Motorcycle Men
From early memories of seeing a turquoise and white Harley-Davidson as a child to hosting more than 465 episodes of Motorcycle Men Podcast, Ted Kettler has built a life around motorcycles, storytelling and staying curious.
In this episode, host Heather Wilson Schiltz talks with Ted about his connection to Harley-Davidson, what he has learned through podcasting and why he decided to write The Road Most Traveled.
They also talk about the challenges of booking podcast guests, what makes an interview work, and why documenting an interstate motorcycle trip felt worth turning into a book.
🎧 What You’ll Hear:
• Buying his first bike while serving in Guantanamo Bay
• The story behind working 18 months in exchange for a Harley-Davidson Sportster
• What inspired him to start Motorcycle Men Podcast
• Lessons learned from recording more than 465 podcast episodes
• How his ride from New Jersey to the Florida Keys became The Road Most Traveled
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“When I was a kid, I can remember… I was standing… Now, this is way back we’re talking. I’m dating myself.
This is probably in the early 60s. I was standing on the front seat of my mother’s car, and we were going somewhere. That’s right. I was not in the car seat. I was not buckled in. I was standing on the front seat of my mother’s car.
We were going somewhere, and I was hanging out the window — just leaning out the window and a motorcycle pulled up in the lane next to us. And I said ‘Mom, what’s that?’ And my mom just said, ‘That’s a Harley Davidson.’ I was like, ‘Wow!’
I can remember distinctly, it was turquoise and white and had lots of chrome on it. It rumbled, and he took off. I thought that was amazing. And from that point on, I judged every motorcycle based on what I saw. So when the Hondas and the Kawasakis and all those started showing up in the U.S., I was like, ‘Yeah, but I saw that Harley Davidson. It was so much cooler.’ So, I think that’s where it started for me.”
-Ted Kettler, Motorcycle Men Podcast Host & The Road Most Traveled Author
