Should You Ride A Motorcycle?

Should You Ride A Motorcycle? Why Bother? This is sort of what it's like.

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A pioneer in digital filmmaking, Van Neistat made his first internet video, The Holland Tunnel, in 2000. He went on to collaborate with New York City artist Tom Sachs, directing a series of short films shown at the Guggenheim Museum in Berlin. Van has since directed dozens more films for the Tom Sachs Studio. In 2010 HBO aired The Neistat Brothers, an 8-episode series of short videos made entirely by Van and his brother Casey Neistat. Van Neistat’s directorial debut feature, A SPACE PROGRAM, co-written by Tom Sachs, premiered at the 2015 South by Southwest Film Festival and opened in theaters nation-wide in spring, 2016. In 2018 Neistat Directed the short film Paradox Bullets, co-written with Tom Sachs, narrated by Werner Herzog, and starring Ed Rushca. Neistat has written and directed commercial projects for Nike, Hurley, Kate Spade, Tory Burch, J. Crew, Twitter, Sleepy Jones and Frances Valentine. His work has been exhibited in museums throughout the world. He lives in Topanga, California.

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[abandcalledlure]

“ Never drink and ride, not even one drink, not even one beer “. THANK YOU!!! Couldn’t agree more

[danielarnett]

I often find myself doing the voice reenactment ‘This spirited man’, when I’m walking around my house or fixing something. ‘This spirited man just fixed a door’, my wife chuckles. This spirited man thought you’d all need to know that.

[socialstew]

After years of watching your helmetless brother dart in and out of NYC traffic on an electric skateboard, this looks about as dangerous as a game of backgammon.

[koobs]

I watch motorcycle crashes all the time, I want it in my head because you start to recognize patterns of behavior. Being able to see & recognize what someone is going to do, makes it that much more instinctual when you need to react to their behavior.

[TimKreitzAdventures]

Slight correction from a spirited former motorcycle safety instructor: About half of all motorcycle accidents involve the use of alcohol on *SOMEONE'S* part. It's not always the motorcyclist who is drunk, though admittedly, drinking and riding motorcycles are very much culturally intertwined in the USA.

[Levi_Allen]

This spirited man is currently converting a 1978 Honda into an Electric Beast. Vintage and new tech. This video makes me feel all sorts of things.

[JimsEquipmentShed]

In 50 years of riding, I’ve never died.

[edithp.]

I’m sitting comfortably on my sofa, holding my coffee mug, and slowly leaning into those curves as though I’m on the back seat of that bike. That wasn’t dangerous at all.

[jollybee]

No wonder Michael reeves wants to buy a motorcycle

[haudenluk]

As a german i can totally recommend watching "die schönsten Bahnstrecken Europas". It used to run on public television at 5'o clock in the morning. And when one got home from a Party lots of germans of my age used to switch on their TVs when they couldn't sleep and watched this show and it's the most calming thing ever. It's our version of the joy of painting. Good memories! Thanks for bringing it back, Van!

[mayunkaluthantri]

Just reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle maintenance, I have a feeling the Spirited man in this video has read it. When I first read it, last March at the start of the first Lockdown, I abandoned a long-term plan to buy a Royal Enfield and bought a little, 24 year old Honda CD90 that had been loved and treated well. Bought her in the hill country of Kandy Sri Lanka, drove her 200 Km around the hills and then back to the capital of Colombo then packed all my things on the little CD90 and moved to quiet costal town another 200 or so kilometres away from the capital. She hasn't let me down once. I don't have the money for a bigger motorcycle and little Kali Kitten isn't great for long-road trips, but I ride her daily and wouldn't trade her for a soul unless of course it was a another Spirited man or woman. Thanks for this Van.

Life is rich.

[ezza_t]

I've lived in Berlin go the last 10 years where I no longer had the need to own or drive a car, and where I now only ever use my bicycle to get around. In the last couple years a small desire has been building up inside me to go the next step and buy a motorcycle. But I've sat on the fence about it for the very reasons Van mentioned about how dangerous it is. But I gotta say, watching this video has really fuelled that wish again, in a big way. It just looks absolutely liberating and total freedom. So I'm not sitting on the fence anymore. Tomorrow, this spirited man is going to buy himself a motorcycle. Thank you Van

[usdd]

As a motorcyclist myself who used to go on weekend rides, I can't find a more relatable video and emotions Van mentioned.
This video is definitely inspiring me to ride again. Thanks!

[TGormania]

Neil Peart rode his motorcycle a long distance to heal. He was a spirited man. RIP Neil.

[Nissejonsson]

Michael Reeves brought me here, now understand how he got inspired 🏍

[BehindtheBrand]

I love the moto talk Van... I've been riding for a long time on and off road. My favorite bike was a Roland Sand's redesign of a 1988 Harley that he turned into cafe racer style and Roland let me ride that bike around the coasts of LA and OC beaches for a month. I also love KTM and YZ bikes off road. Braap! Keep them coming!!

[Mike-oxhs]

Spirited man: Ducati are cool when they work

Also spirited man: The replacement BMW speedometer part also broke.

[CrashTv]

The way VAN is going he’s going to beat Peter McKinnon in the fastest sub growth. Peter hit a million in a year Casey your brother is giving you a run for your money no matter you all are great

[garlicknonions]

Ive had my - now passed - father’s original 1991 Honda Nighthawk 750, last plated in 2001, in Honda’s infamous red screaming at my soul and mocking me for 20+ years from the 3rd car garage.

In August of 2020 I cleaned her up, rebuilt the 4 carbs, only to dump her in the neighborhood on the maiden voyage just around the block due to an improper screw setting. An amateur’s mistake.

The minor road rash on the arm, scar from the exhaust through the pants above the high boot, a few scratches and dents on the bike, and a bruised ego aside this spirited man will tame the beast and ride again.

[hectorjimenez]

I had my first accident involving another vehicle in the start of this month, around the time these videos came out. I could not watch these videos, I hated my motorcycle for a few days. I was finally able to watch it today and I remembered why I fell in love with motorcycle. I went on my first drive this past friday and it was a smooth first drive back on the rode. 😀