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Past Gas by Donut Media

The Vibrant World of the Bosozoku - Past Gas #274

Past Gas by Donut Media

Donut

Automotive, Leisure, Comedy, History

4.97.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Join us this week as we take a look at the origins of the Bosozoku - Japan's extravagant biker gangs. From the flared tailpipes to the sick graphics to the work wear uniforms and everything in between. How did they get their start? Why do they modify their bikes so crazy? And why are they called "Violent Running Tribe"? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.2

Hey, welcome back to pass gas. This week we're talking about Bozizoku. This is a crazy

0:33.8

motorcycle culture that comes out of Japan. It kind of mirrors Hell as Angels.

0:38.3

We're gonna get into the history of how it all started

0:41.2

from Kamikaze pilots to how it exists nowadays

0:45.1

in a totally different form.

0:46.8

This is such a departure from what we normally do.

0:49.1

I'm really excited to get into it, so here we are.

0:52.6

Fast gas, Poseizoku.

0:55.7

The Shibuya district was theirs tonight.

0:58.6

Cars honked in frustration, but the riders were unmoved.

1:02.1

Their modified machines gleamed under the orange haze of street lights.

1:05.8

Police sirens howled in the distance, growing closer as the gang weaved through traffic,

1:10.1

blowing past stoplights

1:11.1

without a second thought.

1:12.5

They knew how this would end, as it always did, a cat and mouse chased through the sprawling

1:16.7

city streets.

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