For The Ride

Georgia Pinstripe and Lettering artist, Chastin Brand, is a familiar face at many well know rider gatherings. When he's not busy with commercial work or live painting at events, Chastin spends his time enjoying off-road riding adventures with friends, and hosting an annual event on his property, The Wildsville Scramble.

Skateboarder and BMX rider turned motorcycle racer, Bryan Thompson, is now known for his custom motorcycle builds with Thompson Cycles. In this episode Bryan shares how he found his into building customs and setting land speed records, and reflects on some full circle moments building custom bikes for legends in the skateboarding world, Steve Caballero and Van Doren (VANS).

Talented guitarist, Jake Kiszka, is best known for co-founding and performing in Greta Van Fleet. In this episode I joined Jake at the Gibson Garage, where he spoke about his parallel journeys of discovering motorcycling and creating a new band MIRADOR, in which he is the co-founder, guitarist, and vocalist, all while juggling tour duties with GVF. We also dive deep into some technical guitar questions, and end with the first MIRADOR single, "Feels Like Gold".

For decades, the hero images seen in Racer X magazine have been captured by veteran MX photographer Simon Cudby. After many years traveling to each race of the season, Cudby is enjoying a more balanced career with a new focus on adventure bike travel coverage. Most recently the new Triumph off-road models have been on the other side of his lens, shooting both press rides and new model launch assets.

Legendary Flat Track racer David Aldana rode Triumph and BSA motorcycles at the start of his career in the early 70's. While David had a storied racing career across many disciplines, riding for many OEM's, with a large stack of wins to his name, he's gained additional notoriety for appearing in the pioneering motorcycle film, "On Any Sunday", and for his iconic "Bones" racing leathers. Later in his career David rode a Triumph again in AHRMA's Thruxton Cup Challenge series, which celebrates it's 20th Anniversary at the 2025 Barber Vintage Festival.