6 Over Teaser Trailer

Beautifully shot teaser trailer for 6 Over from Wild Honey Productions. Enjoy.

Handmade Portraits: Liberty Vintage Motorcycles

Interesting interview with Adam of Liberty Vintage Motorcycles, which is located a few blocks away from where I used to live in the Fishtown/Kensington area of Philadelphia.

I've had the opportunity to visit the garage on a few occasions to speak with Adam. The place really is just jam-packed with all sorts of interesting stuff - cars, bikes, parts, signs, etc. This video is a really well-produced glimpse of Adam's persona, and very much worth watching.

R5 on House Industries "Show and Tell"

Creative powerhouse House Industries was recently visited by a friend with a pretty sweet 1971 R5B, and the guys broke out the cameras to snap pics (and capture some video) for a post about it on their blog Show and Tell. Check out this quote from Rich Roat:

If the elements of the fuel-delivery system could talk to each other, the conversation might go something like this: “Carbs, this is the throttle.” “Yeah, howyoudoin’?” “Good. Listen, the dude just gave me a twist.” “Really?” “Yep.” “Okay, we’re gonna dump some of this gas/oil mixture into the cylinders.” “Yeah? Then what?” “Well, then some of it will blow up, then it’ll suck in a bunch of air then braaAAAAAAAAAAAAAHPOPPOP POp Pop..pop….pop…….pop.” “Jeeezus, what happened?”

The bike is a real nice example. See more at the post entitled "Two Smoker".

Live Free Ride Alive

The "Live Free Ride Alive" project is a collection of stories from riders, their families and friends about motorcycling as a celebration of freedom. And it's also a sobering look at what happens when that freedom is gone.

You can see the film here, see some shared stories from riders, or peruse some arresting facts and figures here. The whole site is incredibly well done. It may be Pennsylvania-centric, but the material is valuable to riders everywhere.

Please take a look at livefreeridealive.com. Just a reminder to everyone, now that the season is upon us, to ride smart and stay safe.

"It's Better In The Wind" Trailer

It's Better In The Wind Trailer from Scott Toepfer. This video got me looking forward to getting the R5 back out on the road this season.

Video "Tour" of a 1972 R5 on YouTube

Neat video overview of a modified R5 on YouTube.

RD Compilation

Compilation of various Yamaha advertising for their RD models over the years. Gotta love the "soundtrack"!

More RD350 Videos

Chris has been posting a lot of videos of his RD (from a few posts back) up on YouTube. You know how the kids love the YouTube these days! I really got to get some video of my bucket of bolts up on there... Anyways, here is a great video walkaround of the bike:



And here it is making that sweet two-stroke music:



And, finally, the moment you have all been waiting for - the burnout:

1972 Yamaha Commercial

UK 2-Stroke Rally Footage

As per the poster:

The Aircooled RD Club's annual rally run out at Ashbourne UK July 2006. 125 plus bikes en masse on the road. Probably the biggest 2 stroke meet in the world.

On Track and On Board an RD350

Extreme Vespism!

I know this is in no way related to Yamahas or R5s (other than smelly 2-strokes), but it's cool nonetheless... pop that wheelie! (QuickTime)