On the Roam (2024) s02e03 Episode Script

- Ibrahim
X : @sle1i
OSAKA, JAPAN
Nice, man.
I'll take it.
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
4Q CONDITIONING
Wait a second.
For me, this is the holy grail.
This is what season two started with for me.
This was the big dream.
I want to do something we've been
talking about and dreaming of.
Something new for me,
but I want to build a motorcycle with you.
The most special motorcycles
right now are the war models.
From '42, '43, '44.
'43 is impossible.
- We know '43 is impossible.
Some Harley motorcycles are rare,
like the 1943 Knucklehead.
The production of Harley-Davidsons
for civilians in 1943
dropped to just over a hundred
per model year.
A lot was being produced
by the military at the time.
It's my dream
to find war motorcycles
all over the world
and bring them back.
You guys are the darlings of Japan.
If there are two people
Japan loves a lot
it's Max Schaaf
from 4Q and Cycle Zombies.
With Cycle Zombies it's not like:
I have these bikes in stock.
I build a bike and say:
This bike is finished.
And then someone steps up.
Often someone from Japan.
I don't know why, maybe
because I've been there a lot.
Japanese motorcycle culture
I've learned a lot from their studies
of American motorcycle history.
I've learned a lot from Japanese builders.
They were smart enough to realize
that everyone wants a '36,
because that's the first year.
But the rarest ones are '43 and '44,
the war years.
To me, those are the rarest.
And what would be really awesome?
I wanted some of my friends
to build special choppers
using war motorcycle models.
Their own War Pigs.
That this '43 motorcycle was brought here
to the museum
is a huge honor.
And that these motorcycles are returning
to where it all began.
People in Japan were already buying Americana
before Americans even had an interest
in 1950s stuff
or vintage Levi's.
People here were just buying
new stuff.
That's why so many motorcycles and things
ended up there.
It wasn't something
they just casually started doing.
Friends of mine took out
a 15-year loan
to be able to buy a motorcycle.
It's not a trend, it's their life.
- Their lifestyle.
They've worked so hard
to get it over there.
That must have been intimidating.
You don't speak the language.
You arrive in America and you buy something
we built in the mid-1940s
during the most intense war ever.
Some people
have mixed feelings
about selling motorcycles
across the border.
That's our history
leaving the country.
There are only a few
of those old bikes. That's really true.
They often ride them, they take care of them.
They really think it's awesome.
That's cool to see,
because they're meant to be ridden.
Our first trip to another country.
- We're jumping the pond.
I'm going to Japan to buy this motorcycle.
That's almost impossible.
Nobody goes to Japan
to buy motorcycles back.
TOKYO, JAPAN
Good day today.
Japan is good, man.
YUJIN ASANO
Wow. I don't know, man.
I'm not gonna lie.
That's one of the biggest and most beautiful
motorcycles I've ever seen.
It was cool,
because Jay knows some people there
who connect online
and check things out.
He wanted to buy a '37 white Knucklehead
with ivory-colored paint.
He stepped out of his Porsche
and we were friends immediately.
I said: How are you?
And he showed a picture.
Your dad two years ago,
on the bike at Mooneyes.
That '37 is the best original motorcycle
I've ever ridden.
That thing is just perfect.
We had just landed.
It wasn't a WWII bike,
but it was a holy grail.
And us all being together,
something like that hasn't happened before.
It was a taste
of what was to come.
The coolest thing is, look
All the little lights on the dash work.
To find those old machines
that have survived
built so long ago,
untouched and hidden
you really have to work hard
to find those things
and build a relationship
with that person.
That guy has had this motorcycle for 50 years.
You really have to be somewhat involved
and be able to inspect things.
And with this one, all the parts
form a single whole, you know?
How does it run?
- It's like a sewing machine.
Insane.
- I don't know.
Everything. Apart from the floorboards
No, man. This thing is incredible.
Get out of the way.
Because of the culture in Japan,
people really pay attention to what's happening.
And I think they pay attention
to that timeless essence.
They're not necessarily looking
for a quick hit.
When I saw it on eBay,
I fell in love with it.
I lost track of it, then Yujin got it and now you have it.
Now I'm bringing it back and it will go
in the Harley Museum, next to the '36.
Green and white. Queen Ivory.
- Wow.
He said
- Perfect.
Baton? He is the fifth baton.
He's passing the baton.
- Am I the sixth? My favorite number.
Yes, the sixth baton. Awesome.
The fear of meeting a collector
and hoping they'll let go of something
so dear to them
that they've spent their whole life
looking for.
In a way, it's an identification.
It's so important and rare.
But then you say: It's here and I'm bringing
it back to where it came from.
Yujin's house. We have King Ivory.
Or Queen Ivory, actually.
Female, right? Queen Ivory.
Her name is Silky.
- Yes.
Do you feel good?
- I feel great. She is beautiful.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
I'm Eric Espinoza.
I have a clothing company,
UNIF Clothing.
The number depends on
who you ask
but there were only about 100
made.
Many of them didn't survive.
I can count on two hands
how many real ones there are.
Most people never see one,
let alone ride one.
The Knuckleheads from that era,
'43, '44
there were fewer than 70 or 80
built in a year.
To see one in real life
is incredibly rare.
It's one of those things that,
no matter how much money you have
you can't buy your way into
a 1943 Knucklehead.
Someone might say:
I want a 1943 Knucklehead.
Yeah? Well, good luck.
There were 115, 130 that escaped
the Harley factory in 1943 and then
Yeah, now we're looking for them.
TOKYO, JAPAN
GAKU YOKOMIZO
HAWGHOLIC
There were a few motorcycles
he really wanted.
He especially wanted a '43
with the original paint
that our friend Gaku from Hawgholic had.
The craziest thing was that what Jason wanted
wasn't for sale.
That motorcycle belongs to a friend of mine.
He says: We're going over there
and then I'll try to charm him.
And Jason is charming, but
you're buying a bike with original paint.
There are only 12 or 15 of them.
The World War II era model
is considered rare worldwide.
Most of them are in the US, of course
but they are scattered
across Japan and Europe.
Kota from Roller,
Ripper Magazine is friends with Max.
I've known Kota for a while
and he's good friends with Gak.
He looked very different in the picture.
I went to Japan to meet Gak.
I think he's one of the best in Japan,
so I really wanted to meet him.
I had seen a lot of his bikes
in Roller.
When I saw this '43,
it stirred a lot of emotions.
OP?
- Yeah, OP.
There it is. That's the coolest motorcycle
I've ever seen. Look at that.
Jeez. Wow.
I was shocked when I saw
how Gak builds his motorcycles.
It's a small garage
with the best parts in the world.
But a very small space,
and he works on the floor.
You hear about something
and then you go to a shed
and then you discover it
and hear the story.
It's a hunt, you're full of anticipation.
We got on a plane and flew
to Japan to be in that garage.
First of all, he barely speaks English
and my Japanese isn't great either.
That thing is gorgeous.
- Oh, man.
Good gas.
That thing is so cool.
I've known Gak for about 17 years.
Gak slept here ten years ago.
Back then I didn't understand Gak. It's
Some chopper builders are glorified
for the right reasons
and others for reasons
I cannot explain.
Gak knows a lot about
the history of choppers.
He's been collecting them for about 30 years.
He has good taste.
Gak's big balls have already put a dent in it.
What? Your balls?
My balls? Yeah, too big.
- Too big.
Because Max and I already have those relationships, everything goes a bit smoother.
Also the sale. Because Jay doesn't say:
Hey, man, here's the money. I'm out.
That's usually how it goes, but Jay says:
This bike is going back to America.
I want you to come along and drive across the whole country, to the Harley Museum.
This motorcycle is going to the museum.
My tattoos are on it.
Davenport.
- That's where I grew up, Iowa.
I grew up in Iowa.
Born in Hawaii, raised in Iowa.
A Hawaiian tattoo from Iowa.
That's cool.
Jason is very charismatic.
He's friendly
and knows how to charm people.
I think that's Jason's talent,
charming people.
That's how we push boundaries.
I wanted him to understand
how much this meant to me.
What an honor it was.
He didn't accept my offer, but Kota
helped me seal the deal.
He was the translator between me and Gak.
Gak saw how much I appreciated everything.
Gak, maybe
you want to sell this one to me?
Maybe? Thank you.
Thank you very much.
This is
- The same.
Just look. In my head.
In my head. The same.
Old fashioned.
- That's why he's willing to sell it.
He's going to do it.
At first they thought:
this guy wants to come here
and buy the stuff
that we bought.
I told Gak:
he is a true enthusiast.
He's not a collector who puts them in a warehouse and never sees them again.
In my dreams.
I'm riding this back to Harley.
Everyone can see it there.
- We're riding the whole way.
These are the most beautiful
I've ever seen.
We're riding to Harley-Davidson.
- Milwaukee, here we come.
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA
I'm David Polgreen.
I'm a lawyer
for the World Poker Tour company.
This is a rare motorcycle.
The second rarest
Knucklehead year.
Fewer than 500 were made in '44.
Eric and I bought the two motorcycles
five years ago.
He told Jason that I had a '44.
He FaceTimed me immediately.
I met Polgreen through Espinoza.
Those guys go hunting together
and find rare parts.
It starts with the motorcycle,
but then you become friends with the people.
I heard he had a '43 and a '44 and said: Come on, let's build it up.
I don't care about the money.
I never sell motorcycles like that.
Normally I would never
sell a motorcycle like that.
I had crazy ideas.
I wanted to build my own motorcycle.
That's why I've never done it before.
Jason is the only one
I've built a motorcycle for.
I'm glad it's going to him.
He appreciates it for what it is.
The idea that a motorcycle I built is going into the museum is amazing.
That's where all of Harley's history lies.
It's no small thing
to have a motorcycle there.
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
We had a lot of builders and I wanted
to give a few of them my cameras
to capture it. I wanted Max
and Scotty to document the whole project.
I was always crazy about photography.
As a kid I built a pinhole camera.
One of my first loves. Photography.
I didn't want to be a pro skater,
but a skate photographer.
I got my first paycheck from skating.
I had a bucket list, I wanted a Leica M6.
So I went to the store
and bought a Leica M6.
But I didn't dare to take pictures in Oakland, because that's where I was.
And there was a big red dot on the front. I put tape over that.
But I think I was mostly intimidated
by the people around me.
Then I met Jason
and he just tossed it around.
He threw it across the table like that and I thought that was pretty cool.
Mine is in a toolbox
in a safe, wrapped in silk.
So we're in Japan and I'm getting
that motorcycle for him through Gak.
And he gives me a 1958 M3.
When he gave it to me, he said:
Don't stash this away
in your toolbox.
And I'm keeping that promise.
I can't blame my equipment
for a bad photo.
That's my fault.
I have an awesome piece of gear,
one of the best.
I've seen many people take great photos
with bad cameras.
This is my favorite kind of photography.
You're not trying to win awards
or impress anyone.
You're just capturing a moment.
A special day you'll probably forget
because new memories
are being made.
I always have the camera with me now.
I'm not very good at it,
but I love it.
I'll never be the best welder or painter. I was never the best skater.
But what I love about it
is that you can always hold onto something.
The brass on the lens
is already showing through.
The brass is coming through the black lens.
I've started the adventure
of Leica wear and tear.
All those famous photographers who
carried those things with them all their lives.
The brass came through
the black paint so beautifully.
Then I said: I'm going to copper-plate a motorcycle
and paint it black
so it looks like the Leica.
And that's how I presented it to Jason.
And I got the loudest 'bro'
through the phone.
Bling bling.
We have the '42, the '43, and the '44.
Those are the rarest Harley motorcycles.
And we give them those bikes,
those Knuckleheads
and then they build a beautiful work of art,
based on an idea.
It's annoying, but it's going to be good.
You can get totally lost in building this, because I'm a painter too.
And this really inspires me,
because I'm working on all kinds of finishes.
It reminds me of
one of my first bikes, the 4Q bike.
I was on a tight budget
and I enjoyed it so much.
I woke up at 8:00 AM
and went straight into the garage
and stayed there all day.
Look at that. Man.
- That's going to be cool.
Just look at those things, man.
It's super cliché what I'm about to say
but you sometimes hear that you build a motorcycle based on a single part.
When you put so much into something,
it changes.
Your love affair with it changes. And I just
In my head it's already built
and that feels so good.
The only color
on the Leica is the red dot.
And I thought: I want to do something with red.
But I want it to be black on top
and have the red show through.
I need to stand in the sun for a minute.
That'll wear down. That'll wear down too.
It's unique to be able to choose a Knucklehead
from any year.
If that's the case, it starts out so beautifully.
I have to give him that respect.
What I'm learning on this project
is parkerizing.
That's a chemical finish where
I treat most steel parts
into the solution.
That's how you get that steel-black finish.
This would be a hilarious photo to send to your ten-year-old self
from your future.
Because you would have no idea
if you were doing it right or not
or what you were even doing.
It's a super cool thought that it's
almost as protective as chrome.
This layer prevents it from rusting
and gives it this finish.
Yeah, that's awesome. Jason said: Knock yourself out.
So I'm knocking myself out quite a bit.
I'm doing things
I've never done before.
Jay and the team put me
in touch with someone from Leica.
I told him about this project and
I said Dayton was doing some casting.
And that guy dove into the archives, found
some stuff and sent it over.
I have a few parts. This is a
Linkert carburetor from the same era.
That's easy to melt down.
- We can melt this copper.
Let's see what they sent me.
Yeah, 1942. And this is a Harley Davidson
Knucklehead from '42.
From that era.
And this part is literally
These are parts from a Leica
from the early 1940s.
We're going to melt this down and then cast
some new parts for this motorcycle.
And then it lives on forever.
I used to shoot film.
I loved it because it had
a lot of similarities with motorcycles.
The imperfections
are what make a motorcycle like that so cool.
If you find a tank that once had a
crack in it, now there's a scratch on it.
Like a scar, a memory.
The process of the motorcycle and taking pictures, and it's so inspiring now.
When I think back on that,
all those memories
even that blurry, imperfect thing
makes me think of a motorcycle.
That flaw makes the motorcycle better
and tells a story.
KAMAKURA, JAPAN
Let's see. Oh, man.
- Let's take a tour.
Yeah, take a look.
- Taka, you have a lot of motorcycles.
Geez, Taka, you just keep growing.
There are more and more of them.
This one wasn't here last time.
Oh, man.
Taka is number one. Geez.
- Can I have a beer?
It was really cool. We went
to my friend Taka's shop.
He's a true collector.
Wow. What year is this one?
- From '45. That one's from '45.
Is it for sale?
- No.
Maybe?
- Maybe.
Man, man.
Oh, Japan, man.
Taka loved telling stories.
He found old motorcycles,
brought them back to life
and looked for new owners for them.
That was the same.
At Cycle Zombies we're
always looking for the story.
People are so weird.
Sometimes we get downloads about
certain people or bands or whatever.
You shouldn't like that band.
That's not the original singer.
You get jaded and I hate that
about us and people in general.
Taka walked in. I had heard
about him. He dropped by here.
And I didn't know if he was cool
or not cool? Do I like him?
Then you turn off your own bullshit and realize
you're looking at a very sweet human being.
He walked in and said:
It feels really good in here.
And I said: What do you mean?
The temperature?
And he said: No. It feels really good in here. This place is magical.
Or whatever he said, because sometimes
I just love that Japanese translation.
It's so funky and real.
Hey, Scotty, Max? Did you guys
see this? Where it's underground?
Yeah. I saw the video.
- Look at that.
It was lying next to the bus.
They had to tow it.
Can you imagine?
Whenever I go to his shop,
he always lets me ride a motorcycle.
He opens up his whole shop and half
of those motorcycles belong to his customers.
And they trust him, so they let
those Americans ride their motorcycles.
Wow. Who is that?
The best in Japan.
Only white Japanese.
There's a white Japanese guy.
He's such a sweetie.
I don't have a better word for it.
An old soul, a sweet person. Amazing.
But we also want the originals.
- That's why we're here.
But we want a copy.
- That's why we're here.
What do you have?
- I'm trying to make it
You always come to the shop to buy stuff. The tables have turned now.
Always.
The best thing is to go to an artist's
studio.
You see the world they live in.
They feel comfortable in the chaos.
Whatever it is, it's just as important
to see Picasso's studio
as his paintings.
Imagine riding across the country.
- You too.
He rides too.
- Yeah.
That's great.
Yeah, but I'll think about it.
- Okay, sounds good.
We need to go for a ride.
- Come on.
I've traveled and skated
with ten people a lot.
I'm used to
being with a lot of people.
And that feeling
when you walk into a restaurant
and everyone is trying to figure out
what band you're in.
I'm also pretty quiet
and usually keep a low profile.
I was worried about Jason and the rest.
Max is a hermit.
He's the black sheep.
We are so different,
but we love the same things.
We were raised differently.
I like living 350 miles from Mecca
and I like being left alone.
When I saw what he did, how he rode
his motorcycles, it influenced me.
He was sort of a hero.
I hate the word hero.
But he was cool
and I looked up to him.
It was so cool,
because after this I truly understood Max.
I said:
I've looked up to you for a very long time.
Because of your motorcycles
and the way you work.
That's what I learned from that trip.
I'm a bit of an outsider
in this scene.
That doesn't mean I don't like you
or that I don't want to be invited.
I want to be invited to the party
and then decide if I want to go or not.
It's because of the fear
and the way I was raised.
It has nothing to do
with not appreciating or liking someone.
I learned that from Jason
and because of him I interact with people more.
One of the best things about that trip
was the feeling of belonging.
That's true anyway, but it was great
to be reminded of it.
It was an incredible trip.
I can't believe it.
I've never seen anything like this.
I've never seen anything like this.
The rarest '36 and '37
up to '43.
A completely black '43, a '44
and a '45.
This is really insane, man.
I can't wait to bring this to Harley
and see the looks on those people's faces.
It's like a snowball.
It started so small, with your idea.
And now we're sitting here
with all those motorcycles and friends.
They worked so hard
to find them and they succeeded.
We've known Gak and Taka for a long time
and everyone
and now it's all coming together.
You and this and the motorcycles. Right, Max?
Yeah. We said right away
that we had to respect them
because I've only just met Gak, Taka, Yujin, but they're ahead of schedule.
Gak knows more about this than we do.
We look up to him.
He influences us.
When Jason came up with the idea,
I thought: This is an idea
but ideas don't always become
reality.
And Gak wanted to join.
Yujin wanted to join.
We had money in a Starbucks bag.
We got to ride these motorcycles
and that was cool. I was blown away.
It brought Scotty and me
closer together.
I know Gak better now.
Yujin gave me my favorite helmet.
And Taka always welcomes me
with open arms.
It's so cool, man. I never
thought the idea would go this far.
Thank you guys for doing this,
because it's
I've been looking at this since I was 19
and thinking: Wow.
I'm 45, so that's a long time to
I've never seen this
together in person
and I can't wait to take it home
and thank Harley.
Then I'll tell my friends and invite
everyone, because I love parties.
We're going to party.
- Yeah.
BOZEMAN, MONTANA
Wow.
'44, '44, '42, '43
'43, '43, '44, '44.
Good grief.
To see this lineup
of the rarest ones
I've never seen so many war bikes together. This is an army.
Polgreen, come here. Oh, my god.
Really wild.
- Look at that, red.
What kind of bars are those?
- Flanders number eleven.
These are the best. Awesome.
- For gorilla arms, like yours.
Geez, it's really gorgeous.
The original paint.
- Yeah.
So bad.
- Yeah, bad. Wow.
Guys, this handlebar
For a '43, this is the simplest
and the best.
Personally, I think this is the best.
This thing is wild.
- Because it was stripped?
Because it's the absolute basics.
This is what you get when you're lucky.
From that era, yeah.
No pressure, Eric.
Nobody's watching.
- It's just
The show is only 45 minutes long.
Are you guys filming?
- Yeah, we're filming.
Those Beach Whip guys are really good.
Press the horn when you start it.
Pull the horn down.
I think you're too light.
- Are you showing this on TV?
Before I had to kick
that motorcycle 25 times
it started right away,
always on the first or second kick.
Eric, should I google
how to start it?
There's a YouTube video.
Everyone who rides these motorcycles has moments where you think: What are you doing?
Sometimes I think the universe is saying:
Wait a second before you get on.
And then it works.
Look at those pipes.
What do you know?
What do you know. Good grief.
A '42.
Harley-Davidson.
- Bloodbath. That's what the bike is called.
No more war pigs in power.
Doomsday has arrived.
Doomsday, God is calling.
Crawling on their knees, the war pigs.
The inspiration was: He fought
in the war and he had a motorcycle.
When he came back he had changed.
Everything was different and that changed him.
He had to dig deep for his inspiration.
He saw those guys lying against the wall
with their helmets carved with things.
A poem, a Bible. The last
page of the Bible, Revelation 22.
Torn out, with wheat glued to it.
These are flowers from his girlfriend back home.
My friend Dayton does some casting.
He comes to the shop.
Leica sent me parts
from the '40s to '42.
We melted those down, along with
two Harley Linkert carburetors.
That's this.
- Good grief.
And this is the clutch lever.
- Is that the lever?
Wow.
- So that's literally
Parts from the war.
- Melted Leica parts.
That motorcycle was trench art.
If he missed his family or liked a certain
song, he carved it into it.
Every detail is worn, I was in the trenches with him.
Beautiful. It's beautiful.
- Thank you. Thanks.
I'm so glad I'm taking this
back to Milwaukee.
When they see this,
everyone will be blown away.
Thank you. Yeah, man. I'm so happy.
You brought the family together
and gave us this opportunity.
And that Leica thing was so cool.
To take pictures
and capture this motorcycle.
It's amazing.
- I have some surprises for you.
Geez. Jay has a surprise.
That makes me nervous.
I love you. Awesome.
- I love you too. And I appreciate you.
This was a difficult motorcycle
to build.
I wanted it to be something special.
We went to Japan
and got so much inspiration there.
And now we have the end product
and we can actually ride it.
We're going to break in the motorcycles.
That's what it's all about.
It was the best Christmas ever.
His motorcycle is so elegant and spotless.
Do you see that gold underneath?
Yeah. That's what I love about the Leicas.
That was the first thing I did
six months ago.
A copper plate on this frame,
and I want
I want this to become a story.
These pipes are glued.
They're going to rust.
The tank has 70-year-old paint.
I spilled gasoline on it. Look
how cool that is. It matches the cap.
These lights are from an old,
French airplane from the 1940s.
But you've only just
opened the book.
And this just turns into something else.
We can mark the frame.
We can carve something into the side now.
Do you see it already coming through here?
On the net. Right? Just like your Leica.
Just like that knob
you use to wind the Leica.
WAR AND PEACE
You can already see it coming through.
I didn't want to make fake wear.
I want that to happen when you have it.
And that's how it should be.
- Yeah.
1940s dog whistle.
And that little thing, a charm.
What kind of headlight is this?
- I don't want to say on camera.
But it's yours.
Man, this motorcycle is
It's broken in, so this stays red.
So this will be red and that will be copper?
The frame will be copper-colored and the
saddle is burgundy, oxblood
with black on it, just like the paint.
The tank, the fender.
Those are old Harley parts.
That'll wear down. It's already starting.
- Wow.
That's awesome.
- I think so too, man.
It's so simple and sleek,
yet complex, but that
It's subtle, man.
- Totally.
Everything just fits.
- Truly gorgeous.
So beautiful. I love you.
- I love you too. Thanks.
Yeah, man.
- Glad you like it.
I love it.
It's so complex and simple.
Geez, man.
- I'm so happy, man. This is wild.
I missed it when it was gone.
I wanted to see it again so badly.
When I started as an actor,
I only had one motorcycle.
I really wanted
to work with certain people.
And I saw that many of those beautiful
motorcycles were going to Japan.
And the idea that I could go to Japan
to buy back what I loved
and be able to share that and give it back
to the Harley Museum.
It starts as a crazy idea and you don't
know if it's going to work, but we're here.
There's a quote: When I left, I opened
a book I was reading.
It said: There is a breed of men
who don't belong anywhere.
A breed that cannot stay still.
They break the hearts of friends
and family and roam the world.
I thought: Those are the nomads.
That's it. We can't sit still.
The motorcycles were smoking and we ripped
across hills with rocks.
It was almost a survival trip.
And you know what those motorcycles cost.
I look at Jay and say:
We're riding them, we're not hiding them.
Jay said: If we blow them up,
we'll rebuild them.
That's what it's all about. You have to ride them.
No one else looks at you and says:
I love what you're doing.
Go for it. Do whatever you want.
I've never had anyone, especially
with this motorcycle, who said:
It's your vision. You're the artist.
Do it.
Jason gave us that opportunity. He said: Come on.
Follow me or do your own thing
and tell me about it.
Yeah, he takes care of that. He's the spark.
I'm so grateful to know him.
Yeah, I like being the gasoline
for his spark. Come on.
For me, as a Japanese person,
this process of
bringing a motorcycle from America
to Japan
and then bringing it back to America
and putting it in a museum
is something very unusual, impossible.
And I'm just a motorcycle rider.
I don't have a garage.
I consider it an honor.
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
FILMED ON A CLOSED ROAD
DO NOT ATTEMPT AT HOME
There are those moments that touch you
and that second time on the bridge
when we were all scattered,
I looked at Jay and Scotty.
That touched me, man. In a good way.
It felt like everything was coming together.
I had goosebumps.
The motorcycle felt perfect.
It was a perfect moment.
I worked on that motorcycle,
built it and rode it around.
And there was truly a moment
where I got goosebumps
and wiped away a tear.
It's an unreal feeling.
We had this idea
and now it has become reality.
Everyone is ripping down the road.
It was so cool to break in that big group of HD fans.
That was an amazing experience.
I will never forget it.
The motorcycles that are downstairs,
that Jason brought
are for us, as a company, as a culture,
a look into our past.
What Jason did to get them is incredibly remarkable.
Only he could pull something like that off.
You have to have a network
of people and friends
who know someone who knows someone
whose aunt used to own this motorcycle.
He has so much influence.
I think this is only possible thanks to him.
Baby, you're home.
These motorcycles are all extremely rare.
This place was built so we can have them all together.
At Harley-Davidson you have to remember
that it's the heritage, that the motorcycles are our DNA.
This has meaning,
because this is where the machines were made.
It really matters and it truly means something.
Everything falls into place and it feels very powerful.
Many people talk about their dreams, but rarely make them come true.
Jason was determined to make his dream a reality.
He always has a positive attitude
and the ability to bring his friends along.
I think he was able to achieve this thanks to those two key qualities.
I was truly moved.
This is one of my most fruitful moments working with motorcycles
because I brought together such a diverse group of people from all over the world.
Wow. Yeah.
- This is so cool.
But this is what I love. This is what gives me chills. It drives me crazy.
This is all my quirkiness.
Riding to Harley with the very best motorcycles and putting them in a museum.
I couldn't wish for more.
It doesn't get any better than this.
And that my son can also learn to ride
and learn it from the best.
A great moment with my son. I had to pinch myself.
JASON MOMOA'S WORLD WAR II COLLECTION
You think of everyone who came back from the war and what they did.
They added personal touches.
Your motorcycle is very different from Scotty's, it looks like trench art.
Max's is gorgeous and sexy.
But we have Matisse, Picasso and Rembrandt
everyone has their own style.
To be able to do that and sell stock.
I can't wait for everyone to see it.
What a vision.
- Thank you, everyone.
Thank you for making that dream come true.
I've visited new places, made new friends
and I feel like I've received something very valuable.
More than what I paid for.
Actually, I should have always kept that motorcycle.
But if I hadn't given it up, I wouldn't have been able to ride here now.
And even though I lost my motorcycle, I got an even better experience in return.
PHOTO BY MAX SCHAAF
PHOTO BY MAX SCHAAF
PHOTO BY SCOTTY STOPNIK
PHOTO BY MAX SCHAAF
PHOTO BY SCOTTY STOPNIK
PHOTO BY SCOTTY STOPNIK
by : ibrahim