Long Live the Kings--airhead short film

[Deleted User 62]

Been riding since 1912!!! He must be about 120yrs old.

It was filmed in 1970, so he's been riding since he was 22. I doubt he made it past 1990...

[Steve in Golden]

Been riding since 1912!!! He must be about 120yrs old.

Proof that motorcycling is the fountain of youth.

[Primate]

No joke Steve. Not only is this guy still riding at 80, he's riding the fargin Elephant! Jesus H, if I'm doing anything close to that in 2043, I'll have lived a quite satisfying life.

[Chuey]

I liked the music and the general mood of the film was fine with me. The comment about trying too hard is about how I was feeling when I watched it. I am impressed at how they rode their bikes off the pavement. To me, my airheads feel much too heavy to do that with. And then, there's the fact that I don't want to bang my bike up. I have a mountain bike for that and I have landed under it and survived without major injury.

One thing in particular: The guy with his chest and one arm tattooed bugged me. People who throw good taste out the window in order to show their tattoos are all too commonplace. It's overdone, and much too obvious a cry for attention.

And, how do you find roads with no cars whatsoever on them? That part was kind of cool and at the same time, distracting at the same time. Of course, there was the camera car in front of them. (I assume it wasn't another bike rider with a rear facing camera person riding pillion.)

The way they modified their bikes is something I liked about the film. Their abandon when they rode them was also appealing to me.

I guess this is something that's coming up as a general cultural trend; that people photograph or film pretty much almost everything they do, see, eat or wish they could do and eat. Hence, the recently popular phrase - "Pictures, or it didn't happen". Most of us curmudgeons have done plenty of things like that but haven't felt the need or desire to film it. I can't even get myself to take before and after pictures of the projects I do, much less stop enjoying what I'm doing for interruptions not foreign to movie stars. You film it. I'll just do it and tell you about it, or not.

Chuey

[Deleted User 287]

I guess this is something that's coming up as a general cultural trend; that people photograph or film pretty much almost everything they do, see, eat or wish they could do and eat. Hence, the recently popular phrase - "Pictures, or it didn't happen". Most of us curmudgeons have done plenty of things like that but haven't felt the need or desire to film it. I can't even get myself to take before and after pictures of the projects I do, much less stop enjoying what I'm doing for interruptions not foreign to movie stars. You film it. I'll just do it and tell you about it, or not.

Chuey

Yeah - I've already put my GoPro equipment up for sale. *yawn*

[nmalozzi]

Weekend of 18 May (two weeks from now!) a bunch of us are getting together in Big Cedar, OK to celebrate the forum, and we have a member riding down from Golden. What kind of shape is the bike in? Ready to put 1800 miles on it over a long weekend?

And welcome and congratulations.

You will be cranky in no time.
Old will come fast enough.

I will be on vacation that weekend, and that may be a longer ride then I'm ready for. The bike would probably perform wonderfully... the rider on the other hand,

[ME 109]

And, how do you find roads with no cars whatsoever on them?

Chuey

The best, actually.

[Chuey]

And, how do you find roads with no cars whatsoever on them?

Chuey

The best, actually.

Good one.

Chuey

[Chuey]

Here's another motorcycle riding film by the guys at Blitz: http://vimeo.com/19061363 I like this one better, for some reason...

I dislike that one less. Something they like, or, maybe they think it makes for good photography, is that weaving back and forth. I find it annoying, visually. I guess these are mood films. They tell me nothing I want to know. I kind of liked the song.

I'm thinking about 2:56 - sorry, I watched part of it again to see what time it was - but it's when the guy imitates a person pedaling a bicycle. Anyway, years ago, when we were riding along Skyline Highway on our bicycles (ca. 1971) some chopper riders roared past us and several of them did that same thing. They seemed to be highly (?) entertained by that. As for me, I wish they'd kept their distance........and had quieter exhaust.

Chuey