KIWI RIDER AUGUST 2020 VOL.2 | Page 90

ROAD NEWS ‘LONG WAY UP’ SET FOR APPLE TV+ RELEASE l ove ‘em or hate ‘em, Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman’s latest motorcycle travelogue is soon to hit screens. This release of the third edition of the duo’s “Long Way...” motorcycle travel series sees the McGregor and Boorman releasing the long awaited Long Way Up series on September 18 on the Apple TV+ streaming service. Initially the first three episodes will be available at launch with the following episodes to release weekly thereafter. The new series follows McGregor and Boorman as they travel north from Argentina to California - a trip of 13,000 miles (20921km) - aboard a pair of modified Harley-Davidson LiveWires some 16 years after the duo’s first adventure travel series. Boorman and McGregor’s third globetrotting journey breaks new ground along with the tradition of the pair‘s previous association with BMW’s venerable GS adventure motorcycle series. Possibly the longest continuous trip on electric bikes in a single journey, we’re looking forward to seeing the Long Way Round team reunite for another adventure, and presumably, beg random strangers to allow them to charge their electric Harley-Davidsons when they run out of range outside their door... 90 KIWI RIDER