Definitely a must, even though the values presented "freedom", "lets smoke and fly high" etc...are a bit of a "cliché" nowadays.

Each time I watch that movie I feel sad, I mean this is a US movie, shouldn't the nice guys win at the end? And not die like that on the road? Bad bad trip man!

The actors are just great with that "cool" Fonda attitude and "who am i, sort of follower" one from Hopper and a very good (already) Nicholson!

No need to say that the two bikes are amazing, the Captain America one is even a sort of symbol of bikers during that "peace and love" era.

That is definitely a movie one should keep at home.

Reading this review and comparnig it to the previous ones will mak eyou think I like only old movies, but considering that some years ago they did not need many crazy special effects and could therefore concentrate on the actors, well yes there is a huge difference.

By the way for those travelling to Europe M. Hoppers hat or M. Nichlson's footbal helmet are not authorised on European roads! No fun I know ;) But safety first!

We are the best, the purest and the most honnest guys on earth and we fight honnestly! Come on give us a break!

Ok the good guy is really the best and stays it until the end (no more jiuce, let the young ones fight), but why did Lawrence Fishburn play in that movie? Maybe Matrux was a bit too boring!

At least you learn during the movie that the CBR stays a top bike what ever the press says ;) Ok it is an old model but still ;)

Now why did the dad of the heroe need to use his head as a parknig spot for a motorcycle still is a mystery but teaches you another lesson: when idiots run bikes close to you: get out of the way and keep your helmet on! (yep the street racers put a helmet on when they race but none on the road...

One more movie to watch hidden in a cave!

PS: one more time this is my opinion and for sure there are people who loved it, I accep that as they can accept my view ;)

Well well well this is a great movie! Not the one to get an Oscar or a Cesar but definitely one that makes you smile! At least there are a lot of motorcycles! And the pilots are doing all what a normal biker should do:

no helmet,

no speed limit,

jumps (with sport bikes),

impossible figures and many more things!

Of course I am teasing! This should not be done on the road ;)

Anyway you can see a lot of very nice bikes in the movie and even a Y2K (helicopter turbine engine bike from MTT), just one problem...the Y2K works with diesel...which doesn't get on fire if spread on the road because of a bullet in the tank. Oh yes one other little nagging issue: have you ever seen a HD ride faster than a 320 Hp bike? Wow Milwaukee improved their bikes a lot LOL.

In summary: rent the movie for a rainy sunday when you are on your own and no can see you are watching it!

Shhhht: I had fun watching it.

Refreshing! A movie with no fight, blood neither sex! Just friends on bikes! On the track, in races or on the beach just for the pure pleasure of riding a bike!

Steve McQueen appears in capital letters but he is just one more biker in the list, and if I ermeber well he did also put some money on the table to have that movey happen.

The moment (end of the movie) where the guys ride on the beach without any race objective neither target is a great moment: friendship and bikes! Man what a good time they have!

in summary bikes = friendship = good times

Being located on the edge of the french riviera we thought that a nice ride would be to get to the other side of the french mediteranean coast! Therefore we had to find a good reason for such a ride as we always get our passion and a theme to a tour!

Such a ride implies a lot of history and food and sceneries and fun! Too many topics! But there is a nice target: reach one of the smallest European continental states: Andorra! To get there we decided to follow the coast and enjoy its twisty roads and sceneries.

After that we wanted to share the pleasure we had to discover and enjoy historical places where famous people went through (you will discover one place marched over by Hannibal (no not the movie one, the real one) and his army of elefants). Of course we couldn't avoid the magnificent City of Carcassonne! This is such a great place!

Being on a motorcycle it was a must to get up the Pyrénées (anyway Andorra is up there!) and later down to the sea! Back to the sunny sea side!

A friend once told me that when you travel you should never get back in your tracks and always discover a new road! That is what we wanted to implement and decided to have the tour climb up north to follow a parallel track to the coast but up in the languedoc mountains and then pre-alps.And ride some of our favourite roads on the way back.

I like the number "8" it allows you to define such great tours!

Working in southern Europe one has to benefit from all the beautiful countries and places around!

Close to the Alps and to the Italian border there was a desire to mix the fun of the alpine roads with the italian gastronomy pleasure and with a bit of culture and history.

Being passionate about planes a nice place to mix some history and enjoy a great place was to get down to La Spezia where Mario Calderara flew the very first hydroplane.

In fact he chose a place which offers a fantastic gulf to enjoy the sea and its beauties, whilst being located in one of the richest" regions of Italy : the Emilia-Romagna...where you can find Parma!

Ahhhh Parma! Rings a bell? Yes of course the cheese: Parmegiano Reggiano and the Parma Ham! Oh don't forget the italian wines!! Not compatible with motorcycle riding, but hey! once at the hotel, the bike safelt parked, no problem lets enjoy life!

Let me try to explain why I like corsica so much and especialy on my motorcycle.

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Not that easy to select what could be qualified as the best ride momories! I mean we all have many! Each time we get on our bike for a ride it is a great time!

Well for me I would say that it was when I took my lady and my BMW R1150GS Adventure to Corsica!



We enjoyed so much the little twisty roads, the kindness of the people that it gave us the final kick to create Unicorn Adventures Ltd! (see www.unicornadventures.com). Corsica is definitely the place any biker should at least go once!

There are so many different roads, so many different sceneries (sea side, middle mountain, peaks, forests, rivers etc...), so many tiny secret places and of course great people! Describing the twisty roads up to Bavella, the very small ones around the cap Corse would take pages!

One cannot forget to talk about the pigs and cows in the middle of the road, a new surprise awaits you in each curve! The cool time under the trees when you climb up to the Corte from the west coast, the burning time you will spend analysing and perfecting your style on the smooth road alond the Agriates Desert, and those tiny roads aside rivers with their natural swimming pools perfect for a rest!



Corsica definitely stays as one of my best souvenirs!

I have had the chance to test 75% of the Alpine passes tour last year! It was a blast! Not the most relaxing "mom" and "pop" ride, more of a curves-oholic thing!

I stopped counting the curves once I reached less than 25% of the tour and reached 2.000 curves (yes I know I have very funny ways to stay busy on a bike....as if necessary ;) ).. which means that that tour must have more than 8.000 curves! Luckyly they mix the left and right ones or it would be a tire nightmare!

The sceneries are breath taking! Especially on top of each pass when you see the Alps as far as possible and enjoy some fresh snow.

The highest point on that tour is at 2.802 m on the highest road in Europe! And the lowest is close to 50m.

This is really the tour for the real biker, the one for whom the perfect curve is an eternal quest!

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Among the famous people, there is one who has had a strong imprint in southern Europe (and many other places for sure): the Emperor Napoleon!

When you list the many things that little guy (from the size only) did you hve to admit that he was impressing. Now depending from where you consider the guy you may think he was the worse ever or the best, or at least an important guy. Just check the places and monuments called after him, his battles in Paris.

Having tours based in France the optic is to go for the "good" guy image and try to have at least one tour with a "Napoleon Theme"! It had to be the Napoleon road! Very well know piece of concrete connecting Golfe Juan to Grenoble! It is a sort of a biker's dream come true! Smooth concrete, long curves, many places to over take slow cars, many suuny places, a nice river to follow, some passes etc... well lets not get over optimistic as you lay find the usual blue guy on the side of the road with his beloved radar :(

It was not possible to only stick to the Napoleaon road! Grenoble being placed in the heart of three mountains, at least one had to be visited!

The one with the strongest historical roots being the Vercors it had to be included in the tour!