Motorcycle Tour - Finally Reunited with My Bike & Turkish Hospitality Ep. 28
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00:00Finally I am on my bike and I am feeling great.
00:27Assalam Alekum and Good Morning from Bursa.
00:29I came to Bursa yesterday and made a vlog about Bursa.
00:32And today I am going back to Istanbul.
00:35The good news is that today is Friday.
00:38And I got a call from BMW that your part is back.
00:42So your bike might get fixed today.
00:44But to go back to Istanbul, I have to find a bus from Bursa.
00:49Because I have to take this bus to Mutani where their port is.
00:52It's about 30 minutes away from here.
00:54And then I will take a ferry from there.
00:56And I am not able to find a bus right now.
01:01So I am going to the bus stop where I got off yesterday.
01:05It might be far but I don't have any other option.
01:09The problem is that I have reached the bus station by running.
01:14I have waited for half an hour at the bus station.
01:16But the bus hasn't come yet.
01:18It can't be that the route is different.
01:20So I thought I will have breakfast here and then go to the bus station.
01:24I will catch a bus from there and go to Istanbul directly.
01:27Instead of taking a ferry.
01:54Finally, I have bought a bus ticket.
01:56I got a ticket from Koka.
01:59And now I have to go to the other side because the bus was going that way.
02:02When I sat in the bus, the driver told me that it will go to the other side.
02:05Thank God I asked him.
02:07I am standing at Usman Ghazi Chowk.
02:10And right next to it is the hotel from where I will get a bus.
02:14And that guy helped me a lot.
02:25Pakistan
02:36The bus station here is just like a bus station in Pakistan.
02:40You can hear people calling out Lahore, Lahore, Lahore.
02:42This is Istanbul and Ankara.
02:45All the buses go this way.
02:47But I had read which bus to take.
02:49So I took the Pamukkale bus.
02:51I think it will take me 2 hours to get there.
02:55And since I have to get off at the Asian side of Istanbul,
02:58I will have to keep looking at the Google map.
03:00As soon as I get there, I will ask them to drop me off.
03:03I don't want them to take me further.
03:14I was going to pick up my bike.
03:17I haven't got a call from BMW yet.
03:19But I am sure it will get fixed today.
03:21I noticed that the mount that I had put on my helmet,
03:25is now in perfect condition.
03:28Thank God it's not broken.
03:31Only the sticky mount has come off.
03:35I don't have a sticky mount of this exact shape.
03:39I had brought a couple of extra ones with me.
03:42So that I can use them when I am in trouble.
03:45I have to put this one on top of this one.
03:48So that I can use it on my helmet.
03:51Because I won't be able to get this from anywhere else.
03:54And I think if I cut the sticky mount and shape it,
03:57it will survive.
03:59That's what I have to do now.
04:01Otherwise, the quality of the chin mount,
04:03doesn't come from the head or the sides.
04:05Hopefully, I will be able to put it on today.
04:15I have put it on.
04:17Let's leave it for a while.
04:19These are not the original GoPro accessories.
04:22These are cheaper ones from Amazon.
04:24Hopefully, it will stick well.
04:27After that, I will put it on my helmet.
04:45I have put it on.
04:47But I don't think it will last long.
04:49I have a couple of other things with me.
04:51They are in the small bags of my bike.
04:54So, I will use them for now.
04:56Hopefully, I will be able to use them later.
05:00I have a couple of sticky mounts with me.
05:02So, it will last longer.
05:15Finally, my bike is ready.
05:18I am going to pick it up now.
05:20From this point, it will take me almost an hour.
05:23If I go by metro,
05:25because I will have to take a bus.
05:27Then metro, then bus.
05:29And if I take a taxi,
05:31it will take me less than 40 minutes.
05:34Right now, it's 3 pm.
05:36It's 3.24 pm.
05:38So, there is a lot of traffic at 5 or 6 pm.
05:40If I take a taxi now, I might reach earlier.
05:42So, I am thinking of taking a taxi,
05:44so that I can spend the entire day.
05:46And I have a tank bag with me.
05:48The batteries for the drone are not working.
05:50So, I will take a taxi.
05:52So, let's go pick up the bike.
05:54Finally!
06:09I am very excited.
06:11Finally, my bike is here.
06:13Everything has been repaired.
06:15Only a couple of things are left.
06:17I will tell you about that later.
06:19But first, let me talk to the guy
06:21who did the service for me.
06:23His name is Dogan.
06:25Let me say hello to him.
06:27Let me say thank you to him.
06:29Sohail Faraj, the technical manager,
06:31is unfortunately not here.
06:33I think he has gone out for the weekend.
06:36And the main guy,
06:38who called me 2-3 times
06:40in the morning and evening
06:42to give me an update.
06:44But Dogan is the service manager here.
06:46Right now, I am standing next to Dogan.
06:48He helped me a lot.
06:50Thank you so much, Dogan.
06:52Without your help, it wouldn't have been possible.
06:54I tried to do my best.
06:56And the bike is right here.
06:58Have a nice trip.
07:00Thank you so much.
07:07The best part is that
07:09he has inspected everything on the bike.
07:12Oil change, filter change, everything.
07:14And I don't have to do anything.
07:16And he didn't even ask for money.
07:18The only problem is that
07:20the bike's relay, which I had installed
07:22on the tank bag,
07:24where I used to charge the bike,
07:26has broken somehow.
07:28Maybe I have closed the seat
07:30and it has broken somehow.
07:32He doesn't have it.
07:34I am looking for it in a nearby shop.
07:36He told me the address.
07:38He will change the relay.
07:40So let's go there first.
07:42It will close at 6 pm and it's 5.15 pm here.
07:44So we don't have much time.
07:48Bismillah... In the name of Allah.
07:50Finally I am on my bike.
07:52It feels so good.
08:01They are not giving me any information
08:04about the oil level of my bike.
08:06The reason is that
08:08when I installed it on the bike,
08:10I don't know how much oil it has now.
08:12Maybe 1.5 liters more.
08:14It will be around 30-40 km.
08:16After that we will fill it up.
08:24It will take me 10 minutes
08:26to reach the shop from here.
08:28It will close at 6 pm.
08:30So we will have 20 minutes.
08:32Hopefully they won't close the shop
08:34and will help us.
08:53I am always afraid of taking the wrong road.
08:56Both of my chargers are broken.
09:00The one in the front
09:02has a problem due to oxidation.
09:04Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.
09:06And the BMW guys didn't have
09:08a charger for it.
09:10They didn't have a replacement for it.
09:14So I don't have anything to charge it.
09:16I used it a lot in the rain.
09:18When it was raining,
09:20I didn't use it.
09:22So the water droplets got inside.
09:24So the oxidation was so bad
09:26that it got damaged.
09:28Now I have to replace it.
09:30If I get a replacement from here,
09:32I will replace both of them.
09:42Let me go and ask.
09:44It has a different name.
09:58Marhaba.
10:00Marhaba.
10:02Ataturk Auto Sena?
10:04Yeah.
10:06Actually he doesn't have it.
10:08But a guy from the shop
10:10called me.
10:12He has it.
10:14He has taken the car ahead.
10:20Where did that guy go?
10:22That guy?
10:26He should be around here.
10:28Otherwise, I won't find him.
10:36Where did he go?
10:42Was he here?
10:46I found him.
10:48If I hadn't found him,
10:50I would have been in trouble.
10:56Let's ask him.
10:58There is one more issue with the bike.
11:00I had installed a selfie stick
11:02of Insta360 here.
11:04Either it fell somewhere
11:06or someone in Bulgaria
11:08or Albania
11:10I think it fell somewhere
11:12in Bulgaria.
11:14Or someone took it out
11:16when I parked it somewhere at night.
11:18I don't know.
11:36He has done some science.
11:38He has changed the relay.
11:40My stuff is flying away.
11:42He has picked up the tank.
11:44I have installed an extra light
11:46for the light switch.
11:48It used to work
11:50only when the motor was switched on and off.
11:52He has installed it on my tank pack.
11:54There was no other solution.
11:56He has connected the switch
11:58to the switch itself.
12:00So that when the motor is switched on,
12:02my tank pack charger
12:04will also work.
12:06He has become a genius.
12:08I had thought a lot about this.
12:10Because I wanted the switch
12:12to be switched on and off.
12:14But it doesn't work on the motor.
12:16I mean the battery.
12:18He is trying to solve
12:20the oxidation issue.
12:22I don't understand
12:24what he is trying to say.
12:26I don't know.
12:28If anyone in Turkey is watching this,
12:30Burda? I don't know.
12:32He says everything is fine.
12:44Yes. Burda.
12:56He has fixed both my things.
12:58Both the chargers are working now.
13:00I asked him about the bill.
13:02He didn't want to take it.
13:04He said it was from me.
13:06I didn't understand much.
13:08But I told him that I saw the flag from Pakistan.
13:10He was very happy.
13:12Thanks to him.
13:14My work is getting done for free.
13:20Let's go.
13:22I have completed two tasks.
13:24And with Turkish hospitality.
13:26Masha Allah.
13:28First I met Suhail,
13:30and now this guy.
13:32He could have charged me
13:34more money if he wanted.
13:36I had to turn right from here.
13:38Let's turn from here.
13:42Let's go.
13:50The best thing when you come to such countries,
13:52is the hospitality of the people here.
13:54They give you so much love and respect.
13:56And they meet you.
14:00Half of the journey,
14:02the work that you are doing,
14:04the journey that you are on,
14:06all the money is for this.
14:08To meet the people wherever you go.
14:10And they behave so nicely with you.
14:12Without any incentives.
14:14He could have charged me more money if he wanted.
14:18I got this relay installed in Germany.
14:20And they charged me 85 Euros.
14:2485 Euros for just one relay.
14:26He said that it took half an hour.
14:30So the charge for half an hour was 85 Euros.
14:32Plus 35 Euros for this relay.
14:34Which is not good.
14:37The best thing in travelling is
14:39to meet people like these.
14:41You will meet them everywhere.
14:45This was my first experience in Bulgaria.
14:49I met Evo.
14:51He was a great guy.
14:53And all the work that I did here,
14:55the Turkish people,
14:57you have made my heart happy.
15:01This is the only country where
15:03I can tell them that I am Pakistani.
15:05They respect me a lot.
15:07Brother, brother, Masha Allah.
15:09I have got to experience a lot here.
15:13I will try to show you
15:15the best of Turkey.
15:17Right now, I am outside Istanbul.
15:19The main part of Turkey
15:21starts outside Istanbul.
15:23Because people from all over the world
15:25are living here.
15:27I will try to show you
15:29that part as well.
15:31There is a lot of traffic in Istanbul.
15:33A lot of it.
15:35If you want to go from one side
15:37to the other,
15:39you will have to spend
15:411 to 2 hours in traffic.
15:43It's closed on that side as well.
15:45Right now, it's rush hour.
15:47Since I have come here,
15:49it's rush hour all day long.
15:51I didn't know when the traffic will be less.
15:53This time, I have got it every day.
15:55And whenever I have taken a taxi,
15:57I am stuck in traffic.
16:02Right now, my plan is to show you
16:04the old city on a bike.
16:06A lot of people were asking me
16:08to do a bike tour.
16:10I won't give you a lot of historical information
16:12in this vlog.
16:14Because it's already a vlog.
16:16I will just tell you
16:18where I am passing from.
16:20This is the place.
16:22We will go to Sultan Ahmet area
16:24and then to Galata Tower area.
16:26I will show you all that.
16:28This is the Galata Tower area.
16:30I will show you all that on my bike.
16:45We are crossing the bridge now.
16:47On the left side, there is Sultan Ahmet Mosque,
16:49Suleymaniyah Mosque
16:51and Hagia Sophia.
16:58You can see the walls of the old town.
17:00Some of them are still here.
17:02They have renovated some places
17:04but not all of them.
17:06This is a small part of the walls
17:08of Constantinople.
17:12On the right side,
17:14there is the Grand Bazaar.
17:16And on the left side,
17:18there is the Grand Bazaar.
17:20And on the right side,
17:22there is the Grand Bazaar.
17:24And on the left side,
17:26there is the Grand Bazaar.
17:28And on the right side,
17:30there is the way to Suleymaniyah Mosque.
17:32I came here when
17:34I went to Suleymaniyah Mosque
17:36and Grand Bazaar.
17:38So I took this route.
17:42This is the Orthodox Church.
17:44I didn't go here.
17:46They have renovated it.
17:48I have read a little about it.
17:50But unfortunately, I didn't have enough time
17:52to come here.
17:56Even though I have spent
17:58a lot of time here,
18:00but still,
18:02there was a curfew here for 2 days.
18:04Till 6.30 pm.
18:06So I tried my best
18:08to explore Istanbul
18:10as much as I could.
18:16The cyclist has put
18:18a GoPro on my head.
18:20And he has put
18:22an extra headlight on my back.
18:24Just in case,
18:26if someone sees me.
18:32He has put the GoPro on my back.
18:34I have seen a couple of people
18:36who have put their cameras
18:38on their back.
18:40Maybe for the sake of traffic.
18:42In case of an accident,
18:44God forbid,
18:46they have the proof
18:48that someone has hit them
18:50from behind.
18:52Let's go.
19:12Right now, we are going
19:14to Sultan Ahmet Maidan.
19:16Maidan is the name of this square.
19:18There is Hagia Sophia
19:20and the Hagia Sophia Palace.
19:22Let's see if the police
19:24allow me to go to the square with my bike.
19:26If they allow me,
19:28I can take a couple of pictures
19:30for Instagram.
19:32We couldn't go from here.
19:34This is just for the metro.
19:44Today, I tried my best
19:46to show you Istanbul on a bike.
19:48But the problem was
19:50that I couldn't find the way
19:52to Sultan Ahmet and Hagia Sophia.
19:54That's because it was not allowed
19:56to go there by car.
19:58There is a tram on the front side
20:00and the police were sitting
20:02on the back side.
20:04I tried to go but they said
20:06that I can't even go from here.
20:08And there are some tiles
20:10on the ground.
20:12They are from the old days.
20:14The bike was shaking a little.
20:16The problem was that
20:18the mount I had put on my helmet
20:20fell off.
20:22That's why I couldn't record
20:24the rest of the footage.
20:26It was evening and
20:28I tried to record as much as I could.
20:30But now we are here
20:32for dinner.
20:34We are at Karachi Darbar.
20:36The same restaurant where we came before.
20:38Today, we have ordered
20:40Nihari and Chicken Tikka Masala.
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