A Sad Day for Old Bikers

[@fearsomename4517]

Back in '78 I bought my stock Triumph Bonneville 650 for $400.00. Had two smaller machines. I've been riding since '73. Riding my 3rd Harley now.

[@mikep.541]

Hey brother. I’m just 71. I’ve been riding forever. Started on a Honda trail 90 and now ride a Tri glide. I have never been to a rally. Most always ride alone. Old school is still out there, but not at the shows. The old timers get old. We cannot fight change. You don’t have to like it my friend. My old man thought the same about me and my group, as did his pap. Enjoy what you have left and hold onto your old school beliefs. That’s all any of us have. Warm winds and blue skies.

[@itchymoche]

Thanks Mike!

[@sabrinaloera2381]

Yes we Old Bikers are a dying breed. Be strong ride hard n die free. Peace

[@williamjohnson6517]

We will NEVER SURRENDER! 😂😎

[@Legendairy_Angel94]

So hilarious... you think us guys wont ever get old? I will keep the traditions of the old school biker alive

[@jefferybeeker9901]

I went to orgoina when it was run what u bring Daytona when there was no rules races an party's all over an now most r gone or so shut down the fun no reason to go when we are dead an gone it will be just memory's of a very few

[@jefferybeeker9901]

I was 8 yrs old when Dad took me to sleepy. Hollow race I road on the tank when I was 4

[@junkyard-p1s]

I'm 64 .Thank God I still have all 43 vhs Easyriders video tapes!! You can still find the magazines and tapes on eBay. I don't ride on expressways anymore. And barely ride around the western suburb where I live 20 minutes from Chicago. Too many freakin tailgaters. I used to go to all the local swap meets like the amphitheater, McCormick place,Peotone, but these shows have way too many I call futuristic sculptures. I love the old time choppers and candy custom paint jobs. I've got a 72 stock flh rat dresser. I mean this baby is rusty ,filthy, pipes are so rusty they sound bad ass!! I get more compliments on this bike than an old 68 hadtail chopper I had. I don't ride with anyone anymore. They are either dead or moved away. My cancer is slowing me down, but I won't sell it yet. I never ride long distance, have no desire to. My motto is different than the usual marketing ones about distance. Everyone is brain washed with that. LIKE your not a real biker unless you ride 1000's of miles. My motto is, it's not how far you ride, it's how cool you look when you get there. And anything that becomes a job is no longer fun. I dont need some idiot telling me how often or far to ride my bike. As long as I can still hold up "Hannah" I'll keep her until it's time. Stay in the wind brothers. Tattoo.

[@itchymoche]

Good words. You're right in saying anything that becomes a "job" is no longer fun, so why push it to that. Keep riding a stress relief enjoyable experience however it may work for you.

[@nightprowlerch19]

I know I told my son I was gonna leave him my motorcycles when I die. And he could give 2 f's about it. If my dad would a left me a bike I woulda had that thing forever.

[@itchymoche]

Isn't that the truth!

[@bobhog3969]

Sounds like you raised your kid not like you should of

[@breakoutpete210]

nightprowler...agreed!

[@nightprowlerch19]

@@bobhog3969 No matter how much you want your kids to do something you can't for some to like something they don't care about.

[@7316bobe]

@@bobhog3969 Unfair comment. Every body does there best.

[@jeffmorris739]

Well we are just old dudes who love the way it use to be. Nothing wrong with us but things change sometimes not for the better. Easy Rider was always taboo when I was growing up. It always had hot women posing with cool old school choppers and my mother hated it. I had to hide it like a playboy. We are a dying breed my friend but we will ride on until we can't. Say hi to Vee hope all is well.

[@valerig2]

Hi Jeff - doin good right now!

[@357bullfrog2]

Could not have said it better

[@TheWolfsnack]

I remember visiting a city back in the 80's and looking for an Easyriders magazine....finding out that every store was required to keep them with the porn mags under the counter.

[@hdrider524]

I always looked forward to David Mann poster inserts!

[@terrywaltman2520]

I'm a hippie, bicker, cowboy poet, and we Will never be left behind ...we are classic, we are timeless, we will never die !

[@OzBloke]

Just be thankful we lived in the era we did! 😎

[@richardhughes6643]

Richierider50 Ive been riding since 1966 I actually had a motorcycle license before an automobile license. Started out on a Yamaha 90 cc. Turning 70 this year and riding a Harley Heritage 2010. Love the old style, proud and its loud. My kids and grandkids just don't understand. I feel free when riding. No radio or bluetooth or any of that crap just the sound of the wind and the pipes.

[@bigguru432]

None of us planned on living this long..

[@HarleyDayRider]

We older dudes have to stick together. I am at a crossroads with old and new. I have a newer bike a Harley but I would love to still do my own build and ride my own bike across this great country of ours. I love riding and I love thinking back to a day when everyone got together on home-built bikes. Ride Safe

[@BoDean52]

times sure are a changing....appreciate the thoughts. Same winter here in Michigan so hope spring comes soon for us. Ride safe

[@oldschool5505]

To us old bikers the bike is more important than the latest i phone.

[@itchymoche]

indeed!

[@ronscott7546]

Face it dude we are dinosaurs and it's sad but true

[@donsvideos1985]

@@MrJimmy1437 don't hate. Young people will still want Harleys. They will do same as I did. Started on a Kawasaki and moved to Harleys.

[@MrJimmy1437]

Move to Harleys? You make it sound like it's a step up. How can that be? I have a Kawasaki zx14r with 1400 cc that makes 192 hp and handles great. I have dyno test on a 1690 cc Harley and it makes 56 hp and handles like a Sherman tank!

[@donsvideos1985]

@@MrJimmy1437 that's all on you dude. I said move, not move up. Stop projecting. you hurt your own dam feelings son!

[@TheWolfsnack]

@@MrJimmy1437 with plastic wrapped dickheads in sneakers like you on them no doubt....

[@ronscott7546]

It's all good guys ride what you want you'll be fine I promise

[@jamesbranzei9143]

I’m 69 An will be ridding this summer An will continue as long as I can.

[@dictumfactum9468]

I had the pleasure of meeting Dave Mann in San Diego many times in the 70s. I wonder if my old 69FL is still kickin around somewhere. Damn.

[@7316bobe]

Dave Mann's art work was the very best.

[@gaylegilbert6789]

ITCHY, YOU ARE NOT OLD YOU STILL HAVE MANY GOOD YEARS LEFT SAY HI TO VEE FOR ME

[@throttletherapy9998]

I'm 56 and I know a few millenials that love the old school stuff way more than new stuff out there today, so I find sometimes that there is hope on the horizon. As an automotive technician I know the old mechanics hated to see all the electronics being added to vehicles , I have no problems with the new stuff, but I still love working and driving older vehicles, in fact all my personal vehicles are pre 97 most are before 1990, I still own my 78 Dodge Lil red truck that I bought in 1983. So don't give up hope wrote just have to be a little patience!

[@duanerichardson5405]

I'm with you Itchy Easy Rider and In The Wind were my two fav mags. Another thing now a days is many other magazines have switched to online only .the older I get the more I miss the way things used to be.

[@7316bobe]

Right on.

[@HaXaW5150]

I look back at the 70's and 80's and man it feels long ago like cavemen walking the earth old. LOL!

[@mose717]

A few years ago my dad told me that the lake where he used to take me fishing was all developed and didn't have fish in it anymore. I didn't like hearing that either.

[@jeffreypalmer1826]

I went in the Marine Corps in 81 started subscribing to Easyriders then I have no idea how many years I have stored away in boxes

[@itchymoche]

They are collectibles now!

[@donsvideos1985]

I had subs to both and still miss David Mans centerfold art and the stories!

[@maninacan.6285]

I like some modern bikes AND old school , My friend still rides with me who was in Vietnam, and he is old school and rides an older customized sportster. He helped me appreciate the old school bikes . It means a lot to have the good times we still have and had , to bad about easyrider magazine. Thanks for the video.

[@TexRider]

sad but everything is online. hard for a magazine to make it. News papers here are feeling the same pain.

[@bruce1816]

Dude, you are completely correct. I'm 67 and have rode since high school. Have ridden in every state eccept Alaska and Hawaii. 2017 was the last time i went to Sturgis and you look around at the $ 600,000 motor homes, the $100,000 bikes. The Dr.and lawyers with there brand new leathers on with headbands on trying to play the tough biker. It's tough to go anywhere anymore to run into like minded old school bikers.

[@briancook5838]

At this point , I wouldn’t go from Ventura , Ca. to Sturgis if you paid my way ! Way too fake and commercial . Last great ride I went on was 3 years ago to the Rocky Point Rally in Puerto Penasco , Sonora , Mexico . Cheap date , great ride , beautiful women , good drugs , cheap alcohol , cathouses . . The Works ! But now , not so much . Mexico is changing , and much for the worse . Even the old Redwood Run in Humboldt, Ca. has changed up in recent years , higher prices , less entertainment , diminished attendance . Hey , we’re just experiencing much the same things as everyone else . . . Who gets older . Things change , and we don’t ! Do it for yourself , while you still can !

[@bruce1816]

@@briancook5838 , I live in the southeast and same thing here! ( Myrtle Beech, etc.) But then, I have the Smokies to rome in. Some good riding, if you stay away from the tourists.

[@redneckwithajeep5001]

Makes me sad. I’ve always said I was a couple generations behind. I would have thrived had been alive in the 60s and 70s unfortunately I’m just as lost as you guys and only 25

[@mr.shannon6137]

Life is easier for every new generation. Each new generation becomes softer, and kinder etc. and chooses products and lifestyles based upon that. The hardcore shit of yesterday becomes softcore today. That's progress.

[@markmiller4012]

My friend we are very few and far in between the last of a dieing breed. Are world as we once knew it has pretty much faded away. Sad but true.

[@vincentvelazquez6001]

I am a 67yo French biker and discovered your channel today. I am sad about this news,Easyriders was such a great magazine that I began to read in 1971.and In the wind too. Had many bikes in my life and like the Old-school style. Still ride today on a triumph speedmaster 900cc. I am looking to your others videos. Cheers from France.

[@itchymoche]

Welcome aboard Vincent.

[@kevinc.9360]

I am currently rebuilding my 1976 FXE - I found a local machine shop and all they have in there is pre-evo motors - flats, knuckles, pans, shovels. They said they are extremely busy - they have at least 40 motors in the shop and a couple month backlog. It is a father/son operation. Based on what I saw, the old stuff is not dead by any stretch.

[@trumpingtonfanhurst694]

Easyrifers magazine gone? Damn. Some of the best jokes I ever read came from there. "Hey Mom, there's guys on motorcycles out there." "Well, bring your sister in and hide her" "But Mom, they're riding Harleys!" "Well then bring in the dogs and cats too"

[@MrJ6504]

Us, the old school bikers will continue to ride real motorcycles.

[@planefloat]

A great bunch of people commenting on this video. I've been riding 59 years and have finally met a wonderful lady to ride with. So I bought another bike a few days ago. Hope to see you out there on the Road....... Have a good riding season, guys....

[@captnemomodelingzone7850]

Man I loved the old Easy Rider Mag. And in the 80s loved the super cycle Mags. Did have nothing to do with Crotch rockets. Brother some changes or not good. I appreciate you putting out the information. You and your wife have a great and blessed week love and respect brother

[@derrickhillier1173]

I hear ya Itchy.I picked up the 4 series easy rider tech books that covered maintenance on older Harleys from the Knucks to the evo"s.Glad I bought them before they totally disappeared.Good info in those books from the old school bikers.

[@jeffengland9913]

It is the nature of the beast.but I must say bikers in the 70s took the torch and continued on. New bikers in the 80s did the same. This went on until about 10 years ago.the wannabe bikers now are not cut from the same leather as us.i have always been on two wheels. My 20 year old son rides daily. But to my surprise when I asked him to go to the spring rally he asked why. Flipping blew my mind. So I said to be with other people who enjoy riding and the lifestyle just as you and i.long story short.these kids may love to ride. I just dont think they have what it takes to enjoy the life or the brotherhood that people over 50 hold so dear.thanks brother keep it rollin.

[@davidmacgregor5193]

In the 1980's I read "Easyriders" and "Iron Horse" every month, they were great magazines. "Iron Horse" had European and Japanese custom motorcycles, it finished a long time ago, now Easyriders has gone too, a sad loss to real bikers everywhere.

[@wdurazo22]

97 RK still going strong.

[@billdutton2873]

Yeah, itch, times change,not always for the best.... Agree with everything you said, I guess we are getting old, but my Wide-Glide sure helps. Keep up the good work

[@scootinflh]

I just ride my scoot around the country and haven't been to a run in 25 years.I dont miss it.

[@markhenry192]

It's not all doom & gloom, there are still plenty of semi old dudes who are still into the "old ways". Have you seen Saddle Tramp, he does some great vlogs on wrenching on his old Harley's. Things are changing though, not much we can do about that. Thanks

[@williamjohnson6517]

Your right but even though there is a law of averages I believe youngsters don't have no where near the adventure in them our Generation does. We'd rough it on the road in all weather's. Most youngsters aren't gonna do that . And as far as wrenching! 😂IT Seems to me somewhere down the line the parents were pussys and they created / brought up pussys. Hell half of them don't know how to do an oil change or how to use a screwdriver ( fact).

[@samcuratolo3885]

it is sad but all things must pass....im sure our parents and grandparents felt the same way....and in 50 yrs this generation will feel the same way....we did and are doing what makes us happy and every generation will do what makes them happy and isn't that what its all about

[@n4zou]

Walk into a Harley Davidson dealership and you'll find more floor space dedicated to clothing than bikes. I also see a lot of people wearing HD clothing that don't own or ride any sort of bike. Back in the day we called them Sidewalk Commandos. Then there are the "biker's" in that only ride a few days a year or one major event a year. However they wear their HD clothing and sport their HD stickers on their vehicle 365 days a year.

[@itchymoche]

I've seen em all. I own a Harley and I don't really like wearing HD apparel, however my beautiful wife likes buying me HD stuff so I wear it. To me, it's like wearing a Ford ball cap or a Nascar jacket. Free advertising for them. Same thing.

[@pm7521]

I was in the middle of a year long subscription when they pulled the plug. In return for my unused balance, they offered me vastly overpriced trinkets, hats and a t-shirt that they wanted something like $40 for. Definatley not the same company as the old easyriders

[@night73084]

Harley / biker culture was doomed when it started being marketed as Cos Play for rich wanna Be’s. Me personally I would rather do the old school thing , my bike will never see a trailer (as long as it can be ridden), I bed roll camp at rallies, and I’m impressed by miles over accessories. Keep the video coming itchy they’re always good man!

[@milosdad1]

Phil Meckem Phil, I like your out look and attitude. Ride on brother!!! Road king

[@johnludmon7419]

People and bikes have moved on the custom scene has changed (in the uk it is more a cafe racer based )Harley are changing their lineup with a street fighter and a adventure bike being added to the cruisers and big tourers. Easy riders didn’t evolve and had the same message and formula for its entire print run & when people didn’t want to read it or it’s message wasn’t relevant to them they stopped or didn’t buy it. I am sad that the carcass has been robbed and the name is possibly going to be stuck onto things that the founder wouldn’t have gone near but such is life we will see if they can sell them.

[@zozoa1]

Couldn't agree more. Life is changing well evolving I suppose the youngsters can't remember what it was like not to have a lot. Now you can just about have anything you want right now just borrow money and bang you have it. There heads are buried in social media. People forget the outside world, Reality. A simple walk in the woods is never done let alone a camping trip away on bikes why do that when you can book into a hotel. It's a shame people have become so soft. So what do we do about it do we just go oh well that's life or do we go no hang on we're not going to give up on it. We just become counter culture again we old boys get together camping gear on and we make our own small rallies you don't need dealership tents you don't need food tents all you need is a bunch of friends tents music a few beers and make your own entertainment. Proper old time ways. Let the youngsters do there thing we do our thing. Who needs a Rally to organise your weekend just do your own thing. Don't forget FTW. Otherwise it will be us that will turn soft. Let's bring the proper old days back we,re in charge of our destiny not the big corporations or the youngsters. Ride Safe and be happy.

[@williamjohnson6517]

Right on man FTW👍🏼 once a Rebelous bastard always a Rebelous bastard! 45 years in the saddle still rolling by the Grace of God!👍🏼😎

[@robertsmall6076]

That’s why they call them snow flakes 🤙🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@frankmaxfield7025]

I'm with you buddy. Everything you said is the truth.

[@MrRick-md7wm]

yup, at 67, I love riding my 56 Pan-Shovel , bought it when I was 19, rigid frame is kinda rough, but ,I love it, its been through many changes, younger bikers see it, & can't understand why I love it, nothing like a open road & a kool woman behind me, small tent, & sleeping bags

[@peterpyke1213]

i still have my 70,s easyriders,as a teen i loved the bikes and the birds,still do

[@billcarothers9182]

Thank you interweb !!!

[@maddog3080]

Rest in peace EasyRider. It's sad that the world as we know it has progressed to this state that long thriving businesses are forced to fold due to the millennials. Always enjoy your broadcasts, helps to shorten the winter months til we can get the toys out again

[@apexlifey]

The old school riders and Harley have done this to themselves

[@longjammeriii3323]

Amen my friend from a sportster trike rider from the UK 👍♥️

[@29687ray]

Sturgis, $8 for a draft warm beer? Never again

[@darryllspalding5211]

In 73 I was 10 yrs old, flicked through my 1st easyriders mag in Australia best thing I’d ever seen!!! The bikes the jokes Dave Mann posters, spider , miraculous mother etc. In the wind was a heat thing on the coffee table at the waiting room in the tattoo shop and around the workshop. Times are changin man. Harley’s are becoming like arseholes , everyone’s got one. When I ask em who services their bike the answer is usually , the stealership. I don’t talk to those people!!! Keep the shiny side up ol mate✌️👍

[@geoffreyjones2000]

When I settled down, there were cows across the street... now there's 450 town houses

[@itchymoche]

Same here. Where I grew up we had one neighbor. Now the street is basically a residential neighborhood. It all changes over time.

[@richardwieder7191]

You can't mention Easyrider without mentioning Dave Mann!!

[@leeleland1183]

Been a few years since I bought a copy of Easyriders. I loved the original format, but Joe just had to change it. No loss in my opinion.

[@atcjoe1600]

I’m only 46 and I feel the same way. Thing’s are not like they use to be!

[@paulabiscuit7767]

Being a 14 year old kid fetching a wrench in a garage. Running errands for the club. I miss the schooling.

[@Mr.McStache]

Joe tried many things through the years to stay on top of the game. The big dog dealership in Columbus was one of his ventures, he had simulated drag racing truck, a Dyno truck. Bikes are being bound by professionals and family people. The “old dirty biker” is going away. Unfortunately that means tradition custom Changing also.

[@danmoore2443]

Born Free is the Best old school chopper show around it’s going strong !

[@carlockert2214]

Great video again. I agree.....

[@christophergreen2411]

I got 1 copy left of an EASY RIDER collection&1 copy of IN THE WIND left of a collection...bought in 1988,in the P.X.@Ft Jackson S.C. while in basic training...which were items not allowed@a b.t.unit.😜

[@itchymoche]

collectibles now.

[@waynehennecke4010]

Who needs a stereo on a motorcycle? The engine is the music.along with open pipes.

[@itchymoche]

I'm with you on that!

[@tedpetrimoulx5020]

No windshield no stereo as it should be....😁

[@rexoverbey6533]

There's enough Harleys around to last another 100 years even if they quit making them. Hardly anyone works on their own bikes anymore Lots of bikes could be fixed up and rode. Like everything else they let sit, goes bad then junk. Bad gas runs many bikes. New bikes with computers, fuel injection, alarm systems make it impossible for people to work on. Just buy a new bike junk the old. Best buy an old bike without all the new stuff to go bad. Get to know the bike maintain and ride. You can make it last a lifetime.

[@itchymoche]

Good suggestion! I agree totally Rex.

[@jackwest3422]

Lucky Dog...I ride my 1965 Panhead and kick start 1972 FX any day I can. I do all my own wrenching and have held every part in my hand, including spokes. I’ve ridden close to 200k miles in 44 states. I have 5 failed speedometers. Biking is my life. I am age 81. My license motorcycle endorsement is good until age 87. I hope to die on it. My bike says unto death do we part!

[@rexoverbey6533]

When you get right down to it, all motorcycles are two wheels with an engine driving it. If you want to own and ride you should at least be able to know and maintain it. I'm 63 years old and since I was a teenager I've seen lots of bikes sitting for years because the carb jet was stopped up or the float was hung, bad battery, wore out tires. Mostly just neglect. I got some running less than an hour and rode.

[@elflaco658]

We just miss the free wheelin days. Sadly our day in the sun is gone and like the cowboys of the old west we too will fade into history.

[@frankmaxfield7025]

We might fade into history but we need to leave one hell of a story for the history books.

[@shotgunswin2785]

26 years old here traded my sporty in for a fxbb . Learning the ropes about the lifestyle from an older friend

[@PhinAI]

Electric bikes need battery change stations rather than charge stations. I'm interested to feel the torque of an electric bike. However, the environmental impact of battery manufacture and disposal isn't as rosie as the present Powers are trying to make it seem. We're destroying infrastructure and reaching for a dream, but I'm afraid destruction of what we presently have before ensuring the functionality and practicality of what they're forcing to come next will prove to be a big mistake.

[@johnnybuckner6955]

Nice pad old school biker

[@itchymoche]

Thanks Johnny

[@billcarson6790]

hey well I reside upstate NY most of everyone that passes in the other direction is a gray beard,,im 64 still have my 1978 superglide,,were still here,,,

[@geoffreysmith447]

This is the same as that guy you grew up with and were really tight with. "C'mon, let's head off here, look at this, ain't this great." Then bit by bit the gaps between seeing each other get bigger and bigger, then one day you get that phone call or message and your whole life gets a kicking. I grew up appreciating and utilising the tech tips and articles from this mag. This propelled me into working at Australia's first real chopper shop, my first Harley (a 74 Sportster costing 3 years wages) and then into Shovels which I am still riding. Mil Blair, Spider, Ken Stambaugh, Armand Bletcher, J.J. et al, Vale

[@grantlynch1666]

i been riding for 40 years and i use to read easy rider mag.i see these new bikers on their harleys which they only ride on week ends and it shits me to tears .they walk around looking like their shit doesnt stink wont talk to the older bike riders.only thing we old bikers can do is keep on riding and enjoying life.remember to keep your knees in the wind

[@itchymoche]

The young kids get a full sleeve tat and a new Harley and think they are a badass. But they can't ride, and they can't wrench.

[@ironsteed5766]

I hear ya! I used to go to the easy rider rodeo in Michigan. Attendance year after year decreased and it turned into a bunch of yahoos riding on atv's and in golf carts. Hardly any motorcycle venders are there anymore. May b the hat i bought there will go up in value now.

[@edwardballard9499]

Back in the 70s bikers complained because the (RUBS) bought Japanese .Now that they buy Harley's and Indians they are complained about.If it wasn't for the (RUBS) our motorcycle industry would have gone the way of Easyrider Magazine.

[@SaddleTrampTV]

It's like this with everything, man in a world full of relativity. If an image is man made, then it's subject to either change or extinction. That's just how it's always been through out the centuries. The only thing you can do is just continue to be you.

[@ronjon5386]

It’s the young people these days. They don’t ride. They are just stuck in their phones and laptops. It’s sad. Maybe they will make a come back someday. I remember when In The Wind come out. I loved it myself. Keep on keeping on bro. We are fewer and fewer these days. Harley has a couple of models but you got to spend a ton to get them right

[@mariodesmo]

Yea, I remember when Easyriders started. Bikers lived next door to my high school buddy and they would let us hang around if we ran errands for them. We'd have a few beers and smoke some weed and other shit... Those were the days. We were riding rice burners and were amazed at the sounds and power of those old shovel heads, pan heads, and Sportsters of course. The garage walls were eventually covered with Easyriders pictures. Yea, those days are long past and just a memory now. Glad that I was lucky enough to live through it all. And still riding!

[@JCcanU]

Last one I went to was in KC Missouri 2006 , I use to go to Fowlerville Michigan in September . quit going in 2005. Itchy I put up a short video of my shop . my last shop was much bigger but divorce sold my farm . moved to town built a 575 sq foot shop , still do my own work . Old school will be dead we are the end guys in their mid 50's and 60's 70's are at the end of are journeys. we may have 20 years left to ride if we are lucky.

[@artrunningbear3599]

Yep I have a 1500 and will ride it and wrench it until I can't, and yeah there aren't many show but there will always be some somewhere

[@itchymoche]

Yep, there's still some old school parties around.

[@billyholcomb1711]

Well there buddy , your right things do change from time to time... Guess I'll just keep on doing what I have always done. ;) Keep riding and enjoy being free. Well as Free as one can be... Still as young at heart as I have ever been... Just a whole lot smarter I hope. What everyone else dose is there business 😂. It's not as grimm as we might think. My grandson is 21 and got his first payed vacation last summer and rode his wideglide from Oklahoma to Kentucky to spend a week with his grandpa. I was so proud of him... I took a week off and we spent it together riding... It still makes me smile when I think about that. Made me think there may not be as many young people as our time, but there still out there. My first bike was from a dealer that was in a small store front with wooden floors and had a small room in the back for service. I bought half of his inventory. That's right he only had two new bikes on the floor. LoL. Things were good back then. Every time I went in he knew my name. It wasn't like the Tajamahal Halls they have now. It boggles my mind to think of how many bikes they need to sale just to cover the overhead. Who knows maybe things aren't as bad as we think. ;) Well prayers 🙏 your way. Talk to you later brother. Ride safe so you can ride tomorrow. Billy...

[@paulpochan9631]

Good blog Itch...the world has turned over...we got old.... millenials grew up with a lap top.....we grew up with B&W TV, hanging out at the gas station(when they existed), working with our hands, and conversations face to face(not texting or Snapchat).....

[@samanderson2333]

I work for a dealership finally was able to accomplish a life long goal of being a harley mechanic. I built my first harley out of a junkyard when I was in high school and came up with guys that were riding in the 40s 60s. This is the end of times for the old culture everyone buys a bike buys a patch and is a biker. No more hanging out in the garage working on bikes with your buddies no more just riding for the fun of it. Us old timers will slowly fade away.

[@larryfromwisconsin9970]

Loved Easyrider since 1974. Our generation is dying off. New generations don't care. Enjoy your collection. I still ride a 1988 Electra Glide. I had to give up my hardtail.

[@flippinstoop1125]

Im 40 and i will never own an electric harley i will own a Vtwin for life! Keep rocking Itchy & Vee Stay strong #flippinstoop

[@fengguo5264]

any chance you can send me some names of those heavy metal music in your videos?

[@fengguo5264]

Love your story and music... Thanks

[@itchymoche]

Most all of the music I use is offered on the KZbin Creator page with their royalty free audio library. It's mostly just canned music created from a computer program by a variety of artists. Even at that, I must peruse hundreds of tunes to find anything that sounds halfway usable. I used to use clippets from well known artists but then I'd get hit with a copyright infringement. Don't need that. Here's one I use regularly: "The Queen Will See You" by the Mini Vandals

[@fengguo5264]

Thanks for replying I found an app TRACKID in playstore to tell me some of your songs... One of the song on your early video is called Symphony of destruction. I thought its from archenemy..but obviously it was from megadeth from your time.... I love your biker story... And clearly share some personality with you... Best wishes to u and vee in 2020..

[@itchymoche]

Symphony of Destruction is an awesome tune. Megadeth can rock it out. I also like some of Avenged Sevenfold.

[@itchymoche]

Guano Apes - Open Your Eyes

[@topixfromthetropix1674]

Drove my first motorcycle the summer before JFK was assassinated. My cousins had bikes but no drivers license so, if we went to town, I drove. Now, I'm over 70 and live on possibly the best sport motorcycle run on Earth, the Mae Hong Son loop in Thailand, 350 miles, 1864 curves, amazing scenery, waterfalls, tribal villages, great food, good roads, and I have met people from over 30 countries who come to Thailand to ride the loop. You're not old until you can't get your leg over the seat and climb on! (I spent a year in Hocking County Ohio before I moved to Asia) Regardz!

[@elflaco658]

I saw enough of SE Asia to last a lifetime so you can have my share.

[@louieysursa5996]

I have a couple milk crates full of easy rider magazines,I love looking through them.

[@nordland2235]

I had the first "In The Wind" and all the Easyriders mags up to the 80s....then it stopped being old school.

[@Dawgs241]

Unfortunately, it's not just old school bikers that are going extinct. Interest in such things as muscle cars, NASA rockets, auto racing, fighter jets...etc are all dying. Even the arts are dying off. Many schools in my community have cut music programs and art. Heck, I noticed a growing number of people are not even interested in outdoors (camping, boating...etc). All that matters is a digital screen in front of the face.

[@itchymoche]

Ain't that the truth!

[@williamjohnson6517]

I'm nearly 61!!!! American born grew up in England ( long story) 50 years I lived there back in America since 2014 , ride a 2014 Streetglide.. Worked on US Air Force Bases and used to buy Easyriders from the Stars and stripes book store on Base. That's where I got an insight into what was happening in the states. In England we were all cutting our teeth on metrics . Honda , Yamaha ect. In 76 onwards it was RD ( two strokes) Honda ( 4 strokes) ect Suzies and Kwacks. Old British bikes like I had an old T140 V Bonneville , but the Advent of the CB 750 and Suzuki 750/1000 ,and of course the Kwak 900/1000 killed the Brit bikes off. I did have a 1200 Sportster in 1991 but Harley Dealers were few and far between. Way to expensive over there. SO I'm saddened by the demise of the Easyriders Mag ,I used to love the bikes especially the Dave Mann artwork and of course perv over the woman in it!😂 My brother joined the AF and came to the States way before me, and he used to send Easyriders videos ect. He now lives in NY State and rides Triumph Bonnie's with his old lady. Been riding 45 years now by the Grace of God and have the Streetglide as long as I can still bench press the weight!!,🤔😂😎 We're all getting on now man but I wouldn't have changed it for nothing. It was raw when you're young growing up and motorcycles we're really starting to develop. There will always be motorcycles I think there will be youngsters with the same interest we had back then but I don't believe anywhere near the numbers we had. Electric bikes ? Not for this old bastard! By the way saw a video with a 131 Road glide up against a Livewire and there wasn't really anything in it. No thanks I want my bike to sound like a bike. Too many rules and regulations for my liking these days. Take comfort in the fact that we had the best times/ years I believe as far as motorcycling is concerned.Ride Free and safe man!😎

[@goldcoastslim2117]

cant us old timers at least get together and bring it back?

[@fredsmith1922]

Who is there to bring it back too? That's the problem...

[@briancook5838]

Too much effort , money and time involved , and WE don’t have that much time left in the saddle . Straight Up ! Do it for yourself , cuz kids are gonna do what they do anyway .

[@ralphfernandez4231]

David Mann art my favorite miss It got his collection

[@minuteman4394]

For me Easyriders mag went too corporate and mainstream for me years ago so I moved over to iron Horse I actually think that Easyriders was instrumental in the whole weekend warrior scene and HOG etc

[@chriswallace2685]

I knew a lot of years ago that I would hang on to my horse till the day die ,already an antique . So are some of the mags I've been collecting . Each year compleat . Every one in its own bag . Maybe now they will be worth something BEFORE I die . You will be missed .

[@gastramp]

We could never get Easyriders easily here in the UK. Used to see it now and again. Our shows are dying out here too, not many younger guys riding custom bikes. It's sad.

[@brettallgoodtunes9483]

Born in ‘67, bikes have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. The “unmentionable” part of this story refers to the neutering of the American male. As a parent of 3 millineals, they could give 2 f’s about what was, far more interested in gaming and instant gratification. And I’ve got good kids! There’s a huge portion of these kids spoiled rotten, talking sh*t to their parents and thinking they run the show. Entitled, arrogant and soft. The parents can’t do a thing about it because child protective services get called if you ground a kid from his PS4. Ive also seen a number of these kids tear up the house, hit their parents and totally defy those trying to raise them to be good people. The decline of “old skool” values isn’t just reflected in the motorcycle community, it’s every where you look. People by and large are rude, inconsiderate and selfish as they consume everything they can as quickly as they can without regard to anything or anyone else. There’s enough of us left to straighten these knuckleheads out if given half a chance but in the meantime, American society as a whole is circling the drain

[@itchymoche]

You have hit on some interesting facts indeed!

[@kevin7392]

rude, inconsiderate and selfish describes "old school bikers" very well... the ones who rev their engines right next to you on the street and in your neighborhood at random hours, the old school bikers that try to run you off the road if you pass them, the old school bikers who make fun of you for riding something faster and more efficient, for wearing safety gear (which is funny because old school bikers wearing no safety gear keep the trauma ICU at work very very busy during bike weeks here). Nah. those old school bikers are selfish, have closed minded mentalities, and I'm glad the culture is dying out. wear some proper safety gear and get a bike that actually works you saggy leatherskins

[@andrewwade5951]

My bro picked up 63 pan head that was in ez rider mag

[@HaXaW5150]

Easy Rider could have changed formats and kept right on trucking. I blame Harley Davidson for some of it too. Let's face it This part of the industry is geared around the outlaw biker lifestyle and I'm not talking about The Hells Angels. I'm talking about the live free or die trying lifestyle. The average young man out there can't afford A Harley to live that dream on. Most people would say that this generation aren't interested in doing anything like that. WRONG! Now that I've kicked H D I'm going To shake the finger at us old goats too. We have held Harley lifestyle close to our heart and don't won't to let it go, let's face it . This is one of the last things we have left from our youth and it's slipping away. The young people are still riding< but guess what , They ARE NOT riding a $25,000 H D. I live in GA. and you can ride pretty much year around here and a lot of the kids ride croch rockets. $10,000 bikes new most of them. The future isn't with us my friends it's with them, some day it might return to our side plenty of young people do buy used H D's and tinker on them and always will, but what we had is gone with us. I give it 10-15 years and what we loved will be museum pieces. So while I still have a little led left in my pencil I will be enjoying my old Hog and looking to the next horizon. Y'all do the same my friends. P.S. Itchy, you and your stories are the new Easy Rider format. Keep it in the wind my friend.

[@itchymoche]

I am honored! The new Easyriders format? LOL!!!

[@HaXaW5150]

@@itchymoche you do a wonderful job and of course Vee is outstanding also. Keep it up brother. 😎👍

[@7316bobe]

I agree the New Easyriders Format.

[@faerieSAALE]

Old School is Cool - to Boomers. To Millenials - anything connected to the 80s-70s-60s' 50s is that old grandpa's crap that they did - not them. The young today have motorcycles that top out at 180+ mph. The motorcycle that I still own is a 1953 BSA 650 Golden Flash that can do the ton ( 100 mph ). It is heavy iron with a magneto ignition - not carbon fiber, plastic, aluminum, and computer electronics of the crotch rockets like they ride. They also have cars that will outrun cops and top out at 180 - 300 mph. Sorry - but the torch has been passed the young generation and they are leaving us far, far behind in their dust. We had our time - now it is there's.

[@zornbratton]

Its jacked up, but a bunch of wormy little boys wont keep me from doing my thing. There are still plenty of backroads, and I can still wrench my own sled while fighting my own battles. Hell before there were old school rallies I guess someone had to start one so I reckon somebody needs to get to work! Somewhere in the smokys would be real nice this summer. 💪🏻🇺🇸