First Ride in Alaska to a Town where Everyone lives in One Building S9 EP 03 | Pakistan to Americas

First Ride in Alaska to a Town where Everyone lives in One Building S9 EP 03 | Pakistan to Americas

Let me give you a quick walkthrough to show you all the parts we’ve replaced in this motorcycle. We’ve invested a lot of time and money to make extensive changes. The building you see in front of you, the whole town lives in this building. The river you see below, is full of salmon fish at this time. Amazing! You can hold it with your hand. So, now my motorcycle is finally ready. I have tied the bags at the back. I have not placed the luggage yet. Once I set it up, I’ll get a clearer idea of ​​organizing the luggage. There is some work going on in the workshop. Let me give you a round. Then I will tell you which parts I have changed. So, here is Troy. Thank you very much for all the work you’ve done on the motorcycle. Thomas as well. Thank you very much. Troy is the one who did the whole job. Yes, Troy has changed all the parts. It looks amazing. What is your name? Colin. Hey man, thanks for your support guys. I really appreciate it. Thank you everyone. Let me give you a quick walkthrough to show you all the parts we have replaced in this motorcycle. We’ve invested a lot of time and money to make extensive changes. So, let’s start from the front. First of all, you will see tubeless rims. I’m always worried that punctured tubes could become a major problem. This is a company called VMX. It is a Chinese company, but it’s also based in the US. So, we have ordered these rims from them. Both front and rear have cost us around $1,600 – $1,700 including shipping charges. If you look here, these are very beautiful small auxiliary lights. Apart from that, let’s go at the back. So, we have installed Bark Buster here. Here you can see very comfortable grip puppies. And here you can see Oxford’s heated grips. Yamaha’s weren’t available, so I got Oxford’s. Here you will find a quad lock for the phone. Sometimes if I am flying a drone, then I can install a drone controller here. So, apart from that, let’s start the engine. Let me show you. There is a very beautiful screen. It has an ABS button here. It looks very good. But we didn’t install it. Here is the charging port type USB-C, available in stock. So, it’s here. But I have installed another one here for charging. Let me open it. This is the cigarette charger. So, if you need to charge something by plugging it in here, that can be done as well. So, I had installed this extra here. Apart from that, there are doubletake mirrors. Ever since I have been riding, I have been using double take mirrors. First of all, they are very comfortable. They look beautiful. Secondly, if the bike falls somewhere, they move out of their position. I mean, they don’t break due to a lock in the middle. One thing is missing, which I will do later. I wanted to install collapsible lever of some other company, these are stock levers. Apart from that, I think all my bags are here. What else have I installed here? Yes, the motorcycle is low. So, I have installed a lowering kit in it. I have lowered it by about 3 cm. There are bags of Mosko Moto. And what else can you see? There are many things. What else did I install here? Yes, I have installed it with the battery. In case I need to charge the battery, I can do that. Nasir, was there anything else? Yes, crash guards. Yes, I forgot this. Yamaha has very basic crash guards. So, I replaced them and got heavy duty from Yamaha. Apart from that, crash bars were also installed from Yamaha. They are very expensive. I think these two things cost $800. So, in the after market rods, when I was using the old motorcycle one rod was connecting from here to the other crash guard. So, that was much better. Now, let’s ride with it and see how the experience is. So, overall, I think these are our changes. This is the tusk. Yes, this is the luggage system. Below this, I have installed a luggage plate. This is also a tusk. I have installed it on the side as well. You will be able to see it in the old videos. You will be able to see how it was installed. So, that’s it. Overall, my total expense on this bike is around $16,000. I have got the bike for around $10,500 or $10,600. I’ve paid around $2,000 for all the parts they have installed. I think that’s the estimated value. Yes, around $2,000. And the remaining $3,000-$3,500 I have spent to buy all these things. I would like to tell you that Mosko Moto have sent me all the items as a part of their sponsorship for the past 3-4 years. They’ve not charged me. If I had paid that amount, it would have exceeded more than $20000. They are good people who support us. Otherwise, Pakistani sponsors would not have supported much. Anyway, thank you very much, Nasir. The decision to buy and assemble the motorcycle here and getting it registered in my name. Probably, it was the best decision. It happened because of Nasir. Coming here and all this, I personally feel like bothering you a lot. I am happy that I could help you. Thank you very much. The biggest benefit is that you’re buying a brand new motorcycle. It’s under warranty. So, during your journey, if you face any problem, you can go to any Yamaha dealership and get the service done. I have also got the motorcycle insured. It was a comprehensive package. As the laws of US are very strict. Medical too. If the other person gets injured, you have to pay for that too. I didn’t want to get stuck here. I think it’s around $170 to $200 per month. Including the medical insurance as well. So, we are done with everything. You can see Nasir is wearing a shirt with H & H Cycles monogram. This is Nasir’s dealership in Chicago. It linked us. His interest in motorcycles got it done. I will come to Chicago too. If any of you are in Chicago, you must already know Nasir. Still, you can consult for any motorcycle related issue. I have to get it refueled. I don’t know if I have to pay inside or pay with the card. Let’s see. First you have to subscribe. Now, you have to swipe. It was about to run out. Yes. Let’s see how many liters it requires. It’s nothing. In the rest of the world, it’s liters but here, it’s gallons. I think 8 liters have been put in. Not much. 8 to 8.5 liters. That comes to just 2.3 gallons but I am not sure yet. Let’s go for a short ride now. Whittier is 1 to 1.5 hours away. Beautiful glaciers will be seen on the way. It has been raining cats and dogs since morning. Now the weather is better. I hope that if I get a patch of 2 to 3 hours I will enjoy this ride as well. Nasir is in the Toyota Tacoma you see ahead. What a beautiful scenery! Snow covered peaks ahead. The sea is down here. Beautiful green fields, meadows, mountains. The beauty and nature of Alaska is at its peak right now. I still have an hour’s ride left. Let’s enjoy the ride. I will stop at a few interesting places and then move on. There is a lot of tourism right now. I want to take a short break here. I saw subway here. Look at this beautiful BMW motorcycle parked here. Our snack has been served. I think we will have a small pizza and then have dinner. I don’t think we’ll eat anything after this pizza. There are no restrictions. You can have a slice and leave the rest. But the pizza looks really good. It will be delicious. Let’s eat it now. Everything in America is big in size. I have to get used to it. We had a heavy breakfast in the morning. This is the tunnel. Buses, trucks, cars, pickups only. They have closed it. Hey man, how are you? Have you ever been to the tunnel before? No, this is the first time. 7:45 is the next time you can go through. What time is it? 7:45? Oh, so I have to wait for one hour. Okay. How long will it take to cross the tunnel? It takes about 7 minutes to go through. The cars go through every opening. The motorcycles always go less than every opening. So, for example, if we go near the lake, then come back at 7:30, so we can cross in. Yeah, only the car, but not you. You have to wait until 7:45. There’s no more cars and then you go. Okay, thank you very much. This tunnel is open for one-sided traffic every half an hour. The train also goes through in between. They allowed all the cars to pass first. And now they have asked me to go. He said you have to stay in the middle. Because here is the track of the train, so there is a risk of the motorcycle’s tire slipping. Otherwise, there is no problem. Wow, the scenery here is amazing. Numerous waterfalls along the glacier’s sides cascade into this lake. Wherever you look, it’s all nature. It’s very enjoyable. All the fishermen’s boats are down there. And as soon as I reached Whittier town, it has become lively. You know what’s great about this town? The building you see ahead, the whole town lives inside this building. You won’t find any houses here and there, except for these stores. I think there are some petroleum only. But all the houses are inside the same building. I have never seen a town in the world where all the people live in the same building. People must have conflicts here as well. It’s evening and most of the shops are closed. They have built a small museum here. There is a hotel here. You can get food from here. There is an ATM here. I think all these people used to live here earlier. This building is abandoned. No one lives here. They have shifted from here to there. This is Army. Historical Project, it’s Whittier Army Port. Just like locals live in the same building, Army used to live in the same building. How is the life here, in this small town? You have been working here for 3 years, right? Yes, yes, yes. Life is beautiful here. It’s a small town. Not a lot of people. But we know each other. We help each other. The entire town is like a family here. Okay. You are living in the big building, right? Yes, yes. How is the life there? Because you have everything there in the building, right? Yes, yes. There are 300 souls in that building. But you don’t really feel like it. When you go there, you almost see nobody in the hallway and everything. We have a gym, we have a post office, we have police, medical, everything. You have everything. Everything. But it’s beautiful. It’s beautiful, yes. You are working here in a cafeteria, right? Yes. How is the work here? Is it good to work here? Because this town is far away from everything. Yes, it is. But it’s a very touristic place. We have three cruise ships that come here with over 3,000 people on them. So we do actually get a lot of tourist people here. Also, what I can say is we have a lot of things like kayak, jet ski. The glacier cruise that goes around 26 glaciers. A lot of things to do in the summer, right? Yes, a lot of things. But you have been here in the winter or never? Never. But if I come here from June, you feel a little bit of winter. You can see a lot of snow everywhere and all that kind of stuff. That’s good, that’s good. Probably they give you the apartment for free, right? Yes, my boss. My boss has the apartment and I get free housing. And how much do they pay you here per hour? Per hour, 14. 14? Yes. I found out about a river here that has a lot of fish. And Nasir is fond of fishing. So I though to visit. Nasir Okay, he’s coming. See how beautifully they have set up for us to sit here. To be honest, I consider myself very lucky that I have seen a lot of unique places in the world. And the place I have reached now is very unique. The river you see down there is full of salmon fish. I mean, you will see thousands of fish here. You do see the fish in the water, but you can’t see so many salmon anywhere. The water is flowing down from above and the whole river is full of fish. I had seen in a video that this is how the bears come, they look for salmon and eat it. But this is the first time I’m seeing it live. To be honest, this whole area is full of fish. So let’s go down and look for a path. How did you find the place, Nasir? I have heard a lot about this place. We also have a similar place in Chicago. And when salmon come to Lake Michigan, they swim in the river. But you haven’t seen it like this. I haven’t seen it like this. We have seen this scene in National Geographic documentaries. And you will see that the side where the water flows, all the fish are on the opposite side. It’s amazing. You can catch it with your hand. The size of salmon is very big. This is a very interesting place for me. And I have found out a very surprising thing about salmon fish. They are born in freshwater streams. They live for 1 to 7 years. It’s about 4 years on average. After spending some time in the freshwater stream, the offspring go to the sea. And then they have to come back to the same place where they were born. The female lays eggs. The male fertilizes the eggs. And then they die. And then the next cycle begins. It’s amazing how the fish know that they have to go back to the same stream where they were born. So, they go back to the same place by guessing the magnetic field and scent of the earth. Someone told me before, I didn’t pay much attention. I did not read it. Now when I have come here and seen all this, it’s a very surprising thing. The fish also know that they have to go back to the same place where they were born. So, all these fish have come here to lay eggs. The male fertilizes the eggs. And then they die. So, you will find a lot of dead salmon fish here. Check it out, a motorcycle with three tires. That’s all you need in life. Since I’ve come to US, so I want to taste the food here as well. Bar trend prevails here with all kinds of foods. We have come to such a restaurant. Fish in Alaska are famous for being plentiful, high in quality, and readily accessible. These are fish tacos. Since we’re not far from Mexico so I hope these’ll be delicious. Ordered the fish with mashed potatoes. Nasir said, fish is a must in Alaska.

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This is Episode 03 of my new Motorcycle series from North to South America. In this episode I test Ride to Whittier where everyone lives in one building.