ClevelandMoto Motorcycle Podcast

https://www.facebook.com/ClevelandMotoPodcast/ Phil Waters

Vintage and Modern motorcycles a bunch of Cleveland motorcycle mechanics, enthusiasts and wizards get together and provide background noise for your workshop or commute We cover cafe racer, minimoto bikes, ADV, Scrambler, maintenance, ducati, Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki, Moto Guzzi, Royal Enfield, Norton, Triumph, Mods, Rockers, Scooters, Wrenching, Motorcycle Tech, Riding, Reviews, Chat, Beer Drinking, sausage eating, Pride of Cleveland. - Vintage Motorcycle Tech - No politics or religion

December 08, 2018
Phil Waters, John McElfresh, Nich Divitto, Steve "Sleepy" Cinch,

ClevelandMoto 218 - A podcast that will live in infamy.

ClevelandMoto 218 Vasectomy MC Club "All the juice, none of the seeds". KZ's and why their a curse to the motorcycle shop owner. More little JDM car nonsense. Hayabusa gets kill...
December 01, 2018
Phil Waters, John Cochran, Steve Hoffert, Dustin Elliott, Luke Croston Phil Waters

ClevelandMoto 217 - The G400C, KLR650 nonsense and is the perfect bike the right bike?

ClevelandMoto 217 - The G400C, KLR650 nonsense and is the perfect bike the right bike?
November 17, 2018
Phil Waters, Nick DiVitto, Dustin Elliott, John Cochran, John McElfresh, Pete Hempfling, Tim Hempfling, Chris Smith, Steve Cinch

ClevelandMoto 216: LED nightmares, Can China do it?

ClevelandMoto 216: LED nightmares, Getting real light from your vintage bike. Low $$$ motorcycles? Can China do it? Would you do it?
November 17, 2018
Phil Waters, Tim Hempfling, :Pete Hempfling, Dustin Elliott, John Cochran, Nick DiVitto, Chris Smith, John McElfresh, Steve "Sleepy" Cinch

Podcast 215 How bad is your dealer? How many Bikes is enough already?

Podcast 215 How bad is your dealer? How many Bikes is enough already? We discuss how "distributors" bury dealers with too many models and it ends up leading to the bad experienc...
November 15, 2018
Phil Waters, Chris Smith, John Cochran, John McElfresh, Pete Hempfing, Steve Cinch,

ClevelandMoto 214 JDM Cars, Electric Urals, Kawasaki W800, Winter Storage Tips

214 JDM Cars, Electric Urals, Kawasaki W800, Winter Storage Tips
November 05, 2018
Phil Waters, Nick DiVitto, Pete Hempfling, John McElfresh, John Cochran, Chris Smith, Oscar Nadal

ClevelandMoto Podcast 213 Inner Tube Debate Solved, Vintage Suzuki Madness and Scoot n' Shoot

Nick is on fire! He's got a fancy exhaust from Japan and Bought a motorcycle that fits in the boot of his Fiat 500. We're getting ready for the annual Scoot n' Shoot..Remarkably...
October 26, 2018
Phil Waters, Chris Smith, Oscar Nadal, Nick Devito, John Cochran, Pete Hempfling, Dustin Elliott, Steve Sleepy Cinch

ClevelandMoto 212 The Death of The KLR650 - Would you rather? Triumph 1200 Scrambler?!?

ClevelandMoto 212 The Death of The KLR650 - Would you rather? Triumph 1200 Scrambler?!? Phil has too much coffee.
October 20, 2018
Phil Waters, John Cochran, John McElfresh, Dustin Elliott, Chris Smith, Oscar Nadal, Steve Sleepy Cinch, Pete Hempfling

ClevelandMoto 211 400cc of Fun or Frustration? Manx TT - We're going to the Isle of Man in 2019!

ClevelandMoto 211 400cc of Fun or Frustration? Manx TT - We're going to the Isle of Man in 2019!
October 13, 2018
Phil Waters, Nick Divito, John Cochran, John McElfresh, Pete Hempfling, Steve Hoffert, Luke Cochran, Chris Smith, Phil Waters, Oscar Nadal

ClevelandMoto 210 We get all up into Fall!

ClevelandMoto 210 - Autumn Arrival - It's fall up in here.
September 28, 2018
Phil Waters, John Cochran, Steve Hoffert, Nick DiVitto, John McElfresh, Oscar Nadal, Chris Smith, Pete Hempfling,

ClevelandMoto 209 Keeping your cool, AntiBoil and UnkieFreeze

We talk about cooling, Motorcycle Campsites, What are you riding in the DGR. What is this thing?
September 21, 2018
Phil Waters, Chris Smith, Peter Hempfling, Johnny Cochrane, Steve Sleepy Cinch, Oscar Nadal, Steve Hoffert, John McElfresh

ClevelandMoto 208 Buying bikes like a boss!

Buying bikes like a boss!
September 14, 2018
Phil Waters, John McElfresh, John Cochran, Tim Hempfling, Dustin Elliott, Nick DeVitto, Steve Hoffert, Pete Hempfling

ClevelandMoto 207 - Email Answered and Tequila as Fuel

We answer a bunch of listener emails and we make a bottle of excellent tequila disappear.
August 24, 2018
Phil Waters, Oscar, Chasne, Johnny Mac, Steve Hoff, Johnny Chrome, Dustin, Sleepy Cinch

ClevelandMoto 206 The Distinguished Gentleman's Ride...Are you ready...

The Distinguished Gentleman's Ride...Are you ready...
August 19, 2018
Phil Waters, Nick DiVitto, John McElfresh, Johhny Cochran, Steve Cinch, Oscar Nadal

ClevelandMoto205 Outlaw dirtbikers, Free GSXR600, Compression.

ClevelandMoto205 Outlaw dirtbikers, Free GSXR600, Compression. It's a cozy-cast
August 10, 2018
Phil Waters, John McElfresh, John Cochran, Luke Cochran, Dustin Elliot, Oscar Nadal, Dustin Elliott, Nick DeVitto

Podcast 204 - Harleys in India, Electrocity, Ben from Rochester and DGR is coming

Podcast 204 - Harleys in India, Electrocity, Ben from Rochester and DGR is coming
August 02, 2018
Phil Waters, Oscar Nadal, Steve "Sleepy" Cinch, John McElfresh, Dustin Elliott, Ben Rich,

203 Ben Rich the Electric Biker and What happened at Mama Tried Flat out Friday

Touring on an Electric and Racing a mini-bike on Dr. Pepper covered concrete...just another week at ClevelandMoto - We don't say a word about the new Harley Davidson Adventure B...
July 20, 2018
Phil Waters, Steve Hoffert, John Cochran, John McElfresh, Steve Hoffert, Nick DeVitto

Podcast 202 - Off the rails

Yep, we're all over the place - not our best work....but still better than whatever you usually listen to.
July 13, 2018
Phil Waters, Nick Devitto, Oscar Nadal, Steve Sleepy Cinch, Steve Hoffert, John Cochran, Chris Smith, Dustin Elliott,

ClevelandMoto 201 - AMA Vintage Days, The recap...

How was your Mid-Ohio? Ours was pretty awesome!
June 29, 2018
Phil Waters, Oscar Nadal, Steve Hoffert, Luke Croston, Miguel Gomez, Nick DeVitto, Pete Hempfling, Johnny Cochran, John McElfresh, Chris Smith, Pete Hempfling

ClevelandMoto 200: Shoot Out at the Mediocre Corral

The whole damn crew is here for a 4 way...wait, let me rephrase that, mega shoot-out between the Honda CB300F, The Yamaha R3, The KTM Duke 930 and the (punishment bike) Spade 15...
June 15, 2018
Phil Waters, Chris Smith, Oscar Nadal, Nick DeVito, Steve Cinch, John Cochran, Steve Hoffert, Pete Hempfling

ClevelandMoto 199: Monkeys and Cubs and the curse of the Twin Cam 88

We fall all over ourselves about the new Honda Cubs and Monkeys. We let you in on Harley's dirty secret and why you might not want to buy an affordable used Harley.
June 08, 2018
Phil Waters, Dustin Elliott, Steve Cinch, Steve Hoffert, Oscar Nadal, Steve Hempfling, Tim Hempfling, John Cochran, John McElfresh

ClevelandMoto 198 The CosbyPolitan - What is your favorite ride

We've got a huge crew today and we all get a chance to describe our favorite ride.
June 02, 2018
Phil Waters, OScar Nadal, John Cochran, Steve Hoffert

Episode 197 - What do you want out of a Motorcycle Event?

Small group tonight, we discuss what we think of the NT700V DeauVille? and what we'd like from a motorcycle event.
May 25, 2018
Phil, Nick DeVito, Chris Smith, Steve Hoffert, Steve Sleepy Cinch, John Cochran, John McElfresh, Chris Smith

Podcast 196 - Riding Fast and Taking Chances

How fast have you gone? We talk about the difference between touring, sport touring and adventure touring
May 18, 2018
John Cochran, Steve Hoffert, John McElfresh, Pete Hempfling, Oscar Nadal, Cameron Vanderhorst, Chris Smith

Podcast 195 - Flat Out Friday

We talk about our acquisitions at the latest auction and indoor concrete flat track racing.
May 11, 2018
Phil Waters, steve "sleepy" cinch, john McElfresh, Johnny Cochran, Oscar Nadal, Pete Hempfling, Chris Smith, Steve hoffert

ClevelandMoto 194 - Releasing the Magic Smoke

McElfresh burns up an induction heater, we talk about cool ways to hold your phone, the next generation of OCC, Slingshots and getting gassy.
May 04, 2018
Oscar Nadal, Johnny Chrome, John McElfresh, Steve Cinch, Chris Smith, Steve Hoffert

ClevelandMoto 193: Are you a motorcycle God? Building the better biker quiz.

We try to build the best motorcycle quiz and we need your help.
April 28, 2018
Pete Hempfling, Phil Waters, Steve Hoffert, Johnny Chrome, Steve Sleepy Cinch, Oscar Nadal, Dustin Elliott, Chris Smith.

ClevelandMoto 192 The Beaver, I have sinned, MABDR planning

What would you ride on the MABDR? Beaver Pelts, Technical Wizardry and oh, we got really, really drunk last week.
April 20, 2018
Dustin Elliott, Steve Sleepy Cinch, Chris Smith, John McElfresh, John Cochran, Pete Hempfling, Tim Hempfling, Oscar Nadal, Phil Waters

191 Auction Fever - Tequila Mockingbird

We start all legit and cool and then it goes off the rails...This is an ol' school tribute to debauchery.
April 13, 2018
Oscar Nadal, Johnny Chrome, John McElfresh, Steve Cinch, Chris Smith, Steve Hoffert

190-MABDR - poor choices - how bad can we be?

We work up a basic concept of our take on ADV riding and the Mid Atlantic Backcountry Discovery Route.
April 06, 2018
Phil Waters, Oscar Nadal, Steve Hoffert, Steve "Sleepy" Cinch, Pete Hempfling, Dustin Elliott

ClevelandMoto 189 get Sleepy, Kymco's, being middle-aged and German Porn.

We talk about cheap-chinese scooters that might not suck, AMA vintage days, of course, and we welcome Sleepy and his Scotch to our shop....it gets wierd.
March 30, 2018
Phil Waters, Merritt Waters, Oscar Nadal, Chris Smith, Pete Hempfling

188 The Tokyo Motorcycle Show - Electric Scooters from Kymco Dr. Waters joins us.

We talk about formats of power delivery, why can't we all just get along? Bikes from the Tokyo Motorcycle Show.
March 23, 2018
Phil Waters, John Cochran, Oscar Nadal, Pete Hempfling, Steve Hoffert, John McElfresh,

3/23/2018 Zeros and that bike you just can't seem to sell

We talk about a new charger we just picked up on the cheap for the Zero motorcycles. We also talk about why some bikes don't sell, and what are we going to do about it.
February 25, 2018
Phil Waters, Chris Smith, Dustin Elliott, Steve Hoffert, John McElfresh, John Cochran, Oscar Nadal, Pete Hempfling

ClevelandMoto184RAFFLE

We are doing a raffle! Pete buys a BMW. Feedback from the motorcycle show. A complete idiots guide to motorcycle marketplace.
February 25, 2018
Phil Waters, Dustin Elliott, John McElfresh, John Cochran, Oscar Nadal, Steve Hoffert

ClevelandMoto186Gas.mp3

Fun with a 4wd Toyota Van. Bad Gas and what to do with it.
February 17, 2018
Phil Waters, John Cochran, Oscar Nadal, Pete Hempfling, Steve Hoffert, John McElfresh,

ClevelandMoto 185 Electronic Devilry and Economy Touring

We discuss the attributes of a couple different Lithium jump packs / battery packs and we answer listener mail regarding a low dollar tourer.
February 04, 2018
Phil Waters

ClevelandMoto 183 RAFFLE RAFFLE RAFFLE!!!! And Harley Closes a factory

We talk about Harley closing a factory, results from the MC Show and our new Moto Guzzi V7 Scrambler Raffle - $20 a ticket gets you in the game - ONLY 500 Tickets.
February 04, 2018
Phil Waters, Steve Hoffert, Chris Smith, Pete Hempfling, John Cochran, John McElfresh, Oscar Nadal Conde, Dustin Elliott

ClevelandMoto 182 LIVE! From the International Motorcycle Expo Cleveland

We go booth to booth in the International Motorcycle Show in Cleveland.
January 26, 2018
Phil Waters, John Cochran, Katie Croston, Luke Croston, Merritt Waters, Pete Hempfling, Steve Hoffert, John McElfresh, Dustin Elliott.

ClevelandMoto 181 slow sales, getting ready for the motorcycle show, Luke, Merritt, and Katie are guests.

Getting ready for the motorcycle show, we talk about slow motorcycle sales in United States. We come up with some very interesting ideas on how to help grow sales, and we ask t...
January 15, 2018
Phil Waters, John Cochran, Oscar Nadal, Pete Hempfling, Steve Hoffert, John McElfresh, Dustin Elliott

ClevelandMoto 180: Slow trains, the motorcycle show, and the Amish

Phil talks about his recent 3 day train adventure to the Pacific Northwest. Camaros, hipsters and Canadians. We get ready for the Cleveland Motorcycle Show.
December 23, 2017
Phil Waters, John Cochran, Steve Hoffert, Pete Hempfling, John McElfresh, Chris Smith

ClevelandMoto Podcast 179 Xmas=Electrical Mayhem

We have a full crew and discuss wiring, termination, harnesses and magic smoke. That's an actual home made Jacobs ladder you're hearing
December 16, 2017
Phil Waters, Pete Hempfling, John Cochran, Dustin Elliott, John McElfresh and Luke Croston

ClevelandMoto 178 Xmas and Hate Mail

We open our Christmas presents, and read listener hate mail.
December 16, 2017
Phil Waters, Steve Hoffert, Dustin Elliott, John McElfresh, Chris Smith, John Chrome

ClevelandMoto 176 Electricity is a cruel mistress

Annie wasn't aware we were recording...we let the recording run. Meat, and more meat. Chrome's house gets "The Shocker". We talk JDM cars, and try to sell our Star 1900 Roadlin...
December 16, 2017
Phil Waters, Renae Scherff, Dustin Elliott, John Chrome

ClevelandMoto 177 Xmas gifts?

What do you want for Xmas? How about a cool ClevelandMoto T-shirt, scarf or beanie hat? ClevelandMoto Vintage Racer T-Shirt - Medium https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=h...
December 01, 2017
Phil Waters, Pete Hempfling, Joe Casola, Chris Smith, John McElfresh.

ClevelandMoto 175 Joe Casola joins us - working on 100 year old bikes.

Friend of the podcast Joe Casola visits us and shares his experiences supporting 100 year old motorcycles on the cannonball and operating a motorcycle co-op.
November 10, 2017
John Cochran, Chris Smith, Dustin Elliott, Phil Waters

ClevelandMoto 174 Loading Bikes - Ride Smarter -

We talk about doing things better, loading bikes safer and how we're changing things around here at the shop. Chris is selling his vintage Honda Superhawk for only $2500.
October 27, 2017
Phil Waters, Dustin Elliott, Steve Hoffert, John Cochran, Pete Hempfling, John Cochran.

ClevelandMoto 173 PC800x3 - Meat & Cheese Cast

Everything you ever wanted to know about the PC800, We eat, sausages, cheese, drink bourbon, eat pickles, drink beer and talk about life in General. Johnny Chrome trades his cus...
October 20, 2017
Phil Waters, Chuck Schram, Dustin Elliott, John McElfresh, John Cochran.

ClevelandMoto 172 Pissed off listeners and Chuck Schram from Zero Motorcycles

Chuck Schram is in town doing a Zero Demo Day and hangs around for the podcast. Chaos ensues. The butthurt is strong in the millennial chopper community.
October 13, 2017
Phil Waters, Dustin Elliott, John Cochran, Chris Smith, John McElfresh, Luke Croston

ClevelandMoto 171 Helmet mayhem Ice Cream social

We are joined by ClevelandMoto mechanic Luke "Sparky" Croston.
October 06, 2017
Phil Waters, Curt Edwards, John Cochran, Dustin Elliott, John McElfresh, Pete Hempfling

ClevelandMoto 170 Curt Edwards Visits - Pike NUTS!

PikeNuts! Curt Edwards from Kentucky stopped in and brings us two bottles of bourbon. We give you the Adam Constantine update. We talk about Curt's collection, the Kentucky Kic...
September 29, 2017
Phil Waters, Dustin Elliott, John Cochran, Chris Smith, John McElfresh, Adam Constantine

ClevelandMoto 169 Hurricane Adam - We barely mention bikes at all - But it's a good one!

Our friend Adam is in town as a refugee from Key West and Hurricane Irma, He's a Mini-Motorcycle guy and a VW guy who's had a real bad week, but he's dealing with it in style. W...