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folks welcome back to the channel uh today I don’t even know if you can see me in this light I’m like back lit but it is Sunday today is the last day of the Anime Expo in Downtown LA I’ve been meaning to go since Friday I guess it started on Thursday but I’ve had a busy week today we’re going to go check it out I don’t know if it’s actually still going but whatever is going on down there we are going to go see should be fun besides that we’re just going to take a cruise around downtown it’s been a minute since I just you know explored out there hit some back streets so don’t know what to expect but uh stay tuned and you will find out remember there’s less than two months if you want to win a suron and 1,000 bucks I’m giving away this bike right here to one lucky winner get in on ham.com that is the top Link in the description also the top pin comment uh every dollar spent gives you one entry you can get in for as little as 10 bucks fun fact the person that won this Ultra be I had a $10 entry included in their order so don’t slack and don’t wait till it’s over and be like can I still get in it’s going to be too late with all that said it should be a good day it’s hot about 85 is degrees not as bad it’s been this week actually it’s kind of cool so uh let’s see what today has in store here we go it looks like there’s still some outfits there’s still some anime stuff going on hey is the convention over oh yeah oh today was the last day but is it like over over ah thank you pain bro I guess I got here too late I thought today was the last day but maybe we can still see some cool outfits I love coming and seeing the the crazy costumes I should have came yesterday today is Sunday and I saw on the schedule that it ends on Sunday so I figured there would still be something going on today but apparently not I guess we’ll find out right now this is kind of like the entrance there’s uh something I mean I’m not well versed in anime so it’s it’s not like I know half of the uh The Outfits or whatever the people are wearing but yeah this is this is over yeah it’s over it’s clear that there’s no people here there’s no costumes there’s this guy who’s in a ninja but he’s got Nike Tech police on he’s just got some Nike pants on so he’s got a impromptu outfit uh to say the least oh okay well the least we can just cruise up a little bit and uh see what’s happening in downtown hey they got a cyber truck anime cyber truck that looks terrible I can’t lie yeah man I wasn’t expecting the amount of cyber truck hate this out there I still kind of want one oh but uh I mean the ones that I see in the street they just look bad you know they look they’re all really ugly I like it when it’s still just its regular paint just or sorry no paint that is just a brushed aluminum uh but the ones I see that a wrap they just all have looked bad I haven’t seen a single one that looks really like good with a wrap ironically it looks good as like the ugly fridge style that it comes with from the factory with no paint no wrap no nothing I guess that’s uh By Design you could say man this kind of a bummer there’s absolutely no costumes no nothing no uh no anime getups no uh cosplay no anything there’s uh nothing looks like we missed everything that kind of sucks it’s kind we like I’m going to go ahead and venture to say nobody has the skills that I do as far as getting around people on the ebike um but you know can never be too sure looks like these ladies are dressed for a night out yeah this is all it’s done man she wasn’t kidding it is done done there’s nothing going on here we got a is that a drug dog two drug dogs crazy are people are people drinking uh are people bringing drugs to the Anime Con Say It Ain’t So unbelievable I just realized I don’t have my gloves on I should probably throw those on for safety reasons let’s go a and do that right now all right well we’re out here I guess we’re going to do something anyways well here we are there’s the Cyber truck again got Chen Lee over there in the cut uh we saw a bunch of kids on sur’s riding past I don’t know if we’re going to run into them again but we are just going to cruise around for a bit I guess since the convention is completely over I mean the least we could do is just see what’s going on you know also shout out to everyone who’s been checking out the live streams I’ve been having a lot of fun doing live streams here on YouTube at first I was doing them on Twitch but uh I’m gonna be honest I just don’t have that much motion on Twitch so I just was like you know what I might as well do my YouTube uh and they’ve been fun we had a new Peak viewership on the 4th of July that was awesome honestly should probably be streaming right now but I it didn’t really cross my mind to do such a thing so instead we’re just out here filming cruising seeing what else is going on so there’s that anyways look at this cat is on a eboard Neo what is that how fast does that go about 30 30 I only get it 2 oh yeah really yeah I used to have a boosted board remember those I think I heard of boosted board this is a Meb okay a bunch of different ones yeah yeah yeah yeah uh boosted board’s old that was from like I had that in 2016 it was an electric skateboard yeah yeah it sucked it had like 11 M of range all right I’m sure this goes like way further yeah I I bought the bigger battery for 300 yeah it go 20 M now okay the regular one’s 150 goes at 10 okay that’s not bad take care man got the big wheel Jeep there go oh we got some wheelie kids look at them taking over the traffic yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah good for them we’re actually going to turn around we’re going down fig how do we get over here I don’t know I don’t know we end up leaving downtown the second we get it I haven’t ridden the Eide Pro in a few days well I mean I’m mean an actual you know fullon ride and a few days a I think I don’t actually remember the last time I rode this but every time I get on this it just it’s the torque it gives you at the low end really throws me off it’s so powerful at in the lower speeds it can like literally yank you off the bike if you’re not ready anyways we’re out here on the edge of society yall know the deal the Tanner freeway where it all goes down trash in the road nothing out of the ordinary out here uh yeah it’s still just as bad as it looked last time we came down here and the time before that too not getting much better down here anyways uh where are we going right now that is a great question that I am also asking myself we’re going to follow this gentleman across the way this looks like trespassing I got to remove oh oo look at this what if I needed to cross what would I do I mean I guess if you’re on foot you can like kind of figure it out this looks like a flat tire on just about any bike so I’m not even going to bother look at that they got is that barbed wire no it’s not it’s just looks like chicken wire honestly weird why is this like that come on La what are we doing like why is that even not only is it just a completely blocking the road but it’s in downtown of all places I kind of have to go through the Tres passing route just to avoid that I’m try to not get hit by a car here here that’s uh our goal every day you know anyways fun little route so far just cooking around in uh good old downtown LA it’s been a minute since I really just did this like explored the streets of downtown without any much of an agenda and that’s kind of what we’re doing today at least for the time being we’re going to cut up uh back towards the city we’re like on the edge of nowhere right now I don’t even know what I’m really doing I really have no idea I’m just kind of I’m just kind of moving around I kind of want to get to the other side of this right here though we’re going to hit this right right here and uh cut it this bike is like the the most like it’s so easy to wheelie like you could really have no talent in Wheeling AKA myself and buy this bike and learn how to wheelie in like a couple days it is just like it’s made for it bro I can’t really wheelie anymore that’s like probably the most I can give youall I don’t know why man I don’t even know if I’m being singled out if it’s all other channels too but when I wheelie except for little little Power wheelies off the off the Jump like that I get hit by YouTube man they don’t like it I don’t know what is going on man I I guess I don’t know if I got a a secret opposition reporting me and uh player hating on you on your boy or what but I every time I pull it up someone immediately reports me and I get actually hit with it which sucks I want to show this uh this artwork back here hey how you doing look at that Fairly Odd Parents is that Wanda Tasmanian Devil cool this is where I used to get my merch done back in the day now uh I use this platform called fourth wall which actually love free plug to fourth wall they are uh the bees knees this was recently filled with like junk I saw a YouTuber German and Venice came through here and this was like full of clothes I don’t know what happened I think it was a well obviously it was a fire as you can tell right there something was burning right but there’s a bunch of clothes here it looks like they swept it all out and uh now there’s just a little bit of rubble some pallets still some remnants of fire bunch of cables there’s a free vacuum there’s a bunch of flies on that pallet which is uh unsettling to say the least who knows what could be uh beyond the pallet I actually think we can go out through here oh no we probably can’t fit through there that’s a real problem we can go around and go through that alley though and check out what’s going on on the other side I may not be able to willly but there’s no uh as far as I know for now there’s no limits on just tearing around which is uh what I like to do anyway so hopefully we don’t get cracked down on that he hey let’s see how it’s looking from this side it’s uh pretty much more of the same as you can see this is definitely on fire must have been a big fire too I don’t remember when this happened but uh it was still just random trash I mean nothing out of the ordinary for Downtown LA trash everywhere you look you know same same same anyways let’s go ahead and keep on going huh shall we alley Cruise little Sunday alley Cruise in Downtown LA don’t mind if I do take a look at the graffiti see if there’s anything new there goes Monsters Inc a big old eyeball there’s a Cookie Monster Dexter’s Laboratory right I think I think I’m on a roll right here did I get any wrong I don’t know who that guy is I was going to say nipy Hustle but that’s I don’t know who that is anyone know someone’s got to know who that is in the comments I don’t know if I’m uneducated but or uncultured but I don’t know who that is is where lots of graffiti artists get down as you can see some places they let them some places they don’t continuing on we’re going to hit it right we’re just free we’re free riding right now we’re freestyling free riding look they got the pink Lexus actually like this a lot it’s like a salmon color that’s a nice that’s a really nice color cool kid he had the shades on he was like yeah dude you know my pink Lexus is uh it’s way cooler than your ebike bro yeah I know oh there some more there’s another Rubble uh aftermath I thought that little uh thing was also from Fairly Odd Parents maybe I’m thinking of oh uh Mandy Mandy and something in Mandy what was a cartoon with something in Mandy and there is a grim reaper anyone remember that someone’s got to remember in the comments I know I know one of you guys is going to call it out some Billy and Mandy Billy and Mandy and there’s a grim reaper that was a a character in the cartoon Billy and Mandy’s Grim Adventures I don’t know that’s kind of coming to mind make sure to censor that those are butt cheeks artwork art style butt cheeks we got it uh we got to sensor that one folks unfortunately I know y’all love seeing some cheeks but uh I’m trying to not get struck down by YouTube anymore I getting uh I keep getting unlucky and I feel like Cheeks is going to be a a quick route to uh you know not getting on their good side after a a string of unluckiness man this a a bouncy alley I’ve been riding this bike uh on the last few live streams I did here on YouTube also shout out to my live stream crew some of you guys became members uh live streaming is so much fun I definitely going to be doing more of those in the future here on YouTube maybe also on Twitch I don’t actually I don’t know I haven’t streamed on Twitch in a while I mean it’s like I don’t know why not just do it on YouTube you know I pop a stream up on YouTube at least 1 th000 people are in there chilling I do it on Twitch I get like 80 so it’s like you know what’s the point of even really doing it for a couple hours for one tenth of the audience you might as well get your your full audience right so that’s kind of been my mentality anyway this is Downtown LA after dark folks it’s uh it’s pretty it’s I don’t even know how You’ call it neglected we’re doing a couple laps and then we’re going to roll by the Anime Expo and see what’s going on over there I just decided I would start off you know seeing how the city feels for now it’s been like a month since I’ve did this done this route actually oh look we can go through the alleys this is the alleys after the clothes it’s actually kind of sick to be able to tear through this with nobody here it’s uh it’s something you rarely get to do if you get here early enough you can go through this next part after it’s closed right here and this is the part from GTA like anyone who does uh you know when you start a new character at GTA you start like around here at the police station in the game but uh anyhoo it’s a beautiful evening honestly it’s like 75° there’s nobody out here in the city this part of the city is always pretty much abandoned though so doesn’t really surprise me at this time it just it just closes and there’s nobody here look they’re closing up and uh that’s it we’re going to tear up through the next part of the the fashion alley and uh that’s where we’re going to continue our ride huh oh yeah a Quanto uh five 5,000 you know what this is yeah okay yeah I also have siron and uh you know have S light B Ultra B and I have this now okay I’ll check it out cool yeah I thought you looking it up yeah yeah I’m going go this way okay have a good night dude it tricks me out how many people know about these okay there’s like two crowds right there’s people who have never seen these bikes at all and they’re fascinated with them and then there’s people who have seen them and don’t know anything about you know how to get one or what they’re called it’s still it’s still crazy that like even if you Google suron it’s like not obvious where to go buy one right I had people every single day three to five people minimum messaging me asking me how can they buy a siron through me I like I need to say this over and over I don’t broker the deals of sirons anymore folks you have to figure it out yourself look how much trash is out here man I feel like it may have been like this since the 4th of July but it’s like extra bad right now there’s trash everywhere uh you got to do your own research folks you just do because um I had I tried to help people for a while and I was you know doing it for free I wasn’t even I wasn’t charging people obviously I was just like trying to help and then people would blame me when I would tell them where to go to buy a suron and they still didn’t use the like exact place that I told them and then be like dude I got scammed what the hell like you like what why did you you know and then I’ll be like what are you talking about You’ be surprised that happened multiple times that’s why I don’t help anybody anymore a couple of M apples ruined it for the whole bunch folks I’m sorry but uh it is what it is we got another little uh let’s got some oh look at this this alley is crazy it’s always been crazy and it’s still crazy we’re about to check it out we’re going to check it out oh folks hold your breath and pray for the boy let’s see how many rats we see if any this Alle is actually a little crazier than usual let’s see can we get around right here we got to we got to sneak around on the left side of this mustang this just Parts dude we just rode over a knife we just rode over a a knife a literal knife just laying on the ground oh it’s not bad actually last time I came here it was a big pile of trash looks like they clean that up most places down here are just you know eternally filthy that’s kind of how I see it they’re just eternally nasty gross filthy it is what it is we’re not too far from skid R but there’s like a there’s like a uh an unspoken rule that like if you can’t just set up a tent anywhere if you notice we’re in downtown where this homeless is is as big of a problem here as anywhere else it’s not the biggest down here but there’s no like homeless down here this particular area that we’re in they are kind of like uh you know I don’t know how it works I guess they just know better they’ll probably get kicked out immediately and uh so they don’t even try to set up over here anymore anyways crazy little nooks and crannies and and back rocks we go through over here it always trips me out and I’ve come through here so many times but it’s still really interesting to come to some of these alleys you never know what you can see and uh today was no different we saw a bunch of crazy stuff man the brakes on this bike still work thankfully cuz it does get you in trouble real quick the brakes need to work man they need to yeah let’s go ahead and cut around we’re going uh free riding that’s what we’re doing folks we’re free riding yeah woo 8 Street we’re about to pass my old house I don’t know where we’re going to go from here we could go to Skid Row I guess that’s never really in in the cards but it’s a possibility I suppose this thing just picks up off the line then every time you pull it this is my old apartment right there yeah yeah that uh that’s where I used to live okay well now we’re in downtown we’re we’re just we’re just teleporting around folks I don’t even know how we got here but here we are we went through that little stretch of town so quick I meant to be out there for a minute but I mean now we’re here let’s see what’s going on anywhere else in the city before we go hit up the Anime Expo area look at all this tagged up what is this building I thought this was the Apple store I think we just passed it actually interesting we’re got a fully charged e- rod for once the last three times I brought this bike out uh I actually had it on 50% or less battery we got one cost player in the wild uh and it still lasted me the whole day I will give this bike one huge huge uh W is that it has incredible why are they in some like they look like they just came from the beach we’re in downt uh it has just incredible range I think well I don’t actually know I’ve never given like a full range test but uh look at them they dress for the beach bro that’s so funny they even they got their dog with them too um from my personal experience I’ve never even come close to exhausting the battery on this except for the one time where I was streaming live streaming the first time I rode this for like the entire day we got down to like 30% uh and I was in sport mode almost the entire time so I’d say that’s pretty good anyways go ahead and maneuver where to from here should we go to the Staple Center all right well we did a little bit of free riding let’s go check out the Anime Expo that’s kind of why we’re here today so what better time than now one could say it’s a one way d he did a u-turn on a one way and looked at me like I was crazy dog I’m trying to save you what the heck smells like skunks you know what that means it’s either La cologne or an actual skunk could be either or I actually say your guess is as good as mine it looks I mean I’m going to be honest it looks like there’s still people coming out of the con even though I think it’s like well it’s definitely over we have multiple confirmation that it’s over but uh there’s still a few you know there’s still some random people and costumes I guess cosplaying that’s what it’s actually called uh last year when I ducked through here we’re able to see some stuff if there’s nothing going on this way then uh that’s a I think it’s fair to say that it’s a wrap let’s check it out it is dead yeah anyone remembers my BMX video last year I came through here there’s at least a few uh oh yeah there’s still some stuff going on there’s this is like the Meetup spot yeah this is like the uh the circular spot want to use a bike for a prop bike prop you want to use a bike for a prop yeah all right sure man I a good day what I a SED at all okay I I don’t want to break it can you maybe the other way yeah yeah like this way yeah yeah oh okay king of pranks I appreciate my I did content too so it’s a win-win look great man okay cool keep making right on here you go is that a s oh it’s ride e oh R Pro I haven’t heard of that I heard a suron and the one that se for the te Taria yeah yeah this is like it’s kind of newer you selling uh no but uh check me out on YouTube John Hicks yeah yeah I do giveaways on these bikes a lot are you okay with yeah you do whatever you want you want break it’s your bike for 2 minutes no I don’t care I got a bunch of these they’re good got a bun how you have yeah yeah are you a famous cosplayer or is she famous okay in the works okay cool yeah yeah go go go I can’t even ride a normal nice dude behind the scenes folks how much was the all right um is there a cable you need to cut out fact as well no these ones no the sirons yeah but the newer sirons you don’t need to do that no they don’t they don’t care I mean I don’t even know it’s they just well the the factory doesn’t yeah you need help you good I’m good I am good thank you I I’m so sorry no I’m I’m so happy you’re able to use my bike I am so glad you bought it you guys got all the content you need anything else okay cool John pleasure for me excuse me but just can I take a video C of yeah yeah no get it in now cuz after here I’m out of here yeah you too y thank you so much I’m a f man oh really watch all your work oh [ __ ] what’s up man I was hoping you come by yesterday yeah yeah went to uh did you leave a comment on my YouTube saying come by cuz there was somebody who was saying please come before Sunday so love I haven’t okay yeah yeah yeah I I was trying to make it hey man okay take care yeah keep up the grind dude yep what’s your name I’m Alex Alex photographer from Washington DC Okay cool so you came down for the event yeah yeah right on man awesome well cool Alex man it was a pleasure to meet you and enjoy the rest of your trip and thanks for watching it’s okay I took a picture yeah yeah yeah for sure okay you got one yeah yeah you want one more or you good I’m doing video you riding away oh okay all right man hey pleasure to meet you pleas meet you too right on cosplayer on the grind you know I’m not really uh crazy into anime or cosplay but I just respect everybody’s hustle you know someone’s trying to get something going and more power to them all right well that was cool at least we got a little bit of the Anime Expo I was hoping we’d at least get something looks like there’s something else going on here at LA Live but I don’t know folks I’m already downtown to laid out for the day all right what else do we have for today let’s go ahead and try and get across this street we’re going away from downtown I kind of wanted to just stay in downtown all day today so we may uh we may turn around and Venture back let’s see where things go from right here this particular folks check this street out it’s crazy again hold on a second we got some mini bikers okay with the G Wagon in to those things are so sketch bro they’re cool though anyways look at the street it’s crazy again it’s crazy again we got it D we got a little house look there’s a phone a phone right there they probably think I’m scouting stuff out to take I don’t want none of this crap man I’m good I was just showing you guys remember last time I don’t know whoever keeps up with the channel last time I came here it was empty look there’s a fire right there it was a big fire looks like it was a pretty decent sized fire at least last time I came here and swept out came back again it was slightly had some stuff in it came back again it was swapped out again and now we just came back for the fourth time and it’s full of crap again oh we got to check this route out too we got to do this one we got to go up and around for this let’s go so this is is the uh this is one of my favorite entrances to Downtown LA and it’s always kind of sketch there’s one of my favorite alleys too but so the first ever live stream I did on this bike remember someone started a fire right there and we just watched it happen and there was like there’s there’s like a child living in one of these tents anyways this whole thing this whole sidewalk was full a tense looks like it’s cleaned out we’re just doing our checkup you know seeing what’s going on and it looks like they all moved right here it’s probably to stay cool look at this bro it’s crazy it’s crazy it’s crazy that’s the only way to put it it’s crazy uh yeah it’s insane not even crazy this guy’s backing up did they I think they just got into an accident I think they just got into an accident I’m pretty sure that’s what we just saw like someone got rear ended holy oh they got the windshield wipers don’t let them wipe your windshields you guys some change no damn hey hey the hustle is the Hustle Man it is what it is this like they said they were like wait a second he’s got no windshield all right you got some change just give me some change I don’t even need yeah yeah yeah clearly we can’t profit off you any other way so I’m just going to straight up ask you hey the hustle is the hustle folks it is what it is I am not mad at it one bit anyways we’re here on figureo this is uh figureo going northbound it keeps going towards Chinatown I don’t think we’re going over there today we’re just like I don’t know I’m just having a great time riding my bike around folks that’s all I’m doing today we’re trying to stay like in the city I’m having a good time being in downtown it’s rare that I actually enjoy just riding around out here and today I really am yeah it’s fun go ahe and cook yeah we’re cooking hello hey folks don’t try this at home all right that’s all I got to say don’t try this at home just watch watch me do the work you know that’s uh that’s uh that’s what I recommend dude this bike is rattling around it’s making weird noises it’s clunking scary hey that’s a that’s a date right there that’s date night good for him bro good for him he done snag the baddy on the scooter yeah that’s uh that’s the move right there hey man get it how you live was running I was like oh you running to oh look at that little scary dog oh he’s so scared why is he so scared he is terrified of just being outside we have done enough chaos in downtown for one day hold on look at homie D in the corner that’s right hey he’s having a great day anytime you get to take a classic car out on a Sunday that’s got to be a good day hey any classic car owners in the comments let me know what classic car you own if you own one in the comment section of this video hey we got a driverless car let’s see if there’s someone driving it lately when I pull up on these cars there’s people driving them I guess they’re uh starting to get a little more nervous when let them Drive solo I actually trust these wholeheartedly like I look at that that guy’s backing up look no one driving it Oh there’s someone in it hey do you trust this thing grabbing yourself you trust it I maybe not I don’t know I don’t know if I interrupted a moment between them if I did I apologize oh we can count we can go through here this is what we got held out from in the beginning looks like it at least dang look at that Sunset beautiful this is where we got uh prevented from rolling through at the start is it the same dude that’d be funny he’s probably like what the hell hey man security is security whatever pays the bills I don’t hate on anybody he was real dead set on keeping me out of there at the beginning though didn’t really pan out all right well that’s a beautiful day in La we had some fun didn’t we folks man this bike is a blast I got to I got to hand it to you know whatever Chinese manufacturer put this one together it’s pretty good there case you guys didn’t know all these bikes are from China the Eide Pro the seron tario they’re all Chinese bikes uh so there’s not much variance between them except this one is pretty fast so I do give credit Wars too it’s fun going fast so uh that’s uh that’s the main benefit of this bike other than that it’s kind of kind of noisy and then the amount of noise it spits out for how fast it goes it’s smly concerning well you know long as I’m alive at the end of the ride then uh I don’t have much to complain about yeah yeah yeah I’m still here so that’s a plus one day in the bank as always check out hick spam.com don’t forget folks first link in only Link in the description if you want to uh get your shot at winning a suron what up dude if you want your if you want a shot at win a suron and 1,000 bucks hit up that link every dollar spin gives you one entry to win hello get in folks get in get in get in anyways as always thanks for watching I’ll catch you in the next one very soon peace