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Michelle Hope - The Motorcycle Gypsy

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4.9915 Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2015

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Michelle Hope - The Motorcycle Gypsy Perhaps her name says it all, but when you hear Michelle Hope speak, it really instills in us the possibilities of throwing caution to the wind and choosing to live life to the fullest. That may be different for everyone, but for Michelle who had done the 9-5 job and raised her kids, it meant living like a gypsy, living on the road on a motorcycle. When Michelle met a motorcycle traveller, Scooter Tramp Scotty, who had been living off his bike for over a decade, she was inspired by his way of life, and she made the decision to buy a bike and learn to ride. Since 2006 she has been living off her bike, only stopping for two years to go to school, and since February 2015 she has been making a ‘viable drifter income’ doing spiritual healing massage work on the road. She travels with her companion, Two-Lane, who is a little hairy but very loving. And has moved on to her second bike, bought for her by a complete stranger, someone she has never met before and has never met again. The road is the only home Michelle knows now, and the only home she wants to know for as long as she can. Website: www.simplynomadic.wordpress.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/simplynomadic Motomission Peru Offers small group dirtbike adventure tours in Peru, with profits going to The Altivas Canas Children's Project on the edge of Cusco. Website: www.motomissionperu.com Brought to you by: Max BMW Motorcycles Shop our Online Store featuring parts diagrams for every BMW model. Ordering parts and accessories has never been easier. Choose your bike, look at the diagrams and place your order. We have over 45,000 parts in-stock and our Parts Express team processes and ships orders six days a week via UPS, FedEx and USPS. www.maxbmw.com BestRest Products Home of the CyclePump Tire Inflator, TireIron BeadBrakR, EZAir Tire Gauge, and other adventure motorcycle gear. When you’re on the road you’ll want a compact and reliable method of tire inflation. The CyclePump runs off your bike’s electrical system and it’ll fill a flat tire in less than 3 minutes. It’s made in the USA and it comes with a 5-year warranty. BestRest also makes tire changing and tire repair kits that are small enough to fit in your saddlebag. The crew at BestRest are adventure riders themselves, so they know what you’ll need when you’re exploring the world. www.CyclePump.com Aerostich The best way to ride more is to make riding your easiest, fastest way to get from A to B…simple everyday commuting and errands, long-distance adventure riding, or whatever. For 33 years Aerostich has been designing, making and selling equipment that makes riding anywhere, in all-weather – easier, safer, more comfortable and more fun. No other riders’ gear offers the proven protection, precise fit or lifelong value of an Aerostich. Prove it to yourself with the Ride-More Guarantee. If you try any Aerostich one piece R-3 or Roadcrafter Classic suit for one month, and are not riding more than you did before receiving it, send it back and you will receive a full refund, no questions asked. For complete details and to view all of the available equipment for riders, visit www.aerostich.com. Graham Field World motorcycle traveller and author, Graham Field has written three inspiring books, In Search of Greener Grass, Ureka and Different Natures. All three are available in a limited edition 3 book pannier set on his website. www.grahamfield.co.uk/

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You got to wonder why we're so attracted to the extremes. It seems as extreme

0:03.8

everything nowadays. People are jumping off of cliffs with body suits on and little

0:08.0

wings on them. People are doing backflips with bicycles and motorcycles. There's all these things that are extreme stuff and it's really popular.

0:15.9

People love to watch it and they love to hear about it. And I think what the extremes do is they show us the

0:22.1

possibilities. It's not that you want to go there,

0:24.4

it's not that you necessarily want to do it, but maybe it shows you that there's

0:27.8

no ceiling. And today I think we have one of those extremes, somebody who lives on the

0:32.4

road. I'm not talking about a long trip, but they're

0:34.6

living on the road permanently. And yeah, it's one of those extremes, but it's one of those extremes that

0:39.6

shows the possibilities and shows that, well, the world really is your oyster and you can live any way you want to.

0:47.1

I'm Jim Manicum.

0:55.0

This is Nick Sanders.

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I'm Terry Borden.

0:59.0

I'm Sandy Borden.

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I'm Graham Field.

1:01.0

My name is Austin Vince.

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Jason Spafford. And I'm Graham Field. My name is Austin Vince. Jason Spafford.

1:03.0

And I'm Lisa Morris.

1:04.0

Hi, I'm David Peterson.

1:05.0

I'm Rachel.

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This is Ed March.

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This is Glenn Haidstead.

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