I just watched the opening scenes to Easy Rider...
1.   I'm sooooo glad I don't ride those old bikes...
2.   I didn't see any other vehicles on the road in the opening credits... just two bikes on empty road...

Did people buy that in 1969?... No other cars anywhere?...

.. observation numero duo...  
They got drugs in they gas tanks!... then, nuttin!...  they just ride and smoke n' ride,.. and them drugs just percolate in the the tank...

Soooooooooo,....
Easy Rider part Two!...
What happened to the drugs from part one?...
Now you will know...
...(it took 40 years but, the markup on heroin is incredible!... well... not so much really)...
For the sequel...
The Harley's died... what are they riding now?...
Where do the drugs go?...
The original dealers died ages ago...
Never mind.............

So many holes in this movie.. it's hopeless...
I'm still waiting for that ultimate MC film...
Ultimately,.. Easy Rider is a dope film, not a bike film... (so high it forgot the dope part)...
Wild Ones is kinda' funny in today's context...
Some 90210 fellow, made a touchy feeliy film on a classic Norton... (too touchy, too feely)...
"Electra-Glide in Blue" is my fave...
Lots of race films... "Closer to the Edge" is best.......
... but,...
We need a good ride film...

Maybe this is Yonuh's job?...
Write a ride film that makes you feel the seat and grips... and don't grow corny,... and cliche'...

Maybe I'll write it...
...but what bike?... Savage?...
where from and to?...
I got the rest... ride , ride, boink, ride, fight, ride, boink... money, peace, boink.. ride in to sunset...
...boink... maybe die...
...(guaranteed classic?)...
...

I like STONE COLD with Brian Bosworth:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102984/

It's an outlaw biker gang movie.

I got a dvd copy off PayBay years ago for ten federal reserve note$.

Serowbot,
You are not taking into account the times. Being of legal age at the time it was released, Easy Rider was written, directed, and acted by folks properly medicated and mellow with a vocabulary of three words, "Man, Cool, and Groovy". And it was shown to an audience also properly medicated and mellow. You could have showed us anything that promoted counter culture and it would be considered the best movie of all times. But times change. Today I use an alligator clip as a.....alligator clip, nothing more.

Good hunting

I might get this post deleted for this but what the heck...

My paranormal romance series I am writing is about a Motorcycle Club called the Sorcerers. Each book deals with a specific member.

Okay, shameless plug over.


I found Easy Rider extremely boring. The only redeeming factor were the bikes themselves.

I also just recently watched another movie that I swear was even more boring, I don't know what ya'll think of it, but 2001 A Space Odyssey dang near put me to sleep and it made no sense what so ever.

Bot,

You need to go back and re-watch the movie.  They had cocaine in the tank.  They sell it to the dealer.  In the next scene, they are rolling the money ($100s) and stuff the bills into the plastic tube that is then put in the gas tank.

Mussa' slept through that bit... ...

...

So I'll stand up for Easy Rider. I always like watching the movie when it comes on the classic movie channel; I even own a copy I burned to DVD years ago. It is low budget and kinda slow paced, which most people don't have the patience for. It is very visual and has a beautiful soundtrack, the same can be said for 2001: A Space Odyssey. Both movies also require you to pay attention to the dialogue in order to understand the plot, rather thank making it completely obvious. As the movie's writer, Dennis Hopper was actually inspired some by 2001. Also, the way it was shot was meant to be a "cinematic translation of the psychedelic experience".

I think it is a great story about two guys cashing it all in to set out on a trip across the last of the American frontier. Blinky is right, they sell drugs to get money for their trip (literally, figuratively, and mentally). They have a destination, but it is all about having an open mind about the journey, the experiences they have, and the people they meet (and yes, the drugs too ). That is the emphasizes the hippie counterculture, but it also shows the discrimination people had against them, which was definitely relevant at the time it was made.

I will admit that the film is probably way over hyped, but it is still enjoyable and an important cultural piece.

If you want a good, accurate motorcycling movie, check out Long Way Round. A documentary television series, DVD set and book documenting the 19,000-mile (31,000 km) journey of Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman from London to New York City on motorcycles.

Okay,... ... I screwed up... twice... ...
Not my day fer' thinkin'... ...