For The Ride

As the founder of Bike Shed Motorcycle Club, Dutch van Someren spends many of his days greeting customers at the BSMC in London or Los Angeles when not riding his Triumph Thruxton RS. In this episode recorded in the green room of Bike Shed Los Angeles, Dutch talks about the Bike Shed Moto Show, creating the club, and how he and his wife Vikki attended the coronation of King Charles III on behalf o...

As Revzilla's Director of Content, Spurgeon Dunbar plays a leading role in producing an incredible amount of creative and inspirational motorcycle content for the company's content arm, the Common Tread, including a co-host of their Highside / Lowside podcast. Recently, Spurgeon guest hosted an episode of the popular high-production series CTXP, where he rode an all-new Triumph Speed 400 alongside...

As a content creator for Revzilla's Common Tread, Zack Courts is the host of "Daily Rider" and co-host of CTXP, the channel's quarterly large production series. In the most recent CTXP episode Zack, along with guest host Spurgeon Dunbar, rode an all-new Triumph Scrambler 400 X to India's Umling La, the highest motorable road in the world. In this episode, Zack talks about the recent trip as well a...

Jared Weems is a Florida based custom bike builder that focuses exclusively on vintage Triumph builds via Weems Motor Co. and just won the People's Choice Award for his '56 Drag Bike during the Vahna Motorcycle Show at the Isle of Triumph. During the interview which took place on-site at the Isle of Triumph, Weems discusses drag racing technique and building a '52 Triumph inspired by a famous Davi...

Eva Rupert is best known as the motorcycle ambassador with Overland Expo, where she manager motorcycle vendors, `builds the Ultimate Overland Bike each year, and writes for their column, The Compass. Outside of the Overland Expo, Eva owns the Jonquil Motel in Bisbee, AZ where she hosts an annual adventure riding event, and has a surprising past in competitive fencing.   Episode Links: Instagram: @...

Derek Mayberry is a long-time rider who abandoned the corporate world to pursue a passion and became the Associate Publisher of VAHNA Magazine. Derek shares how he landed with VAHNA and then dives into the details of the inaugural VAHNA Film Festival, including submission requirements and the locations of festival events.   Episode Links: Instagram: @Derek. Mayberry Film Fest Website: Vahna.com/Fi...

Cinnamon Kernes is the Vice-President and General Manager with the Motorcycle Industry Council, where she's leading the "Ride With Us" Campaign to help grow motorcycle ridership in the United States.  Cinnamon also runs the AIMExpo, which is the motorcycle industry's trade show in the US, where she draws from her many years of experience managing the International Motorcycle Shows (IMS).   Episode...

Mitch Boehm is a 35+ years of motorcycle-industry and moto-journalist veteran, including staff positions at Motorcyclist and Cycle World as well as a 15-year stint as editor-in-chief at Motorcyclist magazine from 1993 to 2008, and is currently the editor-in-chief of American Motorcyclist Magazine. In this interview recorded at AMA Vintage Days, Mitch recounts some tales from his career and talks a...

With a family lineage in racing, Chase McQueen naturally gravitated to racing on both two and four wheels. In this episode the son of Chad McQueen, and grandson of Steve McQueen, talks about his family’s legacy and how it's kept alive through partnerships with brands his grandfather had ties to, as well as helping to organize the Friends of Steve McQueen Car and Motorcycle show, benefiting the Boy...

Best known as a lifestyle photographer, John Ryan Hebert regularly pairs his passion for riding and art to capture timeless images of motorcycles, including his personal Triumph Bonneville T100. In the interview, John explains how he stumbled into a career in moto photography, and shares a story riding his 100,000+ mile Bonneville from Los Angeles to Michigan and back.   Episode Links: Instagram:...

As a kid in 70's Southern California, Tommy Harper grew up racing dirt bikes against the likes of Chad McQueen and Kenny Alexander, and turned his passion for riding, flying, and surfing into a career in stunts. In this interview Tommy recounts stories of growing up around Steve McQueen and Bud Ekins, explains how he evolved his career to found Brand X Stunts and become one of Hollywood's most tru...

Erik Hartley is an American veteran who discovered the throttle therapy in flat track racing and founded Evil Hours Racing, a non-profit race team which provides veterans an outlet within the flat track community. This episode was recorded live from Senoia Raceway south of Atlanta, where Erik and his Evil Hours team were preparing his Triumph Bonneville to compete during one of the American Flat T...

Roland Sands is a former racer, best known as custom motorcycle builder hailing from Long Beach, California. Roland turned his name and style of building performance customs into a brand, Roland Sands Design. We caught up with Roland only days after his biggest event of the year, which partnered with Red Bull for their Straight Rhythms event this year. We chatted about growing up in the West Coast...

Frank Masi is a stills photographer for major motion pictures such as The Rock, Armageddon, and Jungle Cruise, whose recent passion for riding has evolved into a dream garage, which includes a Steve McQueen Edition Scrambler 1200. The interview discusses Frank's collection of motorcycles and motorcycle memorabilia and takes a deep dive into the world of still photography on film sets. Frank also t...

Rikki Rockett is the co-founder and drummer for the band Poison and a rider so passionate for British Motorcycles that he founded a group called Brit Iron Rebels, which now has clans in 10 countries.  The interview ranges from Rikki forming the band Poison and riding his new Scrambler 1200 throughout the 2022 Stadium Tour, to his interest in the paranormal and juggling three distinct YouTube Chann...

Noah Garret is a life long martial artist who used his skills to become a successful stunt performer for major motion films, and happens to be one of lucky owners of a Scrambler 1200 McQueen Edition motorcycle. The interview dives into Noah’s journey to become a stunt performer, and how he’s already working to evolve his career into stunt coordinating.    Episode Links: Instagram (fall scene): @no...

Carolyn returns as a guest to discuss her transition to a full-time motorcycle YouTube creator, and along with some of the best moto road trips she's taken since her last visit. As her channel, “Doodle on a Motorcycle”, started to take off, Carolyn made the decision to dive in and turn to content creating full time. In the episode, she speaks about her process for creating content that is the righ...

Eric Van De Steeg is a 3 year host of The Distinguished Gentleman's Ride in Atlanta, co-founder of Scamper Van, and a lifelong rider who incorporates a motorcycle ride into each of his world travels. During the episode, Eric details his personal battle with testicular cancer, which led him to volunteer for the DGR in support of Men's Health. He also talks about some epic rides he's taken around th...

Évangéline Bastide is a French native living in Los Angeles, who regularly travels on two-wheels to explore new parts of the country during her breaks from being a full-time piano instructor. In the past few years Évangéline has taken road trips to destinations ranging from the Bonneville Salt Flats to the Blue Ridge Mountains, on any sort of red colored motorcycle she can get her hands on, and ha...

Brandon Paasch is an American Roadracer and 2x defending Daytona 200 Champion, who came back for a second episode to discuss the winning performance in detail. The interview dives into the technical and strategic aspects of racing, along with the mental approach Brandon uses. We also chat about riding project TE-1 bike which is the first and only Triumph electric motorcycle prototype in the world....

Brandon Paasch is an American Roadracer and 2x defending Daytona 200 Champion, who conducted this interview just prior to his first Daytona 200 win. The interview also took place just prior to  Brandon moving back to England to compete a full season in the British Superbike Championship on the newly formed Triumph Dynavolt team in the Supersport class on a Speed Triple RS. In this first of two epi...

Sam Schneider is a video producer, with big music videos and many other projects under his belt, but may best be known in moto circles for owning the apocalyptic custom Street Triple, "Frank". Sam tells some tall tales from the road, which prompts Adam to share the story of his first ride, the Road to Hana. Sam also explains the origins of Frank and how he came to own the bike, and talks about his...

Steve Kamrad is a passionate motorcycle rider who spends most weekends competing in a variety of hare scramble or hare and hound style races. For many of the races, Steve competes in the ADV or Hooligan class on either his Scrambler 1200 XE or Tiger 900 Rally Pro. Steve's also earned a reputation of being a credible freelance AVD bike journalist, giving honest feedback on the latest adventure styl...

Jeff "Six-Time" Stanton earned his nickname by winning six Motocross and Supercross championships and now shares his love of off-road motorcycling with his new adventure riding tour and training business, Jeff Stanton Adventures. This interview, captured live at Americade, covers Jeff's racing background, from his path to success to how he implemented the mindset of a champion to become a champion...

Paul "Fast Eddy" Edmondson, best known as an enduro racing champion, has successfully added stunt work to his resume, most recently doubling for Daniel Craig in the latest James Bond film, No Time To Die.  Paul surprised a team of Triumph marketers at a dinner meeting, which turned into an impromptu interview. During the brief chat, Paul shared a bit about being a 4-time World Enduro Champion, and...