Clacton-on-Sea, Easter 1964 ... Mods and Rockers knocked lumps out of each other. ibid.
Guess what – the Mods and the Rockers didn’t destroy British society. ibid.
Flower Power was a long way from the Mods and the Rockers. ibid.
A lot of good memories and lasting influences came out of it. ibid.
Jimmy: Oh yeah, what’s normal then? Quadrophenia 1979 starring Phil Daniels & Mark Wingett & Leslie Ash & Philip Davis & Sting & Toyah Willcox & Ray Winstone & Gary Shail & Michael Elphick et al, director Franc Roddam
It isn’t the bikes, is it; it’s the people. ibid. Jimmy to Kevin
You’ve killed me scooter. ibid. Jimmy to Post Office bloke
Burn rubber not your soul. Biker Boyz 2003 starring Laurence Fishburne & Derek Luke & Orlando Jones & Djimon Hounsou & Nicholas Sheriff & Lisa Bonet & Brendan Fehr & Larenz Tate & Terrence Howard & Meagan Good et al, director Reggie Rock Bythewood, geezers
We could start our own club. ibid. new bloke
No I mean it. You got a nice place. It’s not every man that can live off the land, you know. Do your own thing in your own time. You should be proud. Easy Rider 1969 starring Peter Fonda & Dennis Hopper & Jack Nicholson & Luke Askew & Phil Spector & Bridget Fonda & Karen Black & Warren Finnerty & Luana Anders & Robert Walker junior & Carrie Snodgress & Dan Haggerty et al, director Dennis Hopper, Wyatt to farmer
It’s a long way to Mardi Gras, baby. ibid. Billy
I think I’m gonna crash. ibid. Wyatt
I’m hip about time. But I just gotta go. ibid. Wyatt
Well erm, that’s got a real nice taste to it, though. I don’t suppose it’ll do me much good though. I’m so used to the booze and everything. ibid. Nicholson smokes doofer
That was a UFO beaming back at cha. Me and Eric Heisman was down in Mexico two weeks ago. We seen forty of ’em flying in formation. They’ve got places all over the world now, you know. They’ve been coming here ever since 1946 when the scientists first started bouncing radar beams offa the moon. And they have been living and working among us in vast quantities ever since. The government knows all about it ... They are people just like us. ibid. Nicholson
If they’re so smart, why don’t they just reveal themselves to us and get it over with? ibid. Billy
What’s wrong with freedom? That’s what it’s all about. ibid.
It was the first time the world saw a motorcycle, and it is the first ever petrol-driven vehicle. By an amazing coincidence just sixty kilometres away another motor-car pioneer was testing a rival prototype. Karl Benz had made a fortune making engines for industry but his real goal was to create a car. And that’s exactly what he did in 1886. Ronald Top, More Industrial Revelations s4e6: Europe – Exploding Engines, Discovery 2006
I have never been on a motorbike in my whole life. The Royle Family s2e2: Family Lunch, Nana to Twiggy, BBC 1999
This was Britain’s first introduction to the presence of two warring factions: the Mods and the Rockers. It proved just the beginning. Trouble flared again at Whitsun, the late Spring bank holiday. This time in Brighton, Margate and Bournemouth. And continued throughout the summers as other towns saw similar scirmishes. Timeshift: Mods, Rockers and Bank Holiday Mayhem, BBC 2014
Style was central to the Mod world ... It was a whole way of life and a departure from the past. ibid.
But at the same time there was another group of working-class youth loudly asserting themselves – the Rockers. ibid.
‘The ton-up boys set off ... To wind and weave, and often to be a menace.’ ibid. public information film
It was British motorbikes that were at the centre of their world. ibid.
Carnaby Street went Mod ... Music went Mod. ibid.
They had much in common. ibid.
‘It was a good time to be young.’ ibid. female rocker
Before Elvis ever set hearts racing on our shores there was a homegrown sound that was just as exciting to the ears of Britain’s youth. By the 1950s British motorbikes were the fastest, most desirable and coolest thing on two wheels. Timeshift: Full Throttle: The Glory Days of British Motorbikes, BBC 2013
They were known as Cafe racers, and their most notorious hangout was the Ace Cafe in north-west London. ibid.
Brough Superior – the first superbike. ibid.
In 1935 Lawrence [of Arabia] ... ran out of luck. ibid.
The TT was a challenging time trial against the clock ... The TT track was on everyday roads. ibid.
One manufacturer excelled above all others: Norton. ibid.
The bike to end all bikes: the Vincent Black Shadow. ibid.
Triumph had set the standard ... Their finest hour was with the T120 Bonneville launched in 1959. ibid.
Cafe racers were paying with their lives. ibid.
They became known as Mods: famed for their love of sharp suits instead of leathers, coffee bars over transport cafes; they wanted soul music ... scooters not motorbikes. ibid.
The industry began losing its battle against a flood of Japanese imports. ibid.
One Mod said, ‘We were trying to get away from the Council estates, the pits and the factories – all that cloth-cap bullshit.’ Richard Weight, author A Very British Style
Outlaw bikers: rebels without a cause. Battling society and the law. We infiltrate their tightly guarded clubs. Codes and Conspiracies: Outlaw Bikers, Discovery 2015
The FBI targeted the four largest clubs, the Hells Angels, the Outlaws, Pagans and Bandidos. ibid.
When my mood gets too hot, and I find myself wandering beyond control, I pull out my motorbike and hurl it at top speeds through these unfit roads for hour after hour. T E Lawrence
The burble of my exhaust unwound like a long cord behind me. Soon my speed snapped it. I heard only the cry of the wind. T E Lawrence
The Missing Link ... The Silver Ghost of motorbikes: the Brough Superior ... Perhaps the most famous owner of a Brough Superior was the thrill-seeking Lawrence of Arabia. Rory McGrath’s Industrial Revelations s5e4: Best of British Engineering: Vehicles, Discovery 2005
The most important thing is to have a good relationship with the bike ... You have to understand what she wants. I think of a motorcycle as a woman, and I know that sounds silly, but it's true. Valentino Rossi
Riding a motorcycle on today’s highways, you have to ride in a very defensive manner. You have to be a good rider and you have to have both hands and both feet on the controls at all times. Evel Knievel
Anybody can jump a motorcycle. The trouble begins when you try to land it. Evel Knievel
I enjoy going on motorcycle trips and stopping in small towns and enjoying drinks with the locals. George Clooney
It wasn’t until I went to college and I got my first motorcycle that I understood the thrill of speed. Vin Diesel
I did it to save my own skin. Over the next three years putting bad guys away became my personal mission ... I’m Charles Falco and this is my story. Gangland Undercover: Going Under: The Vagos, History 2015
As a Vagos prospect I am subjected to constant hazing. Gangland: Undercover s1e2: A Tough Prospect
But on my bike I don’t think about anything. Just ride. Gangland s1e3: Undercover: Patched In
What’s one more drug deal in the grand scheme of things? ibid.
I’m a good guy. But am I really? ibid.
You’re looking at the way of the future – liquid amphetamine. Over five grand in that one little bottle. ibid. V
In this dark place, there is no sleep. ibid.
We’re all gonna get what's coming to us in the end. Ain’t that right? ibid.
Australia – an island nation in the grip of a Crystal-Meth epidemic that triggered a war between ruthless outlaw motorcycle gangs and the cops. But there’s another player fuelling the lucrative meth business – the Triads. Drugs Inc s7e16: Aussie Ice Wars, National Geographic 2015