I bailed after a couple episodes - it just got tedious watching them focus less on the ride, the beauty, the dynamics of riding a motorcycle and more on the power. Sure, if you're going long distance even on a gas powered motorcycle you're going to have to think about fuel (heaven knows riding my 160 mile range Triumph T-120 across the west/southwest required some planning for those stretches in Nevada and Utah where gas was hard to find), but it's not the primary focus of the ride and that made watching the antics a little hard.
It was also disappointing to see them test out a Zero, love it and then see HD swoop in (presumably with a lot of money) to offer bikes that were, at that point, less than half baked and not as functional as the Zero. I'm sure Zero would have loved to participate, but didn't have the $$$ to bid against Harley. It wasn't like a 6 of one 1/2 dozen of the other comparing between the two rides either - Zero would have off the shelf been ready to go.
I definitely want to do the same ride - on my bucket list to either go up or down (or both) - but maybe first we'll be headed up from CA to Alaska.
Yeah, just watched the first episode. It kinda was as described below, HD swooped in and picked them off the little Zeros. I can see it getting tiresome. It may well have been tiresome if they had just done Beemers again. That being said, Apple TV is only like $5 per months cancel any time, so I guess cheaper than a movie ticket :shrug:
I haven't seen it either. I'm a fan of the New Zeroland YouTube channel, and do feel a bit cheated that LWU used Harleys rather than one of the earlier electric bikes like Zero or Ego. Apple just sent a a free year of Apple TV+, so I guess I could watch it and report back to you in a few weeks.
I bailed after a couple episodes - it just got tedious watching them focus less on the ride, the beauty, the dynamics of riding a motorcycle and more on the power. Sure, if you're going long distance even on a gas powered motorcycle you're going to have to think about fuel (heaven knows riding my 160 mile range Triumph T-120 across the west/southwest required some planning for those stretches in Nevada and Utah where gas was hard to find), but it's not the primary focus of the ride and that made watching the antics a little hard.
It was also disappointing to see them test out a Zero, love it and then see HD swoop in (presumably with a lot of money) to offer bikes that were, at that point, less than half baked and not as functional as the Zero. I'm sure Zero would have loved to participate, but didn't have the $$$ to bid against Harley. It wasn't like a 6 of one 1/2 dozen of the other comparing between the two rides either - Zero would have off the shelf been ready to go.
I definitely want to do the same ride - on my bucket list to either go up or down (or both) - but maybe first we'll be headed up from CA to Alaska.
Yeah, just watched the first episode. It kinda was as described below, HD swooped in and picked them off the little Zeros. I can see it getting tiresome. It may well have been tiresome if they had just done Beemers again. That being said, Apple TV is only like $5 per months cancel any time, so I guess cheaper than a movie ticket :shrug:
I haven't seen it either. I'm a fan of the New Zeroland YouTube channel, and do feel a bit cheated that LWU used Harleys rather than one of the earlier electric bikes like Zero or Ego. Apple just sent a a free year of Apple TV+, so I guess I could watch it and report back to you in a few weeks.