S11E11: From NBA President to MSF Student: Returning to Motorcycles after 40 years
Highside/Lowside - A Motorcycle Podcast
RevZilla
4.9 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2026
⏱️ 138 minutes
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Summary
Former President of the Los Angeles Lakers, Tim Harris, joins the show to discuss his life as a returning rider to answer the question: is it ever too late to start riding?
Tim rode from age 16 to 22, then spent the next four decades "frozen in motorcycle ice" while building a family and a career. Now back in the saddle in his 60s, Tim shares the hilarious and humble reality of relearning the "friction zone" and surviving the "intervention" of worried coworkers.
We also dive into new data from AIM Expo about Gen Z's interest in motorcycling and answer a listener's question about how to convince a reluctant spouse to let you start riding later in life.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, welcome, everybody to high side, low side, Zach and Spurge here with you, as always. |
| 0:06.2 | On this episode, we are talking to our good buddy Tim, who has, we think, a fascinating story |
| 0:10.8 | about getting into motorcycling, getting out of motorcycling, and then getting back |
| 0:14.5 | into motorcycle. We had a blast talking to him, and we think you're going to love it. Also, |
| 0:19.2 | a call out to Gen Z listeners and thoughts on getting |
| 0:22.1 | into riding with a skeptical spouse. All of that and more coming up after a word from our sponsor. |
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| 1:44.1 | Now on with the show. |
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