| One thing that can be said about motorcycles: they're | | | | motorcycles, this time, Harley Davidsons. They're in |
| certainly not for the weak-hearted. A motorcycle is all | | | | search of America, much like the bikers in The |
| about speed, space, and freedom. You just don't get | | | | Motorcycle Diaries were in search of their Latin origins. |
| that from cars. Of course, we're not going to launch a | | | | What strikes me about these two films is that I can't |
| debate here on which is the better set of wheels here, | | | | imagine them riding any other vehicle but a bike. Your |
| but right now I love my bike. Last year I traded my | | | | hair blowing in the wind, the G's tugging firm at your |
| SUV for a Duccati. The closest I can describe it is that | | | | face, the landscapes zooming around you as it |
| it's like walking on water. Okay, I haven't exactly | | | | changes right under your feet, the engine growling |
| walked on water before, but that's what I imagine it to | | | | according to your wrist. Imagine if they had done their |
| be. | | | | road trip in a truck. |
| There's this film I watched a few months back called | | | | When I see films like these with heroes riding easy on |
| The Motorcycle Diaries. It's about the journey of | | | | motorcycles, I can't help but feel proud because I share |
| Ernesto "Che" Guevara and Alberto Granado in Latin | | | | kinship with them. Now, I know what it feels like. A |
| America), and quite appropriately, it's on a motorcycle, | | | | miracle. |
| a 1939 Norton 500, they chose to make that road trip. | | | | I say it's time that we change our views about people |
| I'm thinking what better way is there to travel and | | | | and their bikes. Drugs, rebellion, drifting, crime. It's just |
| explore the world than with a motorcycle. | | | | not fair because bikers actually stand for everything |
| And then there's Easy Rider too, the 1969 | | | | that is Freedom. Our detractors might say, get a grip |
| classic--again with the lead actors riding their | | | | on yourselves. But what's the point? |