BMW R1300 GS Adventure | Mike’s “Homeland” Ride 🇯🇵

BMW R1300 GS Adventure | Mike’s “Homeland” Ride 🇯🇵

So we just a separated our ways Neil is going to be on his way. I’m going to go meet Mike. It’s going to take me totally about 40 minutes to go see Mike. So it’s getting quite congested here as well. I’m going to be on my way. Mike !! Arch !! How you doing ? I’m doing good mate ! Great day. Happy birthday. Thank you for sure. Let’s head out, okay mate ! Okay. You ready? Yeah. I’ve got an appetite, man. Yeah, I do. Let’s go from there. Okay. Okay, buddy. Just a little information on the road. Yeah. Over here. Until we go to the next place, the intersection, we’re going to go up slowly to this place, and then as you go higher. 2 or 300m high. The road gets narrower just down to one vehicle size. Okay. Once in a while, you’re going to encounter a truck. Oh, yeah. I had this morning. Holy moly. Oh geez he came halfway over my side of the road. I mean, I was okay, but the poor guy in front of me, I mean. Oh my God. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I, I’m what I want. I want to learn about this thing. So basically you just power it up. Yeah. And then, power up the microphone. Okay. So wait until it’s blue flashing, and then it should sync. So it’s a DJI ? Yeah. It’s all DJI yeah Sometimes it won’t. And I just need to resync it Sometimes a little bit slow Because the Bluetooth here. there is so much sh*t around us yeah There it goes as you can see it’s connected. Okay. Just press record and it’s recording the audio now perfectly to my camera And then Satoh san from the aerospace guys, they basically, they drilled this in. they have glued it for me because it came loose once. So the, you know, aerospace glue, there’s nothing stronger, right. Oh yeah. So boom. We go straight. Yeah. Okay, buddy. I think about 500 meters up there So we’re going to take a. Right turn, okay? Oh, okay, buddy, I’ll be on your tail. This is my “Home Land” right here. Yeah, yeah. Going on the back roads Always, always a place to. The road I take I came on this today. Up until I got up here, nothing just a few K Cars The cars, there is no traffic yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah I got to try and make my way to the motorway as well. Right away. The motorway, left it where we had. Okay. You take me though, right ? Okay, okay. Perfect. So Mike has arrived and we’re headed off to the cabin. I think it’s called Big One of where I previously went, to the, the burger, burger truck. They also have, like, a hut or cabin He’s on he’s beautiful Africa Twin. That’s a nice bike. But he’s looking, looking, looking for a new Beemer. He’s definitely going to go get a GS or a GSA He’s told me many times already, scouring the markets. No idea where we are. I don’t think I’ve ever been here. Oh, sweet. Sweet. It is, like, literally ten minutes. That’s what Mike told me. It’s like, oh, it’s ten minutes or something. Yeah. This is sweet. In here they got more hamburger varieties. Than what they had in the truck. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. So you get yourself the water here all this stuff here. Order inside. Okay. People who like cool sit in here Bit cooler in here. Yeah, yeah. Since they’ve started there’s all the history For this place They sell their t shirts and mugs, key holders. And this is really a place where I, I come here a lot and then sometime only they, they do a thing called a ASAWAN early morning breakfast time like 6:00 in the morning. Okay. I came here with my friend last year in July, my friend Gabe whom lives inside here in Chiba Yeah. And then there’s another guy called Harold You know, three of us we met here at 6:00 in the morning. There were breakfast there over there. They do that only on weekends. Summer. What do you recommend here, Mike? You got the big one burger. They got the big one big burger, Aloha burger and, that’s a avocado burger. Big one Chili burger. And of course the big one all double burger. I think Mike, I might have had. No, I didn’t have that last time I had double cheese. Oh, yeah. Bacon and chilli burger. Good morning Arch ! Good morning. How are you doing, sir? So, so Yes I heard I heard okay, so good to see you, brother. Okay. I’m go for the big one. The big egg. Big, big one egg. Arch san big egg ! I’m going to get this one. Okay. Take it. Bacon Egg Avocado and Pine Yeah. That’s nice. Pine of pineapple. Some pineapple. Pineapple right. Here. Makes it a little bit fresher as well for the summer. Right. Ok your orders please ? Ok for Arch. Egg Burger for Arch OK, so Big One Egg Burger Yeah. Other. And I will have the avocado egg pine burger Yes Mike san here it comes Oh, this is great Oh, these little here is your egg burger Arch Mike san Happy Birthday Sir. Happy birthday, my friend. Happy birthday. Happy birthday. Oh, you got and you got the flag America Merica ! Yeah. Let’s go Mike ! Cool. All Good. My gosh that was a great burger. That was amazing. Celebrated Mike’s birthday there. Nice burger together. Good to catch up with Mike. And good to see Opa san as well. So Arch, y’all interchange is 500 meters in that direction I am going to take the back roads the other way Thank you. Thanks, buddy. Happy birthday, my friend. Okay, I’m just about to head back over the Aqua line, back into the Tokyo side. It was great to catch up with Mike. Really enjoyed going to the big one. Hut That’s the initial location where they started off with making their burgers. The van or the truck that we went to last time, with Scott and with Neil. They’ve had that for about three years now. Very successful. It was good to tuck into that burger. So, thanks for the hospitality guys. Really appreciate it there and that. Good to see Mike as well. Mike and I will be you know, meeting up probably in a couple of weeks time. I’ve got a reveal video that I want to release, and, Mike’s going to participate in that. He’s going to help him with that. So I’m going to head over to Mike’s place in a couple of weeks time. So now what I’m going to do is I’m going to head over under the Aqua Line I already feel the wind coming in and the strong, strong wind from the, from Tokyo Bay. and I’m going head over to Haneda pick up something, and then I’ll be on my way home. Thank god the wind is gone. Whew. That was a strong, brutal wind, and I don’t think we’ll have much when we get on the other side. I hope not, at least. And no traffic jam, thank god If you come two hours later. This should be packed up way back behind Kisarazu A Few Moments. Later. Just stopped here at the local, Western food supermarket. Because tomorrow I’ve got a, barbecue, and they’ve got amazing burger buns here. So, I picked up the burger buns. The only thing is, I don’t know how to bring them home. I need to probably, tie them to the handlebars or something, anyhow we’ll figure out something that’s not too tight. A little burger should sit there for now. It should be fine. Oh, it’s a warm one in the city. 33 degrees. But I prefer the heat over the cold. Wow, this has been a great day. Got up at 430 this morning and left the home at 530. I got on the motorbike at 5 to 6. Met up with, Neil at seven and God. And then, Neil took us all the way through, the lovely, windy roads and back roads of Chiba. That was great. And then, 11, I met up with, Mike. So this is the end of this episode. I hope you enjoyed it. I certainly enjoyed riding it. Thanks for tuning in and I’ll see you all on the next one. Thank you guys. Bye bye.

In this episode, we’re heading out to what Mike proudly calls his “homeland”—the beautiful Chiba Prefecture! 🏍️🌿
It’s a ride filled with local charm, scenic roads, and a special stop at Cafe BIG ONE, where we dig into some seriously satisfying burgers. 🍔🔥
But this tour isn’t just about the ride—it’s also Mike’s birthday, and we’re celebrating it the best way we know how: with good food, good vibes, and a few laughs along the way. 🎉
📍 Destination: Chiba Prefecture, Japan
🍴 Burger Spot: Cafe BIG ONE
🎂 Occasion: Mike’s Birthday Celebration
Thanks for joining us on this memorable ride!
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