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Moto Guzzi, the historic Italian motorcycle brand, has launched a new campaign for their latest model, the V100 Mandello, featuring Hollywood actor and avid motorcyclist, Ewan McGregor. 

  • The 60-second video explores the relationship between man and machine, with McGregor lending his voiceover to enhance the storytelling and using historic.
  • he video has a nostalgic feel, evoking the golden years of Hollywood, while still feeling contemporary and artistic.

The 60-second video, directed by Duncan Winecoff, tcdakes viewers on a journey through California, exploring the relationship between man and machine and the emotional history that shapes identity.

McGregor, who is known for his love of motorcycles and has an impressive collection himself, lends his voiceover to the campaign and even suggested using historic motorcycles from his personal collection to enhance the storytelling. 

The video showcases the V100 Mandello’s unique blend of modern technology and classic design, with McGregor describing it as “totally Moto Guzzi at heart.”

Shot entirely on 35mm film, the video has a nostalgic feel, evoking the golden years of Hollywood, while still feeling contemporary and artistic. The locations chosen, such as Eric Lloyd Wright’s brutalist house in Malibu, the Pacific Coast Highway, and the L.A. River, add to the sense of adventure and freedom that comes with riding a motorcycle.

The V100 Mandello represents the culmination of a century-long history of innovation and craftsmanship for Moto Guzzi, and the video highlights the deep connection between rider and machine. 

“Human beings build their identity in relation to objects and memories, which – in turn – make up their emotional baggage. Their emotional history is with them through their lives, and it helps them project themselves into the unknown, in constant balance between past and present,” says the campaign’s description.

Finally, the sequel to one of the world’s most exciting tv series, Long Way Down, has finally dropped its official trailer on YouTube. Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman are back with their latest tv series called “Long Way Up”. Warning, you may experience a massive dose of excitement before, during, or after watching the preview below. (more…)

  • Ewan McGregor and his ridding buddy Charley Borman may ride the Harley-Davidson LiveWire electric motorcycle in the documentary Long Way Up.

  • It seems like a compromise as the two are ambassadors to Moto Guzzi and Triumph, respectively.

  • The program will cover their trip from South America to Los Angeles, USA.

Ewan McGregor and his ridding buddy Charley Borman may just ride the Harley-Davidson LiveWire electric motorcycle in the upcoming documentary Long Way Up.

The trip will see the duo travel from South America to Los Angeles, California instead of all the way to Alaska as expected earlier. South American media spotted four of the electric bikes and support trucks being offloaded in Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina.

While we’re not criticizing the LiveWire, it has a highway range of up to only 150 km and 235 km in the city. However, it’s charging times that may drag the trip into a longer period of time. On the other hand, Harley announced that they’ve fast chargers that juice up the bike to 80% capacity in 40 minutes and 100% in an hour.

They may be supported by a pair of electric Rivian R1T trucks that have a range of up tp 650 km. These trucks will undoubted carry DC chargers for the bikes.

Riding Harleys seemed to solve the problem of representation. McGregor is the ambassador for the Moto Guzzi V85TT while Borman is the ambassador for Triumph Motorcycles. Many had expected to see the guys on two different bikes in this sequel. They rode the BMW R 1200 GS in Long Way Round in 2004 and Long Way Down in 2007.

The Long Way Down – Courtesy of BBC

It’ll be a high-profile branding exercise for the Motor Company, that’s for sure.

  • Charley Boorman and Ewan McGregor will begin shooting Long Way Up soon.

  • The duo will ride from South America to California.

  • What bikes will they ride this time around?

It’s confirmed: Charley Boorman and Ewan McGregor will begin shooting Long Way Up soon.

If there is one, well okay, two TV programmes that brought motorcycle adventure touring into the limelight are Long Way Round and its sequel Long Way Down.

Some overland riders even quoted the programs as inspiration to them taking up touring. There’s also a claim that the sales of the BMW R 1100 GS and subsequent BMW R 1200 GS shot up after the show.

According to ADV Pulse, Boorman confirmed the shoot during an interview in the Bike Shed Show in London. “I’m doing the Long Way Up for sure, with Ewan,” he said. “We are going from South America to Los Angeles. So South America, Central America, Mexico and then Los Angeles and we are going to start that in a few months’ time.” Specific route plans have yet to be confirmed, however.

Another question is on what bikes the duo will be riding this time. Boorman is the ambassador for Triumph, while McGregor was recently named the ambassador for the Moto Guzzi V85TT. That said, could the former ride the Triumph Tiger 800 XCx/XCa? Or the Tiger 1200? (This writer personally hopes for the Tiger 800 XCx/XCa.)

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The Long Way Around – Sumber imej: BBC
  • Ewan McGregor dan Charley Boorman kini sedang dalam perancangan bagi menghasilkan dokumentari “The Long Way Up” untuk tahun 2019.
  • Tidak dapat dinafikan yang dokumentari “The Long Way Around” dan “The Long Way Down” telah mempopularkan kembara motosikal jarak jauh.
  • Mereka berdua merancang untuk menunggang dari Ushuaia ke Alaska untuk rancangan terbaru ini.

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  • Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman are now planning The Long Way Up for 2019.

  • There was no doubt that The Long Way Around and The Long Way Down popularized long-distance motorcycle touring.

  • The duo plans to ride from Ushuaia to Alaska for the new show.

Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman are planning a new series called The Long Way Up, after the documentary series The Long Way Around and The Long Way Down certainly opened the eyes of many – both riders and non-riders alike – to motorcycle travel and adventure.

To refresh our memories, the pair travelled from London to New York through Europe, Asia, flew to Alaska and subsequently rode to New York in, covering some 31,000 kilometres for The Long Way Around. The program was aired in 2004.

Next came The Long Way Down 2007 which documented the duo’s travels from Scotland through Europe and the African continent, and ending at Cape Town, South Africa.

The Long Way Down – Courtesy of BBC

Now, they are re-teaming with producer Russ Malkin with plans to ride from Ushuaia, Argentina (considered the southernmost city in the world) to Alaska. They will ride through Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico, North America and arrive at Barrow, Alaska (North America’s northernmost city) in 2019. Boorman reckons the trip will take “a few months.”

“We are very much in the early planning stages at the moment,” Boorman told MCN. “It will definitely take a few months, (as) South America is a beautiful continent to ride through so we don’t want to rush it.”

Charley Boorman – Courtesy of MCN

The Long Way Around was also famous for another aspect. McGregor had a liking for BMW motorcycles, while Boorman advocated that they rode KTMs. But when the producers approached KTM to sponsor the motorcycles, they were turned down by the Austrian manufacturer as the latter feared the team may fail. BMW stepped in by contributing three R 1150 GS complete with onboard navigation. As such, it could be argued that it was this very show which popularized the BMW R 1150 GS and its successor, the R 1200 GS Adventure which was used in The Long Way Down.

However, Boorman has since been made ambassador for Triumph Motorcycles and it will be great to see them on the new Triumph Tiger 1200 or Tiger 800. But, with the BMW R 1250 GS coming to fruition next year, it will be interesting to see which bike will be picked for the show.

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