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Reedus: Northern california
is so much different
than southern california.

- Imogen lehtonen:
It's different.
- It's such a different energy.

Lehtonen:
Epic cliffs and huge ocean
underneath it.

Just from right here
we can go ride the ocean,

Get the sun, and we can go
right up into the redwoods
and be in twisties.

Reedus:
I kind of feel like
this is the future.

Cali's the mecca, man.
So many great little excursions
on the way up.

Ah! Whoo!

lehtonen: This is so crazy.

I'm so happy
we found this place.

Anything that makes noise
attracts zombies.

Is your dog snoring right now?
Is that what that was?

man: Are we gonna ride
or what?

Let's do it.

Reedus:
I was in my early 20s when
I moved to los angeles.

Just a kid trying
to figure myself out.

It was in the late '90s,
and I kind of fell into this
underground scene

Of outsiders and rebels
and actors.

And then there were
the bikers.

I'll always feel
at home here.

This is the place
where everything
came together for me.

The first place
where I felt I belonged.

And now?
Now I'm pretty damn lucky.

I have a cool job where
I get to ride motorcycles
and kill zombies.

On the weekends,
I just ride motorcycles.

Even though this is where
I really learned to love bikes,

And I rode all the time,

I never really had
the chance to explore.

That's why I'm so excited
to be back.

Taking my first ride
up the pacific coast highway.

Announcer:
From the mexican border,
the highway runs parallel

With the pacific coast
through california.

At times the highway winds

Along the sheer cliff face
above the sea.

Reedus:
I've heard that the pacific
coast highway

Is one of the most
savagely beautiful roads
you can do anywhere.

I'm starting out in la,
then winding 400 miles
up the coast,

Stopping in santa barbara
and pismo beach

Before ending up in
the ultimate biker town,
santa cruz,

Where I'm gonna talk bikes
and "the walking dead"

On one of my favorite
podcasts.

Before heading out,
I'm stopping in long beach

To pay homage to motorcycle
guru roland sands.

Roland's an award-winning,
record-breaking road racer

Turned custom bike artist.

He's got a solid rep
and towers over the innovative
california biker scene.

There's no way
I'd miss a chance at finally
checking out his shop.

- Hey, what's up, norman?
- Hey, nice to meet you, roland.

- Absolutely.
- I've heard great things
about you.

Welcome, man.
I've heard some great
things about you as well.

Yeah, I came over here
on this sucker.

- This hypermotard.
- Sick, man.

Reedus:
I'm riding a ducati
hypermotard 939.

It's got a sleek
minimalistic design

And sweet
"blade runner" curves.

That makes it great
for navigating through
mangled city traffic

And cutting loose
on the open road.

These bikes, man,
to me, they're just, like,

The sickest
hooligan bike ever.

Show me some
of your stuff, man.
I want to see everything.

This is our home, dude.

Wow, it's like a museum.

Man, there are so many
bikes crammed in here.

- There are 75 bikes
in this building.
- Wow.

We build cafe racers
out of sportsters.

So we have a whole line
of hard parts that we sell.

That's a hypermotard
slash 999 ducati.

This is so "mad max"
right here.

Super zombie killer bike.

Sands:
That's one of the first
customs I ever built.

Reedus:
This is beautiful.
You pretty much do everything.

Is there anything
you don't do?

Sleep.

I know that very well.

What's up?
Good morning. Hi.

How's it going,
everybody?

When people see your bikes,
they automatically know
they're yours.

- Kind of, yeah.
- What makes
a roland sands bike?

I think primarily, like,
I want to build bikes

That work better
than the stock bike.

We increase the performance
level, better brakes,

Better wheels, you know,
and I think the blending
of styles, too.

Like, this bike
kind of just kicked off
my career in a sense.

'cause this bike
was, like, the blend

Of sport bike
and chopper culture

Smashed together
in one motorcycle.

And people just had never
seen that type of approach
to a bike before.

Reedus:
Wow.

- Is this your pop
right here?
- Yeah.

My dad started a company
called performance machines.

So, I mean, when
I was five years old,
I was at drag races.

You know, I used to go
to laguna seca and go watch
the grand prix back then.

Seca's awesome.

So I can ride
one of these?

This is the fleet, man.

So we got flat track racers.
Harley softails.

Cafe racers.
This is a superleggera.

What about this guy?
How's this one?

This is a bmw ninet.

- Reedus: It's so pretty.
- It's a fun bike.

We did a number plate
on the front,

Moved the oil cooler up
so we exposed the breastplate.

Ohlin suspension
front and rear.

Custom exhaust,
one-off exhaust.

- It's a badass-sounding bike.
- Yeah.

I'll grab your bike
and I'll meet you
in the back.

All right, cool.

Reedus:
Roland's taking me to one
of his favorite spots nearby.

Never thought I'd get
a chance to ride alongside

A legit championship
racer like him.

The dude makes crazy,
mindboggling stunts look easy.

- Reedus:
I've never been here.
- This is my old hood.

- This is your hood right here
- this is where I grew up.

Yeah.

Yeah.

That was awesome.

Yeah, I like to mess
around a little bit.

I'm kind of an idiot.

I will not
be doing that.

- Loving this.
- You like it?

I like the way
this handles and rides.
It's so nice.

Reedus:
There's nothing like being
on one of roland's bikes.

It's clear that he takes pride
in every single detail.

The machine fits your body
like a glove.

This is beautiful, dude.

- Sands: Palos verdes.
- Palos verdes.

This is beautiful
up here, man.

Yeah, this is like a ride
we do on the weekends.
We come up here.

- And that's catalina.
- That's catalina right there.

Spend a lot
of time over there.

Is pch like this?
This sort of vibe?

It's even a little bit
more grand.

It's like the mountains
just got--

Like god cut
the mountains off

And it drops straight down
into the ocean.

- Wow.
- It's amazing.

I could live
here in a heartbeat.
This is great.

Well, dude, right on.
I'm out.

I'm gonna go head up
and go back to work, man.

- I wish I could go with you.
- That would be great.

I would love it.
I might steal your motorcycle
and take it with me.

- Go for it.

- I think it likes you.
- Can I take it?

Yeah, as long as you
get it back, I don't care.

- Eeee! Done.

- Thank you, bro.
- All right, norman.
Be safe.

- Have fun
and take chances.
- I will. It'll be fun.

"can't get enough" playing

♪ you stand
there naked in my blood,
I want to gut you ♪

♪ this new sensation,
as I hang I want to touch you ♪

♪ is this the first time,
last time I feel love? ♪

♪ can't get enough,
I can't get enough... ♪

Reedus:
As soon as I was on the bike,

I felt buckled down
to the road.

And I was honored
that roland let me borrow it
for the rest of the ride.

To pick up one of
the dopest bikers I know.

Imogen lehtonen.

Imogen's from new zealand--
who came here to open
the la outpost

Of her family's shop,
the great frog.

Imogen's family invented
the skull ring 40 years ago,

And they're still
churning out handcrafted,

One-of-a-kind pieces
to this day.

We met a year ago when
she tore through georgia

On a cross-country trip.

She invited me to come ride
the pch back then,

And I'm stoked we're finally
gonna do it.

- Yay!
- Hi, sweetheart.

- Hi.
- How are you?

- Good, how you doing?
- I'm good. I'm good.

- It's been a minute.
- Hell, yeah.

- Look at this thing.
- Yeah, right?

I took a ducati
to roland sands' place,

And I liked this so much
I kind of stole it from him.

- That is a crazy
looking bike.
- Yeah.

So we'll take this
up the coast with us.

- I mean, this is yours, right?
- Yes. Well, it's not mine.

I'm borrowing it,
but I love this thing.

Reedus:
Imogen is riding a custom
harley dyna t-sport

Made by la's own
powerplant motorcycles.

With high-set t-bar
handlebars and a blacked-out
powder coating,

This bike is as badass
as she is.

- I know, and this has, like,
an adjustable windshield.
- Oh, it goes up and down?

Reedus:
I'm excited to get on our bikes
and start the ride.

- But first...
- Show me your shop.

...I got to pick up a ring
imogen promised me.

- Come in the shop.
- This is awesome in here.

Reedus:
Did you-- I mean,
this is all you?

Yes. So my uncle
and my aunt started it,

And my parents--
my mom and dad met
working there together,

So I have a jewelry family.

Wow. Tell me
about that creepy skeleton
up there in the corner.

- Real or not real?
- It's not real.

This is actually
our resident only real
skull in the shop.

Our london shop is actually
built on a plague pit.

So when there was,
like, the black plague
and they had mass graves--

And they excavated in
the basement of our shop,
and it was a mass grave.

And a lot of the original
skulls we have in our london
shop are from there.

What? What?
That's sort of creepy.

You need to pick
a ring as well.

You've got to have
a skull ring.

Can you pick one
for me?

- I can do that.
- Yeah?

I feel like you need
a gnarly looking skull.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.
This is perfect for me.

Let's see if he fits.
Are you excited?

I'm excited, yeah.
This is my first ring ever.

- And it fits.
- Yeah, this is badass.

Were you wearing
all your stuff in atlanta
when we met?

On the cross-country trip
I wore some of my stuff.

I wasn't as heavily
loaded as I usually am
when I'm around la.

That was really fun
when you guys all came down.

I had such a good time.

Reedus:
And we're going up
pch to santa cruz.

Okay, that's the most beautiful
ride in california you can do.

There's a podcast up there
which is "motorcycle misfits."

Really?
I'm scared to hear
my voice on a podcast...

- Your voice is great.
- ...But it'll be fun.

Tonight, there is
an airstream motor camp

- That would be
so cool to stay at.
- Oh, nice.

- They deck them out
to make them look awesome.
- Where is that?

- In santa barbara.
- I love airstreams,

But I've never been
in an airstream.

- All right.
- Cool, let's go hit
the highway.

Reedus:
All right, let's do this.

Lehtonen:
All right.

You ready, babe?

This changed so much here.
There used to be this place
called damiano's right there.

A pizza place.
It's where I first
became an actor.

- It was in that pizza place.
- That's cool.

Reedus:
It's true, I really did
become an actor at damiano's.

It's a long story,
but let's just say

I was in the right place
at the right time,
and the rest is history.

Now it's time
to head north

97 miles
to santa barbara.

- This is fun.
- I like riding
around with you.

It's gonna be even
better when we're on
the open road, too.

And it will be,
like, daytime and, like,
beautiful coast.

Reedus:
We'll be picking up the pch
in the morning,

So we just need a place
to bed down.

And the santa barbara
autocamp with personal
airstreams

Couldn't be more perfect.

- This is so cool.
- They match my bike.

Oh, yeah.

I love that they put
astroturf around, too.

- Yeah.
- All right.

Oh, my god.
They have a bathtub.

- Coffee pot, check.
- It's even got a little
kitchen and a mini fridge.

- I'm having this one.
- This is yours? You got it.
Done.

Tomorrow's gonna be,
like, pch.

Beautiful, no la traffic.

- Yeah, let's hope so.
- It'll be the pretty part.

Yeah, good.
I'm gonna go take a bath
in an air bubble.

bye!

What the?
You peeper.

little peeper.

- The ocean! Whoo!
- Oh, the ocean.

- Are these electric?
- Oh, cool.

- He was a garbage man
for 30 years.
- Lehtonen: Wow.

- Oh, my god!

"hollywood" playing

are you having
a party in here?

This is so cool.
I like sleeping
in an airstream.

It was pretty cool
except for every time
you walk by a desk,

You clear the desk
by accident.

- You know what I mean?
- I didn't have that problem.

Yeah, well,
you're skinny,
that's why.

- All right, let's roll.
- You're not exactly fat.

Not exactly fat?
What is that supposed to mean?

- I'm excited to ride.
- Yeah, it's gonna be
nice today.

ready?

Wow, it's so pretty.

- So beautiful.
- Yeah.

Reedus:
We're headed north
on the pch

104 miles from santa barbara
to pismo beach.

Can you hear me?

When do we get
to the ocean?

I can't understand you.

Reedus:
How'd you sleep
in that airstream?

I'm just gonna guess
at what you're saying.

Something about
an alarm clock.

Nothing about alaska.

A baked alaska.

- The ocean! Whoo!
- Oh, the ocean.

- Yeah.
- Whoo-hoo!

Is one of the most
breathtaking roads ever.

It opened in the late 1920s

As part of
the roosevelt highway,

The first road
to link the mexican
and canadian borders.

With its snaking curves
and sharp drops,

People travel from all
over the world

To see what makes it
so uniquely californian.

- Look how sparkly it is.
- Yeah.

Reedus:
With the ocean right there
next to you,

Man, this is how
you're supposed to ride.

I mean, check out
that view.

Pismo beach, 15 miles.

Yeah.

Reedus:
Pismo beach is five
and a half miles

Of pristine sand dunes
and one of the only beaches

In america
you can actually drive onto.

Let's go to the beach.

I'm down to see what kind of
off-road action we can find.

Look how pretty this is.

Yeah, this is
beautiful.

What are these
little birds called?

Oyster catchers.
They're cute.

How cold you reckon
the water is?

- Freezing?
- I bet it's freezing.

Stay away from me.

That looks like
a dune buggy, right?

That's cool.
Have you ever
dune-buggied?

- Never.
- Me either.

- Let's go dune buggy.
- ♪ little dune buggy.

Reedus:
Dune buggies on the beach?
Right on.

There's no way we're gonna let
this opportunity pass by.

- Glad to meet you. Robert.
- Hi, imogen.

- Oh, cool. Thank you.
- Your first time out here?

- First time ever
here and on a dune buggy.
- First time dune-buggying.

Part of our protocol
too is you have to
watch a safety video.

Okay.
What did you do
to your screen?

- Well...
- It's beach modified.

It's kind of scary
to watch a safety video
on this screen.

- You know what I mean?
- We're a little hard
on things out here.

Man on video:
Avoid all wildlife.

Can you imagine
trying to run over
these little birds?

- Do people do that?
- They try.

You are assuming all risks
for any damage,

- Injury, or loss of life.
- Lehtonen: This is gonna
be fun.

- Loss of life?
- Animal life.

Now you're ready
to drive the dunes.

- Reedus: Shall we hit it?
- Let's do it.

What's the fastest
one you have?
This one?

have a good time.

Reedus:
Everybody say "whiplash."

Man:
You guys can go.

Whoo!

"endless mountain" playing

Reedus:
You ready?
Check this out.

Are you serious?
Oh my god that looks crazy!

Yeah!
Whoo!

This way.
Go right down
this big mountain.

Aah!

- Whoo!
- Whoo!

Hold on, I got stuck.
I got stuck on this hill.

I'm over here.

Whoa.

Whoa, I don't know
if I can do this.

Whoo!

Whee!
Whoo!

- Aw!
- I'm coming!

- I'm sorry, norman.
- I got you, babe.

I'm driving
like a grandma,
aren't I?

Whoo!

This way.
Here we go.

Follow me.

Ah!

Oh! Whoa, airborne.
I just went airborne.

My god!
Whoo! Whoo!

- I got some air.

Let's go to the big one.

- Oh,.
- Oh my god.

And good-bye.

Ah!

Oh, my god,
I want to do this
for, like, five hours.

All right,
all right.

- That was awesome.
- That was so cool.

Reedus:
I could seriously ride
these dunes forever,

But we've got miles
of highway in front of us.

- Man: Was it good?
- Reedus: Oh, it was rad.

- Any time.
- Thanks, man.

Reedus:
So it's time to get off
the beach and back on the road.

Man:
It's basically a place
built out of junk.

There's stuff in here
from, like, the '30s, '40s,

- Up until the '80s.
- Lehtonen: Wow.

- This is from
"the walking dead."
- that's rad.

- This bike
is running right now.
- Wait, it's running right now?

- It's running right now.
- Shut up.

- Let's do it.
- All right, all right,
all right.

You look so cool.

You're a ninja
right now.

Yeah, dune buggies
are awesome.

Yeah, dude.
I had no idea
it was that much fun.

I feel like
I've gained weight in
my palms on this trip.

My palms have
become meaty.

Like, whacking your hands
on the steering wheel

I think makes them swell
'cause my rings are all
real tight.

Yeah, I couldn't get
the thing on my thing.

That's why I put
the thing on your thing.

- Know what I mean?
- Yeah.

- Know what I'm saying?
- Know what I'm saying?

Reedus:
We've ridden 200 miles
with another 50 to go tonight.

And this next leg
of the ride is magical.

Wow, california
sunset right there.

Reedus:
See, that's one thing I don't
get to see in new york,

An ocean sunset
that rolls over the waves
to the end of the world.

- So beautiful.
- So beautiful.

Reedus:
When I first got to la,
I worked at a harley shop

Called dr. Carl's
hog hospital.

I did a lot of grunt work,

But on the plus side,
I got to see a lot
of different bikes.

Back then, I always wondered
what it would be like to ride
up the california coast.

And this is exactly
how I pictured it.

I start to daydream.

I just start like, "ah."

I have addddddd.
You know what I mean?

no.

- Reedus: Good-bye, sun.
- Oh, yeah.

- Feel the cold creeping in.
- Yeah.

Reedus:
It sounds like
a tornado right now.

I can't hear
what you're saying,
but I'm happy.

I can't hear
what you're saying.

Lehtonen:
Is that an abandoned house?

Yeah, it looks like it.

That looks amazing.
Can we go in there?

What the hell?

- How you guys doing?
- How you doing, man?
Norman. Hi.

- Pretty good.
My name's mike.
- Nice to meet you, mike.

Reedus:
California is full of weird
tourist attractions

Like nitt witt ridge
in the small town of cambria.

The man who built
this place,

His name was actually
art beal,

But they gave him a couple
colorful nicknames,

And one of them
was captain nitwit.

- Oh, wow.
- He started building
in 1928.

He lived in this place
till 1989,

Till he was
92 years old.

Lehtonen:
Wow.

- Lehtonen:
I love all the stonework.
- Yeah, that's cool.

- See all these handrails?
- Yeah.

This was
the plumbing system.
They all carried water.

There's handrails
throughout the whole property.

He also had a lot
of toilet seats,

Which he would actually
use for picture frames.

oh, my god.

He called this
his woman's room.

- What the?
- Wait, who are you?

Like, how are you
involved here?

My wife and I
bought this in 1999 from
the art beal foundation.

I thought
I'd give the anti-hearst
castle tour.

William randolph hearst
built this place in 1919

Out of his massive
amounts of money,

And this is the anti.
This guy was a garbage
man in town

That took all
the garbage from town...

Oh, so he collected garbage
and put this together from it?

He got paid
as a garbage man.

But now watch your head
and I'll take you
up this stairway.

Art claimed this stairway
stayed 50 degrees.

- This was his refrigerator.
- I feel the chill in here.
It is colder.

- That's his stuff.
- What is that?

There's peaches,
there's apricots.

There's stuff in here
from, like, the '30s,
'40s, up until the '80s.

This is so crazy.
I'm so happy we found
this place.

As you guys can see,
his clothes are still
in here.

Mike:
People said half the time

All he'd be wearing
is this bathrobe

With nothing else
on under it,

They tell me he got older
and it'd get windy.

- Oh, my god.

And this is
his two-seated outhouse.

He said he put
his and her toilets in here.

He could sit here and have
conversations with people.

He thought he was a swinger,
but then he never had kids.

- He has no family?
- And he never had any family.

I thought by now,
after 15 years
I've been up here,

"I'm his grandkid.
I'm his--" no.
It's weird.

But he liked ladies,
and ladies liked him.

- He's, like, an enigma.
- He's kind of a romantic.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

Mike:
And then a guy
with no family or anything

Created his own legacy
with nothing but junk.

Reedus:
This dude literally built his
whole life into these walls.

Coming up with a way to turn
trash into treasure.

There's a toilet
on top of the roof.

And people said
that's his throne.

He's the king
of the castle up there.

Reedus:
Even toilet seats.

Thank you for showing
us all of this.

- Take care, man.
- Yeah, you, too.

Reedus:
This is just the kind
of wacky stuff

I've been expecting to see
since we crossed

From southern
to northern california.

And just a couple miles away
from where we're going
to call it a night.

Bye, cool house.

"swing" playing

♪ everyone is seeing
that I'm something else ♪

♪ I'm not living
on somebody's shelf... ♪

Reedus:
Day three.

There's nothing better
than waking up in big sur,

Home of the bixby bridge.

260 feet high
and 700 feet long,

This bridge is a beast.

One of the tallest
single span concrete
bridges in the world.

And finally,
after 400 miles,

We're here in santa cruz.

Santa cruz is a little
town tucked between

The pacific
and the santa cruz mountains.

I just like the way
the air smells up here.
It's so clean.

Reedus:
Surrounded by incredible
natural beauty,

And with a close proximity
to the san francisco
counterculture

And silicon valley
tech scenes,

It's the perfect spot
for anyone coming to california

Looking for reinvention.

- Look at that crazy house.
- Yeah, that's beautiful.

It's got a nice
eclectic feel.

I hate when cities
start taking over

And making everything
look the same.

Reedus:
We're here to drop in
on a local podcast.

But first, we're headed
to zero motorcycles,

A pioneer manufacturer
of electric motorcycles.

- Are these electric?
- Lehtonen: Oh, cool.

For some reason
I imagined them looking
all crazy different.

Reedus:
California is a hotbed
of environmental action.

So it makes sense that they
made their home here.

- Ready to check this out?
- Yeah.

I used to have
a dog named zero.

Reedus:
Zero's scot harden is gonna
show us their bikes

And take us for a spin.

- Nice to meet you, too.
Welcome to zero.
- All right.

All right,
let's go on back into
the belly of the beast.

Harden:
This is where all of
the main assembly is done.

Reedus:
It's weird to go into
a motorcycle shop,

Building motorcycles,
and it's not loud.

- It's just super
weird to me.
- Yeah.

This is where
it all started
for zero.

- This is the first electric
motorcycle ever built.
- It's like a dirt bike, right?

It was kind of cross
between an overgrown mountain
bike and a motorcycle.

I think it's cool.
I really like that one.

Well, it was the idea
of what could we do

To change the way the world
experiences motorcycles.

What kind of bike did you
ride before you got into
electric motorcycles?

I was a dirt bike rider.
I was born in las vegas,

And I rode dirt bikes.

And then I started doing
all the big desert races.

I kept taking on bigger
challenges in europe
and then africa.

Scariest moment in my life
on a bike was in senegal

Going down these roads
at 80, 90, 100 miles an hour

With these bushes that
are this tall on each side,

And there's animals
running out in front of you.
Pigs and ostriches.

You're just thinking,
"god, don't step out

- In front of my front wheel."
- that's terrifying.

It scared me to death.
I hit a cow at 80 miles
an hour.

- You hit a cow?
- I've bounced off
the hoods of cars.

- That would mess you up.
- You are so lucky.

I could tell stories.

How's it going, guys?
Do you guys all ride
electric bikes now?

- Do you?
- I have ridden some before.

- Yeah?
- I ride my own
motorcycles mostly.

- What do you have?
- Got a harley and a couple
dirt bikes.

Is that, like, the enemy,
or is it everybody loves
everything?

Everybody loves everything
around here, yeah.

- Have you gone on one yet?
- We're about to try one.

Yeah? Sick, dude.
I hope you like it.

Yeah, I'm excited.
Nice to meet you, dude.

- Nice to meet you.
- Yeah, it's a pleasure.

- How's it going, man?
- Good. Since you're here.

- Lehtonen: Oh, my god.
- Uh-oh.

- No way.
- This is from
"the walking dead."

- That's rad.
- So...

- Big fan of yours.
- Thanks, man.

Have you guys
ever thought about doing
an electric dune buggy?

- I want a hat.
- All right.

- Great frog!
- Whoo!

I feel like
I'm the only person whose
never seen this show.

- I need to watch it.
- Get out of here right now.

Bye, guys.
Go to work.

- Go to work.
- Lehtonen: Get back to work.

See what fits you best.
What's your favorite color?
What's your favorite flavor?

Reedus:
This is a straight up
dirt bike right here.

That's an off-road
trail bike, yeah.

- I'm taking this one.
- This is the fxs.

This is the inner city
hooligan bike.

- It's very lightweight.
- Lehtonen: It feels light.

Harden:
It's only 290 pounds.

I think
you'll really like that one.

All the stuff's where
you'd normally expect.

- Your turn signal's here.
- Okay.

Brake where you'd
normally expect it.
Foot brake.

And then the last thing
you do to arm this thing

- Is hit
the throttle switch.
- Okay.

Now that means this bike
is running right now.

- Wow.
Wait, so it's on already?
- It's running right now?

- It's running right now.
- Shut up. Wow.

- Wow.
- Away you go.

- Ah!
- I think we've chosen
our weapons.

- Let's go out
and give them a whirl.
- All right.

- All right?
- Cool.

I can't believe that
that was running while
we were standing there.

Reedus:
It's weird getting
on a bike

And not knowing
how it's gonna feel,

But that's what I love about
trying out new bikes.

- Harden: Are we ready?
- I think so.

Reedus:
Scot's taking us up to see

The legendary
california redwoods.

Whoa.

- This is so crazy.
- Yeah, this is nuts.

Reedus: It's gonna be
the perfect way to find out
what the zero is all about.

I'm just--
this is blowing me
away how smooth this is.

It's like your ass
is sliding on ice.

Lehtonen:
Let's go in the back,
and I will get your ring

A final polish.

Reedus:
Why is your
jack daniel's green?

Smell it.
Don't smell it too strong.

Don't put your nose
too close to it.

Oh, wow. Wow.
Don't drink that.

- Yeah. Okay.
- Yeah.

What is this?
This weird sort of
gerbil killer thing.

This is awesome.
This is my polishing
machine.

I used to have a polishing
machine without this

So if the machine
caught the ring somehow,

I'd get, like, a hot
ring flown in my face
or in my cleavage.

- This is good.
- So that protects me.
Or you'd get dirt--

"hot ring in my cleavage."
that sounds like a song.

- Let's see.
- Now we're skull buddies, dude.

Are we skull--
where's your skull?

I got one there
and one there.

- Boom, boom, boom.
- And one here.

- Yeah.
- Cool.

Santa cruz redwoods.

- Hi.
- - Oh,!

I just creeped
up on you and you
had no idea.

No, I didn't.
I was like,
"where's norman?"

Reedus:
Sometimes I get on a bike
just to escape.

The roar of the motorcycle
creates this wall

Between me
and my surroundings.

- It smells really fresh.
- It does.

- Healthy and green
up here.
- Like mossy.

Reedus:
That's what makes being
on this bike so strange.

There's no wall.

It's just you and the world
feeding off of each other.

I mean, it's perfect really
for, like, going through
this beautiful forest.

You're just
kind of gliding.

I kind of feel like
this is the future.

- I really do.
- Yeah, imagine in, like,
50 or 100 years

When, like, cities
are smogged up, everything
will be electric.

Whee!
This is crazy 'cause
I can't see the bike.

Does it feel like
you're flying?

- Yeah, it does.

Reedus:
And there's nothing like riding
it through the redwoods.

You should try it.

Amazing.

Harden:
Go to sport!

Whoa!

Whoa!

Have you put it
in sport mode?

Yeah, dude,
it's like, oh, my god.

- It's terrifying.
- Lehtonen: All right.

Whoa! Whoa!
I put it in sport.
It's crazy.

You feel the extra tug.
It's like, whaa!

I swallowed
my adam's apple
for a second.

- It was great
riding with your guys.
- You're awesome.

- Thank you so much, scot.
- Imogen, it was really
nice meeting you.

- I want an electric
motorcycle now.
- Yeah, me, too.

We got more converts.
That's cool.

Cool.

Yeah, of course.

Yeah, tell me.

This belonged to
my late brother chris.

He was a huge,
huge fan of yours.

Used to have posters
of you guys up in the room
and everything.

- Oh, man.
- He loved you guys a lot.

And this was actually
in the wreck with him.

- That's why it's all
mangled like this.
- Oh, dude.

I wanted to see
if you could sign it.
It would mean the world to me.

Come here. Come here.
Yeah, dude.

- Thanks, man.
- Of course.

- Sign it to chris
if you would.
- To chris.

Of course, man.

- Thanks for coming.
- Yeah, dude. Yeah.
Be well, dude.

- Ride on.
- Yeah. Take care, man.

- Later.
- Bye.

Reedus:
Hearing something like that
just rips me to shreds.

Reminds me that life
is fragile.

I'm honored that I got
to meet that guy

And hear
his brother's story.

Ride on, brother.

Lehtonen:
This is a pretty town.
I like it.

Yeah, it's really
cute here.

Reedus:
You know, santa cruz has
some really cool streets.

This is cool.
Look at this wall.

Reedus:
So it's nice to get off
our bikes

And check out the details
we might have missed

When we're riding by it.

Hi.
Oh, shut up, hi.

- Good to see you.
- Nice to see you, too.

- Congratulations.
- Do you live up here?

- Yes, this is where I live.
- Shut up.

- You guys know each other?
- Shut up. How are you, dude?

Nice to see you, sweetheart.
Yeah, what a pleasure.

That lady that just said hi,
she was a director on
"walking dead."

- What a small world.
Santa cruz.
- She's awesome.

Still have to watch it.

I'm gonna send
you every disc.

- Okay.
- Then I'll send you
like a little--

You'll have to write
an essay or something.

How did you get started
riding motorcycles?

I used to hitch a ride
on the back of his bike
to university and to work.

He had a bmw dakar
dual-sport thing,

And I would jump on
the back of that.

And now it's carried on

As the inspiration
as to why I love to ride.

It's because of my dad.

He died, like, a year
and a half ago.

So whenever I ride,
it's like...

- My special time.
- Yeah.

That cross-country
trip was, like, the one-year
anniversary of his death.

- I remember.
- So it was very, very special
thing to have happen.

I like how your family--
you pass the torch from--

Like how you do your rings
and the store.

- Unintentionally, but, yes.
- It's great.

People don't have that.
It's great.

I like that they have
shrubberies everywhere.

- Do you like monty python?
- Oh, my god, I love
monty python.

"monty python and the holy
grail" is my favorite
movie of all time.

- With the little rabbit?
- Yeah.

It goes after
his throat.

- "we are the knights
that say ni."
- exactly.

It's nice to be back
on my own bike.

Kind of like the rumble,
but those bikes were cool,
I got to say.

I like how he said, too,
he's not trying to replace
other motorcycles.

- It's just another
experience, you know?
- Yeah.

Reedus:
Last stop, and I couldn't
be more excited.

We're headed over
to the re-cycle garage...

I like santa cruz.

...Home of this really
cool podcast

Called "motorcycles
& misfits."

Who doesn't like
geeking out on bikes

With a bunch of misfits?

Welcome to
"motorcycles & misfits"
at the re-cycle garage.

- You guys are getting
all batman on me and stuff.

What's the best bike for
the zombie apocalypse?

I'm gonna tell you,
and you're not gonna
like my answer.

Reedus:
Wow, I love it up here,
I got to tell you.

Lehtonen:
Love it.

Northern california
is so much different
than southern california.

- It's different, yeah.
- It's such a different energy.
You know what I mean?

Reedus:
My first big california
ride is winding down.

But first, imogen and I
are gonna make

One final pit stop
at the re-cycle garage

Where a bunch of local bikers
put on one of the coolest

Weekly podcasts
on the west coast.

It's called
"motorcycles & misfits."

- Hello.
- What's up? Hi.

- I'm norman.
- Liza.

- Nice to meet you. Hi.
- Hi. Imogen.

- Hey, imogen.
- Nice to meet you.

These are some nice
little rides you got.

This is a little bit
nicer version than mine,
but you know.

- This is awesome, though.
That's beautiful.
- Thank you.

- I built that one.
- Did you really?
Right on.

Do you teach people that
don't know how to work on
bikes how to work on bikes?

Yes, but nobody here
is a mechanic.

- Oh, wow.
- Everyone helps each other
work on bikes.

We teach people how to ride,
help them buy their gear,

Teach them what are
the cool movies to watch.

Expose them
to the entire culture.

- How cool.
- Yeah, so we've kind of built
up this crazy community.

Lehtonen:
I like that you have such
an eclectic mix of bikes here.

- Liza: Hey, if they can ride,
we'll let them in.
- How did the podcast start?

When you get
a group of people sitting
around the garage

Working on bikes,
you have conversations.

We play pranks,
we tell stories,
we share rides

And experiences
and opinions.

Wow, that's so cool.

So we thought,
"how can we bottle this

And share it with everyone?
Podcast."

- We're ready.
- Check, one, two.

- Microphone check.
- Oh, oh, oh, oh.

We are gonna go in
five, four, three...

Hey, there. Welcome to
"motorcycles & misfits"

At the re-cycle garage
here in...

All:
...Sunny santa cruz,
california.

- Warm and sunny.
- It was quite sunny.

Liza:
Let's get to one
of our topics.

What's the best bike
for the zombie apocalypse?

And we have
a special guest here.

Somebody who actually has
experience in this field,

And I want to get
their opinion.

So I'd like to welcome
here norman reedus.

What's up? What's up?
What's up?

- Hi, thanks for having me.
- Hey, dude. Welcome.

I'm gonna tell you,
and I think you're not
gonna like my answer.

- Oh, yeah?
- I think what I would do

Is I'd get one
of these zero bikes,

And I would put a solar panel
on the back of it.

'cause anything that makes
noise attracts zombies.

- Right.
- Right? And I caught
a lot of flack

For having that triumph
with the ape hangers.

I caught a lot of flack,
and then I built another bike,

Miraculously in, like,
six hours on that show.

And I get a lot of flack
because that one makes
a lot of noise as well.

How did you come
to have that bike?

That's supposed
to be merle's bike.

Did he customize
the frame up that high?

I guess.
I don't know.
What the?

- Um...

- So I would like
to make some suggestions.
- Uh-oh, here we go.

First you should consider
an anti-theft device
of some kind.

- Oh, I like it.
- Just saying.

Second, more mirrors,
I would suggest.

It would be nice
to maybe see something
coming up behind you.

Yeah, I-- yeah.

Lastly, a machine gun
on the front

Because what bike
isn't cooler with a machine
gun on the front?

Yeah, we've thought
about attaching weapons
to that thing.

You could just drill
a hole in your exhaust

And squirt some soap
in it and make a smokescreen.

You guys are getting
all batman on me and stuff.

How's motorcycling
changed you?

Like, I ride to work
every day and I think about
what I'm about to do

And it really gets me
in the mood.

And then I ride home.
I think about what I did.

I don't know.
It's almost like yoga
or something at some point.

- You know what I mean?
- Lehtonen: It's therapeutic.

Reedus:
The best rides I think
are the spontaneous ones.

I gave an award at the country
music awards in nashville

When I was down in georgia
and, you know,

They booked
me a flight to go there
and everything.

And I'm sitting there
watering my plants

And I'm looking at my bike,
and I'm watering my plants,

And I said, " it."
and I grabbed the suit,

I shoved it in a backpack,
wrote all my directions
on my arm.

And then I kept going
through rainstorms, and I just
kept losing them.

But that ride to nashville
is one of my favorites.

Is your dog snoring right now?
Is that what that was?

Oh, my god,
that's adorable.

Liza:
Thank you, everyone,
for listening,

And thank you guys
for joining us.

Lehtonen:
You guys are so much fun.
Thank you.

I was looking for a group
ride when I first moved here,

And I ran into zach.

He had a crappy
motorcycle

But a nice jacket,
so I asked him--

I was like,
"so where's the ride?"

And I asked him
if they could show me
how to change my oil.

- And this is where
we are now.
- Yeah.

- That was three years ago.
- Nice.

When I fist showed up,
liza just shoved a broken
moped at me

And was like,
"here, fix this."

She does that
to a lot of people.

That's how she hooks you in.
She's like, "oh, here's
this free bike.

Just get it running
and it's yours."

- And two years later,
I was still here.
- That's cool.

And she's all,
"hey, dad," when she was 13,

"I want to ride motorcycles."
I'm all, "hell, no."

And she's like,
"whatever. I'll be 18 someday."
I'm like, "ugh, yeah."

So you guys
are father and daughter?
That is so cool.

Yeah, so then I started
hanging around.

And then
I just got hooked.

You guys all know
what it's like.

You hop on the bike,
you're rolling the throttle,

- And everything melts away.
- Yeah.

Liza:
So we're chasing the sun.

- Let's saddle up
and do a quick ride.
- Shall we hit it?

Surrounded by a bunch
of outsiders.

And california
is a magnet.

It attracts people who don't
fit in anywhere else.

Everyone's got a totally
different vibe here,

But their love of bikes
ties them together,

And I love that.

And the misfits are doing
the rest of us a huge favor

Bringing these unique bikes
back to life.

That's the kind of passion
for motorcycles, for life,

That has made my ride
up the california coast
so incredible.

California is a place
where all of us misfits
can fit in.

And sure, you're not gonna
find roads like the pch

Anywhere else
on the planet.

Liza:
It's empowering to learn
how to do something.

If you can build
or fix something,

What else can you do
in your life, you know?

Reedus:
But california is more than
just breathtaking beauty.

The sense of rebellion
you find everywhere you go.

The creativity.
The freedom to try
whatever the hell you want.

That's the california
I found on this ride.

And that's the california
I'm gonna keep coming back to

For the rest of my life.

You guys are awesome.
I really love what you guys
have going here.

This is really cool.

- Bye, guys.
- Bye!

- Bye. Thank you so much.
- Thank you.

Thank you so much
for coming on this trip.

- It's been a blast.
- You are very welcome.

That was awesome.
Dune buggying.

- Dune buggies, yes.
- Yes, and the coastline
and the sunsets.