
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Motorcycles are supposed to be about innovation — but somewhere along the way, we got stuck. From anti-dive forks and carbon frames to the brilliant (and doomed) Motoczysz, the motorcycle industry has a habit of abandoning genius ideas. In this episode, we dig into why progress stalls, why helmet tech still feels decades old, and how electric bikes might be the future we keep resisting. Spoiler: the kids get it right.
00:00 Intro | Why Motorcycles Struggle with Innovation
02:20 Tradition vs. Progress | Why Riders Resist Change
09:00 The Front-End Revolution That Wasn’t | BMW, Hossack, and Anti-Dive Systems
17:30 Forgotten Genius | The Story of Motoczysz
24:00 Too Many Big Swings | Why Brilliant Ideas Fail
37:00 Innovation Stalls | Helmets, Safety, and the Money Problem
47:00 Electric Bikes & The Next Generation
55:00 Let the Kids Ride | Gatekeeping, Golf Carts, and the Future of Motorcycling
By Dave and Brian5
66 ratings
Motorcycles are supposed to be about innovation — but somewhere along the way, we got stuck. From anti-dive forks and carbon frames to the brilliant (and doomed) Motoczysz, the motorcycle industry has a habit of abandoning genius ideas. In this episode, we dig into why progress stalls, why helmet tech still feels decades old, and how electric bikes might be the future we keep resisting. Spoiler: the kids get it right.
00:00 Intro | Why Motorcycles Struggle with Innovation
02:20 Tradition vs. Progress | Why Riders Resist Change
09:00 The Front-End Revolution That Wasn’t | BMW, Hossack, and Anti-Dive Systems
17:30 Forgotten Genius | The Story of Motoczysz
24:00 Too Many Big Swings | Why Brilliant Ideas Fail
37:00 Innovation Stalls | Helmets, Safety, and the Money Problem
47:00 Electric Bikes & The Next Generation
55:00 Let the Kids Ride | Gatekeeping, Golf Carts, and the Future of Motorcycling

229,046 Listeners

32,256 Listeners

842 Listeners

251 Listeners

332 Listeners

248 Listeners

1,785 Listeners

622 Listeners

158 Listeners

59 Listeners

372 Listeners

83 Listeners

329 Listeners

102 Listeners

124 Listeners