The Honest Harley Davidson Commercial is my most controversial video. It’s received more comments than any of my other videos by a long shot, and the flame wars that have taken place in the comments have become more entertaining to me than the video ever was. The 2 most common comments from Harley riders are variations of, “You only made this video because you’re jealous you can’t afford a Harley.” And, “If you want to ride around looking like a power ranger with your butt up in the air on your rice burner then fine, but leave us alone.”
Harley riders seem to think that the only people who don’t ride Harley’s are poor, or ride bullet bikes. When I read the comments I feel many of them honestly believe there are only 2 types of motorcycle on this planet. A Harley, and bullet bikes. What a horrible world that would be, many of them are missing out on all the great bikes out there. I guess that’s what happens when your main source of information is the Harley Davidson dealership.
During the life of this video I have received threats of physical violence because I don’t like a certain brand of motorcycle. Which is really why I made the video in the first place. I wanted to shine a light on people who have been so taken by Harley Davidson’s advertising campaigns they have become racists towards all other bikes, and the people who ride them.
There are of course many Harley riders with a good sense of humor who got a laugh out of the video. I have ridden Harley’s before and have many friends who own them. Some even offered to loan me their bikes when I told them I was filming this video.
I tired to make another viral Harley video calle, “Harley Davidson Computers” http://youtu.be/PHpa0kE86MA It’s done well but although I rewrote it many times I was never really happy with it. The video came out more mean than funny and that isn’t what I was going for. Finally I made a typography video as a peace offering to the Harley crowd: http://youtu.be/owWKLN02qWY
I honestly made it to be nice but some people think it’s yet another shot at Harley owners as the audio clip I use from “Easy Rider” could be used to describe the elitist status of some Harley riders. Lines like, “It’s real hard to be free when you’re bought and sold in the marketplace.” Could certainly ring true about many of the people who subscribe to Harley Davidson as a religion.
Original video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izzlN2zC8PU
OverlanderTV Interview
My highest viewed video is the Honest Harley Davidson Commercial. Any day now it will break the 500,000 mark. It has been my biggest viral success, but the video didn’t just accidentally go viral. I suspected I had something special on my hands with this video, so I did my best to make it go viral. Check out my interview with Mark of OverlanderTV to see how I made it happen.
It’s no secret I’m not a fan of Harley Davidson motorcycles. But this music video of Brigitte Bardot singing about them is almost enough to change my mind, and I can’t even understand what she’s saying.
Police Motorcycle Competition
In 2009 I had the chance to film the Police Motors competition at the Timpanogos Harley Davidson dealership in Lindon Utah. Watching the skill these officers display with their motorcycles is impressive. I was secretly hoping for a civilian vs. officer event where I’m sure I would have wiped out a world record amount of cones. I never got to try the course, but it looked like a lot of fun.
Its also interesting to see how many different motorcycles the police use. There were BMW’s, Honda’s, and a few different models of Harley Davidson in the event, and many different categories to compete in depending on the bike. The BMW’s and Honda’s were quicker around the track, but watching the officers throw those heavy Harley’s around the course was very impressive.
Anybody with a motorcycle can go fast, but it takes a lot of practice and a lot of dropped motorcycles to be able to maneuver slow and make turns like this.
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