Harley Davidson Logo - Easy Rider Typography

[alienskydiver100]

ha ha brianformula (pissing guys of like me) does riding a harley make you different then eh stronger /harder ha ha ya great cock your just playing straight into their hands with comments like that ya baddass harley riding mofo ha ha ha ha ha

[tractorkingc]

Nice job on this, could be interpeted either way and that's the icing on the cake.. If your offended your probably insecure and if you think this is a Harley promo, you woulda drank the purple koolaid in Johnstown.

And since some people aren't in the know, Ill state the obvious: The dialogue is from a movie that is pretty famous and stars some pretty big time yank actors..

Anywho...nice job Ryan, as always, you rock!

[dbinbg]

me I just like the animation.

[KUJAWAIK]

born to be wild\

[dsrtegl]

I love all the layered irony in this video. It's practically dripping.

I'd go in to detail, but for now I'll be content to watch the Harley guys applaud while completely missing the point.

[lahainalun]

Don't like it, Don't watch it! Don't like Harley Davidson, don't buy one! And if you have to ask, you wouldn't understand.

[queseraseraozi]

Wonderfullllllllllllllllllllll­llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll­llll ,

Greetings from Turkey !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[coal4life]

Best one yet. Even the Motor company might approve.

[thatmonk1972]

In the case of the Harley, freedom is only for the rich these days. The new Freedom Rider pilots a KLR650.

[dbeilman]

Out of all of your videos, I enjoyed this one the most. The symbolism is almost supernatural. I imagine that most of the brain-washed HD loyal faithful failed to recognize that. I was not a big fan of this movie. It was quite sad. Almost akin to the marketing campaign of HD themselves. The freedom of the consumer to choose what motorcycle they purchase is what HD fears the most and in response they sell a make believe counter culture that does not exist and it comes with a crap motorcycle.

[halfthrottle]

@dbeilman Glad you liked the vid, stay tuned for more as I plan to be posting often about my trips around Panama.

[themaxrider]

@dbeilman Man you hit it directly on the head! If people were to back up and look at the big picture, they would see they were duped. Buying the hype is the only thing that sells the bike. The final prop to the harley collection. When harley stole his engine design from a radial aircraft engine, knocked off all but two cylinders and thought it was clever, I bet he never imagined people would buy one to join a culture of motorcycle illiterates. Imagine a world without harleys. It would be nice

[japanowner]

You could say the following about just about any product or company.

The louder they yell and the more they create and manipulate there image, the lower the quality of there product.

When you can buy a metric bike that's MORE reliable and cheaper then the antiques that Hpeeee brings to  the market, how in the fuck is that freedom???

Oh yeah!!!!! Saddle me with a bike that costs 20K and doesn't come close to the performance or durablility of metric.

[BrianFormula]

OK, you hate Harley's and the people riding them; Big whoop. Just get over it and do what makes you happy. Pissing guys off like me isn't a good hobby to take up.

[halfthrottle]

@BrianFormula Did this video hurt your Harley feelbads?

[RidX4Ricers]

OK this was awesome I admit

[halfthrottle]

@sthlmsouthchapter Can't please everyone.

[testcase72]

@halfthrottle I got back and forth about Easy Rider, having watched it a number of times. In a lot of ways to me, it's a kind of a crappy movie. But it's so symbolic of a time and an idea, that, I think, drives it to being greater and better then the actual film itself.

[MotorcycleGuy2000]

I'm a long time motorcyclist (not a biker) and love it! Keep up the great work!

I even own a HD, XR1200, as well as other brands. I was not aware of the ridiculousness of the HD brand culture till I bought my bike. I can't believe some people swallow the bad ass biker crap. Actually the HD owners I know don't nor do I think most owners.

[halfthrottle]

@Juggernautishere The new Tiger looks very sweet. No Triumph dealerships in my part of the world :(

I did email some of the advrider moderators about making a video similar to this for their site. Possibly using the names of community members who have passed away. Or a advrider creed or motto would be cool to animate too. I'm waiting to hear back from them but it has been a while.

[spacecowmoomoo]

Typical american rhetoric crap about Freedom this and Freedom that. You yanks seem to have a patent on Freedom like you invented it. HD should sell their bikes on merit rather than relying on stupid patriotic nonsense like this. HD are for homos anyway.

[Pittimus84]

Very well done, very well done.........

[svengalie]

Was this made on a mac?

[halfthrottle]

@svengalie I just upgraded from a Mac to a PC. Faster, more RAM, and for much cheaper than what Apple charges. Using Adobe products leaves you open to either platform. There is a link to a tutorial in the description if you want to give it a try.

[svengalie]

@halfthrottle ahhh good, I feel a bit less dirty now. Well done sir.

[pulse0000]

Cool!

[hatchi58]

I dig it man

[halfthrottle]

@FPSbob1 True I could have resized the background layer then had it blow up when the camera zoomed out, good idea. I tried using a grungy texture jpg as the background, but couldn't find a file large enough to not distort. I shouldn't have done this in 1080p would have saved me a lot of headaches, and a lot of time waiting for my PC to render stuff.

[halfthrottle]

@FPSbob1 One thing I didn't like is the background. Problem is that the final H-D logo is so huge that when the camera is zoomed in the background looks pale gray once its zooms out it looks like brushed aluminum, which is what i was going for. I wasn't sure how to fix it.

[FPSbob1]

@halfthrottle Haha, wouldn't sweat it a. Looks good. I tried to post some ideas on how you might work round it, youtube didn't like the links though.

[halfthrottle]

@FPSbob1 Youtube doesn't like people leaving their site. Helps stop spammers too. To post a link it needs to look like this, youtube . com Just put some spaces in weird places.

[jtomos]

Don't like Harley's, but that is one of my favorite quotes.

[jtomos]

@gggromay

Well I think you should ask halfthrottle what it is all about, it seems you missed the point due to your hate for Americans. (No I am not American. :D ).

And... it is "God damn". So much for ignorance... :-P

PS. Anyhow, who cares about your opinion from the 51st state?

[halfthrottle]

@jtomos I did make a few videos that were parodies of Harley Davidson. But I didn't intend for this one to be. With this one I was trying to show the Harley crowd I'm not so much of a douche. But it is funny that gggromay's opinion of the U.S. and Harley made him think that this was a parody. And why would the world think the U.S. is stupid? Oh yeah we elected George W. Bush.... twice :(

[jtomos]

@halfthrottle Well, he's right in one thing. Whether you wanted or not this vid is at least ironic. 41 yrs passed, HD's image completely changed. (Most of) their customers are people of an ignorant, paranoid country, (most of) their customers were scared if they would see a free man.

(Make no mistake, we are all part of the system.)

PS. There is one worse thing than electing GWB twice, that is believing Obama means any real difference - and I'm not supporting Republicans.

[halfthrottle]

@jtomos If voting could really change anything there would be a law against it.

[apostate001]

@halfthrottle If the people realized that voting truly does change things, the rich would be more frightened of the masses than they currently are.

Read the Citibank memo to see.

[CrudeDude]

@halfthrottle Vote. Pretend it matters.

[Donatellangelo]

@halfthrottle I agree on that!

[Ryknfjor]

@gggromay whats with the hate?

[Ryknfjor]

@gggromay so whats right then? And what crap exactly have we been feed since we were babies?