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together with riding with a handlebar that is not fixed on the triple.

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Holy shit. I laughed so hard on that one, thanks for posting that.

Good grief, was no one who actually rides involved in the greenlighting process for that spot?

Assholes.

DerGolgo wrote:Good grief, was no one who actually rides involved in the greenlighting process for that spot?

You and me aren't probably their niche.

Fine. Get the weekend warriors off the street and into a cage.

Pretty funny and inoffensive. Shows the differing values of the squares.

I think it's hilarious. I'm the hapless guy(s) on the old bikes, and I drive a Jetta. But my Jetta is twelve years old.

My bike has done all of the things in the video, except crash into a lake. Though I came within fifteen feet of doing so once.

That is fucked up.

UJM: Possibly moving towards being the douchecanoe of a new generation.

Poop.

I think it's actually a useful public-service sorta thing.

...face it, we ALL know SOMEONE who simply should NOT ever attempt to ride a streetbike. Perhaps even several someones. It's definitely not for everyone, and I like it that somebody is pointing out that it's more complicated than just a "fashion statement".

...not sure about the Jetta - I drive a Ford.

I thought it was brilliant.

Easy as it is to look at those two guys as hipster douchebags, I actually see myself a bit (minus trying too hard, then giving up).

Rabbit_Fighter wrote:Easy as it is to look at those two guys as hipster douchebags, I actually see myself a bit

If that's the case, then get a fucking haircut!

I keep thinking about it and all i can think is that the message of this ad is "you want to be cool, you tried, you fail, you're a wortless failure and you do not diserve to be part of the cool world, you failed, you'll always be a wanna be hipster, sell your bike because you're too chiken scared to be confronted to the real world, go buy a diesel VW and buy an expensive object that goes against everything that you considered cool and forget about your life and die miserable and never have sex for the rest of eternity"

"oh, and while at it, buy an ipad."

xtian wrote:I keep thinking about it and all i can think is that the message of this ad is "you want to be cool, you tried, you fail, you're a wortless failure and you do not diserve to be part of the cool world, you failed, you'll always be a wanna be hipster, sell your bike because you're too chiken scared to be confronted to the real world, go buy a diesel VW and buy an expensive object that goes against everything that you considered cool and forget about your life and die miserable and never have sex for the rest of eternity"

"oh, and while at it, buy an ipad."

+1

Pretty sure I know a couple VW owners who have sex occasionally.

Nothing personal. I had a VW too once. And sex.

Hey, my first car was a...



1982 Rabbit!

GG, are you throwing gang signs in that pic?

Holding my Stephen King novel in one hand, caught raising my other hand to wave or run my fingers through my feathered 80s hair or some such.

Novel... in your hand? I think I remember that.. books, they called them?


Seriously, I think it's a great commercial. It seems completely realistic to me, with a humorous sense exaggerated for effect.


It's not about bikes. It's about cars, and why you probably don't really want a bike.


Some people are just born wanting two wheels, and those people get ahold of a motorcycle, at some point, by hook or crook. This isn't about that at all. This is about being true to yourself, and VW being the decision for you. The subtle approval of the 'real biker' at the end says all that. They are now cool, because they're keepin' it real.

Plus, I love that they'er both riding Z's

I also thought the Z1 was amusing.

A over-powered, under-braked, flexi-frame nightmare is not exactly the best choice for first bike, now isn't it.

Why do you think CB350s are so popular with hipsters? Because they are as easy as they are awesome.

Is that the 350-4 you are referring to? I never even knew the model existed until chuck explained it to me, upon us witnessing a whole pack of em. Being a vintage european show, though, we were just waiting for one of the wild men whipping around on very flexible looking triumph choppers to dump it hard in the grass.

The whole thing makes me think of this.
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From the sound of things, they actually grew as people from the experience, but the nexus of the road tripping was.. to make a video of road tripping. I mean... I'm just way too involved in living my life to worry about that shit. I'd sure love to be the subject of some hip ass video though. It'd probably awesome