What Is Grease & GearsTV?
The easy answer is that it’s Netflix for motorcycles. Much like Netflix Grease & Gears TV is a subscription-based streaming service that allows our members to watch TV shows and movies on an internet-connected device (TV, Smart Phone, Tablet Laptop Etc.) Right now it is available through Roku, FireTV, Apple And Android. If you're already a member and would like to learn more about using Grease & Gears TV, visit Getting started with Grease & Gears TV.
Is It Different Than What They Do On YouTube?
Actually better but, Yes! While Cycle Source has been providing motorcycle media through YouTube and other forms of social for quite a while, this is the culmination of all that material. Some of it whit be long from of the short versions of that same material on YouTube, some will be exclusive just to Grease & Gears TV. The biggest thing about the channel is that it is commercial free.
Who Is On Grease & GearsTV?
While Grease & Gears has been created within the ranks of Cycle Source Staffers, it is meant to be a community solution. In other words, from the people by the people. We don’t want this to be a picture of what we see the motorcycle lifestyle as but a much broader vision of what it really is. To that end Grease & Gears already contains many other content creators material, many of whom are also popular on social media.
What Else Can We Tell You?
Can Anyone Get Content Published On Grease & GearsTV?
Yes, but it has to be qualified content and the creator has to have an agreement in pace with G>V. That agreement comes with an understanding of the revenue share program we have established and also conveys what is expected of a G>V Content Creator.
Is It Different Than What Is In The Magazine?
In short, yes. While much of the material may make the pages of Cycle Source Magazine, this new streaming platform gives life to our stories. It lets you see first hand the places we go and the bikes we find. It also lets you hear their stories first hand from the people they are about instead of our interpretation of them.
Why Isn’t The Name Cycle Source TV?
While Cycle Source Magazine has been our passion project for 27 years, print media has its limitations. We have always adapted to new technologies and additional ways to tell the stories of the people places and things from the motorcycle culture and this is the logical progression of that.