Documentaries Europe

[M1956G]

Nr. 1

"Road Movie. Chopper run du diable":



Mike

[M1956G]

Nr. 2

"Peng Peng Run - The Real Bikeriders | Harley Davidson Chopper Run Across the Alps & Italy"

Enough for today, if this does not fit the forum, please delete the whole topic...

Mike

[M1956G]

Nr. 3

"bildt not bought chopperfest 2023"



Mike

[M1956G]

Another video from the year 2024:

"Ride in choppershow 2024 at high chapparal" (Nice Soundtrack!)

Mike

[M1956G]

Brittown (full movie) - classic vintage British motorcycle documentary

"Brittown" is very nice to watch, I always had a heart for the british bikes, my former Norton 850 Commando was a true gem, years before my very first Harley Davidson...

Enjoy!

Mike

[M1956G]

No idea, where the video was filmed, but for sure one of the very best "riding" videos ever, pure pleasure, and excellent and matching soundtrack, pure enjoyment, especially in winter!

Enjoy!

Mike

[M1956G]

The short video above was filmed in the Winnipeg/Manitoba region years ago, just to let you know...

Here is another one, probably from Germany. "Panhead ride". A german man, speeding a little bit on a vintage Panhead, nothing spectacular, but nice to see...

Mike

[M1956G]

Another completely OT topic, but for me personally a very interesting topic:

Seltener verlassener Volkswagen-Käfer-Friedhof in den USA! / Rare Abandoned Volkswagen Beetle Graveyard in the USA!

Something like that was possible here in the 1970s, but not today anymore, because of all the regulations. Those days are over; in the 1980s, a running Beetle from the 1960s cost perhaps 100.- German marks, rarely less, and the VW still drove for years...

The video:

Mike
PS You may laugh at all this today, but the Volkswagen was and is the most famous car in history, ever...
(Can be repaired with a piece of wire, or tape, a hammer, and pliers...)
(Sorry for the OT topic)

[WhizzbangKC]

Another completely OT topic, but for me personally a very interesting topic:

Seltener verlassener Volkswagen-Käfer-Friedhof in den USA! / Rare Abandoned Volkswagen Beetle Graveyard in the USA!

Something like that was possible here in the 1970s, but not today anymore, because of all the regulations. Those days are over; in the 1980s, a running Beetle from the 1960s cost perhaps 100.- German marks, rarely less, and the VW still drove for years...

The video:

Mike
PS You may laugh at all this today, but the Volkswagen was and is the most famous car in history, ever...
(Can be repaired with a piece of wire, or tape, a hammer, and pliers...)
(Sorry for the OT topic)

HAHAHA. At one point in the mid 1980s I had at least 17 different VW vehicles in my back yard in Southern Ohio. I was building rail buggies and scavenged the suspensions, engines, and transmissions from them but had no interest in any other parts. Keep in mind that this was way before the internet was a thing that common folks had access to. On several different occasions strangers with out of state plates (I remember one from New Jersey and another from Georgia in particular) would pull into the driveway on weekends and ask if I would sell parts from them. I always told them to go ahead and get whatever they could use and we'd make a deal. It turned out these guys were on a VW fax list and someone had put out my location on it. I didn't mind, and I'd let them set the prices, which were inevitably way higher than I thought the stuff was worth. I made 10 times as much money from knobs, cranks, door handles, fuse panels, wiring, trim pieces, etc than I did when they were picked clean and I finally sold them to a scrapper.

[M1956G]

"Rocker", a german movie from the year 1972.

Wikipedia (G): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocker_(Film)

A cult film here in Germany, the feature film shows the Hamburg Rocker scene of the late 1960s and the early 1970s at the time 1:1, the motorcycles, the people, and everything around it.

The film is a drama, and also a milestone in German post-war film history. Definitely worth seeing. I experienced this scene myself as a young man, Hamburg was the destination, motorcycles, girls, fun!

Mike

[M1956G]

By the way, "Black Leather" from the Erdmann Company in Hamburg was a german standard back then, the typical outfit of German rockers.
Expensive, very expensive, and of the finest quality...

Without an Erdmann black leather outfit, you did not belong to the "Szene", no chance.

Mike

[M1956G]

Good afternoon to the forum,

on the german TV there is a series of documentaries since the year 2015. The title of the series is "Handwerkskunst!". (Craftsmanship)

Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handwerkskunst!

Excellent stuff, 181 episodes were produced so far...

Here the links to two episodes, interesting for us motorcycle people, enjoy!

Wie man ein Motorrad baut (How to build a motorcycle)


Wie man ein Motorrad restauriert (How to restore a motorcycle)


Mike

[M1956G]

Addendum

I would like to make a comment on the two videos above.

You don't have to like both motorcycles, it's a question of your own taste. The work is beautifully documented, from A to Z.
This is typical of this television series, which always shows an open look at a craft.

The Custom Harley isn't my personal taste either, but it's perfect.
For a price of 55.000.- Euros, a customer can expect that!

There's not much to say about the restored BMW, the motorcycle is worth it.
Anyone who has ever driven a BMW will confirm this.
25.000.- Euro for a BMW restoration is mucho dinero, even nowadays, but true fans pay such prices.

These craftsmen are not posers, not fakers, they are real craftsmen, and good craftsmanship always had its price.

Mike

[RooDog]

I wonder if the assemblers of the gold painted bike ever corrected the location of the rear brake (stub axle) spacer to its position outside the left axle plate....

[M1956G]

Good afternoon RooDog,

thank you very much for your comment about the wrong installed rear axle set on the Panhead custom bike in the above video!

I didn't even notice because I was so excited. It's always good when an expert like you takes a look at something like this, thank you very much!
I still remember that quite a few people had some problems with the correct installation of axles, spacers and wheel hubs, and not just once.

There were always problems, almost always because people didn't have repair instructions or spare parts catalogs, etc.
A lot of money was invested in old Harleys, but rarely in the important and necessary printed documents, which was very often a problem.

Regards from Germany!

Mike
PS I have neither private nor business relationships with the two companies in the videos, so please do not interpret this as surreptitious advertising, thank you!