Talented guitarist, Jake Kiszka, is best known for co-founding and performing in Greta Van Fleet. In this episode I joined Jake at the Gibson Garage, where he spoke about his parallel journeys of discovering motorcycling and creating a new band MIRADOR, in which he is the co-founder, guitarist, and vocalist, all while juggling tour duties with GVF. We also dive deep into some technical guitar questions, and end with the first MIRADOR single, "Feels Like Gold".

Episode Links:

Instagram: @JakeKiszka

Instagram: @MiradorMiradorMirador

Website: MiradorBand.com

Spotify: Mirador Album

News: New Cross Country Models

Free MSF eCourse: TriumphRider.com

Events Schedule: TriumphOnTour.com

For The Ride theme song by Sam Pace

For The Ride podcast produced by Hisonni Johnson

For decades, the hero images seen in Racer X magazine have been captured by veteran MX photographer Simon Cudby. After many years traveling to each race of the season, Cudby is enjoying a more balanced career with a new focus on adventure bike travel coverage. Most recently the new Triumph off-road models have been on the other side of his lens, shooting both press rides and new model launch assets.

Episode Links:

Instagram: @Cudby

Instagram: @OffroadUnderground

Website: CudbyPhoto.com

Website: OffroadUnderground.com

News: International Six Day Enduro

Free MSF eCourse: TriumphRider.com

Events Schedule: TriumphOnTour.com

For The Ride theme song by Sam Pace

For The Ride podcast produced by Hisonni Johnson

Legendary Flat Track racer David Aldana rode Triumph and BSA motorcycles at the start of his career in the early 70's. While David had a storied racing career across many disciplines, riding for many OEM's, with a large stack of wins to his name, he's gained additional notoriety for appearing in the pioneering motorcycle film, "On Any Sunday", and for his iconic "Bones" racing leathers. Later in his career David rode a Triumph again in AHRMA's Thruxton Cup Challenge series, which celebrates it's 20th Anniversary at the 2025 Barber Vintage Festival.

Episode Links:

Instagram: @David13Aldana

News: English Nick & Motorboat Headline Isle of Triumph

Free MSF eCourse: TriumphRider.com

Events Schedule: TriumphOnTour.com

For The Ride theme song by Sam Pace

For The Ride podcast produced by Hisonni Johnson

One of Atlanta's beloved radio DJ's leans into his heritage with his on-air moniker, English Nick. The voice of 97.1 The River's mid-day segment known as the River Workforce is as passionate about riding motorcycles as he is classic rock. In the episode Nick talks about hosting Atlanta's longest running live-band karaoke, and why the Distinguished Gentleman's Ride is now more meaningful than ever to him.

Episode Links:

Instagram: @EnglishNick67

Distinguished Gentleman's Ride: English Nick's Fundraising Profile

News: MY26 TF 250-X

Free MSF eCourse: TriumphRider.com

Events Schedule: TriumphOnTour.com

For The Ride theme song by Sam Pace

For The Ride podcast produced by Hisonni Johnson

Danish Motocross racer Mikkel Haarup is midway through the 2025 Pro Motocross season, competing for the Factory Triumph Racing Team. After 7 races, the 23 year old racer is 6th in the overall 250 class standings in his first season racing in the US. In the episode, Haarup discusses his training and fitness, and shares how much he's enjoying this Pro Motocross season, where he's riding every track for the first time ever.

Episode Links:

Instagram: @MikkelHaarup11

News: Sam Sunderland Announces World Record Attempt

News: All-New 2026 Scrambler 400 XC

Free MSF eCourse: TriumphRider.com

Events Schedule: TriumphOnTour.com

For The Ride theme song by Sam Pace

For The Ride podcast produced by Hisonni Johnson

Retired magician Brock Gill of the Moto Mission YouTube channel, is preparing for the daunting challenge of riding across all 50 United States in 50 days. Brock is already known for epic adventure rides on roads less traveled, where he shares his love of adventure bikes and the stories of people he encounters along the way. On June 28th, 2025, he'll take his mission to the next level as he completes 50 in 50, and brings his followers along for the ride with daily updates.

Episode Links:

Website: MotoMission.com

Instagram: @BrockGill

YouTube: @MotoMission.

News: Triumph Originals Custom Contest

News: Record Breaking Distinguished Gentleman's Ride

Free MSF eCourse: TriumphRider.com

Events Schedule: TriumphOnTour.com

For The Ride theme song by Sam Pace

For The Ride podcast produced by Hisonni Johnson

The Board President and Creative Director of Backcountry Discovery Routes, Tim James, is fresh off the heels of completing the new South East BDR. The 2025 AMA Motorcyclist of the Year shares the origins of the BDR, how he first got involved as a volunteer, and details the benefit that BDR offers to riders and to the communities they ride though.

Episode Links:

Website: RideBDR.com

Instagram: @RideBRD

SEBDR Documentary: YouTube

News: Triumph Sponsors SE BDR

Free MSF eCourse: TriumphRider.com

Events Schedule: TriumphOnTour.com

For The Ride theme song by Sam Pace

For The Ride podcast produced by Hisonni Johnson

The winningest motocross racer of all time, Ricky Carmichael, is staying busy as an analyst for Supercross & Motorcross on NBC, hosting the Title 24 Podcast with Ryan Villopodo, and handpicking the components for the all-new Triumph TF 450-RC edition motorcycle. In this episode, Ricky also dives into how he spends his rare free-time, his approach to retired-life fitness, and what it means to have a production motorcycle with his name on it.

Episode Links:

Instagram: @RickyCarmichael

Title 24 Podcast: YouTube

News: All-New TF 450-RC

News: Paul Edmondson Appointed Enduro Team Manager

News: Jonny Walker Signs to Enduro Race Team

Free MSF eCourse: TriumphRider.com

Events Schedule: TriumphOnTour.com

For The Ride theme song by Sam Pace

For The Ride podcast produced by Hisonni Johnson