Japanese Motorcycle Culture is Crazy! 🇯🇵

I head to Japan for my honeymoon but you know I couldn't resist exploring the Motorcycle culture in Japan, as it's the home of the major manufacturers (Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha and Kawasaki).

I get to visit the Suzuki Motorcycle Museum and also head to the Ricoland Tokyo Bay motorcycle store to check out a motorcycle department store.

TIMELINE
0:00 - Intro
1:06 - Spotted Bikes
1:52 - Suzuki History Museum
10:25 - Deers and Bikes
11:08 - Ricoland Motorcycle Department Store

#motorcycle #suzuki #motorcycles

[BikesDrones]

Perfect honeymoon Josh. Spending quality time with both your loves your beautiful wife and motorcycles. Bet your one of a select few tourists that went to the deer park and videoed the parked motorcycles

[rosarioroberto]

Greetings,
As always another brilliant detailed video production 🇺🇲🍾🎉🇺🇲
Keep producing more videos about motorcycles.

[AdT]

in the 80s and 90s japanese motorcycle culture WAS crazy...but not these recent years...

[ilmarinen]

Must have been amazing. I hope you guys had lots of fun!

[thanhiclez]

Did a MC tour around the Kanto and Chubu regions and I was suprised at how many motorcycles you would run in to and at the same time not suprised. Majority of drivers in the mountains we MC riders. I loved how I would bump into groups of riders at random combinis in the middle of nowhere. The conditions of the roads was something else, I rarely ran into any potholes (correction, I actually did not see one pothole on my tour) and personally love the mirrors in blind corners and even more amazing seeing them in roads that were literally in the middle of nowhere and how clean they were. The mirrors had definitely help in several corners with oncoming traffic. It's a completely different experience vs Melbourne Australia where a pothole could be in your next bend. Also with how conscious the drivers in cars are in the hills as I had every car pull over where it was safe to do so to let me pass.

While I was in Yokohoma there was a Yamaha MC show on where they were showing many bikes from throughout their years.

Saw several Bosozoku style riders and heavily modded scooters while in Osaka and in Kyoto.

I can't wait to come back and do the northern region.

[anchinkan]

Hi Josh, thanks for showing this. I also had a black V-Strom 1000 and also regret that I sold it;-(... Visited the Suzuki museum as well as the Yamaha museum which is not that far away from the Suzuki museum. When visiting both (at the same day) I felt that the atmosphere as well as the way bikes were presented was much better at Yamaha. Also, the Yamaha museum is a lot bigger and more modern kind of. Should you have a chance, go and visit. There is also the Kawasaki museum at Kobe port which is not so big but also very nice. It shows motorcycles, ships, robots, turbines and trains, i.e. everything Kawasaki has built.

[adam]

11:20 that stretched swing-arm on the scooter... I howled 😆

[oronain]

In Japan, the number of groups of young outlaws riding motorbikes out of control increased enormously in the 1980s and 1990s.
The image of motorbikes itself became very bad due to this, and these outlaws grew up and matured, but there was still a large gap compared to the general ethos in Japan (even too much compared to the rest of the world, with every slip-up being a hate crime), and sales of motorbikes were very low.before COVIT were very low.
Although it has been all the rage for a few years as a hobby that allows people to get out and enjoy themselves, the Japanese motorbike industry still feels very prehistoric and struggles between new riders, veteran riders and a world of overwhelming sales.

Note: The average age of Japanese riders is 55😂

[budget-adventure]

“I can see myself riding this”
“That’s what you say about every bike!” Thank you Mrs moto for the laugh, he’d buy every bike he rode if he could lol. And thank you for letting him point the camera at some bikes for a moment.

[ThrottleAddiction]

We hired a couple bikes from Rental 819 last year and did a bit of a tour. They seem to like the open face helmets with the clear bubble shield - like something from the sixties.
Waving is a bit hit and miss too. Either no nod or wave and then random ones come at you with an arm flinging in the air a kilometre away!
But yeah... a lot of models we don't see here. A lot of old ones too, in pristine condition.

[Ozrake]

Hey mate, been to Japan couple of times. Everytime I have rented a car and drove around on their version A roads and B roads.. always thought it would be an amazing country to ride. Not many places renting, not reasonable rental prices either. Quite daring of you to be making a motorcycling video on your honeymoon, I bet that was thhe only way you could include some motorcycling in your honeymooning itinerary :P

[Tales_Of_Moto_Adventures]

Nice one mate. I have always had an affinity for Japan. man that Big DR800 looks so good.

[anchinkan]

...sorry, forgot to say "thank you" to the camera lady! Cheers!

[archjapanmotovlogs]

welcome mate, wait until you get a chance to go touring around the country. its amazing here !!

[adam]

I love how there is no stigma against waddling your bike around... I always found it stupid when people said "stop waddling on your bike!" If you can waddle and you are positioning yourself in a parking spot or wherever else... waddle away! Who cares?

[TheLaXandro]

How hard is it to get a bike license in Japan?

[suziscram]

Hey mate! Recently went to Japan and the Suzuki museum in Feb. Very cool place! I was sad there were no DR650s there tho 😢 Good vid!

[guffmam]

Awesome honeymoon are you going to check out the other motorcycle museums as well? Also you should do another "honeymoon" in Italy and check out the factories there

[sausagesandwichsa]

Ah is that what you've been up to 👍

[SwenglishSteve]

Congrats on you're wedding, & having a wife that accommodates your passion for bikes, My ex wife had none hahah..EX !