Episodes

  • The Advantage Of Traveling Light

    The Advantage Of Traveling Light
    Oct 25 2024
    Ryan Egusquiza from Bend, Oregon’s Giant Loop is our guest this week and we talk hard cases (not head cases) vs. soft bags and the art of leaving LA.
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    32 mins
  • The Rise And Fall Of Flat Track

    The Rise And Fall Of Flat Track
    Oct 18 2024
    A half-dozen years ago flat track racing was having the most unusual resurgence. The most American—and the most cultish—of all motorcycle sport had superstars like Marc Marquez and Valentino Rossi under its spell. But then something happened. The grids shrunk, the riders began to feud with management, and the spectators stayed away. This week Cory Texter, a former champion in the sport and a long-time critic, is our guest as we try to unpack how something with so much momentum hit the skids with such ferocity.
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    41 mins
  • A Riding Season Of Adventure

    A Riding Season Of Adventure
    Oct 11 2024
    As the 2024 riding season winds down, Neil and ADVrider managing editor Zac Kurylyk meet up to talk about the different bikes they rode this summer (new and old), including Zac's time on the new Royal Enfield Himalyan 450. He thinks it's stiff competition for the KLR650 and DR650.
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    44 mins
  • What's The Adventure Bike Origin Story?

    What's The Adventure Bike Origin Story?
    Oct 7 2024
    Who built the first ADV bike? Was it the BMW R80 G/S, or was there another dual sport/travel bike hybrid before that machine? This week, designer/industry insider Michael Uhlarik returns to The Lowdown Podcast to talk about another brand that has a solid claim to the title of first to the ADV segment.
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    41 mins
  • This Man is a Motorcycle Genius

    This Man is a Motorcycle Genius
    Sep 27 2024
    Motorcycling’s most happening man. Paul d’Orleans is a historian, curator, author, and founder of The Vintagent, the go-to for motorcycle culture online. He’s also funny, shrewd, a keen lover of all things obscure, and a natty dresser.
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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • Re-Tracing The Route of The Original Adventure Rider

    Re-Tracing The Route of The Original Adventure Rider
    Sep 20 2024
    From building choppers in the decadent 1990s to amassing more than a million kilometres in the past 15 years, Paul Stewart doesn’t hang about. But Stewart’s more than just about hammering his way across continents. For his latest expedition, he pottered across America on a Honda 125 retracing the steps of a man who, 120 years ago, headed into the wilds on a bicycle with a clip-on motor as the very first ADV rider. Add to this a passion for helping stray dogs and perpetual struggles with his vision—he’s had multiple eye surgeries—Stewart is not a man to be held back.
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • The OG Of The ADV Aftermarket

    The OG Of The ADV Aftermarket
    Sep 13 2024
    Eric Hougen has a lifetime in the ADV riding aftermarket scene, founding Wolfman Luggage from nothing and equipping thousands of riders for adventures around the world. Today, he talks with host Neil Graham about the challenges of the business and what he's up to now, with his new Threadworks project.
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • The Secret Behind Royal Enfield's Success

    The Secret Behind Royal Enfield's Success
    Sep 6 2024
    In the early 2000s, Royal Enfield was a niche company, an India-based oddity building crude bikes that were basically unchanged since the mid-20th century. Now, they're a fully up-to-date manufacturer, with ABS, traction control and other modern electronics, and they have a wide range of products from cruisers to retros to scramblers to adventure bikes. How did they make this all happen? Mark Wells, the company's UK-based head of design, is here to tell us how Royal Enfield transformed themselves into the mid-sized motorcycle market leader.
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    1 hr