Ramblestream Podcast
Welcome to Ramblestream, the podcast where we share the stories behind our simple, beautiful machines and the people who craft them. Rooted in Northern Indiana’s manufacturing spirit, we explore how we blend timeless, globally sourced components with a personal, built-to-order approach that connects us directly to every rider. Join us for conversations with makers and owners alike as we dive into craftsmanship, community, and the joy of riding something truly your own.
Ramblestream Podcast
Hardware & Heritage: Inside the Shop and the Mind of a Rider
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A simple question opens a lot of doors: why do we ride. We chase that answer from multiple angles this week, equal parts poetry, builds, and road-ready practicality, then bring it to life with the energy of a Midwest custom show and the clink of a limited-run rye.
We start with the decision many riders weigh: Janus Halcyon 250 or 450. The 250 is light, immediate, and perfect for savoring 45 mph roads and neighborhood rambles. The 450 brings the Halcyon ethos to higher speeds and longer days with modern suspension and more headroom. You’ll hear how each bike shapes the ride experience, what accessories elevate function and feel, and why sometimes the most “old-school” choice is actually the most liberating.
Craft takes center stage with featured builds: black and gold pinstripes, copper feathers, ducktails, brushed exhausts, highway bars, and clean, minimalist 250 setups that let the lines breathe. We zoom in on details, hand-formed fenders, saddle leather, engraving that looks cast, because those choices add up to identity. Along the way, we share good news for anyone on the fence: spring build slots are open, lead times are sharply reduced, and a simple $250 deposit secures your place. We also pull back the curtain on our WeFunder raise, past $400K and aimed at $1M, to scale production and shorten waits without losing the small-batch soul.
Then it’s celebration time. The inaugural Rye'd or Die custom show with Journeyman Distillery brought out over twenty bikes, from a pristine Sportster to a 1929 Harley whose highway bars echoed modern Janus hardware. The limited “Rye’d or Die” bottle sold out, the room buzzed, and the cameras caught proof that motorcycles and Midwest craft make an honest pair. The best part, though, came from you: rider stories about clarity, solitude, euphoria without a destination, and commutes that turn into rituals. We talk about how repetition creates change, how the same road never rides the same twice, and how motorcycles return agency in a world full of beeps and prompts.
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From livestream #117 - 02/16/26
Hello everyone. Welcome to the Ramble Stream Podcast.
SPEAKER_01I'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_02If 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.
SPEAKER_01Welcome back. This is episode number 117. We're glad you guys here. We've had a busy weekend. Um, it's been it's been wild. It's been a it's been a fun time. Uh, if you missed episode 116.5, you guys can go back and watch that video on demand, other known as VOD, on our YouTube channel. Uh Janice McRider is rolling his eyes. I can't believe it. Of all people, sound is okay. Yeah, scary. I had to I had to change, I had to change the thing. I know. I messed it up, guys. This one's on me. We're guys, we're goodness, we're glad you're here. Richard, would you like to tell the people how how how did how how we do it here?
Intros, Bikes, And What We’re Sipping
SPEAKER_02How we do it here. We do it uh our own way. Um we get to talk to you all the time, every Monday. Uh, you all get to comment, and some of you all have no problem commenting all kinds of crazy stuff. But others of you, um, others of you don't say anything. You got the lurkers. And so if you are new to the stream or if you haven't commented before, or if you're just watching, uh, tell us please, tell us where you're viewing from. And one of the questions we ask is, what do you ramble with? And it doesn't have to be a motorcycle, but just tell us what you ramble with. And if it is a Janice, tell us the serial number, please. And last of all, tell us what you are sipping on. My name is Richard Worsham, uh, co-founder and head of design at Janice Motorcycles. I'm broadcasting live to you all from Goshen, Indiana, in the Ramble Studio. Wow. Also known as my office, also known as I ramble with a Kawasaki KLR 650, which is parked up front. It's been poking around a little bit, uh, and a halcyon 250 number 68, which is about to get back on the road for the spring. And I am sipping on this lovely beverage. We will talk a little bit about more. This is Journeyman Distillery's Ride or Die Rye Whiskey with it just oh, is that a is that a is that a Janice Halcyon 450 on the floor of it?
250 vs 450: Which Janus Fits You
SPEAKER_01What is that? Is that there? That's crazy. Go ahead. Tell us about you, and then we'll we'll dig into the whiskey. Before I do my introduction, I want to I want to bring uh attention to two comments here. Um first one. This is Richie Plummer, 8592. What's up, Richie? Hey, I've been looking to actually looking I've been looking to actually buy a Janice or a Halcyon 250. And I was wondering if I should either buy the 450 for more power or stay looking at the hardtail. Now, Richard, I know what your preference is, but tell the man it depends on what you're looking for.
SPEAKER_02Uh the if you want the epitome of rambling, immediacy, and puts in around town, the halcyon 250 is it actually I think it has your name written on it. If you're looking for a little bit like the Halcyon concept uh adapted to being able to go a little faster, have a reverse suspension, have a little more heft and weight to it, uh the Halcyon 450 is a is a really good option. Um, both of them are great bikes for rambling. And by rambling, of course, we mean um enjoying the process. Riding just to ride. Riding to ride, riding to get as much as you can out of the experience. Um, but I I think the one thing that folks sometimes people write off right off the bat would be the fact that a 250 is a hardtail and they don't understand that it's a lightweight hardtail. Um, and that it it actually does pretty well. Um, also that for most of the riding we do, going 45 miles an hour is pretty nice. It's about all you need. Um the 450, of course, has um a lot of more modern technology, which makes it more of more more similar to what you're used to. Still still still very unique. Yes, very, very both very different. If you would like to talk about what which one you'd like, you should shoot me an email and I'd be happy to talk, chat on the email, or you can give us a call. Um, we're happy to talk to uh talk to you about either one of this. Rambling at motorcycle at Janus Motorcycles.com.
SPEAKER_01Rambling at motorcycles.com. That would be a good address.
SPEAKER_02Rambling at Janus Motorcycles.com goes straight to me and I answer every email.
SPEAKER_01And then the second comment that I wanted to bring some attention to. First time watching you guys awesome. Belleville, Illinois. Definitely interested in a Janice. What model are you looking at? That's two, that's two in a row, Richard.
SPEAKER_02Two new people.
SPEAKER_01That's crazy.
SPEAKER_02Love that definitely interested in a Janus. Well, give give us a call. We're not like really pushy salespeople. So um, if you just want to talk about motorcycles, give us a call. Send me an email. Janet Rambling at motorcycling.com. Rambling at Janus Motorcycles.com. Um, and I'll give you my cell phone number. Yeah. We can talk.
SPEAKER_01You can either talk to Richard or you can talk to the Mitch McLean himself. That's right. He uh this is this is Mitch. He's our our sales uh uh director. Uh 250 Herbie number 53. Call me if you want to buy Janice. There he is. That's probably the only sales pitch we'll give today. Uh my name is Jansen. I'm also coming to you live from the Ramble Stream Studio. Happy to be here at Janice Motorcycles World Headquarters. Um, I ramble in a Ford Lightning, and I will soon be rambling on a Phoenix 450. Mitch, I have to get my number. I don't remember what it is. Uh, but I'm sipping on the ride or die uh rye.
SPEAKER_02And this is this a good time to talk about it? Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. So uh we will be talking about the show a little bit more. I think I heard somewhere that Mitch maybe, or Mitch, um, that uh Jansen put together a little something little video. Little something.
SPEAKER_01Little what do you call it?
SPEAKER_02Recap.
SPEAKER_01Just a little recap, thank you.
SPEAKER_02A little recap. We're gonna share that with you all. But part of this motorcycle, custom motorcycle show that we put on with Journeyman Distillery uh involved 75 bottles of limited edition, limited edition ride or die, rye whiskey. So when it's they say ride or die, it's R-Y-E apostrophe D. It's a it's a pun. That's a great name. It's a pun. It's wonderful. But it's it was our inaugural show, and and they made this uh limited edition rye whiskey for us, and that's what we're drinking right now. I don't know if there's any still left, but there you maybe still be able to reserve a bottle.
SPEAKER_01I wasn't able to track down the link uh on Saturday. I couldn't find it.
SPEAKER_02It was right on the the website.
SPEAKER_01I I couldn't lock it down. Okay. So um if I can, I'll try to put it in the uh description of these videos to just so you can see.
SPEAKER_02Or send us an email and we can check out if you're interested in getting it. Uh we were just talking on the preamble about you know how you always joke that like has notes of bilberry.
SPEAKER_01Yes, racquetball flavored. I love it.
SPEAKER_02But I was saying to Janet, I'm like, man, it sort of tastes like what did I say first, like wintergreen, and then I'm like, no, it's like it has like, which doesn't sound very good, but it has definite like uh resiny, like like a like a pine uh notes to it.
SPEAKER_01It's not like a Christmas pine either. It's like a it's like a spring pine.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, yeah. It's in in a really, really good way. This has been your this has been your evergreen. It has a kind of evergreen kind of forest quality to it. That's what I'm talking about.
SPEAKER_01It's really nice. Uh Facebook said ride sold out. Uh it is they are sold out. They are sold out. Wow. Um, it's sorry. It's really good. Maybe next time.
SPEAKER_02Um, it is really good. We had a little we had a good time. We will talk more about the show. Yeah.
SPEAKER_01In the meantime, we got any more comments? Yeah, we've got a few. I'm just gonna start from the bottom here. Who is first first? Oh, we'll we'll check first. Let's just go get that out of the way.
SPEAKER_02Let's see what kind of joke they made about your crocs.
SPEAKER_01No, no joke, no croc jokes here. Hello, Heather Hope. Work goes well. I'm not sure if that was meant for us, Janice McRyder, but uh gotcha. Gotcha. Nice ramble this afternoon. Unfortunately, I learned that my mechanic is retired. Well, better luck next time again. Is your are you the mechanic? Are you the mechanic? Are you retiring? Are you retiring? Is this what your way of telling us? Uh we've got Jason412 up in here working in Edison, New Jersey. He has a plethora. Housey on 450 number 307, Griffin, Griffin 250, number 12, Phoenix 250, number 1010, Phoenix 450, number six, sipping Turner's Orange Drink. Excited to be coming out to Janice on Friday to pick up some bikes.
SPEAKER_02We are seeing you looking forward to it. Uh, by the way, if you are in the comments and if you're new to the Rambo Stream, if you're considering purchasing a Janice, these folks in the chat that have multiple bikes, they're a nice, unbiased, well, they may be somewhat biased, but they're not employees of Janus Motorcycles. Right. So post up questions you have in the comments and we'll we'll try and answer them, but you might get um third-party answers from other ramble streamers. Yeah. And that will that I think that's really helpful. Yeah.
SPEAKER_01Definitely. Definitely.
SPEAKER_02Post up your questions.
SPEAKER_01So Janus McGrider, congratulations, you're first. Jason 412 is second. And then James Harvey coming in third. Uh, good evening, Halcyon 250, number 226 in a Royal Uh Enfield Classic 350 Signals Edition. Drinking some water today. Nothing wrong with some H2O.
SPEAKER_02Okay, go back to your Yes.
Community Shoutouts And New Viewers
SPEAKER_01We've got here. Oh, this is a new name. Uh, Air Force Recruiter 73, Sean, number 438. Halcyon 450, number 438 in Colorado Springs, sipping a 10 10 cup. A 10? A 10 10 cup. What is a 10 10 cup? I would love to know. Oh, here we get another question.
SPEAKER_02Eugene Eshevaria says, question Is it possible to get uh headlight bezel powder coated in the same olive drab? Yes, it is. It is, it is. We've had people do that before.
SPEAKER_01Oh, it's it's bourbon. Oh, great. Great Lake Brewing, wonderful. Great, a great beer. I agree. We've got a great show for you guys coming up, though. Um, we're gonna be talking about uh why we ride. And I think this is a topic that we come back to often, but uh, I think it's really important. Uh because if we didn't know why we did the things that we did, then we would there wouldn't be any weight behind the things that we do. So riding is great, and yeah, there's always a why, and I think that why makes uh your activities and your hobbies more important.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I mean, you don't necessarily have to explain why to enjoy something. You don't, you know what I mean? No, but there has to be one. There does, of course. But when you really enjoy it and you see and you can ask why and you can answer it, I believe that it helps you enjoy it even more.
Poetry Break: Auden’s The Prophets
SPEAKER_01Yeah, definitely. So definitely. So we're super excited about that. Um, it's gonna be a great show, but first we have to get to a little poem action. Yes, we do. What do we got? Uh what do we got today, Richard?
SPEAKER_02This is a little bit more of a dense one. We are going to be reading another Auden, WH Auden. This one's called Um get to the bookmark. Maybe this one's called The Prophets. Make of it what you will.
SPEAKER_01Hold on, I gotta get I gotta get in the zone here.
SPEAKER_02Okay, good. Me too. The Prophets by W. H. Auden. Perhaps I always knew what they were saying, even those earliest messengers who walked into my life from books where they were staying. Those beautiful machines that never talked, but let the small boy worship them and learn all their long names, whose hardness made him proud. Love was the word they never said aloud, as nothing that a picture can return. And later, when I hunted the good place, abandoned lead mines, let themselves be caught. There was no pity in the addit's face. The rusting the rusty winding engine never taught one obvious too apt to say too late. Their lack of shyness was a way of praising just what I didn't know, why I was gazing. While all their lack of answer whispered wait, and taught me gradually, without coercion, and all the landscape round them pointed to the calm with which they took complete desertion as proof that you existed. It was true. For now I have the answer from the face that never will go back into a book, but asks for all my life, and is the place where all I touch is moved to an embrace, and there is no such thing as a vain look.
SPEAKER_01I I don't want to say what I want to say because I know that was cool. I like that one. That's a good one.
SPEAKER_02You know, I I um I wrote this down over the weekend and I and I did not mean to say this, but I'm going to read it anyway because I've been thinking about how we don't really like unpack the poems. And and I have, by the way, sorry for I have no intention of doing that, just so y'all know. So we don't, I'm not gonna drag you through that, but um I I this this quote stood out to me is read not so much for what it means or what but for what it says.
SPEAKER_01Not so much for what it means, but for what it says.
SPEAKER_02And the way I take that is just enjoy reading it.
SPEAKER_01Just take it as it is. Yeah, I like the read it, the very beginning part where he equates profits to like I I would imagine the things that taught him when he was a boy. Like that's so cool to be able to. Beautiful machines. Yeah, that's that's super cool. I like that analogy. There you go. Um the that dare I say one of my favorites.
Featured Builds: Halcyon 450 Highlights
SPEAKER_02That one, I don't claim to understand the full implications and meaning of that, but it is a the what it says is beautiful. Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_01I I I like how it I like how it reads. Uh now we've got a fan favorite segment. This is Janice's featured builds brought to you by Mitch McLean. Was that a good radio voice? There was. Did I kind of crush it there? Because I feel like I did. Up first, we've got David. This is his Halcyon 450. It's number 413. I am going to guess.
SPEAKER_02What color is what he's he's guessing?
SPEAKER_01American blue. You're gonna guess American? That feels so wrong, but I'm blue.
SPEAKER_02Okay, I like it. I am gonna go with I'm gonna go with vintage red.
SPEAKER_01Alright. This is a 450. Which is what you're seeing the first few pictures there.
SPEAKER_02Rear transom? Back angle, no shocks yet. Forks, radiator. Shocks?
SPEAKER_01Or just gonna kinda they got the engine in there now? Okay, there's a hint.
SPEAKER_02We got a black seat.
SPEAKER_01Not not a lot can go with a black seat. A lot can go with a black seat.
SPEAKER_02No book rack.
SPEAKER_01Oh, look at that seat. That's a nice seat. There's the most provided. Oh, it's gonna have a uh windscreen. Oh yeah. Those little brackets there on the top plate.
SPEAKER_02A little dust on the top plate, too. Okay, okay, okay. Okay, I'm looking really good right here.
SPEAKER_01You're looking real good. I'm looking real good. I don't see any there is uh there's one at the bottom. Yeah, but I don't know if that's a halcyon four feet. Oh, we're gonna black. Is that black? That's black.
unknownThat's black.
SPEAKER_01Oh okay, that's nice.
SPEAKER_02Those are like that's that's like Janice colors. Yeah, that's so good.
SPEAKER_01Black and gold with a copper feather, too. You cannot go wrong with black and gold. No, no, it's it's it's sharp every time. Look at that. Hand formed, hand-painted fenders. Golly, that's nice. The taper. You love to see it. With a black seat. Yeah, that's gonna look good. Well done, David. Okay, so engraved in the cap. We changed this process, right? A little bit.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, over the last year we have a new engraving process, and it's I'm just we don't we we used to put uh black enamel in it and now we don't. We just let it be raw, rough. It's sharp. It looks like it's cast actually. It's super sharp. It's uh it's a laser engraving process. Wheels? Well, some details. Brushed exhaust. Uh we got a um cargo rack. Ooh, lucky there. Okay, so just a quick rundown of this build if you're uh looking into buying a Janus motorcycle. This one is a great example. We have standard fenders, we have a sprung pilon seat, cargo rack, we have brushed exhaust with fishtail uh exhaust tips, bar end weights, which uh dampen vibration and look really cool, and a headlight visor. This is a black bike with double gold pinstripe and a copper feather logo with sharp black leather. Very nice. Well done, David.
SPEAKER_01Up next, we've got Chris, and this is his Halcyon 450, and this is number 412. I am going to guess. You go first.
SPEAKER_02I'm going to go with um uh Indie Racing Green.
SPEAKER_01I'm going to go Charlevoy. That also feels wrong. I'm just in a blue mood. Lots of blue.
SPEAKER_02Engine going in. This does have a uh this has the unsprung book rack.
SPEAKER_01Nice. Okay. Okay. We're black, brown, leather. Both kind of cooking. What a it's a jump. Vintage red.
SPEAKER_02Look at this red. Little duck tail. Uh we got uh looks like gold primary and black secondary pinstripe with a duck tail. Oh, look at that.
SPEAKER_01That looks nice, and we can see all those colors property properly, thanks to you guys. And our nice new monitor. Jump the gun here with that fender picture. Ooh, that's different.
SPEAKER_02Oh, yeah. So this is as the um the uh number plate done in gold instead of typical white, like you see there at the bottom.
SPEAKER_01I like that.
SPEAKER_02Very nice, very nice. There it is going together.
SPEAKER_01Different order of pictures here. Hey, some nice little tie-downs you love to see.
SPEAKER_02I was um I spent today doing a lot of certification, and one of the things we do is we roll the bike up on a rolling road and then we tie down with ratchet straps. And one bike did not have tie downs, and it was very frustrating.
SPEAKER_01Because then you gotta go get the special straps and you gotta do the whole thing. Go around the handlebar.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, it's a lot easier with the tie-downs. Yeah, if you're planning on transporting your okay, so pretty loaded here. We have, yeah, very loaded, actually. The only thing I'm not seeing right off the bat is the fishtail exhaust. So we got uh this is a vintage red Halcyon 450. Um, this is with ducktail fenders, saddle brown leather, and a gold custom colored number plate. Uh, we have double pinstripe, gold and black, looks like gold feather logo. Yeah. And then we have, in addition to the standard uh leather work, which would be the seat and the battery box, we have a tool roll, which is the one with the kind of daisy chain down the side of it, right underneath the seat, and then uh saddlebags, standard saddlebags as well. Um, this has a book rack, brush exhaust, and bar and weights and a headlight visor. So this is uh this is That is. Oh, and we also have highway bars. See the highway bars? Yeah, look at there. Can you get that get that angled shot again? Yeah, yeah. Go back and you'll see there. You see the highway bars a little better in that picture. This next one right there. It's kind of hard to see, but those are I was with the with one of the bikes at the show was a 1929 Harley Davidson DL, which I was not familiar with, and it had highway bars, and they looked exactly like the ones on the House Man four fifty. It was so cool. Was that the old the old one that was right in front of the green and I mean it was actually like the colors were even like it looked like a looked like a Janice a little bit? I mean, let's say it that way. It looks like a Janus, not the other way around.
Featured Build: Halcyon 250 Minimalist Mastery
SPEAKER_01No, no, no, no. If you squinted, it was like, oh, that's a Halcyon 250. What do you mean? Yeah. Up next, this is our last featured build here. Um, this is what does it belong to? This is we featured one of his bikes. We did. We featured his Phoenix. This is uh Jim's Halcyon 250. This is number uh 10. 10.1.
SPEAKER_02And the last one we did last week was 10.
SPEAKER_01101, but a phoenix.
SPEAKER_02So we already know what color it is.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, they match. It's a it's a nice it's not is it charcoal or is it like charcoal pewter?
SPEAKER_02It's like a yeah, a matte. Yeah, it's a really cool color, but he had a he has a matching set, and they're both the first of the 10th anniversary.
SPEAKER_01And it's I we did a feature, a video feature of um of of them though those bikes earlier uh this past week. And when I was editing it, it's like they look so freaking.
SPEAKER_02Did you already release that one?
SPEAKER_01Yeah, yeah, it's already out.
SPEAKER_02Uh this is super chrome powder, by the way. Beautiful.
SPEAKER_01If you couldn't tell by the the crust. You weren't blinded already.
SPEAKER_02Yeah. You know, yeah. This is a 250. 250. Look at how narrow that thing is. Coming together on the stand. Jim, the tie downs. Let's go. Yeah, Jim knows what he's doing. There it is. He's got enough bikes now, he knows. Yeah, for real. And there you have that that um pewter gray.
SPEAKER_01We said this last week, but the the pictures just don't do it justice. It's not really a pewter, is it?
SPEAKER_02It's more like just our charcoal. Dark, yeah. It's like charcoal. I'll have to I I don't actually remember. It looks to me like charcoal. Jim, correct us if you if you're watching. Um very, very nice. Great contrast with the pinstripe and the frame and the color of the primary tins.
SPEAKER_01What great taste. And then very clean.
SPEAKER_02He went stripped down with this. Like so good, dude. Yeah, so we have standard fenders, number plate, no headlight visor, no fishtail exhaust, no book rack. Like this guy has multiple Janice, so he's not not putting things on here because he doesn't want to like spring for everything. He's doing it because he likes it just like it is. Right. Um beautiful bike, and he's got knobby tires.
SPEAKER_01That's cool. Big fan. Jim's I like, I think I like this more than the Phoenix. I know they're practically the same, but they're not though.
SPEAKER_02These two bikes ride very differently.
SPEAKER_01I mean, in looks, they look they they're the same in looks. Very impressive. Uh let's see Paul Allen's House 450. I'm not sure where that's at, but Mitch, if you're still watching, let's uh send me Paul Allen's and we'll get him featured uh next week, maybe. Uh Janice Solo Trim.
SPEAKER_02I don't know what that is. Janice MC Rider says The Prophets is a poem that reflects on the messages and lessons conveyed by early messengers and the profound impact of literature on personal growth.
SPEAKER_01Thank you, Google. I mean, you could have fooled me. I can't believe the whining about tie-downs, Janice McRyder says. Come on, man. Uh Kelly says, Richard, I sent you and Jansen something in the mail. Did you get it? Did we get it?
SPEAKER_02Not yet. I don't think so. Hold on. I'm trying to think.
SPEAKER_01That would be cool if we No, wait, hold on.
SPEAKER_02I need to I have to collect myself over the weekend, but maybe I'll get back with you, Kelly.
SPEAKER_01Uh the sport solo trim is how Harley used to describe their bikes that came with a single seat and minimal extras light and sporty, Arlsberg says. Nice. Uh Kelly. Kelly says you would know. Then I haven't got anything. We haven't got anything.
SPEAKER_02Uh I all I know is that we we talked to you about uh or Mitch was talking to you about um you're uh helping cook for the rally. Let's go. We're on. We're on, my friend. I know we've talked, you and I have talked about that. Kelly's gonna be flipping pancakes at the rally this year. He's making something special. Oh, you you're gonna be cooking up something nice. Let's go. Um, we are we've been making some lots of plans for the rally. Um, it's gonna be fun, it's gonna be different. Or we're we're maybe even renaming it. Maybe renaming it the ramble. That feels right or something like that.
SPEAKER_01That feels right.
Spring Build Slots And Shorter Lead Times
SPEAKER_02And um trying some new stuff, yeah. And making it more accessible to more people. So yeah, yeah, look for news about that.
SPEAKER_01Even if you don't own a owner, Janice, you everyone's invited? Yes. Um, maybe we might even have a show. We might even have a show. We'll see. But we'll have more details on that later. Uh but now what I really want to learn about, Richard, is the thing that you brought to show us.
SPEAKER_02So I have a good one today. I have a good one this week. I I kind of don't want to show it. I was we I was like, I wanted to wait, but it's okay. We'll do it now. Well, you we wrote it in. No, I know, I know. I was just letting people know that I did I kind of want to. I wasn't quite ready.
SPEAKER_01Do we know when the rally is this year?
SPEAKER_02Yeah, it's posted on the website, I think.
SPEAKER_01We don't know it off the top of our head, but if you really middle of September.
SPEAKER_02Middle of September.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. We'd love to see you. What what is what is the thing?
SPEAKER_02So the thing that you're reluctant to share with I I've been eyeballing this new pen um for quite some time.
SPEAKER_01Like two years. Rich just preface preface this with Richard told me about this pen last week.
SPEAKER_02Did I only tell you about this last week?
SPEAKER_01Was it last week? Or the maybe two weeks. Maybe it's two weeks. The next time, whatever I'm the next time I saw him, he had it. So well, I've been thinking a lot more about it lately.
WeFunder Update And How To Help
SPEAKER_02Um, but anyway, I've been it's been in my mind for quite some time. But um, as some of you know, I I really enjoy things, and one of them is our pins, and we've featured uh another pen that I use or that I've used for many, many years. I I lost it, I found it, I bought a replacement, or I lost it, bought a replacement, blah blah blah. Who needs the replacement? He uses the lost one. But I I wonder when there was more durable that would last even longer, and then you could like put in you can literally put it in your pocket. So a pocket pen. So this is uh we'll we'll we'll we'll use the uh thing camera in here in a minute, but this is a pocket pen uh made by the and it depends on I don't know how you properly pronounce that pronounce it, but I've heard uh Kawaco, Kawico, or Kaweiko, but it's a German pen maker. This pen was I can I kind of compare it to it's like the 1911 of pens. Because it was actually developed in 1911. And it kind of has that like same if you're familiar with the 1911 service um gun, it's kind of like that. It's like this is like it it kind of embodies kind of an art deco, right? It's an era. It's an era, and it and it's a beautiful one. Um it's very functional, um, but it has some like little details that are like super aesthetic as well. So this is um here, I'll pull it up on the camera. This is uh the cave Kawiko or Kaveco uh it's called the Sport. That's all it's called. Let me just focus on it.
SPEAKER_01If I can make my hand go the right direction here. It's so confusing.
SPEAKER_02Yeah.
SPEAKER_01I I tell them about the weight.
SPEAKER_02This thing weighs like I don't know actually how much it weighs, but it's heavy. It's heavy. Um but anyway, it it is a developed in 1911. I believe that these were actually first made in um like a uh some sort of plastic. They were and for many, many years. Um Kaveco went out of business and they kind of revived them in like the 90s, I think. Okay. I think that I'm not an expert on these, but uh then this one came out and they re-reissued it, and then they developed they came out with the brass, they came out with an aluminum one and then a brass one, and you can also get it in copper. And you can I think you can get it in titanium. Okay, which is it's probably more expensive. It's more expensive.
SPEAKER_01Anyway, I'm gonna move my mic here so I can actually talk while I show this. Semtech says nice patina.
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SPEAKER_02It looks hefty. Well, it it doesn't even have a patina yet. This is brand new. So over the course of multiple years, can you imagine the patina this thing's gonna get it? Is it pre-patina? It's already no, it wasn't at all pre pre-patina, but it's already starting. So anyway, it's got a um a um octagonal, you can see octagonal uh cap with the Kaweeko logo. I don't know if you can see that. It looks like a bullet on the top, yeah, it does sort of. And then it uh they do not come with the clip. But I bought that. It's a Kawiko clip, but it just slides on. And I used um red lock tag to make sure it doesn't fall off. Um but then you just twist it and you have a very it's actually quite small. You can kind of see it in my hand. And you can start seeing it starting to patina here in the and so they typically where you grab it, it gets more of a patina. I have a really great nib on it. This is an extra fine. And um it's awesome. But you're supposed to post this. I've never posting on a pen is when you put the cap on the back of it. It's called posting it. And I am like, I do not like to post pens. I feel like it disbalances the pen. So I never use it. But this is such a short pen that you almost need it. I like posting it. Yeah. And it feels right in your hand, but it is a heavy pen. Um anyway, this I think perfectly captures the um what makes a thing. Sorry, I'm kind of going all over the place. Um, because this is something that so long as I don't lose it, which we will see how that goes, um, I will be able to pass this on to my children. It will last forever. Um it's beautiful. It's gonna get up a Tina, and as I wear it in and scratch it up, it's gonna look better and better. And the the main thing is that you know, in combination with a pocket notebook, you literally I have the ability to take a note or capture a thought um at any point during the day, wherever I am, and I really treasure that. So I think this is a great thing. Um, and it's also it's it's it's a it's beautiful, and it's just a pleasure to like hold and like deal with. I don't know, it's a perfect thing, it's a thing.
SPEAKER_01I I think if we're gonna talk about things for a second here, I think a an important quality for a thing in my life is that it's it's playable. That you can there's some kind of like playability with definitely I mean right that you can kind of curl in your fingers and like just kind of fiddle with. And I I think that's important with a thing. Yeah, it's so heavy. My hand would get so tired from carrying that.
SPEAKER_02No, it really isn't, it doesn't, it does not tire you out to write with it. It like just plants your hand and you can write with it. And you can write with it in the short form, like without the back on it, but um yeah, anyway. Enough about that. Joe says awesome fountain pen. Never knew of this brand. Uh, they make a bunch of them. They actually make one called the Lily Put, which is even smaller.
SPEAKER_01The Lily Put.
SPEAKER_02It's like that long and it's it's just a little capsule, it's rounded on both ends.
SPEAKER_01Wow. That's Richard's next pen. Right, exactly.
SPEAKER_02Well, the problem is I don't want to have too many because I want to just use one.
SPEAKER_01Uh-huh.
SPEAKER_02You know, I don't want to have and if you have like multiple, then it's everybody's gotta collect something, you know. Anyway, uh what I would like to do is in one year, we should remember to do another one and see check out the patina.
SPEAKER_01Monday, February 16th.
SPEAKER_02We should check out the patina in a year. Okay. If I don't lose it.
SPEAKER_01If you don't lose it, I've already almost lost it once in a week. We won't talk about that. What everyone wants to hear right now though is how is the what are some announcements we got going on?
SPEAKER_02Well, let's talk about the show. How is the show?
SPEAKER_01The show. I want to do the show last. You want to do the show last? I want to do the show last. I want to talk about the show last. Um, but I think one thing because it makes a nice transition into our next segment. Um, what uh I think we should talk about is how we've got 50, maybe less, uh build slots.
SPEAKER_02We're opening up some build slots. You want to talk about that? Yeah, we're doing we're opening up build slots right now for spring delivery. We are massively reducing our lead time. Um, building more bikes than we have in a week. Our goals are very lofty, but our lead times are coming down. If you order a 250 right now, you can see it in three weeks. That's where we are. And we're very excited to be there. If you order a 450, um, it's not quite three weeks, but it's gonna be quick. You will be able to get it soon this spring. Um, and part of that is we're also going to be reducing the deposit amount. So if you were on last week's ramble stream, you heard the initial announcement, but that is live on the website.$250 in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States. Uh$250 will secure your deposit and your place in line for spring delivery of a Janus motorcycle. So we're very excited about it. Super cool. That's for a$450 or a$250.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, so all deposits are totally$250.
SPEAKER_02And part of what allows us to make that happen is the shortened lead time. Um, roughly anywhere from 15, anywhere from two weeks to three weeks, let's just say three or four weeks. Because of the shortened lead time, you'll you should expect to have the second deposit be ready to go. That's correct. So the second deposit would be 50% of the bike, but then you're talking like a couple of weeks or less than to have the bike done. Right. So by shortening our lead times, we're able to bring down the deposit amount. We're very, very excited about it. We're excited for spring. Janice goes to war in March. And so we're we're we're we're getting ready, we're marshaling our forces, and now is a great time to get a Janice motorcycle in order. Yeah. So if you've been thinking about it, if you're have questions, you can ask them in the chat right now. Uh, we will help to answer them. But Mitch is on, Mitch can help answer them, or uh, we have a lot of people on here that have a Janus motorcycle, or some we also have a lot of people on here that have many Janus motorcycles and they can help answer your questions. So this is a weekly opportunity. If you are interested in a Janus motorcycle, hop on and ask your questions real time and you'll get an answer.
SPEAKER_01Now's your time. Now's your time to do it. Um, we also have uh something that's been going on for a while, uh still going on. It's called it's called the WeFunder.
SPEAKER_02Oh, that's right.
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SPEAKER_01Uh what do you what do you know about the WeFunder, Richard?
SPEAKER_02Uh WeFunder is a crowdfunding uh where our goal is a million dollars. We are a little over 400,000. Um, and we're at this stage we are we've raised 400 primarily from you all. From and when I say you all, I mean Janus owners, and we're trying to spread that word out beyond the Janice owners. Um so the number one thing you can do to help us do that is to follow us to like on WeFunder platform. Um and there are links.
SPEAKER_01I was about to say that link is right at the top there.
SPEAKER_02Yep, right at the top. Uh follow us on there, share the story on your with your friends, on your social media. All that helps us to achieve our goal. Uh in the next six weeks, we're doing more on a sprint to um finish out uh with a successful million dollar raise. Then that's gonna help us to do exactly what we're talking about scaling up our production capacity, reducing our lead times, and making it possible for more people to get a Janice motorcycle.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. Making motorcycle history every single day. Um, I would argue that we are the only American manufacturer that is producing the level of quality and craftsmanship. Um and uh I right here in Goshen, Indiana. Um, and it's a really cool opportunity to um kind of own own a piece of it, own a small piece of American history. I mean, how how often can you say that, Richard? You know? Um now we can talk, though, about the ride or die motorcycle show. We talked a little bit about it in the pre-ramble, which if you guys want to join the pre-ramble, there's a join button there at the bottom. There's a couple benefits. Five bucks a month, you get access to the pre-ramble, which is 30 minutes before the stream, you get uh access to the videos that we make a week early, and then you get access to members-only shorts. Those are the those are some good, some good benefits. Five bucks a month, you can use that, uh, or you can join by hitting the join button below. But we had uh a little event in Valparaiso.
SPEAKER_02We had a motorcycle show, which also shares the name of this whiskey, Ride or Die. And this was uh collaboration between Journeyman Distillery and Janice Motorcycles. Our goal is for this to be the inaugural show. And really going into the show, I was both nervous and I had relatively low expectations because the first year that you do a motorcycle show, custom show, you there's just nothing like people are like, is it gonna be worth me my time doing this? Or do I just, you know, there's no you can't hype it up because you've never done it before. Yeah. So uh they provided, which is very valuable, uh as I was kind of realizing over the weekend, they provided the venue, they provided the kind of organization of like tickets and like all that, the the kind of venue event side of things. And we provided things like awards, contacts for builders in the area, um, and sort of the framework that's like motorcycle specific. They knew how to throw an event. We know motorcycles, and so it's it really was. I'm not, I'm really not blunt, you know, exaggerating. It's a kind of a perfect pairing. Yeah, a perfect pairing right here. Uh wow.
SPEAKER_01What does the description say in the back of that model? You wrote it, you wrote it.
SPEAKER_02I wrote it at the rail street. I said a shared journey of craft and character, journeyman distillery and Janice Motorcycles, both rooted in the Midwest, come together through mutual dedication to craftsmanship, heritage, and integrity.
SPEAKER_01That reads well.
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SPEAKER_02Um so it was it was really great. It was we had like around 20 plus bikes. Yeah. So for a first show, it was actually exceeded my expectations. When they when they actually pitched that, they're like, Oh, we're thinking about like maybe getting like 80 motorcycles. We're like, no way, you're not gonna get 80 custom bikes the first year time you try this. Now we had a great a successful show, we had plenty of people, we had uh video footage from Jansen. So now we can share that this is a real thing. And so our goal is for the the first annual uh to be I would say like it'd be nice to get like 50 bikes. I was gonna say 50 bikes or would be incredible because Mama Tried you know how many bikes they have mama tried? A hundred. A hundred, and that's amazing story to be able to get a hundred custom bikes of that caliber, right? Well, and but I think we want to try and like we got all the bikes that showed up were local. That's super very local. So um it was a huge uh yeah. Mitch was really happy. We sold um at least one bike at the show.
SPEAKER_01I I'm pretty sure it happened during the ramble stream.
SPEAKER_02During the really did it? Yeah, it was it was great. So um there may be some more sales following up on it. Yeah, it was close to home, which makes it way more affordable for us to do instead of going to like, I don't know, California to do a show. Right. It was great. So uh next year uh we will be posting more about when we're gonna do it. And it's it's very exciting. Also, we had another show down in um Mesa, Arizona on the 14th. Really? We didn't, but uh uh Droogmoto, okay, uh Max Droog, I know pretty well, um, put on a show and he invited us to bring a bike, and we didn't we couldn't do two shows at once. So I um sent one of our customers, Mark, to the show, and he had a bike in the show. That's cool. So yeah, it was called Moto Curio Motorcycle Show down there. Oh, okay. And it was really fun.
SPEAKER_01That's awesome.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, extra, extra. We did we're in two shows this weekend.
SPEAKER_01It uh and that's that's a first. I mean it is and it was a great time. Um looking forward to next year. Um, but I think we want to uh uh share a little bit of what what the experience was like uh with this quick little commercial break. We got a video, this quick little commercial break. So uh go ahead and watch this whole way back soon. It was a loud show.
SPEAKER_02It was a loud show.
SPEAKER_01It was uh it was a ton of fun. Um, but I uh yeah, I I think it was it was a lot of fun. I think it was successful. Um I I hate to say I was I was shocked.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, yeah. I mean I don't I don't mean it in a negative sense, but like yeah, I was kind of like uh I was ready for it to be a lot more local and small.
SPEAKER_01Right.
SPEAKER_02And it was it was really it was like good hopping, yeah.
SPEAKER_01It was really good, yeah. I and I know that like we hosted it, so we should or we helped host it, so we should be like, yeah, it's gonna be good.
SPEAKER_02And we really only had like I know we've been talking about it, but like actual planning time, we had six weeks to put it on, which is so fast to get 25 and the caliber of the builds, yeah. Um we had a 1921 Harley Davidson DL, which was really, really cool. It wasn't really a custom, but it was just really amazing bike, right? Um, but then we had Dell from Crown Point, two guys from Crown Point, and Dell brought like five bikes, and every single one of the bikes was completely different. Their choice, they were just completely like different genres of custom. He had a cafe racer, Virago shoppers, he had a Virago Cafe, so cool. So cool. He had a sportster, which won best in show. Yeah, which and it was it was exquisite. I'm not, it wasn't even like my taste, but I could just like look at them like, okay, hands down, this is like every bit is perfect. Um, we had some big Harley baggers, we had a bunch of Janice motorcycles, which I mean goes without saying one of them had a skis on it. Um we had uh yeah, an XS. Was that was it an XS? Um with Dave's was that an X?
SPEAKER_01I don't I don't know what it exactly it was.
SPEAKER_02Was it Kawasaki? It was a was a case, a case. It was a casey casey. Um we just had a bunch of bikes and it was really cool. So I don't want to go too far. Um next year, if you are a Janice owner and you're in Indiana, you need to come to the show.
SPEAKER_01It's a fun, it's a fun location too.
SPEAKER_02Bring your significant other if they don't want I mean if they think that Valentine's Day can't be can't be fun with motorcycles, try some some food. Right. It's a it's a perfect date. It's like this giant complex with restaurants and bars and music, and uh it's a perfect date. And then you can go and like a photo booth, and then you can go and check out some motorcycles.
SPEAKER_01Right, it's cool, it's best of both worlds. Yeah, uh okay. Question What's more likely? I've started reading this before I actually read it. Uh, me being able to get a Phoenix 250 or Janice Bobber happening.
SPEAKER_02I mean, both. You could get a Phoenix and turn it into a bobber.
SPEAKER_01Can you get a Phoenix right now? You could buy a used one.
SPEAKER_02No, you can't get a Phoenix.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. But we wanted to talk a little bit about uh for for the remainder remainder of the show here, uh, about how why we ride is the the big umbrella, but uh to kind of pigtail off of um our conversations over the last couple weeks, like we talked about how habits and routines transform us, but I I think in uh more particular uh avenue here is like well, riding transforms us. It does. Um but but how how does it or why does it?
SPEAKER_02I just I want to challenge just real quick here. I want to challenge everybody in the chat. Post up it doesn't matter if it's a dumb idea or not, like how does writing how is writing transformed you? Post up a post a comment and don't let this all be about us just like rambling. So so for me it gets back to that idea that it's like a routine. And riding, yeah, you can go to new places every single time, but the activity of doing that is always this is kind of is kind of the same. And one of the thought thoughts that I have over the weekend is isn't it funny that if a routine if the only way that you can change yourself is through like changing your habits, which you do through routine if you've been following along. Isn't it funny that the only way you can change yourself is by doing something the same way over and over again? Right?
SPEAKER_01In order for change, you need the same to do the same thing. Habert says Habert says he rides for clarity.
SPEAKER_02Clarity? Yep.
SPEAKER_01That that makes sense.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, no, let's get some more. Come on, folks. Tell us what what how has riding changed you um for the better or the worse? Um, I'm curious. But from let I'll just take a stab at well, no, Jansen. Go ahead.
SPEAKER_01No, I I was just gonna say it it riding has uh made me appreciate um this is you're gonna laugh at this. It it's made me appreciate uh let me just back up a little bit. Driving a car, you're driving a car, right? You go from point A to point B. That's the only reason you're in a car for the most part. I mean, unless you have unless you have like a sports car and you're driving through the the the you know the curves or whatever. Or 1978 Volvo 240. Or 1978 Volvo 240. Uh, but for the most part, you're you're you're going from point A to point B, and and that's it. Uh I distinctly remember a ride to Indianapolis on my XSR900 uh on the way to the Distinguished Gentleman show. Um and I intentionally didn't go on uh 31, US 31, the highway. Uh my bike is perfectly capable of doing that. Um, but I just kind of wanted to, I I had to that bike in haul. It'll rip your face off. Uh I I had time and I was like, I'll just go do it. And I went through like all these little towns that I never would have seen before. And I had the ability to like stop and like get out and go somewhere, like go to this little general store that I popped in in Logansport. Like, you don't you don't get to do that. Um, so I just think they remember like, wow, like this is great. It it takes the pressure off of getting to wherever you need to go. So, of course, I'm gonna do this every single time. And this is where you'll laugh. It's prepared me for the EV life because in reality, that's kind of the mindset that you need, given your the constraints of the vehicle. It's like you can only go so far. And granted, it might not take you like down weird backroads or whatever into little towns that you never expect, but it would make you it makes you stop in different places that you would never normally stop. Um, but it it just changed my mindset on how I drive, even not even just how much I ride motorcycles, just how I drive.
SPEAKER_02I think I would I'm gonna have to go back to like why I started riding to answer like how it's changed me. And it it goes back to that. It's like I remember the when I caught the bug for two wheels, which I didn't grow up with. My parents were not motorcyclists, or my mother did have an old Vespa, and that was fascinating to me. But what really got me interested was the idea that I could have a vehicle, a thing that was beautiful and fun and romantic, which motorcycles are, they there's like a aura to them.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, have you ever seen Top Gun?
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SPEAKER_02Yeah, that's a what is it, GPZ 900? The widowmaker, I think is what they called it. That's not the widowmaker. No, no, no, no, but that's like the it's a great bike. Anyway, sorry. Um uh I'm a Kawasaki fan. Uh the was the the fact that I could it could be mine and I could understand it and I could do everything and I could like work I could work on it. I mean and it had a carburetor and it was like this little 12 millimeter carburetor, whatever it was, maybe 15, but like this little tiny carburetor that you could understand and I could and I felt like I could do everything. And then in the process, I bought it from this really interesting person, and and then I made all these friends, and it was this whole experience that took me out of my shell. Yeah, which I mean wasn't I wasn't like you know, uh misanthrope, but it it it thrust me into a whole different existence, and then and it and it's just constantly done that over and over and over again. Like it just puts you in different scenarios that you're not ready for, and and they're all and then you always have something in common with people or something to talk about. Yeah, and that to me is something that is not unique to motorcycles. Uh you can find that with other pursuits, but uh it's something that's uh very, very true of motorcycles that you're always gonna be able to like meet new people and push yourself to new things because like you you're always gonna have to like you can always learn something more and challenge yourself in new ways. And then when it just comes to riding, like going back to what I was saying about repetition, like routines, is riding the same road over and over again is not boring. Right, it's not boring, like it's boring. It's boring if it's a stupid road, but like you pick your favorite ride. I remember in Richmond where I grew up, my favorite ride was Riverside River Drive, but which is twisty, and and I just ride it and ride it and ride it. And actually, you enjoyed it more and more the better you know that corner, you know exactly how to take and you can like choose to like be chill or like take it a little bit further. Oh, I know there's normal like a gravel patch here.
SPEAKER_01No, I I think that writing is a conduit to live better.
SPEAKER_02Let's see, let's hit some of these comments before we run out of time.
SPEAKER_01I did ask, I want to hear these. Chris Chris Smith says, I've been writing since 1980, and I didn't have a car to get to grad school. That's that's a great reason.
SPEAKER_02I didn't I didn't bring a car to grad school either, and but I live, but I was going to school in South Bend, so it it ended, it did not end well.
SPEAKER_01As Spencer Anderson says, writing transforms me into a dust and dead bug covered version of myself with a sore butt. Yeah, why would anybody do that? Would willingly anyway.
SPEAKER_02Riding my ZX14, nice, takes me back to when I was uh road in the Navy jets. On all the other bikes, I enjoy the solitude. That's awesome. On my G250, it takes me back like a time machine to when I rode an XR75 as a kid. That's cool. The time machine.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. Riding on running on twos is the most exciting and thrilling form of transportation for me. My fondest memories of being on the road was while riding a bike. You cannot experience the surroundings as well in a cage. No, you can't.
SPEAKER_02I don't remember a change. I've been riding forever. Yeah, Keith. I wonder how different it would be if I didn't. That's a really interesting question. But but it it does still transform you, I think. I I find that like the even especially as I mature and I get better at riding, I notice the little improvements that I make or the decisions I make that are different than when I was maybe younger. When I was younger with riding, and maybe I I've never been a like a totally irresponsible rider, but I've done some really stupid things on bikes.
SPEAKER_01Like a little bit of it's kind of like you're asking for it a little bit, right?
SPEAKER_02And it I I do enjoy like being more responsible for the most part. I mean, for the most part. There's always a little twist twisty to the wristy.
SPEAKER_01A fine line between responsible and fun. Uh just because it's responsible doesn't mean it's not responsible.
SPEAKER_02David says, uh, riding always gives me a fresh perspective and a sense of freedom while traveling to any destination.
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_02Arlsberg says, I don't even, I don't, I don't know how or even if riding has changed me. But the reason I became a rider was because I wanted to ride my bike to work, but work was too far. It's bicycle, I think. I like feeling like a person getting around the world. Yeah.
SPEAKER_01There's like this, yeah, there's this weird, like human, uh human aspect of riding that you don't get in a car.
SPEAKER_02Motor91. Commuting to work via motorcycle transforms what would normally be a mundane and forgettable drive into the most engaging and invigorating part of the work day.
SPEAKER_01You get out of work and you're like, I'm so excited to go home, but not to necessarily go home, but to ride home.
SPEAKER_02Janice MC Ryder says, I cannot measure the ways.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. You should try. You should try. What is what does ChatGPT tell you, Janice McGrider?
SPEAKER_02Y'all got a feud going on. Um Hey Bert says, Is that is that riding then a routine or a habit? I think it could be both if you take that. You can make it a routine, but it's what you do, right? It makes it a habit.
SPEAKER_01Right. It it's if it's just who you are, if you just ride, then it's a habit, man.
SPEAKER_02Absolutely. In late, Mark Gallistol, but present. Good to see you, man. It Mart Marty says it toughens you up to ride a motorcycle. It does, it does that.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, that's where the the buck the bug covers uh your your windscreen, and you're like, why am I doing this?
SPEAKER_02Um Ron says, gives give me more appreciation of our world around us. Nice. Old school says, um, what did he say? He said something about it's Zen.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, way up there. He says it's Zen with some fun emojis. And then he said, first ride in 1971, never stopped.
SPEAKER_02Uh old school every day, not every day, but possibly multiple times a week sends me videos of old motorcycles, and they're always awesome. So old school. I did respond to one of your three that you said today. Um, I but every single one I appreciate. Keep them coming.
SPEAKER_01Charles says uh it's just an experience. It's just an experience, that's all it is. I've never had a sense of euphoria with no destination driving a car. Yeah. Yeah, there's all these like weird, kind of very human feelings you get when you're riding a motorcycle that you don't often get in a car.
SPEAKER_02Yeah. I mean, there are certainly beautiful cars that you can get that experience in. Right. But there's something about being on a vehicle that's that you're just you're just it's you on your own, and you can get away. And I always like that's I'm not sure how to explain it, but like the idea that you're getting away with something on a motorcycle, you can just like hypothetically, you can just like drive off the road and like keep going.
SPEAKER_01Like wherever you want. I have this annual tradition, and I think I've talked about it here before of uh the maple syrup festival in Wakarusa uh happens at the beginning of spring. And as a tradition, I like to go for a ride because that's signifies like the beginning of spring. It's a routine, it's a what is the day? Uh I it it changes, but it's like the the second or third weekend of April.
SPEAKER_02That reminds me that Ken Miller, our old engineer, is gonna be making maple syrup pretty soon. I gotta I gotta get on his list to um go out there and visit while he's boiling it.
SPEAKER_01I think they're tapping the trees right now. Yeah, he's getting started. But there was a parade that they have that goes through the town, and uh That's right, I remember this. I I just like there was something about like I don't have to send this traffic. I don't have to if I don't want to. Just popped over on the sidewalk and went on home. It's great, it's great. You can't do that in a car. Last few comments here before we wrap it up. Aiken Ranch says, I grew up in the country. Us kids were issued schwin bikes, fishing poles, and mini bikes. That's when it started.
Closing Notes And What’s Next
SPEAKER_02Marty says it may evoke our swimming instincts from those times we have been mammals and this we have been mammals and the seas have been high. I don't know. I mean, it it it's just something that it it you're ch you're able to access something deeply human, yeah. I think, um, whether it's the ability to to just walk wherever you want to go or to ride a horse or whatever it is, but the the car certainly reduces our agency. Yeah. And the motorcycle is like it's it's an antidote to a lot of the modern problems. Yeah. And whether we call it freedom or we call it agency, or we call it routines or habits, or all these words that we can throw out, it it's fun, it's rewarding. We make new friends, we experience new things, and I think what it comes down to is that we experience the ability to become better through it. And that's that's when we when we say transformation, it's like you're just growing right in that process. Whether you're just like chilling and riding through the countryside and like enjoying it. Very important. Jason 412.$1.99 super chat.
SPEAKER_01$2.9.99, baby. Thank you. That P1010 got its own video short from Janice. Nice. It's a beautiful bike, Jason. What do you what are you? Thank you, Jason. Thank you. But yeah, well, I I think this really I I think about how um cars give us uh narrow ways that we must travel.
SPEAKER_02And now they're like they they they they tell you where to drive, they yell at you when you get in the wrong side of the the side of the lane. It I today like over the weekend, I was like backing out of a driveway and it thought there was something in the way and it squawked at me.
SPEAKER_01How dare it! Keep you safe. Like, come on. But notice it it gives you a prescription, right? And it says, this is what you must do. Yeah. But when you're riding a bike, obey, obey, obey. You don't have to do that.
SPEAKER_02You do not, you can do whatever you want. Yeah. And you and even if you just decide to be a perfectly law-abiding citizen, you can still do it if you wanted to.
SPEAKER_01You still have the option. Thank you all so much for joining us for episode number 117. Uh, we will see you next week for episode 118, and we'll be talking a little bit more about community and the community that uh uh you gained through writing and the community that is at your fingertips if you ride.
SPEAKER_02Thank you, Jason. We'll see you next week. That wraps up this episode of the Ramble Stream Podcast. Thanks for listening. If you enjoyed the show, subscribe wherever you listen, share it with a fellow Rambler, and please consider leaving a rating. And join us live every Monday at 7 p.m. on YouTube for our weekly ramble stream. You can also find us at ramblestreampod.com and on social at ramblestream. We'll be back next week with more conversations, more stories, and of course, more rambling. And remember, many of those who ramble may very well be lost, but that's probably the point.