The Lowdown Show - By ADVRider – Details, episodes & analysis

Neil sits down with special guest Scott Acheson from the US BMW Challenge Team ahead of his trip to Namibia. Can he and a group of other ADV-ers bring GS Challenge Gold Back to America?

The Bear, based in Australia, has been a valued forum member on ADVrider for a long, long time, and is one of the site's most valued contributors. He's been working for motorcycle magazines since 1978, and has a lifetime of adventure on machines ranging from a World War II-era Harley-Davidson WLA to BMW adventure bikes and everything in between. Tune in to hear his experiences from decades of adventure, including an incident where he and his slightly off-kilter riding companion feared they'd get a visit from a Japanese fighter-bomber after their turbocharged CX650 broke down!

The Lowdown Podcast returns, with host Neil Graham once again dialing up industry insider Michael Uhlarik to discuss the world of motorcycling. But this time, while some listeners might think this is inside baseball, Neil's got a few sliders and knuckleballs to pitch at Michael to keep him on his toes. Neil is challenging the industry's claim that EVs are going to be the great replacement for our current internal combustion engines, and he raises some arguments from the world of boat racing, of all things. No wonder Neil calls this the "Disagreement Episode," because he also has a beef with parallel twin engines (Michael likes them, Neil claims he doesn't). Neil also beefs with the current Japanese racing programs, while Michael has his own complaints to air, as he thinks the current motorcycle design scene is mired in the same malaise that automakers foundered in back in the 1970s.

The Chinese are coming! The Chinese are coming! Jason and Chris Chris (Director Motorcycle Strategy CFMoto Powersports), the CF Moto men, sit down with Neil to take us though the upstart manufacturer and their plan for world domination. Did we hear them say a “heated seat is standard”? We sure did.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is the seminal motorcycle book. And its most misunderstood. Author Mark Richardson, who’s book Zen and Now is an homage to Zen and the Art, gives us the lowdown on Robert Pirsig’s masterpiece and chronicles the troubled life of an author Richardson calls a “genius.”

A life designed. From growing up in a small town near Buffalo to designing KTMs in Austria and, now, electric motocrossers in Spain, Jack Morris gives us the inside scoop on making a motorcycle from the ground up. 

Andy Goldfine is a rebel with a cause. When he saw manufacturing disappearing from America in the 1980s, he decided to do something about it. Working out of an old factory in Duluth, Minnesota, Goldfine founded Aerostich, bought industrial sewing machines, and began crafting his legendary Roadcrafter riding suits. More than just a garment for motorcycling, the Roadcrafter—and everything else in Aerostich’s quirky catalogue—is a middle-finger aimed at offshore manufacturing and the style-conscious imperative of modern motorcycle gear.

Nick Ienatsch is a big deal in the world of motorcycle coaching. He runs/owns the Yamaha Champions roadrace school.  And when Nick isn’t working, he continues to enjoy his two-wheeled passion, but off the beaten path.  On today’s episode of The Lowdown Show, host Neil Graham sits down with Nick to discuss his passion and adventure and impart some of his expert off-road riding wisdom. You won’t want to miss it.

What do Jay Leno, Giacomo Agostini, and the first woman to ride her motorcycle around the world have in common? They’ve been photographed by David Goldman, a rock-and-roll and documentary photographer who abandoned LA to pursue a two-wheeled passion project. Goldman is also a hardcore rider, racking up 50,000 miles in the past three years alone. He’s the real deal. This week he joins Neil Graham to talk about his latest project, why he left the music biz and what life on the road has been like.

Rene Cormier, by his own admission, is an all-in kind of guy. A chance encounter with a group of globetrotting motorcyclists when he was a biology student led to a decision to sell everything he owned, and, with a budget of $25 a day, set out to ride around the world. Five years and 95,000 miles later, Cormier has some surprising views on the truths and misconceptions of giving it all up for the road.