1 00:00:02,070 --> 00:00:03,200 [woman] This is... 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:05,870 -Hi! Missed you. -Hi. 3 00:00:05,870 --> 00:00:08,270 -Oh, my goodness. -[man] She doesn't like Dad. 4 00:00:08,270 --> 00:00:09,830 -[woman] No. [laughs] -[Jason] Really? 5 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:13,570 Oh, bro, it's epic. 6 00:00:13,570 --> 00:00:16,870 It's a JD... JD Knucklehead Chief. 7 00:00:16,870 --> 00:00:17,830 [Jeremiah] Indian, yeah. 8 00:00:17,830 --> 00:00:20,570 -It's a JD Knucklehead Indian Chief. -Yep. 9 00:00:20,570 --> 00:00:22,130 It's a good name, dude. 10 00:00:22,130 --> 00:00:23,830 [Jeremiah chuckles sheepishly] 11 00:00:23,830 --> 00:00:25,270 [Jason] "Chief of the Knuckleheads." 12 00:00:25,270 --> 00:00:26,200 Wow. 13 00:00:29,130 --> 00:00:30,230 It's a really special moment, 14 00:00:30,230 --> 00:00:34,430 because... I've always wanted '36s. 15 00:00:34,430 --> 00:00:37,630 And this is the reason why, um... 16 00:00:37,630 --> 00:00:39,330 When I first saw this bike, 17 00:00:40,130 --> 00:00:41,730 I wanted to have a '36. 18 00:00:41,730 --> 00:00:44,030 And so, when I told Jeremiah, I said, "I want to have... 19 00:00:44,030 --> 00:00:45,930 I want to have six '36s." 20 00:00:45,930 --> 00:00:47,430 -[chuckles] Bullshit. -[chortles] 21 00:00:47,430 --> 00:00:49,100 And Jeremiah goes, "That's impossible. 22 00:00:49,100 --> 00:00:51,870 You're not going to be able to get six '36s. I've only seen a couple." 23 00:00:51,870 --> 00:00:55,770 And so, my goal has been to get six '36s, 24 00:00:55,770 --> 00:00:57,070 only because he's my little brother 25 00:00:57,070 --> 00:00:58,130 -and I just want to spite him. -Pfft. 26 00:00:58,130 --> 00:01:00,270 ["Whenever I May Roam" playing] 27 00:01:21,230 --> 00:01:24,900 ♪ And the road becomes my bride ♪ 28 00:01:24,900 --> 00:01:28,570 ♪ I have stripped of all but pride ♪ 29 00:01:28,570 --> 00:01:32,230 ♪ So in her I do confide ♪ 30 00:01:32,230 --> 00:01:35,700 ♪ Off the beaten path I reign ♪ 31 00:01:36,270 --> 00:01:38,100 ♪ Rover wanderer ♪ 32 00:01:38,100 --> 00:01:40,030 ♪ Nomad vagabond ♪ 33 00:01:40,030 --> 00:01:43,270 ♪ Call me what you will ♪ 34 00:01:45,270 --> 00:01:49,670 ♪ Wherever I may roam ♪ 35 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:57,400 [song gradually fades away] ♪ Wherever I may roam, yeah ♪ 36 00:01:59,330 --> 00:02:04,130 I think the genesis for, uh, doing six '36s, is, uh... 37 00:02:04,130 --> 00:02:05,730 It just kind of came out of a... 38 00:02:06,830 --> 00:02:10,200 I guess Jeremiah just giving me guff 39 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:12,770 about it not being possible. 40 00:02:12,770 --> 00:02:14,870 He's never seen six '36s. 41 00:02:14,870 --> 00:02:17,470 Being able to find six '36s this quickly 42 00:02:17,470 --> 00:02:19,330 and be able to make these kind of bikes, 43 00:02:19,330 --> 00:02:21,700 um, you know, it's the first year of the Knucklehead. 44 00:02:21,700 --> 00:02:24,470 I have an obsession with the Knucklehead motor. 45 00:02:24,470 --> 00:02:26,270 You might call it a problem. 46 00:02:26,270 --> 00:02:28,530 Especially the ones from 1936. 47 00:02:28,530 --> 00:02:31,330 They're so rare, they're the holy grails. 48 00:02:33,270 --> 00:02:35,600 I'm going to do something that's never been done before. 49 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:38,270 Get six of these historic '36 Knuckleheads 50 00:02:38,270 --> 00:02:42,730 on the road together with my friends, and do one epic ride. 51 00:02:42,730 --> 00:02:46,300 The first four of the '36s, I've already built with some amazing craftsmen, 52 00:02:46,300 --> 00:02:49,770 like Big Scott Stopnik, and Socco Obestein. 53 00:02:51,370 --> 00:02:54,530 Now, I'm asking Jeremiah and Max to come on this journey with me 54 00:02:54,530 --> 00:02:56,270 and build bikes 5 and 6. 55 00:03:00,270 --> 00:03:01,730 [Jeremiah] I love Knuckleheads. 56 00:03:02,930 --> 00:03:05,270 But, Knuckleheads now are... 57 00:03:05,270 --> 00:03:09,630 not as easy to come by as they were 15 years ago. 58 00:03:09,630 --> 00:03:14,100 The parts we're finding now are just completely stuff that was... trashed. 59 00:03:14,100 --> 00:03:15,770 I love the fixing of it, of... 60 00:03:15,770 --> 00:03:17,570 fixing something that was totally broken 61 00:03:17,570 --> 00:03:19,530 and putting it back together. 62 00:03:20,830 --> 00:03:22,200 [Jason] Jeremiah's... 63 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:24,370 unfuckingbelievable. He does everything. 64 00:03:24,830 --> 00:03:25,800 He knows everything. 65 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:27,470 Some people are style, 66 00:03:27,470 --> 00:03:30,470 some people rebuild every part of it. Some people do everything. 67 00:03:30,470 --> 00:03:31,700 Jeremiah does everything. 68 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,970 [Jeremiah] The thing with old engines is... 69 00:03:35,970 --> 00:03:38,300 or anything old, like, this stuff isn't new. 70 00:03:38,300 --> 00:03:41,670 Like... We're fixing it, yes. But it has to be... 71 00:03:42,900 --> 00:03:44,070 It has to be broken in. 72 00:03:44,070 --> 00:03:46,730 This is a mechanical, like, being right here. 73 00:03:46,730 --> 00:03:48,970 And all these things ha-- 74 00:03:48,970 --> 00:03:51,730 It's like joints in your body, everything has to warm up. 75 00:03:51,730 --> 00:03:53,800 And like... Like, I don't know, it's like... 76 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:56,030 For when an engine is rebirthed after you rebuild it, 77 00:03:56,030 --> 00:03:57,830 people that only rebuild engines know this. 78 00:03:57,830 --> 00:04:02,330 Like, every piece has to be fit and sized and... 79 00:04:02,330 --> 00:04:05,970 And everything has to wear in to where it finds that spot 80 00:04:05,970 --> 00:04:08,770 to where it wants to live, and operate like a... 81 00:04:08,770 --> 00:04:11,100 like a well-tuned athlete, you know? 82 00:04:11,100 --> 00:04:14,330 And if you don't take that time to break them in... 83 00:04:14,330 --> 00:04:15,830 Some people say, "Ah, I just build a motor, 84 00:04:15,830 --> 00:04:17,330 and I just get on the road and go." 85 00:04:17,330 --> 00:04:19,700 All right, well, more power to you. 86 00:04:19,700 --> 00:04:21,670 [Jason] He's, uh, opened a world to me 87 00:04:21,670 --> 00:04:23,300 that I just knew nothing about. 88 00:04:24,300 --> 00:04:26,600 Our families are extremely close, 89 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:27,830 and I love them with all my heart. 90 00:04:27,830 --> 00:04:29,330 And so, he's done a lot of things for me 91 00:04:29,330 --> 00:04:30,800 and I've done a lot of things for him, 92 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:33,300 just trying to help each other's careers and help each other out. 93 00:04:33,300 --> 00:04:36,500 He's like a little brother to me, and, uh... 94 00:04:36,500 --> 00:04:38,730 I love giving him shit. [chuckles mischievously] 95 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,030 This is my oldest hen. This is Jewel. 96 00:04:42,630 --> 00:04:44,370 She's seven. 97 00:04:44,370 --> 00:04:48,630 She's a little beat up, but... [chuckles] she's our oldest girl. 98 00:04:48,630 --> 00:04:50,130 -[chuckles sheepishly] -[Jason] She's like my... my bikes. 99 00:04:50,130 --> 00:04:51,970 -I like 'em-- -[Jeremiah chuckles] A little torn up. 100 00:04:51,970 --> 00:04:54,670 A little torn up, and got lots of personality. 101 00:04:54,670 --> 00:04:57,570 [Jeremiah] The thing with building a chopper is... 102 00:04:57,570 --> 00:05:00,200 It's a blank canvas for you to do whatever you want. 103 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:01,500 You know, you can either fabricate 104 00:05:01,500 --> 00:05:04,000 every single piece on the entire bike, 105 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:07,630 or you could just piece together what you have, and make it your own. 106 00:05:10,770 --> 00:05:13,600 [indistinct conversation] 107 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:15,170 -[Max] Natural yarn. -Whoa! 108 00:05:15,170 --> 00:05:17,200 -[man] God. Geez. -[woman] Wow! 109 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:19,700 -What an amazing space! -[softly] Yeah. 110 00:05:19,700 --> 00:05:23,230 So, my vert ramp was... started here, and went there. 111 00:05:23,230 --> 00:05:26,070 -Now there's the ring back here. -You had a 12-foot, good... 112 00:05:26,070 --> 00:05:27,530 -Twelve-foot vert ramp? -Yeah. 113 00:05:27,530 --> 00:05:30,700 -I had a full vert ramp back here. -[woman] Yeah. Yeah. 114 00:05:30,700 --> 00:05:31,970 And Mom was cool with it. 115 00:05:31,970 --> 00:05:35,130 I grew up skating inside of a warehouse... 116 00:05:35,130 --> 00:05:37,230 An old ironworks building... 117 00:05:37,230 --> 00:05:40,830 A ramp that my mom let me build inside the house. 118 00:05:40,830 --> 00:05:43,830 So, that... I was alone, or with her boyfriend, 119 00:05:43,830 --> 00:05:47,470 skating... six, seven days a week. 120 00:05:47,470 --> 00:05:48,570 -Curves to that. -It goes to like... It was, like, 121 00:05:48,570 --> 00:05:50,430 -built right... -Wall to wall, dude. 122 00:05:50,430 --> 00:05:53,200 -In fact... -[Jason] You could like, hit the rafters, basically? 123 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:54,570 I did it. Yeah. 124 00:05:54,570 --> 00:05:56,530 [Max] You see how that one's cut out? 125 00:05:56,530 --> 00:05:59,170 -I cut it out because it was in the way. -[chuckles] 126 00:05:59,170 --> 00:06:03,200 You'd have to air over it, which was like a 6-foot air. 127 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:04,700 -So, yeah... [continues indistinctly] -[Jason] Max was like... 128 00:06:04,700 --> 00:06:07,770 He just carries this vibe with him, where it's... 129 00:06:07,770 --> 00:06:09,100 I mean, everything he touches... 130 00:06:09,100 --> 00:06:12,100 I mean, like, his style in skateboarding just blows me away, 131 00:06:12,100 --> 00:06:13,930 and what he can do. And then, what he brought 132 00:06:13,930 --> 00:06:15,430 to the... the motorcycle industry, 133 00:06:15,430 --> 00:06:18,470 his clean lines, just the way his... his paint jobs. 134 00:06:18,470 --> 00:06:19,670 And, I mean, when I first saw 135 00:06:19,670 --> 00:06:22,270 the first 4Q bike, I was like, "What is this?" 136 00:06:22,270 --> 00:06:26,100 He just changed the game. I'd be like, "Man, this guy is unbelievable." 137 00:06:26,100 --> 00:06:28,330 I think as a skater, you learn 138 00:06:28,330 --> 00:06:29,730 "Failure is okay," 139 00:06:29,730 --> 00:06:33,270 because you fail repeatedly to learn something. 140 00:06:33,270 --> 00:06:36,170 My first bike, I'm actually not really embarrassed about, 141 00:06:36,170 --> 00:06:38,300 but I see a ton of flaws in it. 142 00:06:38,300 --> 00:06:40,470 I think that's the thing about skaters, 143 00:06:40,470 --> 00:06:43,230 they make great photographers. There's a lot of skaters 144 00:06:43,230 --> 00:06:45,400 that are amazing photographers because... 145 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:47,530 skaters speak that alien language to everyone. 146 00:06:47,530 --> 00:06:51,000 They look at a set of stairs or a... a bank, and they're like, 147 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,700 "Oh, man, look at that! That's insane." 148 00:06:53,700 --> 00:06:56,800 Well, then you want to shoot it, and you want it to look good. 149 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:58,670 I know that transfers into this. 150 00:06:58,670 --> 00:07:02,270 I mean, you... you're looking at the lines of everything. 151 00:07:02,270 --> 00:07:06,570 And... you just switch a rear tire sometimes on a bike, 152 00:07:06,570 --> 00:07:08,700 and you're like, [exhaling] "Oh, there it is. [slaps thighs] Finally." 153 00:07:08,700 --> 00:07:11,270 You know, and like, for two months, you looked at it, like, 154 00:07:11,270 --> 00:07:13,370 "What the fuck is wrong with this thing?" 155 00:07:13,370 --> 00:07:15,000 It was just the tire, 156 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:18,670 or the size, you know, if... 16 versus an 18. 157 00:07:18,670 --> 00:07:20,500 And... [snaps fingers] bam, that's it. 158 00:07:22,470 --> 00:07:25,970 [Jason] Max definitely paved his own way in skateboarding, 159 00:07:25,970 --> 00:07:30,370 and I... I can relate to that, as a... as a skateboarder growing up, 160 00:07:30,370 --> 00:07:31,770 because it gave me that eye. 161 00:07:33,030 --> 00:07:35,130 But it's never been on the level that he is. 162 00:07:35,130 --> 00:07:36,670 It's al-- It's always very inspirational 163 00:07:36,670 --> 00:07:39,570 to see how he's transferred that into his art form now. 164 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:06,300 All right. So... 165 00:08:06,300 --> 00:08:08,230 -[strains] -[rumbling] 166 00:08:08,230 --> 00:08:11,330 Here is our next project. [exhales] 167 00:08:12,270 --> 00:08:14,070 it's the... [sighs] 168 00:08:14,830 --> 00:08:17,030 fifth '36. 169 00:08:17,030 --> 00:08:19,570 -[Jeremiah] Number five. -This is... That is number five. 170 00:08:19,570 --> 00:08:22,230 I want to throw it in something that... 171 00:08:22,230 --> 00:08:26,170 -um, that's pretty awesome. -Another crusty old bike? 172 00:08:26,170 --> 00:08:27,770 It's not another crusty, old bike. 173 00:08:27,770 --> 00:08:30,330 -[Jeremiah giggling] -No. It was a pristine, beautiful bike, 174 00:08:30,330 --> 00:08:31,630 but it wasn't '66. 175 00:08:31,630 --> 00:08:35,230 So, the history of it... I bought it. 176 00:08:35,230 --> 00:08:37,830 It's a show bike. I asked for permission. 177 00:08:37,830 --> 00:08:42,870 I said, "If I bought this, is it okay if I could remove this motor? 178 00:08:42,870 --> 00:08:44,800 Like, I love show bikes. You know me, 179 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:46,930 I love all these vintage old bikes, but I want to ride 'em." 180 00:08:46,930 --> 00:08:48,330 -I... -So you had a survivor show bike? 181 00:08:48,330 --> 00:08:52,030 Yes, because the person who made it was a painter, who's amazing. 182 00:08:52,030 --> 00:08:55,370 -It's an amazing-- -Okay. So, '60 is an amazing show bike. Okay. 183 00:08:55,370 --> 00:08:57,400 -W-- What it... I wanna... I want to see it. -[Jason tittering] 184 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:01,130 Quicksilver is this super famous bike. I've seen it all the time. 185 00:09:01,130 --> 00:09:03,870 You know, it was really scary, 'cause I'm like, "This is sacrilegious," 186 00:09:03,870 --> 00:09:04,770 and then I'm like... 187 00:09:05,330 --> 00:09:06,470 I already have permission. 188 00:09:06,470 --> 00:09:07,770 So, don't be like, [whining] "Ooh, you can't--" 189 00:09:07,770 --> 00:09:09,630 And you're gonna mess with an original show bike, though? 190 00:09:09,630 --> 00:09:10,830 -Okay. -It's not the original motor. 191 00:09:10,830 --> 00:09:12,270 -Okay, okay. -So, but there... Here's the thing, 192 00:09:12,270 --> 00:09:14,630 like, the motor's massive. It's like... You'll, like, burn your ass off, 193 00:09:14,630 --> 00:09:18,170 and it's like the... It... It's... It's just for show. I'd rather ride it. 194 00:09:18,170 --> 00:09:19,830 -Okay. -And so, if we're making '36s, 195 00:09:19,830 --> 00:09:24,070 I'm asking if we can take this, put it in that. Okay? 196 00:09:24,070 --> 00:09:25,900 I'll take it down to Jeremiah, 197 00:09:25,900 --> 00:09:28,530 get the motors, put it all together, surprise Jeremiah. 198 00:09:28,530 --> 00:09:30,700 And he just... I mean, you're talking to a... 199 00:09:30,700 --> 00:09:32,630 Dude, this is a very famous bike. 200 00:09:32,630 --> 00:09:35,970 The Quicksilver was built by a guy, Dean Lanza, 201 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:37,800 that was, uh... 202 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:42,030 He has a cool, uh, roster of choppers that he built, 203 00:09:42,030 --> 00:09:44,270 and they became fairly collectible. 204 00:09:44,270 --> 00:09:46,300 All right. I'm going to reel it up. Okay? 205 00:09:46,300 --> 00:09:47,830 -[Jeremiah] Okay. -[imitates babbling] 206 00:09:47,830 --> 00:09:49,100 Stay. Don't look. 207 00:09:49,100 --> 00:09:50,700 -All right. I'm not looking. I'm turning around. -Don't look. 208 00:09:50,700 --> 00:09:53,070 -[Jason] Close your eyes! -They're closed. I'm turned around. 209 00:09:55,230 --> 00:10:00,100 [Max] It's... Looks like a drag bike, but it's a chopper. 210 00:10:00,100 --> 00:10:02,270 And everything's kind of molded, 211 00:10:02,270 --> 00:10:04,700 so that it looks like it's one piece. 212 00:10:04,700 --> 00:10:09,530 It is its name. It looks like this quick-moving piece of silver. 213 00:10:09,530 --> 00:10:11,400 -You ready? -[Jason] Okay. 214 00:10:11,900 --> 00:10:13,070 [exclaims loudly] 215 00:10:15,330 --> 00:10:16,530 [softly] Fuck, that is... 216 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:24,370 -[Jason] Quicksilver, baby. -[chuckles] 217 00:10:24,370 --> 00:10:27,330 Oh, my God. The history of this bike is insane. 218 00:10:27,330 --> 00:10:31,770 The first time I saw The Quicksilver, I was blown away. 219 00:10:31,770 --> 00:10:34,970 [Jason] Dean Lanza built Quicksilver back in the late 1960s, 220 00:10:34,970 --> 00:10:37,470 and it's probably his most unique creation. 221 00:10:38,100 --> 00:10:39,670 It was a revolutionary design, 222 00:10:39,670 --> 00:10:41,800 and cemented its place in bike folklore 223 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:43,530 as the "grandfather of choppers." 224 00:10:44,330 --> 00:10:45,670 There's tons of articles about it. 225 00:10:45,670 --> 00:10:47,430 It's a beautiful bike, it's a Pan. 226 00:10:47,430 --> 00:10:49,930 [Jeremiah] It's one of the baddest show bikes on the planet. Like... 227 00:10:49,930 --> 00:10:51,700 It's just so fluid. 228 00:10:51,700 --> 00:10:53,600 [Jason] I won't take anything away from it. 229 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:56,100 It's beautiful. It's sacrilegious. 230 00:10:56,100 --> 00:10:58,700 But it isn't the real motor. It isn't the one that went with it. 231 00:10:59,230 --> 00:11:00,630 And it's a chopper. 232 00:11:00,630 --> 00:11:01,900 It's a chopper. 233 00:11:01,900 --> 00:11:04,070 So, it's also just to go like, 234 00:11:04,070 --> 00:11:06,870 "Look what I got, bro. Let's... Let's make something with this." 235 00:11:06,870 --> 00:11:09,170 And he gets excited about it, and like, "What are you doing? 236 00:11:09,170 --> 00:11:10,370 What do you mean we can't do this?" And I'm like, 237 00:11:10,370 --> 00:11:12,000 "Well, it's not the real motor." And he's like, 238 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:16,400 "I guess... Is it not?" It's like, it's, you know, that was that one man's dream. 239 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:19,200 And I'm like, "It's just evolving. I'm not gonna paint it black." 240 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:20,570 -And it's like... -[Jeremiah] Yeah, let's do it. 241 00:11:20,570 --> 00:11:21,870 Let's... Yeah. Right? 242 00:11:21,870 --> 00:11:24,230 -Let's do it. [chuckles] -Right, baby. 243 00:11:24,230 --> 00:11:25,900 -Yeah, I'd love to... -But look at that. But look. 244 00:11:25,900 --> 00:11:29,400 '36... A '36 Knuckle in that. 245 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:31,370 One of the '36s, like, if we're gonna take... 246 00:11:31,370 --> 00:11:34,900 we've taken a historical bike and that... that paint job, what it's known for, 247 00:11:34,900 --> 00:11:36,200 But I want to ride the goddamn thing. 248 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:38,400 That's the thing, is when I buy these bikes, 249 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:39,670 I don't want it to sit in a museum. 250 00:11:39,670 --> 00:11:41,570 I want to ride 'em, I want to shoot 'em, I want to film it, 251 00:11:41,570 --> 00:11:45,470 I wanna... I mean, life is short. I want to do this. 252 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:47,830 Bro, that's dope. 253 00:11:49,630 --> 00:11:52,530 Fifth. The fifth '36. 254 00:11:52,530 --> 00:11:54,330 Dean Lanza, the guy who built it, 255 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:59,730 I mean, you can just look, uh, uh... at fabricated gas tanks 256 00:11:59,730 --> 00:12:01,330 from scratch, and fenders from scratch. 257 00:12:01,330 --> 00:12:05,930 And looking at his fabrication and his paint skills, and... 258 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:08,370 When I saw that bike... 259 00:12:08,370 --> 00:12:10,770 -[speaking indistinctly] -...like, I've seen it for years, you know? 260 00:12:10,770 --> 00:12:12,800 But I've never got to see it in person 261 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:16,330 to where I get to spend like hours and hours, and hours, and hours, 262 00:12:16,330 --> 00:12:18,570 and hours of looking at a creation 263 00:12:18,570 --> 00:12:21,400 that was created 50-something years ago. 264 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:22,770 All right. Well, let's take this bike, 265 00:12:22,770 --> 00:12:24,400 and I want to put a Knuckle in it. 266 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:25,830 It will fit with what we're doing. 267 00:12:26,430 --> 00:12:27,600 "Are you guys cool with it?" 268 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:29,100 He's like, "Yeah, I think it'd be awesome. 269 00:12:29,100 --> 00:12:30,370 And we can ride it." And I'm like, 270 00:12:30,370 --> 00:12:33,070 "It's pretty impossible to ride it the way that it is." 271 00:12:33,070 --> 00:12:34,400 -[Jeremiah] Rock it all the way towards... -[clatters] 272 00:12:39,070 --> 00:12:41,930 [Max] It's like a Jimi Hendrix song. 273 00:12:41,930 --> 00:12:43,230 Your... You know, like a good one 274 00:12:43,230 --> 00:12:44,800 you hadn't heard, where you're like, 275 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:49,170 I remember seeing that, and I was like, uh... "Whoa! That's..." 276 00:12:49,170 --> 00:12:51,900 It's special. It's a... It's a cool thing. 277 00:12:51,900 --> 00:12:54,100 I don't know how to describe it, 278 00:12:54,100 --> 00:12:56,500 uh, aside from that it's... it looks 279 00:12:56,500 --> 00:12:59,130 -like a drag bike, chopper. -[man] Whoo! We'll get it rolling. 280 00:12:59,130 --> 00:13:00,930 -[imperceptible] -[girl] Yeah. 281 00:13:00,930 --> 00:13:03,600 [Jason] I was like, "This is an amazing piece and I want to ride it. 282 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:05,030 Let's... Let's do it." 283 00:13:05,030 --> 00:13:06,530 And so, I think everyone kind of got behind it. 284 00:13:06,530 --> 00:13:08,330 I'm sure people are going to be pissed, but, I mean... 285 00:13:10,030 --> 00:13:10,970 [murmuring softly] I don't know. 286 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:21,000 Originally, this thing had this, like, 10-over, wide glide. 287 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,670 It sat in the weather for 30 years. 288 00:13:23,670 --> 00:13:25,300 I wanted to switch it to a Springer. 289 00:13:25,300 --> 00:13:27,000 But I think the bike we're doing for you, 290 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:28,670 -it's perfect for that. -Absolutely. 291 00:13:28,670 --> 00:13:30,030 So, we'll rip it apart. 292 00:13:30,030 --> 00:13:31,970 -I mean, it... -But it's frozen as shit. 293 00:13:31,970 --> 00:13:33,630 -[Max] ...frozen to shit, yeah. -Yep. [sighs] 294 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,370 [hammering] 295 00:13:36,370 --> 00:13:37,970 -[Jason] Ooh. Oh, yeah. -[Max] Oh, yeah! 296 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,200 [sizzling] 297 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:45,530 [Jason] Whoo. 298 00:13:45,530 --> 00:13:48,100 It's like we're making Thor's hammer. 299 00:13:48,100 --> 00:13:50,100 [cackles and sizzling] 300 00:13:50,100 --> 00:13:55,730 [hissing] 301 00:13:55,730 --> 00:13:58,700 -[loud hammering] -[Jason] Look at this. 302 00:13:58,700 --> 00:14:00,570 -[tool hammering] -[growling] Ah! 303 00:14:00,570 --> 00:14:02,030 -[Max] Holy shit! -[smacks tool and laughs boisterously] 304 00:14:02,030 --> 00:14:03,470 -[Max chortles] -[exclaims] 305 00:14:03,470 --> 00:14:06,130 [growls] Yeah. 306 00:14:06,130 --> 00:14:07,730 -[objects clank] -[Max] This is the front fork, 307 00:14:07,730 --> 00:14:09,800 but it sat for so long outside, 308 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:12,830 it wouldn't fit in here with, hanging this up. 309 00:14:12,830 --> 00:14:14,600 I don't know if you can see in there. 310 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:17,030 -Jason's cleaning the floor. -[Jason] It's a lot of... 311 00:14:17,030 --> 00:14:19,230 That's a good man. Do you know what else he cleans? 312 00:14:19,230 --> 00:14:21,200 Is the little thing at the bottom of the sink. 313 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:24,470 The little strainer, it's the first thing I noticed about him. 314 00:14:24,470 --> 00:14:27,400 -He made tea, and he cleaned the strainer. -[grunts] 315 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:30,270 -[Jason] Raised by a woman. -I tried to marry him but... [chuckles sheepishly] 316 00:14:30,270 --> 00:14:32,100 -he said no. -[exclaims in exhaustion] 317 00:14:32,100 --> 00:14:36,730 So, uh... Basically, uh, 318 00:14:36,730 --> 00:14:38,700 -COVID happened. -Right. 319 00:14:38,700 --> 00:14:41,670 I couldn't be with you. Uh, we had to frame 320 00:14:41,670 --> 00:14:44,870 -'39 with a '40 motor. We're gonna make a 4Q bike. -Yep. 321 00:14:44,870 --> 00:14:49,130 -'40 4Q. -'40 4-- '40 4Q. And then, uh, 322 00:14:49,130 --> 00:14:51,730 we had a whole design set up for it, and it was gonna get nickel-plated. 323 00:14:51,730 --> 00:14:55,730 Yep. What happened was, I took the motor out, uh, you know, 324 00:14:55,730 --> 00:14:57,770 -to use for something else we use. -Yeah. 325 00:14:57,770 --> 00:15:00,900 You brought the '40 motor, and when I had the motor out of that frame, 326 00:15:00,900 --> 00:15:02,430 I noticed some damage. 327 00:15:02,430 --> 00:15:04,770 Uh, the old frames took a lot of abuse. 328 00:15:04,770 --> 00:15:07,930 -So, I sent it to a guy that's the best. -Yeah. 329 00:15:07,930 --> 00:15:12,270 Well, COVID happens. Six months turned into a year and a half. 330 00:15:12,270 --> 00:15:15,100 Uh, the guy had some unfortunate circumstances, 331 00:15:15,100 --> 00:15:18,100 -and then I thought, "Our... Our project's done." -Yeah. 332 00:15:18,100 --> 00:15:20,270 And the other day, I looked at my own bike. And I was like, 333 00:15:20,270 --> 00:15:22,070 "You know, this frame's perfect." 334 00:15:22,070 --> 00:15:24,030 Take my whole bike apart. 335 00:15:24,030 --> 00:15:25,370 -Give you the frame... -Yeah. 336 00:15:25,370 --> 00:15:26,970 ...and redo the project 337 00:15:26,970 --> 00:15:29,270 in a different style. We were doing nickel-plated... 338 00:15:29,270 --> 00:15:30,500 -Yeah. -...with a fancy paint. 339 00:15:30,500 --> 00:15:34,230 And now we're gonna do the best Bay Area crust. 340 00:15:34,230 --> 00:15:35,470 It's just kind of neat to go, 341 00:15:35,470 --> 00:15:39,200 -"Well, let's go pick through all the amazing..." -Yeah. 342 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:40,630 -"...collection of things that you have..." -Yeah. 343 00:15:40,630 --> 00:15:42,630 -Yeah. -"...build this sick, what your style is..." 344 00:15:42,630 --> 00:15:44,000 -Yeah. -"...maybe pull the Frisco." 345 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:45,400 Let me get some fenders out. 346 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:47,700 -Yeah. -I'll get on the ladder, and you say when. 347 00:15:47,700 --> 00:15:48,900 -Absolutely. -Okay. 348 00:15:50,830 --> 00:15:52,930 [Max] But I kind of have a fender problem, 349 00:15:52,930 --> 00:15:54,300 -just so you know. -[chuckles] 350 00:15:54,300 --> 00:15:58,600 This one... This one, maybe we make that. 351 00:15:59,470 --> 00:16:01,130 -Pink, with the... -Ooh. 352 00:16:01,130 --> 00:16:02,330 ...with the stripe. 353 00:16:02,330 --> 00:16:04,270 -The golden, uh... the stripe... -With the golden pearl. 354 00:16:04,270 --> 00:16:06,570 -[exhales] -[Max] Do the gold pearl down the peak. 355 00:16:06,570 --> 00:16:09,700 I love taking things blue and making them pink. I'm not gonna lie to you. 356 00:16:09,700 --> 00:16:11,200 -[Max] Yeah. -[object clanks softly] 357 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:13,230 -[Max] You hate blue. -[object clatters] 358 00:16:13,230 --> 00:16:14,770 -[man mutters indistinctly] -[Jason] Oh! 359 00:16:14,770 --> 00:16:17,430 -[groaning] Aw! -[groaning] Aw! 360 00:16:17,930 --> 00:16:19,530 There, bro. 361 00:16:19,530 --> 00:16:21,770 -That's fucking beautiful. -[man] Yeah, that's... 362 00:16:21,770 --> 00:16:23,730 [Max] That's, uh... We'll just stop there, 363 00:16:23,730 --> 00:16:26,870 'cause I don't want to embarrass anyone else's fender collection. 364 00:16:26,870 --> 00:16:28,370 -[gasping] Oh, man. -You know what I mean? 365 00:16:32,230 --> 00:16:36,230 [Max] So, this will be kind of a... bigger-boy bike. 366 00:16:36,230 --> 00:16:39,670 I'm gonna make something a little longer for you. 367 00:16:39,670 --> 00:16:44,170 -[Jason] Yep. -This is a tank that I just test-paint colors on, 368 00:16:44,170 --> 00:16:47,670 uh, to see, you know, how they spray out, 369 00:16:47,670 --> 00:16:50,800 so they won't look anything like this. 370 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:54,930 And then, you love that Frisco-mounted sporty tank. 371 00:16:55,430 --> 00:16:56,830 [Jason] Oh, yeah. 372 00:16:56,830 --> 00:16:58,900 One of the greatest things about being on this show, 373 00:16:58,900 --> 00:17:00,730 is you get to go to so many different studios, 374 00:17:00,730 --> 00:17:02,730 like craftsmen, artist studios. 375 00:17:02,730 --> 00:17:05,070 And you get to be in their world, the world that they created, 376 00:17:05,070 --> 00:17:07,200 what they're inspired by. 377 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:09,470 I get to create something with them. And so, 378 00:17:09,470 --> 00:17:12,030 it's definitely like these wonderful moments 379 00:17:12,030 --> 00:17:13,870 where I... it's like pinching yourself, where I'm like, 380 00:17:13,870 --> 00:17:17,600 "I'm starting to build a bike with Max, a 4Q, and I can't believe it." 381 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:20,230 [Max] Hey, guys. If this is how I go, 382 00:17:20,230 --> 00:17:22,270 -take care of Rachel. -[chuckles] 383 00:17:22,270 --> 00:17:23,230 -Booyah! -[Jason] Oh, yeah! 384 00:17:23,230 --> 00:17:25,830 -Okay. Oh, while I'm up here... -Yeah? 385 00:17:25,830 --> 00:17:30,000 -...pick a... pick a primary, any primary. -I'd take "Crusty Rusty." 386 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:31,370 -This guy, right? -Here. Right. 387 00:17:32,170 --> 00:17:33,370 This, this dude? 388 00:17:34,670 --> 00:17:37,330 -[exclaiming excitingly] Oh... Bro. -[softly] Yeah, that's it. 389 00:17:37,330 --> 00:17:39,500 What do they say? The "piece de resistance." 390 00:17:40,530 --> 00:17:42,500 Use my shoulders. [mumbles indistinctly] 391 00:17:42,500 --> 00:17:44,070 -"Sa-sa!" -[strains and laughs] 392 00:17:46,170 --> 00:17:48,130 I want to be able to have this someday. It's so... 393 00:17:48,130 --> 00:17:49,900 It's gotta be so cool to be able to come in here 394 00:17:49,900 --> 00:17:52,970 -and just go like, "Oh, what about this window?" -Oh, it's so nice. 395 00:17:52,970 --> 00:17:55,070 [Jason] It's wonderful to be in his shop 396 00:17:55,070 --> 00:17:57,700 and be able to pick all these little pieces, 397 00:17:57,700 --> 00:18:00,900 and it just finds its soul and its life. 398 00:18:02,170 --> 00:18:04,330 Someone that you look up to and who inspires you, 399 00:18:04,330 --> 00:18:06,670 and you're gonna go create this bike together. 400 00:18:06,670 --> 00:18:09,670 -I feel very blessed to be able to do this. -[Max] Cool? 401 00:18:09,670 --> 00:18:11,170 -[Jason] Super cool. -Cool. 402 00:18:11,170 --> 00:18:12,670 -All right. -So... 403 00:18:12,670 --> 00:18:14,330 -'40 4Q. -All right, on it. 404 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:17,670 Let's, uh... Let's do the paint. [claps] 405 00:18:26,500 --> 00:18:30,800 Max's style kicked off so many things in our community. 406 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:35,600 Growing up skating really kind of gives you this eye that is something of its own. 407 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:39,100 And I see that in his work, and I love how he brings it to his work. 408 00:18:41,500 --> 00:18:44,170 His paint jobs are unbelievable, 409 00:18:44,170 --> 00:18:46,600 and you can just stare at them. And they're so deep. 410 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,730 I just really admire, one, watching him paint, 411 00:18:54,730 --> 00:18:57,470 but, two, just the... the finished product of everything. 412 00:19:10,170 --> 00:19:11,270 He's teaching me how to paint, 413 00:19:11,270 --> 00:19:12,930 and it's just a wonderful experience 414 00:19:12,930 --> 00:19:15,200 to sit next to someone who's a master at it. 415 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:37,830 With Max, you can see, 416 00:19:37,830 --> 00:19:40,970 you know, his... his passion and love come into his craft. 417 00:19:47,130 --> 00:19:49,970 He's just so fucking cool, man. 418 00:19:49,970 --> 00:19:52,170 [inaudible] 419 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:57,470 There's people that come into your life, 420 00:19:57,470 --> 00:20:00,370 and they open your mind. 421 00:20:00,370 --> 00:20:03,900 They are a reflection of what you want to be. 422 00:20:03,900 --> 00:20:06,400 And I think Jeremiah and Max have that. 423 00:20:07,770 --> 00:20:10,100 It's weird to be like, "Hey, are you star-struck," 424 00:20:10,100 --> 00:20:11,730 when you meet, like, actors, and this and that. 425 00:20:11,730 --> 00:20:13,770 And different people, and I'm like, 426 00:20:13,770 --> 00:20:15,830 "I actually got start-struck meeting these guys." 427 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:20,400 [Jeremiah] The first time I met Max, 428 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:24,530 this was early in the days of the blog, and seeing him in Dice Magazine, 429 00:20:24,530 --> 00:20:26,870 I think dating back to 2005. 430 00:20:28,930 --> 00:20:31,370 I was just in love with his style, 431 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:33,200 his paint. 432 00:20:35,670 --> 00:20:37,470 He's just very creative. 433 00:20:39,500 --> 00:20:41,000 That he was a skateboarder, 434 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:43,900 and not that he was just a regular skateboarder, he was, like, 435 00:20:43,900 --> 00:20:47,000 amazing, like, skating with John Cardiel, 436 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,230 going on skate trips on the other part, like... 437 00:20:49,230 --> 00:20:50,570 This dude ain't just building bikes. 438 00:20:50,570 --> 00:20:52,900 This dude's a badass and he ain't no fake. 439 00:20:52,900 --> 00:20:54,870 This guy is as real as it gets. 440 00:20:56,430 --> 00:20:59,600 The first thing I ever saw of Jeremiah was on YouTube, 441 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:01,930 and it was, like, him kickstarting a bike. 442 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:11,130 And he had Vans on, and he had shorts on. 443 00:21:11,130 --> 00:21:13,130 But just from the way he walked and moved, 444 00:21:13,130 --> 00:21:15,370 I was like, "This dude skates." 445 00:21:15,370 --> 00:21:17,300 I respect that guy a lot, man. 446 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:21,930 'Cause he's... he's made it 447 00:21:21,930 --> 00:21:24,670 in the skateboarding world, which is, like... 448 00:21:24,670 --> 00:21:26,770 That's difficult, you know? 449 00:21:26,770 --> 00:21:28,230 And I was a skateboarder, 450 00:21:28,230 --> 00:21:30,930 and I still am a skateboarder. You can't ever give up on skating. I'm... 451 00:21:30,930 --> 00:21:34,870 I'm not what I used to be, but I watch Max, and he's, like, six years older than me, 452 00:21:34,870 --> 00:21:37,330 and he's still blasting his frickin' frontside airs 453 00:21:37,330 --> 00:21:39,430 with... Just killing it, you know? 454 00:21:44,170 --> 00:21:46,800 I think what makes Max so special is that he is, 455 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:49,300 uh, he's a pioneer, in the sense of a style. 456 00:21:49,300 --> 00:21:51,900 And he's perpetuating a... a style from the... 457 00:21:51,900 --> 00:21:55,530 the late '60s that no one really has, 458 00:21:55,530 --> 00:21:56,900 and he really lives it. 459 00:22:02,530 --> 00:22:05,330 He's an artist through and through. And I feel like 460 00:22:05,330 --> 00:22:09,930 my relationship to him is really fueled by his love for skateboarding, 461 00:22:09,930 --> 00:22:11,430 my love for skateboarding, 462 00:22:11,430 --> 00:22:16,000 and you know, him really bringing that flavor to motorcycles. 463 00:22:19,430 --> 00:22:21,000 [Max] Jeremiah, 464 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:24,400 he had asked me to paint something. 465 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:27,770 I... I asked him to paint... see if he could paint a gas tank for me. 466 00:22:29,500 --> 00:22:31,270 And there was no hesitation. He... 467 00:22:33,830 --> 00:22:37,200 From, like, the first time I started talking with Max... 468 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:40,900 I mean, we've all had our rough roads with friendships. 469 00:22:40,900 --> 00:22:42,430 But me and Max... 470 00:22:42,430 --> 00:22:46,900 Jeremiah was... got into the chopper thing 471 00:22:46,900 --> 00:22:48,770 shortly after I did, 472 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:51,900 and he started Love Cycles. 473 00:22:51,900 --> 00:22:54,530 And there wasn't a lot of us back then that were, like, 474 00:22:54,530 --> 00:22:56,030 under the age of 40. 475 00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:58,270 And Jeremiah, 476 00:22:58,270 --> 00:23:00,070 his first bike was cool. 477 00:23:01,130 --> 00:23:02,500 He did a good job. 478 00:23:02,500 --> 00:23:04,270 And so, I took notice. 479 00:23:04,270 --> 00:23:07,300 And then, uh, we were like fans of each other. 480 00:23:07,300 --> 00:23:10,130 And then we meet each other at a show, and... 481 00:23:10,130 --> 00:23:12,730 we've wrestled each other at every show ever since. 482 00:23:12,730 --> 00:23:15,970 And I think I've lost every wrestling match. [chuckles sheepishly] 483 00:23:15,970 --> 00:23:18,970 Yeah, I call him more than he calls me, just 'cause I get... 484 00:23:18,970 --> 00:23:22,170 Like, at 11:00 at night, I'll just be like, "I gotta... I gotta talk to him," and... 485 00:23:22,170 --> 00:23:23,400 He'll be like, "I'll talk to you tomorrow." 486 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:26,270 He just sends me selfies of himself with his shirt off. 487 00:23:26,270 --> 00:23:28,630 He's constantly sending me selfies. 488 00:23:28,630 --> 00:23:30,300 And I'll fuck with him. I'll be like, 489 00:23:30,300 --> 00:23:33,430 "Oh, another cute selfie from Jeremiah." 490 00:23:33,430 --> 00:23:35,600 And he nev-- He'll never stop. 491 00:23:37,670 --> 00:23:39,870 He's very old-fashioned. He loves his families. 492 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:44,000 He loves being a craftsman, and he's a pure soul. 493 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:50,230 [inspirational music playing] 494 00:23:50,230 --> 00:23:53,930 [Jason] It's rooted in his title, it's Love Cycles. Does everything. 495 00:23:53,930 --> 00:23:58,770 It's really inspiring, at the same time, he's just the most amazing family man. 496 00:23:58,770 --> 00:24:04,030 Max is being a skateboarder and just being an awesome human being and... 497 00:24:04,030 --> 00:24:07,970 You know, we've been able to ride motorcycles on the other side of the damn planet and... 498 00:24:07,970 --> 00:24:10,730 We've been able to meet some of the coolest people 499 00:24:10,730 --> 00:24:13,400 and become really good friends. 500 00:24:14,070 --> 00:24:17,100 It's a friendship... 501 00:24:17,100 --> 00:24:20,800 I love that guy, man. You know? 502 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:22,900 I can whoop his ass in wrestling, though. 503 00:24:22,900 --> 00:24:27,100 [laughs heartily] 504 00:24:33,370 --> 00:24:36,800 I bought this bike that had been in a fire and I restored it 505 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:40,970 and it ended up in the museum in Milwaukee. 506 00:24:40,970 --> 00:24:46,530 And I took it out of the museum a couple of months early to race it and... 507 00:24:46,530 --> 00:24:50,070 I was getting really good at building engines at that point in time of my life. 508 00:24:50,070 --> 00:24:53,470 I was... I was so nerded out of performance and-- 509 00:24:53,470 --> 00:24:56,970 I wanted to build everything and I wanted to build the fastest, most powerful 510 00:24:56,970 --> 00:25:00,870 bike I could build and I didn't care of the consequences 511 00:25:00,870 --> 00:25:05,230 of doing a 120 down Grand Avenue at two o' clock in the morning 512 00:25:05,230 --> 00:25:08,630 all by myself or going out to the desert by Joshua Tree and... 513 00:25:08,630 --> 00:25:11,530 going as fast as I could. I couldn't recognize 514 00:25:11,530 --> 00:25:14,630 how stupid I was being because I was... 515 00:25:14,630 --> 00:25:19,370 I was so... Sucked in by this mechanical thing. 516 00:25:19,370 --> 00:25:22,430 That it was like a drug. It was like, the faster I turn that throttle, 517 00:25:22,430 --> 00:25:26,230 the more I wanted to do it. And that day on the beach... 518 00:25:26,230 --> 00:25:29,970 My good friend Benji said, "Man, you already beat the fastest guy, 519 00:25:29,970 --> 00:25:31,570 just wait 'til tomorrow." 520 00:25:32,730 --> 00:25:34,770 I called Mona on the phone, 521 00:25:34,770 --> 00:25:37,570 and I told her I just beat the fastest guy. 522 00:25:37,570 --> 00:25:43,670 And two minutes after that I was, you know... I was screwed. 523 00:25:43,670 --> 00:25:47,770 [mellow music playing] 524 00:25:47,770 --> 00:25:51,900 I couldn't foresee the dangers involved of what I was doing 525 00:25:51,900 --> 00:25:56,630 I just felt invincible because I was on this bike that I had built 526 00:25:56,630 --> 00:25:58,570 from nothing, you know? 527 00:25:58,570 --> 00:26:00,600 And it was so powerful. 528 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,800 My inexperience of racing on the sand, 529 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:09,300 and my ego, or you could just say, drive. 530 00:26:09,300 --> 00:26:13,200 I wasn't thinking about Mona, I wasn't thinking about Angus, Paloma, Jonas. 531 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:14,630 Anybody that I was around. 532 00:26:14,630 --> 00:26:18,270 It was just Jeremiah and how fast could I go. 533 00:26:18,270 --> 00:26:20,400 And it didn't matter. 534 00:26:22,100 --> 00:26:26,000 And for a couple of years after my accident, I couldn't get excited anymore. 535 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:29,700 I had all these blank canvases in front of me, 536 00:26:29,700 --> 00:26:32,700 and I couldn't touch any of them. 537 00:26:32,700 --> 00:26:35,930 It wasn't the bike that did it. 538 00:26:35,930 --> 00:26:41,830 It was me being-- Taking this bike and almost killing myself, you know? 539 00:26:41,830 --> 00:26:44,970 That was a hard thing. Losing full use of my hand. 540 00:26:44,970 --> 00:26:47,000 Being so stubborn that I could do anything, 541 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:48,470 I didn't need to listen to the doctors. 542 00:26:48,470 --> 00:26:50,530 I still didn't wake up even after wrecking, 543 00:26:50,530 --> 00:26:57,270 I couldn't wake up and say to myself like, stop! 544 00:26:57,270 --> 00:27:04,370 You know? Just, focus on the moment of what's here, right now, one day at a time. 545 00:27:04,370 --> 00:27:08,130 The accident is what drew the line in the sand if I'm gonna keep doing this. 546 00:27:09,270 --> 00:27:12,630 And Mona was gonna still support me. 547 00:27:12,630 --> 00:27:14,330 I don't know how she puts up with me. 548 00:27:15,430 --> 00:27:18,700 My family has been my number one grounding point. 549 00:27:19,630 --> 00:27:21,870 And even though I lost touch, 550 00:27:22,700 --> 00:27:26,700 they were always there for me 551 00:27:26,700 --> 00:27:28,930 when I couldn't recognize it. 552 00:27:30,630 --> 00:27:34,670 It's just overcoming these mental hurdles, you know? 553 00:27:34,670 --> 00:27:38,100 Depression's a messed up thing, you know? 554 00:27:40,070 --> 00:27:46,170 [Max] I think Jason came back around and believed in what we were doing, 555 00:27:46,170 --> 00:27:49,230 and I've noticed that in the last year 556 00:27:49,230 --> 00:27:54,000 Jeremiah's inspired to build a chopper again. 557 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:58,400 I couldn't try and live in the future. I just needed to focus every day, 558 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:01,270 and I still struggle on focusing every day, 559 00:28:01,270 --> 00:28:04,470 but when I do, and I can focus on one day at a time, 560 00:28:04,470 --> 00:28:07,770 I feel like life just is so fluid. 561 00:28:07,770 --> 00:28:12,070 I've got all these ideas and I've got all these blank canvases in front of me. 562 00:28:12,070 --> 00:28:14,970 I'm gonna build something that all my creativity goes into it 563 00:28:14,970 --> 00:28:21,100 and there's no concern of what somebody thinks or who do I have to build it for, or... 564 00:28:21,100 --> 00:28:22,900 A timeline. 565 00:28:22,900 --> 00:28:27,330 It is validating when someone has done some really cool things with their life 566 00:28:27,330 --> 00:28:31,970 has said, "Hey, man. I believe in you, let's do this thing." 567 00:28:31,970 --> 00:28:35,830 And I feel that Jeremiah is validated again. 568 00:28:35,830 --> 00:28:40,630 And he's ready to build some bitchin' shit for Jason. 569 00:28:40,630 --> 00:28:42,570 [Jeremiah] Getting over that hurdle, like hurdles, man. 570 00:28:42,570 --> 00:28:46,830 For people that are struggling or going through depression, 571 00:28:46,830 --> 00:28:51,630 and I was in here, at the end of last week, 572 00:28:51,630 --> 00:28:55,600 and I came in and I have had this bottom end 573 00:28:55,600 --> 00:29:00,200 of a motor I've been working on for the past year. 574 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:03,170 It just went together like it was a, a dance. 575 00:29:03,170 --> 00:29:06,030 Like all my knowledge came back to me, like, 576 00:29:06,030 --> 00:29:07,470 how to fit it, how to size it. 577 00:29:07,470 --> 00:29:10,400 I could remember how to make this dance again. 578 00:29:11,100 --> 00:29:13,700 [calm music playing] 579 00:29:13,700 --> 00:29:18,400 Man, life's good. You know? Life's, life's awesome. 580 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:24,500 As far as bikes, man, I just want to keep creating. 581 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:27,630 No matter what it is. 582 00:29:27,630 --> 00:29:31,870 No matter what it is, never stop using that part of your brain 583 00:29:31,870 --> 00:29:34,070 to where you want to create something. 584 00:29:35,970 --> 00:29:37,900 -[man] Mark. -Okay. 585 00:29:38,570 --> 00:29:40,470 All right. 586 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:43,970 Long time coming. 587 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:48,970 Late 60s, Dean Lanza. Amazing artist, amazing painter. 588 00:29:48,970 --> 00:29:52,630 This was a show bike, my first show bike. Show them, bro. 589 00:29:52,630 --> 00:29:57,070 We took the pan and put in a 1936. 590 00:29:57,070 --> 00:30:02,630 [groans] Nickel-plated, dual carburetor. Holy shit. 591 00:30:03,270 --> 00:30:04,500 Bro. 592 00:30:05,770 --> 00:30:07,330 Jeremiah. 593 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:10,900 [exhales] Bro, look at that. 594 00:30:13,130 --> 00:30:15,200 Wow, bro. 595 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:18,670 Being able to put the motor that I really cherish and love the most, 596 00:30:18,670 --> 00:30:22,530 put it in there, have it all nickel-plated, dual carburetor. 597 00:30:22,530 --> 00:30:25,470 -Start it up, man. Start it up. Let me hear it. -[laughs] 598 00:30:29,670 --> 00:30:31,900 [Jason groans] 599 00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:38,870 Look at that, baby! 600 00:30:38,870 --> 00:30:41,830 That was insane. It's so beautiful. 601 00:30:41,830 --> 00:30:43,900 It's so complex and complicated. 602 00:30:45,900 --> 00:30:47,900 [Jason] Look at that paint, George. 603 00:30:51,470 --> 00:30:54,600 1968. It's like the Jimi Hendrix of bikes. 604 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:58,270 Dean Lanza's amazing monument and uh, 605 00:30:58,270 --> 00:31:02,330 I wanted to put a nickel-plated motor in there, so-- 606 00:31:02,330 --> 00:31:05,030 The 36 is rare as it gets. 607 00:31:05,030 --> 00:31:08,500 And uh, it's beautiful. We're gonna take it for a ride tomorrow. 608 00:31:08,500 --> 00:31:11,870 'Cause we lost the sun, but tomorrow's gonna be a great day. 609 00:31:14,130 --> 00:31:16,900 It's really beautiful to watch Jeremiah. 610 00:31:16,900 --> 00:31:19,230 Because that bike is a chapter in our relationship, 611 00:31:19,230 --> 00:31:21,930 and it was a chapter in his life. 612 00:31:21,930 --> 00:31:26,370 Who would have thought that this bike would have forced us to get through these, 613 00:31:26,370 --> 00:31:28,400 these times that were extremely hard on him. 614 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:30,400 Look at that. 615 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:32,900 Six '36s, buddy. 616 00:31:32,900 --> 00:31:34,070 [Jeremiah] I told you. 617 00:31:34,900 --> 00:31:37,830 -[Jeremiah laughing] -I told you! 618 00:31:37,830 --> 00:31:40,470 [Jeremiah] Just like the way your heart beats. Like, nothing stops it. 619 00:31:40,470 --> 00:31:43,730 Like, when I feel like I get creative again, like, 620 00:31:43,730 --> 00:31:45,770 just putting that bottom end together, I feel like, 621 00:31:45,770 --> 00:31:48,430 the next step is I could just create this 622 00:31:48,430 --> 00:31:52,870 badass sissy bar and make this frickin' killer tank and these pipes, 623 00:31:52,870 --> 00:31:56,570 and I could just see it all flowing with my eyes closed. 624 00:31:56,570 --> 00:31:59,170 [Jason] This was something that was to respect the history. 625 00:31:59,170 --> 00:32:05,430 Dean Lanza's amazing, and I think Quicksilver kind of came in to my life. 626 00:32:05,430 --> 00:32:09,130 And I feel like this all came together, the universe kind of came together for this bike. 627 00:32:11,470 --> 00:32:14,000 And I wanted to make something special with Jeremiah, 628 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:16,970 but the truth is, Jeremiah and Max together 629 00:32:16,970 --> 00:32:21,230 was very important for this to all to come together. 630 00:32:21,230 --> 00:32:25,170 Jeremiah was going through a pretty tough time and what was going on in our lives, 631 00:32:25,170 --> 00:32:27,500 and what needed to happen, it really helped bring 632 00:32:27,500 --> 00:32:29,800 one of my best friends out of a hole. 633 00:32:31,130 --> 00:32:36,170 It's kind of the most prolific storyline 634 00:32:36,170 --> 00:32:38,270 that moved me the most in this whole series 635 00:32:38,270 --> 00:32:41,430 because of really the backstory of what's been going on 636 00:32:41,430 --> 00:32:43,670 with two of my really, really dear friends. 637 00:32:43,670 --> 00:32:46,670 [calm music playing] 638 00:32:46,670 --> 00:32:48,470 There's only so much you can do for your friend 639 00:32:48,470 --> 00:32:51,670 but he needed to come out of his shell and he needed to find it, 640 00:32:51,670 --> 00:32:55,330 and feel like this bike got that little bit back. 641 00:32:55,330 --> 00:32:59,770 Got him rolling again and got his inspiration going, 642 00:32:59,770 --> 00:33:01,870 and he's got his mojo back. 643 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:05,870 And really, what that was, is like rescuing a friend. 644 00:33:05,870 --> 00:33:08,130 Being there for a friend. 645 00:33:08,130 --> 00:33:12,230 It just was the right thing to get him back into his craft. 646 00:33:12,230 --> 00:33:14,900 [hopeful music playing] 647 00:33:14,900 --> 00:33:17,870 I really thank everyone who could make Quicksilver come together, 648 00:33:17,870 --> 00:33:20,370 because it was such an important piece 649 00:33:20,370 --> 00:33:23,430 from one of my best friends to like, survive. 650 00:33:23,430 --> 00:33:27,830 It was a survivor bike, I feel like, we got through it 'cause of that. 651 00:33:27,830 --> 00:33:30,730 Do you think that's the farthest that this thing's ever been ridden? 652 00:33:30,730 --> 00:33:33,070 On an actual road, I mean, yeah. It's... 653 00:33:33,070 --> 00:33:35,700 Dean Lanza, I think, took it up a drag strip a couple of times. 654 00:33:35,700 --> 00:33:39,670 Like that. But not as far as doing 20 miles on it. 655 00:33:39,670 --> 00:33:42,030 [Max] It was just meant to be a show bike. 656 00:33:44,230 --> 00:33:48,630 [calm music playing] 657 00:33:56,030 --> 00:33:59,000 -How are we doing back there? -Woah, woah, woah, woah. 658 00:34:01,030 --> 00:34:02,330 See that? 659 00:34:04,770 --> 00:34:07,770 Okay, Jerry. Gonna need your help here, brother. 660 00:34:10,730 --> 00:34:13,100 [Jason] Oh, man. 661 00:34:13,100 --> 00:34:16,270 -Holy shit, bro, it looks huge. -I know. 662 00:34:16,270 --> 00:34:18,400 -I look fucking tiny-- -Bro. 663 00:34:18,970 --> 00:34:21,770 There we go, there we go. 664 00:34:21,770 --> 00:34:23,330 -Got it? -Yeah, right there. 665 00:34:23,330 --> 00:34:25,570 -[groans] -Oh, boy. 666 00:34:25,570 --> 00:34:28,770 -Oh, boy. Yeah. -[exclaims excitedly] 667 00:34:28,770 --> 00:34:31,900 -[both laughing] -Yeah. Oh. 668 00:34:31,900 --> 00:34:35,100 -Almost lost a thumb in the process. -[groans happily] 669 00:34:35,100 --> 00:34:38,070 Oh, man. Damn. 670 00:34:38,070 --> 00:34:40,600 And I made everything king-sized. Like the shifter? 671 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:41,930 This is it. 672 00:34:41,930 --> 00:34:43,970 -Brake. -Where's... 673 00:34:43,970 --> 00:34:46,030 This is going to... this is going to... 674 00:34:46,770 --> 00:34:47,900 It's going to England, baby. 675 00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:52,330 [calm music playing] 676 00:35:03,530 --> 00:35:05,600 [Jason] Dude, it's unbelievable. 677 00:35:06,500 --> 00:35:08,000 [Max] We should fire it up. 678 00:35:08,530 --> 00:35:10,000 [Jason] Let's do it. 679 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:11,430 Wow. 680 00:35:13,330 --> 00:35:14,730 All right. 681 00:35:14,730 --> 00:35:17,430 -So... -Let's start it. 682 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:21,800 [engine sputtering] 683 00:35:25,130 --> 00:35:26,730 [engine roaring] 684 00:35:26,730 --> 00:35:28,270 [Jason] Oh. 685 00:35:31,700 --> 00:35:34,830 -Oh! -[cheering indistinctly] 686 00:35:40,900 --> 00:35:42,900 [indistinct conversation] 687 00:35:42,900 --> 00:35:44,170 [exclaims] 688 00:35:46,030 --> 00:35:48,770 Got a big boy bike, going to kill rattlesnakes. 689 00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:56,300 [Max speaking indistinctly] 690 00:35:56,300 --> 00:35:58,370 -There's no key. -Yeah, there's no key. 691 00:35:58,370 --> 00:35:59,730 [indistinct conversation] 692 00:36:01,330 --> 00:36:04,530 -Never had a bike actually start this easy. -Really? 693 00:36:04,530 --> 00:36:06,400 -[Max] Yeah, dude, real nice. -[Jason] Yeah? 694 00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:08,200 -Yeah. -Like that? 695 00:36:11,230 --> 00:36:16,570 It's time, works perfectly, like, everything's tight. It's good to go. 696 00:36:19,530 --> 00:36:23,270 [Max] Intense. Intense three weeks. 697 00:36:23,270 --> 00:36:26,700 Yeah, well, that's the beautiful thing about this story. 698 00:36:26,700 --> 00:36:30,570 We planned to do something else and this ended up exactly... 699 00:36:30,570 --> 00:36:32,970 -by listening to our loved ones and... -Yeah. 700 00:36:32,970 --> 00:36:34,700 -Trusting in-- -For sure. 701 00:36:34,700 --> 00:36:37,100 -Trusting in the universe. -Yeah. 702 00:36:37,100 --> 00:36:40,400 We got down to the last minute, I literally leave in a week and a half. 703 00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:41,630 Perfect, dude. 704 00:36:41,630 --> 00:36:43,330 -It's perfect. -Oh, yeah. 705 00:36:43,330 --> 00:36:45,630 My old frame, that front wheel, 706 00:36:45,630 --> 00:36:48,930 I just had got, and it just was like, perfect. 707 00:36:48,930 --> 00:36:51,800 -Yep. -The brake pedal is hollow inside 708 00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:54,470 so that it's light and it snaps back quick. 709 00:36:54,470 --> 00:36:57,470 Those are old vintage table leg ends 710 00:36:57,470 --> 00:36:59,730 to go with our white-black theme. 711 00:36:59,730 --> 00:37:03,630 And then, yeah, I extended the shifter arm so your big foot can fit under there. 712 00:37:03,630 --> 00:37:05,900 Everything's... Up, up. 713 00:37:07,130 --> 00:37:08,870 [sighs] Bro. 714 00:37:08,870 --> 00:37:10,970 So, one up, boom, boom, boom. 715 00:37:10,970 --> 00:37:13,470 Yeah, GP style, like race bike style. 716 00:37:13,470 --> 00:37:16,930 It says it on the gas cap, so... When in doubt. 717 00:37:16,930 --> 00:37:19,530 "When in doubt," like... [chuckles] One up. 718 00:37:19,530 --> 00:37:21,530 [Max] One, one up three to get down. 719 00:37:21,530 --> 00:37:23,030 [Jason] One up, three to get down. 720 00:37:23,030 --> 00:37:25,970 Fuck, it's beautiful. I love how you put these two different colors, too. 721 00:37:25,970 --> 00:37:28,230 -Yeah. Cool. -I can't wait to ride it tomorrow. 722 00:37:28,230 --> 00:37:30,700 So check it out, man. We got six '36s, 723 00:37:30,700 --> 00:37:32,570 all of us are gonna ride. 724 00:37:32,570 --> 00:37:34,970 -Thirty-sixes, choppers, on the road. -Can't wait. 725 00:37:34,970 --> 00:37:36,470 Yeah, so we're gonna do that tomorrow. 726 00:37:36,470 --> 00:37:38,700 Forty 4Q bike. [exhales] 727 00:37:38,700 --> 00:37:42,030 [mellow music playing] 728 00:37:47,470 --> 00:37:48,830 [Jason] My love for Knuckleheads, 729 00:37:48,830 --> 00:37:51,030 I love the look, the aesthetic of them, 730 00:37:51,030 --> 00:37:52,770 and it's really the sound. 731 00:37:54,530 --> 00:37:56,130 Thirty-six was the first year. 732 00:37:56,130 --> 00:38:00,200 It's not the best Knucklehead, but she's the first Knucklehead. 733 00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:03,730 And it really was the one that when I was little, I was like, 734 00:38:03,730 --> 00:38:05,800 that's the one I always wanted. 735 00:38:07,530 --> 00:38:09,830 It's, it's a very unique motor. 736 00:38:09,830 --> 00:38:12,100 And they're so rare. 737 00:38:12,100 --> 00:38:14,970 It's the most beautiful engine in the world to me. 738 00:38:21,870 --> 00:38:23,670 [Max] This shit will grind you down, 739 00:38:23,670 --> 00:38:30,470 because you're constantly having people trying to criticize your work. 740 00:38:30,470 --> 00:38:34,870 You know that thing with people where they love you when you're down? 741 00:38:35,900 --> 00:38:38,030 Jeremiah and I faced a lot of that 742 00:38:38,030 --> 00:38:42,270 in the chopper thing where people are kind of waiting for you to fail. 743 00:38:42,270 --> 00:38:44,630 I'm not saying we're at the top but we're doing good. 744 00:38:44,630 --> 00:38:49,500 You know? And having Jason on our side didn't help those things, you know? 745 00:38:49,500 --> 00:38:53,730 There's memes made about making fun of us and all these silly shit 746 00:38:53,730 --> 00:38:55,400 because we built bikes for Jason. 747 00:38:55,400 --> 00:39:00,670 Some guy that had the means to help support our craft. 748 00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:07,370 [calm music playing] 749 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:27,130 [Jason] It's a wonderful place, out in the desert. 750 00:39:27,130 --> 00:39:31,500 So it was cool to bring Jeremiah and Max to my kind of territory. 751 00:39:31,500 --> 00:39:35,630 It's kind of where I grew up after I left my mom's house, was being out in J-Tree, so-- 752 00:39:35,630 --> 00:39:37,170 It was one of the coolest moments 753 00:39:37,170 --> 00:39:42,200 because I never got to ride with Jeremiah and Max at the same time. 754 00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:44,170 How long's it been since we've all been together? 755 00:39:45,570 --> 00:39:47,630 -Never? Never. -Never. 756 00:39:47,630 --> 00:39:49,300 -I'd say that's-- -That's crazy. 757 00:39:49,300 --> 00:39:51,200 -Isn't that crazy? -Yeah, this is the first time. 758 00:39:52,130 --> 00:39:54,200 -That's insane. -Yeah, that is pretty weird. 759 00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:56,630 We talk all the time. I'll be with Jeremiah, we'll call Max. 760 00:39:56,630 --> 00:39:58,230 If I'm with Max, we'll call Jeremiah. 761 00:39:58,230 --> 00:40:01,670 And it just has been going on for 11 years now. 762 00:40:01,670 --> 00:40:03,800 [Jeremiah] We've never gotten together. 763 00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:07,670 I gotta tell you, this, making the show, this has been the hardest 764 00:40:08,370 --> 00:40:09,570 out of all the stufff to shoot. 765 00:40:11,170 --> 00:40:15,830 The whole dream of being able to have six 36 choppers, riding on the road. 766 00:40:15,830 --> 00:40:19,200 It's just one of these weird things that was in my head 767 00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:21,970 and the fact that Jeremiah was like, "Nah, nah, you can't do this." 768 00:40:21,970 --> 00:40:23,230 I was like, "We're doing it." 769 00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:26,800 [Jeremiah] The feeling of bringing those together, 770 00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:28,370 I've just never seen it before, 771 00:40:28,370 --> 00:40:32,070 even when I talk to the old timers too, they're like, it doesn't happen. 772 00:40:32,070 --> 00:40:33,430 [Jason] Everyone's got a different style. 773 00:40:33,430 --> 00:40:35,100 And I love collecting, 'cause it's like, man, it's an art piece, 774 00:40:35,100 --> 00:40:37,600 it's a little Picasso that I'm like, I appreciate these. 775 00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:39,570 I get to ride this artwork. 776 00:40:39,570 --> 00:40:43,030 It's what I've always said, man. We get to ride our artwork around town. 777 00:40:43,030 --> 00:40:46,470 [stammers] You'd be an asshole if you had a painting outside your truck, 778 00:40:46,470 --> 00:40:49,200 and you were like, "I painted this, check this out. Check me out." 779 00:40:51,900 --> 00:40:54,400 [Jason] It's almost like therapy. There's a lot of healing stuff that happened 780 00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:56,500 by just building these two bikes and... 781 00:40:56,500 --> 00:40:59,370 And you know, the biggest one was Jeremiah, which I've shot, 782 00:40:59,370 --> 00:41:01,000 you know, documentaries about him. 783 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:04,130 We've built so many bikes together. I've shot so many things together. 784 00:41:04,130 --> 00:41:07,500 And you know, Jeremiah's had a lot of growth in the last year. 785 00:41:07,500 --> 00:41:11,470 Taking Quicksilver, it's been really beautiful 786 00:41:11,470 --> 00:41:15,930 to see you finish and like, your face when we started it up. 787 00:41:15,930 --> 00:41:17,570 That spark happened again. 788 00:41:17,570 --> 00:41:21,800 And then seeing you come here looking how healthy you are, I'm like, it's fucking-- 789 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:24,330 I'm very proud of you. 790 00:41:26,430 --> 00:41:28,100 Man. 791 00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:29,630 [chuckles] 792 00:41:29,630 --> 00:41:32,000 Quicksilver was... [clears throat] that was a hard one. 793 00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:33,830 I remember when it showed up at the house, 794 00:41:34,170 --> 00:41:35,500 Uh... 795 00:41:36,570 --> 00:41:38,070 You know, and they're like, "We're gonna change it." 796 00:41:38,070 --> 00:41:39,130 And I'm like... 797 00:41:39,130 --> 00:41:41,370 [stammers] "You can't change it." 798 00:41:41,370 --> 00:41:45,930 I'm like, "Okay. I could do it," you know? "I could do it." And um... 799 00:41:46,670 --> 00:41:49,000 I had closed my shop down and... 800 00:41:50,170 --> 00:41:52,630 And I just fallen out of love... 801 00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:54,900 [clears throat] with bikes. 802 00:41:56,970 --> 00:42:01,130 It came to a head, you know? A year and a half later, like, why am I-- 803 00:42:01,130 --> 00:42:03,330 I gotta do it. And um... 804 00:42:03,330 --> 00:42:06,200 Those months leading up to that were, you know, I'd been struggling. 805 00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:09,130 I had quit, quit drinking and... 806 00:42:09,130 --> 00:42:11,530 I'd go into the shop and I could just sit there and I couldn't... 807 00:42:13,270 --> 00:42:16,870 I couldn't love what I loved, you know? 808 00:42:16,870 --> 00:42:19,930 How am I gonna build this motor 809 00:42:19,930 --> 00:42:23,500 to go into like the baddest chopper on the planet? 810 00:42:23,500 --> 00:42:26,030 I don't have the skills right now. 811 00:42:26,030 --> 00:42:28,300 And I was calling Max, "like, what do I--" 812 00:42:28,300 --> 00:42:29,930 He said, "Why don't you, like--" 813 00:42:29,930 --> 00:42:31,300 -Just do it, like--" -[Max] Start. 814 00:42:31,300 --> 00:42:33,470 -Just start. -Just start, and, and... 815 00:42:33,470 --> 00:42:35,700 I'm like, "Oh, okay. I can do the-- I can build the flywheels, 816 00:42:35,700 --> 00:42:39,770 I can balance the flywheels, I can fix the case, I can pour this," like... 817 00:42:39,770 --> 00:42:42,600 Everything was lining up, you know? And... 818 00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:47,570 It was going so perfect, you know? This is not how it goes. Like, this isn't... 819 00:42:47,570 --> 00:42:49,400 How it happens, you know? 820 00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:51,930 That day, that morning, I go in and got Mona 821 00:42:51,930 --> 00:42:54,070 and I said, "I think it's gonna start, Babe." 822 00:42:54,070 --> 00:42:55,970 And, "Blam!" 823 00:42:55,970 --> 00:42:57,370 It fires up. 824 00:42:58,430 --> 00:43:00,200 I couldn't believe it, like, 825 00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:03,230 I never built a Knucklehead with all the rocker arms and everything exposed, 826 00:43:03,230 --> 00:43:06,600 and no oil to the top end, and it was running. It was like... 827 00:43:08,300 --> 00:43:11,470 I feel like I got to be kind of like, reborn again. Like... 828 00:43:11,470 --> 00:43:14,500 "Man, I wanna build a chopper again, Max, I wanna-- Can you paint my chopper?" 829 00:43:14,500 --> 00:43:17,900 -Like, that's all I wanna do, I wanna do that, you know? -Yeah, yeah. 830 00:43:17,900 --> 00:43:21,400 And um, but just take it easy. And listen to the signs. 831 00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:25,100 'Cause those are important, you know? 832 00:43:25,100 --> 00:43:27,070 -[clears throat] -Good to have you back. 833 00:43:27,070 --> 00:43:28,970 And like, you guys know I... 834 00:43:30,500 --> 00:43:34,400 I love motorcycles, you know? And I love you guys. And I'm-- 835 00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:38,570 I'm honored to do Quicksilver, and I hope I did it justice. 836 00:43:39,530 --> 00:43:40,900 -[Jason] Amazing. -Thank you, Jason. 837 00:43:40,900 --> 00:43:42,900 -[Jason] You know it, buddy. -For asking me to do it. 838 00:43:42,900 --> 00:43:45,170 -Yeah, man. -'Cause it's been a journey, and... 839 00:43:45,170 --> 00:43:48,330 [chuckles] I wouldn't be here without you. 840 00:43:48,330 --> 00:43:51,930 [Jason] Talking to one of my best friends about what he's going through, 841 00:43:51,930 --> 00:43:56,230 it just was like, I was moved, and that's the real magic, and uh... 842 00:43:56,230 --> 00:44:00,770 I'm happy I was aware to capture that moment. 843 00:44:00,770 --> 00:44:03,300 [calm music playing] 844 00:44:08,300 --> 00:44:11,700 Both of us had to like, "Get your fucking act together. 845 00:44:11,700 --> 00:44:13,930 Do what you are born to do. 846 00:44:13,930 --> 00:44:15,670 -Someone cares." -[Jason] Yeah. 847 00:44:15,670 --> 00:44:18,230 "And you're gonna show so many people. 848 00:44:18,230 --> 00:44:21,670 Let's do it, like, buckle up and let's go." 849 00:44:21,670 --> 00:44:24,330 Most of all, we didn't want to let you down. 850 00:44:24,330 --> 00:44:30,070 The spirit of what these two bikes are, really, um... 851 00:44:30,070 --> 00:44:32,570 Super impactful I think for all three of us, you know, the friendship. 852 00:44:32,570 --> 00:44:35,200 And just going like, "this is uniting us." 853 00:44:35,200 --> 00:44:38,530 We've all been talking for, you know, a long time, but now this is it. 854 00:44:38,530 --> 00:44:39,670 -Yup. -Us sitting under this tree 855 00:44:39,670 --> 00:44:40,870 talking about this kind of stuff 856 00:44:40,870 --> 00:44:43,500 and knowing what we've all, what we've all been through. 857 00:44:44,870 --> 00:44:46,900 -I love you, guys. -Love you too, man, thank you. 858 00:44:46,900 --> 00:44:49,230 -I learned a lot, man. I love you brother. -Thank you, brother. 859 00:44:49,230 --> 00:44:50,270 Hermano. 860 00:44:51,400 --> 00:44:53,330 All right, let's go ride some bikes. 861 00:44:55,330 --> 00:45:00,070 Pretty fucking cool, how healing that whole process was, man. 862 00:45:00,070 --> 00:45:02,330 It was the most intense therapy session I've been through yet. 863 00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:04,930 [all laughing] 864 00:45:04,930 --> 00:45:06,430 -Oh, shit. -It was a good one. 865 00:45:06,430 --> 00:45:07,630 God damn it. 866 00:45:07,630 --> 00:45:09,270 [all chuckling] 867 00:45:14,700 --> 00:45:18,370 [hopeful music playing] 868 00:45:37,300 --> 00:45:40,970 [Jason] Riding with the six '36s at dawn, 869 00:45:40,970 --> 00:45:43,230 all personalized, some survivors, 870 00:45:43,230 --> 00:45:46,700 it was a beautiful thing, and it was really just coming out of two friends going, 871 00:45:46,700 --> 00:45:49,670 "Oh, well, that's impossible, that's impossible," and I'm like, well... 872 00:45:49,670 --> 00:45:51,870 I like to see that. 873 00:45:51,870 --> 00:45:54,570 [calm music playing] 874 00:45:58,370 --> 00:46:03,370 It was really fun to be able to dream that up and then all your friends build those? 875 00:46:03,370 --> 00:46:05,770 And customize them, and just-- 876 00:46:05,770 --> 00:46:09,970 It's having your wildest dreams come true and so that's why six '36 came out of it. 877 00:46:12,870 --> 00:46:15,130 It was extremely special. 878 00:46:36,300 --> 00:46:39,330 [Max] It takes a long time for some of us 879 00:46:39,330 --> 00:46:41,670 to feel comfortable in our own skin 880 00:46:41,670 --> 00:46:45,570 and to believe in who we are. 881 00:46:45,570 --> 00:46:48,530 And that has been a journey. 882 00:46:48,530 --> 00:46:51,430 I'm elbow to elbow, we're like a David Mann painting, 883 00:46:51,430 --> 00:46:54,130 we're like, literally touching each other. 884 00:46:54,130 --> 00:46:57,900 I have my handle bars hitting Max's and we're just riding top speed. 885 00:46:59,330 --> 00:47:02,430 The sun is coming up. I'm so close, I could just hold on to them. 886 00:47:02,430 --> 00:47:04,830 I felt like we were in one of those paintings. 887 00:47:04,830 --> 00:47:07,730 Who knows? In a hundred years, are there gonna be motorcycles? 888 00:47:07,730 --> 00:47:08,930 [Jason] They're really beautiful. 889 00:47:08,930 --> 00:47:10,700 And I know how much fun they offer 890 00:47:10,700 --> 00:47:12,370 and what they've been through, these machines, 891 00:47:12,370 --> 00:47:15,030 whether it be at war, good times, bad times, like... 892 00:47:15,030 --> 00:47:18,630 I just love all the history that gets wrapped up and soaked into them. 893 00:47:18,630 --> 00:47:22,070 [Max] I hope more people can slow down 894 00:47:22,770 --> 00:47:24,500 and enjoy... 895 00:47:25,370 --> 00:47:27,700 These machines are really simple. 896 00:47:30,170 --> 00:47:34,170 Just being on the road, like, the universe is just connected to this machine 897 00:47:34,170 --> 00:47:37,030 and you're riding right next to one of your friends. 898 00:47:38,430 --> 00:47:40,770 [Jason] I'm through and through... 899 00:47:40,770 --> 00:47:43,730 Just a roamer, a vagabond. I love-- 900 00:47:44,300 --> 00:47:46,270 I love moving. 901 00:47:46,270 --> 00:47:48,970 It's just that vehicle, it's how I wanna move through life. 902 00:48:11,570 --> 00:48:14,470 [captivating instrumental music playing]