Cleveland Moto

We have fun goofing around on the latest playbike from Kymco the Spade 150. Support the showRemember folks...Ride Fast and Take Chances! check out our Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/ClevelandMoto

We talk about going elbows deep in the mud. Fermented Fish. Etc. Support the showRemember folks...Ride Fast and Take Chances! check out our Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/ClevelandMoto

We welcome listener and new vintage BMW R50 owner Joe Gabra. Putting a new motor in your biike. Support the showRemember folks...Ride Fast and Take Chances! check out our Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/ClevelandMoto

https://s3.amazonaws.com/ClevelandMotoPodcast/2017+Podcasts/ClevelandMoto+Podcast+161.mp3 Well, i wouldn't want to race anything, and I don't think I will be taking on anything resembling REAL off-road. But it's better than I thought,   $4200 to the owners door....what else can you get for that money?  2011 V-strom 650 $3999  https://cleveland.craigslist.org/mcy/6109681309.html It's worth more now, and it will be worth more in 4 years.  BRAKE CLINIC - Our suspension clinic was so popular we decided to set you up with a bunch of information on brakes  Here's a good website that covers everything we talk about in this podcast.  http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/maintenance/brakes.htm Support the showRemember folks...Ride Fast and Take Chances! check out our Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/ClevelandMoto

Tonight we are in the service department working on a free motorcycle...let's see how deep we're getting screwed... This is how she showed up...2003 Yamaha TTR125L  Not running, no title, the owner can't tell me when it ran last, but "someone had the top-end off, and said the motor was shot".  This is a spark plug gauge - these things are awesome for diagnosing a weak spark.  Here's the crew with Tegan (the young guy in the back). Support the showRemember folks...Ride Fast and Take Chances! check out our Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/ClevelandMoto

Rachel buys a Vespa.... and it's already broken.  The Mount Pleasant Wheelie Boys?  http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/01/a_divided_cleveland_city_counc.html Whatcha gonna do.... This guy looks like he can take care of himself.... And that Zero MMX can go anywhere, so you're only shot is to go faster than he can.... But, then he'll just call in this guy.  Support the showRemember folks...Ride Fast and Take Chances! check out our Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/ClevelandMoto

 Chris Smith takes on the Bourbon Trail on a rented BMW  -  Dustin buys moonshine . SUSPENSION CLINIC: Buy stuff from Race-Tech, we love these guys. http://www.racetech.com/page/id/141 These guys have done a great job of putting the whole shootin' match on one singe website.... Yay! TouraTech to the rescue - Buy stuff from these guys too.... http://blog.touratech-usa.com/2013/08/06/how-to-setting-suspension-sag/ Support the showRemember folks...Ride Fast and Take Chances! check out our Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/ClevelandMoto

Robots: We got Robots.... My Tundra was Violated from the rear..... Support the showRemember folks...Ride Fast and Take Chances! check out our Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/ClevelandMoto

We meet people on the road, and sometimes they track us down...3 years later, to be on our podcast. Matt is a great guy who's got vintage motorcycle things going on in his town now! And he brought us Iowa Bourbon.  Support the showRemember folks...Ride Fast and Take Chances! check out our Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/ClevelandMoto

We spend some quality time with Kevin Moore - Painter, Builder, Rock n' Roller and Pin-Striper extraordinaire. We talk Vans, old motorcycles and a rotten prank he pulled on a couple of his buddies.  Kevin, Hadley and Shelby and the Green Fuzz  the Yamahauler Support the showRemember folks...Ride Fast and Take Chances! check out our Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/ClevelandMoto

We sold our 1975 Honda CB400F  We were kinda sad to see it go.  CB400F Walk Around Mark McDermott (RIP) having a go on the CB400F Would you buy this bike?  MZ Baghira Black Panther 660cc Yamaha Power and  :  2001 ~ 2007  Because I want to hook an entire trailer to the rain gutters on a VW Beetle?  Volkswagen and International Travel Trailer Inc. RV THE 2 BIKE GARAGE....Can you do it?  Pete Hempfling says his BMW GS and anything else. Gotta love his commitment.   John McElfresh says Interceptor/ST and a DRZ400  Steve Hoffert retains his Zero FXS and his BMW 1150RT  Dustin is Keeping his DRZ and Maybe wants the vt750c2b Honda Shadow Phantom This is a Honda Shadow 750 Phantom...in case you were wondering.  Johnny Chrome wants a Moto Guzzi Stelvio (woot!) - and a Honda XR650L  Chris Smith would keep his 1980 Suzuki GS450E (no surprise) and he's also keeping his Kawasaki Vulcan 800 Drifter Phil is going to go for the...new BMW R1200RT and the Zero FX - Because WHEELIES!!!! Support the showRemember folks...Rid

Dustin Johnny Chrome Chris Smith Steve Hoffert Johnny Mac Hoffert gets a new Helix (and rides it to the podcast)  and he admits that he might be ok with Ducati's afterall. Now he's gotta have a Ducati 950 MultiStrada Ok, so after about 22 minutes of "Squirrel!~?" we finally get to our topic....SCRAMBLERS!  Everybody's got a damned scrambler...it's gotten out of control and apparently I've been exposed to it long enough that I'm starting to want one... The Guzzi Stornello - Normal Msrp $11,190 but you're getting $2000 off if you can find one still in stock, only 500 were released into America. You're gonna spend $9190 - But, It's an $8990 Stone with over $3500 worth of goodies on it, 2 year warranty and it's under 400 lbs wet, and it comes with Brembo's, Italian top-quality dual sport tires, arrow stainless pipe and legit ground clearance. 47 HP/ 45 Torques and a 6 gallon gas tank. Runs happily on 89 octane. 6 speed transmission and shaft drive. 

https://s3.amazonaws.com/ClevelandMotoPodcast/2017+Podcasts/ClevelandMoto+Podcast+152.mp3 What is Pro-Street? So I guess if you're into that sort of thing....you think this is Pro-Street: This is what we think Pro-Street is; What happened with the Kawasaki GPZ's and why did they get so expensive>?  Mannequin - A HD Marketing Classic?  Support the showRemember folks...Ride Fast and Take Chances! check out our Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/ClevelandMoto

We talk follow up on the Motorcycle Show:  Suzuki, How long are you going to trot out the LS650 Savage? This bike has been the SAME since 1986 - That's a 30 year old model. 31 HP and a Carb. No Fuel Injection?!?! The freakin' URAL has Fuel Injection....what is going on over at Suzuki?  I'm blowing out ALL of our in-stock Moto Guzzi V7's  There are only a handful left.  http://clevelandmoto.com/v7blowout.html Johnny Mac - Comes in from his birthday with his friend "Mike" and at this point the podcast goes completely off the rails.  We heard about a couple ladies named:  and  This is a blanket apology for the last 20 minutes of this podcast.  Support the showRemember folks...Ride Fast and Take Chances! check out our Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/ClevelandMoto

LIVE FROM THE CLEVELAND IMS MOTORCYCLE SHOW!!!! Support the showRemember folks...Ride Fast and Take Chances! check out our Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/ClevelandMoto

20 years - Sorry man, it was cool while it lasted.  Support the showRemember folks...Ride Fast and Take Chances! check out our Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/ClevelandMoto

JUST THE TIPS - Shop tips to keep your project from getting out of control.  Your motorcycle is NOT put together with Philips Head Fasteners...so don't use a Philips Head screwdriver to work on it...Your bike is put together with JIS Fasteners and yes, there is a difference. We recommend getting at least a #2 Impacta  JIS and at least a set of JIS bits or basic screwdrivers.  Always Be Knolling - WATCH THIS VIDEO  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49p1JVLHUos&t=7s MAGNETS ARE AWESOME!!!! MICROWAVE YOUR BEARINGS?!?! Are you freakin' crazy??? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVODJm05plw Support the showRemember folks...Ride Fast and Take Chances! check out our Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/ClevelandMoto

What is YOUR bike of the year?  Well, if you read any of these 34 publications  http://www.bonniercorp.com/brands/ You're probably noticing a trend...and $omebody is definitely telling you what motorcycle to buy. CLEVELANDMOTO BIKES OF 2016 Here's our completely unqualified opinion on what each of us thought was our bike of the year:  John McElfresh ; The Yamaha XSR900 and he was right, with an MSRP of under $10k this seems like a LOT of bike for the $$$ Chris Smith: He's going for the Moto Guzzi MGX-21 - Yep, we do really like this bike, it violates all of the cruiser norms and I'm totally ok with that.  Phil Waters: I really, really love the Zero DS motorcycle, and I've enjoyed riding it more than anything else...but as far as what bike I think is just a cool execution I dig this new Yamaha SCruiser 950 - or is it the SCRuiser 950?  Johnny Chrome; Well, he was pretty clear on the fact that he was loving the Van Van 200 from Suzuki... So, what the hell is a VAN-VAN, well, in the U.S.

Here is the Recipe for the Roman Twist:  Roman TwistBeachbum Berry’s Potions of the Caribbean , Jeff Berry - June 2014This recipe was originally printed in Tiki Primer and is from Beachbum Berry’s Potions of the Caribbean by Jeff Berry.Joe Scialom, 19631 1/4 oz. Bourbon1 oz. Tia Maria1 oz. lemon juice1 oz. orange juice1 oz. orgeat syrupShake all ingredients with ice cubes and strain into a Collins glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish with mint sprig, cocktail cherry, and orange and lemon peels cut into long strips. Support the showRemember folks...Ride Fast and Take Chances! check out our Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/ClevelandMoto

BLIZZARD - It's officially Winter around here.  Podcast Acronym Challenge Entrants so far:  Fellowship ofLike-minded Individuals Choking and Kicking Engines andMotorcyclesFLICK'EM CLEVIN MOTO Keep in mind the Cleveland International Motorcycle Show will be January 27-29 at the I-X Center in Cleveland.  http://motorcycleshows.com/city/cleveland-oh CLEVELANDMOTO GIFT GUIDE A subscription to RoadRunner Magazinehttps://www.roadrunner.travel/subscriber-services/ The Multi-Tool to End All Multi-ToolsGerber Center-Drive Multi-Tool Heated Boot Insoleshttp://www.ventureheat.com/power-sports/46-motorcycle-heated-insoles.html Touring Underwear http://www.advpulse.com/adv-products/moto-skiveez-padded-motorcycle-shorts/ Thor MotorCross Socks Cruz Tools Outback'r Folding motorcycle tool WANNA RENT A BIKE?  GOT A BIKE TO RENT? Check out Riders Share - I already listed a couple of our bikes...we'll see what happens. https://www.riders-share.com/Support the showRemember folks...Ride Fast and Take Chances!