Especially for Kishan - Why we ride motorcycles.

Have changed the title so more of you can see this awesome video.

http://vimeo.com/75545684

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That about sums it up and for the sports bike jockeys

2:13 proper job knee down :wink:

Actually made me feel quite emotional.

Just makes me sad that I had to wait so long to find the watering can for the seed. So glad I eventually did though.

Awesome

God bless America eh? Insert fingers down throat. Nice idea Ally but bit over dramatic for me. :sick:

That’s a trailer? is the full film just a lot of people coming up with metaphors to describe riding bikes?

Cheesy and self reverential enough to make me want to stop riding motorcycles :sick: :smiley:

I can’t +1 this sentiment anywhere near enough. :sick:

In all the years I’ve been on here NJ has written a lot of well thought out & insightful posts, but I don’t think I’ve ever agreed more with him.

He’s not usually that concise either… :wink:

Sigh :Whistling:

Cheers Pat! - to be honest until this moment I thought I was like Toby - just a barely tolerated nuisance that no one took any notice of! Thanks! :smiley:

(Toby - I’m joking mate! ;):smiley: )

For what it’s worth, I really enjoy reading many of your posts, eg thought you articulated your views on George Galloway, really well. You seemed genuinely informed, which, in my view deserves respect even if someone disagrees with you. Plus you ride a Kwacker - what’s not to like?!! :smiley:

Thanks Ally! - I’m just part of the mix on here - most people on here usually have something interesting to contribute on lot’s of subjects - which is why I’ve stuck around so long :wink:

Sorry about dissing the film :smiley:

^^ Haha - no worries - I kind of agree that it was a bit schmaltzy - and really wish it had been set in England with people with English accents (rather than strong, nasally ‘Murican’ ones!), but as a relative noob, I really liked the sentiment. So many of my friends and family think I have completely taken leave of my senses/ am having a mid-life crisis/ am going to kill myself imminently, that to find something that quickly defines why I do this was kind of cool.

Seriously the only person I know from my f&f that has a bike is one of my friends boyfriends, but my friend gets really bored and narky if he and I talk about them for more than 5 minutes! So I posted it on FaceBook mainly for them. The seed and water thing particularly resonated with me. Who knows - one of them might be tempted to try it now?!

Then I remembered that debate we had with Kishan where we were trying to explain it to him and so I just thought I would share it with him and then I thought others might want to see it. And then I got shot down - don’t worry, am quickly getting used to it!!

Hardly shot down ally. People will always have their own views on matters, just because they are not the same as yours doesn’t mean they are gunning you down.

I thought the video was a fair reflection on why some of us ride. Not everyone us into sports bikes and neither are they all into customs or cruisers. It’s what makes riding a nice mixture when different people get together.

I also think that it was a shame that it takes the bloody Americans to make such a video lol

There’s a saying which goes “Biking IS a religion”…and its more true than we might realise. It encompasses all those aspects in the video. Once you get hooked, it takes over your life and becomes the focal point which everything else revolves around. Spare time, spare cash, holidays, friends. It has it’s own “code of conducts”, clothing, history and elders.
You cant explain it to those that don’t, as they dont understand. However, you try and “convert” because you want others to follow.
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So very true ^^^ well said.

I’m just about to go pay homage to mine and maybe use Jesus’s name in vain a few times :wink:

It has to be a joke, right? they are not going to make a full length movie of why people ride motorbikes? Am I missing something? as mentioned, that would put you off riding a bike, but that’s americans for you… “god dam it” if done by English folks it might have been a little easier to watch, but not a lot.

We get down on one knee and pray most Sundays :wink:

Well some of us do, others just keep trying:Whistling::Whistling::Whistling::Whistling::Whistling::Whistling: