Loud Pipes!

We celebrated a little by recording episode 50 live at JR Cigar in Mooresville, NC and hosted our second Biker Roundtable.  Thanks to those that joined us on the live stream and chat.  We plan to do more live streaming on a regular basis, so check out LouPipes.net/live for more details.   Bikers Roundtable A group of Moto-Vloggers (listed below) made a return trip to Tellico Plains,...

The boys are back...  After wrapping up our interviews from Atlanta we are back to our normal show format.  The guys talk about the Motorcycle Podcasters Challenge, the first Loud Pipes Ride, Road Hogs III ride, Atlanta trip recap, and some news. Motorcycle Podcasters Challenge : We are going to have a little challenge between the Motorcycle Men, Throttled, and Loud Pipes. &nbs...

To round out our time in Atlanta, we have another special interview to share.  We had the great pleasure of sitting down with Jocelyn Dorsey .  Jocelyn is currently the Director of Editorials & Public Affairs at WSB-TV 2 in Atlanta, GA.  She has been at WSB-TV for 43 years and started out as anchor/report and was the first African American news anchor in the Atlanta, GA mar...

In this episode the guys release their second of three interviews from the road trip to Atlanta.  This interview is with a very talented artist by the name of Robert Rivera Jr .  Robert has been working with airbrush and other techniques for more than 13 years and has been drawing since he was in the 3rd grade.  Overall we were blown away with Robert's work and highly suggest you vi...

There is also a video version of this episode, check it out on YouTube . In this episode the guys sit down with the lovely Ms. Aerin Shaw, Vice President and General Manager for the   Jekill and Hyde Company USA .  Aerin shares details about why the Dr. Jekill & Mr. Hyde exhaust system was developed.  Currently the exhaust is only available in the USA for the following bran...

The guys talk about the trip from their homes to Atlanta, GA where they had some amazing interviews planned to feature on upcoming shows.  Since the trip produced a lot of great content, we will be releasing a show weekly over the next several weeks to get this content out as quickly as possible. After our planning session for episode 46, the guys unpacked the gear and did a mock setup and te...

Tonight the guys talk about how they go about planning out a long road trip or not.  Rico was able to stop by for a Ducati demo ride and gives us his take on the Multrstrada Enduro and the XDiavel. What the guys sipped on during the show: Rich - Skull Splitter ( The Orkney Brewery ) Rico - Jefferson Stout Sweet Potato ( Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company ) Jon - Hard Ginger Ale ( Coney Island...

Tonight we kick off their long ride planning talking about preparing your bike and yourself. We are joined by Ted from the Motorcycle Men podcast to share his experience with long riding. Rich called into the Motorcycle Men podcast during their Episode 22 recording. Rich, Rico, and Ted all where able to get out on their bikes as the east coast weather has made a turn toward warmer weather. What th...

In this episode we welcome Rico back from his vacation, recharged and ready to rock the show.  Rico returns with a bang and the guys get right into talking about a day riding in the mounts.  Rich jumped on a rented Street Glide for the occasion to have some Bro-Time and we mix conversation from Rico's attendance of an Indian / Victory Demo days event. TOPICS: Rico gave the guys a little...

In this episode we are still without Rico, but he will be back for episode 42.  So Rich and Jon invited another podcaster, Kevin McKinney from the Throttled Podcast .  Reminder of our long ride contest.  Send us your planned destinations of what you consider a long ride to feedback@rdubstudios.com or use our feedback page .  We'll also draw two names from the responses and send...

Matthew Williams joins us again to talk about his new heated gear this season, the Honda Magna project bike, and a big ride coming up in May.  Matthew previously appeared on Episode 32 Reminder of our long ride contest.  Send us your planned destinations of what you consider a long ride to feedback@rdubstudios.com or use our feedback page .  We'll also draw two names from the respon...

Our special guest Deb Gasque from The Fashionista has an IRON BUTT, joins us to share her long distance riding experience.  Being someone who likes coffee as much as do, we swapped our usual barley with beans for this episode Background Originally from Utah, Deb moved to South Carolina and lives with her husband and garage full of bikes.  Starting out in 2006 as a passenger riding with h...

CONTEST TIME! As we start preparing for our big trips of this year, we are working on an episode around the idea of big trips/long rides.  We would like to get your feedback on where you are planning to ride this year, for what you would consider a big trip.  We will then aggregate the places and add them to the discussion in a future episode.  Names will go into a hat and we'll dra...

In this episode the guys talk about attending the Triumph Bonneville launch party, Rich's take on the Charlotte Easyriders show, and Harley releases two new models.  Plus we have Aaron Smith join us from Hawaii. Rich mentioned that we have our first Pateron sponsor - Markus Arebom from Sweden.  Per his Facebook comment the first LoudPipes! t-shirt is headed to Sweden.  We hope...

Welcome to our first episode of 2016.  We want to wish everyone a Happy New Year and hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday season. We are adding a little sweetener to Patreon - First 5 people to pledge at the $5 level or higher will get a Loud Pipes t-shirt after confirmation of the first payment. Rich wished both Rico and Jon a happy birthday.  Rico's special day was on December 27...

Our guest this week is Charlie Hearne from Motorcycles of Charlotte  and we talk with him about motorcycles from Ducati, BMW, Zero, Triumph, and events. Rico is finally recording from his home studio after traveling and is enjoying some Kentucky Bourbon Ale he brought back from his travels. Unfortunately Jon was unable to join this week due to family issues. Rich has the KLR road legal a...

This episode we sat down with Jim May from Matthews Fun Machines and he shares his riding experience from last 45 years and his passion for Moto Guzzi Motorcycles . Rico has made it back to the states, but is off traveling again with his new found mezcal. We have officially kicked off our patreon page .  Patreon provides a way for us to establish the "value for value" relationship.  If y...

This episode we review some exciting news from the EICMA 2015 show in Milan, Italy, and a big thanks to Jonathan Lockwood, co-host of the Borderless podcast for joining us. Rico is still south of the border and has managed to string together enough bandwidth to join us again and we make it the second episode with international flair. Jon was on tap to monitor the feedback email box and reviewed a...

This episode we have a guest co-host to review the Android version of the Eat Sleep Ride App, motorcycle project, riding experience, moto blogging, and some EICMA News. Rico is out of the country so we have now taken the show international. Rich and Rico chat about only being able to ride local due to rainy weather in NC, which bring us to how prep your bike for the winter.  Rich finds that h...

SHOW TOPICS AND LINKS FOR EPISODE 31: Rico takes a spin on a Moto Guzzi California and we have an interview with the founder of 2 Wheels 1 Cause, Neville Lee. Visit RDubStudios.com/donate  if you would like to support the show. The donations are just recommendations you can give more or less to us improve the show. During the process, sign up for our newsletter for details on improvements and...

SHOW TOPICS AND LINKS FOR EPISODE 30: Now that we've recovered from the Barber trip, we catch up on news from the 3rd annual AIMExpo and other motorcycle and automotive news from the last few weeks. Visit RDubStudios.com/donate if you would like to support the show We say goodbye to Rico's M3 <sad face> AIMExpo and other news review KLR 650 CAMO Yamaha R1S 2016 Kawasaki Vulcan S Cafe ABS Kaw...

SHOW TOPICS AND LINKS FOR EPISODE 29: We made an epic road trip to attend the 11th annual Vintage Motorcycle Festival Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, AL. 2015 Attendance: 69,264 Jon planned out the route (using: https://trips.furkot.com ) that allowed us to touch five states along the way: <img class="thumb-image" alt=" Nice route from Rico's place to Birmingham, AL " data-imag...

SHOW TOPICS AND LINKS FOR EPISODE 28: We gathered six bikers at Olde Mecklenburg Brewery to discuss a ride called Road Hogs II. The route started in the Fort Mill / Tega Cay, SC area to Little Switzerland, NC Roads of interest include the Devil's Whip, Diamondback, and others in NC mountains Lodging at the Diamondback motorcycle lodge of the Switzerland Inn Great place to stop for BBQ and Broasted...

SHOW TOPICS AND LINKS FOR EPISODE 27: We celebrated our one year anniversary by looking back at some of our favorites, invited two past guests to join us for an update on their happenings, and Jon has a big announcement. NEW TOPICS: With a nod to the first few episodes, we go around the table to discuss our beers. Rich surprises Rico and Jon with new customized Loud Pipes! t-shirts and an audio mo...

SHOW TOPICS AND LINKS FOR EPISODE 26: CHIT CHAT: Our one year anniversary show is one more episode away as Sept 11 was our first show release.  We are working on having past guests join us and record in person if possible.  U-TURN:  Riding update: Rich had a near miss on the road and we discuss that experience. Rico decides on Rinehart Racing exhaust for his Roadmaster NEW TOPI...