Jason Momoa and Keanu Reeves join new Motorcycle Life book
Jason Momoa and Keanu Reeves are among 107 riders profiled in Motorcycle Life, a 352-page coffee-table book by Eric Hendrikx released September 29. The Artisan Books title explores how motorcycles shape identity—from Momoa’s historian’s eye on prewar Harleys to Reeves’s philosophy of living with risk.
Key Takeaways
- Motorcycle Life: Stories, Wisdom, and Obsession from Riders Around the World hit shelves September 29 via Artisan Books.
- Author Eric Hendrikx interviewed 107 riders, including celebrities, pro racers, custom builders, and enthusiasts.
- Jason Momoa and Keanu stand out for contrasting passions: heritage preservation versus present-tense life philosophy.
- Hendrikx donated all preorder royalties to Distinguished Gentlemen’s Ride and Movember mental-health and prostate-cancer charities.
The Hollywood motorcycle myth got a big push from Easy Rider in 1969. Hendrikx’s new book swaps stereotypes for real voices in the two-wheel tribe—and that is why Jason Momoa and Keanu Reeves matter here. Their profiles sit inside a wider cultural snapshot meant to show who actually rides today, not what brands sell.
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What is Motorcycle Life about?
Unlike bike books that obsess over specs and provenance of a single machine, Motorcycle Life centers people. Hendrikx, a journalist, rider, and anthropology master’s graduate, told Robb Report he used motorcycles as a way past someone’s career and into who they are off the clock.
“Obsession is a wonderful way into someone’s character,” he said. Ask about a film and answers are rehearsed; ask about a first loved bike and riders talk fathers, fear, friendship, or life-changing adventure. The 352-page book pairs those stories with evocative photography.
He interviewed professional motorcyclists, celebrities, custom-bike builders, and enthusiasts—many of them women. Roughly 20 to 25 percent of North American motorcyclists are women, he noted, and he wanted the book to reflect that share.
How do Jason Momoa and Keanu Reeves fit the book?
“Jason Momoa and Keanu Reeves surprised me in very different ways,” Hendrikx explained. Momoa brings deep knowledge of motorcycle history, especially prewar Harleys. He is not only collecting; he cares about provenance, the builders and riders who came before, and preserving that culture—approaching it like a historian.
Reeves surprised him differently. Hendrikx had already ridden with him on Angeles Crest and knew the love of riding, but not how deeply it shaped Reeves’s outlook. Reeves talked about accepting danger and consequences, then asking how you want to live. In Hendrikx’s contrast: Momoa looks to what deserves preserving from the past; Reeves to how we choose to live in the present.
Why did Eric Hendrikx write Motorcycle Life?
Hendrikx wanted a true cultural snapshot of motorcycling today—“not like what the brands tell us it is”—and a way to give back to a community he has loved since sitting in front of his dad on a 1978 Yamaha DT250 Enduro. Donating preorder royalties to the Distinguished Gentlemen’s Ride and Movember supports mental health and prostate cancer awareness.
He also hopes to chip away at stigma around who a motorcyclist is supposed to be. Open any page, meet someone new, and maybe feel inspired to get a license and join the community—that is the aim behind documenting this tribe.