Solo to Ukraine on a Motorcycle | Stranded in Lviv

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Solo to Ukraine on a Motorcycle | Stranded in Lviv

[@wr1120]

Michael is the local I wish every tourist would meet while travelling 👍

[@DimaShyshkin]

I'm so glad I found this channel. As a Ukrainian, your videos traveling through Ukraine during these challenging times mean a lot to me. Thank you for showcasing the beauty and resilience of our country and its people. Your work is incredibly important and deeply appreciated. Keep up the amazing work! 🇺🇦

[@TheBaronFamily]

I agree, Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

[@ragnarkisten]

You say it is poor but I am in shock how modern everything is. That burger restaurant looked super nice!

[@GodWearsGucci]

Michael was so giving and we will not forget his hospitality to you Conner. Hope he is doing well

[@ebok33643]

You have given us one of the most amazing accounts of Ukraine. Michael’s appreciation is for what you are doing as a volunteer and also video documenting the reality not shown by the CNNs. Thanks man.

[@FirstHandLLC]

I left Lviv in 1999 and moved to Boston, have only been back once since then, cool to see what it feels like for someone who had never lived there. I could actually see my apartment building when you passed by the bridge. I used to take a tram there all the time. Thanks for the good memories!

[@DJM3991]

Michael was the fuckin man. Awesome guy

[@jefffleming9693]

I’m late to this but wow. Honestly a real treasure of a video. Michael was awesome, the man who helped start your bike was incredibly caring, it’s crazy to see how humble the people were in the midst of their situation.

[@Fungineering999]

Ukraine is awesome; I met some awesome people there. Is so sad to see what's happening around the world.

[@Gdub33]

This is way better than any news story or documentary. It's real life. You have some amazing experiences. Michel is an awesome dude. I hope him the best! Btw the bridges there look like they do in the US lol

[@Skate2rev]

Jump start the bike by putting it in first gear, pushing it with clutch pulled in, then drop the clutch at 5-10 mph

[@nyomijoyner]

love this account so much. micheal was so sweet and his kindness is so genuine😢

[@weetalic6167]

Hi. You are brave man to ride through Ukraine these days. I live in Kiev, and a several years ago I had couple trips on fz6 around South Europe. Fz6 is very reliable. My mileage on fz6 is about 60 000 km and I have never seen the problem like yours one in the video

[@SmallBrainedAmerican]

well the bike is from Ireland originally, so I think there are electrical issues from all the sea water in the air- or at least thats what my mechanic told me.

[@azerbtur]

i love these bald and bankrupt type of videos. remember me when you will be famous one day. keep up the good work👍

[@SmallBrainedAmerican]

Thanks for the kind words 🙏

[@tonyshi4325]

@@SmallBrainedAmerican I think you should eventually get the similar size of views like Bald and Bankrupt guy as your videos are similar and spontaneous. Some additional thoughts--I think Bald Bankrupt guy has actually done a lot of works and hours for planning and editing his videos, he planned a lot of looks like "unplanned videos", but has some themes of his videos, his videos seem to flow quite smooth, there aren't that many "breakups" or "cut offs", at least explained verbally if the films are not possible to flow smoothly. He knows the local language in Modolva or Ukriane, he must have grown up there and emigrated to the UK. But that is not the key to attract the viewers. Thanks for sharing your adventure, wish you the best of luck and more success in the future.

[@ShanSubedi]

@@tonyshi4325 his ex wife was ukranian or russian, maybe thats why he speaks russian

[@Kristenm28]

​@@tonyshi4325he made the Indians mad by telling the truth. He won't get all those Indian subscribers that Bald did.

[@davehightower1851]

The removal of 500,000 Ukraine men and the fleeing of millions is all done on purpose to make way for New Isreal. Most don't have a clue. Is Putin part of this or not? Putin hasn't broke any treaties...but UN America have.

[@matthewsaffery]

What an absolute lad Michael is

[@martingrzanna2005]

These Ukrainian vids of the trip to Japan really need to have more views. These videos have to be seen by more people

[@undefinedfirstnameundefine7820]

yeah there awesome. I've been on a binge since I discovered him a few days ago!

[@Leddy0222]

Man what a kind amazing showing of humanity in the midst of travesty and devastation. Awesome video, again amazing people.

[@КириллТименко-о7д]

thank you bro. Im in Canada miss my land but u helping lil bit

[@colanymf]

What a man Michael is! SLAVA ukraine

[@jonf5305]

Love your videos man

[@melisacelese2785]

You and your amazing adventures...Taking us along x

[@melisacelese2785]

ps bing watching all your previous vids , hope one day you can read the love Man

[@tonyshi4325]

That looks like a dead battery, it tried to start the engine but gived up with a click, that happens every time when the battery is weak, same as a weak battery in cars. I would travel with a jump-start kit in the trunk just in case like this.

[@SmallBrainedAmerican]

Yeah man I ended up taking it to a mechanic and he told me the same . If you watch the next few vids I explain in more detail. Cheers 👍

[@tonyshi4325]

@@SmallBrainedAmerican Good to hear that I wasn't wrong. I watched all your following videos last night, quite an adventure. Some additional thoughts, I think it is a good time to carry an emergency kit when I am on a long trip whether I am on my bikes or in my cars. That includes a battery start kit-- with the volume size of about 4-6 cell phone battery bank packs. A car air pump (they have shrinked in size now big time as to years ago, you can get the power from the battery jump kit or from you car battery) with instant tire glue seals for flat tires, both are less than $40 each. A lot of scary midnight push-jump moments on the following videos can be easily avoided, Best luck of your rest of adventrue, Keep up the great jobs, keep travelling, safely.

[@amirh4733]

Michael was an absolute chad!

[@bcx-su5dp]

Super filmik pozdrawiam z Polski :)

[@andrewgeorgelang]

Some of the best people in the entire world are from Ukraine.

[@radicalscrub]

The editing from 9:20 to 9:33 ist hilarious :D

[@Guert]

Wow! Crazy-cool Man! You just need a way to fit Quads on the bike!

[@SmallBrainedAmerican]

ill put my best men on it

[@oransherf1089]

@@SmallBrainedAmerican 💕💓;;;;;

[@saladbreath607]

Sounds like you drained your battery. All you have to do is compression start it. It's very easy to do.

[@paulhadfield7909]

the bike battery may just need more ionised water,

[@boomshot24]

i don’t know why but ukraine looks beautiful you said it looks poor due to being at war so i wonder how this place was b4 war

[@bjthompson3490]

I just discovered you're Vlog. I searched asheville nc . How do you afford to do this ? It's seems so much fun Traveling.

[@gotsnaps]

If you actually listen he barely affords any of this

[@AlexanderRTW]

Hey man, what mic setup were you using?

[@SmallBrainedAmerican]

I’ve got a handheld zoom mic + a purple panda lapel mic that I clip into my helmet

[@AnubisNecrophonics]

You need a jumpstart brother your battery was dead… I’m a helicopter mechanic.

[@peachfacebiker]

its only a flat battery

[@MarkoCoomo]

Thats what I thought too.

[@LongboardingNinja]

just bump start the bike. put it in second, take it downhill or get it pushed with clutch in, dump clutch once 5-10mph. don’t leave the power on while the engine isn’t running next time

[@robyreca6427]

great videos.did you have any problem entering ukraine with the motorbike? any particular document needed?do you plan to go to japan crossing all russia?

[@SmallBrainedAmerican]

Nah it was easy- just show registration. But I had a slight issue with the customs people- because the VIN on my registration didn’t exactly match the VIN on my bike. We sorted it out eventually tho. Just make sure you got Google translate on your phone

[@SmallBrainedAmerican]

Nah I’ll be avoiding Russia , I’ll probably go thru the Middle East. And I can’t afford the carnet, the doc you need to enter with your bike. It’s like $5k with the deposit. so I will most likely have to sell the bike in Eastern Europe

[@oransherf1089]

@@SmallBrainedAmerican go to britian agin;;;

[@notstephennn]

@@SmallBrainedAmerican why did you avoid russia??

[@diggity2966]

Bike just needs a new battery. It happens.

[@qes]

Ur kinda like Vargant Holiday even the voice matches lol

[@pugsiethepug]

That's what i thought....

[@cozyflannel]

Ukraine WILL prevail, it is inevitable. The war in Ukraine is very important to me so I am glad this trip included going. That Ruzzian dictator made a crucial mistake when he invaded. He underestimated the wonderful and strong Ukrainian people.

[@Legionarivss]

The war being so important to you that you became apparently delusional to the reality. The "great summer counteroffensive" has yielded no significant gains and barely reached the Surovikin lines, with this week the only gains they made around Robotyne being reversed. This summer counteroffensive or whatever you want to call it, has seen many more young men die. With plenty of conscripts not willing and being blown to pieces by artillery before even reaching the battlefront. Graveyards of western tanks like the leopard and the bradley. This was their last chance. They spoke about freeing Crimea and reaching Mariupol. They didn't came remotely close, they got to a few deserted villages and paid a high price for them. Mine fields, artillery&drones turning it into hell. Financial support for Ukraine is waving, while the war exhaustion is going up and the losses becoming irreplaceable. Everyone that would've wanted to serve has been sent to the front, now it's teens becoming 18 and men being dragged from their homes and public places and being sent with little training (sometimes 2 weeks) to the front, to die. Ukraine is totally reliant on western funding for its war efforts, when that crane gets further closed they'll lose their ability to fight. (There will still be guerilla warfare) It's time to end this war. Before there's no Ukrainians left to reproduce as all have died or fled the country to never return. Without young people there's no change for a nation state to start with. Also not a nation state from Lviv to Kiev, kiev to kryvyi rih. (So without the cities Russia are claiming to be theirs) It's time to rebuild, lick the wounds and make this suffering end. Ukraine like the well known mural of Kiev that shows a man with a sword fighting two snakes that represent Russia&the west. They've been caught between two worlds both having geopolitical aspirations that Ukraine is caught in after the fall of the soviet union. Neither side is innocent, neither side are the good or the bad guys.

[@olegbobrovskiy3244]

There can be no other way, thank you for believing in us, friend. Sometimes I lose hope because of how shit the situation is but what else can I do?

[@Legionarivss]

@@olegbobrovskiy3244 Oleg I feeel for the regular Ukrainians who just got caught up in this, without ill intentions. Like most people, wanting to through their days without being involved into too much politics. War is a brutal pill to swallow and all the best to you and your family. Like the mural in Kyiv/Kiev the man fighting of two snakes that represent the Russia on the one side and the west as the other. The west and the leadership in Kyiv should stop making more men martyrs for an unwinnable cause. The west is now going the fund Ukraine to be able to produce drones and other war supplies themselves. While Ukraine hasn't got the air defense to stop the bombing of these factories. With most of the bombings happening on military tied locations. Another scam to put white wash money. In the centre it isn't Ukraine, it's about fighting the enemy Russia&funding the special interest groups in the US. Be safe

[@olegbobrovskiy3244]

my dad is a volunteer for the army (even after having had a stroke, he's a chef) because he doesn't want the russians to come to our city. It's pretty black and white. They never should have attacked, and we are not willing to capitulate to people who have oppressed us for centuries.@@Legionarivss

[@keithert]

Why were you wearing gloves when eating?

[@SmallBrainedAmerican]

it was sloppy innit

[@Film.look.addiction]

John Connor in Ukraine 😂 looking for Putinator 😂

[@denyslunhu1189]

Awesome video, thanks! Will be glad to see you in Chernivtsi, man)

[@azizulakim6386]

napoleon dynamite guy hahhahahaha

[@expansionzen2176]

❤️😍🦋

[@SmallBrainedAmerican]

🙏🙏

[@skelly8500]

nice to have some shit that's not bald no offense

[@Advtaiwan]

Ukraine 🇺🇦...

[@konstantinsitnikov9817]

Did Russia bomb the roads?🤣

[@benpowers3094]

Ohhh con con. Don't have these problems on a real bike ;)

[@SmallBrainedAmerican]

when it broke down and I was pushing it was it a real bike then?

[@benpowers3094]

@@SmallBrainedAmerican Nah it was luggage

[@BrognorLightbringer]

If bro at 2:15 took of his shirt we'd see some real aryan brotherhood shit 😂

[@Ed-il7vc]

go to Russia when all it will end, i think you will like here

[@islam9.0]

The Qur’an mentioned Moses and Jesus much more than Muhammad.. Have you read the Torah, of course not.. The Torah is mentioned literally in the text, the name of Muhammad.. And the Bible contains many contradictions. There are copies that are mentioned in it and copies that are not. ,, The only book that has not been distorted is the Qur’an because God preserved it.. I hope that you really search for these facts and the apparent truth, look for the debates of Sheikh Ahmed Deedat with the priests or Zakir Naik or why Keith Moore turned into this scientist and why did Boris Bucay, who explained the truth The body of Pharaoh who drowned? ...just look for the truth among them, you will not lose anything now

[@Guert]

Admiral Akbar