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Kansai_R

Kansai_R

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I'm not Japanese though, sorry to disappoint. I'm a 26 year old American that has been living in Japan for about two years now.

My channel is Kansai Rider

I've been motovlogging for about two months but I started riding bikes in 2011. I've got about 13 bike related videos online now. February of this year I finally bit the bullet and got my unlimited bike license here, it was a serious PITA but I'm glad to be on two wheels again.

I teach English and work in and live in a rural (by Japanese standards) town. There are about 400,000 people in my city and a ton of windy roads to explore. I was riding a 2007 CBR600RR up until last month when an old man ran a stop sign and destroyed my shoulder and my bike. I'm healed up enough now to start riding again so I bought up a 2011 Repsol CBR1000RR but I wont be picking it up until the 22nd of this month. I've never ridding a 1000cc super bike before so I'm pretty stoked to get my feet wet.

I started motovlogging mostly just as an extension of my riding hobby, while at the same time having a camera rolling to protect me from the crazy ass drivers over here. Now I'm very happy I did because now my old 600RR is toast and now I have a lot of memories preserved of her.

Finally I'm using a Gopro 4 Silver and either a ME52W mic or the SENA GP10 audio pack.

Here is my channel teaser

If you are interested in this part of the world please come check it out and let me know what you would like to see because I'm very open to explore whatever that may be.

Thanks all! I look forward to getting to know you all a little better, this seems like a nice place to be.
 
Kill Kitty said:
Welcome. 400,000 people is a rural town? I'd hate to see a big city!
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My 'ward' where I live in Tokyo, has approx 335,000 people. It's cramped compared to the region where Kansai_R is. It doesn't take long to get out of the confines of the city. Most importantly, it's quiet, crime free and convenient to work (as well as shopping, life support kind of stuff)

@Kansai_R - I'm 'Triple Rider' on YouTube, already spoke to you briefly in your video comments. :) ...oh and ironically, I'm in Osaka on business today, just a day trip though... gotta catch the shinkansen home later this afternoon.
 
STR-Rider said:
My 'ward' where I live in Tokyo, has approx 335,000 people. It's cramped compared to the region where Kansai_R is. It doesn't take long to get out of the confines of the city. Most importantly, it's quiet, crime free and convenient to work (as well as shopping, life support kind of stuff)

@Kansai_R - I'm 'Triple Rider' on YouTube, already spoke to you briefly in your video comments. :) ...oh and ironically, I'm in Osaka on business today, just a day trip though... gotta catch the shinkansen home later this afternoon.
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Cool I didn't realize you lived here, I only thought you came on business. Gotta love shinkansen, I prefer them to flying.
 
Kansai_R said:
Cool I didn't realize you lived here, I only thought you came on business. Gotta love shinkansen, I prefer them to flying.
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Yep! I've been here just a smidge over 8 years.

Shinkansen is great...now only if they had a carriage service for toting a bike, that'd be awesome. I've got family in Shizuoka, so that's a good point to drop off and take a break before making the jump further down into the Kansai area. I'll be mostly riding in Tokyo and Saitama... But I'm hoping to show some new stuff from Shizuoka and some of those surrounding areas.
 
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