When he's broke, this spirited man stops paying his motorcycle insurance and registration fees. His motorcycle is the first privilege he loses when he runs out of cash. When he's flush, it's the first one that comes back just the word itself puts a serene feeling in him motorcycles. Having finished making a video about the heartache and misery of saying goodbye to a broken motorcycle, this spirited man has decided to make one about the exuberance and joy of a motorcycle that works about why we ride in the first place.

So this will be a simple video, just a ride: testing out some new cameras, generously sent to us by insta360. a 20 minute or so loop through the santa monica mountains near his house. Who knows the distance of the loop? Who cares? Okay, there's a way to make that selfie stick disappear, but we'll worry about that later. The real risk of this video, besides the speed and drop-offs, is that it will be a bore and that you folks will take a look and say: is this it just some dude riding through the canyons no stunts or nothing no, no stunts or nothing in germany? There's this tv show that plays in hotels late at night.

That's just a camera in the front car of a train. You simply stare down the tracks and watch the world go by on tv. This video was in a way inspired by that german tv show, but to keep you watching we'll cut to different cameras like this one eva and this one. This spirited man rode the loop three times to shoot it.

We won't show you the entire 20-minute ride. Of course, just the good bits - maybe this is a video for people who are considering taking up motorcycles, who want to ride but haven't taken the plunge. Yet maybe it's for people who wonder if they should ride if it's right for them. Maybe it's for people who just want to see what all the fuss is about.

Maybe this is just an excuse to talk about riding which this spirited man considers a spiritual activity. Well, let's see where this goes. Some motorcycle wisdom he's accrued over the last 33 years of riding. There's really no such thing as an uncool motorcycle mopeds are cool, harleys are cool, electric motorcycles are cool and though he hates to admit it, even ducatis are cool when they work riding motorcycles is the most dangerous thing that regular people do.

It is unbelievably dangerous. The federal government estimates that per mile traveled in 2018, the number of deaths on motorcycles was nearly 27 times the number of deaths in cars 27 times more likely to die on a motorcycle. He doesn't watch motorcycle crashes on youtube. He doesn't watch people getting hurt on motorcycles on youtube.

He won't allow those thoughts to be in his subconscious. He doesn't want those images in his mind at all. When folks ask him if they should ride or get a motorcycle, he asks them. Do you do any adventure sports, like skiing, snowboarding, rock, climbing, surfing sports, where the consequences can sometimes be death sports, where you have to stay with it when things get squirrely, never talk someone into getting or riding a motorcycle.

Some people absolutely should not ride. There are motorcycle people and there are non-motorcycle people never drink and ride, not even one drink, not even one beer. Fifty percent of all accidents involve at least one drink, never drink and ride, and you reduce your likelihood of a crash by half. Here are some rules that this spirited man has made for himself helmet jacket, gloves boots and pants for every ride.

Maybe once or twice a year, he'll break this rule per article of clothing. Maybe once a year no helmet, maybe once a year no jacket, maybe once a year, no gloves, etc. He never rides with a male passenger too heavy and something weird happens psychologically ego-wise. When you got a guy on the back each time, he crashes hopefully never again, but yes, he's crashed, but with each crash he takes a riding privilege away from himself after a crash in nova scotia.

He stopped riding in the rain after a crash in new york. He stopped riding at night after a crash, in los angeles, he retired this particular motorcycle from off-road riding. Even though riding off-road is much safer than riding in traffic crashes on the track do not count on the freeway. He wears a full-faced helmet, a leather jacket, the moto gp racers all say that leather is the best because it slides without disintegrating they race in kangaroo, skin.

Okay, there we go no more selfie. Stick, though this footage has not been sped up. The extreme wide angle of this 360 degree view camera exaggerates the speed a little bit. This footage looks a lot faster than riding through these canyons actually feels this shot shot with the little eva camera that clips to your jacket.

This is more like what it really looks like on a ride. Also, don't ride like this guy riders call this riding crazy or riding like an a-hole and it's very stupid, obey the speed limit. Follow the rules oh and never buy a motorcycle at night tom sacks taught him that one that speedometer is broken. It's a replacement, but the replacement broke too los angeles is his favorite city in the world for riding motorcycles.

Maybe you live in l.a, maybe you're visiting. So here's the route that you've been looking at in this video it starts in the parking lot at the topanga lookout. Trailhead then left at the fork onto schwerin. Then a right at the t on to piyuma take a right onto cold canyon, easy to miss that one right on mulholland right onto stunt road.

Maybe there is a stunt in this video actually, then stunt back to the trailhead, and that is a wonderful friday afternoon. Canyon ride for some people, it's the kind of thing that keeps us alive and keeps us going. You.