Evening Cruise | Broadway St, Harrisburg Blvd | KAWASAKI Z400 | SUMMER 2022 | 4K POV

Welcome.
Just another POV rider.
Riding out of Houston, Texas.
Sharing my rides for all to see.
For the first ride of the Summer season, I go for a late evening cruise down Harrisburg Boulevard with some riding on Broadway Street.
We start out in Old Galveston Rd near Cesar E. Chavez High School, a school once attended by Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen.
Her life ended tragically on April 22, 2020.
More about her story here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_...
www.nytimes.com/article/vanes...
www.texastribune.org/2021/12/...
Temps reached a max of 99F (37.2C).
BIKE
2021 KAWASAKI Z400 ABS (www.kawasaki.com/en-us/motorc...)
BIKE MODS
- LEOVINCE LV-10 STAINLESS STEEL slip-on (www.leovince.com/en-us/line/l...)
- Speedmetal Billet Folding Bar End Mirrors (www.cyclegear.com/gear/speedm...)
- MZS Universal 8mm Swingarm Spool Sliders (www.amazon.com/MZS-Universal-...)
*Note: if not mentioned above, its left stock.
GEAR
- Helmet: AGV K6
- Jacket: Icon Mesh AF CE (www.cyclegear.com/gear/icon-m...)
- Gloves: Street & Steel Holeshot (www.cyclegear.com/gear/street...)
- Boots: TCX X-Street Denim Riding Shoes (www.sportbiketrackgear.com/tc...)
- Comms: Cardo PACKTALK Bold (www.cardosystems.com/shop/pac...)
CAMERA/AUDIO
- GoPro Hero 8 Black (4K, 24fps, Superview, Hypersmooth On, Bit Rate High, Shutter 1/48, White Balance Auto, ISO Min 100, ISO Max 200, Sharpness Medium, Color Flat)
- Zoom H1n Audio Recorder (AUDIO 48k 24bit, LOCUT 120Hz, LIMITER ON, AUTOLEVEL OFF, Gain 4.5)
*Note: For the best experience, listen with headphones. 🎧👍
- Chin Mount for AGV K6 (chinmounts.com/products/agv-k...)
- PolarPro Shutter Collection for HERO8 Black, ND Filters (www.polarprofilters.com/produ...)
*Note: I used ND8 in the video.
RIDER EXPERIENCE
7 months, MSF Graduate
SOURCES
www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?w...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_...
www.nytimes.com/article/vanes...
www.texastribune.org/2021/12/...
SOCMED
TBA
Edited in Adobe Premiere Pro
00:00 Mural
00:58 Ride out
03:35 Into Broadway St
06:17 Over Brays Bayou
06:36 Harrisburg Blvd
16:48 END Harrisburg Blvd

[@rustikarla3419]

You are a good cautious rider...

[@richieotto714]

I love how mean our bikes sound I’m running leo Vince exhaust 🥶👌love your vids every morning when smoking a joint before work

[@morbidsteed]

Awesome! And thank you! I'm glad you're enjoying the vids. Even better watching them baked I bet 😆

[@JCNaves]

Great 😃

[@angelrey646]

good video

[@eddelahoz1703]

whatd you record this with man, look sick, great road vibes too

[@morbidsteed]

Thanks 🙏 Camera and audio gear is in the description.

[@TheStyleOfChris]

Nice. Where you fixed your mic?

[@morbidsteed]

Backpack with mic wrapped up in foam and tape. Settings are in the description

[@sloanfeazel1998]

What exaust do you have? It sounds badass.

[@morbidsteed]

Leo Vince lv10

[@c0uchsl0uch]

Are you still using OEM levers? I gotta see how you have your clutch set up. Yes I read description

[@morbidsteed]

Yes, still OEM levers.

[@richieotto714]

The Oem levers are very good a buddy that rides a R1 said it was buttery compared to his

[@Firearm__official]

Z 400 1l patrol mileage ...?

[@JoeAdrain]

I was like Broadway? Harrisburg? He from Houston lol. I ride a Kawasaki 125. Looking to upgrade to a 400. Where did you buy this bike from?

[@morbidsteed]

Yessir! Born and raised. I bought it from Team Mancuso at the southwest location.

[@PtchersWR]

How tall are you? Im looking to get a Z400 and I'm 6'2 225 do you think i would fit on it well?

[@spencersmith2542]

Depends on your inseam. I'm 6'1" 210 and I fit very comfortably on mine. But most of my height is torso. I have short stubby ass legs.

[@PtchersWR]

@@spencersmith2542 my legs along with my butt are larger then most😂 idk my inseam but I guess I could measure

[@morbidsteed]

I’m 5’6” and 5’7” on good days. Short boi I know. I’d say sit on one if you have a chance. I think the Z400 has a ~30” seat height. I think you’ll fit on it well but best to sit on one

[@PtchersWR]

@@morbidsteed got 1 and just feels good. A bit tight but nothing crazy 🤣

[@morbidsteed]

Awesome! Congrats and ride safe 👍

[@Jodyrides]

Do you hear it popping & missing about 1/3 of the way through this video? that is lost horsepower because it has an aftermarket pipe that was not designed for this machine. It was just made to fit it, it was not made and tuned for this machine motorcycles especially today are tuned from about a foot before the intake of the airbox, through the air box which is designed to flow air like a velocity stack as well as filter the air, the length of the intake manifold, the ignition curve, the cam timing, The ignition advance, the size of the valves, the exhaust port, the exhaust pipe, the muffler, they are all turned to work together. The muffler is actually just as important as the intake tract,.. bolting on some aftermarket ornament that makes noise but not more power, is all that a lot of riders are concerned with they just want to make noise. And you can hear it in this video. You can hear the bike missing, misfiring.. leave your stock exhaust and intake alone. The factory knows more than you do.. i road race motorcycles for eight years.. my first year, every weekend I did a different modification to my machine, and making it slower and less reliable every weekend. I always blamed the bike when I didn’t win. It wasn’t the bike that was slow, it was me.. once I realized that, I started the next year with a bone stock machine in the intake, engine, and exhaust departments. I did upgrade tires, shocks, and removed as much weight as I could from the machine. I started winning. I won six championships, and two national championships by leaving my machine alone and learning how to ride. How to approach a corner, how to be in the right gear at the right time, how to set up every corner so that I had a very high exit speed, how to maintain my momentum, how to pick lines, how to not make mistakes. I outweighed some of my competitors by 60 pounds, they were on the exact same machine but I had two or 3 miles an hour on them in sixth gear at red line. I was protested often, they claimed I have to be cheating because I weighed more than them but my machine was faster than their machine. The difference was, they dial dirt bikes out by putting aftermarket junk on them. They made their bikes slower like I was doing my first year.. leave your machine bone stock and just learn how to ride, learn how to really use the brakes. That is actually where races are won,, by the guy that brakes last…

[@PtchersWR]

its a slip-on bro :-)

[@sirjoux09]

What canister pipe are you using?

[@morbidsteed]

If you mean the exhaust, then it is a LeoVince LV-10 slip on exhaust in stainless steel. It’s a slip on so the stock exhaust pipe is still intact.

[@sirjoux09]

@@morbidsteed Thanks bro. Stay safe