. We've survived.
The bikes have survived. So, I think
we're ready to take on a new adventure
here in Malaysia,
>> I guess. So,
>> I didn't actually say what we were
doing.
>> We will tell you in the next video.
>> Yeah, we'll tell you guys what we're
planning here in Malaysia in the next
video.
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