Ducati Monster Forum

So I saw there is a new recommended reading thread going, however I thought it would be good if people could share their favorite riding movies.  Since this is in riding techniques, it should probably be a somewhat instructional video. 

I have heard mixed reviews about some of the videos based on the popular riding books.  It would be great to start a list of useful street/track riding movies for those visual learners out there. 

I would start but I haven't yet seen any.   I was thinking the format could go like below:

Movie Title:
Author/Producer:
Brief Description of movie:  (street, track, skill level/difficulty, skills taught, etc.)
Who you would recommend it to: (rider type/proficiency)

Anyone want to start?  ;D

I kind of like the 2007 Isle of Man TT Review.  That shows me a level of riding way beyond what I ever hope to achieve.  MotoGP and Superbike races look slow by comparison.  And way safer.

Sorry if this isn't what you had in mind.  I've never watched any videos specifically aimed a  teaching better riding techniques.

Faster! is excellent.

Covers the 2002/2003 MotoGP seasons (IIRC). Narrated by Ewan McGregor. Nothing really practical for us, but it's still a great flick.

The Doctor, The Tornado, and the Kentucky Kid is pretty good, but (to me) doesn't really hold a candle to Faster!

On Any Sunday is another great old-school motorcycle racing movie.

Nothing will help you more than a copy of Ride Like A Pro III. Maybe they're up to 4 by now. It's all slow speed manuvering and skills training.

where can i get it

right from the source

http://www.ridelikeapro.com/

For the record, they're up to version "V" by now!

http://www.amazon.com/Cool-As-Ice-Vanilla/dp/6302261589/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=video&qid=1211763130&sr=8-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Cool-As-Ice-Vanilla/dp/6302261589/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=video&qid=1211763130&sr=8-1)

Cool as Ice.  My fence jumping skills never improved as much as when I saw this movie.  Many people may not know this but Vanilla Ice did the really hard stunts for Steve McQueen.  "drop that zero and get with the hero".

Now that's funny.   ;D

The oscar winning movie Torque is where I learned all my riding techniques. I'm learning from Biker Boyz now because I sincerely wish to be the King of Cali.!!

you won't learn many skills from it, but "world's fastest indian" has to be my favorite motorcycle movie ever.  anthony hopkins nailed it.

Long Way Round  [moto]

100 Years of Isle of Man.  Very cool evolution.


And Long Way Down



Easy Rider
Worlds Fastest Indian
Motorcycle Diaries (When you are in the mood to read)

There is about 10 minutes worth watching in the 2nd Matrix  ;D

Disk 2 ie "FASTER AND FASTER"

and Biker Boys  I was taught how to talk down to my mother, the Iron Cross, ride with diamond plated plates strapped to my feet and how to do dirt jumps like a squid.

+1  I put that movie in just to see the 996  sexy!! :-*

And the MV F4 in the begining and end, and the Monster on the truck.  [thumbsup]

+1 on Faster! Highly entertaining.

"Troy's Story" is great--it's similar to "Faster."  I bought it from the Bayliss website and had it a few days later.  Not bad for international shipping.

As others stated and a few others

Long Way Round

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0403778/

Long Way Down

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0959858/

Dust to Glory

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386423/

On any Sunday

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067527/

#1  Faster 
#2  Fastest Indian
#3  On any Sunday
#4  Little Haus and Big Falsy  (not sure on spelling) excellent 60's movie (easy rider for racers)
$5  Long way round

Faster is imo the greatest movie of all time

DTK is pretty good (the scene with John Hopkins greeting his team was very awkward though)

On Any Sunday is a CLASSIC.

Speed on Two Wheels is one I like but its a straight up documentary with less of an artsy feel compared to the above, I believe it was originally aired on the Discovery Science channel so its pretty typical for their stuff.  The cool thing and reason I like it is that Nick Ienatsch has a few good segments and there are some decent interviews

Beyond that, I watch the MotoGP, WSBK and other misc season reviews