Comments on: Long Live the Kings http://boingboing.net/2013/01/31/long-live-the-kings.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 09:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Rex Brown http://boingboing.net/2013/01/31/long-live-the-kings.html#comment-1646128 Rex Brown Tue, 05 Feb 2013 04:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209918#comment-1646128 It's interesting how many motorcycle road trip films and TV shows have popped up lately. Enjoy my contribution to the genre... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxQGJt2GF4A&list=PLEB73687F6242E2FB It’s interesting how many motorcycle road trip films and TV shows have popped up lately. Enjoy my contribution to the genre…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxQGJt2GF4A&list=PLEB73687F6242E2FB

]]> By: Chesterfield http://boingboing.net/2013/01/31/long-live-the-kings.html#comment-1643362 Chesterfield Fri, 01 Feb 2013 04:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209918#comment-1643362 We traded in our old car at the end of last year and now our car is more fuel efficient than my bike. Why do motorcycles use so much fuel? My bike (KLR 650) gets similar mileage as your BMW. Where are the 75-100 mpg bikes?  We traded in our old car at the end of last year and now our car is more fuel efficient than my bike. Why do motorcycles use so much fuel? My bike (KLR 650) gets similar mileage as your BMW. Where are the 75-100 mpg bikes? 

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/01/31/long-live-the-kings.html#comment-1643324 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 01 Feb 2013 03:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209918#comment-1643324 No. Just no. I've been to pedicure parties that were less twee than that. No. Just no. I’ve been to pedicure parties that were less twee than that.

]]> By: Jason Weisberger http://boingboing.net/2013/01/31/long-live-the-kings.html#comment-1643289 Jason Weisberger Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209918#comment-1643289 Ha! Its a fun world we live in. Ha! Its a fun world we live in.

]]> By: Stjohn http://boingboing.net/2013/01/31/long-live-the-kings.html#comment-1643271 Stjohn Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209918#comment-1643271 Jason, I'm a little late to the party, but I posted this on Faceblog earlier.   Pretty much the antithesis of what your video shows:   http://gawker.com/5980261/artisanal-manliness-for-fun-and-profit Jason, I’m a little late to the party, but I posted this on Faceblog earlier.   Pretty much the antithesis of what your video shows:   http://gawker.com/5980261/artisanal-manliness-for-fun-and-profit

]]> By: grimc http://boingboing.net/2013/01/31/long-live-the-kings.html#comment-1643124 grimc Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209918#comment-1643124 And Madonna. And Madonna.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/01/31/long-live-the-kings.html#comment-1643123 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209918#comment-1643123 Everyone young enough to have grown up on Harry Potter now speaks British English. Everyone young enough to have grown up on Harry Potter now speaks British English.

]]> By: SamuraiMark http://boingboing.net/2013/01/31/long-live-the-kings.html#comment-1643082 SamuraiMark Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209918#comment-1643082 Seconded. As a cager, I've been 'surprised' by bikes with loud pipes many times. As a two-wheeled motor-pony rider I don't expect the obnoxious blat from my pipes (stock, but still pretty loud when you walk on the throttle) to make me any more noticeable. Seconded. As a cager, I’ve been ‘surprised’ by bikes with loud pipes many times.

As a two-wheeled motor-pony rider I don’t expect the obnoxious blat from my pipes (stock, but still pretty loud when you walk on the throttle) to make me any more noticeable.

]]> By: peregrinus http://boingboing.net/2013/01/31/long-live-the-kings.html#comment-1642924 peregrinus Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209918#comment-1642924  Is 'wanker' part of the regular american lexicon now?  I'd love that.  Is ‘wanker’ part of the regular american lexicon now?  I’d love that.

]]> By: peterblue11 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/31/long-live-the-kings.html#comment-1642918 peterblue11 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209918#comment-1642918 makes me wanna watch Sons of Anarchy so bad. i can't wait for the new season. beautiful makes me wanna watch Sons of Anarchy so bad. i can’t wait for the new season. beautiful

]]> By: Jason Weisberger http://boingboing.net/2013/01/31/long-live-the-kings.html#comment-1642904 Jason Weisberger Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209918#comment-1642904 Lots of studies have shown the loud pipes to make people notice you thing is perhaps not as real as some riders would like. My BMW R75/6 is whisper quiet and sounds like a sewing machine. I ride it endlessly and get 40+ mpg. It is easily the quietest and most efficient vehicle I own.  Lots of studies have shown the loud pipes to make people notice you thing is perhaps not as real as some riders would like.

My BMW R75/6 is whisper quiet and sounds like a sewing machine. I ride it endlessly and get 40+ mpg. It is easily the quietest and most efficient vehicle I own. 

]]> By: MrWednesday7 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/31/long-live-the-kings.html#comment-1642849 MrWednesday7 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209918#comment-1642849 Mean spirited is mean spirited. Mean spirited is mean spirited.

]]> By: grimc http://boingboing.net/2013/01/31/long-live-the-kings.html#comment-1642782 grimc Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209918#comment-1642782 "Loud pipes save lives" is a deadly assumption. The only things a rider should assume are a) you're invisible and b) every car on the road is trying to kill you. “Loud pipes save lives” is a deadly assumption. The only things a rider should assume are a) you’re invisible and b) every car on the road is trying to kill you.

]]> By: grimc http://boingboing.net/2013/01/31/long-live-the-kings.html#comment-1642774 grimc Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209918#comment-1642774 Whatever criticisms you may have about the aesthetics of this, at least they appear to have hit the road in the right spirit. And then there are these guys: http://vimeo.com/55420992 Whatever criticisms you may have about the aesthetics of this, at least they appear to have hit the road in the right spirit.

And then there are these guys:

http://vimeo.com/55420992

]]> By: SamuraiMark http://boingboing.net/2013/01/31/long-live-the-kings.html#comment-1642737 SamuraiMark Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209918#comment-1642737  Live and let ride.  Live and let ride.

]]> By: cstatman http://boingboing.net/2013/01/31/long-live-the-kings.html#comment-1642710 cstatman Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209918#comment-1642710 this is so nice, compared to the wankers doing burnouts on I-10 this is so nice, compared to the wankers doing burnouts on I-10

]]> By: Casual_Economy http://boingboing.net/2013/01/31/long-live-the-kings.html#comment-1642661 Casual_Economy Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209918#comment-1642661 I've seen this before and am not convinced it's entirely shot on film. Some of that super hi-def, crazy lens stuff looks too crisp to be film. But I do see where they cut to shots that look like film. I’ve seen this before and am not convinced it’s entirely shot on film. Some of that super hi-def, crazy lens stuff looks too crisp to be film. But I do see where they cut to shots that look like film.

]]> By: Casual_Economy http://boingboing.net/2013/01/31/long-live-the-kings.html#comment-1642659 Casual_Economy Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209918#comment-1642659  Your existence is thought pollution. I'll get off your lawn, for now.  Your existence is thought pollution. I’ll get off your lawn, for now.

]]> By: Jonathan Scott http://boingboing.net/2013/01/31/long-live-the-kings.html#comment-1642653 Jonathan Scott Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209918#comment-1642653 people pick the noise level that their bike makes. don't blame "motorcycles", blame the wanker who installs straight pipes. people pick the noise level that their bike makes. don’t blame “motorcycles”, blame the wanker who installs straight pipes.

]]> By: xzzy http://boingboing.net/2013/01/31/long-live-the-kings.html#comment-1642635 xzzy Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209918#comment-1642635 One justification for them being loud is for use as survival trait. Gives drivers who don't check their mirrors a second stimuli to reduce the chances of running over a guy who will probably die in a collision. One justification for them being loud is for use as survival trait. Gives drivers who don’t check their mirrors a second stimuli to reduce the chances of running over a guy who will probably die in a collision.

]]> By: Chesterfield http://boingboing.net/2013/01/31/long-live-the-kings.html#comment-1642627 Chesterfield Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209918#comment-1642627 Motorcycles can be loud, but there's nothing intrinsically loud about them. Your perception is probably skewed by the fact that it's easy to ignore quiet motorcycles and impossible to miss loud ones. Motorcycles can be loud, but there’s nothing intrinsically loud about them. Your perception is probably skewed by the fact that it’s easy to ignore quiet motorcycles and impossible to miss loud ones.

]]> By: Chesterfield http://boingboing.net/2013/01/31/long-live-the-kings.html#comment-1642607 Chesterfield Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209918#comment-1642607 Long Way Round is also good. http://www.hulu.com/long-way-round Long Way Round is also good.

http://www.hulu.com/long-way-round

]]> By: Ben Atkin http://boingboing.net/2013/01/31/long-live-the-kings.html#comment-1642592 Ben Atkin Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209918#comment-1642592 That's a nice video. Got me looking through the vimeo staff picks and I found this one: http://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/49786954 That’s a nice video. Got me looking through the vimeo staff picks and I found this one: http://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/49786954

]]> By: David Kopelman http://boingboing.net/2013/01/31/long-live-the-kings.html#comment-1642581 David Kopelman Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209918#comment-1642581 A thinly disguised commercial for jeans. Nice bikes though. http://www.edwin-europe.com/ A thinly disguised commercial for jeans. Nice bikes though.
http://www.edwin-europe.com/

]]> By: Mary Mac http://boingboing.net/2013/01/31/long-live-the-kings.html#comment-1642578 Mary Mac Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209918#comment-1642578 Thank you. Thank you.

]]> By: Brian Donohue http://boingboing.net/2013/01/31/long-live-the-kings.html#comment-1642571 Brian Donohue Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209918#comment-1642571 I'd never do it but I'm glad Pirsig did; it became one of the great books of the 20th c., one that I continue to study and learn from today. His contribution to the binary debate became the crux of a <a href="http://briandonohue.org/?p=1296" rel="nofollow">long philosophical essay of mine</a>. I’d never do it but I’m glad Pirsig did; it became one of the great books of the 20th c., one that I continue to study and learn from today. His contribution to the binary debate became the crux of a long philosophical essay of mine.

]]> By: Jason Weisberger http://boingboing.net/2013/01/31/long-live-the-kings.html#comment-1642559 Jason Weisberger Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209918#comment-1642559 I read many of those forums. I love them but rarely participate as there are too many sanctimonious assholes ready to jump down your throat for sharing something visually beautiful.  I read many of those forums. I love them but rarely participate as there are too many sanctimonious assholes ready to jump down your throat for sharing something visually beautiful. 

]]> By: Donaleen Kohn http://boingboing.net/2013/01/31/long-live-the-kings.html#comment-1642542 Donaleen Kohn Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209918#comment-1642542 Motorcycles are LOUD... they are horrible noise polluters. Motorcycles are LOUD… they are horrible noise polluters.

]]> By: goodshiptheseus http://boingboing.net/2013/01/31/long-live-the-kings.html#comment-1642539 goodshiptheseus Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209918#comment-1642539 "... that shares the joys and dreams of people who take motorcycle road trips" or: "Is an ad that celebrates a homogenized aesthetic of motorcycling days gone by." Substanceless narration, trendy custom bikes, stylish-but-shitty gear, retro helmets (when they wear them) and lots of fashionable facial hair. Want to take in more about the joys and dreams of people who take motorcycle road trips? Read any sport-touring, ADV riding, dual-sporting or iron-butt forum. On the plus side most of the people on these forums won't be trying to package their lives to imitate the instagram aesthetic, but rather trying to stay warm, dry, and safe no matter how un-cool they look. “… that shares the joys and dreams of people who take motorcycle road trips” or: “Is an ad that celebrates a homogenized aesthetic of motorcycling days gone by.”

Substanceless narration, trendy custom bikes, stylish-but-shitty gear, retro helmets (when they wear them) and lots of fashionable facial hair.

Want to take in more about the joys and dreams of people who take motorcycle road trips? Read any sport-touring, ADV riding, dual-sporting or iron-butt forum. On the plus side most of the people on these forums won’t be trying to package their lives to imitate the instagram aesthetic, but rather trying to stay warm, dry, and safe no matter how un-cool they look.

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