GG: That actually leads into my next question, which is what’s your favorite place to ride?
BJ: Well, we like Florida because of weather purposes. But there’s no place like home. Say what you want about New York but there’s no place like home. We love New York better than any place else.
BJ: One of my favorite artists that really gets me hyped up on the motorcycles is Busta Rhymes. Because he has so much energy and he just makes you lose it. We got a couple of different G-Unit anthems because people always expect us to say, “Oh, we ride to G-Unit.” No, we ride to different things. Sometimes when I’m in a certain zone and I put the iPod on I listen to Kenny G.
BJ: Yeah, I love Kenny G. I got my headphones on and I’m listening to Kenny G. Get’s your mindframe on and calms you. It’s crazy.
MOE: I like Blink-182.
MOE: It was a rider – he’s been in the game for a very long time – that’s Wink 1100. Also another good friend of ours. And he has actually been doing the stunt thing for like a very, very long time so it’s like we basically came up under him, you know, as teenagers, 15, 16, 17, we looked up to him. Until we was able to plant our feet firm enough where we want to branch off on our own and create our own situation.
BJ: And today, they call him the godfather of the stunt game.
BJ: That’s a totally different world because what he do I won’t do for obvious reasons.
GG: What’s the sketchiest but coolest stunt you think you guys have pulled off? What’s really tricky?
BJ: To me one of the coolest stunts to ever get pulled off is the wheelie with no hands. Because there’s a lot that goes into it – it looks easy when you’re doing it, it’ll make your jaw drop when you actually see it, but what goes into it is much more technical than what you see. You see finished product but you didn’t see how many times you let the handlebars go and you fall back, you know what I’m saying? So you kind of have to learn how not to fall, there’s a lot of counterbalance involved. So it’s a very technical trick.
GG: (To Moe) Would you say the same thing?
MOE: Well, I have the handle bar wheelie. That means your feet over the handle bars and you pop a wheelie, then you go into a circle as you’re popping the wheelie. So with your two feet over the handle bar, you wheelieing and then you go into a circle.
GG: So you do a 360.
BJ: No, you doing circles, with an ‘s.’
MOE: So both feet over the handlebars, into a wheelie, and then into circles.
GG: And how heavy are one of these bikes?
BJ: About 500 pounds.
GG: Would you say it’s more strength or more knowing how to work the bike?
BJ: Knowing, by far.
MOE: That’s very important.
GG: Doesn’t have to do with size or strength then?
BJ: Not at all. We got another guy on our team, his name is Chin, and he’s a very skinny dude. Very tiny, very skinny, very frail and he gets busy.
MOE: He jumps over the handle bars, all of that.
BJ: Busy on that bike!
GG: So this goes back to the accident thing but what’s the most annoying comments you’ve ever heard about how dangerous motorcycles are? What do your folks and relatives say about it?
BJ: Well, I mean, they pretty much support what it is we do….because we’re gonna do it anyways (laughs). But, you know, sometimes you have a lot of people that express a lot of concern as far as, “Ohhh, be careful, you’re gonna kill yourself.” So, you know, you have a lot of older people, like in the streets or whatever, that are just fixated on that concept.
MOE: My father always told me, try a car, try a car. Leave the bikes alone, try a car.
BJ: Yeah, but it’s the same thing with cars in accidents as it is with motorcycles, if not more.
GG: Would you say the danger aspect is something you get into with bikes though? Or do you just love bikes for the sake of loving bikes?
BJ: It’s an adrenaline rush. It’s a big adrenaline rush. You got people bungee jumping.
MOE: Sky-diving.
BJ: Yeah, it’s exactly like that. People sky-dive and bungee jump because you feel like you’re on top of the world, you feel like you’re free. On a motorcycle it’s exactly the same feeling. It’s like you’re free, no holds barred.
MOE: All your problems run away.
BJ: Yeah, that’s just how it feels on a motorcycle.
GG: For people who are interested in getting into riding, do you have any tips or advice?
BJ: Well, definitely take your time. You have to respect the machine and learn the machine.
MOE: And helmets first.
BJ: Yeah, helmets first. Wear your gear, you know what I’m saying, because you will take spills and falls and there’s actual ways to fall, if you have to fall. It’s complex, there’s a lot to it, but the more seasoned riders will know that versus the newer people. Because you’ll jump on a motorcycle and you’ll see us doing something and you’ll think, “Oh, I can do that too.” And then you jump on the bike and you’ll tear your ass up and the bike.
GG: What’s the most common mistake you see with new riders?
BJ: Hit the throttle.
MOE: And no control.
BJ: People think you have to like really hit the throttle to get a response out of the motorcycle.
MOE: Give it all the gas.
BJ: For instance, everything is “vroom vroom vroom!” So you know, you think you got to hit the throttle but the throttle is very sensitive, the slightest little – and that bike is flying. So a lot of people get on and heavy on the throttle and let the clutch go and the bike flip. We’ve seen people flip the bike and break their wrists.
GG: They didn’t let go?
BJ: Yeah, they didn’t let go. They just hit it so hard and it just bam! And crack goes their wrists.
GG: What do you guys have coming in the future. I heard you have a mixtape coming out with DJ Rob Lowe.
BJ: Yeah, DJ Rob-Low. We’re getting ready to work on a mixtape – actually we’re in the studio tomorrow doing vocals for it. Yeah, so we’re going to come out with a nice little mixtape, some nice songs, some nice G-Unit things among other things. Bring something new to the table because, you know, it’s never been done before.
MOE: So stay tuned for that.
BJ: Yeah, why not (Laughs).
GG: What else have you got coming up?
BJ: We’re going to start shooting for a reality show. We’re gonna start shooting for that next month, we’re coming out with a trailer. Also, we’re gonna great a game app for the Iphone with 50 Cent. You know, something fun and crazy for the Iphone. It’s in the development stages right now.
MOE: Also, a movie is being talked about, as we speak with 50 Cent.
GG: About riding?
BJ: It’s a little bit of everything. You know, 50, his brain is just crazy.
BJ: Exactly. He’s trying to make it around the theme of “Point Break.” You remember the surfer dudes? Realistic.
GG: Well, that goes back to the whole adrenaline rush thing, trying to catch the biggest wave.
BJ: Exactly. There’s also a couple situations with iTunes, as far as clinics, we’re gonna be doing “how-to’s”. So we’re gonna have like a one minute clip where we’ll show you like what do you do if your bike runs out of gas. And you can buy that for 99 cents on iTunes. Have it to your phone and we’ll show you different things until it gets more advance. So that’s something we’re about to start working on, start shooting for that.
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