1 00:00:01,870 --> 00:00:04,600 [Jason] My whole life, I don't know why, 2 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:06,400 I just always, always loved these cars. 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:08,000 This is my first time riding in one. 4 00:00:08,530 --> 00:00:10,270 It so happens 5 00:00:10,270 --> 00:00:12,800 first time I'm riding in one, it happens to be the Royal... 6 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:16,530 uh, King Edward VIII's car. 7 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:19,300 And it has a trident on the front 8 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:20,830 with a lion, 9 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:22,870 in matte black. 10 00:00:23,970 --> 00:00:24,970 What am I gonna do? 11 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:26,300 It's not my fault. 12 00:00:26,770 --> 00:00:27,700 It's meant to be. 13 00:00:27,700 --> 00:00:30,430 [electric engine revs] 14 00:00:30,430 --> 00:00:32,430 ["Wherever I may roam" playing] 15 00:00:53,270 --> 00:00:57,500 ♪ And the road becomes My bride♪ 16 00:00:57,500 --> 00:01:00,600 ♪ I have stripped Of all but pride ♪ 17 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:04,470 ♪ So in her I do confide ♪ 18 00:01:04,470 --> 00:01:07,830 ♪ Off the beaten path I reign ♪ 19 00:01:08,700 --> 00:01:10,330 ♪ Rover, wanderer ♪ 20 00:01:10,330 --> 00:01:15,730 ♪ Nomad, vagabond Call me what you will ♪ 21 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:22,030 ♪ Wherever I may roam ♪ 22 00:01:22,030 --> 00:01:23,370 [inaudible] 23 00:01:24,900 --> 00:01:29,570 ♪ Wherever I may roam, yeah ♪ 24 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,230 [pleasant instrumental music playing] 25 00:01:57,600 --> 00:01:58,900 [Jason] I've always had a fascination 26 00:01:58,900 --> 00:02:00,230 with traditional engines. 27 00:02:01,330 --> 00:02:02,300 At the same time, 28 00:02:02,770 --> 00:02:03,700 I love seeing 29 00:02:03,700 --> 00:02:05,900 how the technology within these pieces has 30 00:02:05,900 --> 00:02:07,170 evolved over time. 31 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:11,500 I wanted to embark on a journey 32 00:02:11,500 --> 00:02:13,430 to combine the old with the new, 33 00:02:14,100 --> 00:02:15,370 to find a way to appreciate 34 00:02:15,370 --> 00:02:17,330 these vehicles I love from the past 35 00:02:18,030 --> 00:02:19,630 and carry on their stories. 36 00:02:23,230 --> 00:02:25,900 I was in England doing Fast 37 00:02:27,370 --> 00:02:29,670 and there was an auction. 38 00:02:29,670 --> 00:02:31,500 [people cheering] 39 00:02:37,430 --> 00:02:40,400 [Jason] I'd never been to the Goodwood Revival before. 40 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:41,430 It's like the Burning Man 41 00:02:41,430 --> 00:02:43,930 for vintage cars and motorcycles. 42 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:46,670 It's the perfect place for me. 43 00:02:48,870 --> 00:02:50,000 I saw this car. 44 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:51,430 It was just stunning. It was beautiful. 45 00:02:51,430 --> 00:02:53,670 And I wasn't gonna go over a certain amount. 46 00:02:53,670 --> 00:02:54,530 And I'm sitting with the Duke 47 00:02:54,530 --> 00:02:56,330 and I'm sitting with his son, Charlie, 48 00:02:56,330 --> 00:02:58,000 and it's so loud there 49 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,970 [chuckling] that you can't hear what's going on. 50 00:03:00,970 --> 00:03:02,200 These guys are like, "Yeah, yeah." 51 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,700 They're like pushing me on. We're watching the race. 52 00:03:05,830 --> 00:03:06,770 I bid on it 53 00:03:06,770 --> 00:03:07,900 and I ended up winning. 54 00:03:09,030 --> 00:03:10,870 And it's something I've always wanted. 55 00:03:10,870 --> 00:03:12,130 And I thought it was beautiful. 56 00:03:12,130 --> 00:03:15,900 It's a 1929 Rolls-Royce Phantom II. 57 00:03:15,900 --> 00:03:19,630 How cool is it looking down and seeing that emblem, bro? 58 00:03:19,630 --> 00:03:21,070 It's fucking insane, right? 59 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:23,700 So beautiful. 60 00:03:28,430 --> 00:03:31,430 I am an environmentalist at heart. 61 00:03:31,430 --> 00:03:33,570 I try to do the best I can with climate change. 62 00:03:33,570 --> 00:03:34,570 It really is 63 00:03:35,070 --> 00:03:38,130 a deep part of my soul. 64 00:03:38,130 --> 00:03:39,730 I do have a guilty pleasure. 65 00:03:41,170 --> 00:03:42,770 Gas and oil. 66 00:03:42,770 --> 00:03:45,430 You know, I try to offset that. 67 00:03:45,430 --> 00:03:48,900 But it's something that I love. 68 00:03:48,900 --> 00:03:51,630 With that, you know, we have anxiety and guilt about that, 69 00:03:51,630 --> 00:03:54,530 but I have been making e-cars. 70 00:03:54,530 --> 00:03:56,730 -I have so many classic cars-- -[man] Oh. 71 00:03:56,730 --> 00:03:58,100 ...and I'm a huge-- you know, 72 00:03:58,100 --> 00:04:00,370 it's my kind of addiction is gas and oil. 73 00:04:00,370 --> 00:04:02,200 And I have plenty of those. 74 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:04,100 So I always wanted to take something like this because... 75 00:04:04,870 --> 00:04:06,600 it's so quiet anyways, right? 76 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:09,800 I've never seen a Phantom as an e-car. 77 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:11,130 So I'm like, 78 00:04:11,130 --> 00:04:12,630 let's make it an e-car. 79 00:04:12,630 --> 00:04:13,630 Let's try it. 80 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:23,170 [indistinct conversation] 81 00:04:23,170 --> 00:04:24,970 [Jason] In order to pull off this dream project, 82 00:04:25,970 --> 00:04:28,100 I had to find the right partner. 83 00:04:28,100 --> 00:04:30,130 I needed a team that would appreciate 84 00:04:30,130 --> 00:04:31,770 the storied history of this car 85 00:04:32,530 --> 00:04:34,030 while updating its technology. 86 00:04:35,500 --> 00:04:37,000 [Steve] What Electrogenic does 87 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:38,470 when we're looking at old cars is 88 00:04:38,470 --> 00:04:40,800 we never drill anything. We never cut anything. 89 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,130 We don't ever take anything away from the car. 90 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:44,600 We simply unbolt 91 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:46,000 the parts that we don't need, 92 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,230 and then we design around what's left. 93 00:04:50,230 --> 00:04:51,430 Whoa. 94 00:04:52,770 --> 00:04:54,130 You know what? This would be the first time 95 00:04:54,130 --> 00:04:56,100 I've ever ridden in a Porsche. 96 00:04:56,100 --> 00:04:57,630 -Really? -I've never been in a Porsche. 97 00:04:57,630 --> 00:04:59,030 I've never even sat in a Porsche. 98 00:04:59,870 --> 00:05:01,000 -Let's go then. -[Jason] Yeah. 99 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,670 -[man] There we go. [chuckles] -I'm 6'5". 100 00:05:02,670 --> 00:05:06,200 [Jason] Electrogenics is all about honoring vintage cars, 101 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:07,570 making them electric 102 00:05:07,570 --> 00:05:09,870 without losing any of the vehicle's character. 103 00:05:09,870 --> 00:05:11,130 They were the perfect fit. 104 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:13,200 I've done so much research 105 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:16,400 trying to raise awareness about deep sea mining, 106 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:17,830 and there's different ways that we can make batteries 107 00:05:17,830 --> 00:05:20,530 that are healthier for our planet. 108 00:05:20,530 --> 00:05:21,830 So the research that we did on this, 109 00:05:21,830 --> 00:05:24,000 wanting to make an e-car, 110 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:25,800 we got with Electrogenics, who are in England, 111 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:27,970 and concepted the whole thing. 112 00:05:28,630 --> 00:05:29,770 It was amazing. 113 00:05:29,770 --> 00:05:30,770 It was so fast. 114 00:05:30,770 --> 00:05:32,500 -And you get a shift. -[man] Yeah. 115 00:05:32,500 --> 00:05:34,930 That was the best part. Like, it's still got 116 00:05:35,770 --> 00:05:37,830 the old car feel without the boring-- 117 00:05:37,830 --> 00:05:39,270 Like, Tesla's great and everything. 118 00:05:39,270 --> 00:05:41,030 It's awesome what they do for the world. 119 00:05:41,570 --> 00:05:43,030 But it's boring. 120 00:05:43,030 --> 00:05:44,730 You know what I mean? I love old cars. 121 00:05:44,730 --> 00:05:47,270 ...boring for me. I love old cars. 122 00:05:47,270 --> 00:05:50,170 And being able to be in an old car and go... 123 00:05:50,170 --> 00:05:52,470 If I can go 80 miles an hour on the freeway in that thing-- 124 00:05:52,470 --> 00:05:53,530 -[man chuckles] -[Jason] I don't have to. 125 00:05:53,530 --> 00:05:55,870 But if I can just jump off the line and just, like, 126 00:05:55,870 --> 00:05:57,870 sit next to a Mustang and just be like, 127 00:05:57,870 --> 00:05:59,070 "What's up?" [mimics electric motor revving] 128 00:05:59,070 --> 00:06:00,730 -Take off and-- -[all laughing] 129 00:06:00,730 --> 00:06:02,430 -Just blowing minds. -[man] Yeah. 130 00:06:02,430 --> 00:06:03,330 [pleasant music playing] 131 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:06,430 [Jason] We needed to find a company 132 00:06:06,430 --> 00:06:08,300 that's going to be able to do this 133 00:06:08,300 --> 00:06:09,600 and that's when I met Electrogenic. 134 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:10,630 'Cause a lot of people I went to, 135 00:06:10,630 --> 00:06:12,400 they were just like, "It's going to cost this. 136 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:13,870 It's going to cost that." I'm like, "No way." 137 00:06:13,870 --> 00:06:15,000 [pleasant music playing] 138 00:06:17,830 --> 00:06:18,970 [Jason] Cut to Steve. 139 00:06:18,970 --> 00:06:20,570 Super positive about the whole thing. 140 00:06:20,570 --> 00:06:22,570 Shows me all the cars that he's already done. 141 00:06:23,670 --> 00:06:24,700 Is really excited about it. 142 00:06:24,700 --> 00:06:26,500 I had a vision of what I wanted it to look like. 143 00:06:28,300 --> 00:06:30,400 [Steve] Nothing like this has ever been done before. 144 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:32,100 There's no EV that looks like this. 145 00:06:32,100 --> 00:06:33,070 This is a unique design 146 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:35,170 for Jason, with Jason. 147 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:40,700 It's this blend of really very ancient, 148 00:06:40,700 --> 00:06:42,330 nearly 100 years old technology 149 00:06:42,330 --> 00:06:44,070 and the very modern technology. 150 00:06:44,070 --> 00:06:45,830 It is absolutely unique in the world. 151 00:06:51,530 --> 00:06:54,100 [Jason] My time at Electrogenics left me inspired 152 00:06:54,100 --> 00:06:57,300 about all the possibilities of E-technology. 153 00:06:57,300 --> 00:06:59,670 And I wanted to find another vintage piece 154 00:06:59,670 --> 00:07:01,400 that I could infuse this into. 155 00:07:03,170 --> 00:07:04,000 ["Sign of the Judgement" playing] 156 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:05,130 [man] ♪ I see the sign ♪ 157 00:07:05,130 --> 00:07:07,900 - [choir] ♪ Yeah ♪ -♪ I see the sign ♪ 158 00:07:07,900 --> 00:07:10,570 - [choir] ♪ Yeah ♪ -♪ I see the sign ♪ 159 00:07:10,570 --> 00:07:12,970 [choir] ♪ Hey Lord, Time draws nigh ♪ 160 00:07:12,970 --> 00:07:14,370 [man] ♪ The sign Of the judgment ♪ 161 00:07:14,370 --> 00:07:16,400 - [choir] ♪ Hey♪ -♪ The sign of the judgment ♪ 162 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:18,570 - [choir] ♪ Hey♪ -♪ The sign of the judgment ♪ 163 00:07:18,570 --> 00:07:20,730 [choir] ♪ Hey Lord, Time draws nigh ♪ 164 00:07:20,730 --> 00:07:22,030 [man] ♪ The sign In the fig tree ♪ 165 00:07:22,030 --> 00:07:23,970 - [choir] ♪ Hey♪ - ♪ Sign in the fig tree♪ 166 00:07:23,970 --> 00:07:26,100 - [choir] ♪ Hey♪ - ♪ Sign in the fig tree♪ 167 00:07:26,100 --> 00:07:28,270 [choir] ♪ Hey Lord, Time draws nigh ♪ 168 00:07:28,270 --> 00:07:29,600 [man] ♪ Loose horse In the valley ♪ 169 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:31,400 - [choir] ♪ Hey ♪ -♪ Loose horse In the valley ♪ 170 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:33,430 - [choir] ♪ Hey ♪ -♪ Loose horse in the valley ♪ 171 00:07:33,430 --> 00:07:35,530 [choir] ♪ Hey Lord, Time draws nigh ♪ 172 00:07:35,530 --> 00:07:37,930 [Jason] I wanted to find another vehicle. 173 00:07:37,930 --> 00:07:39,200 Something with a unique story, 174 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:40,670 much like the Rolls-Royce. 175 00:07:40,670 --> 00:07:42,130 Something with history. 176 00:07:42,130 --> 00:07:43,070 I went to Tennessee 177 00:07:43,070 --> 00:07:44,870 to see my friend Mike Wolfe's collection 178 00:07:44,870 --> 00:07:46,100 and get inspired. 179 00:07:48,830 --> 00:07:49,930 [Jason laughs] 180 00:07:49,930 --> 00:07:51,130 You brought my hammer. 181 00:07:51,130 --> 00:07:53,070 -[Jason grunts and laughs] -[Mike laughs] 182 00:07:53,070 --> 00:07:54,600 [Mike] You brought my hammer. 183 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:56,230 [pleasant music playing] 184 00:07:56,230 --> 00:07:57,600 [Jason] Mike is somebody I really admire 185 00:07:57,600 --> 00:07:58,630 in the bike community. 186 00:07:58,630 --> 00:08:00,330 He's built an amazing collection 187 00:08:00,330 --> 00:08:02,970 and has so much knowledge he's stored over the years. 188 00:08:05,300 --> 00:08:06,200 [inaudible] 189 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:14,770 One. 190 00:08:14,770 --> 00:08:16,070 [Jason] Ooh! 191 00:08:16,070 --> 00:08:18,130 Two original 36s. 192 00:08:18,130 --> 00:08:20,200 -Bro! -Bone stock. 193 00:08:21,530 --> 00:08:24,100 I really respect him and love him. 194 00:08:24,100 --> 00:08:27,000 And so, he's another person who's got all these '36s, 195 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:28,300 he's got tons of bikes. 196 00:08:28,300 --> 00:08:29,200 He's got all the parts. 197 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:30,770 Like, he's been to all these sheds. 198 00:08:30,770 --> 00:08:32,530 He has the time to go-- He's got a show about it 199 00:08:32,530 --> 00:08:34,400 where-- I don't have the time to do that. 200 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:38,430 [Mike] We started talking on the phone, 201 00:08:38,430 --> 00:08:39,570 getting to know each other, 202 00:08:39,570 --> 00:08:41,000 and we had a lot of stuff in common. 203 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:42,400 You know, he'd been into motorcycles 204 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:44,800 for a very long time, just like I'd been. 205 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:45,830 [Jason] Holy moly. 206 00:08:46,830 --> 00:08:47,970 I'll take a second. 207 00:08:47,970 --> 00:08:49,070 [Mike laughs] 208 00:08:49,070 --> 00:08:50,630 [Jason exhales] We're here, man. 209 00:08:52,300 --> 00:08:54,270 -We're here. -[Mike] Some of it... 210 00:08:54,270 --> 00:08:57,130 -...gonna look like when I grow up? -Yeah. 211 00:08:57,130 --> 00:08:58,730 -Man! -I hope so. 212 00:08:59,770 --> 00:09:00,970 [pleasant music playing] 213 00:09:05,370 --> 00:09:07,300 [Mike] A lot of people would naturally judge Jason 214 00:09:08,170 --> 00:09:10,430 by his success, which is easy to do. 215 00:09:10,430 --> 00:09:12,300 I mean, the guy is bigger than life, 216 00:09:12,300 --> 00:09:13,630 not just physically, 217 00:09:13,630 --> 00:09:15,400 but, you know, spiritually. 218 00:09:16,230 --> 00:09:18,100 I think there's-- 219 00:09:18,100 --> 00:09:20,330 there's one-- [chuckling] I think there's only one in here 220 00:09:20,330 --> 00:09:22,330 that runs right now. 221 00:09:22,330 --> 00:09:24,300 -No, there's two. There's one over there, too. -This is like-- 222 00:09:24,300 --> 00:09:26,130 There's two bikes that run in here. 223 00:09:26,970 --> 00:09:28,300 [Jason] What I love about Mike is 224 00:09:28,300 --> 00:09:30,870 that he's all about appreciating these things from the past. 225 00:09:30,870 --> 00:09:32,300 He's collected so many bikes, 226 00:09:32,300 --> 00:09:33,800 but still has this reverence 227 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:35,770 for who and where they came from. 228 00:09:35,770 --> 00:09:37,270 And I think that's important. 229 00:09:37,900 --> 00:09:39,000 Being raised by my mother, 230 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:40,770 and having grown up with antiques, 231 00:09:40,770 --> 00:09:42,430 I have always appreciated the life 232 00:09:42,430 --> 00:09:45,200 that a vintage piece has lived before it reaches you. 233 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:46,870 [Mike] You appreciate it for what it is. 234 00:09:46,870 --> 00:09:49,130 There's so many people now that are kind of, 235 00:09:49,130 --> 00:09:52,130 you know, they're kind of, you know, connecting to this in so many ways. 236 00:09:52,130 --> 00:09:53,830 But, you know, I mean, I've-- I've-- 237 00:09:53,830 --> 00:09:55,700 I've been into this for a very long time 238 00:09:55,700 --> 00:09:57,770 and I've always connected to it in this way. 239 00:09:57,770 --> 00:09:59,330 There's so many bikes in here that-- 240 00:09:59,330 --> 00:10:00,800 Like, that bike, for example, 241 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:03,470 I've had it for 18 years. I think I've cleaned it twice. 242 00:10:03,470 --> 00:10:04,730 You know, it's almost kind of, to me, 243 00:10:04,730 --> 00:10:05,870 like taking a chalkboard 244 00:10:05,870 --> 00:10:08,300 and erasing it in some ways, you know, just-- 245 00:10:08,300 --> 00:10:10,330 I don't-- I-- They have to run good. 246 00:10:10,330 --> 00:10:11,870 I've mechanically gone through 247 00:10:11,870 --> 00:10:14,100 but we just-- just-- just-- 248 00:10:14,100 --> 00:10:17,200 I don't know, I connect with them in so many ways, just like this. 249 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:18,500 See, I know, you know what I'm talking about, 250 00:10:18,500 --> 00:10:19,700 like when you're-- you want your, like-- 251 00:10:19,700 --> 00:10:21,800 -with your stuff at night-- -Yeah. 252 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:23,070 ...and, you know, I come in here, 253 00:10:23,070 --> 00:10:24,430 I have a couple of beers 254 00:10:24,430 --> 00:10:26,500 and sit around, I'm looking at all these bikes, 255 00:10:26,500 --> 00:10:28,070 I'm looking at them on the walls, 256 00:10:28,070 --> 00:10:29,200 and it's like, to me, 257 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:31,200 you know, every one of these bikes is like 258 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:32,600 someone else's dream. 259 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:34,530 You know what I mean? Like, they worked hard for it. 260 00:10:34,530 --> 00:10:36,400 They-- they-- they-- they-- 261 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:37,530 They made the payments. 262 00:10:37,530 --> 00:10:40,200 They sacrificed so much to own the bike 263 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:42,370 and then they customize the bike to themself. 264 00:10:42,370 --> 00:10:43,930 So it's like, you know, 265 00:10:43,930 --> 00:10:45,700 all of these guys that came before us 266 00:10:45,700 --> 00:10:48,500 that now we'd love to ride this stuff, you know, 267 00:10:48,500 --> 00:10:49,970 it's like they were making it-- 268 00:10:49,970 --> 00:10:51,100 building it for them, 269 00:10:51,100 --> 00:10:53,170 but they were also somehow building it for the future, 270 00:10:53,170 --> 00:10:55,030 you know? It's just crazy to think about it. 271 00:10:55,030 --> 00:10:56,270 [instrumental music playing] 272 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:00,700 [Jason] While I'm walking through Mike's place, 273 00:11:00,700 --> 00:11:02,800 I'm just searching for something to stand out 274 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:04,770 as the next piece we can revive. 275 00:11:08,430 --> 00:11:09,630 [Mike] That's the grand opening. 276 00:11:10,300 --> 00:11:12,200 1947. 277 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:14,600 This is the grand opening of this building. 278 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:15,700 Look at-- That's what I'm saying. 279 00:11:15,700 --> 00:11:18,100 Look what a big deal this was to the community. 280 00:11:18,570 --> 00:11:19,400 So cool. 281 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:21,670 It was such a huge deal to the town. 282 00:11:22,670 --> 00:11:24,100 Oh, you want to see an original-- 283 00:11:24,100 --> 00:11:25,730 You want to see an original board track racer? 284 00:11:25,730 --> 00:11:27,300 -Yeah. -Check this out. This is a '12. 285 00:11:27,300 --> 00:11:29,670 Oh, bro! That's it! 286 00:11:29,670 --> 00:11:32,030 -That's it. Oh! -That's it right there. 287 00:11:32,030 --> 00:11:34,130 That's a '12, four valve. 288 00:11:34,130 --> 00:11:37,270 -This is an original four valve engine. -Whoa. 289 00:11:37,270 --> 00:11:39,970 Original racing carb, original paint. 290 00:11:42,230 --> 00:11:43,730 -This time period-- -Yeah. 291 00:11:43,730 --> 00:11:45,570 -...especially pre-1920-- -Yeah. 292 00:11:45,570 --> 00:11:47,330 ...when you're talking '12, pre-1915, 293 00:11:47,330 --> 00:11:48,670 this is the kind of stuff 294 00:11:48,670 --> 00:11:50,370 that, like, really gets my juices flowing 295 00:11:50,370 --> 00:11:52,570 because it was such a-- 296 00:11:52,570 --> 00:11:54,430 it was the best time in the motorcycle industry, 297 00:11:54,430 --> 00:11:56,370 as far as I'm concerned, the American industry. 298 00:11:58,170 --> 00:12:01,100 I'm looking at these historic board track bikes, 299 00:12:01,100 --> 00:12:02,530 and I'm starting to get an idea. 300 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:06,970 Being able to take this, 301 00:12:06,970 --> 00:12:08,200 -like, it's-- -Alcohol burning. 302 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:10,300 it's a bicycle. 303 00:12:10,300 --> 00:12:11,930 It's a bicycle with a fricking-- 304 00:12:11,930 --> 00:12:13,470 Very similar because right here 305 00:12:13,470 --> 00:12:15,470 -where the eccentric goes-- -Yeah. 306 00:12:15,470 --> 00:12:17,830 -...would be like the bottom bracket. Yeah. -Yeah. 307 00:12:17,830 --> 00:12:19,770 So, if I took this motor out 308 00:12:20,700 --> 00:12:21,970 and turn this into an e-bike, 309 00:12:21,970 --> 00:12:24,100 you're putting-- you're putting the hub 310 00:12:24,100 --> 00:12:25,300 and you're putting all the electronics 311 00:12:25,300 --> 00:12:26,770 within the tank... 312 00:12:26,770 --> 00:12:28,930 and reproducing these, 313 00:12:28,930 --> 00:12:30,200 no one's ever done it like that. 314 00:12:31,530 --> 00:12:34,400 Why can't this beautiful machine-- 315 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:35,630 why can't this just be an e-bike? 316 00:12:35,630 --> 00:12:37,470 I mean, you remove the motor, 317 00:12:37,470 --> 00:12:40,870 but the whole geometry of it being on this e-bike. 318 00:12:40,870 --> 00:12:43,470 If you can remake this and this is affordable-- 319 00:12:43,470 --> 00:12:44,530 -[Mike] Yeah. -Get the motor out 320 00:12:44,530 --> 00:12:45,570 and it's just like... 321 00:12:46,500 --> 00:12:47,670 have an e-bike right here. 322 00:12:52,830 --> 00:12:55,230 I love the idea of honoring these historic bikes 323 00:12:55,230 --> 00:12:56,400 and turning them into something 324 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:58,070 that we could ride every day. 325 00:13:01,970 --> 00:13:03,830 After leaving Mike Wolf's shop, 326 00:13:03,830 --> 00:13:06,570 it was clear to me what type of bike I needed to make. 327 00:13:06,570 --> 00:13:08,430 So while I'm in Tennessee, 328 00:13:08,430 --> 00:13:09,430 I'm going to go meet a builder 329 00:13:09,430 --> 00:13:11,600 who has inspired me my whole life. 330 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:13,170 -Billy! - [Jason narrating] Billy Lane. 331 00:13:13,170 --> 00:13:15,000 And he's also been deeply influenced 332 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,330 by these original board track racing bikes. 333 00:13:17,900 --> 00:13:19,770 [Jason exclaims] 334 00:13:19,770 --> 00:13:20,930 Oh, my God. Man. 335 00:13:20,930 --> 00:13:23,600 Streets have been talking, man. I heard you were in town. 336 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:25,300 -Man. -What's up, bro? 337 00:13:25,300 --> 00:13:27,730 -[Jason grunts] -How are you, man? 338 00:13:27,730 --> 00:13:29,030 -It's good to meet you. -It's fucking-- 339 00:13:29,030 --> 00:13:31,500 It's a pleasure, man. Finally. Finally. 340 00:13:31,500 --> 00:13:33,270 [melancholy music playing] 341 00:13:33,270 --> 00:13:35,000 [Billy] What I do is, uh, 342 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,400 I build for my customers 343 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:39,330 what I would build for myself. 344 00:13:39,330 --> 00:13:41,500 I build these bikes 345 00:13:41,500 --> 00:13:43,170 like I have to ride it forever. 346 00:13:43,170 --> 00:13:46,300 Like, it's the only one I can ever-- ever be on. 347 00:13:46,300 --> 00:13:48,830 That's kind of what I put into it. 348 00:13:48,830 --> 00:13:50,470 [Jason] It's impossible to put into words 349 00:13:50,470 --> 00:13:52,770 just how influential Billy has been to me. 350 00:13:53,270 --> 00:13:54,370 As a craftsman, 351 00:13:54,370 --> 00:13:55,700 his whole approach to bike building is 352 00:13:55,700 --> 00:13:57,270 unlike anything that I've ever seen. 353 00:13:59,170 --> 00:14:00,930 [Billy] You know, Jay asked me to build a bike for him. 354 00:14:00,930 --> 00:14:02,930 Um, super honored to do it. 355 00:14:02,930 --> 00:14:04,700 You know, um, and as I've gotten to know him, 356 00:14:04,700 --> 00:14:06,430 it's been a really amazing experience 357 00:14:06,430 --> 00:14:08,970 because the guy loves, 358 00:14:08,970 --> 00:14:10,700 loves-- he lives and breathes this stuff, you know. 359 00:14:10,700 --> 00:14:13,500 And that-- it's so genuine in him. 360 00:14:13,500 --> 00:14:15,370 I've always said that about myself, that I'm genuine. 361 00:14:15,370 --> 00:14:17,400 I've done this my entire adult life. 362 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:19,430 I've never done anything else. 363 00:14:19,430 --> 00:14:21,400 Everything's analog, you know, um. 364 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,500 I hand do all this stuff. There's no computers. 365 00:14:23,500 --> 00:14:24,800 The only computer is in my cell phone. 366 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:26,530 That's how I find the parts. 367 00:14:26,530 --> 00:14:28,030 It's how I communicate with people, 368 00:14:28,030 --> 00:14:30,800 but everything else that I'm doing is by hand, 369 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:32,930 -the old way they did it a century ago. -That's awesome. 370 00:14:32,930 --> 00:14:34,600 That's awesome. That's so rad. 371 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:36,130 [melancholic music playing] 372 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:41,600 [Billy] I appreciate any time I see somebody doing 373 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:44,570 a really cool, old, hand-done trade of any type, 374 00:14:44,570 --> 00:14:46,470 I love it. I mean, it's just so great to see 375 00:14:46,470 --> 00:14:48,970 because everything is so disposable now 376 00:14:48,970 --> 00:14:51,630 and artificial and um, you know, 377 00:14:51,630 --> 00:14:54,100 kind of taking the human elements removed from a lot of it. 378 00:14:54,100 --> 00:14:55,330 Yeah. 379 00:14:55,330 --> 00:14:57,070 I love-- I mean, I've been doing this since I was a teenager. 380 00:14:57,070 --> 00:14:58,600 It's like you said, when you were 19-- 381 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:00,800 I started doing this when I was 17-18 382 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:02,900 because I could not afford to buy what I wanted, 383 00:15:02,900 --> 00:15:04,170 so if I couldn't afford to buy it, 384 00:15:04,170 --> 00:15:05,470 I'll figure out how to make it by hand. 385 00:15:05,470 --> 00:15:08,030 That's how I got into this business. 386 00:15:08,030 --> 00:15:09,300 Wow. 387 00:15:09,300 --> 00:15:10,870 What year do you think this was? 388 00:15:10,870 --> 00:15:13,500 It was, um, 2004. 389 00:15:13,500 --> 00:15:16,570 So, you know, I made Road to Paloma, 390 00:15:16,570 --> 00:15:18,830 I think, in 2006 or 7. 391 00:15:18,830 --> 00:15:20,030 Yeah and the opening, like, this bike-- 392 00:15:20,030 --> 00:15:22,130 I'm like-- that was definitely inspired by... 393 00:15:26,170 --> 00:15:29,100 His bikes are so easily recognizable. 394 00:15:29,100 --> 00:15:30,900 He was a massive inspiration to me 395 00:15:30,900 --> 00:15:33,200 all the way back when I made Road to Paloma. 396 00:15:35,830 --> 00:15:36,870 Would you ever sell that? 397 00:15:37,500 --> 00:15:39,370 -Sell what? -That-- That. 398 00:15:39,370 --> 00:15:40,370 -The picture? -Yeah. 399 00:15:40,370 --> 00:15:41,770 No, but I'll give it to you. 400 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:44,200 [both chuckle] 401 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:45,470 [Jason grunts] 402 00:15:45,470 --> 00:15:46,670 -You can have it-- -Bro! 403 00:15:46,670 --> 00:15:47,970 It's got a little wet, but-- 404 00:15:47,970 --> 00:15:49,800 -[Jason] That's what makes it awesome! -Yeah. 405 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:50,700 Damn, man. 406 00:15:50,700 --> 00:15:52,830 That's the cool thing about board track. 407 00:15:52,830 --> 00:15:54,100 I'm like, those were the original rock'n roll. 408 00:15:54,100 --> 00:15:55,530 -Yeah. Yeah. -I mean, those guys... 409 00:15:55,530 --> 00:15:57,570 It was the first extreme sport, board track racing. 410 00:15:57,570 --> 00:15:59,130 It was really the first extreme sport. 411 00:15:59,130 --> 00:16:00,230 I mean, those guys were, 412 00:16:00,230 --> 00:16:02,430 you know... like, 413 00:16:02,430 --> 00:16:03,700 overpowered bicycles going 414 00:16:03,700 --> 00:16:05,400 100 miles an hour on a wood track. 415 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:06,730 -I mean-- -And if you wiped out, 416 00:16:06,730 --> 00:16:07,700 like, you're going to get a splinter 417 00:16:07,700 --> 00:16:09,200 that's just going to completely impale you. 418 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:10,800 Yeah. And those tracks were, you know, 419 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:13,530 40-degree, 50-degrees banking. I mean, if you wiped out, 420 00:16:13,530 --> 00:16:14,870 you know, not only were you going to go down, 421 00:16:14,870 --> 00:16:16,030 but you were going to go down and down. 422 00:16:16,030 --> 00:16:17,400 And I mean, there's other bikes behind you. 423 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:18,870 They're like, they're that steep. 424 00:16:18,870 --> 00:16:20,100 Super steep, yeah. 425 00:16:20,100 --> 00:16:22,530 Well, I would love to see this board track. 426 00:16:22,530 --> 00:16:24,370 -I'd love to see that bike. -Yeah. 427 00:16:24,370 --> 00:16:26,330 -You got it here? Let's go see it. -It's here. 428 00:16:27,230 --> 00:16:28,870 Oh, man. 429 00:16:29,300 --> 00:16:30,200 Oh. 430 00:16:33,930 --> 00:16:35,870 -That's amazing. -Yeah. 431 00:16:35,870 --> 00:16:38,030 [Billy] Board track bikes were the first choppers. 432 00:16:38,030 --> 00:16:40,600 They called them choppers 'cause they would cut everything off of it 433 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:41,500 that didn't belong, 434 00:16:41,500 --> 00:16:43,070 it was heavy, or it was in the way, 435 00:16:43,070 --> 00:16:45,630 or it didn't serve a vital function. 436 00:16:45,630 --> 00:16:47,600 I've always looked at board track racers 437 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:49,600 and racing motorcycles 438 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:51,570 and applied a lot of that into my choppers. 439 00:16:51,570 --> 00:16:54,370 I mean, that's where a lot of my influence came from. 440 00:16:55,470 --> 00:16:56,370 [Billy speaks indistinctly] 441 00:16:58,570 --> 00:16:59,700 [engine sputters] 442 00:17:01,270 --> 00:17:03,830 [engine starts] 443 00:17:12,500 --> 00:17:13,630 [Jason] What I love about Billy is 444 00:17:13,630 --> 00:17:15,070 he's always evolving. 445 00:17:16,300 --> 00:17:18,070 When Billy started Sons of Speed, 446 00:17:18,070 --> 00:17:20,830 it put board tracks back up in the forefront. 447 00:17:23,770 --> 00:17:25,400 That stripped-down style. 448 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:28,270 I want to use that same inspiration 449 00:17:28,270 --> 00:17:29,330 for this e-bike idea. 450 00:17:30,300 --> 00:17:31,600 [inaudible] 451 00:17:33,230 --> 00:17:34,430 There's only one team I could think of 452 00:17:34,430 --> 00:17:35,670 that could pull that off. 453 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:38,700 And that was Specialized. 454 00:17:42,130 --> 00:17:43,430 [rock music playing] 455 00:17:58,470 --> 00:18:00,200 What is that? 456 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:01,870 -[yells] What is that? -[Robert] We're going to ride that. 457 00:18:01,870 --> 00:18:04,130 -We're going to ride that. -That's amazing. 458 00:18:05,370 --> 00:18:06,730 Whoa. 459 00:18:10,270 --> 00:18:11,900 [Robert] Everything we do is 460 00:18:11,900 --> 00:18:13,570 about having fun on a bicycle. 461 00:18:13,570 --> 00:18:16,000 -Bicycles can save the planet. -They can. They can. 462 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,100 That's it. That's what it's all about. 463 00:18:19,100 --> 00:18:21,330 Dude. My boy! 464 00:18:21,330 --> 00:18:23,670 -[Robert] Yeah. Shaun. -[Jason exclaims] 465 00:18:23,670 --> 00:18:25,230 [Robert] He was quite a character. 466 00:18:25,230 --> 00:18:27,130 You know, he really, um... 467 00:18:27,130 --> 00:18:28,770 he's been one of the best athletes 468 00:18:28,770 --> 00:18:29,830 for Specialized 469 00:18:29,830 --> 00:18:31,230 because it gave us so much credibility. 470 00:18:31,230 --> 00:18:32,730 This was everything. He was everything. 471 00:18:32,730 --> 00:18:35,000 [Robert] You know, and that guy just threw on a pair of jeans and raced... 472 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:36,400 -which, you know-- -That's what I-- 473 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:39,170 -The whole freestyle thing kind of came from Palmer. -Yeah. 474 00:18:39,170 --> 00:18:40,270 That's what I love about him. 475 00:18:40,270 --> 00:18:41,370 He's just like, he didn't give-- 476 00:18:41,370 --> 00:18:43,400 He was just rock and roll. 477 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:50,200 [Jason] Basically, when I left my mother's house, 478 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:52,500 I was into rock climbing and mountain biking. 479 00:18:52,500 --> 00:18:54,530 And so when I went out to Colorado, 480 00:18:54,530 --> 00:18:55,530 and I was living in Fort Collins, 481 00:18:55,530 --> 00:18:57,600 I worked at Lee's Cyclery. 482 00:18:58,900 --> 00:19:01,230 And at Lee's Cyclery, I bought my first bike, 483 00:19:01,230 --> 00:19:04,270 and it's this orange Specialized Stumpjumper. 484 00:19:04,270 --> 00:19:05,600 I have so many memories. 485 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:08,070 I kicked so many guys that had, like, Santa Cruz 486 00:19:08,070 --> 00:19:09,430 and had all these bikes-- 487 00:19:09,430 --> 00:19:11,800 It's wonderful. It's been through everything with me. 488 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:14,330 It only had, like, two and a half inches of travel. 489 00:19:14,330 --> 00:19:15,270 It was rigid. 490 00:19:15,270 --> 00:19:16,930 And I would bomb Vail, 491 00:19:16,930 --> 00:19:18,630 and go do downhill. 492 00:19:19,430 --> 00:19:21,100 I used to-- I didn't have a car in L.A. 493 00:19:21,100 --> 00:19:22,930 I used to ride everywhere. I used to ride to go climbing. 494 00:19:22,930 --> 00:19:24,230 -I used to ride to the gym. -[man] Oh, man. 495 00:19:24,230 --> 00:19:25,730 And, so I moved there when I was 19, 496 00:19:25,730 --> 00:19:27,230 I did everything on this, bro. 497 00:19:27,230 --> 00:19:28,900 I had people from acting class, 498 00:19:28,900 --> 00:19:30,000 -like, my first acting class-- -[Robert] Uh-huh. 499 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:31,370 ...they'd go-- I used to roll up 500 00:19:31,370 --> 00:19:33,570 and I'd have, like, the Fat Albert lunch case. 501 00:19:33,570 --> 00:19:34,900 -[man chuckling] Oh, yeah. -The lunch pail. 502 00:19:34,900 --> 00:19:37,430 And I'd put it in, like, my Timbuk2 Rasta thing, 503 00:19:37,430 --> 00:19:39,030 and I'd ride across L.A. 504 00:19:39,030 --> 00:19:41,230 And I would just ride on this, dude. 505 00:19:41,230 --> 00:19:42,800 [Jason] I've always kept the Specialized with me. 506 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:46,400 And it's a really beautiful company that's always stayed with me. 507 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:48,870 And forever, I'll always be Specialized. 508 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:52,930 [Robert] This is called the Cub, 509 00:19:52,930 --> 00:19:54,570 Cool Urban Bike. 510 00:19:54,570 --> 00:19:58,270 And this is for people that live in the city, want to ditch their car, 511 00:19:58,270 --> 00:20:01,100 and just have a bicycle to do everything that they need to do. 512 00:20:01,100 --> 00:20:03,870 -So these are based on a Shelby Mustang. -Shelby. 513 00:20:03,870 --> 00:20:06,130 -It's got the little shifter there. -Amazing. 514 00:20:06,130 --> 00:20:07,400 [Robert] Look at this. 515 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:11,170 -Bottle opener. -[chuckling] 516 00:20:13,870 --> 00:20:16,530 [Jason] They're amazing, 'cause they're just like, "Innovate or die." 517 00:20:16,530 --> 00:20:18,830 And you go through their museum, 518 00:20:18,830 --> 00:20:20,970 and it just blows your mind, 'cause you get to see 519 00:20:20,970 --> 00:20:23,070 everything that they built and made, 520 00:20:23,070 --> 00:20:25,570 and it was just wonderful. 521 00:20:25,570 --> 00:20:28,600 I think what I love about Specialized is that they're so insistent 522 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:32,000 on innovation, without sacrificing that handcrafted quality. 523 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,800 They've maintained that level of craftsmanship for so long. 524 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:36,930 [man] Start out with that block of aluminum, 525 00:20:36,930 --> 00:20:38,830 use this machine to cut it down into that. 526 00:20:38,830 --> 00:20:40,770 Throw it in the test lab, go and put it under you, 527 00:20:40,770 --> 00:20:42,100 ride down the track. 528 00:20:42,100 --> 00:20:44,230 -That's what we're doing. -Wow. 529 00:20:44,230 --> 00:20:46,970 [Jason] For this ambitious of an idea, they were the perfect match. 530 00:20:50,930 --> 00:20:53,800 [Jason] I mean, like, I failed high school in a big way, you did not. 531 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:56,770 -[laughing] -Like, I'm the guy that rides these. 532 00:20:56,770 --> 00:20:59,730 Here's the test dummy, here's the genius that makes it. 533 00:20:59,730 --> 00:21:01,570 -We all work together. -Yeah, for sure. 534 00:21:01,570 --> 00:21:02,870 I know my place. 535 00:21:02,870 --> 00:21:04,930 I break things, you fix and make things. 536 00:21:28,130 --> 00:21:30,530 [no audio] 537 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:50,530 [no audio] 538 00:21:55,130 --> 00:21:57,900 [no audio] 539 00:22:07,970 --> 00:22:10,430 [Jason] So what I'm gonna do today is I'm gonna show you something 540 00:22:10,430 --> 00:22:12,370 that I've been passionate about for many, many years. 541 00:22:12,370 --> 00:22:13,370 [Robert] Right on. 542 00:22:13,370 --> 00:22:15,870 And Specialized has been in my heart... 543 00:22:15,870 --> 00:22:17,370 This has been my... 544 00:22:17,370 --> 00:22:19,030 Most people don't know I rode bikes, 545 00:22:19,030 --> 00:22:21,370 but it's, like, one of my favorite things, 546 00:22:21,370 --> 00:22:22,830 and I'm nostalgic. 547 00:22:22,830 --> 00:22:24,600 I love things old. I was raised in IO. 548 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:26,130 My mom raised me with antiques. 549 00:22:26,130 --> 00:22:29,370 I'm very much a collector... a hoarder, some people would call. 550 00:22:29,370 --> 00:22:31,170 -Slash hoarder. Yeah. -Slash hoarder. 551 00:22:31,170 --> 00:22:34,530 Like, I am a 100% gas and oil guy, you know, I mean, I love that, 552 00:22:34,530 --> 00:22:36,900 but at the same time, I'm environmentalist, I'm an activist. 553 00:22:36,900 --> 00:22:40,530 I'm, you know, father to the next generation. 554 00:22:40,530 --> 00:22:43,330 I love riding, I love technology, 555 00:22:43,330 --> 00:22:44,870 but I love seeing where things come from, 556 00:22:44,870 --> 00:22:46,700 and I love seeing, like, how things started, 557 00:22:46,700 --> 00:22:48,230 and it all started with the bike, right? 558 00:22:48,230 --> 00:22:50,430 -And then it evolved into things that I love. -Yeah. 559 00:22:50,430 --> 00:22:52,400 Massive dream for me 560 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:55,100 to be able to be in Specialized and show you guys this. 561 00:22:55,100 --> 00:22:57,730 It's been a lifelong passion, so... 562 00:22:57,730 --> 00:23:00,230 -Oh, man! -[Robert] Holy crap. 563 00:23:00,230 --> 00:23:02,330 -Wow, I love it! -That's unbelievable! 564 00:23:02,330 --> 00:23:04,430 -Look at the stuff! -I love it! Oh, man! 565 00:23:04,430 --> 00:23:07,130 [Jason] This is the 1915 Harley-Davidson. 566 00:23:07,130 --> 00:23:10,330 They didn't start board track, really, till 1916. 567 00:23:10,330 --> 00:23:12,730 This is the first short-coupled... 568 00:23:12,730 --> 00:23:15,530 -This is where they took the frame in. -Yeah, yeah, tucked it way in. 569 00:23:15,530 --> 00:23:16,970 And it was tucked in. 570 00:23:16,970 --> 00:23:20,070 So this might be the first board track that Harley ever did. 571 00:23:20,070 --> 00:23:24,530 I want you guys to make... these board track bikes... 572 00:23:25,670 --> 00:23:26,630 is a bicycle. 573 00:23:26,630 --> 00:23:28,670 -If you remove that motor... -Right. 574 00:23:28,670 --> 00:23:30,330 -...and you have this stance... -Mmm-hmm. 575 00:23:30,330 --> 00:23:31,870 ...and we can make this bike go 40 mile... 576 00:23:31,870 --> 00:23:34,670 Like, you can make a Specialized bicycle out of these, 577 00:23:34,670 --> 00:23:36,470 and bring back something that... 578 00:23:36,470 --> 00:23:38,100 -People can't get these. -Right. 579 00:23:38,100 --> 00:23:39,830 But the idea is to go... 580 00:23:39,830 --> 00:23:42,830 No one's been able to take a board track bike, 581 00:23:42,830 --> 00:23:44,630 the specs, and look at it all, and go, like... 582 00:23:44,630 --> 00:23:47,430 -We're gonna pull it all apart... -Right. 583 00:23:47,430 --> 00:23:50,230 CAD or whatever you guys do, to then set these, like... 584 00:23:50,230 --> 00:23:51,970 Here's these different designs, 585 00:23:51,970 --> 00:23:53,270 and the idea is to set the tone, 586 00:23:53,270 --> 00:23:55,330 because... you said it, 587 00:23:55,330 --> 00:23:56,770 bikes can save the world. 588 00:23:56,770 --> 00:23:58,730 I'm a gas and oil guy, I love this, 589 00:23:58,730 --> 00:24:01,370 but I only ride these things maybe twice a year. 590 00:24:01,370 --> 00:24:03,330 -Yeah. -Once a year. 591 00:24:03,330 --> 00:24:05,570 They're special to me, they make me, like... they make me think... 592 00:24:05,570 --> 00:24:07,230 This is what I wanna do, 593 00:24:07,230 --> 00:24:09,970 remove this and turn it into a bike. 594 00:24:09,970 --> 00:24:11,370 -Yep. -Yep. 595 00:24:11,370 --> 00:24:13,670 [Jason] It's hard to explain how impactful these bikes were 596 00:24:13,670 --> 00:24:16,030 to builders over the last century. 597 00:24:16,030 --> 00:24:18,430 So to challenge these artists with building an e-bike 598 00:24:18,430 --> 00:24:21,830 inspired by them, that's the ultimate honor. 599 00:24:21,830 --> 00:24:22,730 [no audio] 600 00:24:22,730 --> 00:24:24,730 And it's a huge task. 601 00:24:33,270 --> 00:24:34,830 That's it, right there. 602 00:24:39,730 --> 00:24:42,930 Ohh, shit, bro! 603 00:24:42,930 --> 00:24:44,900 -[Steve] That's a long journey. -That's a long journey. 604 00:24:44,900 --> 00:24:46,500 -How are you? -All right. 605 00:24:47,730 --> 00:24:49,870 -How're you doing? -Not bad, not bad. 606 00:24:49,870 --> 00:24:51,200 All the way from the Middle East. 607 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:52,830 Yeah, long journey. 608 00:24:52,830 --> 00:24:54,600 On the roam, for real. 609 00:24:55,500 --> 00:24:57,330 [Steve] You'll see it has a... 610 00:24:57,330 --> 00:24:58,530 It's slightly different. 611 00:24:58,530 --> 00:25:00,130 -It's a different shape in the front. -[Jason] Wow. 612 00:25:00,130 --> 00:25:02,530 And some essential parts have now been removed. 613 00:25:04,070 --> 00:25:05,700 Wow. 614 00:25:05,700 --> 00:25:08,600 [Steve] It's a beautiful piece of engineering, 615 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:11,800 and a fascinating thing to drive. 616 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:15,770 And it will be even quieter, 617 00:25:15,770 --> 00:25:19,630 even smoother, and it's more powerful when it's electric. 618 00:25:19,630 --> 00:25:21,300 Definitely more powerful. 619 00:25:24,100 --> 00:25:25,530 [Jason] Wow. 620 00:25:29,900 --> 00:25:31,030 Man... 621 00:25:31,770 --> 00:25:32,970 [man] Just leave it there. 622 00:25:34,330 --> 00:25:36,070 [Jason] Oh, my baby's gutted! 623 00:25:36,070 --> 00:25:39,170 -[chuckles] Yeah. -[Jason chuckles] Wow. 624 00:25:53,030 --> 00:25:56,300 [Steve] The really important thing about making a car like this electric 625 00:25:56,300 --> 00:25:58,330 is to really respect it, 626 00:25:58,330 --> 00:26:02,130 uh, because we can't push it too much further 627 00:26:02,130 --> 00:26:04,470 than the original designers intended, 628 00:26:04,470 --> 00:26:06,830 because you then start to create other problems, 629 00:26:06,830 --> 00:26:09,800 so it's about being sympathetic, that sort of thing. 630 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:12,600 So there's probably a certain speed this thing can go and not... 631 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:14,530 -Yeah. -You gotta cap it at something? 632 00:26:14,530 --> 00:26:15,570 What's the speed on that? 633 00:26:15,570 --> 00:26:17,700 -[man] About 60, I think. -Really? 634 00:26:17,700 --> 00:26:19,170 Little bit faster than that. 635 00:26:19,170 --> 00:26:22,400 [laughing] It might fall apart. 636 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,600 [Jason] One of the most important things to me with the Rolls-Royce 637 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,400 was protecting the soul it had from a century ago. 638 00:26:28,530 --> 00:26:30,430 I didn't want that story to be lost. 639 00:26:31,970 --> 00:26:34,270 [Jason] Ooh-hoo-hoo, that look good! 640 00:26:34,270 --> 00:26:36,170 Get a sense of how it could look, and... 641 00:26:36,170 --> 00:26:39,700 So this is always kind of the sexy thing on a Rolls. 642 00:26:39,700 --> 00:26:40,630 [man] Yeah. 643 00:26:40,630 --> 00:26:43,430 So having it just... but smaller, you know. 644 00:26:43,430 --> 00:26:44,570 Just for the cabling or whatever. 645 00:26:44,570 --> 00:26:47,270 -[man] We could run that. Simple thing. -Yeah. 646 00:26:47,270 --> 00:26:48,630 [Steve] Came up with a few ideas, 647 00:26:48,630 --> 00:26:49,700 and we discussed them with Jason. 648 00:26:49,700 --> 00:26:51,270 Jason's very visual, 649 00:26:51,270 --> 00:26:54,970 and he was very clear about how he wanted it to look under the bonnet. 650 00:26:57,500 --> 00:27:00,400 [Jason] Being able to take something from 100 years ago, 651 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:02,570 and infuse this new technology into it, 652 00:27:02,570 --> 00:27:05,130 without losing the character of its age, 653 00:27:05,930 --> 00:27:07,430 that's what I love. 654 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:24,900 [Billy] You know, I'm not the best craftsman. 655 00:27:24,900 --> 00:27:27,770 You know, there's a lot of guys out there that are better craftsmen than me, 656 00:27:27,770 --> 00:27:29,530 and I don't try... 657 00:27:29,530 --> 00:27:31,270 I don't try to be what I'm not. 658 00:27:31,270 --> 00:27:35,100 I've never, ever tried to be anything other than what I am. 659 00:27:37,370 --> 00:27:39,900 [no audio] 660 00:27:39,900 --> 00:27:43,470 And I think it's any man's responsibility 661 00:27:43,470 --> 00:27:45,470 to find out what your true gift is, 662 00:27:45,470 --> 00:27:48,700 and to develop it, and to share it. 663 00:27:48,700 --> 00:27:51,930 I mean, and that's what I've been doing for thirty-plus years. 664 00:27:55,830 --> 00:27:57,700 This is my expression, just like a song. 665 00:27:57,700 --> 00:28:00,270 Somebody writes a song, they're just expressing themselves 666 00:28:00,270 --> 00:28:02,030 in a way that maybe they can't say in... 667 00:28:02,030 --> 00:28:03,830 you know, in any other way. 668 00:28:03,830 --> 00:28:05,900 [engines revving] 669 00:28:08,230 --> 00:28:11,470 You know, say you buy a high-end painting. 670 00:28:11,470 --> 00:28:13,800 You hang it up on your wall in your house, and you insure it, 671 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:15,930 and you might bring a few people in to see it, 672 00:28:15,930 --> 00:28:17,870 but my story, I can take out and show to you, 673 00:28:17,870 --> 00:28:19,900 and someone else isn't gonna take out. 674 00:28:27,900 --> 00:28:30,800 Whether it's Jason Momoa or some guy off the street 675 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:34,130 that none of us ever heard of, uh, it's the same honor, 676 00:28:34,130 --> 00:28:37,500 because somebody's asking me to give them a piece of me. 677 00:28:37,500 --> 00:28:40,100 And you know, I always try to give it my all. 678 00:28:42,500 --> 00:28:44,330 [Jason] There's so many different types of builders, 679 00:28:44,330 --> 00:28:47,630 all I know is I'm just such a motorcycle enthusiast. 680 00:28:47,630 --> 00:28:50,100 I love, just... I love being in the wind. 681 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:54,870 I just celebrate the artists, 682 00:28:54,870 --> 00:28:57,300 everyone... 'cause they're putting in their own art form, and like, 683 00:28:57,300 --> 00:29:01,600 whether it be bringing something back as a stock piece, 684 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:04,200 whether it be, like, building a chopper, you know, 685 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:05,730 fabricating everything from the ground up. 686 00:29:05,730 --> 00:29:07,330 I just... I respect it all. 687 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:10,670 You're getting out on the road. 688 00:29:10,670 --> 00:29:12,770 You're sharing that space. 689 00:29:16,870 --> 00:29:18,800 [no audio] 690 00:29:29,730 --> 00:29:31,900 [no audio] 691 00:29:33,530 --> 00:29:36,030 -Hey! How are you? -Hi! 692 00:29:36,030 --> 00:29:38,730 Oh, my God! 693 00:29:40,730 --> 00:29:42,770 [laughs] Oh, wow! 694 00:29:42,770 --> 00:29:44,400 These are amazing! 695 00:29:44,870 --> 00:29:46,670 Holy shit. 696 00:29:47,170 --> 00:29:48,500 Wow. 697 00:29:52,670 --> 00:29:55,000 Oh, man, he killed it. 698 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,100 It's almost like a Harley. It looks super cool. 699 00:29:57,100 --> 00:29:58,900 It's like original Harley's. 700 00:29:58,900 --> 00:30:01,570 Gosh! Man, there's just so much to it too. 701 00:30:02,970 --> 00:30:05,870 Down in New Zealand, they surprised me. 702 00:30:05,870 --> 00:30:08,100 Flew 'em down here, put 'em together, 703 00:30:08,100 --> 00:30:11,430 and uh, had two motors in, I was blown away. 704 00:30:12,100 --> 00:30:14,330 Two e-motors in that thing. 705 00:30:24,370 --> 00:30:25,700 [Jason] It's from Robert. 706 00:30:25,700 --> 00:30:27,370 "I designed and built these two bikes, 707 00:30:27,370 --> 00:30:29,430 and I just wanted to say what a great honor 708 00:30:29,430 --> 00:30:31,300 and opportunity to build a bike for you. 709 00:30:31,300 --> 00:30:33,230 Please choose the one you like the best, 710 00:30:33,230 --> 00:30:36,000 and send the other one back at your convenience. 711 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,400 We want to display it in our museum." Of course. 712 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:40,430 "Have a blast. Robert." What a beautiful... 713 00:30:44,030 --> 00:30:45,300 Yeah. 714 00:30:46,530 --> 00:30:47,930 Oh, damn! 715 00:30:48,330 --> 00:30:49,670 [whooping] 716 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:54,630 Take it to the beach, baby. Let's go to the beach. 717 00:31:08,370 --> 00:31:11,200 It's an amazing experience to be on an e-bike, 718 00:31:11,730 --> 00:31:13,330 and on the beach. 719 00:31:13,330 --> 00:31:15,270 And as much as I love motorcycles and the sound, and all that kind of stuff, 720 00:31:15,270 --> 00:31:16,730 it's just beautiful to be... 721 00:31:16,730 --> 00:31:18,470 when you just hear the sound of the waves. 722 00:31:21,030 --> 00:31:23,200 That was like a dream, to be able to come down here, 723 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,830 sun is setting, and be, uh, 724 00:31:25,830 --> 00:31:27,900 just cruising on the beach with my friends. 725 00:31:35,370 --> 00:31:38,700 [Billy] Motorcycles going electric is natural evolution. 726 00:31:39,970 --> 00:31:41,830 I'll always have a love for this, 727 00:31:41,830 --> 00:31:45,230 but of course I'm gonna embrace... 728 00:31:45,230 --> 00:31:48,770 It's the natural progression of things. It's gonna happen. 729 00:31:48,770 --> 00:31:50,630 And I'm glad to see it happening now. 730 00:31:53,670 --> 00:31:56,000 [Jason] I think my main inspiration for the whole thing is like, 731 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:57,770 I love these old things. 732 00:31:57,770 --> 00:32:00,470 How do I make them fit into this world 733 00:32:00,470 --> 00:32:02,870 where we need to protect it? 734 00:32:04,500 --> 00:32:07,830 Showing everybody what the possibilities of the future... 735 00:32:07,830 --> 00:32:09,530 Taking something from the past 736 00:32:09,530 --> 00:32:12,270 and putting it into the future is beautiful, 737 00:32:12,270 --> 00:32:15,130 and wanting to have solutions for Mother Earth. 738 00:32:24,330 --> 00:32:26,900 These craftsmen that I've surrounded myself with 739 00:32:27,770 --> 00:32:29,330 are still facing the same question 740 00:32:29,330 --> 00:32:31,730 that bike builders faced a century ago. 741 00:32:32,830 --> 00:32:35,230 How do you honor what you love from the past 742 00:32:35,900 --> 00:32:37,700 and still improve on it? 743 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:27,400 -Hi! -[Jason] Two years in the making. 744 00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:28,900 [chuckles] Yeah. 745 00:33:28,900 --> 00:33:30,600 Welcome to your lovely new car. 746 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:32,830 Yeah... Tell me everything. 747 00:33:36,270 --> 00:33:39,200 Holy shit. 748 00:33:40,700 --> 00:33:41,900 [Steve] Beautiful, isn't it? 749 00:33:41,900 --> 00:33:45,270 [puffing] Bro, that's amazing! 750 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:50,900 This is my favorite side. 751 00:33:50,900 --> 00:33:52,600 -[Jason] Wow. -Yeah. 752 00:33:55,030 --> 00:33:58,230 And so you know, Henry Royce, in the early 1920s, 753 00:33:58,230 --> 00:34:01,600 he said the future of Rolls-Royce is electric. 754 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:03,770 -So we like to think that this is a car-- -Really? 755 00:34:03,770 --> 00:34:06,070 -Yeah, this is a 1929 car. -Bro... 756 00:34:06,070 --> 00:34:07,970 This is a car that he might've created 757 00:34:07,970 --> 00:34:10,170 if he had the technology available to him then. 758 00:34:11,930 --> 00:34:13,670 [Jason] The inside of the car is just... 759 00:34:13,670 --> 00:34:16,700 Everything about it is perfect. The color, the wood. 760 00:34:16,700 --> 00:34:19,800 The fact that they didn't change a thing. 761 00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:23,930 All the old dials were just now going forward, reverse. 762 00:34:23,930 --> 00:34:25,670 So you can actually take the e-motor out, 763 00:34:25,670 --> 00:34:28,000 put the Rolls-Royce engine back in, 764 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:29,130 and everything would be fine. 765 00:34:29,130 --> 00:34:31,100 We should be rolling. 766 00:34:31,100 --> 00:34:33,000 Oh, my God. 767 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:35,370 Dude! 768 00:34:35,830 --> 00:34:37,270 [high-pitched] Aaah! 769 00:34:46,270 --> 00:34:49,000 Henry Royce wanted those cars to be electric in the first place, 770 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:49,930 so it's... you know... 771 00:34:49,930 --> 00:34:52,470 You wanna have a car that's just quiet, 772 00:34:52,470 --> 00:34:54,370 and it's peaceful, and it's luxury. 773 00:35:01,030 --> 00:35:03,870 [no audio] 774 00:35:03,870 --> 00:35:06,170 [engines revving] 775 00:35:19,670 --> 00:35:20,800 [man 1] Thank you. 776 00:35:21,870 --> 00:35:23,770 [Jason] Finally back with the Goodwood. 777 00:35:23,770 --> 00:35:24,870 [man 2] Yeah. 778 00:35:24,870 --> 00:35:27,470 It's one of my favorite places, the funniest events. 779 00:35:27,900 --> 00:35:29,500 The Revival. 780 00:35:29,500 --> 00:35:32,300 And, uh, last time I was here, 781 00:35:33,370 --> 00:35:35,530 I did something really crazy. 782 00:35:35,530 --> 00:35:37,670 Bought a 1929 Rolls-Royce. 783 00:35:47,670 --> 00:35:49,470 [indistinct chatter] 784 00:35:49,470 --> 00:35:51,030 -And how are you? -Wonderful, wonderful. 785 00:35:51,030 --> 00:35:52,130 Good to have you here. 786 00:35:52,130 --> 00:35:53,500 [Jason] You know, it's taken two years, 787 00:35:53,500 --> 00:35:55,800 because of pandemic, because of, you know, 788 00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:58,000 the time that it takes to make it, and then for me to come in. 789 00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:00,300 So they'd have to wait at certain points so I could come in, 790 00:36:00,300 --> 00:36:01,900 we could be a part of it. 791 00:36:01,900 --> 00:36:05,200 Finally, it's really cool, how it all ended up coming together. 792 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:08,200 It was like, we're back two years later at Goodwood. 793 00:36:20,500 --> 00:36:22,170 [engines idling] 794 00:36:25,130 --> 00:36:26,330 Go. 795 00:36:26,330 --> 00:36:27,630 [laughs] 796 00:36:44,970 --> 00:36:46,530 [Jason] There's a lot of "pinch me" moments. 797 00:36:46,530 --> 00:36:48,770 There's a lot of, like, "Wow, I can't believe we did this," 798 00:36:48,770 --> 00:36:52,370 but the end game of being at Goodwood, 799 00:36:52,370 --> 00:36:56,200 and driving around London in a Phantom that's "E," 800 00:36:57,270 --> 00:36:59,130 it's the coolest thing, 801 00:36:59,130 --> 00:37:01,130 going like, man, we made this come true. 802 00:37:01,130 --> 00:37:03,800 And how many... how many technicians and artisans came in 803 00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:05,570 to make this thing come true. 804 00:37:28,070 --> 00:37:30,270 You're in a time capsule. 805 00:37:30,270 --> 00:37:32,930 You're like... You just can't... You feel everything. 806 00:37:36,130 --> 00:37:38,830 It makes me smile. My soul feels good. 807 00:37:38,830 --> 00:37:40,430 I'm focused. 808 00:37:41,830 --> 00:37:44,270 And hopefully, that just ripples out. 809 00:37:46,770 --> 00:37:48,230 Hope it's inspiring to people. 810 00:37:50,330 --> 00:37:53,070 I'm really just trying to... 811 00:37:53,070 --> 00:37:54,700 It's just all the things I feel in my soul, 812 00:37:54,700 --> 00:37:57,370 and I wanna... I wanna do it.