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ClevelandMoto 510

Very special guest Nick Klaben and a couple cool events coming up. 
https://www.youtube.com/@ClevelandMoto/streams
"Imma pet dat dawg" can Kill!!!
https://www.rideapart.com/.../motorcyclist-killed-by.../
Cool, or too little, too late? 
https://ridermagazine.com/.../2026-suzuki-gsx-8t-and-gsx.../
Big fun on little bikes....
https://www.wrhs.org/.../mini-mania-big-fun-on-little-bikes

Nick Klaben 
has a hot-rod Honda Hobbit with some wicked tech that is an absolute hoot!

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Nick Klaben joins us on his fire-breathing Honda Hobbit. 

Don't pet the bears.  Ever. 

ClevelandMoto LIVE! Episode 510 Tonight at 8pm
Very special guests Nick Klaben and a couple cool events coming up. 

https://www.youtube.com/@ClevelandMoto/streams
"Imma pet dat dawg" can Kill!!!

https://www.rideapart.com/.../motorcyclist-killed-by.../
Cool, or too little, too late? 

https://ridermagazine.com/.../2026-suzuki-gsx-8t-and-gsx.../
Big fun on little bikes...

https://www.wrhs.org/.../mini-mania-big-fun-on-little-bikes

Nick Klaben 
has a hot-rod Honda Hobbit with some wicked tech that is an absolute hoot!

Support the show

Remember folks...Ride Fast and Take Chances! check out our Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/ClevelandMoto

What does it take to get to 10,000 Subscribers? 

Getting ready for Mid-Ohio American Motorcyclist Association Vintage Motorcycle Days or AMA VMD for short. 

What's your secret trick for making AMA VMD comfortable? 

15 Years, 509 episodes DIY, tips, stories and Whiskey!
******No religious or political talk.

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Remember folks...Ride Fast and Take Chances! check out our Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/ClevelandMoto

ClevelandMoto 508 Show Notes 

Tonight 8pm on Youtube Live - 

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Nick got a boo-boo at Band Camp. Details of said boo-boo. 

Is tequila really a bad thing? 

There's a chinese company actually finishing in the top 20 at World Supersport motorcycle 
racing...

https://motomatters.com/.../2025_most_world_supersport...

Vespa's new Officina 8 (Experimental products division) is just gorgeous.
https://www.rideapart.com/.../vespa-officina-8-scooter.../

82,000 Harleys are getting recalled, suffice to say, if you've got a 10 year old softail, make an appointment. 

https://www.rideapart.com/.../harley-softail-recall-rear.../
75,000 square feet of HD main office in milwaukee being sold to an itty-bitty-adorable whisky bar (that I love).

https://www.rideapart.com/.../harley-davidson-sells.../


15 Years strong, 508 Episodes.

motorcycle tips, tricks, news, stories, reports, whiskey, weed and stupidity.

NO Political or religious discussions.

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Remember folks...Ride Fast and Take Chances! check out our Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/ClevelandMoto

15 Years, 507 Episodes thousands of satisfied listeners who get the best bang per buck!

Pete and Chris take a ride, 
Why are old Triumphs such shit? 
Sleepy's getting his race bike together. 
Why did Phil kill so many kids?

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ClevelandMoto 505 - Show Notes 

Tom was right! 

https://www.motorcycle.com/bikes/news/bajaj-to-acquire-ktm-44622745

and 

https://www.rideapart.com/features/760446/ktm-bajaj-majority-stake-takeover/

Triumph has a new 400 and it's a proper scrambler, but you can't have it here....

https://www.rideapart.com/news/760334/triumph-scrambler-400-xc-india-motorcycle/

Is your DAX not cool enough? 

https://www.rideapart.com/news/760343/honda-dax-mini-trail-restoration/

SETTLE DOWN DUCATI; Leave some sexy for the rest of us. 

https://www.ducati.com/us/en/bikes/xdiavel/xdiavel-v4

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Remember folks...Ride Fast and Take Chances! check out our Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/ClevelandMoto

Just a quickie from the truck while out doing pick ups and deliveries. 

You know, you're stuck in the truck, you've listened to the NOCO MOTO podcast, you've listened to Creative Riding, You've listened to Motorcycles and Misfits, you're done with Front end Chatter and now your head is full of thoughts. 

Well, why not share them with 10,000 of your friends? 

Y'all wouldn't have fit in the truck with me anyways. 

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John has a 1994 Honda CB1000 "Big One" that I gave up on. Here's one that will be sold in time for the podcast, what do you think it's worth? 

https://iconicmotorbikeauctions.com/auction/1994-honda-cb1000/?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_source_platform=mailpoet&utm_campaign=today-s-bikes-on-iconic-motorbike-auctions_052925

Isle Of Man TT is a go! 

Marshalls and Doctors get new wheels...very, very fast ones. 

https://www.rideapart.com/news/760860/bmw-sponsors-isle-of-man-tt-superbikes/

Michael Dunlop (29 Wins) gets a corner named after him on the Snaefell mountain course: 

https://maps.app.goo.gl/LnJDWgMEaHRMXLsm6

A 133.069 MPH Gauntlet has been thrown: 

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/sport/tt-road-races/2025/may/isle-of-man-tt-timed-practice-day-three/

Oscar and I spent a day standing right behind that yellow fence -

23 Time winner John McGuinness says he's not happy with the conditions: 

https://motorsport.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-sport/tt-2025-john-mcguinness-i-didnt-enjoy-opening-practice/

If you like IOM TT or are just looking for another podcast, try this one: 

https://motorsport.manxradio.com/podcasts/journey-to-a-dream1/

Honda finally throws their hat in the EV motorcycle ring. 

and I hate it. 

https://www.topspeed.com/hondas-unmissable-electric-motorcycle-is-finally-out-of-the-bag/

Royal Enfield Custom Great Frog Collaboration, wow, it's awful: 

https://ridermagazine.com/2025/05/22/royal-enfield-x-the-great-frog-collab-to-be-unveiled-at-the-bike-shed-moto-show/

Great, they've built an '83 Yamaha XS650 Cruiser. 

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Our wrap up for the 2025 Distinguished Gentleman's Ride in Cleveland, Ohio. 

229 bikes left Skidmark, much fun, only 1 crash...but he was our oldest rider and he jumped up like a hero. 

Here's the Video: 

https://youtube.com/live/w-6gNcwJQQk

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PODCAST 503 The return of Oscar the Romantic Hispanic. 

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Show notes: 

Are we done with electric motorcycles? 

Livewire Way back in 2019:. "The range of new bikes are expected to haul in more than $1 billion of annual sales in 2022 compared to 2017".

Then back in 2021...The $1.7 billion Harley-Davidson electric motorcycle SPAC deal, Jochen Zeitz, Harley’s chief executive, will be the chairman of LiveWire for up to two years following the completion of the deal. In an investor presentation, LiveWire projected units sales volume of 100,961 electric bikes by 2026

https://www.cnbc.com/.../harleys-electric-motorcycle...

Dec 14, 2021 Can Harley-Davidson's LiveWire spin-off go from selling fewer than 400 electric motorcycles this year to selling nearly 101,000 around the world in 2026?

Ouch in just 4 years, that did not age well. 

"LiveWire sold over 117 electric motorcycles through March 2024, an 86% increase compared to last year"

July 2024 "The company expects to sell between 1,000 and 1,500 e-motorcycles by the end of this year" Nope, not even close, you sold just over 600. 

Great, let's give them more money! 

Harley-Davidson’s electric motorcycle business, LiveWire, is  getting a Tax-Payer funded $89 million boost to support a five-year project to increase production of zero-emissions motorcycles.

Since its inception in 2019, LiveWire has only sold somewhere around 2,350 motorcycles

LiveWire claimed to have sold 1648 bikes in 2019Later recall data had shown only 390 actual sales. LiveWire sold 177 bikes in 2020LiveWire sold 461 bikes in 2021Livewire sold 597 in 2022LiveWire sold 660 bikes in 2023LiveWire sold 612 bikes in 2024LiveWire has sold only 33 bikes in 2025 so far. ClevelandMoto has doubled Livewires sales numbers, can we get a govt. check? 

Based on the $1.7BN initial funding and a $100M Loan from HD to Livewire and the $89M Govt. Grant that makes each bike worth $808,510  -   And you're only paying $22k for it, such a deal!

But wait, their latest shareholder report says they sold 1970 bikes in the first quarter of 2025!?!?  What a revival, that 89 mil bump is paying off... 

Look super, duper closely, read the fine print....that's a COMBINED number for both  stacyc kids $600 balance bikes and $23,000 motorcycles?!?!?

Sorry bud, time to get in the motorcycle graveyard, scooch over Energica. 

VERMONT BANS LOUD PIPES - The news aint the story, so much as the comments are fire! 

https://www.advrider.com/vermont-senate-bill-66-targets.../

BILLIONAIRE MAY HAVE TO PAY ANOTHER BILLIONAIRE SOME OF HIS SHARES

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