Joy Machine S1 Ep1: First Motorcycle Camp of the Season 

Just stumbled across your channel. Love the simplicity. Almost 65, still riding and using my tent. Keep doing what you’re doing. Don’t over complicate something as great as traveling on a motorcycle with someone you care about. Much respect.

I'm sooooo glad you don't drown us in "Git yer motor runnin'" music overdubs, and simply let that gorgeous motor speak for itself!

That's kinda romantic. Life does not get much better, motorcycle, camping, fire and each other!

wish I was young again and had a lovely little lady who enjoyed motorbikes, and camping, and snuggling up in a tent

Hey y’all. Love the concept and that you are out there adventuring. I am not telling you what to do but a piece of advice. If you set a lean to near on or your bike. Do not do it on the kickstand side. If it rains or the ground gives in the middle of the night the bike will fall on you. Do it on the other side… not as much coverage but much much safer. Marine of 26 years and slept out in every kind of crap you can imagine. Also on a bike. Keep riding and safe travels.

Cheers. Thanks for taking us along!

Agree with the other comments. When that bike starts up is a wow moment. You need a decent microphone set up so we can hear you when riding. Look at Freddie Dobbs for example. Great young couple, bike oriented but with great audio. Anyway, enjoyed and subbed.

Yall are young for old school style that brought back great memories from the good ol days and they still are!!! Im 70 and ride two bikes 1990 hd softail and my little mule 2006 bmw 1200 GS love em both i like what you changed on your bike looks good be safe out there brother and sister

She's gotta get on her own bike....then ya have the start of your club! 😁🤙 The Busted Speedos.

2:00 - Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead. Thanks for sharing your moto camping. A bit different from the way I do it, but as long as you're having fun, you're doing it right. Celebrate diversity.

Great 1st Vid!! Thanks for showing how to "get out there" and "make it happen"...broken speedo and all!! Love the bungees...Thanks for keeping it real guys!

Good sounding EVO, love the tent.

Great scenery. I have a 85 Electra Glide and gave up on the stock speedo. I put on a GPS speedo and you wouldn't be able to tell it isn't the stock one. Plus no more speedo cable

Bud here , I am 69 , still love motorcycle camping . I have two bikes that I use for different trips to different places , a Harley road king and a DR 650 . I love the way you minimise your gear I carry that much comfort stuff when I take the Harley I tow a trailer . Loved you video looking forward to the next one .

Good luck with this motorcycle vlog! Ya’ll have the basics covered. Harley, good lookin woman, guy with a beard--what wouldn’t work about this? Be safe!

I grew up in Seattle, and had lots of adventures in Eastern Washington. In CleElum, we’d ride dirt bikes all over the old cold heaps. Around the Potholes, we’d fish/camp. Riding two-up, under a lean two doesn’t provide much shelter. But at least you can keep each other warm. I Solo off my ‘07 HD Deluxe, here in Idaho, and North Eastern Oregon. A plow-point tarp, pitched off the bike, makes up my crude camp. I use a tyvek ground cloth, and gortex bivy, stuffed with a air mattress, and down bag. The bike is leaning away, with the Ridgeline from the handlebars, staked to the ground, tarp, pinned at the corners. It works great. Better if it’s a lawn. The hot dogs were a nice touch… Your woman seemed chill. Rugged, but you’d better plan for more comfortable accommodations if it gets colder or rains. Mine would demand it. She’s not much for the bike, or Moto-camping, so I go solo. Thanks for the video!

brilliant places and lovely old school evo

Love your channel. Looking forward to more episodes!

Camped there many times - that’s about as crowded as I’ve seen it! There’s tons of free camping nearby and pretty easy to get some solitude if you want. Love the Evo Heritage - lots of character! I have a ‘96 Dyna that I rode hard as well.

I love how fast you are going, slow and easy lol, Harley speedos,

Just wow ❤❤

yes! do it

Superbe c'est génial 👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️

Good vid love bike camping over. Keep real on two

Just found you guys at! Looking forward to watching your adventures

Cool little tent.

Just found your channel. A friend posted in Facebook. Going to check out other vids. Love the tent and the way it attaches to the bike.

so cool..😎👍👍👍

Bike sounds nice. Great scenery. I love moto camping. I just got back from a 7720 mile trip and did alot of moto camping.

Subscribed, like your simple approach. Look forward to seeing more.

Awesome, bro !!! 🥹

Greetings from the UK, Awesome video..!! Stay positive, enjoy life.. 👍

Great Start to the Series. Love the Scenery. Can't wait for more episodes and adventures.

Go off the high side!!! Any dew or rain will run down on you and it it falls it will be on top of you

I just Liked and Subscribed. I'm looking forward to many great videos 😊. I live in Gig Harbor now but I also lived in Eastern Washington for many years. I miss the wide open spaces.

These are very nice videos🙂

Oh man, that was so nice to watch, great video! Greetings from Poland!

Another rider from my home state!! I’m over in the Olympic Peninsula in Port Angeles!

Very cool video

Hey guys nice video greetings from Sweden and am looking forward to more great content

horse fly's,yellow jackets, rain drops,windscreens can decrease fatigue on long rides I've found be safe good luck

awesome

🤘😁🤘

First time viewer. Enjoyed. BUT PLEASE, get a set of Rok Straps.. I almost lost an eye pulling on a bungee strap as NIKA was doing. Hot day, got impatient, kept pulling harder and harder then WHAM.. I fell to the ground my right hand under my left eye... started to lift my head and felt drip.. drip.. drip on the back of my hand. Thought sure it was the fluid from my eye. Fortunately, it was "only" blood from the slashed eyebrow the metal hook had torn through. I looked like a movie monster for six weeks. Never again. Rock straps aren't cheap, but life without a left eye would have been worse.

Hey, i am from india. Just came across your channel and my love for bike & camping just grew stronger. 👍

Nice vid , I’d set my tarp up on the other side of the motorcycle though so there’s no chance of it falling on top of you .

I enjoyed this vlog cannot wait for more adventures.

keep making great content. I love both your bikes. Enjoyed drinking my morning coffee today here in Connecticut and watching this. Later in the day got out on my own bike. Ride safe and enjoy. What is your favorite season to ride in. I love spring and fall here in Connecticut.

hint..find your starter wood for the fire before you put the tent up, or before dark...

New subscriber her. Local rider from Philippines

Good luck with motovlogging. Loved watching the video and became your 800th subscriber. Stay blessed.

Ok that's camping looks like a big parking lot in the desert :) kinda cool. I have never camped where there are no trees...

great video and the scenery looked pretty danm cool,, just subbed to your channel 👍

Hi! Watched both of your videos and I enjoyed them both. I also subscribed to your channel in hope that it helps you and in hope you'll do more videos. 🙂 If I may suggest, volume down for the background music and let us hear that v-twin rumbling 🙂

Awesome video dear friend! It’s been a while since I’ve seen you guys.Really enjoyed the vid!

I live about 40 minutes directly east of you. Awesome Ride !

Nice vídeo I'm from Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil🇧🇷

Ok I subbed. Gonna need a tour of that bike at some point. Haven’t seen a starter button like y’all got. 😂😂. Keep posting looks good so far.

I randomly saw your video and added it without having any idea where you were. I went there last weekend. I camped across the river at Ginko State Park.

Nice video, please tie those throttle cables so they don’t flop around in the wind. Looks horrible and is dangerous. Best to use a single throttle cable, but that might not bevlegal wherevyou are. Nice bike btw.

Go to a saddle shop or a boot repair shop to get those bags fixed .

Pitch the Tarp on the High Side of Bike

the tent is good, om, in Indonesia no one sells it like that. I also like touring but with a vespa

I live in idaho, I ride a 2001 roadking, I recognized most all those places.thats a cool old heritage softail your riding.look up scooter tramp scotty on RU-vid he lives on his harley 24/7 365 you learn alot of great stuff from him and he's a great dude .also check out panhead Billy on RU-vid amazing.

Love your channel! Did you say 18f???? At 71, still loving riding, but camping is hard-I just cannot get comfortable enough sleeping on the ground. Looking forward to seeing more videos of yours.

Hey guys, greetings from an ozzy living in the Philippines : )

This is not a criticism so don't take anything I'm about to say negatively. There's something luring about keeping things simple or minimalist. Your gear ... like, what gear[?] resembles something like a cowboy bed roll... a tarp ... and I guess something to boil water in and your bike is kind if like a good old loveable horse and together you're making your way west. You have zero creature comforts and you don't seem to need any. That's pretty cool. Some people pack everything they can fit and go to a lot of expense to buy expensive gear, and a roomy tent and a stove and on-and-on and many probably wish they had more room to pack more crap. I think your doing it better with far less crap with one exception. As long as there are two of you, it would be wise to invest in a good 3 season lightweight tent. A cold rainy night on a windswept prairie under that convoluted minimalistic shelter your using would be a very miserable experience and a good tent would offer protection from the elements. Other than that, keep on keepin-on. Good video and good luck in your adventures. Edit... several minutes after posting the above, I thought to myself... Heck, you two may well start a new trend in moto camping? The lesser and lighter - the better. Still, a good tent might save you a trip down hypothermia lane and that might put an end to what could evolve into a whole new culture of moto minimalist camping.. I wish you well.

Great video, thanks for sharing, nice Enfield 😊

Did you guys have to set up camera angles and go back to pick them up just for the shot? Because that's an absolutely respectable effort. Definitely adds to the video for sure!

The scenery is pretty cool, but I kept watching mostly to listen to the sound of that Harley engine. Ahhhhhh....

Oh wow just found out about your channel here, great job and good luck! Anyway, I’m interested in where did you get the tent, might come in handy should i need to pack light. A bit confused on the bike tho, my guess is that’s a late 90s Springer with an FLH/FLSTF front end? Haha nice man

Good day to you! I am a HONDA Cross Cub senior rider from Japan. Enjoying camping and touring and upload video. This is so nice adventure video! Awesome! I leave Have a nice day my friend!

that is one hell of a first video - well done! Get a cheap mic for your phone with a dead cat, and reduce that pop from wind noise

staying in the open space like this, i am sure its very cold at night.

Beautiful video, really loved sharing the adventures with you guys. I love the black helmet, what brand is that?

that's the state of Washington? i had no idea Washington had that kind of scenery. that was like in the desert. that's really beautiful. i do have to say y'all are hardcore. your handlebars looked pretty rusty, speedo doesn't work, bags need bungee cords. cool tent though. bike seem to run good, sounds great. cool video. being honest, see what happens before i sub. be safe.

What tent is that? It’s awesome!

Just stumbled on it awesome I’ve got a triumph like your but love the Harley which one is it👍🏼

Your altimeter seems to be broken haha

Hi.... friend from Malaysia 🇲🇾

Awesome, great job. How did you like your Nomad tent? I just bought the Nomad 4 yesterday and hope it works out well. Ride safe guys. Subscribed…

South jersey checking in what brand tent is that 🤔 👀

bike should be facing waya from the tent so if it falls it falls away from you and not ontop of you while you sleep

Awesome video. What tent is that?

Is your tent a aussie swag tent that I see on a lot of aussie bike RU-vid sites?you should stake the other side so that the bike doesn't fall on you in the night, I had that happen to me one night, I made my own swag like I saw at a bike rally when my wife wanted to visit her family in wormamaroo Australia, I took my Harley over there and camped in a tent all the way to her father's house from Sidney, almost 3000 miles, and back, we went to 3 bike rallies and had a blast, lots of those tents there, made my own, a little bit larger, used it for 4 years and a guy and his wife bought it after offering me too much money for it

Hey cool channel. just found you and subscribed. 👍

How do you get those shots running next your bike?

Amazing video...omg the landscape guys!. What state is that?. Definitely a new subscriber.

Beautiful scenery​ an fresh brother I like your video 👍

at 1:29, he's pressing something behind the exhaust to start the bike, what is that? Is that something for the wet sump? How does it work?

Keep the rubber down DBMC

Bud Bundy on tour ? 😂

Great video, I'm 51&disabled but still can ride want to before I can't anymore I've been riding over 30years last 2years no motorcycle I've had some bad luck last few years. I lost my land&home that were paid for I became homeless my wife of 23 years passed away at age 42.i have a little apartment now I don't owe no one not even credit card debt but it takes everything I get a month to pay rent&bills I want to live a life long dream &live from my motorcycle if I can get another I don't have any savings I get a small retirement check each month but if I get a bike I can use that money to live on make videos of where I go,motorcycle maintenance camping etc. But getting the bike is the hard part I tried a couple used dealerships they said I need a 2 thousand dollars a month income I don't have that I don't want a hand out a hand up be nice maybe I will find someone to work with me I don't want a new bike well until then I watch video's like this, thank you

Just wondering if you'd recommend the tent? Been considering it for a while. Cheers!

beautiful! what kind of tent is that?

What tent is that? I’m looking for one and can’t really find much in the way of a motorcycle tent.

Maybe get a rack at the back guys. You can haul a lot of shit with em ; )

I hope I meet a chick someday that will go motorcycle camping with me because my wife wont go 😒

Just curious about bike.. is it a sportster or Fatboy?

Sexy people. Is the speedometer/odometer unhooked to keep the mileage low for resale value? You wouldn't be the first dishonest people to do it. Been done before!