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Why We Ride: Habit, Skill, Identity
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What if the routine you resist is the very thing that frees your riding? We crack open a lively, surprising hour that starts with bourbon banter and Pablo Neruda's Ode to My Socks, then lands squarely on the craft of becoming a better rider through repetition, rhythm, and thoughtful constraint. The core idea is simple and powerful: routines aren’t hacks; they’re invitations. When you reduce decision clutter, you gain attention for the line, the wind, the way the bike speaks through the bars.
We put that lens to work across the board. In the shop, a vintage porcelain honing kit shows how small, steady passes align an edge before the strop brings it to life, an elegant metaphor for training skill on two wheels. Out on the road, we make the case for smart route planning that leaves room for surprise: too little structure and you miss the gems, too much and a storm ruins the day. The point isn’t rigid optimization; it’s a rhythm that transforms you. We connect this to physical training, to that satisfying moment you finally hit a familiar corner just right, and to the deeper truth that the process becomes the art.
We also talk tech and trends, spotlighting Kawasaki’s hybrid Ninja. Electric boost plus a thrifty ICE package raises practical questions about torque delivery, top-end power, range, and real-world use, why hybrid might make more motorcycling sense than going full electric for many riders. Community takes center stage with featured Janus builds, super chrome chassis, copper pinstripes, oxblood leather, and company news: reduced deposits on the 250 and 450, shorter lead times as production cadence improves, and a WeFunder push to bring new enthusiasts into the fold. We cap it off with a Rye'd or Die show ticket giveaway and plans for a live stream from the venue.
If you love motorcycles, craft, and the quiet satisfaction of getting better at something that matters, you’ll feel at home here. Hit follow, share this with a rider who geeks out on process, and leave a review telling us one routine that changed your riding.
From livestream #116 - 02/09/26
Hello everyone, welcome to the Ramble Stream Podcast. I'm Richard. And I'm Jansen. Each week we sit down for rambling conversations about motorcycles, the experience of riding, design, and whatever else catches our fancy. Bring a beverage of your choice or stories, and we'll see where this takes us.
SPEAKER_01:If you're interested in thoughtful conversations, friendly and informative banter with fellow riders, and the latest dispatches from Janus Motorcycles headquarters, you're in the right place. Let's get started. Good evening, Ramble streamers, and welcome back for another Ramble stream. This one is episode number 116. 116. 116. I am Richard Worsham, co-founder and designer here or head of design here at Channis Motorcycles. I am not actually I leave the design now to other possibly more capable hands, um, but I oversee it. Um and we have a good program for you all. Uh, if you are new to the Ramble stream, follow the template. Do we still we don't list it on the little streamer at the bottom anymore, do we? I see I don't know what happened to that, but I'll I'll just go ahead. Tell us your where you're viewing from, what you ramble with. There it is, and what you are sipping on this evening. So I've already told you who I am. I'm broadcasting live from the Ramble Studio. What a beautiful place. What a beautiful place. What a beautiful little broom closet you're in. And I ramble with a Kawasaki KLR 650 and a Halcyon 250 number 68. Beautiful and cream with gold and stroping. And this evening, I picked up a bottle of, we've been talking about different kinds of bourbon, and we've been comparing, I've been kind of saying it's not quite as spicy as bullet. Bullet is spicy. I got us a bottle of bullet, and it's it's spicy, but you put a little water in it, and and once delicious.
SPEAKER_00:Once your gums numb up a little bit, it's money. It's just it's just great. Jansen. My name is Jansen. I'm also coming to you live here at the uh Ramble Studio. Uh, I ramble in a Ford Lightning. It's soon to be rambling on a Phoenix 450, sipping on some bullet bourbon, which we discovered here. So Richard has always given me a really hard time for calling uh uh some things bourbon that aren't apparently bourbon. Well, we just found out that well, the requirements for things being bourbon is that they're and they're they're from Kentucky. Well, according to me, not according to the general public, according to Richard. So uh we just found out that one of Richard's uh not favorite, one that he likes a lot is actually bottled in Illinois. But it's made with Kentucky lime water. So you tell me, you tell me, uh, but I'm happy to be here. We got a good, a good show for you guys. Uh, we're gonna be talking about how habits and routines transform us.
SPEAKER_01:Yes, this is the denouement, the finale of our three-part uh series on um routines, habits, and transformation. Uh, I think we're Metamorphosis.
SPEAKER_00:I think we're gonna do a giveaway too. I'm just hearing about this for the first time. Are we? What are we gonna be giving away? I forgot to tell you, we're gonna be giving away two tickets to the ride or die motorcycle show in Valparaiso, Indiana. Can we even add one more? No, we can't we can't ship.
SPEAKER_01:Can we ship bottle? We can we can figure out. We can just Can we do it? Can we do it? Well, well, maybe we do that next week when we sample it. We'll do it next time. We should sample it live. We'll sample it next time. Yeah. We'll so we're doing a lot of just talking talking back and forth. No, uh tickets. Jeff Kelly's already on it. Is that the uh is that the keyword? It has to be. We'll do it later, though. We're gonna do a giveaway. We're gonna give away two tickets to this weekend's Valentine's Day motorcycle show brought to you by Janice Motorcycles and Journeyman Distillery. It's happening in Valparaiso, Indiana at the American factory. Yes, I think that's what it's called. Yeah, it's their Valparaiso location. It's gonna be really, really neat. It's this is the first year, so we have. How many builders do we have at this point? Um I don't I don't actually know. I thought it was like I think we have we have over 12 at this point. So it's gonna be a small show. It's gonna be an inaugural show, and it's gonna be the first of many. So we're hoping as as the word spreads, it continues to grow. It's an amazing venue. It's a cool weekend to have a motorcycle show. Yeah. And we're having a special bottle of um whiskey rye, whiskey made. So maybe next week we'll um do a we'll do a we'll sample, we'll be sampling it and we'll give it do a giveaway.
SPEAKER_00:Well, if you're still down to do a live show, a quick little live show at we'll give it away there. We'll give it away there.
SPEAKER_01:Okay.
SPEAKER_00:At the show itself.
SPEAKER_01:So ramble streamers, this is your word. We'll also send that some emails, but we're gonna do a live stream from the show. Yeah. So that will be Saturday night.
SPEAKER_00:Saturday night at 7th. We'll we'll find a time and we'll find a good time. We'll broadcast the time. Zoom in, Mitch said. Okay, okay. What oh crap. I I'll zoom in. Do that. That's pretty cool. Well, what is the mic? What is the number on the number plate? I don't know. I hope it's 574. So, yeah, that that's uh I'm I'm really excited to try that. Um, I I think it's gonna be delicious. But let's let's hit some comments here. Ride or die. Yeah, Jeff, it's a it's a great name. Great name. Let's get some comments here. Let's go uh uh to see who the first viewer was. Jason. A classic. It's Jason. We've got Jason 412 here. I think he missed spelled first, though. Oh, who would do that? That's weird. Working in Brick, New Jersey, Griffin 250 number 12, Halcyon 450, number 307, Phoenix 250, number 1010, and Phoenix 250, or sorry, Phoenix 450 number six. Richard is dying. Uh, Jason is drinking milk. I hit the mute button way too late. Uh Heather. Now, this is a new name. Word on the street is that this is Jason's wife. Welcome. She's uh out of Pennsylvania, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, House Gown 50 number 1097, a 2021 21 Honda Monkey drinking some pink lemonade. That sounds delicious. When was the last time you had pink lemonade? It's been a while. It's been a while. Got John Gover here in North Carolina, still working on melting some snow outside. House gown 450 number 119. Scroll. That bourbon got me through stock here. Hello, folks from the land of Wisconsin, the land of cheese. House gown 250 number 769 is sipping coffee this morning. See, this is this was early in the morning. This was at 12 p.m. our time. Kelly, what's going on, bird? Dang, it's cold. Come on, warm weather. And then, of course, the uh required rally, crocs, patch, tight-ons, and anything else I forgot. You forgot uh tickets. Tickets. Tickets. This is all you.
SPEAKER_01:John, is this right? I think it's John. Uh hey all. Oh, yeah, John. Uh sunny, Southern California with Halcyon T15 number 1148, Casmere. Hope y'all are making it through the weather. Okay. Yeah, we're we're doing our best. It's, you know, last week I said that I said it the first time. That's all right. Winter to be over. Yeah. It's been very, very cold, very, very snowy. It just keeps snowing. It doesn't stop. And it just is gray. Every once in a while we get a sunny day, but it doesn't melt the snow.
SPEAKER_00:It's obnoxious. And it's supposed to be like 40 tomorrow, but it's we've got so much snow that it's just going to be wet. I'm ready. But here we are. Got uh Janice McRider here just replying to a couple people. Uh ought to raise some money and get some Lego crocs for the tech boy. Maybe a birthday present. I don't I don't know if I want Lego crocs. That feels like it would be cool. It'd be kind of cool, but uh more on topic though. Are there any dangers in habits, routines, and processes? Jansen's gonna be talking about this. It is a it is an interesting question that we brought up in the pre-ramble, and you guys you guys can be a part of that. Uh, if you become a member, you can hit the join button down at the bottom. Uh, and you for five bucks a month, you can get access to the pre-ramble where we just kind of chit-chat about the the upcoming show or just about whatever the heck we're drinking or whatever we're feeling. Uh, members only shorts and a week early access to the videos that we release. Let's see. Enough, enough about the Crocs Speed Racer. I think you may be selling some Crocs. I think so. I should have an affiliate link. Who else is here? Let's scroll down to the bottom. He's done with the Crocs. We don't pay nobody nothing. Oh, Comfed Yanks here. Howdy, welcome our only Twitch viewer. Glad you're there. Our only Twitch viewer. That's crazy. Richard, I think it's time for a poem. Okay. All right. So what did that Nando?
SPEAKER_01:Your piece of paper. I hit it. So this is a poem that I do not have the book. Sorry, folks, but uh, I did print it off. And it printed off with the entire poem, and then the last line is on the second page. So my apologies. But it's wintertime. We're talking about shoes. I'm wearing some wool socks because there's nothing better than a pair of wool socks in the wintertime. But uh this is a poem by the um pretty famous um poet, some of you may be familiar with, uh Pablo Neruda.
SPEAKER_02:Pablo.
SPEAKER_01:Pablo. Um this is called Ode to My Socks.
SPEAKER_02:Okay.
SPEAKER_01:Mara Mori brought me a pair of socks, which she knitted herself with her shepherders' hands. Two socks as soft as rabbits. I slipped my feet into them as if they were two cases knitted with threads of twilight and goatskin. Violent socks. My feet were two fish made of wool, two long sharks, sea blue shot through by one golden thread, two immense blackbirds, two cannons. My feet were honored in this way by these heavenly socks. They were so handsome for the first time my feet seemed to me unacceptable, like two decrepit firemen, firemen unworthy of that woven fire of those glowing socks. Nevertheless, I resisted the sharp temptation to save them, somewhere as schoolboys keep fireflies, as learned men collect sacred texts. I resisted the mad impulse to put them in a golden cage and each day give them bird seed and pieces of pink watermelon. Like explorers in the jungle, who hand over the very rare green deer to the spit and eat it with remorse. I stretched it, stretched it at my feet, and pulled on the magnificent socks, then my shoes. The moral of my ode is this beauty is twice beauty, and what is good is doubly good when it is a matter of two socks made of wool in winter.
SPEAKER_00:That was a fun one. It sounded like it was fun to read. It is a lot of fun to read.
SPEAKER_01:But my favorite um You know what a spoonerism is? Yeah, yeah, yeah. My favorite spoonerism that I actually said unintentionally was the thing I I can't remember the exact phrase, but I said the thing I hate most are samp docs. And I do. I cannot stand samp docs.
SPEAKER_00:That's funny. I'm new, I'm new charred oak barrels. While whiskey can be made from any grain and aged in any type of wood barrel, I'm it and new.
SPEAKER_01:Goodness gracious, bourbon versus whiskey. What's the difference? The simple difference between bourbon and whiskey is that bourbon is type of whiskey that's made from at least 51% corn and aged and new charred oak barrels. While whiskey can be made from any grain and aged in any type of wood barrel. That's the um sort of general.
SPEAKER_00:It's not the richer definition. That's not the richer definition, though. So uh it it doesn't count. But no, this this bourbon is this that's the technical definition. This bourbon is very good. Uh if you guys have any questions, uh we I we cannot forget to mention this. We forget every almost every week. Send us your questions, your comments, your thoughts to Rambling at Janus Motorcycles. And uh we'll we'll we'll maybe feature some questions.
SPEAKER_01:Uh at this point we don't get a whole lot, so we'll probably we'll probably answer it if it's worth if it's uh all the new it's if it's fit to print.
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SPEAKER_00:Again, that's rambling at Janus Motorcycles.com. Send us send us your thoughts. We would love we'd love to hear from you in a different capacity. Um up next, we've got a fan favorite segment. Yes, indeed. Janice's Featured Builds of the Week, brought to you by Mitch McLean. Is this builds of the week or featured builds? This is featured builds. Did I say builds of the week? Yeah, you didn't. Uh this is featured. We'll be getting back to builds of the week. This first build is James's Phoenix 250. This is Phoenix number 1001. So 10-01.
SPEAKER_01:Jim James is a serial Janice owner. I don't, I think he's probably been on the stream before. I think he may bought two in this out of this batch. He got he got a matching halcyon to this one. And I 10th anniversary.
SPEAKER_00:I think we both know the color. We know we know the color. So we can't give it. But we'll keep it a surprise. Yeah.
SPEAKER_01:So you can see it's a um this is a uh Super Chrome chassis. And his color scheme is just phenomenal. Yeah. It's just extra cool to see LCN.
SPEAKER_00:I should have had both um. Both queued up, but no tie-downs, Jim. It's okay. We'll forgive you. We should send him some free tie-downs.
SPEAKER_01:There it is. He's got this lovely charcoal with gold. Look at that.
SPEAKER_00:I mean, it really looks sharp against. It looks understated, but when you see it in person, it pops. It's they're both real nice. OG Janus logo. Love the Phoenix, man. Love the Phoenix. 101. 101's a cool number too. So go back to that airbox logo. Oh gosh. What have I done? What have I done? I got a little trigger happy.
SPEAKER_01:There it is.
SPEAKER_00:Oh gosh.
SPEAKER_01:There we go. Slow down on it. There's the Phoenix 10th anniversary logo. That's a good looking logo.
SPEAKER_00:Ten years. And painted. Holy wolves. We gotta go back.
SPEAKER_01:Look at that. This fuel cat, they turned out just they look super so well. Good looking bike.
SPEAKER_00:Great looking bike. Great bike, Jim. Up next.
SPEAKER_01:Okay, we can make some guesses here.
SPEAKER_00:Yes, we've got this is uh Robert's Halcyon 450, which is number 416. What is your guess?
SPEAKER_01:Oh my gosh. Um I'm gonna go with I can't go with the British racing green because it's just I keep guessing that. Um I'm gonna go with uh something different.
SPEAKER_00:Inland sea green. Inland sea green. I am gonna go with gosh, I want to say vintage red so bad, but I did that too. We see we see a lot of vintage red bikes. Um I'm gonna I'm just gonna do vintage red. I'm just gonna do There you go, folks. Jansen thinks vintage red is boring. Everyone is allowed their own opinion, including me. Okay.
SPEAKER_01:No hints yet. And there's a vintage red on there. There's also a British racing green or a indie racing green. Little Schmidt Boy action too. Ooh, targeted tongue?
SPEAKER_00:I don't know. There's a lot of colors. Oh, it's cream. It's cream. Is that is that boring? No, that's that feels that's for water for reason cream isn't boring to me.
SPEAKER_01:Copper. Copper pinstripe. Double.
SPEAKER_00:It's a nice boots. No tie down. No tie downs, unbelievable. Windscreen? That's what those little brackets were in.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah.
SPEAKER_00:RD861. That's a beautiful number plate. Ducktail Fenders. Man, look at that. Yeah, the duck tail fenders look super sharp. Oxblood. Leather.
SPEAKER_01:There we go. Okay, this is pretty decked out. Fishtail. Polished exhaust. Saddlebags. Headlight visor, bar end weights. Beautiful. Ducktail fenders.
SPEAKER_00:Man. Great looking bike, Robert. Congratulations. Alright. This one's all you, Richard. You get to you get the honor of reading this one.
SPEAKER_01:So we have Steven with House 450 number 421.
SPEAKER_00:I'm going to guess. British Racing Green. Okay.
SPEAKER_01:I'm going to go with Maze.
SPEAKER_00:Maze. That feels like a solid.
SPEAKER_01:I have not seen a non-frame match twin in the shot, but maybe there is one.
SPEAKER_00:We're about to find out. It's all coming together here. And no tie downs. None of these bikes have tie downs. Yeah, it's three strikes. We're out. They're just so convenient. That also has a fly screen, yeah. It does.
SPEAKER_01:Oh I don't see any maze there. It was a lot of vintage red, a lot of boring colors there. It's red. Sorry, Steven. Well, is it black? I don't know. It's vintage red. So personally, one of my favorite colors in the vintage red. It actually was the first production Janus motorcycle of all time. Okay, that's cool. Was vintage Red. Well, maybe I like it. I just think Actually, and the first 250 was originally vintage Red. Was it? And then it changed color. Cream, right? I think it well, it was either silver and then it turned to vintage red, or it was vintage red and then it turned it silver.
SPEAKER_00:I just don't uh genuine like generally enjoy red cars or red motorcycles. Like if I get a Ducati, I want it to be yellow.
SPEAKER_01:You don't want one of the battalion red? No.
SPEAKER_00:I just don't like red.
SPEAKER_01:I don't know what it is. Saddle brown? I do like the saddle brown. Single gold pinstrip. I mean, this is a classic. Classic Janice. Yeah, that's a it's a brushed brushed uh exhaust, saddle brown seats, headlight visor, standard fenders. Zip bar and weights.
SPEAKER_00:Uh no bar and weights. No bar and weights. This is just a clean, classic copper feather too, which is a fun choice. I like that. I like the copper with gold. Yeah. I like that choice. I think that makes it stand out. Yeah, I uh for those of you who don't uh own a Janice uh like you, Confed Yank, um they I I can't like overstate it enough. These these motorcycles, for whatever reason, don't look uh as big in pictures. I think it's just because they're they're kind of stripped back, but in person, like the Halcyon 450, especially looks beefy. Like you, Jansen. Are you saying I look small and stripped back? Has there ever been a pink Janice?
SPEAKER_01:There has never been a to my knowledge, a pink Janice, but there has been a black Janice with uh purple, pink and magenta pinstripes. No way. Yes, but it's actually incredible looking. I'm sure it's sharp. One of our uh dearly beloved customers uh brought it to the rally this last year. Uh it originally was With a bike for a show. Okay. And then he plotted and re-re put a new number plate on it. But it is, it is. It actually is like it's pretty stunning looking. Yeah. I'm sure just stands out.
SPEAKER_00:I'm sure because you don't see those colors very often.
SPEAKER_01:No, no, you didn't want. Especially with Janice.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, for real. Um don't know Janus, like Janssen? Not yet. Not yet. Not yet. Mine's being processed. You need to partner with Mary Kay, guys. Yeah, we should we should get a bright pink Janice. Yeah, pearl pink. Well, what what do you gotta show? Do you have a thing for us today, Richard? I do.
SPEAKER_01:And I was thinking about uh trying to find something that would um kind of tie into routines. So this is a I've actually mentioned this in relation to routines. Okay, habits. Okay. And it's the I the concept of sharpening. Uh so one of my favorite things that I can just go back to if I want to just enter the flow state is sharpening. Whether it's anything, anything, any kind of sharpening is just it's one of those moments where you can kind of turn off your brain and just get absorbed in the process. Yeah. So um, this is a uh pretty cool sharpening. It's wrapped up. I haven't even seen this yet. That I have to be very careful with because this is my grandfather's. Oh, wow. And I've used this, he gave it to me when I was, I can't remember if I inherited it. I've had this since I was a kid. Okay. So it's been it's been a long time. It's been a long time. Yeah, because you're 20 years. Yeah, I'm really at least 20 years that I've had this, and I use it pretty regularly. Okay. And this is a honing kit. Oh, cool. And I've looked up this brand and I cannot find it. There's nothing on that I have ever been on. It's called Natural Hones Incorporated. Maxi Sticks. Maxi. That's a wooden sticks. Um, you want me to put it on the Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_00:Jeff Kell says, uh, so you're saying you have an axe to grind.
SPEAKER_01:Yes, that would be a that would be. I I have many axes to grind, thankfully. So here are the porcelain rods. Those are crazy though. So these are pieces of porcelain. Um they let me move this mic. So these these two pieces of um porcelain, you can fit them in this um oh interesting. And thankfully, in all these years that I've been using this thing, I have not broken anything. But basically that's what it looks like when you're done. Um and this is for honing. Sharpens bonsai tools. Bonsai tools. Is that who's who says that? That's John. Um basically, if you were to take a knife, such as this one, and you just you hold the knife perfectly vertically. I'm I'm holding it at an angle, uh hone at an angle so y'all can see. But you hold the knife vertically to the ground because it's held at a specific angle based on the wooden base, and you just rub, you just run the blade down. Uh like this. And so what a hone does um is it doesn't, it's not technically like uh whetstone where you're removing a lot of material. It does now, porcelain, porcelain hones will remove a very, very small amount of material, but but the main thing it's doing is that it's aligning the edge. So rather than taking a knife when it gets starts getting dull and taking it to a whetstone where you're just removing material, you can just take it to this and re-wet the edge, just re-sharpen it and aligns it, and you can get multiple hones out of a blade without having to re-sharpen. Interesting.
SPEAKER_00:And um anyway, so is that uh is that akin to the cheap ones that you get in your knife block where you like it's like that, except those cheap ones, you can't think I don't understand those.
SPEAKER_01:Uh-huh. Because if you do it right, you're always going over the same spot. And so you're gonna grind a hole in the and then your blade is your edge isn't going to retain the same angle. Yeah. And if you really want to be, if you really want to get into it, you want to want to maintain the same angle. So this one, because you're never touching the same spot over and over again, uh-huh, you can retain a very accurate blade angle. Yeah, that that's edge on your blade. So not to get too tied up, and this is a lovely little tool that I actually do use like very, very regularly. And it and it's a routine that just is a joy in it for no other purpose than just doing the for going through the activity.
SPEAKER_00:Well, yeah, there's something that it just they're satisfying too about the the both the process, uh, because I've sharpened our like kitchen knives on on some whetstones, and there's something really satisfying about the process itself. Absolutely. About the my favorite thing, the the repetition of it, but also like if you do the paper test, yes, you know, like oh, you try to do the paper test before, nothing. You try to do the paper test after, it's like like butter. It's like, oh my gosh, it just feels so good.
SPEAKER_01:And then about five years ago, I made myself a um strop. Oh, yeah, like a leather strop. And that's when you can just like you can put the final edge on it. And it so anyway, so so John asks, how how is that different from a leather strop? It's different than a leather strop because what a leather strop does, all that a leather strop does is it polishes the edge. And what and the so sharpening, you're you're putting a point on it. And if you get to a microscopic level, what you're doing is you're bending this little piece of metal one way on one side and the other way on the other side. And eventually it gets a super thin little little edge, which is very sharp, uh-huh, but it's also very unstable. Yeah. And so what this the strop does is it, if you go far enough on both sides, like you typically, even on this one, I'll go like I'll start at 10 on one side, 10 on the other, and then I'll get to you know, five on one side, five on the other. And eventually you're going one side, the other side, one side, the other side, because you're building up that edge. Right. And then finally that little piece of metal will on the strop break off and it leaves the perfect. So it's like part of the process. So it's completely part of the process. So you start off with like if it's a really dull, like edge, whatever it is, whether it's an axe, a knife, you know, whatever. Um you have to you sometimes you have to use like a really low, like a heavy grit. Right. And then you'll work your way up to a finer grit. And then finally the porcelain and then the strop. That makes sense. But I mean, it's just another step. It's it totally we'll we'll talk about this more when we talk about habits. I imagine, because it's one of the when I think of a routine, it's one of the first ones that comes to my mind. It's knife sharpening. Uh and I'm sure it is boring. I see somebody said that in there. I'm sure it's very boring to some people. Uh, but can you shave your legs with it? Uh yes.
SPEAKER_00:Chop chop a rock sacks. I always try it out of my hand. Back to my hand. I think I think Kelly said something about rolling up your sleeve and uh taking some hair off. Yep. Yep. Jason 412 says I wouldn't know a Milwaukee grinder in in two seconds of my time. So well, it's a different approach. Hey, when it gets done, you know, it's fast. You might take a little bit more. You only get a you only get a couple of sharpenings like that. So what do we got going on in Janus World, Richard? What do we got going on? Well, we talked about um rider die a little bit about rider die. The tickets are still available, um, but uh our our bike submissions are closed. Um, so you unfortunately can't submit your your bike anymore. Um, there's some really cool vendors that are gonna be there. We've got um some permanent jewelry. What is permanent jewelry? It's I just learned this last week. It's okay. You guys like a nose ring? No, you guys can say what you want about it, uh, but I know my opinion. Um, it's like bracelets and anklets that are soldered together. So they're perfect. So for like if you need if you are on house arrest. Yeah, if you get if you need an ankle monitor, it's kind of jewelry. It's kind of kind of the same thing. No, it's really cool. It's mostly for the ladies, but I want one. Uh, we've got cigars, some metal work, uh, some some leather uh uh vendors, we've got vintage clothing, a photo booth. Uh there's a lot of cool things that you can do if you want to take your partner uh to the show.
SPEAKER_01:It's a good it's a good date night. So it's it's a motorcycle event, but also a date night. It's it's the restaurant and they have all kinds of tasting a whole bunch of stuff.
SPEAKER_00:It's gonna be a great night. I'm looking forward. And the venue really is it's really fun to visit. Yeah, I've I've never been.
SPEAKER_01:I've been on a date there. Hey, and it wasn't even a motorcycle show.
SPEAKER_00:I this is this is a news uh news thing. I'm not taking my wife anymore. I am taking my brother-in-law. Okay, so we're not getting uh getting significant significant others on the stream, but uh it'll be fun nonetheless. Uh, we will be doing a ticket giveaway uh for two tickets uh at the end of the stream, so stay tuned for that. Uh we have the we talked with uh pre-Ramble about this next one.
SPEAKER_01:Um which one's this one?
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, we haven't talked about go ahead.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, so we are announcing this evening for the first time to the general public, to the Ramble Stream world, that we are launching a new uh sales initiative. We are reducing the deposit amount on both 450 and 250 models in celebration of the semi-quincentennial.
SPEAKER_00:I'm not even gonna try to say it. Semi-quincentennial.
SPEAKER_01:Which is for the first that is the 250th anniversary of the United States. Uh, we're gonna be uh opening up 50 build slots for$250 deposits on your Janice motorcycle. Um very exciting. The goal here is to make it easier to buy a Janice motorcycle. Yeah. Uh part and parcel with that are lowered lead times. Yeah. And we'll be publishing exactly what those are very soon. But we're very pleased to finally announce that we have brought down our backlog, we have reduced our build time. 250s have a very quick lead time. Were you saying I'm saying like close to three weeks? That's pretty quick. 450s is a little bit longer. Um, but uh that is all a sign if you've been waiting a long time for your bike that you'll be getting it very soon because we are the number one priority around here. If you ask anyone, you say, What is the number one priority at Janice motorcycles right now? I guarantee you they'll tell you getting to 12 bikes a week is the answer. Um, and so that is what's on the schedule this week. 12 Janice motorcycles.
SPEAKER_00:That's great. That's crazy. What uh what do they do? So how how how do they how do they put their deposit down?
SPEAKER_01:To right now, we do not have the the this$250 deposit amount is not live yet on the website. So give us a call or send us an email.
SPEAKER_00:For you guys only. You guys are are literally the the first to know about this. So like actually, and there are 54 of you in, and we only have 50 slots.
SPEAKER_01:So so if every single one of you put order in those last four, I'm left with a cheer.
SPEAKER_00:We need a 250th anniversary addition uh uh uh edition. Word on the show. It's in the works. That's been absolutely we would not pass up the opportunity. Yeah. So uh that's super exciting. Um, that lead times are down and that it's much easier to just get uh your build on the list. Uh super exciting about that. Uh you want to talk to me about the WeFunder?
SPEAKER_01:WeFunder is alive and well. We are about to launch a new uh initiative around it. The goal right now is to reach people outside of the GNS motorcycles world. We we have rocketed up to around the$400,000 mark, almost entirely due to our incredible fan base. Which is insane. So these are people that have never heard of WeFunder, maybe a couple of them have, but all of them have heard of GNS motorcycles. They support what we're doing, they believe in our mission, and they have completely stepped up to the plate. So if you have um uh sub supported us on WeFunder, a huge thank you. If you've committed funds to the WeFunder campaign and have not finalized it, please do so now. This is uh when we can, this is this now is the time. And if you um are not familiar with Janice and this is your first time you're coming from WeFunder, send us an email, listen, hear the story. Um, we're really excited about it. So our goal right now is to spread the word. So one way that all of you all can help with that is we send out regular updates from WeFunder. Um we post them, share the word. Um we're trying to reach people outside of the Janus motorcycles community um and learn more about everything. So we are we have a lofty goal. We want to get another 600,000 in the next 10 weeks. That's our that's our mission. Yeah. We want to close in the end of March.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah. Which I think would be uh I think it's very doable. Uh it's a very cool opportunity to be able to invest in uh, you know, just motorcycle history. Like if we're really kind of getting down to the the the bare bones here. Um, there are I I don't know how many how many American motorcycle manufacturers are there? Depends on what you mean by American manufacturers. I mean, compared to us, man, I don't know. I don't know.
SPEAKER_01:I gotta see it. One comment that says, I don't know what I did, but both bikes were like four months order to payment. So, or order to pavement. So or less. Janus McRyder, I'm not sure when you ordered, but we're working on beating that now. Yeah. So yeah.
SPEAKER_00:Um one if by land rambling. One of one if by land rambling. I don't know. My estimated ETA is in June.
SPEAKER_01:I guess that we're gonna have weird downnuts in the list for well, we are because our original quoted dates are being updated. And as we continue to build to this backlog, we may, and I'm not promising anything, but we may be able to improve on that. Yeah. I also don't want to throw our logistics team and our sales team under the bus. So none of this is guaranteed, I guess. Right as well. Yes. Absolutely. We're well what we're the general statement is that we are dramatically improving our lead times. Um please, if you have a quitted estimation date, that is what we're that is our that's our schedule. If we can beat it, we'll we'll be happy to do so. But yeah.
SPEAKER_00:Quick quickly before uh that's all for the announcements. So thank you for staying tuned for those. Uh, just a lot of exciting stuff kind of going around. Yes. Uh, this feels like the year of the Phoenix, if we're really uh uh thinking about it. But uh well, I want to hear a little bit of your thoughts about um this hybrid. I have not seen the story, so I'm I'm getting launched. You tell us a little bit. Let me let me share this real quick. Let me share this with the the stream. So Kawasaki is releasing this uh uh hybrid uh ninja. It's I I don't remember how many cc's it is. Let's take a look at the article here. Uh 451cc, upright parallel twin, and 12 horsepower. 12 horsepowers and 30 foot-pound electric motor powered by 12 horsepower? 12 horsepower. Huh. With a sticker price of 125. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. It has 12 horsepower. 12 horsepower. Is that only coming from the iceberg? I would imagine that's only coming from the IC engine, yeah. Huh. I I think they're hoping that the torque from the electric motor kind of makes up for that. But I just thought this was a very interesting um That is fascinating. Uh kind of divergence into the low horsepower kind of territory. What are you? There's no way. There's no way that they could with a bike of that are your size of the wheels. Oh the the acceleration of a 1000cc supersport and the fuel economy on par with a 250.
SPEAKER_01:Okay, I get that. So it's gotta have it's a perfect bike, apparently. It's gotta have more whether you measure it in kilowatts or um horsepower. Yeah, I would imagine that the electric motor takes up a for a little bit. Combine that with a liquid-cooled interior permanent magnet synchronous electric motor, which even though it makes only 12 horsepower, unloads all its torque just above zero RPM.
SPEAKER_00:What? So so they're relying on the electric motor for the the beginning, the the acceleration, and then the uh Then it just coasts. Now I would imagine I mean I I don't know. I'm curious to see what the top speed is. Um, but but it's really interesting. It there's a uh eight to ten mile range on this electric motor. I I never thought that there would be an application for hybrid motors.
SPEAKER_01:I would just say that hybrids make way more sense to me than electrics. Yes. But in your opinion. Well, here we well, in my opinion, and and here we have a motorcycle. Because remember um Benda has a hybrid. Yeah, yeah. Here we have another motorcycle that's going trying to pack two different power plants into a single motorcycle, which everything has to be exposed, everything has to be tiny. Remember, remember what they say about electric motorcycles, mounting butterfly wings to a brick. That's what it is. That's what they say. Um that's what my mentor in the electric motorcycle world says.
SPEAKER_00:Uh he knows a two, a thing or two. There's no plug-in feature to charge a battery. Well, that's good. That's done uh specifically by the engine, but it it just very uh what happens when the battery pack runs out of of battery, I think. For 3.7 gallons. Wow.
SPEAKER_01:What does the chat say about this? I don't know. I need to do some restart on this.
SPEAKER_00:This is very interesting. I saw this and I I didn't I saw I was a classic uh uh title reader. I read the title and was like, this is perfect. Same ICE engine and the Ninja 500 and Eliminator 450 Kawasaki already has hybrids on the showroom floor there or here. That's what have you ridden one, Tracy? Uh that's the hybrid makes so much more sense to me. Hybrid produces 68.5 horsepower. So okay, that's the total.
SPEAKER_01:There we go. Yeah. There's an actual number we can go to. So that makes sense. Even though the uh the the electric only puts out 12. Right. No, no, no. The the ICE puts out 12? No way.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, I think because it's only uh article. I think it's the other way around. I don't know. For instance, it tops out 40. Oh, maybe maybe you're right. Where is it? Yeah, here we go. Only makes 12 horsepower. Yeah, but so the electric one. The electric twin makes 12. So but they're using the acceleration. It has all the torque.
SPEAKER_01:It's one to one torque, right? Like how can you put it on the other thing? And then the best part of it is that it's recharging the motor, although I'm put it back on the giving you better fuel economy. Very neat. And and the honestly, I'm more I'm more interested in that than I am in an electric. Does electrics just to me just do not make sense?
SPEAKER_00:I would love to ride one. Just to just Kawasaki if you're listening. Uh no, but I've looked at them. The electric boost thing. Okay, did did you want to go over your article? You brought one, but we don't have much time. Let's let's let's save it for later. Let's let's save it for for later. I've I like that one. I've been holding that one close to my chest here for a little bit. Um, but but I think it'd be this is a good opportunity to kind of uh to to cap our previous conversation.
SPEAKER_01:Both says uh Zach from Mozilla did a daily rat episode on that hybrid.
SPEAKER_00:Well, I want to check that.
SPEAKER_01:We'll have to watch that. Yeah.
SPEAKER_00:Okay. Sorry. What were you saying? Oh, just kind of setting up the conversation around how routines and habits just inform us. This is like a capstone to our conversation of the last two weeks. Um, but I'm curious to see to hear your thoughts or where you would begin.
SPEAKER_01:Well, I think there's a good place to begin would be some of the things that you already brought up and a comment earlier in the chat about what are the what are the potential downsides of routines? Are there are there things that are harmful about routines? And habits. And I mean one that I want I just want to get off the table right away is that I said early on in this conversation about habits is that there are bad habits and there are good habits. Habits are just what you do, in my opinion. And so absolutely there can be like like if you what is addiction other than a habit? Right? So yeah, it can have it can have but what about like routines? No, a routine, one of the things we talked about last, we to first of all we talked about habits, and I don't know if I fully convinced Jansen or not, but I'm still kind of teeter-tottering. But the the argument that I made at least was that a habit is it is what you do, it is your character, it is your it is who you have become through the actions that you take. Yeah. And a routine is sort of more of an external thing. It's more of like a kind of a plan that you try and it or let's say if you if a if a habit is not you can't just want to change who you are or to be a different person. There has to be there has to be an action. There has to be action that that expenses. Right. Whereas routine, there is more of an external, there's more of a you can have a desire, you can set something. It doesn't mean you're necessarily going to keep it, right? But it's something that if we looked at the root of the word routine, root of the word routine. It was like it was like a way made clear by usage, right? By by repeated use, repetition, repetition, right. In so uh a routine could also be something that you you brought you you've been kind of harping on this, like this the danger of of over of over-reliance on a routine.
SPEAKER_00:And and I'm I'm just kind of prefacing this with I understand this might be coping because a lot of uh the the way that I like to exist is based on spontaneity and uh just kind of flying by the seat of my pants in a few uh areas of my life. And there's this tendency to, or I I would even say it's a fear to over-routine my life. And that that uh that over-routining, I know that's a terrible word, uh, then replaces my ability to be spontaneous. Okay. Um, so I I know uh a buddy of mine, we have this conversation often is uh where is the point where you over-optimize your life and you lose the point of your life? Like you lose the ability to live your life.
SPEAKER_01:So one of the cool things we've been talking about in in in just in an effort to make the Rambo stream better, is when we talk about something, we talk about what it is and how does it fit. And so one way to address what you're talking about in the kind of how does it fit category is root planning. Yeah. We talk about in the Rambo's companion, if you set a route that's too uh particular in advance of a trip, you close off the ability necessarily. I mean, there's a there's a two-way balance here because if you don't do some research ahead of time, you can just miss. I've done this. You set a route and you you or you don't plan it well enough, let's just say on one side, and you just go and experience it. There's a benefit to that, but you might not you might miss that there's this incredible thing that you on the side of the road that you just you didn't know it was there. A geyser. And then there on the other s on the other side of it is you can set a route that's so demanding. You have this day we're gonna stop here, and this day we're gonna stop here, and I'm gonna allow two hours to do this. And if a rainstorm comes through or anything happens, everything gets destroyed. Yeah. And so that's something we talk about already. Yeah. But I think that there's an answer there. It's maybe it has something to do with a balance that you if you overrely on a routine that you can you can just miss all the all the beauty, all the joy. Right. Uh like let's just talk about a motorcycle trip. Yeah.
SPEAKER_00:Or you you forget to you're worried about your efficiency and your your miles per gallon or whatever, and you're focused on your speedometer, your GPS, whatever, you're just missing what what's happening around you.
SPEAKER_01:However, uh oh, here we go. I'd like to dig a little deeper. And I think that there is an aspect that that's like a kind of a throwaway.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah.
SPEAKER_01:Like that's an easy answer. Yeah. Oh, it's a the middle path. That's an easy answer. I want to go a little further. Oh, okay. Well, go ahead.
SPEAKER_00:No, I are you are you saying that my response is is the easy be like so I don't want to overlook. That's what I said earlier. It's like because, you know, yada yada yada. Yeah. I I think that that's what keeps my routines uh in a sweet spot.
SPEAKER_01:Oh, yeah, well, yeah. The balanced thing is like, I'm not I'm not diminishing what it is, but like that doesn't really address what a routine does. Yeah. So what a routine, to me, I think the beauty of a routine, if it is actually a path that is developed through re repetition, yeah, is obviously it has to be worth doing. Obviously, it has to be a middle way, it has to be a a balance. Let's say we find a routine that's worth doing. If you if you can find that in the repetition, you actually encounter new things that you would never have imagined would be possible.
SPEAKER_00:Does that make sense? Does that make sense? It makes sense. I would like to hear some practicals. You it the efficiency of the routine, the the repetition of the routine, repetition uh creates efficiency efficiency, I would say. Like doing it over and over and over again. You find the small things. I mean, you're thinking about it like self-help. I that because that's like all I go to when it comes to your own. I know, but that's I think about like the but put that aside. I think about like your morning routine. You gotta wake up at five in the morning. Uh atomic habits. Atomic habits.
SPEAKER_01:So I I looked that book up.
SPEAKER_00:But it's a self-help book, 100%. I think it's really interesting though, how you think about routines. It's like, okay, there are there are specific cues in your life that that that identify or that's what you're doing.
SPEAKER_01:But you're trapping yourself by thinking of routines that way is my argument. Well, don't think about them as only optimizing. Uh-huh. A routine is like it's like the calendar. It's like the sequence of the seasons. Right. It's like I mean in the most it's like waking up and going to sleep. It's this it's like it's this the the the routine of our day. Would you say it's a a rhythm? It's a rhythm, yeah. And so if you can find those routines through discern discerning what they are that make you that that that uh where you discover things, then well, and the thing is it's like sometimes it just it just comes down to practice. Like when you practice something, it doesn't matter what it is. Like you can be like sharpening a knife, right? There are things that come out of that that you could never imagine happening. Yeah. And so I'm not talking about routines as a life hack or or an optimization or efficiency. I'm talking the opposite of efficiency. I'm talking about what transforms you. And so let's say you have a your your character is what you do. How do you change your character?
SPEAKER_00:How do you develop new habits? There has to be an attempt made. Right. Right? And you that's what routines are. Is it the attempt?
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, it's the it's the it's the the framework that you so let's say you're you want to do something different, you want to explore something. Uh like we were talking about jujitsu, or like, you know, like a martial art, uh, sport, uh pastime, a music musical instrument, um, riding. Like any of these pursuits that we do sometimes it's only in after you've done it for like two years that you suddenly start going, you under you're starting to understand whole different aspects of everything. And it's not about you getting better at anything. It's well, it it is, it's not about like becoming faster or more efficient. Uh it's about transformation of yourself. And so that you're you're creating you actually are the routine is the external framework that allows you to form habits. Yeah. So and whether that's why I'm saying I just don't want to get I want to get away from this like optimization.
SPEAKER_00:That's that's where my brain goes every time I hear routine, but I understand what you're saying. Uh uh Motard 91 says, uh, a routine is a tool on the path to mastery, and the routine itself may be refined over the journey towards mastery. I mean who said that? Hey, I'm gonna end the episode here. Uh it's so good to talk to you guys. Motard 91.
SPEAKER_01:Coming in. Yeah. I I mean, to me, I think that that is very true because sometimes the routine has to totally change.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah. I I like I like the the uh the phrase the the routine is an attempt, right? Like it is a a movement toward what you want, uh whether that's what you want out of yourself uh or what you want out of an activity, right? It's it's an it's the the pursuit of that.
SPEAKER_01:But it's in the repetition, I think, that that you like if you go into a routine thinking that it's like I'm gonna make more money, or I'm gonna get ripped, get jacked, basically, or whatever it is, like what you well, okay. Well, I I I don't I don't want to go back to it, but like physical fitness is a really good example because it's it's feels that feels like the easiest example to kind of it's a good example because it in order to it's like there's there's no excuses. Either you put it in the work and you or you don't, and if you do, you see the results. And if you don't, you don't, right? And the only person you're lying to or you're convincing is yourself. There's no excuse. So there's a beautiful thing about that, but like what I would say that I talk to a lot of people about this, whether it's, I mean, fencing, I used to fence or I didn't know whatever other sport you play, you what happens is after you do it for a significant amount of time, you realize that the benefit you're getting from it doesn't necessarily tie into it's the it's the doing of it that matters. It's not the goal. Yeah. Right? So so like with physical, like with like lifting, for example, you what you eventually what you're going to realize if you is that the hat the routine and the habit you form and the what it the character that it builds is more than about like being physically fit.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah. The the the the phrase that keeps coming to mind is uh the the process is the art.
SPEAKER_01:Is it I think that's very, very true. Very, very true.
SPEAKER_00:And he, you know, you can say it a million different ways. It's not the destination, it's the journey, right? But it is, it is right, right.
SPEAKER_01:If you set like this goal, and that's it, comes back. Oh, let's talk about how does it fit.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah.
SPEAKER_01:This is GNS motorcycles. This is what we're trying to do, is we're trying to create a routine. Right. A GNS is a framework that you can engage in riding in the most basic sense. So that you get the most out of that repetition, yeah, out of those, that experience of riding. It's not about you because you can get so distracted. It's like, it's like with anything other activity. You get hooked on the gear or the right, the culture or whatever. And it doesn't have to do with the actual practice.
SPEAKER_00:All of that all of that uh that research, that it's like over analysis paralysis, right? All of that, like, well, I gotta make sure I have the right this, the right that, the right this before I can participate in this activity. Just like no, you just gotta go do it. And then you will be informed by your own self on what you need. Yeah.
SPEAKER_01:And it's I would just say is that the beauty of a routine is that it takes time. Yeah. That's actually the best part of it. Is that if you if you could get an immediate reward from it, it wouldn't be a routine. Right. It would just be an action. Right. And so, like the fact that you have to put time in, you can see the improvement. You can see yourself transforming. So that I I kind of want to just save a little bit of a moment before we finish this up to kind of come back to that, which is and I argue this in the Rambler's Companion, that these kind of rambling activities, rambling captures this. It's not about if you just set like this is the goal and this is how I want to get there.
SPEAKER_00:Let's point A to point B. Let's then get in a car.
SPEAKER_01:Then what you what you what you for what you cut yourself off from is the fact that that routine will eventually become a habit. Yeah. And that habit is your who you are. So through that, you actually have the ability to grow, to change. Yeah, to to to like go, and you you don't know what that is until you get into it. Yeah. And I think that's why we ride. Yeah. That, my friends, is why we ride motorcycles. I mean, you can give us all the reasons, and they're all true, that you like to be out on two wheels, or you like the wind in your face, or all these things. But the reason that we keep doing this thing is that there's this wonderful sensation that we are out at the edge of who we are. And you're testing, you're forming yourself, forming yourself, and you don't know where you're going. It doesn't matter. It's it's the action of going through it. Because like I can always say, like, and and people, people, you know, sort of, you know, um spur down on me when they say, you know, uh, well, I ride because I that's my only form of transportation, and I ride because I get to work that way. And I'm like, I again, great. That's awesome. You're you have a privilege that I don't have. Right. But like for most of us, we choose in in the United States, right? We choose to ride a motorcycle for a reason. They're way more efficient. If you were optimizing your routine to get to places, you know, we all own Honda Civics or or whatever the new Nissan Ultimas.
SPEAKER_00:I love, I love me a good Honda Civic, okay. You like a Nissan Ultima? I don't like a Nissan Ultima. But no, that's what we would have.
SPEAKER_01:Well, there's And so there's a reason we ride these wacky, like why would you also be ride a Moto Goosey? Right, right. Or a they're they're it's because they have something that's just ineffable.
SPEAKER_00:Ineffable. There's a a an emotion that's involved. And I I keep on thinking of like uh this term called relative zero. We're we're out of time, but this term of relative zero and how uh if you repeat a certain activity, your expectations for the results slowly grows. So your zero, your floor, your baseline relatively grows along with that. And and yeah, I like that routines kind of shrink um the mental capacity required. Yes, there's so much more we could talk about. Yeah, we we could go all the time. You're right. Yeah, it it it reduces it and that reduction leaves room to discover new.
SPEAKER_01:Yep. Yeah. And it comes back to like constraints like we talked about. And anyway, I really hope. I mean, we're gonna do this giveaway, but I really hope this has not been horrifically boring to everyone. Um we've had a blast.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, we've had a blast. We love this this kind of stuff. And uh uh we would love if you guys want to email rambling at janisonmotorcycles.com about any kind of suggestions that you would have for the show itself. We're always aiming to improve. We always want to make this a better experience for y'all. Um, this wouldn't be a show without you guys. So we're boring the better. We appreciate you guys uh tuning in. Uh but uh yeah, any suggestions uh we will uh take to heart and figure out if they fit uh into the show. But I think it's time for tickets. Tickets. Everyone, if you would like to be entered into the giveaway for the ride or die motorcycle show. It's in Valparaiso, so if you want to get tickets, you better be better. Right? Don't put in tickets if you're not gonna be there. So if you guys can go ahead, uh Jason's going to sleep. Good night, Jason. Good night, Jason. Glad you're here. Uh, go ahead and put tickets in the chat. There are four entries already uh to see uh the the beautiful show. Less bourbon, more bike talk. Uh Aiken ranch. Taking that to them. Coming in. I mean, I don't know about you have to clarify uh what you mean by less bourbon. I think he's like making a subtle less bourbon talk. Yeah, something like that. I don't know. We got a couple people coming in. We've got oh, I should share.
SPEAKER_01:Oh, we got some we got some we got some lurkers coming in.
SPEAKER_00:Come on, come on. The lurkers, this is your time to shine. Say tickets in the chat there are nice. Totally love the ramble from Michael Webster. Thank you. Thank you, Michael. We've got two tickets available for the ride or die motorcycle show in Valparaiso. We're gonna let it hang open here for a little bit. This is a great one to get into. I know it's hyper local, but it's gonna be the inaugural show. We'll have this year after year after year. Christmas lurkers. Chris, you got to come to the show. Come on, man. Yeah, well, Chris is Chris is entered, I think. Oh, he is good. All right, Richard. We'll give it a couple more seconds, but I want you to do the honors.
SPEAKER_01:Oh, I get to click a button.
SPEAKER_00:I hit draw. You're gonna hit draw. We'll give a couple more minutes tickets. Um, not a couple more minutes, a couple more seconds. Okay, one more entry. Come on. We're almost at 10. Again, this is uh for two tickets to the ride or die motorcycle show hosted by um Journeyman. I'm just gonna measure time on my new watch.
SPEAKER_01:We'll be featuring it soon once I've had a chance to wear it a little bit.
SPEAKER_00:You gotta you gotta feel it out.
SPEAKER_01:All right, I think okay, we're gonna drop.
SPEAKER_00:This moment is so suspensable.
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SPEAKER_00:McLean, Chopper Chopper. Congratulations. You have won two tickets to the ride or die motorcycle show. Um, I don't think you've ever won a giveaway from the Ramble stream before. So what you do? Oh, John, oh, you just missed it, John. Sorry, John. Sorry, John. Uh, what you do is you're gonna send uh your information to uh rambling at janismotorcycles.com. Um, and we will get those tickets to you somehow.
SPEAKER_01:But gotta send us in the email.
SPEAKER_00:You gotta send the email. That's how you claim your your giveaway. So um yeah, that uh that's all we got. That's all we got. Thank you all. We'll see you guys on the 14th.
SPEAKER_01:That lived up to my expectations. Oh, good. So I hope it didn't live up to your house. I have not.
SPEAKER_00:You have not. Yeah, just make sure to send us an email. Um you you're saying you haven't won a giveaway, send us an email, rambling at Janus Motorcycles.com. Well, what what do you think about this conversation? We can do a little ramble stream after hours here. Y'all, y'all can go to sleep if you want to. Yeah, you you guys can leave.
SPEAKER_01:I think there's more the the part that I think that that you brought up right at the end, which is really valuable, is the reducing the number of options. Yeah. Part of it. Yeah, that that one's kind of appealing to me.
SPEAKER_00:Dis decision fatigue is like a a thing. Well, that's like the that's a LinkedIn man thing. But but they're optimize your life.
SPEAKER_01:But there has to be I only wear black t-shirts. Actually, I only wear black t-shirts.
SPEAKER_00:There has to be some some legitimacy to those claims, right? I mean there is in reality, and just because it's said a different way doesn't but what is if we call it something else? We can call it something else.
SPEAKER_01:I guess I'm saying is that that it comes back to that repetition. Yeah. And if you repeat the same thing, you there's this like ability to there are new outcomes that come out of that that you don't imagine. Yeah. So somehow the only way that you get good at something is if you focus on it. Yeah. Right? Yeah. Like you have to like you have to do it, dedicate time, dedicate resources, and repeat it over and over and over again. And in that activity. Ability for you to grow. Yeah. In that thing.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah. Well, it it it it raises the ceiling up a little bit of like your ability to to learn.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah. And like in motorcycle terms, like cornering, for example, or downshifting. There's just such a personally, I find whatever bike it is, the the getting better at it part. Like I quote in The Rambler's Companion. Here we go. If you're still here, it's your own fault.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, there's a link. There's a link in the description if you guys would like to buy the Rambler's Companion.
SPEAKER_01:There's a section here.
SPEAKER_00:You refine the process, Road Runner says.
SPEAKER_01:And this is called.
SPEAKER_00:Jeff Kell says, Don't focus too much. Then you'll make mistakes. Confederate Yankee says, keep it simple, stupid.
SPEAKER_01:Why we ride. Matthew Crawford, philosopher and mechanic, best known for his book Shop Classes, Soulcraft, an author of Why We Drive, describes the experience of riding a dirt bike among the rudded trails and obstacles of an abandoned plot behind Richmond's Virginia supermarket, not far from where I grew up. Riding a dirt bike on a narrow, meandering trail that is rocky and muddy with protruding roots and fallen limbs, creek crossings, steep descents, and tight switchbacks at a mere 15 miles an hour, I might tack to the very limits of my mental ability. He's asking a question. He says, or perhaps it's a query. I can't say to what entity this question is addressed. Myself, the obscurities of the trail, a loving providence. It is a position of utter exposure to contingency. Let's see how this goes. If it goes well over the following seconds, meaning without mishap, maybe even with a glimmer of some finesse, this faith redeemed is the sweetest vindication I know of. It's the same thing when you go through that same corner. Every time you get a little bit better at it, you're like, mm-hmm. Boom. Yeah. It's like that breakthrough moment. Or like think about it. Take it to video games. Like nailing that level. Yeah. It's a very renewed version of it, but it's like there's this like, as human beings, that is so critical to what we do is perfecting something.
SPEAKER_00:You're finding order. You're finding order in it, right? Like our our brains are simple and our necessity, I would say, to simplify everything is high. So if there's a shortcut, we're gonna take it. If there's uh if there's a shortcut that can uh give you the same results, we'll take it, right? Like we we want to find the simplest solution to the most difficult answer. And I feel like that's like a version of it. It's like when we when we complete something like that, or when we corner uh uh, we we take the same the same corner uh day after day after day, and when we hit it just right, it's like I've found the simplest version of of this corner like I think that's what our brains tend to Is it the simplest or is it the most rewarding?
SPEAKER_01:Because to me, I think that's exactly what I'm trying to kind of uh say is what we're I mean, we're on a motorcycle in the like in this case, in the woods risking our neck. Like, is that the simplest thing to do? It's the simplest version of itself. But but but but why would you like to me it's something more about like being the best at something, whatever it is. Like, like, like, like slip cup, or you know, I'm saying like beer pong. Like, there's this like take to the dumbest level. Yeah. There's this like, or like no, not dumbest. Beer pong is very hard. I know this like pool, like this weird, we we figure out weird ways to come up with or darts. Darts is a wonderful or archery. It's an amaz, it's like we take these things and then we set a set of rules up, and then we work on being really good at it. And in the process, even if it doesn't have anything to do with an actual applicable skill set that makes like cornering a motorcycle, how does that make you a better person? You could make the argument, but I'm not even interested in making that argument. What I'm saying is it's the journey that you take along the way that in getting better at that you discover that you transform yourself and you it's like it's like when we get back, we're talking about lifting. It's like or physical fitness. It's not the what you end up realizing after three or four years is it's not about getting bigger muscles, it's about getting this activity, it's about getting there, it's about getting there, going, doing it. So to me, it's not about efficiency. Yeah, it's not about getting the simplest path, it's about gradual perfection, repeated walking.
SPEAKER_00:Making a path walking through the thistles. Walking through the thistles, walking through the thorns and saying if I keep going over and over and over again, and this won't be thorns anymore. I gotta go to bed. I gotta go to bed here. And we've got, well, we still got like 34 people. 35 people or 34 people in here. It's a it's a good uh good group for after hours.
SPEAKER_01:We really appreciate y'all's patience. Um what's your favorite color? What are your favorite colors? Uh green, blue.
SPEAKER_00:Until you get past on the right shoulder, then on the left in the turning lane. I must have dot dot dot. All right.
SPEAKER_01:Okay, folks. It's been after hours. It's been a pleasure. Um I think it was a good there's there's still turns, turns to be stones to be uncovered. Um but uh next week.
SPEAKER_00:What are we talking about next week? Next week, we are going to be talking about why do we ride? Why do we ride? Why do we ride? And in that practice, kind of related, does it change who we are? Yeah. So stay tuned. We'll try and make it a little more motorcycle centric. Yes, episode 117 is going to be at the uh ride or die motorcycle show. Episode 118. Well, it'll be a full length or it'll probably be a full, it won't be a full thing for sure. But after hours is still free. After hours is still free. We'll see you guys on Saturday. We'll have more times soon.
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