Things NOBODY WARNS You About Motorcycling

Hinzugefügt: 2026-05-28

[00:00:00]Riding a motorcycle is beautiful. The sound of a motorcycle is beautiful.

[00:00:06]Riding a motorcycle is very freeing.

[00:00:08]It's beautiful. It makes you feel good.

[00:00:11]Uh it makes you feel good even when you're down. There's a lot of benefits to motorcycleycling. Okay. But I'm in this video, I'm going to tell you what I hate about motorcycles here in 2026. How you doing, officer?

[00:00:23]>> Let's go for a ride.

[00:00:27]>> Subscribe today. This should not deter you from getting a motorcycle, but it's something to keep in mind and maybe some motorcycles that you'd want to avoid.

[00:00:37]But anyways, before I get out here on the filthy streets of Cleveland and tell you what I hate about motorcycles, which is kind of tough to do, but I'm keeping it real in this video, as I always do.

[00:00:49]Uh, make sure you're wearing the gear to stay safe. going to have links to all of my awesome gear like this ultra lightweight carbon fiber helmet that comes with an automatic tin shield, my moto vlog camera airbag vest to help keep you safe. Never leave home without a C armor jacket keep me cool shorty gloves. Links to all my gear is in the description and comment section of this video. But I'm going to tell you this guys, the number one thing that I hate about motorcycles, [snorts] okay, is uh sport bikes, superb bikes, super sports attract cops.

[00:01:29]>> All units, be advised, we have a proceed. Oh, >> I just put it on first gear. I wasn't speeding. I was going to speed limit.

[00:01:39]I just saw you come out of here.

[00:01:41]>> Yeah.

[00:01:41]>> See your license, please.

[00:01:42]>> What are you doing back there?

[00:01:44]>> I was filming for a ghost town.

[00:01:48]>> How you doing, officer?

[00:01:49]>> Show down. The bike appears not to match your plate. All right.

[00:01:53]>> All right. I changed the fairings. I think he may have caught me, though.

[00:02:00]Uh-oh.

[00:02:01]>> Have you on radar at 60 mph coming on the park back there? That's the most irritating thing that I've dealt with with motorcycle riding is when I had the CBR 600RR.

[00:02:13]I used to get tailed by cops pulled over for BS. One cop pulled me over. He claims that he thought maybe I was riding a stolen motorcycle, which was total BS. How do you just pull somebody?

[00:02:24]How in the hell do you know it's a you you see my If he punched in the tag on my bike, the plates connected to this a CBR. It was a CBR 600RR. It was total BS. I used to get tailed all the time and I got sick of it, man. Uh not only that, getting tickets and then uh put it, you know, having close calls and that's why so many riders get killed out here speeding. So, I'm glad I got rid of it and I learned to cruise out here. And I got a bike that actually the cops never bothered me on my MTL7. Knock on wood. Uh my YZ450X custom superval, never bothered. Cruiser, never bothered.

[00:03:02]uh the sport bikes all the time. So, that's one thing I hate about it. I don't know about in your area, but here in Ohio, they like cruisers. They do not like sport bikes here. The cops I'm talking about, man. I don't know what it is, but one time I had a cop that pulled me over. He said, "Why was I going too slow?" I said, "Cuz it was like 20° outside." He's like, "Oh, yeah. Yeah, it's cold out here." I said, "Mama, what you pulling me over for?" Cuz I'm How do you pull somebody for going? I wasn't going like 10 miles an hour. I was doing 25 like 30 and a 35. Like seriously, come on, man. It's BS. But anyways, another thing that I hate about motorcycles is uh I hate and this is again superbikes and the really fast powerful bikes is they will burn you to death in the summertime. Right now it's like almost 90 degrees here in Cleveland right now here in May. And it, you know, it it burns you up, bro. That heat coming radiating from that high performance engine. God forbid you're on a Ducatti uh race Ducati Panagal V4 or the V2, man, that thing will cook your balls.

[00:04:16]Um, that's what I hate. Yeah, that's what you know, they're great in the winter time, though. They will heat you up in the winter time, but a lot of people don't ride in the winter time.

[00:04:26]But anyways, another thing that I hate about motorcycles, honestly, even though I I'm a big advocate for wearing a helmet, and you better wear a helmet.

[00:04:35]Don't ride without one. Don't be a fool.

[00:04:38]But one thing about a helmet I hate is that it messes your it can mess your face up and your hair. You got these lines. It pushes pushes lines or you get you got sensitive skin like mine. You get some redness. It goes away after a few minute, you know, like 10 minutes or so. But you pull your helmet off, your hair is sticking up or so. If you got longer hair, I guess you got shorter hair, you can bypass that. You got like a crew cut or something, you can get by.

[00:05:05]But if you got longer hair at all, boy, it's going to jack it up. But you know what? You got to wear the helmet. And this is one of the best helmets out of all the helmets that I've had, guys.

[00:05:14]This one is really comfortable. Doesn't squeeze your cheeks like a vice grip.

[00:05:19]It's lightweight. It's got the tinted shield on there. But anyways, another thing that I hate about uh motorcycles is I hate that cars often times don't see us out here, man.

[00:05:34]Oh. Oh, man. That's what they say after they they pull out in front of you and and and cause a major accident or they hit you from the back, they say they don't see you. Uh but often times that's because a lot of riders are wearing all black. If they wear high viz, it irritates the eye. That can oftentimes help you be seen a little better. I even and I even had a a guy in a truck that pulled up to me once that had he said, "You're smart for wearing high viz.

[00:06:04]That's good. Thank you.

[00:06:08]That's good. Thank you."

[00:06:10]>> And uh he saw me like a mile away with the high viz. And when I'm in my car and I see a rare biker that's got high vid, I see him clear down a mile down the street, man. Uh, one time, well, I almost came I almost hit a guy a biker in all black once, man, at night. That's the dumbest thing you could do is wear all black. But yeah, I hate it. And that's why you have to ride as though every car doesn't see you out here. You have to ride defensively. Every car that's getting ready to make a left turn, you got to treat it as though that car is going to pull out in front of you. What are you going to do? What I do all sometimes I recommend you rev the throttle before you approach the car.

[00:06:48]You hit the horn. You pay attention to their eyes. If they're looking at you, you look at their wheels to see if it's moving. Be ready to swerve or stop or or make or or don't even go past them if you feel like he's going to pull out.

[00:07:02]But you have to see every car as though they're going to to kill you and assume that they don't see you. That's what I hate about motorcycles. But it is what it is. Another thing that I hate about motorcycles, but it's not really the motorcycles fault, but I hate to see the dbags on the motorcycles. [laughter] I hate to see these these guys out here that think their Harley is the best thing on the road and you're riding uh crap. You know what I'm saying? Uh or or sport bike riders thinking talking smack against Harley riders and and you know, being disrespectful, not waving to them as they come by and stuff. It goes both ways, guys. But I hate to see the douchebaggery of mo motorcycle riding and and egotism and just hatism. You know what I'm saying? I hate it. I hate to see that cuz I'm cool with everybody.

[00:07:53]I I love I have respect for every anybody out here on two wheels out here, man. Because uh it takes a special skill to stay safe out here on two wheels riding with traffic, man. And uh you're you're brave. You're brave. But if you ride smart, you'll be just fine. Another thing that I don't like about motorcycles is I hate that most of them don't have self-cancelling turn signals like mo like nearly all cars have. So you guys clown on me when I leave a turn signal on.

[00:08:26]And I should know better. Look at this road. Look at this. Look at that divot.

[00:08:30]That uh pothole. My god. That should have its own zip code, man. That's ridiculous. All these big taxes we pay, man. Man, I'm paying like $5,000 a year in property tax and they can't even fix the roads. But anyways, they need to put self-cancelling turn signals on motorcycles, man. Uh, another thing that I don't like about motorcycleycling is having to wear earplugs. You got to wear earplugs, though, man. Uh, a lot of you guys don't want to wear earplugs, but you have to cuz it will end you will end up with tonitis and hearing damage. It's not a question of if, it's a question of when. Um, but that's just something extra you got to do. Uh, extra gear. You got to include that in your regular gear is you got to include earplugs. But you can ride a whole lot more uh stress-free with earplugs. I mean, cuz it's when you hear constant wind noise. I don't know how in the hell you guys ride with that constant wind noise. It's horrible.

[00:09:35]There's no such thing as a safe hel a quiet helmet, guys. Okay? Some helmets are a little bit quieter than others, but none of them will truly protect your hearing, man. So, you have to wear earplugs. And if you don't, you're doing a disservice to your ears, and you will have to me that would be horrible to have ringing in your ears every day of your life. I know some people, they live with it, and it's just how it is. But you can prevent it, fool. Put some earplugs in. But hey, that's I don't like it that we had that's another piece of gear we got to wear. But you got to do it. But none of this stuff that I'm saying here should detract you from riding a motorcycle, man. [laughter] You know what I'm saying? None of it.

[00:10:16]And uh just get out here and ride. And there's many more benefits. I can go on and on and on about the benefits of motorcycles. Way more way more pros than cons, I'll tell you that. Um, obviously I don't like to see people getting killed on motorcycles. That's probably should be number one about motorcycleycling is uh yeah, I don't want to see I hate to see riders getting killed, but a lot of time it's the riders getting killed is because of of lack of skill or they're not wearing the full gear.

[00:10:45]Number one is they usually speed. So I usually chalk it off to lack, you know, those things why why the riders are getting killed out here. But I hate to see it, you know, because the motorcycles get demonized and it's not the motorcycles fault, it's the biker's fault. But anyways, guys, leave a comment below. Let's talk about what do you hate and love about motorcycles. I want to hear what you guys got to say.

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