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Can’t believe what Brazilians did to my Motorcycle!! (pro gambiarra) – ep90
EDITORIAL SUMMARY
At the Brazil–Argentina border, Pedro Mota turns a worn rear sprocket into the focus of this motorcycle-journey episode. A local motorcycle shop’s unconventional repair gives the film its central story: adapting a replacement part to keep the journey moving.
About this film
Episode 90 belongs to the America – Patagonia to Alaska series and is presented as part of the creator’s South America episodes. The 14-minute film follows a practical maintenance problem encountered while travelling: the rear sprocket on Mota’s motorcycle, Alp, is worn and he wants to replace it before leaving the border area. Rather than simply fitting a complete new sprocket, the shop’s approach combines parts of the old and new ones. Mota describes the result as an example of “gambiarra,” a Brazilian term used here for inventive improvisation. The episode is a travel story shaped around roadside-style problem solving, rather than a general motorcycle review.
The journey
The action takes place at the Brazil–Argentina border, where Mota plans to address the worn rear sprocket before continuing onward. At the motorcycle shop, the teeth are cut from a new sprocket and welded onto the inside of the old one. The description presents the finished repair as looking convincing and celebrates the ingenuity behind the solution. That workshop intervention is the episode’s main documented event, set within the broader South American journey and the series’ Patagonia-to-Alaska frame. The film’s interest lies in the way a mechanical need becomes part of the travel narrative: a repair is attempted at a border stop, and local improvisation supplies the story’s memorable detail.
What to expect
- A motorcycle-travel episode at the Brazil–Argentina border.
- An improvised rear-sprocket repair carried out at a motorcycle shop.
- A close look at the repair approach Mota calls “gambiarra.”
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