It’s been rumoured for a few days now, and a fresh set of Instagram snaps from the weekend seem to confirm it: Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman will be riding Harley-Davidson LiveWires for their upcoming Long Way Up TV special.
Long Way Up will be the sequel to Long Way Round (Ewan and Charley’s round-the-world journey) and Long Way Down (their UK-South Africa journey), both of which were filmed along the way and released as television series. Long Way Up will show an Argentina-Alaska adventure.
The first two series were filmed riding BMWs, but there’s been no official announcement regarding their choice of bike this time around. However, a shipment of interesting vehicles, including two adventure-kitted Harley-Davidson LiveWires, recently showed up in Argentina. It’s been photographed with suggestion it was Ewan and Charley’s convoy. The vehicles also include two electric Rivian R1T pickup trucks and a big diesel truck.
Now, Instagram has photos submitted from Argentina that do seem to show Ewan McGregor bombing around the Ushaia area on an ADV-ready LiveWire.
If this is indeed happening, it’s a bold move for Harley-Davidson, as nobody’s done anything like this on an electric motorcycle before. A successful trip will help boost the MoCo’s profile in the ADV segment, as it’s trying to make inroads there. A series of failures would be a very bad thing, due to the timing.
And I thought after the MV debacle, senior management (if still employed) couldn’t possibly make such a
mistake…again !
Tell me this isn’t true. I was thinking a Moto Guzzi V85 TT for Ewan and perhaps a Triumph Scrambler 1200 for Charlie. Hoping might be a word. I am honestly very excited to see this adventure but i’m a little underwhelmed by this news.
What a clever way to solve the pure-electric vehicles’ range problem in remote areas…. Get a big diesel truck with a large generator to follow you around!!! I wonder if Harley-Davidson is planning to offer the “Diesel Buddy” option for non-city LiveWire riders? 🙂 🙂
So, if I by the $55k Cdn Long-way-up adventure edition Livewire, does it come with a Rivian + support driver and a long extension cord to allow me to ride more than the 142 kms mixed city/highway range between 12 hour recharges (because I couldn’t find any level 3 chargers in the Amazon)?
I think they’re doing BA to LA