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LEARN HOW TO BECOME A HARLEY-DAVIDSON BIKER

Would you like to become a Harley-Davidson biker? It’s not enough to just buy the bike, you need to know how to act, dress and sing. The following information will help you become a true biker. Harley Films

The first thing you should do is rent two videos: The Wild One, and Easy Rider. These two films are all about Harley bikers, and they should give you a good introduction to the subject. Let’s look at each of them.

The Wild One

Before Marlon Brando became an over-paid actor in films such as The Godfather, he had the leading part in the 1953 film The Wild One. In the film, Brando leads a gang of 40 motorcyclists (called the Black Rebels) into a small town in the US. Brando himself rides a Harley and plays a tough guy with a soft heart. The pretty girl he’s trying to score with asks Brando’s character, “What’re you rebelling against, Johnny?” And Brando answers, “Whaddya got?” Very cool! The Wild One was a smash, and it came at a time when youth rebellion was fashionable, with other films such as James Dean’s Rebel Without a Cause. As you’ll see, in those days being in a biker gang was all about smoking cigarettes, riding Harleys and having knife fights. Of course these days it’s all changed and the knives have been replaced by AK-47s.

Biker Image

OK, so now you know something about Harley biker attitudes, you’re going to need to get some clothes and accessories. Some of the most important things include a long beard, very long hair, a leather jacket, and a tattoo of a demon, skull or snake. You are also going to need an ex-German army helmet, an American flag and a large industrial chain to wrap around your neck. You are also going to have to learn to ride a bike with one hand on the handlebars and the other on a can of beer; and to learn the lyrics to the song “Born to be Wild” by the group Steppenwolf. Here they are so you can practice singing them in the shower. Good luck!

The Easy Rider

The classic road movie Easy Rider hit theaters in 1969. This was a time when the idealism of the 1950s had turned to cynicism as Americans lived through Vietnam and the Civil Rights Movement. The tagline to the film was, “A man went looking for America and couldn’t find it anywhere!” In the film, two long-haired bikers, one of whom is actor Peter Fonda, go on a trip on Harleys from Los Angeles to New Orleans and meet several strange characters on the way. One character says, “This used to be a helluva good country. I can’t understand what’s gone wrong with it.” In Easy Rider, Harley-Davidson meant ultimate freedom without responsibilities. It also symbolized 60s drug culture, antiestablishment sentiment and, in some ways, apathy. You can learn a lot from it. G L O S S A R Y

to lead vb to control and direct a gang n a group of people, usually young people, who cause trouble a tough guy n a hard, cold man to score with someone exp if you “score with someone”, you start a relationship with that person whaddya got? abbr this means: “what have you got?” a smash n a very successful film to hit vb if a film “hits” theatres and cinemas, it is shown there and you can go and see it the tagline n the text that describes the film in just one sentence or phrase a helluva good country exp inform this means: “this is a hell of a good country”. We use “hell of” as a way of emphasising what we are saying a skull n the bone inside your head a motor n inform a motorbike to head out phr vb to go to gonna abbr going to a love embrace n if you give someone a “love embrace”, you hold them tightly and emotionally. Another more common word is “hug” lightning n a bright flash in the sky during a storm (violent weather) thunder n a loud bang in the sky during a storm