Picture the scene: You’re at a motorcycle event, it’s a rally or even a big trade show. Off in the distance, you could swear you hear somebody playing trombone. You shake your head, assuming you’ve had too much to drink, but in reality it’s Erik Stephens, band geek and CEO of Twisted Throttle.
Congratulations to our three winners – Mssrs. Belazi, Scherr and Oakley. Your copy of Daniel Rintz’s first film, Somewhere Else Tomorrow, is on the way thanks to the US Postal Service. We’ll have more drawings in the future, and the only way to win is to be on this mailing list, so encourage your friends to listen to the podcast and opt in to the mailing list. Send ’em the link: tinyletter.com/chasingthehorizon. You can still contribute to Daniel’s Indiegogo campaign to fund the postproduction work on his second, as yet unnamed, film.
End of discussion of old business is motioned, seconded and passed by show of hands.
Our new business is that the newest episode of Chasing the Horizon is out! Episode 7 features my discussion with Erik Stephens, who founded Twisted Throttle and is the company’s CEO. He left a promising career as an environmental engineer to follow his entrepreneurial dream, and I have to say as a customer of Twisted Throttle, it was a good choice. (Disclosure time? I have Barkbusters hand guards on my bike!) Erik talks about how he got started in motorcycling and how he got started with Twisted Throttle, as well as what’s in his company’s future.
Episode 7 also features news about electric motorcycles and some of what people attending the massive trade show EICMA can expect to see on the floor from Honda, Yamaha, Ducati and others. (Thanks as always to Cycle News for helping us out!) I also get into one of the MOA’s more esoteric member benefits, a 40% discount offer from Men’s Wearhouse. Listen to the episode to see how that even came up.
You can get to Chasing the Horizon via iTunes or the website (here, duh) – please share the links out via social media and email as much as you like. Feel free to follow us on Twitter (@horizonpodcast) and Facebook (@chasingthehorizonpodcast) as well. Upcoming guests on the podcast include Paul Guillien (Touratech USA), Harold Cecil (Giant Loop), Sam Manicom (Into Africa & other books), Randy Richardson (Michelin) and more.
Speaking of more – I’d love to hear from you about who you’d like to see me sit down with to talk about motorcycles, motorcyclists and motorcycling. Drop me a line at po*****@****oa.org to tell me all about it.
Thank you again for listening to Chasing the Horizon, a podcast by, for and about motorcyclists.