Who knew that LeBron James was a two and three wheeled motorcycle enthusiast?
There’s one thing that will definitely make any team manager sweat and it’s finding out that their star player might have a thing for two-wheeled speed vehicles. We’re talking motorcycles and it looks like LeBron James himself just might be a two-wheeled enthusiast.
LeBron James recently sat down with GQ magazine where he was supposed to be talking about his first custom Nike Sneakers but when another presenter started talking about his personal leather jacket, LeBron butted in by mentioning that he happens to enjoy riding both his Harley-Davidson and Can-Am Spyder.
"“I almost feel left out of this. No one told me to ride my Harley Davidson here today…I would absolutely rock that. See I got a Can-Am Spyder too. I got a crazy helmet with like a skull and everything."
Next to buying pieces of real estate and million dollar mansions, the second most common thing a celebrity or sports star will buy is expensive cars (particularly of the exotic kind,) boats, or personal aircraft. While no one really has a say on what you can and can’t enjoy when it comes to the fruits of your labor, if you violate the terms of your collective bargaining agreement by partaking in risky activity, you might be up for some sort of discipline (whatever that may be.)
For the time being it doesn’t look like it’s all that big of a deal for the Cleavlend Cavaliers as James did mention that his team already knows about his two-wheeled shenanigans.
"Oh, man. They’re like, “What are you doing?” I’m like, “What you think I’m doing? I’m getting a breath of fresh air. You know? I’ve got one life with this, man. So, that’s what I’m doing.”"
And his choice of motorcycle does seem to put our minds at ease if just a bit. Harley-Davidsons, while having an iconic American reputation of devil-may-care, are also notorious in the biking community for being not all that fast anyways. For long highway jaunts sure. And the Can-Am Spyder is well known for having a shallow learning curve and for being predictable and precise taking corners thanks to its three-wheel configuration.
(h/t- NBC Sports)