WEBVTT

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To become wise, you have to

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be a child again.

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And to become a child, you

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do things adults probably consider as

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unimportant.

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But I truly believe wisdom doesn't

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come from above down.

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It comes from below up.

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That means that kids are way

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smarter than adults, because adults are

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conditioned through society, boxed in

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somewhere,

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and kids are playful.

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You know, they experience.

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They aren't afraid of making mistakes.

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By mistakes, they learn.

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And I think adults often don't

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even try anymore, because they are

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afraid of failure.

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Kids aren't afraid of failure.

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They try it out on a

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bicycle, you know?

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They ride, they crash, they stand

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up, they ride.

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My name is Oliver Holzmann and

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I like to work on bikes.

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This bike I'm putting together, it's

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an old Harley-Davidson knucklehead.

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Found the frame through a friend,

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purchased the engine two years ago,

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had still some tanks left from

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a swap meet in Germany.

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I have other bikes and then

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I thought I'll try to have

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a bike which is perfect for

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me.

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If things go well, I might

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try to stand on it.

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When I saw the photo of

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Kyo, I thought what an epic

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shot, him standing on the bike

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going down the highway.

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I want to try that, you

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know.

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Build the bike, finish it, test

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it out and then see how

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it goes and hope I don't

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crash.

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I'm not an expert, you know,

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I don't want to say.

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I build bikes, I think I

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modify them to my taste.

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I want to have it a

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bit more narrow, so I put

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a bit more narrow tires on

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it.

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I change the handlebars to make

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it through traffic in a better

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way, because this one is way

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too wide and, you know, if

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you're on traffic jam, you want

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to go between the cars.

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And yeah, sometimes it's a close

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call.

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The original seat was a bit

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wider.

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I marked it and then I

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drilled probably a hundred holes.

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I broke it out and then

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I smoothened the edges and then

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gave it to someone who put

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the ladder over.

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There's

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by now hundreds of hours

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just in thinking and finding parts

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and researching.

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It's part of me, I'd say.

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I think the first Harley Knucklehead

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they produced in and they

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built it up to

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For me these are some of

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the most beautiful motorcycles ever built.

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There's a saying which goes, form

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follows function.

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I really feel that's what that

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bike is.

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I like these old bikes because

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you are challenged.

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The hand shifting here makes it

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challenging in turns, you know, so

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you go sometimes through turns just

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with one hand on the handlebar.

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It's almost always an adventure even

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if you just go around the

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corner, you know.

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Some people put these bikes in

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their garage and they just look

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at it or put it in

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the living room.

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I like to ride them.

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I like to ride them a

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lot and sometimes they have collateral

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damage.

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I was on PCH and the

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whole thing

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broke apart.

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So I found these pistons, you

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know, back on the street and

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the whole engine exploded.

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It's part of the deal, you

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know, I mean it's sad, but

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it is what it is.

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I worked on it over the

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last one and a half years.

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It's finally done.

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It almost looks original, but the

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longer you look at it, you

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see the little details.

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The bike just feels right for

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me.

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Who would be that stupid and

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stand on a bike?

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It's kind of stupid what I'm

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doing anyway.

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Spend hours and hours and days

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and weeks and months on building

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a bike.

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So, does it make sense?

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Probably for most of the people

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not at all.

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You know, it makes sense for

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me.

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And I just always wanted to

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try, you know, to stand on

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a bike and cruise down a

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highway.

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Because it's stupid, right?

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But sometimes you wanna be a

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kid.

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Nothing went through my mind, I

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just enjoyed it.

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It's a very special moment, the

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scenery is stunning.

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I put a lot of work

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in and yeah, I think everything

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comes together.

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So was it worth the effort?

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For a lifelong memory?

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Heck yeah!

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Thanks for watching!