Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Ad: Shell, Steve McQueen and The Great Escape plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Ad: Shell, Steve McQueen and The Great Escape plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Ad: Shell, Steve McQueen and The Great Escape

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 09:00 AM PDT

Video clip
Shell logo
Shell, the giant Dutch oil company, put out an epic TV commercial, featuring none other than the King of Cool, Steve McQueen (although it's not him but a look-alike) and one of McQueen's best movies, The Great Escape.

They didn't adjust the movie, they just reshot it with their own actor, but it's very close to the stunning escape scene on a motorcycle during WWII. And of course, they've added a Shell gasoline pump to the sequence.... but it's okay, it does make the scene more funny.

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What The Vyrus 984 Ultimate Edition Reminds Me Of

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 05:00 AM PDT

Vyrus 984 Ultimate Edition
The recently announced Vyrus 984 Ultimate Edition reminds me of something...

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Don Quixote Was A Motorcycle Rider

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 11:00 PM PDT

Don Quixote Biker
Argentina flag
It looks like the novel writer Miguel de Cervantes was wrong. Don Quixote didn't ride against the windmills on a horse, but on a motorcycle. At least if the photos of the Cultural Center "Islas Malvinas" in La Plata (Buenos Aires, Argentina) are to be believed.

Isn't that the case of bikers in general? We're fighting the windmills... the windmills of the bureaucracy..

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