{"id":9130,"date":"2026-01-02T13:13:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T18:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/?post_type=moa_podcasts&#038;p=9130"},"modified":"2026-01-02T13:21:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T18:21:53","slug":"airhead-247-swb-episode-1-helge-pedersen","status":"publish","type":"moa_podcasts","link":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/moa_podcasts\/airhead-247-swb-episode-1-helge-pedersen\/","title":{"rendered":"Airhead 247 SWB Episode #1: Helge Pedersen"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9130\" class=\"elementor elementor-9130\" data-elementor-post-type=\"moa_podcasts\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40f69eb0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"40f69eb0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33a0fd5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33a0fd5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>In this conversation, Nick and Darren introduce the new Airhead 247 Short Wheelbase podcast. They talk about their current and upcoming projects, and other updates from their garages. They introduce a segment where they feature bikes submitted by followers of Nick&#8217;s Instagram account, Airhead Misfits. First up is a 1981 R65 owned by a young rider. They also mention the BMW MOA Anonymous Book and Roadside Assistance Plan as valuable resources for riders.<\/p>\n\n<p>The conversation then shifts to Helge Pedersen, a world traveler who rode an R80 GS around the world for 10 years. The video concludes with an excerpt of an interview Daren did with Helge on the Airhead 247 Podcast. They discuss the strengths and weaknesses of airhead bikes, including suspension issues and electronic problems. Overall, the conversation highlights the love for air-cooled BMW motorcycles and the adventures they bring.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce46ad4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"ce46ad4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/IMsnR896fv4?si=uSMl7KBssK7gwzCD&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nick and Darren introduce the new Airhead 247 Short Wheelbase podcast. They talk about their current + upcoming projects, and other updates from their garages. They introduce a segment where they feature bikes submitted by followers of Nick&#8217;s Instagram account, Airhead Misfits. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":9131,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"podcast":[80],"class_list":["post-9130","moa_podcasts","type-moa_podcasts","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","podcast-airhead-247-swb"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/moa_podcasts\/9130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/moa_podcasts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/moa_podcasts"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/moa_podcasts\/9130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"podcast","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast?post=9130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}