S11E09: What If Motorcycles Were Banned? A trip back in time to explore the future
Highside/Lowside - A Motorcycle Podcast
RevZilla
4.9 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2026
⏱️ 126 minutes
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Summary
In honor of "Back to the Future" turning 40, industry experts like Ryan Fortnine, Matt Oxley, and Ari Henning take a trip back in time with Zack & Spurg to explore five massive motorcycle "What if" scenarios:
What if Boeing built motorcycles?
What if Harley-Davidson abandoned "heritage" for "cutting-edge"?
How would a different World War II outcome have changed German and Japanese engineering?
What does a truly safe motorcycle look like?
If gas motorcycles were banned tomorrow, would the community survive on electric and hydrogen alone?
Plus, Zack analyzes his actual Alpinestars airbag crash data, comparing his 65-mph highside to Marc Marquez's infamous tumbles.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, welcome, everybody to high side, low side. My name is Zach. I'm joined as always by my |
| 0:04.8 | buddy Spurge. And on today's program, we're talking about alternate motorcycle timelines. |
| 0:10.2 | What if Germany had won the war? What if Boeing made motorcycles? What if Harley Davidson |
| 0:15.0 | was a completely different company? Plus, airbag data for my accident in Spain. We're circling |
| 0:20.7 | back to that. And did you know |
| 0:22.1 | that flippable tire technology does exist? All that and much, much more, everybody, after a |
| 0:27.5 | quick word from our sponsor, Motool. We talk a lot about changing your motorcycle oil in these |
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| 0:39.3 | But what about changing your coolant? |
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| 1:04.0 | on RevZala.com, just keep in mind that every time you make a purchase with Revzilla, a little bit of |
| 1:09.0 | that money goes back into funding the programs that |
| 1:11.8 | you enjoy, whether it's Zach and I sitting here talking with you on high side, low side, or the |
| 1:15.9 | shenanigans that people get into when you're out riding for a CTXP episode, or maybe you just |
| 1:20.9 | appreciate the gear reviews and the product information. Revzilla gives back to riders because that's who we all are, riders. |
| 1:29.8 | So keep that in mind next time you need to make a purchase for your motorcycle. From cruisers to |
| 1:33.5 | sport bikes to adventure bikes and everything in between, we've got you covered at Revzilla.com. |
| 1:42.3 | Welcome again, everybody. High side, low side. We're off on another journey. Just the two of us here today. Spurge, no guest, but still plenty of stuff to say, I'm sure. We are going to start, we don't like to sprint off into a high side, low side episode without stretching out a little bit, warming up. |
| 2:06.0 | And this time, the warm up is near and dear to my heart, Spurjo. |
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