Sam and his Road King, and me on my Softail deluxe hit the streets of Westchester NY. I intentionally edited minimally to give the viewer a real world experience of what it's like to ride a full Cholo. Enjoy.
my new most watched , great channel , great camera , can not even put into words how appreciative one is for these and the others you make . Two stroke , three yrs apart ,recovery , license is toast now but still fire em up and rev em at odd hours of the night . again , thanks for the trip .
Thanks man. People spoke up in the comments on the last film and said they wanted more riding footage. So this was kind of a beta test for riding footage/format
Need more videos of you guys just riding. No talking. No music. Just awesome video with riding and pipes with your awesome cinematography. You look awesome on your bike. The sound coming through my stereo surround is SICK!
@@JETFILMCHANNEL Oh yes. There are several RU-vid accounts where people are doing their thing with no sound and no talking. Like Kraig Adams hiking. Or My Self Reliance. Love stuff like that.
Glad you mentioned that, because I spend quite a bit of time and effort on sound. The microphone was actually in my backpack wrapped in studio foam. It eliminates just about 100% of the wind, but keeps the sound of the bike. It was slightly muffled for my taste, so I ran the sound through a couple different processesors to bring out the true sound but still a little muffled. Nonetheless, it's better than relying on camera mics.
Yall both got some bad ass bikes I couldn’t imagine riding them I would be so much trouble. Just ran across your channel pretty freaking awesome content
Understood, I plan I getting more of that in this upcoming year. Question, what kind of riding do you find most interesting to watch? Highway, city, backroad, mainroad?
It was encouraging to see that you had (seemingly) minimal pipe scraping riding on those uneven roads. That gives me hope with my 39" fishtails. I have been a bit afraid to lower my bike too much because it is handling so well (so far). I like to ride hard through the canyons and appreciate a decent lean angle :)
Stumbled on your channel. Love it. Love that it’s not about M8 Baggers. The sound of Twin Cams I miss sooooo much. Sounds crazy but thinkin about trading down to a 14-16 103HO RK. Anyhow cool channel.
Awesome bike man, last time I was in NY it was winter, great to see how green it is. I took the train up to Germantown, will have to come back in summer sometime. Greetings from Australia.
@@JETFILMCHANNEL Looking forward to that movie your thinking about making. You definitely make some Bitchin quality videos and have friends in the bike culture world
Thanks for posting your videos. Been watching them for the last 3 days. Come out and ride the Blackhills of South Dakota we have very nice smooth roads
Huge fan! been around bikes my whole life growing up watching my dad build them. Your cholo bike is kick ass man and i like how you did the audio in this video! stumbled upon your channel a few weeks ago and its a kick ass channel man
@@JETFILMCHANNEL I liked how the cameras jumped from one bike to the other the sound of the exhaust, and the scenery of New York is awesome. Also just two buddies riding.
@@JETFILMCHANNEL I just love watching the ride man. Love all your videos but the riding for me is best. Hearing you bang gears, just cruising. Excellent 👌
You have a gift man. Your videos are legit great work. I ride a 2019 Cholo King. The Heritage Deluxe are my favorite bikes but at 41 years old, the Road King is best for me, my ass and my lower back. Keep at it homie. 🤙🏽
Both of these bikes are sick! Sam has done AMAZING work with the King!!!! Bro......!?.... remember it was that ugly teal and looked like pawpaw rode it. It's come a long way!
You said it, that bike has come a long way. It had good bones so it was worth putting money into. It's nice that these bikes still run strong after 20 years
Nice one John, Sam's put some work in since we last seen his bike. Forks adds yet another dimension as I don't think ivr seen any cholos rocking a black?? My cholo, I'm learning to live with the pipes scraping which isn't as bad as I thought it would be, but some of these UK country roads are just too bouncy for a Cholo, 40 or 50mph max 😅 last bike arriving lol Nice change up with the video, get more ride talk in is an option, appreciate all your efforts man, 💪
thinkin about gettin one of these....just gotta know a few things....they any good on the highway?.....long runs?...or is this a city bike like the sportsters?
Brother, animal your channel on your deluxe! I have one, greetings from the south of Brazil! One question, I'm having difficulty maintaining the quality of videos exported from Gopro to youtube. What settings do you use to finalize material before uploading? Thanks!
Thank you! Here's a couple tips - when you're creating a video in the editing software, set your resolution for 4k, which is 3840 x 2160. When you save your final video, make sure to save at a high bit rate, such as 100Mbps and ensure that your are saving at 4k resolution. When you upload to RU-vid, their system will recognize that you are uploading a 4k video as opposed to 1080, and they'll give you the better video codec to ensure high quality playback. Just be aware that even with the better codec, it'll never be as good as the original version. Their codec's are highly compressed formats which can make beautiful footage look "good" at best.
Cool short vid of a sick ride 👍🏼 I thought the road king was blueish,has it always been black ? How’s the suspension holding up with air ride ? Also how wide are your Carlin Bars?
Saw a gorgeous Shadow 750 cholo styly something like that,absolutely love it,thinking about getting it I sold my Dragstar 650 about a month ago and last Monday bought a VN 800 but I don't rly like it that much,I wanted to get an Intruder 1400 who was more like that but couldn't get it in the end and ended up with the Vulcan to not stay without a bike any longer but yeah
lol came back to this vid now August 15 2023 After 2 years,still got the Vulcan but not for long this my 3rd bike and never had this many bike problems with any of my other bikes Bike's been sitting at mechanics since March...should finally be able to ride it this week or the next one Just waiting for a starter clutch to arrive here from Japan...
I love the videos, your bike has come together nicely and I cannot wait to see what you’re going to with the new 02’ Road King because I know it’ll be nice! I was wondering what kind of helmet are you running, is it a microdot helmet?
Lived in NY (Long Island) my entire life. I guess we just get used to the roads being this bad everywhere. I have the same bike / color combo. Love your tastes. Who makes the handle bar bag you are running? Also, do you sell your old parts when you are done with them? Looking for a swing arm bag.
They're 16's on 2" risers. It depends how long I can ride based on the road conditions, but typically I can ride for at least an hour and a half before I'd like a break
Saw your last video about the air ride, how is it holding up? How does it compare to the progressive 422 shocks? Is it bouncy? Looking at buying them myself
The air ride is holding up perfectly, and I've definitely put some miles on it through most conditions. So like i said in that film, the 422's were brutal at the full 2" drop, the shotguns can go 3". So if you ride at a 2" drop with the shotguns it's pretty tolerable while maintaining a low stance. If you want max comfort then you can raise up the air suspension to stock height and it's very comfortable. The 422's at stock height were pretty comfortable too, but air is more comfortable at stock height. Lowered, the shotguns can be bouncy at times depending on how you have it dialed in, but then again anything will be bouncy when you're at the final reaches of suspension travel. My advice - if you're looking for a true Cholo look and you have the money, go with the shotguns and never look back.
What's up brother, I got to say , not a fan of the black fork legs. That's a performance bike thing. I was thinking it's time for a chrome swing arm to match chrome front end. Sam's bike is looking good.
Thanks for the opinion. It's a work in progress, maybe you'll change your mind when I figure out what I'm doing with the upper sliders. And a chrome swing arm to me, screams "I use kuryankyn parts!!!"
@@JETFILMCHANNEL lmao at chrome swing means kuryankin parts. True that, I'm not a fan of that either, that's why you got to get chrome plated swing arm. You got taste though bro. Keep em coming.
I've seen some bikes pull off the chrome swingarm look. Others, not so much. Lately I've been hesitant to add more chrome, I guess I was afraid of the bike becoming one of those "chromed out" bikes, instead of just being a bike with chrome. Anyway, I appreciate the support and I encourage critiques because I do listen to you guys.
@@JETFILMCHANNEL I'm building a lowrider Harley right now but already have ideas for my next bike. You did great with the softail. Do you have any ambitions to biuld another one? Anyways, I have an idea for a video. I saw a video where 2 guys went for a long ride to the redwoods. They decided to take a route that would bring them back ridding along the coast. While fueling up, and talking to locals, they were asked if they went to see the light house near by. When they got there they learned it is the biggest lighthouse in the West coast and the most western point of the United States. I would like for you to take us on a ride to a destination unique to the east coast. I think a lot of bikers look for destinations like that for an excuse to ride.
Thanks, for on-board cameras I just use GoPro's. I have a couple 7's and a 9. For remote sound I use a tascam field recorder. A DJI air 2s for aerial shots and a Sony a7siii for principle filming
@@JETFILMCHANNEL that’s awesome your videos are stunning How do you color grade this cinematic intro ? By yourself or do you use a special LUT for that?
The intro was done using a combination of a LUT, manual color grading and a few other effect filters. I wanted it to look moody, a little dull in color, with baseline hues of blue to give a colder feeling.
I just realized that you weren't talking about the latest film. This film was kinda the same but I remember more manual color grading was necessary to get the sky/sun to pop on that drone intro shot
Another awesome video bro!! The only thing you've got to change is that helmet. Get a german style helmet instead, they look badass!! Oh and those shoes man, you need some badass boots. The bikes look great!!
Haha, I knew someone was going to comment on the boat shoes. What can I say, they're comfortable summer shoes. And my helmet, I know it's starting to look ridiculous with all the stickers on it. Hard to let it go, I've had it since the beginning
