Why I Ride Pt. 1 ‘Youth, Hero & Friends’. 

Thank you dude . Wow that’s some going !!! I bet your brain is buzzing and body feeling it . But I hear you … it takes it out of you but also leaves you completely rejuvenated! Best wishes

@@markshawreflections850 Hearing your back story like that no wonder it resonates with you . That’s a great story .. thanks for kind words too . Happy safe travels.

@@jasonwright9555 Thanks again . Cheers for taking time out to comment We read every one and it means a lot .

Haha … thanks mate …

Thank you , this message is beautiful and very much appreciated. Our best wishes to you both.

Never mind the wife, I had tears in my eyes. God speed chum.

@@mattcc6603 you me both !! Cheers pal

It’ll read well on my headstone. Haha cheers for watching

Was thinking the same lol!

Hell yeah !! Thanks mate

@@jaakobspringer5742 haha. Hello brother ! Gotta love motorcycles! Thanks for watching

50 years that’s incredible and that must be a few books worth ! Cheers for watching and taking time to write ! Best wishes

Cheers mate !!!

‘You are a human being friend’ best quote I’ve read in ages . It means a lot , pathetically all I can say is thanks so much mate . That’s amazing !!! Best wishes to you .

That comment .. literally made the whole day editing those 6 minutes totally worth it , I’ve never done the voice over recording thingy , but it was a challenge! Thanks so much for the kind words . Safe travels . Enjoy

Hope in some small way it’s given you the confidence to know what you have to say rings true to so many people and resonates with us. Really like the music too! Look forward to more. Kindest regards to Lisa, Megan and all the family .

@@davidperkins1765 Thank you 🙏. And from us all back at you … the absolute best .

You can do it chum. You can.

Beautiful!

Thanks for the support , much appreciated! Best wishes

Thank you for taking time to comment . Appreciate that . Best wishes mate

@@michaelhaddan1965 Many thanks 🙏

Way too kind … thank you .. can I just say , coming from someone who can put together a comment like that, it means so much more . Best wishes..

Many thanks for watching … Too right .. Best wishes mate .

Appreciate that man ! Happy safe travels to you .

Hey thanks , glad you liked it

Many thanks 🙏

@@jamescraft3381 Thank you ,🙏 My Best wishes to you

Cheers Colin … must catch up soon pal , Life is a little more grounded now . Best wishes

Glad you passed the tests and got straight back up fighting … thanks for kind words … appreciate that .

Welcome dude .

@@tankcrowe7668 First off belated congratulations on your 50th anniversary. Next what a great story , really love hearing these tales from people .. it’s incredible that RU-vid has had so many people reach out to share stories with me , my nights lately are me or Lisa reading new comments to each other .. so many good folks out there finding these videos . I too had times when too broke to own a motorcycle, I bloody kept dreaming this re occurring dream I’d walk into the garden to my old concrete shed and my old Sporster would be there … I’d sit on her start her up Run back inside to grab my lid Go back to shed and she was gone Then I’d wake and have to check shed To make sure … Some of us need two wheel motion more than we know . Hope your girl is back restored soon and you have many more safe happy journeys My sincere best wishes And thank you 🙏 Your father sounded an amazing man , what a beautiful introduction you had to this two wheeled world . Magical .

@@sammymawdsley9389 cheers mate

Thank you mate

Thanks mate … best wishes from us both

Thanks dude .

@@MrB1967 I’m stoked! Thank you 🙏

@@pmers well that’s a great bloody compliment.. thank you 🙏 dude .

Thank you 🙏 It’s on our bucket list for sure and hopefully one day . Best wishes safe happy travels

Haha … It sums up ‘The Motorcycle’ . Cheers mate ..

Many thanks .🙏 happy safe travels to you and best wishes

@@mspencer5954 Thank you 🙏 Stoked you found it

Spot on John ! Wise words … best wishes to you

@@doricdave Thanks for leaving such an ‘open’ and powerful comment. Sorry to hear you suffer with this all too common illness. But encouraging to read the positive vibes that follow… The daily grind , kids , home , all things we treasure … but none of it comes easy . You gotta fight for sure and can hear all throughout your comment .. you’re a fighter . When my girls were younger and money always super tight , gone through our share of tough times , I was off work 4 years with back injury and major op .. literally had no money . Never had £10 in my pocket. Once I got working saved up to buy another motorcycle Immediately heart come back to life I couldn’t afford to go away on week trips but would get out on one night wild camps , pack my food sit round a fire with a mate and come back next day feeling brand new , ready to face another week , A motorcycle can do that .. just seems to restore you . Anyway I’m rambling . Good to hear from you and Sub much appreciated too . My best wishes … brother . Mark

Dear doricdave! I tell you my Story: i suffer from an post draumatic Stress diseas and the last 8 ! ! Years i could barely leave the house had no Power to do anything then the absolute necessery my live was an big dark hole. Then little by litten i began to crawl out of this whole i begann to make yoga. at the beginning 30 min a week then more and now 7 hours a week i conquered my body back and at my 50th birthday i bought an customized cb 250 and now i am back on the road and raid every day so dont give up you can search a way out of your hole all the best jaaki from austria

@@paulwilson1847 Wow . Truly humbling , I’m learning a little each day . Thanks 🙏 for the kind words . Best wishes

@@LeanIntoTheWind you capture the essence of being a biker and riding beautifully, but pair it with a compelling story which is as heartbreaking as it is poignant. Sharing this kind of stuff takes a lot of strength. Very grateful you've found your way here with it. My feedback: Don't change a thing. Don't play to the gallery. An audience is gathering. Keep learning and enjoy the process man. Ride safe.

@@paulwilson1847 Very much Appreciated ♥️

Cheers pal . Sorry to hear you been through all that struggle and want to wish you a full complete recovery dude , that must be the stress of all stress . Power to you for your strength ! Yeah that chemo could well be the cause of you feeling the cold … tbh Friday night was not cold at all , damp and wet , but I didn’t get much sleep as the foxes were crying and doing that crazy fox sound , so yesterday making this video I was running on two hours sleep , hence the rambling . Best wishes & good health to you from us both .

@@LeanIntoTheWind Thank you both, that means a lot, I'm a fighter and wont give up. TBH, I had a minor heart attack a month before being diagnosed with the cancer and have so far (touch wood) beat them both and come out the other side but my problem is, I can't or very rarely open up and talk which is probably the major cause of the mental health and depression but as soon as I'm out on the bike, my world changes. My eldest son rides too (typically, just after I set this account up as Harley & the Bandit, he sold his Bandit and R1 and bought a Ducati 1200 Multistrada with full tour package) and tries to get me out as much as possible and we are hoping to do a tour of France and Spain, maybe more next year if funds allow (another reason for setting this page up) but still need a decent quality wireless mic as I can't post all the videos with no commentary as my subscibers seem to show (still stuck on 11) God knows how you managed on two hours sleep lol, I need a good 8 hours each night Anyway, thanks again for your well wishes and my very best wishes to you both and to Meghan. Ride safe ❤

@@HarleytheBandit so now it’s ‘Harley & The Duke’ !!! Stay strong bro .. 👊 and get that mic when you can . It’ll make huge difference..

@@LeanIntoTheWind Nah, I'll just give my son the nickname "the Bandit" lol and thank you, both of you.

Thanks for such an excellent comment, nah I’ve never driven that long , England is too short … but I can understand and imagine…. But even a 10 hour drive , makes me crazy , if we drive anywhere really far .. I used to drive over night The kids would sleep and I’d listen to an audiobook. Rather than deal with the traffic jams and the fruitcakes . Obviously a lot of what I said about car drivers is tongue in cheek .. but again not really . People loose their marbles in a car . But yeah someone had too .. and some van take it . Most Lorry drivers are superb gentlemen on the road , they’ll always give room for a biker lane splitting etc , where as some cars will pull in and make the gap tighter hah . Thanks again , great words

Many thanks, was fun to make

Too kind .. but thank you 🙏 best wishes

@@ronsmith5648 Stoked the road led you this way . Nice one mate .

Thanks for taking time to comment , appreciate that . Love those Sport Glides . Perfect for those roads round your way too . It’s a beautiful area . Best wishes from us both .

@@LeanIntoTheWind Cheers, Best Wishes to you both too.

Cheers pal !

Cheers you guys !

Appreciate you taking time to say .. happy and safe travels back at you mate

Thank you brother

Cheers mate !!!!

Thank you !

Cheers for watching ❤

Haha now you know . Thanks 🙏 best wishes to you from us two

@@MrSmileyshaun such similarities I got two daughters two haha Happy safe travels !

Cheers!!

Have fun !!

🙏 many thanks

Thanks for watching. Yeah I hear you . I don’t ride in groups . Done it a fair bit in past just with my mates on trips .. but we all have our own pace , not just In riding , In eating , waking , lifestyles , with just the Mrs on the back we see a lot more stop / leave when we want .. oh the rubbish , Sicily , the mafia in charge of rubbish clearance , I don’t know the whole story but I kinda heard they kinda took all the money but don’t do the job So outside lots of towns They seem to pick a road and just dump it there , the locals just pull up Whole family waves at you as they chucking all their shit out the back of their cars , The smell is insane , and rats scurry across road . That clip was not the worst we saw by far , at one point Only the white line was left Cars couldn’t get by We just bout got through on bike Bout 2ft of road left

@@Focal_Paradox hahaha … was trying to really drum it home

Thank you . I hope you’re holding up through tough times . Best wishes mate

@@LeanIntoTheWind I'm much better thanks mate. Still, this year will be almost wasted. Nevertheless I'm not dead and riding my bike.

Cheers Dan ❤

@@howardandrews2911 Bet that was a beautiful trip . Kind words . Best wishes mate

Yeah guilty here I got a car too haha

Thank you so much .. kind of you . Had my white Joe King since 2010 and it saved my life in 2022 as I bounced on my head 3 times in the crash that killed Jolene . So I bought a black one off Paulo to replace it .. best wishes bro

@LeanIntoTheWind that's great (not about your bike) but that the helmet did its job. I got a Periodmaster Black label edition. I love it, the best helmets out there

Haha … Why thank you Robert . Best wishes

Cheers fella .

Great story right there … and incredible you got it together at such a young age . Great introduction! Glad the trip went well , why does it always rain on the first day haha I guess it’s to see how much you really want to go ! GoPro is not for everyone, at first it can feel like a lot of messing around , on the Italy trip I wasn’t that into it , I think you only actually get ‘into’ it , once you edited it and made something out of the hours of what feels like a lot of nothing . Only then did I or Lisa tbh Get into it . Best wishes from us both , really sounds like some trip that !

Well said that man ! Cheers bro

Haha you probably right there , but I didn’t want to upset too many people. My Grandad was a legend and a real kind soul , I could re tell some of his stories for hours , it was hard to even mention him and keep it to a minute. Thanks a lot for taking time to leave such a great comment

Whoops I thought you said 90 % arsehole and 10% good I’d love to retract my comment . But there it is , my only defence is I live in a town that resembles the tv show TOWIE . Forgive me … ❤

Hey , you’re here man ! Well done for finding out the magic !

I got mates I known since we were kids been talkin bout passing bike test all that time and are now 50 still talking about sorting it soon . Happy safe travels

@@growlerfowler6068 True that !!

Cheers dude !!!!

Enjoy the ride !!! ❤ Cheers for the kind words

Thank you dude . Best wishes