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Look at this turn. That's a
45-degree angle right there.

Oh, we're twisting the sisters?

- Welcome to "From Dusk Till Dawn."
- No way.

This is a 30-acre film studio here.

So I kind of shoot the movies
here, dream them up here.

Yeah!

It seems like Texas has
its own independence.

You can sort of smell
gasoline in the air,

but it still has, like,
a super artsy vibe to it.

Holy [bleep]!

Alamo.

It's home on the range, baby.

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You know, I remember
seeing Texas in the movies.

I was around 14, 15 and just
waiting for something to happen.

There was James Dean in "Giant"

standing 15 feet tall and
looking badass as hell

against this epic landscape.

So I watched every Western
I could get my hands on,

just dreaming about Texas.

Everyone knows Texas is
unlike anywhere else.

There's a reason it's been the
home of outlaws and renegades.

It's got an independent spirit
that's still drawing in artists,

musicians, and people who
just don't play by the rules.

Austin really is like a
home away from home for me.

I really like the
city's thriving art

and the tech and the music scenes.

One of my favorite bands, The
Well, they're gonna play tonight.

So I'm in town and I'm
gonna check them out.

With a couple days off,
I'm jumping at the chance

to take a short ride to
somewhere I've never been before.

I invited Jake Lamagno,

a friend and New York-based
artist to meet me down here

so we can ride some of
these Texas back roads.

We'll start our ride here in Austin,

then head west through
the Hill Country

to ride the legendary
Twisted Sisters

before ending up in San Antonio.

I got a tip about a rising star
on the custom bike scene out there

and I'm excited to go check him out.

Austin's easy riding,

but Hill Country, that's
a whole other story.

So I'm riding my custom
Triumph Tiger 800 XCx.

With traction control
and a triple engine,

it's the perfect bike
for twisty roads.

Jake just got in from New York

and I'm meeting him at Pump Project,

a local gallery and art collective.

- Yo.
- Yo.

- Where are you?
- Over here.

What's up, buddy?

- Hey, brother.
- Nice to see you, man.

Jake's a super talented mixed
media artist from New York.

His art explores themes
of death and decay

through the use of reclaimed wood,
old hardware, and precious metals.

Jake's also a former pro skater
who just recently got into biking.

He hasn't ridden much
outside New York,

so I'm looking forward to getting
him out on that open road.

What are you working on?

I decided to make some targets

and bring some vintage
targets to play around with.

You know, we're in Texas.
Why not shoot some guns?

You're making these so we
can go shoot guns at them?

Yeah, see what kind of designs we
can make in them, then stretch them.

Shooting up homemade
targets, I love it.

See, that's one of the
reasons we're friends.

This is kind of your
thing, like gold and silver.

Gold, yeah. This is sterling silver.

And then this is 24... well,
23-and-a-half-karat gold.

Is this like when you eat
chocolates that have gold on them?

Yeah, to be honest, it's the same [bleep].

- Eat it.
- Yeah, I mean, I'll eat it.

Egyptians ate it. They lived forever.

And we've never actually
been on a ride together.

We haven't. That's
what's special about this.

I'm excited to be just riding.

Just to get out on the open road, you know?

New York City is a bit confined, so...

- All right, finish up here so we can roll.
- Let's do it.

There's one place here in
Austin I keep hearing about...

Limey Bikes.

They only work on
vintage Japanese bikes,

which are known for their
groundbreaking design and build quality.

Take care.

So I ask one of the
owners to meet us here

and take us to his shop.

- Hey, Elijah.
- Hey.

Where are you? How's it going, dude?

How's it going? Elijah, nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you. Is
this your bike out front?

- Yeah.
- Show us your bike.

It's an old XS 850 race engine

punched out to a 666 motor

just 'cause it's kind of a fun number.

- It looks cool.
- Thanks, man.

- Show us Limey Bikes.
- Yeah, yeah, you guys want to check out the shop?

I would love to see it. Show it to us.

- Yeah, let's go, man.
- Yeah, let's go. Let's go.

I love your laugh.

- Thanks, man.
- How far away is it?

It's like 10 minutes up the road.

It's getting there.

Jake's riding a
vintage 1977 Sportster

that he just finished fixing up.

Since he's only ridden
it on city streets,

this will be a great way for him
to open it up and see how it rides.

That sounds like a car.

Welcome to my shop.

Wow, I like it.

I like this El Camino.

Are these all your bikes
right here that you work on?

- Yeah.
- I like this guy right here. Awesome.

Dude, you hear this from
cafe racer a lot, man.

This is like 750 kit,
shell race cam, race carbs.

We just retuned it.

It's a friggin' beast.

It's probably the only XS
that'll, you know, top 130.

- Really?
- Yeah, they're not really built for it,

but this thing is a
squirrelly power monster.

- It's really pretty, this bike.
- Good morning.

- Yeah, so this is Chris.
- Don't worry about that thing.

- This is the Limey.
- How are you, Dude? Norman.

- Fine, thank you.
- Nice to meet you.

Chris Kelland is a
British motorcycle guru

who teamed up with
Elijah four years ago.

And their exclusively
vintage approach

is a huge hit here in Austin.

- Show us your bike.
- Yeah, check it out.

We pretty much resurrect
the dead most of the time.

There's a lot of people in
Austin that love the look

and the feel of these
old vintage bikes

and they try and... well, they
usually buy them for way too much money

and then we have to fix them.

- How old is this guy right here?
- That one's a '66.

It's a 305 Dream. We're doing a
partial restoration on that one.

That's why it's in so many
pieces. They're terrible to ride.

No suspension, they bounce,
there's no dampening or anything.

They just flop around the road.

The oldest Japanese
bike we've ever worked on

is a 1954 Maruichi, which
was actually really difficult

because you cannot for love
nor money buy parts for it.

We had to make a drive belt
out of basically a fan belt.

- Yeah, a fan belt.
- That's like Cuba.

Like, if they need a spark
plug, they'll build a spark plug.

- Absolutely.
- Are you unique

to having a shop in
Austin that's doing this?

Kind of the only people
that just do Japanese.

Yeah, we are the only shop that specializes
specifically in vintage Japanese.

We cut off at '83. So nothing past 1983.

Shops that try to do everything
generally don't do anything well.

So I've always been a big
advocate of specialization.

Honestly, I love the vintage
stuff for a number of reasons.

I think, well, first
of all, they look cool.

Secondly, there's a lot you can
do to them to make them your own.

It's just a labor of love most of the time.

There's something really satisfying
about bringing a bike back from the dead.

A lot of the stuff we
deal with hasn't run

in, like, 20, 30 years.
We do it all the time.

You see these things at the airport...

- like, "Keep Austin Weird."
- Yeah.

Austin's Texas, but it's
like its own little thing.

- Yeah.
- Explain that to me.

Uh, it's a weird dichotomy of, like...

you know, you see, like, very
left-wing political stickers

on someone's lifted truck
with a shotgun in the back.

- I have to say, Austin is pretty unique.
- It is, yeah.

It's why everyone's
moving here, man.

You can sort of smell gasoline in the air,

but it still has, like,
a super artsy vibe to it.

Honestly, before I came to Texas,

generally, I really thought
everyone just rode a horse

and had a shotgun strapped to them.

But, yeah, Austin is quite
a surprise, I suppose.

I'm really impressed
with the artistic edge

to what Chris and Elijah do.

The whole process from
scavenging for rare parts

to Frankensteining bikes.

- Thank you, guys.
- Oh!

- Thanks, man.
- It was a pleasure, man.

When they can't find what they need,

what do they do? They figure it out.

I love that kind of
guerilla attitude.

It's not often you find people
working on Japanese bikes anyway.

It's a niche that
they're passionate about

and they've made it a success.

Thank you, I apprec... oh!

And they're also really
good to have around

when your battery dies.

Let me get a picture of
you fixing your motorcycle

so I can, like, give you [bleep].

That should do it. It's a little jittery.

Is it in there? Staying in there?

Thank you, brother. Appreciate it.

Thank you, my man.

All right, let's do it. Yo, thanks, bro.

Now that Jake's bike
is up and running,

we're headed across town
to Troublemaker Studios

to meet Robert Rodriguez,

director of two of
my favorite films...

"El Mariachi" and "Sin City."

Coming through.

I met Robert through Greg Nicotero,

an executive producer
on "The Walking Dead."

He told me that I had to get down
here and check out Robert's place.

Oh, look at this road.

Did you start making films in Texas

- and just stay here?
- Yes. Yeah.

That's "Sin City" and "Sin City 2."

Holy [bleep]!

So beautiful.

The thing about it here is you look like

you're in some little warehouse
district that's just businesses,

and then there's some, like, hip restaurant

or some hip coffee shop.

This looks like a prison.

We're at Troublemaker Studios,

home base of cinematic
mastermind Robert Rodriguez.

1,300 miles away from Hollywood,

Robert is the ultimate renegade

and he's got a rep as
a one-man film crew.

Yeah. Yeah.

Welcome to Troublemaker Studios.

This is crazy.

Let me take this off.

- Good to see you, dude.
- Good to see you, brother.

- Yeah, man.
- Finally. Finally we get to meet up in Austin.

Yeah, dude. Robert, this is Jake.

- Hey, how are you? Good to meet you, man.
- How you doing, man?

How cool is this? Oh, my God.

This is my green screen I've
had since... about 15 years.

I've done "Sin City." These
green things here, the stairs...

- Yeah?
- That's "Sin City" and "Sin City 2."

Those are the sets.

The whole movie was shot right here.

It would just be a couple
of actors, maybe one prop,

and everything else
was just imagined.

It's crazy that I can
see it in my head now.

- Yeah, it's weird.
- You know what I mean? It's wild.

What was this, an airplane hangar?

This was the old airport. This was a hangar

where they kept the governor's
plane back in the day.

This is a 30-acre film studio here.

So I kind of shoot the movies
here, dream them up here.

You got everything that you need
to kind of make a movie happen.

Everybody's been telling me to
come here and check... like Greg.

Oh, yeah, our mutual friend Greg Nicotero.

Did you start making films
in Texas and just stay here?

Yeah, I didn't think I'd
ever make money at this.

I've been here 30 years. I
grew up in San Antonio, Texas,

then came up here to go to the
university to go to the film school.

And, you know, during my
first year of film school,

I actually went and made "El Mariachi."

And so I was just in
the business right away.

So I've been in the business a long
time 'cause I started really young.

I was like 21. We're beyond
stuff being done in Hollywood

'cause we were first to shoot digital,
to shoot green screen type movies.

3-D. We were the first
digital 3-D movie back in 2002.

We started shooting. So, you know,
we're always thinking outside of the box

- 'cause you live outside of the box.
- Yeah, exactly.

No one watching what you're doing.

I love that you're so creative

and you're the king.
You're, like, the boss.

- Right, right.
- You know what I mean?

It's great. It's like, you
know, "It's good to be the king."

- You're the king.
- Yeah, yeah.

This is the Jesse James bike
he built me for "Grindhouse."

He's always trying to buy it back from me

'cause it's an
amazing piece of work.

And it's a sweet, sweet ride.

- Wow.
- Really, really well done.

- Can I sit on this?
- Sure, absolutely.

It runs.

This is crazy, bro.

- God, it's just...
- It's... I'm too short for this.

- This is a stretch for me.
- It's a... yeah.

I mean, that's kind
of how they do it.

It's even a stretch for me
and they built it for me.

Oh, this one is an El Camino

that we gave to Jesse
James to turn into a...

I had seen these pictures of
cartels and drug dealers in Mexico

- that would armor their cars.
- Yeah.

So we had him armor it. So this is real.

Jesse didn't know it's like a movie prop.

So be careful 'cause you can
cut your hands on this thing.

- Does this run?
- Yeah, we use it.

We jump it in "Machete Kills."

Wow. Dude, this is like...

I understand why you
would never leave.

This is a fun place.

- Oh, no way. No way.
- Welcome to "From Dusk Till Dawn."

Wow. Dude.

So this was an amazing set

we built in LA for the original film.

So when we did the television
series, we had to rebuild the bar.

We rebuilt it 'cause we just like it.

- Yeah.
- And we always use it. Hey, I got some chow.

Dang, man, thanks
for the hospitality.

Absolutely, man. It's
what we're all about.

Mm.

Wow.

You guys do taco
everythings out here, right?

- Breakfast tacos.
- Oh, yeah, love breakfast tacos.

- I just got the pepper.
- Mmm.

- Pepper just hit me.
- It hits you.

Where you headed in
Texas of all the places?

Yeah, we're going to San Antonio.

- My hometown.
- Yeah, tell us some things to see in San Antonio.

San Antonio has its own thing,
I think, from the rest of Texas.

I mean, it's one of the
biggest cities in the country,

but it's very different
from, say, Houston and Dallas.

And I find it just very homey.

It's partly because my family's still
there, my parents are still there,

but there's something really kind of
just very peaceful and tranquil about it

and just kind of beautiful.

What about the Alamo? Do people...

Oh, the Alamo. Yeah, it's a cool place,

but you can see why everybody
got slaughtered in there.

The walls are so small.
You can hop over them.

It's tiny. Like, a
tiny little place.

There's no way that's
gonna fortify anything.

Anyway, thanks, dude. Thanks
for the food and the hospitality.

- You're so awesome.
- Absolutely.

- Thanks, guys. See you soon, hopefully.
- Really appreciate it.

I want to be you when I grow up.

Did I tell you I have a baby?

It's weird. Looks just
like [bleep] Danny Trejo.

Oh, my God!

[bleep], dude!

That is adorable.

He's got, like, the full tattoos.

Can I take a picture just for myself?

Oh, my God, this is messed up, dude.

On that note, wow. Dude, thank you again.

I can't say it enough, dude. Awesome, man.

See you, dude.

Robert's passion for
film is contagious

and I love that he's figured out a way to
do his own thing so far from Hollywood.

That independence gives
his film that extra edge

and that's one of the things
that makes him so special.

All right, let's go see some bands.

Go hear some music.

Austin is definitely
known for its music scene.

And tonight one of my favorite
bands, The Well, are playing.

I heard about these
guys a few years back.

Their music is super
raw and electric.

Now I get to finally meet them.

Can I get a Jack and Coke?

- Yeah.
- Thank you.

What's up? Hi. I got Jack
and Coke all over my hands,

- but hi, I'm Norman.
- Hi. Nice to meet you. Lisa.

- Hey, I'm Norman. Nice to meet you, dude.
- Ian. Nice to meet you.

- Jason. Pleasure to meet you, man.
- Nice to meet you, man.

Wow, this is a cool spot.

- Jake, nice to meet you.
- We'll sit right here.

- I'm excited.
- So what's up?

Just touring through Austin.

We came to Austin. We're going
to San Antonio, I think, tomorrow.

Is this like a local spot
you guys play all the time?

Yeah, this is probably one
of my favorite places to play.

- Yeah, definitely.
- Is it? Oh, right on.

Your song, "Mortal
Bones," I love that song.

- Well, we might play it tonight.
- Yeah!

All right, y'all, we're The Well.

We're from Austin, Texas.
Thanks for coming out.

Yeah!

♪ Dance through the sky ♪

♪ Destiny unfolds ♪

♪ Seated on a mountaintop... ♪

They really put their heart
and their soul on the line

when they play live.

And I know that's not easy.

Putting your work out
there in the world,

you're baring your soul.

And I respect anyone
who's willing to do that.

Thank you.

Oh, dude, good morning.

Good morning.

The Well was killer.

Seriously, though, they were awesome.

Yeah, they were great.

They were unbelievable.

Day two... it's time to head west.

Loved being in Austin.

The creativity of that
city really inspires me.

But now we're headed to San Antonio

and we'll probably get
lost along the way.

- Look at this turn.
- Oh, we're twisting the sisters?

This looks like "Down by Law" or something.

Dude, we're in San Antonio.

Nicely done.

I'm trying to make a smiley face.

Wow, look to the right. How pretty that is.

So beautiful.

This area has some of the
most famous roads in America.

I always think of Texas as
flat, you know what I mean?

But, like, there's hills here.

Beautiful, man.

- Wow, look at this, dude.
- Breathtaking.

This road, it's so good.

After riding 150
miles west of Austin,

we're in Texas' famous Hill Country

on Ranch Road 336,

one of the three stretches that
makes up the Twisted Sisters.

Look at this turn. That's a
45-degree angle right there.

Oh, we're twisting the sisters?

Three roads famous for
twisting and turning

and incredible, untarnished views.

This is home on the range, baby.

Texas Hill Country

is a vast, 31,000-square-mile
chunk of land

west of Austin and
north of San Antonio

that sits on the Edwards Plateau.

The rocks here are some
of the oldest in Texas

and the area is home to
rare plants and animals

you won't find anywhere
else on the planet.

Look to the right.

- Ooh.
- Wow.

After being in the city,

being out here in the middle
of nowhere is a welcome change.

Now this is Texas.

Whoo. I like it right
here, wherever this is.

Beautiful, man.

Look at the cows.

Oh! Hi, cows. Moo.

We stopping at this gas station?

Yeah!

Oh, look at this road.

Look at this place. Doesn't even look real.

Could go for some lunch soon.

- Yeah, I'm a little hungry.
- Look at these places.

We could find some cool [bleep] over here.

Life is being lived at a
different pace out here.

Feels like movie sets.

This is why I wanted
to ride in Texas.

Taking detours on long,
empty stretches of road.

No-frills food.

Some of the most
down-to-earth people

you'll ever come across.

Want to grab some food?
Let's grab this brisket.

Oh, let's do that.

- Hey, hi.
- How are you?

- Jake. How are you? Nice to meet you.
- Bill.

Glad to meet you.

So we were told the brisket
is what we want to grab.

What's your most popular?

We sell more brisket than anything else.

Okay, I think I want the brisket.

And you do a sandwich or just...

You can have either a sandwich

or you can have a plate
with potato salad and beans.

- I think I'll do that.
- And I'll do the sandwich.

- Okay.
- Thank you, man.

Can I take a photo? I'm sort of...

I'm sort of documenting my trip.

- Yeah, that's good.
- Yeah.

I got this cool lens going.

I got this crazy filter on you.

Make really cool
black-and-white photos.

It's cool. That's cool, right?

It's so big... Texas is so big.

Like, you go from one area to the next

and it's completely... it's the
same, but it's way different.

Yeah.

Yeah. What's in this
little shop right here?

I'm gonna check it out. My name is Norman.

- Norman, Forrest.
- Nice to meet you, Forrest.

Pleasure, man. All right,
I'm gonna check it out.

Nice T-shirts and hats.

Ah. Ooh, is this for sale?

Is this real? "Sailors
make good neighbors."

I wonder if this is for sale or not.

- It's got to be.
- It's pretty dusty, bro.

Ooh, I think I like the blue.

[bleep] Twisted Sisters.
That's what we just did.

Did you see this tiny
little Harley right here?

So cool, right?

That's an AMF Aermacchi.

- Yeah, crazy.
- They made those in Italy.

I was wondering if I could
get a picture with you?

- Of course.
- It's my birthday.

Sunglasses off so everybody
knows it's for real.

Oh, my God, yes. Thank you. Thank you.

- Yeah. Happy birthday.
- Oh, my God, thank you.

Dude, this looks like
"Down by Law" or something.

- What's up?
- Hey, brother. How are you?

- I'm good, dude. Nice to meet you.
- [bleep], you, too.

She's all, "You got the 'Aequitas'
tattoo. You have to stop."

Oh, you do? Show it to me.

- What?
- Yeah, my brother's got the other one.

He's locked up right now,
but he's got the other one.

Same tattoo? Right on.

I've got "Aequitas" and he's got "Veritas."

- Yeah, man, yeah.
- All right, brother, it was very nice meeting you.

Nice to meet you. Later, gator.

Y'all take it easy, you guys.

- So should we just jump on our bikes?
- Yeah. Let's do it.

Let's do that. We'll cruise.

You know, this kind of reminds me
of, like, some sort of safari park.

You know? I honestly feel
like I'm about to see a zebra.

Riding the Twisted Sisters

is more beautiful than I
ever expected it would be.

I totally see why
everyone's been telling me

it's one of the best
rides in America.

See the mountain range?

What a perfect place to ride bikes.

There's a lot of vultures out here.

We've got miles to cover
before we crash tonight.

Tomorrow it's the final
stretch to San Antonio.

Texas, baby.

- Hey, Norman.
- Yeah, bro?

High five, bro.

My bike just stalled.

Dude, we're in San Antonio!

Smells like barbecue.

You can dress up your stock
parts, and that's what I've done.

Want to see chicken [bleep] bingo?

- You got a lot of hair going on.
- Dude, I do.

And it's a pain in the butt
every time I put on a helmet.

- Does it just blow in the breeze?
- Basically, yeah.

You'd think it would do that.
No, it just weighs too much.

It just hangs straight down
unless you get on the highway.

And then I look ridiculous
'cause it's just one...

Can I weigh your hair? I just want
to see what this would be like.

Dude, you're not even
the first person to ask.

Wow, you got a whole
thing going on right here.

Yeah.

- Wow. Good laugh, by the way.
- Thanks, man.

Where did you get this laugh from?

Yeah, I don't know. When I was a kid,

I never laughed, like, out loud.

But somewhere around 15 or 16,

we were imbibing in something

and I just started
laughing and couldn't stop.

- And like ever since then, it just stuck.
- It's awesome.

Yeah, my laugh is kind of like...

You know what I mean? Like the opposite.

Thanks, man.

Morning in Hill Country.

We're riding 75 miles
south to San Antonio

where I found a gun range that
specializes in vintage guns.

So we can get that full
Old West experience.

That's my horn.

Horn check.

Oh, did you see that skeleton back there?

Should we go get it?

A full, intact ribcage of a deer.

Dead armadillo.

- Armadillo?
- Yeah.

I just want to stretch
my legs for a second.

Norman, Texas gas stations are
supposed to be good, right?

I'm loving this motorcycle right now.

I would do a cross-country
trip on that bike so fast.

I hope we get on another ride
like we were on yesterday.

- We find a stretch of road like that.
- That was so fun.

Yeah, look. Schott's Meat Market.

Schott's Taxidermy right there.

I've been taking crazy
awesome photos on this trip.

You have.

You want me to hang from
that Schott Taxidermy sign?

- Hang from it?
- Yeah.

Yeah, go hang from it. I'll take a picture.

- Can you reach that high?
- I don't know.

I know you're a tall guy and all, but...

What's that say?

No, there's nothing to hang from.

Yeah.

Stay right there.

Right on.

This is an artsy-fartsy trip.

This is great.

Yeah, this is awesome.

- Hey, Norman.
- Yeah, bro?

High five, bro.

No one will even get this.

♪ Deep in the heart of Texas. ♪

My bike just stalled.

- What the [bleep]?
- Does it have gas in it?

You know, when you're riding,

stalling out, it's
just part of the deal.

Things happen and you
just go with the flow.

It's funny, though, when it happens
right before you get to your destination.

Good, good. Let's go.

We're in San Antonio.

Dude, we're in San Antonio.

- We're in San Antonio?
- We made it, yeah.

- Say welcome to San Antonio.
- San Antonio!

Now we finally made
it to San Antonio.

All roads lead to San Antonio,

one of the most interesting

and historic cities
in the United States

and home of the immortal Alamo.

Here in 1836

in a battle against thousands
of Mexican soldiers,

a handful of men
refused to surrender

and fought and died to the last man

for the Republic of Texas.

While we may have lost that battle,

it continues to represent the
independent spirit of Texas,

which we've definitely
found on this trip.

Yeah, this looks like we're getting
somewhere you can shoot [bleep].

- Yeah, right?
- What's the name of the place?

- Is there a sign?
- Right here. Left.

All right. All right, we're going.

- Ready?
- Yup.

Next stop, San Antonio
Western Shooting.

Before we start shooting,
we need to finish

those targets Jake and I
started back in Austin.

Pop, pop.

What do you do when you
hear that in New York?

I'm a huge fan of graffiti art.

When I first moved to New York,

I was friends with a
bunch of graffiti artists

and I've always loved it ever since.

Close your eyes,

Ooh!

Garbage.

Sculpting, dude.

Gonna make this mother [bleep] the devil.

Can't say I've ever shot
anything I've tagged before.

First time for everything, I guess.

All right, let's go learn about guns.

Wow.

How's it going over
here? What's happening?

- You guys look awesome, by the way.
- Thank you.

- I'm Norman. Nice to meet you.
- I'm Bill.

- Pleased to meet you, sir.
- Nice to meet you, Bill. Hi.

- Jake. How are you?
- Jake, pleasure to meet you, sir.

- How are you, sir? Nice to meet you.
- How you doing, Norman?

You know, we made these targets.

Is it possible to put them up
and blow some holes in them?

- Is that all right?
- You can just staple them up there and... ptth.

- Oh, that would be great. That'd be awesome.
- We shoot it with white powder.

Do you only have older guns
here? Is that the specialty?

Yeah, we only use Old West style guns here.

All right. All right.

- And that stays right there.
- You got it.

Let's come on down here and
we'll get you guys started.

You look like the bad
guy. Are you the bad guy?

I am the easiest going good
guy you'll ever meet, partner.

- I'm usually the bad guy.
- I know. Big fan, by the way.

- Oh, thanks, man.
- My wife is going to be...

she's gonna be pissed that she wasn't here.

It was real typical in the Old West

that they would load five.

So I loaded one, skipped one.

And finished loading it on out.

And I pull the hammer on
back to do a full cock.

Rotated the cylinder one time.

Flush this way and centered
in the little notch.

- Okay.
- And you build an ice cream cone.

Whatever you want to shoot
sits on top. This is your cone.

Oop, missed the head.

If you anticipate, you
may drop it a little bit.

Just a gentle squeeze.
Let it be a surprise.

Nicely done.

I'm trying to make a smiley face.

- You ready to do that quick demo?
- Yes.

The proper way's been
demonstrated to hold the pistol

is two hands here.

We don't want you treating
it like a telephoto lens.

And I'm gonna show you why here real quick.

Range is going hot.

That's why you don't want
your fingers up front.

Because in order for this cylinder
to turn, there has to be a gap.

Well, hot gasses, powder, and
bits of lead come out there

and it'll be damn hard to hold a cold
margarita with this hand for two weeks.

I'm gonna try to hit that
yellow bottle way back there.

Hit it!

- Got it!
- I hit it!

Yeah, you got that on camera,
right? I'm just checking.

What we can do here, if you'd like,

we can put your art up.

Usually we use Pierre here.

If you want the art, we can go
ahead and put the art there.

Yeah, let's do it.

Here we go.

- All right, partner, I think we are in business.
- All right.

- Right in her cheek.
- [bleep] her!

Holy [bleep]!

Son of a bitch.

I'll do a side thing.

- See what that looks like. You know what I mean?
- Yeah.

There's something I really like

about destroying
something you just made.

In the end, it becomes part of it.

- Very nice.
- Arts and crafts with bullets.

Straight out of Compton, homie.

Now, did y'all want to go ahead
and shoot these other targets, too?

Yeah. Let's see how badly
I messed this guy up.

I want to come back and just spend
a week here and just blow things up.

- It is a very unusual business.
- Yeah?

- That's all you can say about it.
- Yeah, absolutely.

This place is straight
out of those old Westerns.

- Thank you, guys, so much.
- Our pleasure.

Pleasure, man. Thank you so much, sir.

- Yeah, thank you so much. Appreciate it.
- Our pleasure.

Pleasure, man.

Just looking around, you
can tell that these guys

are self-reliant
Texans and proud of it.

- That was fun.
- That was great.

Released a little steam.

We're headed downtown to
drop in on Colt Wrangler.

His place is the hub of the San
Antonio custom bike scene...

and the perfect place
to end this trip.

- Jalapeño salt right there.
- Is that what that is?

What's going on right
here? What is this?

- This is my mom over here, actually.
- No way!

Dude, your mom is a badass.

She's a [bleep] badass, dude.

Last stop.

We're headed across
town to meet up with

young bike builder Colt Wrangler,

who makes custom bikes
from salvaged parts.

Look it. It's the downtown.

- Smells like barbecue.
- Yeah, I smell that.

- Alamo!
- Alamo!

Wow, it's so little.

Tell 'em Large Marge sent you.

Yeah.

It really was super tiny.

After a long day, Jake
and I are looking forward

to kicking back and just
meeting some new friends.

Wow, what is this place? What's going on?

- Hi, Norman. Nice to meet you, man.
- Colt Wrangler.

- Nice to meet you, dude.
- It's my place.

- Oh, right on.
- Glad you came, man.

Colt Wrangler is best known

for his stripped-down
and fast bikes

and his pride in his work
totally comes through.

- Cool spot.
- Yeah, yeah. You want to see it?

- Yeah, show me around.
- Yeah, let's check it out.

Oh, you're so sweet. Thank you.

Cheers. Cheers. Cheers. Cheers. Cheers.

What's going on right
here? What is this?

Jalapeño salt right there.

- Is that what that is?
- San Antonio thing.

Nice. Wow, this is delicious. Thank you.

All right, show me around.

So, like, when I got this place,

it was, like, knee-high with the weeds.

Cool. Why are there
chickens right here?

Well, 'cause of chicken [bleep] bingo.

Show me chicken [bleep] bingo.

You want to see chicken [bleep] bingo?

So you pick a number

and you wait for the chickens
to [bleep] on the square.

- That number, I guess, is, like, the winner.
- Oh, wow.

But what if the one's
constipated and it takes forever?

- Yeah, do we feed them?
- I fed them a lot of corn and pork.

- Chickens eat pork?
- They're carnivores. Anything, man.

I didn't even know that. Wow.

But if you throw, like,
five chickens on there,

you get a lot of [bleep].

But if you do one, are we
doing one chicken at a time?

We may be just sitting
here twiddling our thumbs.

This is one of my buddy's trucks.

And this is where I work on bikes.

- Now, do you have partners?
- No. Just me.

- It's just you?
- Dude, I was like...

I've been on tuna and saltines
for, like, several months, dude.

- I've done that.
- Yeah.

This is my mom over here, actually.

- She used to ride bulls.
- No way. Get out of here.

She's a legend, dude. She got on her
first bull when she was 30 years old.

She rode bulls and bareback horses.

Didn't know nothing about
it. Grew up on a farm.

So I grew up on the pro rodeo circuit.

So I started riding when I was like eight.

Dude, your mom is a badass.

She's a badass, dude.

What's the difference between
riding a horse and a bull?

Horse is a little safer because
a horse will jump over you.

Bulls, though, they're
not gonna jump over you.

They're just gonna plow over you.

Are bulls out to [bleep]
you up from the start?

No, it just depends on the bull.

You know? But some of these
ones they have these days

are like... they're just rowdy.

Unreal. I've never met
a bull rider in my life.

- No way in hell.
- Shoot, I used to pay to get on, man.

That's how crazy it was.

- No way, Jose.
- Yeah, there's the shop.

- Wow.
- Very nice.

- This is my Sportster.
- This is awesome. Yeah, show me.

You know those cube lights
everybody's putting on their trucks?

- Right, right.
- So I stripped it down, I tinted it yellow,

and this screen I
actually found in the yard.

This is a stock cover
that I just chopped down.

And I opened it up and
I put the screen here.

That's something out of nothing.

So if you can't spend
$100-200 on an intake,

like, you can dress up your stock parts.

And that's what I've done. You
know, I can't really afford paint.

And I really started
really liking the raw metal,

- so I just stripped it all down.
- I like the whole design of it.

I get a lot of parts,
like, wrecks and stuff.

And a lot of the shops will throw
their stuff out by the Dumpsters

and you can just go
there and get stuff.

Reuse, like, wrecked
fenders, wrecked tanks.

They make awesome, like, cafe seat cowls.

Dude, you're super fascinating.

I'll be glad when fascinating
turns into steak dinners

instead of tuna, so I'm getting there, man.

If you really want something,
your actions will follow.

You know? Then you just
do and you do and you do

and the next thing you know, you end
up with something that you really like.

- Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- You know?

- It sort of has been the theme of Texas.
- Yeah.

- Absolutely.
- Individuals become their own bosses

and do it their way and
think outside the box.

- You can here. It's great.
- It's super interesting.

We got room to grow.

One, two, three. Chicken [bleep]!

Colt is just starting out,

but he's already proving that
he's doing it the right way,

using his surroundings to do
what he wants the way he wants.

He's pulling himself
up by his bootstraps

and creating something
unique and memorable.

And you know what? You got to wonder

if he'd be able to do
this anywhere else.

Look at mine. It's, like, all weird.

I got me a girl. Yee-haw!

- That was fun, huh?
- That was killer.

- Thank you, Norman.
- Yeah, buddy.

The Texas I found on this ride

really is the one I
always dreamed of.

A breeding ground of
rebels and artists.

There's an energy and
vitality here in Texas

that's unlike anything else.

From the creative hubs
of Austin and San Antonio

to the back roads
of the Hill Country,

this is one of those
places in America

that gives people the freedom to be

whoever they want to be.

Texas is beautiful.

- It's much better on a bike.
- Absolutely.

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