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0:00about 15 years ago I bought my first
0:02motorcycle and last week my son rode his
0:05first motorcycle see the thing about me
0:07is I absolutely love riding motorcycles
0:11and motorcycles for me at least in this
0:13family has been just a me thing but my
0:15son's reaction to his first time riding
0:17his own motorcycle I could tell that kid
0:19just fell in love immediately so I
0:21figured why not give some advice to
0:22people like my son who might be trying
0:24to get into motorcycles or just started
0:26riding motorcycles and my very first
0:28piece of advice is if you don't have
0:30your license just get your damn license
0:32you idiot
0:36foreign
0:37I'm not talking about your driver's
0:39license I'm talking about your
0:40endorsement that says you can legally
0:42ride a motorcycle this is my son's Honda
0:44Grom he owns it I don't own it I traded
0:47his Saron for this Grom but he's only 13
0:49and he doesn't even have his license
0:51this is also his truck and I get it I
0:53actually rode without my endorsement for
0:55a year I did have my driver's license
0:56and when I finally got pulled over the
0:58cop was pretty cool he gave me a ticket
0:59and he said look you ride this way I'll
1:01ride this way get your endorsement and
1:03this ticket will go away that was my
1:05first time ever getting pulled over on a
1:07motorcycle and luckily the guy that
1:09pulled me over was a motorcycle cop if
1:10you're out there mobbing dirty here's
1:12some things that could happen you could
1:13get hit and guess whose fault it would
1:15be yours because you didn't have an
1:16endorsement you weren't supposed to be
1:17out on a motorcycle anyway two you can
1:19get your motorcycle impounded if you run
1:21into the wrong cop three they could make
1:23it even harder for you to get a license
1:25and four it's just more stress on you so
1:27just go ahead and go get it riding
1:29motorcycles is also a great way to
1:30relieve stress but your motorcycle is
1:33not your therapist you may have heard
1:34people say two-wheel therapy or refer to
1:36ride getting his therapy listen to me
1:38when I say this your motorcycle is not
1:40your therapist if you're using the
1:42motorcycle as therapy when you're done
1:44riding all your issues will still be
1:45there go see a real therapist that said
1:47riding motorcycles is extremely
1:48therapeutic and if you're thinking about
1:50riding motorcycles or you're new to
1:51riding welcome to the first day of the
1:53rest of your life all right that was a
1:54little over dramatic
1:57all right cold start
2:01oh
2:14[Music]
2:16God dang
2:19sounds so good
2:22a copovitch
2:25so if you haven't bought a motorcycle
2:26yet here's one tip get the bike that you
2:29want from the beginning I'm not saying
2:31start on a thousand CC I'm not saying
2:33start on the 600 CC all I'm saying is if
2:36it's within your budget just start with
2:37the bike that you want in the first
2:39place it's your first bike you want to
2:40make the best memories you can with your
2:42first bike I know a lot of people that
2:44regret buying 300 CC they always tell me
2:46they wish they had just gone bigger but
2:48I know in some countries you can't get
2:50the bike that you actually want but if
2:52you do have to get a 300cc get the bike
2:54that you want that's a 300 CC
2:56you just want to make the best memories
2:58you can you want to love your motorcycle
3:00and if you don't love your motorcycle
3:02from the beginning it's going to be hard
3:03for you to fall in love with this sport
3:06when I got into riding there was only
3:08two choices for me zixer 600 or the
3:11Yamaha R6 two bikes I really really
3:13wanted and I ended up on one of them and
3:15I was extremely happy
3:22you're gonna drop your bike that's just
3:24that's just how it is there's no if ins
3:26or buts people who ride will tell you
3:28it's not if but when you drop your bike
3:30I dropped my bike a bunch of times
3:31sometimes it's something stupid like not
3:33having my kickstand down and one time I
3:35saw my buddy get his pants caught in the
3:37rear sets and he dropped his bike at the
3:39DMV that was hilarious laughed so
3:41hard bro remember there's a couple of
3:43hotties that's why he was checking out
3:45some women at the DMV because he was
3:47pulling up that was so funny bro I
3:51laughed at him so hard holy cow so
3:53here's something that I learned the hard
3:54way my first Real Crash happened the
3:57first year I was riding and I was
3:58wearing a t-shirt and jeans I was doing
4:01a wheelie down the road
4:0312 o'clock did and I got really really
4:05bad Road Rash I didn't go to the
4:07hospital and this was also the same Year
4:09my son was born and I felt like crap
4:11because I couldn't pick him up out of
4:12his crib my wife had really bad labor
4:14and I made things difficult for her for
4:16like a week very selfish thing to do
4:19just rock proper gear I mean like if you
4:23don't want to wear the pants at least do
4:24jacket helmet and gloves minimum please
4:28do yourself a favor if I'm just mobbing
4:29around town
4:31I shouldn't be rocking these Dickies but
4:33it's just been cold and my suits they're
4:36not warm at all man I'm trying to be I'm
4:38trying to be warm making these videos
4:39for you guys but typically in the
4:40summertime you won't see me without a
4:42full suit period just is what it is I've
4:44crashed so many times with a suit and so
4:47many times without a suit every time I
4:49crashed in my suit I got up and I walked
4:52away every time I'm crashed without my
4:55suit
4:56I was hurt I'm telling you every single
4:59time my advice to you full suit
5:02you already know the bare minimum let's
5:04move on
5:08oh I like his hat if you're one of
5:12the lucky few who got into motorcycle
5:13riding because of your friends that's
5:15dope man when I started motorcycle
5:16riding I didn't have friends that rode
5:18motorcycles I had to go find friends
5:21that rode motorcycles how did I do that
5:23well I kind of just rode around until I
5:25found bikers
5:26Facebook groups wasn't a big thing back
5:29then in fact the people that I started
5:31riding with we started the original Reno
5:34riders in Nevada
5:38I think I'm still like an admin of that
5:40page my friend still owns the page we
5:43never really post on it every now and
5:45then like we'll get like new members
5:47it's pretty interesting but yes if you
5:49don't have friends that ride go make
5:51some friends I ride make friends with
5:53everybody be kind be polite be courteous
5:56be generous you know if somebody wants
5:59to ride your bike and you got full
6:00coverage and you know you don't care
6:02about them dropping it let them ride it
6:04I let people ride my bike all the time
6:05it's how you build relationships with
6:07these people and kind of get to know
6:08these people people right you'll start
6:09to realize how small the motorcycle
6:11Community is but it's also very large
6:13depending on the city that you live in
6:14and through that broad network of
6:16friends you'll find lifelong friends I'm
6:18talking about the people that you relate
6:20with even if they didn't own a
6:21motorcycle the plus is you guys met
6:24through motorcycle riding and now you
6:26end up doing a lot of things together
6:28besides just motorcycle riding some of
6:30my best friends came from motorcycle
6:31riding and you'll run into people you
6:33don't like in the motorcycle community
6:34and that's okay too it's like life right
6:36it's like you don't really have to be
6:38friends with everybody I think there's
6:39that common misconception that just
6:42because you ride a motorcycle we can be
6:43friends no that's not the case if you
6:46ride a motorcycle I respect you because
6:48you ride a motorcycle we share the same
6:51passion same Hobbies but I may not
6:53relate to you so it's going to be
6:54difficult for me to want to go ride with
6:56you or be friends with you that's just
6:58all it is try not to spread hate we only
7:00get one life
7:01let's make the best of it
7:03all right now you've made friends and if
7:06you ride sport bikes I highly suggest
7:08you go do a track day but don't do it
7:10alone
7:11go do a track day with your friends get
7:13some instruction from real instructors
7:15don't get instruction from eraser unless
7:18they're a racer who's also an instructor
7:20don't get advice from the racer at two
7:23wheel Tuesday
7:23[Laughter]
7:27not that what they're telling you is bad
7:29advice they probably have some
7:30experience and they know a thing or two
7:32about riding motorcycles the thing about
7:34Racers is they're very competitive
7:35that's why they race and any advice they
7:37give you you have to take it with a
7:38grain of salt because most of the times
7:40they don't have teaching in mind when
7:42they're given advice most Racers
7:43especially the amateur ones when they're
7:45given advice they're just trying to let
7:47you know that they know more than
7:48everybody else in the room that's just
7:50how it is it's the nature of being a
7:53competitive athlete
7:55go do a track day and get some riding
7:58experience and writing instruction from
8:00a real instructor
8:03this next one's pretty obvious get as
8:05much seat time as possible try to ride
8:08on your bike as much as possible get all
8:10the groceries down your bike experience
8:12every aspect of riding motorcycles do a
8:15long ride do like a 12 hour motorcycle
8:18ride go to the Canyons go to the beach
8:21go to every freaking two-wheel Tuesday
8:23you can go enjoy the out of your
8:27motorcycle by first couple years of
8:28riding is the best riding of my life I
8:31knew Jack squat I thought it was the
8:33fastest thing on earth I thought
8:34motorcycles would get girls
8:36[Laughter]
8:37that was cool man I was young and dumb
8:39but I had a lot of fun okay and that's
8:42part of riding motorcycles especially in
8:45the beginning people are gonna call you
8:46squid because you probably are you're
8:48probably rocking an icon vest nothing
8:50wrong with that you're probably gonna do
8:52a lot of straight line racing again
8:54nothing wrong with that I already said
8:56you're probably gonna crash nothing
8:57wrong with that as long as you're fully
8:59suited or have some sort of usable gear
9:02an icon vest is Not Gonna Save Your Skin
9:04go do some wheelies if that's your thing
9:07go be a freaking hooligan man you only
9:09live once you're not gonna hurt anybody
9:11but yourself riding a motorcycle but be
9:14very conscious of this next thing your
9:16ego keep your ego in check
9:19make sure when you're out there having
9:20fun don't forget the name of the game
9:22which is to make it back home in one
9:24piece all right
9:28what's this guy doing
9:31price bro I wasn't about to have him run
9:33in front of me bro you freaking
9:35crackhead
9:37oh my god dude Tacoma never fails man
9:41Tacoma
9:42fails
9:44something that I wish I knew when I
9:47started riding motorcycles is there's
9:49always going to be somebody faster than
9:50you there's always going to be somebody
9:51with a faster bike there's always going
9:53to be somebody way more skilled than you
9:58you're better off just riding your own
10:00ride that's got to be one of the best
10:02quotes from a motorcycle rider but
10:06you'll hear ride your own damn ride
10:09your only competition is yourself quit
10:12competing with other people
10:14stay in your lane ego is the biggest
10:16killer of motorcycle riders I promise
10:18you that
10:20[Applause]
10:24thumbnail
10:25oh yeah our appreciation stops man
10:30you guys know the bridge
10:32you know the bridge
10:34because somebody said that's the boob of
10:37Tacoma that's hilarious Tacoma Dome look
10:40at this
10:41look at this thing man
10:44so beautiful I love it I love riding
10:47motorcycles it's my passion it's
10:49addicting this thing becomes a drug 15
10:51years of this man 15 years of my life
10:55doing this it's crazy there's times
10:58where I'm like you know what this is the
10:59last year I'm not doing this anymore
11:00though
11:02huh but then there's times where it's
11:04like dang
11:05I can't not see myself not writing
11:09that makes sense
11:10[Laughter]
11:13oh man I love this bike I love all bikes
11:17that's so fun let's see if there's any
11:19oil dripping ah it doesn't look like it
11:24I wonder if like the oil that was like
11:26on here was from the little cover I
11:29haven't seen any oil dripping in a while
11:32I still don't but look at that beautiful
11:34gold chain man gee whiz I love it I love
11:38this bike speaking of chain
11:40keep up on your maintenance now I'm not
11:43saying you gotta buy the best race oil a
11:46lot of people will swear on 300 V it's a
11:49very expensive oil I think it's like
11:50over a hundred dollars for like a jug of
11:53that stuff I put it in my bags
11:56but when you're first riding you're
11:57first starting off man I think I was
11:59putting like Rotella T6 in my R6 for
12:02like ever dude forever
12:04I was using T6 for a while dude I was
12:07broke man but being broke is no excuse
12:10okay here's some things I wouldn't skimp
12:12on tires definitely get the best tires
12:16that you can afford I made a tire video
12:18If you're looking for like longevity or
12:20stickiness or track day go check it out
12:22find a company that you like that
12:25manufactures great tires I really love
12:27Pirelli and I rock Pirelli all the time
12:30now but Pirelli is also a very expensive
12:33Tire Company and if you can't afford 500
12:35in tires every year you might want to
12:38research some other companies there's a
12:39lot of great companies out there but for
12:41me personally I want to trust the tires
12:43that I'm riding and sometimes that means
12:45spending a little bit more money so yeah
12:47save some money for those kinds of
12:48expenses or maintenance if you know your
12:50tires are old and they're showing wire
12:52just don't ride man just don't ride just
12:55save up some money
12:57sell a couple things that you're not
12:58using in your house for me that's like a
13:01million things and make sure your bike
13:02is in good shape don't ride with leaking
13:05fork oil don't ride with terrible brakes
13:07don't ride with a shaking head don't put
13:11yourself in a dangerous situation at the
13:13sake of a few minutes of fun man
13:15motorcycles are not going anywhere this
13:18is not something you should rush and the
13:19value of a motorcycle should be measured
13:21and how big your smile is if you're
13:24having fun on a thousand dollar Suzuki
13:26Gixxer 600 that you bought that was
13:28wrecked and you rebuilt that's all that
13:30matters man the ego stroking
13:34and the look at me I ride a twenty
13:37thousand dollar Superbike BS forget
13:39about that I don't care if you ride a
13:41Honda Grom or if your thing is like
13:42those three-wheeled spider bikes trikes
13:46what matters the most is how much you're
13:48having fun that's it motorcycles have
13:50been a part of my life for about 15
13:52years making motovlogs has made it
13:54really really fun again as you can see I
13:56pretty much ride by myself these days
14:01and I talk to myself inside of a helmet
14:04but honestly I don't care man I've been
14:06through all those phases of motorcycle
14:08riding I was even a founder of a
14:10motorcycle club did that for about 10
14:11years I'm not a part of that life
14:13anymore but I had a ton of fun while it
14:15was fun
14:18when it became too political I just kind
14:21of stepped away some of those guys I
14:23still consider family and we were
14:24friends before the club we'll be friends
14:26after the club as well
14:28God man I love this bike let's go get
14:30coffee
14:34oh
14:35you guys want some revs I love revving
14:38on this bridge because there's nobody
14:39around
14:49yeah boy riding down this hill is
14:53always so sketchy
14:56[Music]
15:10boom
15:17after a few years you might get bored of
15:19riding motorcycles and you may think
15:21it's time to quit personally I think you
15:23should sell your motorcycle if that's
15:24the case here's why you won't know what
15:26it's like to not own a motorcycle after
15:28riding a motorcycle for so long until
15:30you don't own a motorcycle anymore
15:33and if you find yourself feeling like
15:35dang I want to get another motorcycle
15:37that means it wasn't time for you to
15:39stop riding motorcycles yet some people
15:41quit riding motorcycles way too early
15:43and I think that's a shame man I think
15:45you shouldn't quit unless you know for
15:47sure that you're done life happens kids
15:49marriage you might have gotten hurt it's
15:51not a big deal a lot of my friends have
15:53quit riding motorcycles it's a very
15:54dangerous sport it's a very dangerous
15:56hobby there's absolutely nothing wrong
15:58with experiencing it for a little bit
16:00and then saying you know what that was
16:02fun but I'm done yeah coffee time
16:05no
16:07that closed I guess I'll just make
16:09coffee at home
16:10now I'm at that point in my riding
16:13career that I want to try other
16:15motorcycles now I got the prom again I
16:18still have the Ninja 650 that I need to
16:20finish up and part of me really wants to
16:22try the Toronto don't do it don't do it
16:26the thing with the timono is it's pretty
16:29much the same exact bike as this
16:30obviously has a different transmission
16:32gear ratio so I could to save money and
16:36time just take the tawano top triple
16:39yolk take the Toronto handlebars and put
16:41them right on this baby
16:45essentially that is what a Toronto is
16:47it's an rsv4 with handlebars and I know
16:49naked bikes are known for torque
16:53but this is an rsv4
16:55I got all the torque I need for the
16:57streets
17:00[Laughter]
17:04just uncomfortable crouching down you
17:06know doing this for so long on these
17:08types of bikes
17:10it's very taxing on your body and you'll
17:12notice usually it's a lot of old people
17:15riding naked bikes like me
17:18it's very rare to find a young person on
17:21a hyper naked I'm not saying they're not
17:23out there I'm just saying there's not a
17:25lot of y'all I would say very early on
17:27to try many different styles of
17:29motorcycles but I think when you're
17:31young you're just kind of like nope I'm
17:32just gonna ride these or whatever these
17:35might be for me it was super sports and
17:37Superbikes that's just my
17:39hard-headedness though it might be
17:40different for y'all if you have the
17:42ability to try out all kinds of
17:44motorcycles something I've never tried
17:45and I've always wanted to try is riding
17:47a dirt bike in the woods but then I rode
17:50my son on in the woods and I realized I
17:51don't like getting dirty
17:56so the dirt bike life might not be for
17:58me but a true Supermoto you guys know
18:00I've been wanting a DRZ the goals and
18:02plans man goals and plans how did it
18:05feel to ride your first motorcycle and
18:07what did it feel like
18:10like I was sitting down
18:14I didn't feel any different
18:15like how did you like it it was good
18:17there was no like Epiphany no not really
18:21dang this is what I want to do
18:24okay I remember the first time I rode my
18:27bike I learned motorcycles on YouTube
18:30and then when I went to go buy the bike
18:32I picked up the bike from the dude's
18:33house
18:34and actually that was the very first
18:36time I rode a super sport
18:39that was the first time I rode a real
18:41motorcycle and I think I rode it home in
18:43like first gear or first or second gear
18:45luckily he didn't live that far from my
18:47house my mom followed me home and then
18:49my first day of actually riding by
18:51myself I was like damn this is so much
18:55fun I can see myself doing this forever
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19:04and of course 15 years later we're still
19:06doing it in that same man
19:11foreign
19:13that being said here's my last bit of
19:16advice don't forget where you came from
19:17man when you've been riding as long as I
19:19have help these new kids out I'm not
19:21saying don't call them squids or give
19:22them I'm just saying give them some
19:24advice and some life lessons that you
19:26learned while you've been riding
19:27motorcycles for this long oh my God
19:29these kids can be annoying I get it but
19:32they're just getting shut up bro but
19:34they're just getting started give them
19:36as much advice as you can and show them
19:37some love we got enough hate in this
19:39world let's keep the two-wheel life as
19:40positive as we can I love you guys yo we
19:43got our first member sleepy naps that's
19:45what's up fam dude thanks for the
19:47support I'm gonna get you some stickers
19:49I think you're local let's meet up if
19:50you guys want to be part of my lives
19:52just join it's 2.99 helps this channel
19:54out if you can't it's all good
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