Racing through Japan : Motorbike vs. Everything Else

[@kydeanderic]

This was a ton of fun to film. Subscribe! goo.gl/mkAwyy Social media & contribution links: kydeanderic.com

[@phosphors]

And lots of fun to watch!

[@pepo67]

It was a ton of fun to watch 👀👍🏻👍🏻!!

[@HotInTheCity]

At first I didn’t really like this video’s format, just wasn’t used to it. But then it grew on me. Would normally rather see you traveling together or solo. But not separately like this. Then came the fun when there were some unforeseen obstacles. It reminded me of The Amazing Race. Also shows how you can get around Japan in different ways, which is one of the reasons I like traveling there. Though I wouldn’t hitchhike. And Kyde scared me a bit when recounting how she got her ride from two guys in a car with a bunch of stuff in it. I don’t care how nice the look on a guy’s face is, but back in the States a single gal shouldn’t hitch a ride from them. So nice to be able to let your guard down and not need to worry about personal safety almost constantly. Thanks for another fun video!

[@InfamousCrimeLocations]

Should do a part 2 where both hitchhike separately trying beat each other to a final destination. Or something similar to this video. Lots of fun to watch

[@kydeanderic]

she'd get rides dramatically faster than I would. people pick up women instantly because they are less threatening looking, among other reasons. haha

[@ksy76]

eric is always laughing, rain hail or shine 😂 love you guys

[@craigchastain7016]

I love their sense of humor and pop cultural references.

[@vincentmiller420]

I remember you two from a long time before. Or I'm some mentally ill crazed assholelio yo! OMG IT'S ASHE!!!

[@jarekweckwerth1390]

In Your Face Top Gear! This was just pure gold! (BTW the moment of meeting at the lighthouse was just sweet, and the non-chronology of the bit after that was professional cinematography!)

[@samuelgilbert9734]

37:08 "Going konbini" sounds pretty much like "going commando"! 🤣 Boy do I wish we had Japanese level convenience stores in Canada!

[@samuelgilbert9734]

13:56 30 minutes to buy a ticket for the shinkansen and find your platform in Tokyo station.... No problem! You also had enough time to grab a ekiben for lunch!

[@kopisusu2000]

I love this video, K&E! This is a very good idea. I hope you would do this more, at least until Eric can legally carry a passenger. Oh, and thanks for reminding us about TopGear. Gosh, I miss that show!

[@Nemuimori]

Very cool video, glad you are both safe. And vegan chocolate orange chip- I’m not vegan but it’s delicious and sometimes it’s nice to be able to just grab a spoonful of ice cream without needing to take a lactase pill.

[@ikaruseijin01]

51:17 A Sago Palm or Cycad. It's probably the kind that is found natively in Japan, Cycas revoluta. It's a living fossil, there were cycad forests when the dinosaurs were around. They're gymnosperms so have more in common with pine trees than with other plants.

[@Yesica1993]

Scooty is so cute! I love motorcycles. This felt almost like riding one, so thank you! That cutoff of the Google map was giving me, "Here be dragons", vibes. Kyde's so competitive. She gets that wild gleam in her eyes. It's like a different world there. I cannot imagine hitchhiking in Chicago. Yay, my fave couple reunited again!

[@rebel2032]

This was an awesome video! Really cool way to take us on an adventure and show both sides of the race! Would love to see more race videos like this! really exciting and had me anxious on what was going to happen next. Keep up the great work!

[@agsupremo]

What a fun adventure!! Really love when you guys shake things up! While watching I found myself thinking of the "silent " video you did some time ago for some reason, which I also really loved. Loved all the camera work and editing, bravo👏🏽. That vanilla ice cream gots to be the bees knees for me! Remember Choco Tacos? There needs to be Choco Burritos.

[@kathleenschaubhut4174]

The great Bike and Public Transport Race! That was a fun video. Thanks for the smiles and laughs. Happy you now have Scooty Puff Jr.

[@theboriszaytsev]

Awesome vid guys. love the back and forth edits.

[@Carkebe]

Love this video! The race is a fun concept. I liked watching both perspectives!

[@dragonzord6615]

So you've made a lot of videos... And this is easily top 5 for me. This was actually amazing. I'm so keen for some more bike adventures :D

[@kydeanderic]

awesome, glad you enjoyed it! it was fun to do something unique like this. -E

[@porteiromendes8466]

Maaan that was a great watch, time just flew by! Was super impressed by the stability and quality of the scooter footage. There always something about Japanese landscapes and weather that never stops being fascinating!

[@radicalprincess88]

Love this style of video! Would be cool to see more like this ❤

[@dsadawrware]

I love this channel so much, cute couple and fun wholesome content, reminds me of 2004 youtube, no stupid ads or intro or product placement or cancer thumbnail, just good videos, a pleasure to watch! I admire how much fun you guys can have simply taking a tram or visiting a place where not much happens, very fun and wholesome!

[@kydeanderic]

thanks so much. we aren't ever going to evolve to the current KZbin style, haha, even if it's detrimental to our future lol -e

[@Offensive_Username]

KZbin went online in 2005 🧐

[@Yesica1993]

@@kydeanderic Thank you for that!

[@KGood28]

That was super cool, one of the best you've ever done. The amazing race K&E style! In L.A., there's a place where you can get an ice cream burrito. The tortilla is cotton candy.

[@pauld2810]

Y'all had me on the edge of my seat! That was fun. Hmm... ice cream burrito sounds better than a burrito ice cream.

[@banzaibobA7V]

Brilliant video! I think one of the most fun ones you've done. Damn that storm was insane!

[@oriolesaltec]

Good job Kyde! Great solo filming!

[@Ars_Fabula_TTRPG]

Really fun video you two ❤ need a little explanation on “vegetable lasagna”

[@kydeanderic]

haha, any person directly next to you on a train/plane etc. it's a Seinfeld reference.

[@Octoberslast]

Really love this kind of video. Super fun to see both sides pov.

[@russcattell955i]

Biker here. Eric you could have made considerably better time if you filtered (US lane split) more. Also rode a bit faster on the open road. Suzuki Burgman 400 is an excellent maxi scooter, good choice. Gonna be epic videos when you can take Kyde along.

[@kydeanderic]

yea, I had bags on the side that are wider than my mirrors by a touch, so I'm not super into being dangerous with the lane splitting. And I'm also not really into speeding hahaha. What ate up time for me was filming, some stops I probably didn't need to make, and that weird traffic leaving the Fuji area that forced a detour. Without that traffic it would have been much closer, it swallowed 40 minutes or so. -E

[@dayla8634]

@@kydeanderic Was it confirmed that lane splitting is legal here? I asked my driving school instructor, he said not to do it. I've also asked one of my students from shiakusho who rides. He said he wasn't sure either after looking it up. I only filter, but most people I see riding on my side of the island do not do either.

[@kydeanderic]

@@dayla8634 Don't trust me, haha, I was using the terms splitting and filtering interchangeably not realizing they had different meanings LOL. -E

[@dayla8634]

@@kydeanderic Meh. Most driving rules here are just suggestions anyway. Ride safe!

[@sarahcicchine2922]

This video is so fantastic! We look forward to your videos every week!

[@spun_01]

This was a good one. Well done guys. And nice work on splicing the 2 timelines together for the edit. Came together amazingly well.

[@malice41414]

Congrats on your fine purchase. Moving around is now so much easier. ❤️

[@guitarmatt191]

Really enjoyed this video format - would be great to see more challenges like this, whether in Tokyo or beyond!

[@ch00ch69]

What a great video, I'm halfway through and you nailed the Top Gear concept, kudos!

[@alocino96]

loved this video. and i m loving that kyde is getting way more confident with filming alone, really really interested in seeing if we will have some solo kyde content in the future. the idea of a race like this is also very fun and at the end it became pretty close, i would have guessed that one of the 2 would have gotten there way before the other but it came down to only an half an hour

[@eclectictraveller]

Great fun all the way thank you. Reminds me of Race Across the World, a BBC TV series, but on a smaller scale.

[@Dios67]

Made me think of the movie The Great Race (1965), Tony Curtis, Jack Lemon, Natale Wood. An auto race from New York to Paris. At the end they challenged each other to a race back to New York. Did you guys? Just one of those fun movies I loved when I was a kid.

[@kydeanderic]

haha no race home, we had dramatically different schedules

[@davidfrank6664]

Thank you! I really enjoyed your race!

[@sarahk5724]

Great video! Such a cool & fun idea. Looking forward to the continuation👍

[@PeterJames468]

Really enjoyed this video. The race makes it more thrilling. Great job guys.

[@goblinpiper6665]

Sweet ride guys! Can't wait until you two can go out on adventures together!

[@joshua.910]

I'm so down for more of these type of videos 😁 + I've been subbed to you guys on one account or another for probably over 5/6 years now, maybe more, your videos haven't appeared on my feed for lord knows how long 😳

[@barbstavetski8962]

Great video ... Kyde you are badass for agreeing to do this.

[@kydeanderic]

haha, it wasn't like she was convinced, we both thought of it together.

[@barbstavetski8962]

@@kydeanderic Ok changing "agreeing" to "doing this" 🤣

[@3DJapan]

FYI Kyde, your phone tool is called a Sim Card Ejection Tool.

[@nikku13]

Kyde looked great. love the idea, but now we need a race to Wakanai!

[@mammyb.1849]

Only two minutes into the video and I’m cheering!!!😃😃😃

[@brvl20121]

Thanks Kyde and Eric great video

[@Briannal884]

As someone who lives in the Shizuoka side of Mt Fuji, it’s funny seeing Eric confused about the traffic on this side and the different view because it’s all I’ve known of Fuji San 😂 driven that many many times and for some reason I always just expect traffic at various points. What an awesome adventure!

[@kydeanderic]

what causes traffic that literally doesn't move for 20 minutes on back roads on a Tuesday afternoon only on one side of the mountain? seriously, I'm still confused about that.

[@douguru1190]

I totally lol'd: "I just realized you might be wondering: Hamamatsu, what are you talking about? That's where we're going to stay the night tonight" And then the red line traces out another 50 KM......OMG Noooooooooo!

[@CriticalEatsJapan]

The Amazing Race! Sponsored by 711... ;)

[@michelet8968]

What a fun, exciting race! Nice editing job, too, to keep us in suspense. 👏👏👏

[@golfpunk0r]

Such a fun idea for a video!!! Go Kyde for hitchhiking!!

[@abbymckender3321]

Amazing content. Loved it. Damn, that storm was intense!!! I bet Eric will win on the way home.

[@kydeanderic]

haha I got home earlier for sure, but she left many hours later than I did.

[@JS-sb1yx]

OMG those floats are so cool, I saw that episode of Made in Japan!

[@LancerJak]

As a lifelong OG Top Gear fan, this brings a tear to my eye.

[@user-cq1ss3jy8i]

You two are just a blast to watch 😁

[@davidice101artistdavideric7]

Ooo new Kyde 🐓V 🦒Eric battle Extremely Exciting but I'm in Kyde camp 🎉🎉🎉 who's the winner

[@yvonneherrerasyvonneh1914]

THIS EPISODE WAS AWESOME - KIND OF A TWO-FER ONE since both of you were filming. What a great idea!

[@vandamar77]

Really really enjoyed this video, awesome concept!

[@lindsaycordova91]

This was really fun to watch! I was so invested in seeing who won.

[@mitzi1728]

Such a fun video! And my fave icecream flavour is pistachio 😊

[@LC-le9ew]

The best ice cream is hazelnut but I can’t find it anywhere in East Tennessee. I made it once from scratch and it was amazing! As was this video!

[@themrgumbatron]

Fun episode. looking forward to more adventures

[@annuttin]

This was such a fun video! I had a blast watching you guys going on this adventure. My favorite flavor of icecream is phish food from Ben and Jerry's.

[@briannicholls2893]

Very Top Gear, but a great idea, and good to see you guys not resting on your laurels but continuing to switch things up.

[@3DJapan]

This was a fun adventure! I have never had burrito ice cream.

[@CantonOrwell]

this competition was more exciting than expected!!! ready for volume II

[@greenb5716]

Epic. 👍 nice 🐓🤣🤣. And love “the dingo got your baby” 😂

[@bobburt]

Yall looked like you were having so much fun, I was having so much fun watching lol. This race is a great idea!

[@howardbowen-RC-Pilot]

Scootypuff Junior ? ❤ Futurama reference accepted! Love it. Ooh when I owned a 400 Burgman...I fitted a Malossi Variator. It's a racing bit that allows you to accelerate quite a bit faster. Boy was that bike fun!

[@kydeanderic]

haha this thing is plenty fast enough for me as it is.

[@howardbowen-RC-Pilot]

@kydeanderic yep and fuel injection delivers more power. Mine was the old carburettor version AN400X if I recall correctly. Its quite addictive... I ended up with an ST1100 Pan European in the end . Burgman was the most powerful scooter you could legally have once I got the UK licence A2 rating. Which is auto gears. Eventually I retook the test and got my A1 rating. 20 years after getting my car licence. I think it was a mid life kind of thing. Anyway that Burgman looks great. I know Japan gets hot but you ought to wear some more protection. I had some kevlar lined jeans (Draggin jeans) and a mesh jacket (US make Joe Rocket) with shoulder / elbow pads for summer. Usual leather for winter. Anyway enjoyed the video.

[@cvodb]

Amazing race! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Favourite icecream? Changes all the time. Coconut at the moment.

[@rickdees651]

That looked like a blast a 5 hour bike ride I mean i use to do it in Florida 3 bucks in gas ride around for hours 4 no reason

[@anatoliagolden-hall4553]

Y’all come up with some really clever ideas!

[@gigteevee6118]

This was HUGE fun to watch, great format and awesome trip! (Wasabi Ice Cream)

[@florian_kopr]

love this and team public transport was not even running ti finish first. and on his bombshell....

[@trippethridge]

Excellent video, very clever, great job!

[@quovat]

Great one! Love hanging out with you guys.

[@craigculver1933]

What a fun video, Great job. Ice cream gotta be Rocky Road : )

[@marcod1600]

I like this idea! And again a amazing video!

[@andquester]

That storm was intense.😮

[@kydeanderic]

haha yes

[@sunsun-om9re]

Haha, the thumbnail is great! 😄

[@thesurfinsuricate]

Great fun idea for a video!

[@edgykoala1732]

That is something that happens in japan. Day drinker coming up to you if you look like a foreigner on holiday asking if you want some food. They mean go to drink.

[@KariHaruka]

And on that bombshell, see you in the next video!

[@dancampbell858]

0:09 Great name :) Do you have to wind him up before every ride or only when assaulting the Infosphere?

[@deanzaZZR]

The only thing I will say about lane sharing (that's how will call it in California) is if you go way wide to the left random crap tends to end up out there including potentially sharp objects like nail, bolts, etc which can cause a flat tire.

[@kydeanderic]

valid worry for sure.

[@VinnytotheK]

Perfect video for my lunch break later today! 🎉

[@martenlundin]

Great idea for adventure! Note to Kyde - don't forget your stuff everywhere

[@wontondestructxn]

Great video! Very entertaining.

[@travelswithblindcane]

Can't eat ice cream anymore but I'm a sucker for a good vanilla. Nothing fancy, just the plain stuff with the little black bits of the vanilla bean in there. But it's ice cream so it's all good. Burrito - I really like the birria beef with black beans and pico/green salsa a local place does! This was awesome, but I can definitely see how it'd be a bitch to edit! Nice work, it was great. Looks like it was a lot of fun, looking forward to Hamamatsu stuff!

[@danielwalker26]

That lady on the Shinkansen recognized Kyde lol.

[@kydeanderic]

I think she just was noticing th camera, heh

[@dj0-]

​@@kydeanderic they're not going to tell you upfront about it, but they'd probably appreciate it if you blurred out their faces. the culture is a bit more private. most japanese youtubers blur all faces if they film in public

[@juliustravels]

More challenges like this please. Super fun to watch 😄

[@st04bez]

I love cheese so I once tried cheese ice cream. It didn’t go well. So my favourite ice cream is still raspberry ripple. Really great video guys!

[@noahone3923]

Very awesome video!

[@PaulMGleeson]

Great video, really enjoyable

[@rolfoqm]

That's awesome, a lot of work i guess, great content guys!

[@OldMan_PJ]

Losing the translucent file folders must have been tough for Kyde. 😧

[@kydeanderic]

where will we ever get more?!

[@malice41414]

Spumoni and not sure about the burrito, there are too many delicious combinations. :D

[@nikolairge]

Fun and exciting! I bit my nails to the quick...

[@Kat.....]

This was really fun

[@Rf_FRSH]

Idk if you remember, but when ya’ll did the q&a i was the guy who commented on Eric being in atmoic ray gun attack so I feel this is so sick naming the scooter scooty puff jr. 😂

[@kydeanderic]

haha yea man, futurama 4 life

[@Elektronaut]

I'm not sure if one could call this new type of content but I really enjoyed it very much. Don't get me wrong I like the other videos as well but I enjoyed this one a little more 🤣