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I really liked Zack's dad's quote about raising a son. "Maybe he'll be into something I don't know anything about, like Ballet or Civil War reenactments and I'll have to figure that out, I'll have to learn about that stuff...because that's what father's do." That's what good fathers do... not all fathers. It's so cool that you guys both have similar passions and interests. Sounds like Spurgeon and his dad have a similar relationship.
One of your best episodes yet. My dad has passed and we never talked about how he felt about my lifelong obsession with motorcycles. My son who's 20 likes them and I know I flip back and forth between worry and joy lol
So nice to see the interaction between father and son. I am slowly losing my dad to dementia and this makes me emotional. Thanks for this wonderful episode.
Very much enjoyed listening to both of you converse with your dads. My father was not into motorcycle and the result was that I couldn't get a motorcycle until I left the house. Great memories with your father are priceless.
Neither my father nor mother were, but they never stood in my way. My mother actually used the meager unvested retirement fund settlement she got from one of the jobs she left to buy my first mini bike, so I was very fortunate in that regard.
Thank you for a great show as always. I never got to ride with my father as an adult and I love to hear and see the conversation with your dads. Like you guys, my father was a big part of my love for motorcycles. My father did the same as Zack's dad, putting me on his bike when I was small. I lost him when I was 19. This podcast made me feel a bit closer to him. Thank you and happy Father's Day!
My father introduced me to motorcycling when i was a kid. I rode dirt as a kid and later on the road. I stopped after my oldest brother was killed in a non motorcycle related car accident. Although my father kept riding. I raised 2 kids and after my father passed i inherited his 1973 bmw r75/5 and started riding again. A bike i used to ride on behind my pa. I have been listening to/ watching you gents since. I enjoyed riding but when i picked it back up i didn't have any riding buddies, you guys were a great stand-in. Motorcycling was something i shared with my dad and listening to you have always been great but this episode really meant a lot to me. Thank you so much for sharing this . Dave
Great stuff, lot of fun! I think this is the first (and possibly the last) time old Jawas are mentioned on HSLS! I didn't know these were exported to the US in the old Czechoslovak commie times. Nowadays there are 1,5 million motorcycles here in the Czech Republic alone, where 10 million people live. The average age of a motorcycle here is 35 years because these old Jawas and (ČZs) still occupy many garages and many Czech riders started on a Jawa on a backroad, a field or a forest road. Me included. And my dad few decades earlier. And my brother, my friends and...you get the picture. In a comment in one of the episodes of HSLS some guy from Scandinavia asked how some small countries like Austria developed such a strong motorcycle presence. Austria was a big empire up to the WW1, Czech lands were a part of it and the legacy carried over in manufacturing of not only motorcycles (KTM and Jawa) but also guns (Austrian Glock and Steyr and Czech Zbrojovka Brno that now owns Colt) and airplanes and cars (Škoda, Tatra, Porsche...) Huh long comment (again!) considering I'm reacting to a single sentence that Zak's dad said! Anyhow keep it up guys, thanks and looking forward to the next HSLS!
I’m 63 years old and my dad introduced me to mini bikes and motorcycles at a very early age and I’m glad that he did! Now that I’m older and having to quit riding for 10 years due to a non-motorcycle accident. It’s very therapeutic to be riding again now. I loved watching Then Came Bronson with my dad!
I like Zacks dad’s mindset about motorcycles and the perceived American “lifestyle.” At the end of the day it is just a vehicle and that’s how the rest of the world sees it. I feel like the US is slowly transitioning towards that as more and more people start to ride for gas price reasons or whatever it may be. It’s refreshing to not just be seen as a “motorcyclist” in social circles. Certainly easier if you’re not a Harley rider, especially one who has bought into that lifestyle. Harder to argue against being just a motorcyclist after you pick it back up after a bad accident. In my recent experience most people can’t fathom that, but they also don’t understand the experience it can provide. It can feel adventurous in ways cars can’t and the modern connected world has made more difficult, at least in my experience. There also isn’t anything that clears my head better than a good motorcycle ride and I’m sure a lot of people can relate. And that’s coming from someone who has been seeing a therapist for two years and can compare the two directly. Obviously different needs and outcomes from both but they’re definitely complementary.
You both are fortunate to have the opportunity and forum to have this kind of conversation with your fathers. My father passed a couple years ago, and was the one who unknowingly planted the motorcycling seed when I was allowed to ride (and crash) his Honda Trail 70 in the woods of northern Minnesota. I have over 300,000 miles on a combination of 18 motorcycles I've owned over the years, but what is missing is having this kind of conversation with him. Thank you for letting us listen in on your historical conversations with your dads.
The culmination of all the Spurg and Tim stories, all the voice mail messages, and that photo of Tim Courts with his grandson Zack Jr. Jr. in the side car. I think this the episode we have all really been waiting for. Spurge if you didn't borrow that shirt from your father burn it, its dreadful! "Not that they're not cool, in some respects" Zack is that like calling Cake the hottest of the ugly chicks? "Lucky to be a father and I was lucky to be your father" - Tim Courts, I'm all verklempt here. (54:19) who is the random guy walking behind Zack in his garage/studio? Oh man next we definitely need an Uncle Bob episode! Crazy, we had an 88 Dodge Caravan in Dodge bright white with a maroon interior. Spurge Sr. claims he's responsible while showing a photo of a 4 year old Spurge drinking a beer lol love it! That mothers curse "I hope you have kids just like you", yeah, that's the only curse that's known to be 100% real and works every time. I can see it now 3 generations of Dunbars' getting thrown out an Applebees ala Ricky Bobby! Are you guys talking about Skyline Drive in northern N.J.? If you are next time you go for ride there let me know as it's close to where I live. Be very cool to ride with the Dunbars' and lunch is on me! I'm guessing Ol' Chase went with Spurge Srs. V-Strom, same year and model if not the actual bike. Well it was a V-Strom so I'm taking the win, first one in like 2 seasons. Great show old sports! Next time we need the four of you all in on the same podcast and lets throw Lance in the mix for that one as well. I also saw in the comments many fans want a mothers show and I'm all for that as well. See in 2, well not really I'm late to the party on this one lol!
Your dad has a wonderful dry wit. Lovely conversation. I started riding in Boston - rode around - got the hang - but the only way out was the highway and those first few rides were plenty scary. If you can ride Rt 1, you can ride anything. Kind of like riding in a pinball machine - I grew to love it. I spend a lot of time riding in mid/northern Vermont - such great and challenging roads - you ever miss them?
Not even done listening to the podcast yet but I had to come over and comment here. This is easily one of the best, most human, most touching and still entertaining episodes of all 8 seasons. I look forward to returning to the normal moto-content next episode, but I hope you have the opportunity to do more episodes like this in the future too.
Yeah - definitely do a Mother’s Day version! Thanks very much - you got me thinking about my relationship with my dad and how my love of motorcycles relates.
Really enjoyed this episode. Only a few years younger than your Dads, but similar memories and experiences in my early riding years. Sharing motorbike moments with my son and now grandson are times to be cherished.
This was an excellent episode. It was great to see the interactions between the fathers and sons and gain insight into the parental attitudes and styles of "the dads" and how they helped shape Zack and Spurgeon as people and motorcyclists. Admittedly, it was also personally a little saddening because I never had a close relationship with my father, a lifelong motorcyclist, and had always hoped that once I started riding as an adult, mom was vehemently against it when I was young, it would be something that brought us together but even the common interest or passion of riding motorcycles hasn't been enough. That said, my daughter, who is still early in her bicycle skill development, has expressed a desire to ride on my motorcycle and have one of her own so I look forward to cycling with her and, maybe one day if her mom gets on board, ride motorcycles with her as well. If not, like Mr Courts said, I'll continue to put in the work and do what she enjoys or loves.
re. electric motorcycles, it's all about using the right tool for the job. My primary ride is a 2002 Ducati Monster, but my wife bought a used electric bike - Super Soco (VMOTO) TC for 2500 euros and it's a great replacement for a scooter. At this point, I ride it more than she does, because range is not a problem when you're just running errands around town, it's light and quiet which is what you want around town. Whenever I want to ride for pleasure or go on a trip, I use the DUC. The point is, electric motorcycle companies should really focus on competing with scooters and not 15k + motorcycles. Smaller, lighter and affordable electric motorcycles that are made well could even attract new riders as they are more approachable and many of them don't even require riders to have motorcycle license.
I agree. They should focus on the urban mobility market, aka scooter market, as that is where electric vehicles really shine, be they two or four wheeled.
They are trying to replicate the car market by pulling the big money from early adopters with luxury models. It won’t work if the can’t deliver on range.
My dad's first bike that I remember was a 74 Moto Guzzi 850. My first was soon after he got me a 72 Honda z50. I was 10 years old. I'm coming up on 50 years of riding motorcycles. My dad ended up switching to Honda Goldwings when they came out. He is now 85 and no longer rides. He would still love to ride, just unable to do it.
This episode was phenomenal. Probably my favorite from this podcast so far. And I love this podcast. But not letting the granddad's play the engine sound guessing game is criminal. Clearly the grandfathers have to come back. Also, a mother's podcast for next season would be awesome as well.
My three year old hugs my Vmax and says "I love you bye bye" when we leave. She loves the chrome tank and the feel of the buttons. If she still interested by the time she's 6 and keeps improving on the pedal bike. It will be brap time!
This is a really good discussion as I'm in a similar context. I have a motorcycle, a passion and 2 kids. I've also lost a friend in a accident a couple of weeks ago. As I result I have a lot of thoughts and doubts. This discussion hits home in a couple of ways: as a father worried for his kids, as a father wanting always to come home I think in the end this is part of living a life.
In honor of the release of the new movie 'The Bikeriders' (🤣), I think that Revzilla needs to produce a film of their own. The credits should read: Zack Courts stars in 'The Scooters: Corner Store Or Bust'. Great episode! I/we would love to see the dads on there together live on the podcast.
Wanted to save this for my drive from Fl to Tx but i think ill just listen again. Thanks for dropping another episode. I also had an xr80 when I was the same age. Loved that thing. My friends on their kx and cr 80s always left me in the dust but mine always started and was a tank.
congrats you four! As to the question about how to get started in to racing, if they are close to a track I'd also suggest go and watch a club race, walk the paddoc and talk to the teams.
It is interesting that Mr. Courts wanted a Harley early on. I am in my early 60's and only remember the AMF-Harley years. The British bikes were still around and the Japanese were taking over, so the old big Harleys did not seem that appealing. The only Harley's that interested me when I was young were the imported Aermacchi models like the 350 or the two stroke 90 - 250cc models. Not surprisingly, the magazine ads never mentioned they came from Italy.
I finally got an engine sound correct. I've had an SV650, a V-Strom 650, and an SV1000. Something about the fuel pump and sound (gear-driven cams?) sounded like the SV1000, but quieter. Knowing that Spurgeon Sr. was featured, I guessed V-Strom 1000. Ok, it was technically the 1050.
My Father and his friends got Scooter Licenses at age 14. In some states like Texas you can get a Farm License at age 14 too. I got my Drivers License at age 16 in Michigan on my 16th Birthday .
Price is the main issue with electric motorcycles for me. I would love for them to exist. I almost got an Onyx RCR since that is the closest that I know of for a good price. Got my eye on Ryvid now though.
It is genuinely really difficult for any company to enter the motorcycle market let alone ones that are trying to advance in a new field. This is true for cars too. The investment required to develop, manufacture, distribute and support just a single model motor vehicle from nothing is insane. Not only that but the industry on the whole is not exactly healthy too and then you have the general apathy towards electric setting aside the flaws these early machines are bound to have. The fact that Zero still exists is nothing short of amazing.
Call me crazy if you will, but I absolutely LOVE my Zero. I realize that it is a paradigm shift, and many people aren't happy with it. I'm saddened that the financials are so difficult to make work. Both for the companies, and the consumers.
Once the big motorcycle companies put the finances needed into electric motorcycles there will be a bigger shift. Aside from HD, all of the electric motorcycle manufacturers are startups with no real capital and research. HD already overprices their bikes, so that puts the Livewire bikes out of range for a lot of consumers. Honda is saying they will not manufacture gas bikes by 2040. If that happens, both pricing and performance will have to be competitive.
My dad would strapped me to his back with a baby sling to avoid me from falling since I always fall asleep during rides.😂. I guess it’s an universal thing😅
If my memory serves me right, Alta that did the electric dirt bikes were doing ok and the technology was class leading at the time. Probably the reason Harley bought them after screwing them over, their tech was in the livewire,
Every time I see people on scooters or electric bikes that can get up to decent speeds. They have no gear at all, maybe a helmet sometimes. I always think how that person has never eaten it or they’d either be way more cautious or wear gear. I grew up doing skateboarding and bmx. I never wore helmets or pads outside of the rare occasion I was at a park that required it. I ate it many times and broke bones or got concussed. One time I was bombing a steep hill on my skateboard and my friend cut in front of me and got speed wobbles and hopped off his board and left it directly in my path so I took a big slide and tumble. I almost impaled my jaw on the bars of my bmx. Now that I’m about to be 40 I’m feeling all those falls but in all those falls I’ll definitely say they were nothing compared to my 2 motorcycle accidents while wearing gear. I’m definitely curious if Mr. Courts is talking about Ryan Tuerck or his dad when he mentioned Tuerck? They’re from NH and they’re all into racing dirt bikes, motorcycles, and cars. If I’m not mistaken Ryan and his twin are around mine and Zach’s age. I used to hangout with them at E-town and obviously Ryan is a very accomplished pro racer in Formula Drift
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Wonderful podcast! I’ve been listening for quite awhile, and every episode is better than the last! Great work! 😊👍
I really liked Zack's dad's quote about raising a son. "Maybe he'll be into something I don't know anything about, like Ballet or Civil War reenactments and I'll have to figure that out, I'll have to learn about that stuff...because that's what father's do." That's what good fathers do... not all fathers. It's so cool that you guys both have similar passions and interests. Sounds like Spurgeon and his dad have a similar relationship.
Damn this really bummed me out.
My daughter is all into Ballet. It's tough 😅.
“Well, there’s Ari.” Halfway in, favorite answer so far. Good friends are big wins.
One of your best episodes yet. My dad has passed and we never talked about how he felt about my lifelong obsession with motorcycles. My son who's 20 likes them and I know I flip back and forth between worry and joy lol
It's funny how Zack's dad is basically just an older Zack.
As in he’s awesome!
So nice to see the interaction between father and son. I am slowly losing my dad to dementia and this makes me emotional. Thanks for this wonderful episode.
A Mother’s edition would be great. Go for it!
Definitely need an episode with the two seniors, maybe moderated by your resident RevZilla “senior” Lance. That would be a show worth watching.
Very much enjoyed listening to both of you converse with your dads. My father was not into motorcycle and the result was that I couldn't get a motorcycle until I left the house. Great memories with your father are priceless.
Neither my father nor mother were, but they never stood in my way. My mother actually used the meager unvested retirement fund settlement she got from one of the jobs she left to buy my first mini bike, so I was very fortunate in that regard.
I love how proud Zach's dad is. I love hearing him talk about it.
Thank you for a great show as always. I never got to ride with my father as an adult and I love to hear and see the conversation with your dads. Like you guys, my father was a big part of my love for motorcycles. My father did the same as Zack's dad, putting me on his bike when I was small. I lost him when I was 19. This podcast made me feel a bit closer to him. Thank you and happy Father's Day!
My father introduced me to motorcycling when i was a kid. I rode dirt as a kid and later on the road. I stopped after my oldest brother was killed in a non motorcycle related car accident. Although my father kept riding. I raised 2 kids and after my father passed i inherited his 1973 bmw r75/5 and started riding again. A bike i used to ride on behind my pa.
I have been listening to/ watching you gents since. I enjoyed riding but when i picked it back up i didn't have any riding buddies, you guys were a great stand-in. Motorcycling was something i shared with my dad and listening to you have always been great but this episode really meant a lot to me. Thank you so much for sharing this . Dave
Great stuff, lot of fun!
I think this is the first (and possibly the last) time old Jawas are mentioned on HSLS! I didn't know these were exported to the US in the old Czechoslovak commie times.
Nowadays there are 1,5 million motorcycles here in the Czech Republic alone, where 10 million people live. The average age of a motorcycle here is 35 years because these old Jawas and (ČZs) still occupy many garages and many Czech riders started on a Jawa on a backroad, a field or a forest road. Me included. And my dad few decades earlier. And my brother, my friends and...you get the picture.
In a comment in one of the episodes of HSLS some guy from Scandinavia asked how some small countries like Austria developed such a strong motorcycle presence.
Austria was a big empire up to the WW1, Czech lands were a part of it and the legacy carried over in manufacturing of not only motorcycles (KTM and Jawa) but also guns (Austrian Glock and Steyr and Czech Zbrojovka Brno that now owns Colt) and airplanes and cars (Škoda, Tatra, Porsche...)
Huh long comment (again!) considering I'm reacting to a single sentence that Zak's dad said! Anyhow keep it up guys, thanks and looking forward to the next HSLS!
Fantastic episode. Love the wisdom and perspective that the older generation brings to the table.
I’m 63 years old and my dad introduced me to mini bikes and motorcycles at a very early age and I’m glad that he did!
Now that I’m older and having to quit riding for 10 years due to a non-motorcycle accident. It’s very therapeutic to be riding again now.
I loved watching Then Came Bronson with my dad!
I like Zacks dad’s mindset about motorcycles and the perceived American “lifestyle.” At the end of the day it is just a vehicle and that’s how the rest of the world sees it. I feel like the US is slowly transitioning towards that as more and more people start to ride for gas price reasons or whatever it may be. It’s refreshing to not just be seen as a “motorcyclist” in social circles. Certainly easier if you’re not a Harley rider, especially one who has bought into that lifestyle. Harder to argue against being just a motorcyclist after you pick it back up after a bad accident. In my recent experience most people can’t fathom that, but they also don’t understand the experience it can provide. It can feel adventurous in ways cars can’t and the modern connected world has made more difficult, at least in my experience. There also isn’t anything that clears my head better than a good motorcycle ride and I’m sure a lot of people can relate. And that’s coming from someone who has been seeing a therapist for two years and can compare the two directly. Obviously different needs and outcomes from both but they’re definitely complementary.
Two people that have been mentioned a bunch, finally making an appearance
Tim courts is an amazing person!
You both are fortunate to have the opportunity and forum to have this kind of conversation with your fathers. My father passed a couple years ago, and was the one who unknowingly planted the motorcycling seed when I was allowed to ride (and crash) his Honda Trail 70 in the woods of northern Minnesota. I have over 300,000 miles on a combination of 18 motorcycles I've owned over the years, but what is missing is having this kind of conversation with him. Thank you for letting us listen in on your historical conversations with your dads.
Yes a mother’s episode would be great!! You guys are awesome 🤩
The culmination of all the Spurg and Tim stories, all the voice mail messages, and that photo of Tim Courts with his grandson Zack Jr. Jr. in the side car. I think this the episode we have all really been waiting for. Spurge if you didn't borrow that shirt from your father burn it, its dreadful! "Not that they're not cool, in some respects" Zack is that like calling Cake the hottest of the ugly chicks? "Lucky to be a father and I was lucky to be your father" - Tim Courts, I'm all verklempt here. (54:19) who is the random guy walking behind Zack in his garage/studio? Oh man next we definitely need an Uncle Bob episode! Crazy, we had an 88 Dodge Caravan in Dodge bright white with a maroon interior. Spurge Sr. claims he's responsible while showing a photo of a 4 year old Spurge drinking a beer lol love it! That mothers curse "I hope you have kids just like you", yeah, that's the only curse that's known to be 100% real and works every time. I can see it now 3 generations of Dunbars' getting thrown out an Applebees ala Ricky Bobby! Are you guys talking about Skyline Drive in northern N.J.? If you are next time you go for ride there let me know as it's close to where I live. Be very cool to ride with the Dunbars' and lunch is on me! I'm guessing Ol' Chase went with Spurge Srs. V-Strom, same year and model if not the actual bike. Well it was a V-Strom so I'm taking the win, first one in like 2 seasons. Great show old sports! Next time we need the four of you all in on the same podcast and lets throw Lance in the mix for that one as well. I also saw in the comments many fans want a mothers show and I'm all for that as well. See in 2, well not really I'm late to the party on this one lol!
Loved this episode. Fathers are such a blessing for their sons.
Your dad has a wonderful dry wit. Lovely conversation. I started riding in Boston - rode around - got the hang - but the only way out was the highway and those first few rides were plenty scary. If you can ride Rt 1, you can ride anything. Kind of like riding in a pinball machine - I grew to love it. I spend a lot of time riding in mid/northern Vermont - such great and challenging roads - you ever miss them?
Not even done listening to the podcast yet but I had to come over and comment here. This is easily one of the best, most human, most touching and still entertaining episodes of all 8 seasons. I look forward to returning to the normal moto-content next episode, but I hope you have the opportunity to do more episodes like this in the future too.
Fathers Day isn't until June 16th. Everyone who thought they forgot, dont panic until the 16th.
Thank you!!
What are you on about, it isn't before 11th November, many months away.
It was june 5th!
So awesome you guys got to show off your Dads! What a treat.
Yeah - definitely do a Mother’s Day version! Thanks very much - you got me thinking about my relationship with my dad and how my love of motorcycles relates.
Really enjoyed this episode. Only a few years younger than your Dads, but similar memories and experiences in my early riding years. Sharing motorbike moments with my son and now grandson are times to be cherished.
This was an excellent episode. It was great to see the interactions between the fathers and sons and gain insight into the parental attitudes and styles of "the dads" and how they helped shape Zack and Spurgeon as people and motorcyclists. Admittedly, it was also personally a little saddening because I never had a close relationship with my father, a lifelong motorcyclist, and had always hoped that once I started riding as an adult, mom was vehemently against it when I was young, it would be something that brought us together but even the common interest or passion of riding motorcycles hasn't been enough. That said, my daughter, who is still early in her bicycle skill development, has expressed a desire to ride on my motorcycle and have one of her own so I look forward to cycling with her and, maybe one day if her mom gets on board, ride motorcycles with her as well. If not, like Mr Courts said, I'll continue to put in the work and do what she enjoys or loves.
re. electric motorcycles, it's all about using the right tool for the job. My primary ride is a 2002 Ducati Monster, but my wife bought a used electric bike - Super Soco (VMOTO) TC for 2500 euros and it's a great replacement for a scooter. At this point, I ride it more than she does, because range is not a problem when you're just running errands around town, it's light and quiet which is what you want around town. Whenever I want to ride for pleasure or go on a trip, I use the DUC. The point is, electric motorcycle companies should really focus on competing with scooters and not 15k + motorcycles. Smaller, lighter and affordable electric motorcycles that are made well could even attract new riders as they are more approachable and many of them don't even require riders to have motorcycle license.
I agree. They should focus on the urban mobility market, aka scooter market, as that is where electric vehicles really shine, be they two or four wheeled.
They are trying to replicate the car market by pulling the big money from early adopters with luxury models. It won’t work if the can’t deliver on range.
Agreed. India has done it right on this one. Most electric two wheelers are scooters.
My dad's first bike that I remember was a 74 Moto Guzzi 850. My first was soon after he got me a 72 Honda z50. I was 10 years old. I'm coming up on 50 years of riding motorcycles. My dad ended up switching to Honda Goldwings when they came out. He is now 85 and no longer rides. He would still love to ride, just unable to do it.
Appreciate you guys - all four of you - doing this.
This episode was phenomenal. Probably my favorite from this podcast so far. And I love this podcast. But not letting the granddad's play the engine sound guessing game is criminal. Clearly the grandfathers have to come back. Also, a mother's podcast for next season would be awesome as well.
The conversation we've all been waiting for :)
Amazing episode. I couldn't stop thinking about the babies on bikes episode when Zach's dad was explaining how he use to ride near his tank bag lol...
It is always special, when parents get involved. Good topics! 🙂
This was a Cool Episode! 😀👍 I’m 68 and Then Came Bronson was a pathway for myself also. Come on, Spurge 😮😨 you throw your Dad under the bus! 😂
This is an excellent episode, thank you for this!
Also, need an episode with Spurgeon and Zacks dad together
I'm the same age as Zack's dad and older than Spurgeon Sr. Damn, I'm old and have had my MC endorsement since 1973. You whippersnappers you!
My three year old hugs my Vmax and says "I love you bye bye" when we leave. She loves the chrome tank and the feel of the buttons. If she still interested by the time she's 6 and keeps improving on the pedal bike. It will be brap time!
Love this! Thx for interviewing your dads!
This is a really good discussion as I'm in a similar context. I have a motorcycle, a passion and 2 kids.
I've also lost a friend in a accident a couple of weeks ago.
As I result I have a lot of thoughts and doubts.
This discussion hits home in a couple of ways: as a father worried for his kids, as a father wanting always to come home
I think in the end this is part of living a life.
This is incredibly exciting. Love you guys. Thanks for sharing.
Another great episode gentlemen. Thanks for the entertainment
Another great podcast episode, can't wait for next one ❤❤❤
This was very genuine and sweet.
Best one yet , lovely conversations
Priceless. Too late for me to learn to be a better son or father but if I ever get to be a grand father you can bet I'm getting a sidecar!!
Excellent video fellas, all four of ya.
In honor of the release of the new movie 'The Bikeriders' (🤣), I think that Revzilla needs to produce a film of their own. The credits should read:
Zack Courts stars in 'The Scooters: Corner Store Or Bust'.
Great episode! I/we would love to see the dads on there together live on the podcast.
Wanted to save this for my drive from Fl to Tx but i think ill just listen again. Thanks for dropping another episode. I also had an xr80 when I was the same age. Loved that thing. My friends on their kx and cr 80s always left me in the dust but mine always started and was a tank.
Big fan.
Don't miss an episode.
Keep up the great work guys.
I was waiting for this for a few years
This was an awesome episode! Next time bring everyone together please
Didn’t watch it yet but I know this one will be my new favourite episode!!
Man, I think i need to interview my dad. This is very introspective.
congrats you four! As to the question about how to get started in to racing, if they are close to a track I'd also suggest go and watch a club race, walk the paddoc and talk to the teams.
My all-time favourite episode
Great episode, guys. Got me a bit choked up.
Please get Shumi from MotorInc India on this podcast. I'm sure you'd have a lot of fun!
Really good job with this, guys. I definitely want to see the dads playing the engine sound game!!
Best. Episode. Ever. ❤️
great episode
Yes, best motorcycle podcast on the interwebs!.....regardless of the trivia debacle, lol. 😜
What’s an interweb? 😂
@LTVoyager It's the place where hopes and dreams become reality! The old wise heads would call it the "world wide web"!!!
@@Buddha-ci8fz There you go. There is the internet and the World Wide Web. The “interweb” is the newbie badge. 😀
It is interesting that Mr. Courts wanted a Harley early on. I am in my early 60's and only remember the AMF-Harley years. The British bikes were still around and the Japanese were taking over, so the old big Harleys did not seem that appealing. The only Harley's that interested me when I was young were the imported Aermacchi models like the 350 or the two stroke 90 - 250cc models. Not surprisingly, the magazine ads never mentioned they came from Italy.
Best podcast episode ever!
We definitely need an episode with both dads on.
You pronounced Newfoundland almost exactly correctly. Well done. No sarcasm.
I finally got an engine sound correct. I've had an SV650, a V-Strom 650, and an SV1000. Something about the fuel pump and sound (gear-driven cams?) sounded like the SV1000, but quieter. Knowing that Spurgeon Sr. was featured, I guessed V-Strom 1000. Ok, it was technically the 1050.
My Father and his friends got Scooter Licenses at age 14. In some states like Texas you can get a Farm License at age 14 too. I got my Drivers License at age 16 in Michigan on my 16th Birthday .
If you wanna get into watching motorcycle racing, start with the Isle of Man TT. It will blow your mind. 🤯
Best episode ever!
Price is the main issue with electric motorcycles for me. I would love for them to exist. I almost got an Onyx RCR since that is the closest that I know of for a good price. Got my eye on Ryvid now though.
Ok guts, be careful, very careful you are both dad's now, which means your wives are Mom's, if they get on the podcast, it would be carnage!
Now we just need Tim, Spurgeon Sr., and Peter Egan to take over an episode of the podcast.
It is genuinely really difficult for any company to enter the motorcycle market let alone ones that are trying to advance in a new field. This is true for cars too. The investment required to develop, manufacture, distribute and support just a single model motor vehicle from nothing is insane. Not only that but the industry on the whole is not exactly healthy too and then you have the general apathy towards electric setting aside the flaws these early machines are bound to have. The fact that Zero still exists is nothing short of amazing.
Legends!
where has this podcast been for the last 18years!
Hey do an episode with both dads together
"I don't even know where I'm going with this .. man!" 👍
Get the dad's on-again all four of you together fire side banter on a moto trip would be very cool !!!! Mom for next year why not?
New Hope Auto Show? I grew up in NH but don't remember bike shows. Bu then, I didn't start riding till SFO, via VA, NC & AZ & a whole lotta girls....
Call me crazy if you will, but I absolutely LOVE my Zero. I realize that it is a paradigm shift, and many people aren't happy with it. I'm saddened that the financials are so difficult to make work. Both for the companies, and the consumers.
We need to talk about Verge Motorcycles! They have just opened a showroom in LA. Daily Rider, perhaps?
Once the big motorcycle companies put the finances needed into electric motorcycles there will be a bigger shift. Aside from HD, all of the electric motorcycle manufacturers are startups with no real capital and research. HD already overprices their bikes, so that puts the Livewire bikes out of range for a lot of consumers. Honda is saying they will not manufacture gas bikes by 2040. If that happens, both pricing and performance will have to be competitive.
This is so beautiful 🥹
My dad would strapped me to his back with a baby sling to avoid me from falling since I always fall asleep during rides.😂. I guess it’s an universal thing😅
If my memory serves me right, Alta that did the electric dirt bikes were doing ok and the technology was class leading at the time. Probably the reason Harley bought them after screwing them over, their tech was in the livewire,
Every time I see people on scooters or electric bikes that can get up to decent speeds. They have no gear at all, maybe a helmet sometimes. I always think how that person has never eaten it or they’d either be way more cautious or wear gear. I grew up doing skateboarding and bmx. I never wore helmets or pads outside of the rare occasion I was at a park that required it. I ate it many times and broke bones or got concussed. One time I was bombing a steep hill on my skateboard and my friend cut in front of me and got speed wobbles and hopped off his board and left it directly in my path so I took a big slide and tumble. I almost impaled my jaw on the bars of my bmx. Now that I’m about to be 40 I’m feeling all those falls but in all those falls I’ll definitely say they were nothing compared to my 2 motorcycle accidents while wearing gear. I’m definitely curious if Mr. Courts is talking about Ryan Tuerck or his dad when he mentioned Tuerck? They’re from NH and they’re all into racing dirt bikes, motorcycles, and cars. If I’m not mistaken Ryan and his twin are around mine and Zach’s age. I used to hangout with them at E-town and obviously Ryan is a very accomplished pro racer in Formula Drift
I'm the luckiest guy in the world, both my wife and daughter ride. My daughter got a job in the industry after college and is working for Fly Racing.
Not surprised at all that electric bikes are failing and I told you so. I would never spend my money on those things.
It could only be a v-strom.
Awesome.
An out going tide lowers all boats
I agree that you are better off to ride a Pedal bike until you are about 12 years old. I also think it's better to learn on a Dirt bike.
I think the view that "motorcycles are playthings" is the root of the problem with the street motorcycle industry in the US in general.
1:30:00 🙄🤦🏽♂️
I wish I had a dad.
Zack better enjoy his hair while he still can. 😂
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